Randal Rauser's Blog, page 16
July 28, 2022
July 27, 2022
I Could’ve Been a Rock Star! On Listening to My 30 Year Old Demo Tape
When I was in high school, I wanted to be a rock star. And even if I had given up that dream by 1992, I still kept writing songs just for fun. By 1993, I decided that I wanted to record some of them for posterity. So I went over to my friend Lyle’s house […]
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July 25, 2022
July 20, 2022
The Problem of Canaanite Genocide and Michael Heiser’s Solution
Since Jesus Loves Canaanites was released, I have been asked on several occasions about Michael Heiser’s claim that the Canaanite conquest should be viewed as an attempt to eradicate subhuman descendents of the nephilim. Here is Heiser’s own summary of the view: “My view is that it wasn’t indiscriminate at all, and that wholesale genocide wasn’t the […]
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July 18, 2022
A Conversation with James is Tired on LGBT Issues, Progressive Christianity, Ravi Zacharias, and More!
I just had an interesting convo on the James is Tired YouTube channel talking about LGBT issues, progressive Christianity, Ravi Zacharias, and more! And all in 30 minutes! ?
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July 16, 2022
On My Failed Attempt to get Michael Brown to Debate
Evangelical apologist, author, and radio host Michael Brown has been a vocal critic of progressive Christianity. But when I tried to get him to debate his views, things did not go well. ?
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July 15, 2022
One Faith No Longer? Debriefing the Conversation with George Yancey
This is a follow-up to my conversation with George Yancey in which I summarize nine objections/concerns with Yancey’s thesis that progressive Christianity and evangelical Christianity constitute distinct religions. ?
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July 14, 2022
Are Progressive Christians Another Religion? A Discussion with George Yancey
In the 2021 book One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America, sociologists George Yancey and Ashlee Quosigk argue that progressive and evangelical Christianity should be viewed as different religions. In this video, I interview Professor Yancey on this provocative thesis. ?
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July 13, 2022
The Genealogical Adam: A Conversation with Joshua Swamidass
In 2019, Joshua Swamidass published The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry. The book is bold and provocative as it offers an ingenious new perspective on the interminable origins debate. In this conversation, we work through Swamidass’ theory and some of my key questions it raises. Pick up your own copy […]
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July 8, 2022
Bad Defenses of Alisa Childers: A Response
While I have been unable to find any scholar willing to defend Alisa Childers’ thesis that progressive Christianity is another religion, her book Another Gospel? has many defenders on social media. In this video, I offer a response to three common attempts to defend Childers’ book. ?
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