Ranked #1
Old Testament: God Falls Apart - Episode 3
Old Testament: God Falls Apart - Episode 3
The Old Testament comprises over half a million words written by dozens of authors over a thousand years. The history of... Read more
5 Nov 2016
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44mins
Ranked #2
The Seven Principles: Unitarian Universalism from a Biblical Perspective - Episode 22
The Seven Principles: Unitarian Universalism from a Biblical Perspective - Episode 22
Amanda and Sam cruise all over the Bible, seeing how modern progressive ideas are ancient and Biblical. Unitarian Univer... Read more
6 Jun 2017
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1hr 31mins
Ranked #3
Irony: The Key to the Bible? - Episode 4
Irony: The Key to the Bible? - Episode 4
Irony - Noun. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. Irony is present i... Read more
11 Nov 2016
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19mins
Ranked #4
Faith Transitions: The Veil is Thin - Episode 6
Faith Transitions: The Veil is Thin - Episode 6
Amanda describes her faith journey from conservative Christianity to agnosticism and finally into the progressive Unitar... Read more
20 Nov 2016
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15mins
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Ranked #5
Hold the Tension: There are no Good or Bad Religions - Episode 26
Hold the Tension: There are no Good or Bad Religions - Episode 26
Have you been burned by the church? Found solace in Zen? Maybe you love your humanist discussion group. Maybe your churc... Read more
25 Jul 2017
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13mins
Ranked #6
Forgetting the Gospel: The New Testament as Tragedy - Episode 28
Forgetting the Gospel: The New Testament as Tragedy - Episode 28
Jesus Christ flips. He is the anti-emperor who becomes the symbol of empire. He resists all elements of power, and then ... Read more
31 Dec 2017
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52mins
Ranked #7
Lamentations: Cry Against an Abusive God - Episode 18
Lamentations: Cry Against an Abusive God - Episode 18
The Book of Lamentations captures that darkest sensation, when God becomes an enemy. Lamentations is our favorite book ... Read more
24 Mar 2017
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51mins
Ranked #8
Lamentations Chapter 3: Taking God on a Guilt Trip - Episode 20
Lamentations Chapter 3: Taking God on a Guilt Trip - Episode 20
At the center of the Book of Lamentations, there's a long fantastic personal prayer. The author is hurt by God. The auth... Read more
9 Apr 2017
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #9
Atheism: A Progressive Christian Critique - Episode 17
Atheism: A Progressive Christian Critique - Episode 17
Hard Atheism is the claim that there are no gods. This form of secularism is outdated, unnecessary, and accidentally hur... Read more
16 Mar 2017
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24mins
Ranked #10
Ezekiel: The Reality Gods - Episode 12
Ezekiel: The Reality Gods - Episode 12
Judah is finished. The temple is destroyed. The old God conception failed. The prophet Ezekiel tries to make sense of ev... Read more
10 Jan 2017
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40mins
Ranked #11
Reality God: Existence - Episode 13
Reality God: Existence - Episode 13
The idea that God is control of absolutely everything is incredibly common. That is because all of the universe is bound... Read more
16 Jan 2017
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32mins
Ranked #12
Blood: Menstration and Communion - Episode 23
Blood: Menstration and Communion - Episode 23
Old Testament Law is difficult to understand, especially on the topic of blood. Blood belongs to God alone, and menstrua... Read more
19 Jun 2017
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44mins
Ranked #13
Elijah's Despair: The Still Small Voice - Episode 11
Elijah's Despair: The Still Small Voice - Episode 11
Amanda shares one of the great introspective legends of Deuteronomistic History. The prophet Elijah has just saved his c... Read more
1 Jan 2017
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10mins
Ranked #14
The Sentience of the Holy Spirit: How God lives into us - Episode 30
The Sentience of the Holy Spirit: How God lives into us - Episode 30
The constant evolution of religious doctrines is an argument for God's living consciousness. The Spirit is sentient! Ch... Read more
15 Feb 2018
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26mins
Ranked #15
Refugee Narratives: The Bible written in Exile - Episode 15
Refugee Narratives: The Bible written in Exile - Episode 15
Without refugee narratives, the entire essence and logic and plot of the Bible ceases to exist. Ignore them and we lose ... Read more
13 Feb 2017
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38mins
