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June 10, 2013
Which way did he go, George? (Heretic’s Guide sampler for June 23, 2013)
Bible Cliff’s Notes (My dog ate my Bible!) First Reading 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a Elijah gets in trouble with the King Ahab and Jezebel for killing their prophets. He hides in the woods and waits to die but an angel gives him food. He retreats to mount Horeb for 40 days. God appears to [...]
June 8, 2013
Church Sign Epic Fails, “Show Him the Money” Edition
Daddy always told me summer was a sign that the Devil was coming to get me. Let’s see…no school/Satan. No school/Satan…Gimme a minute here.
June 6, 2013
Convergence Christians, Gay Cakes and Dental Drama (CultureCast)
Okay, who spiked the CultureCast punch with Aderall? These guys are all over the map today…hey look, shiny! This week we dig around in the gray matter of Eric Elnes, pastor of the online faith community Darkwood Brew, author of the Phoenix Affirmations (and many other books), and most recently, prophet and advocate for what [...]
June 5, 2013
Game of Thrones, Evil, Suffering and the Gospel
Following is a clip of a few minutes from our Heretic’s Guide LIVE CHAT today. The full video, along with the study and other content, are on the full Heretic’s Guide to the Bible website. We covered a lot of ground, from the ethics of consuming pop culture (leading to a great talk on Game [...]
Stop Telling Me What is Anti-Christian
Anyone who listens to our Homebrewed Christianity CultureCast knows that we love Game of Thrones. The writing is complex, dramatic, and the characters are fascinating. What’s more, after the recent “Red Wedding” episode, we’re all too aware that no character, no matter how important or beloved, is safe. The series, set in a fictitious medieval [...]
June 3, 2013
Tyler Durden’s Gospel / Kings Behaving Badly (Heretic’s Guide for June 16, 2013)
Bible Cliff’s Notes (My dog ate my Bible!) First Reading 1 Kings 21:1-10, (11-14), 15-21a King Ahab wants Naboth’s vineyard but he won’t sell. So Jezebel, Ahab’s wife, sets Naboth up and has him killed. Elijah prophesies to Ahab that ruin will come upon him for doing this evil. (and) 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10, 13-15 King [...]
June 1, 2013
Church Sign Epic Fails, “Arrogant Rabbis” Edition
There’s really nothing worse than an uppity Rabbi. Except maybe for intransigent Swedes. They’re so radical!
May 31, 2013
God Hits the “Smite” Button (Bonus Heretics Guide “Year D” Content For June 16, 2013)
God Hits the “Smite” Button A Heretic’s Guide to the Bible Bonus Readings from Beyond the Lectionary by David Ackerman for Proper 6: June 16, 2013 Bible Cliff’s Notes Gospel Matthew 12:43-45: This is a strange statement by Jesus in which he talks about how an unclean spirit wanders through deserts after leaving a person and returns [...]
Patheos CEO Leo Brunnick, Dental Drama & Playing Doctor (HBCultureCast)
This week we settle in with Patheos co-founder and CEO, Leo Brunnick to talk about how one goes about taking an idea sketched on a cocktail napkin to being one of the biggest interfaith websites in the world. Sadly, we got no leads on magic words or fairy dust; just lots of hard work and [...]
May 29, 2013
Jesus, Don’t Let Me Die Before I’ve Had Sex
I wrote a piece recently about the Christian challenges of what I call “marriage worship,” in which we focus so intensely on getting kids married before they have sex that we neglect necessary education and discourse about healthy emotional, spiritual and physical sexual expression. Though lots of people seemed to really appreciate the perspective in [...]
