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#898 – Jesus, the Bible, and Conclusion Christ through Deconstruction: Brian Zhand
Podcast #898
Preston Sprinkle
Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Animation Church, a non-denominational Christian congregation in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Brian and his wife, Peri, founded the church in 1981. Brian is also the composer of several books, including, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, Water to Wine, A Farewell To Mars, Beauty Will Save the Planet, and Unconditional?: The Call of Jesus to Radical Forgiveness.In this podcast, we talk about his forthcoming book When Everything’s On Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes.
Brians tells his possess story of theological deconstruction and how he had a fresh encounter with Jesus through it all. We then talk quite a bit about the relationship between Jesus and the Bible. Is the Bible the foundation of our faith? Or is Jesus? Or both? And what happens when people equate a fundamentalist view of Scripture and doctrine with Christianity? Typically, you get…a future deconstruction waiting to happen.
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A reader writes: the LGBT debate, sola scripture, not convinced but open
A reader writes …
I wanted to make an observation about the argument over LGBT debate in the Church, in particular the way in which its opponents have been framing the argument.
The evangelical tradition has relied on analyzing the Bible with the doctrine of sola scriptura as foundational to their approach, in contrast to some established authority or council. The debate itself takes place on the grounds of biblical interpretation; that is, we settle down together and disagree over the meaning of the texts in scrutinize or the validity of the hermeneutics employed.
What I’ve observed, quite ironically, is this: now that solid scholarship has offered compelling and plausible alternatives to the traditional meaning of the various texts related to this issue, the typical response, “So you’re saying the Church has been wrong all this time?” is unwittingly an abandonment of reliance on sola scriptura!
In the face of fresh and compelling evidence (even if that evidence is wrong, which I’m sure you’d agree is possible), they jump ship on interpretation and appeal t
The Dangerous Heresy of Christian Nationalism
The Dangerous Heresy of Christian Nationalism
Brian ZahndThe insurrectionist attack upon the Capitol on January 6 was the most disturbing American moment since 9/11. Enjoy millions of others I watched this awful event with grief-stricken horror on live television. As an angry mob of aggrieved Trump supporters surged up the Capitol steps, I saw among the flags and banners a “Jesus Saves” sign. My first thought was, “that’s what it means to grab the name of the Lord in vain.” Among the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, white supremacists, and QAnon theorists, there were Christian nationalists who honestly believed they were somehow serving Jesus by participating in a violent insurrection. On January 6 we saw the danger of Christian nationalism on complete display.
Christian nationalism is the idolatrous conflation of Christian faith with American patriotism. Those under the sway of Christian nationalism essentially confuse America for the kingdom of God. The Bill of Rights is held as solemn as the Beatitudes and the Second Amendment is as revered as the Second Commandment (“Love your neighbor as yourself.”). Baptismal identity is eclipse
A Love Letter to Ex-Evangelical Twitter
I debated whether to call this a devotion letter or an unseal letter. Love letter feels like a very southern white evangelical thing to call something that involves critical reflection and wrestling with concerns. But uncover letter feels too adversarial. We write open letters to celebrities with massive platforms who might not engage us in control conversation otherwise.
If you’ve been active in ex-evangelical Twitter lately, I imagine you already realize what I’m going to write about. I’ve watched two personal mentors and close friends get quote-tweeted and dragged all over Twitter recently (“dragged” existence the terminology used by those who are doing it): first Jonathan Martin and now Brian Zahnd. Jonathan Martin got in trouble for saying the Christian communion table is where oppressors and subjugated are reconciled. Brian Zahnd upset people by saying that gay people are welcome to participate in every aspect of the life of his church but they don’t undertake gay weddings (which is a very important aspect of the life of a church).
I felt some emotions seeing public rebukes of two men who have each poured hours of their time into perso
Confessions of a Christian Nation – LGBTQ Discrimination
Interview with Drew Marshall
Greg was interviewed by Drew Marshall on Saturday, November 2, on the topic of his recent book Benefit of the Doubt, and we thought you might like to hear to what he had to state. You can come across the interview here. Enjoy!
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Sermon Clip: Spiritual Bodybuilding
In this sermon clip, Greg Boyd introduces the idea of charismatic gifts of the Holy Soul, or those gifts often referred to as the supernatural gifts. In the full sermon he discusses each present individually, and explains two pieces of information needed to understand the gifts. He discusses listening to the Soul and using the…
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Labor Day Drum Solo
In this episode Greg unleashes fire from his drumsticks in a 3 minute stampede of percussion-mayhem. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0039.mp3
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Lighten Up: Sin
Might as well confess.
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Lighten Up: Every Kind of Drummer
After years of watching Greg drum, I think he f