God Doesn't Need Protecting or Defending!

Steve Brown June 21st, 2010

I just discovered something I can hardly wait to tell you.

Are there certain Bible texts that make you wince? You know the ones I'm talking about… Bible teachers and mothers use them to make us feel guilty. Both want us to be good. They figure the best thing to do is to make us memorize Scripture that will keep us up at night until we either get in line or become atheists.

I call those "law enforcement texts."

I avoid them except when I'm doing the "lucky dipping.& … (Read More)

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3 Free Sins, Guilt & Temptation - Larry Dixon on SBE

Erik Guzman July 31st, 2009

If you're pure and holy like Steve Brown, you probably don't need to listen to this show. But if you struggle with guilt and temptation like me, and you’re going through free sins like a bag of chips, join Steve and Dr. Larry Dixon on this week's Steve Brown Etc.

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Larry Dixon is a theology professor at Columbia International University Seminary and School of Missions, and the autho … (Read More)

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Recover Your Good Heart (The Brown Session) - Jim Robbins

Erik Guzman July 27th, 2009

Last week on Steve Brown Etc., we talked with Jim Robbins about his book, Recover Your Good Heart: Living Free from Religious Guilt and the Shame of Not Good-Enough.

Now, available for the first time anywhere, fresh from the SBE vault for an unlimited time (all things remaining equal), here's the entire interview with all the juicy chunks we didn't have time for on the talk show.

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Recover Your Good Heart - Jim Robbins on SBE

Erik Guzman July 24th, 2009

There are a growing number of Christians who are sick of being told that they're not committed enough, good enough and spiritual enough. But when enough is enough, are our only options to either fake it or bail on church altogether? If not, is there hope of getting any better? Jim Robbins has answers to those questions that come from the heart.

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Join Steve and Jim on this week's Steve B … (Read More)

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Afraid, guilty and tired!

Steve Brown January 15th, 2009

Do you know my favorite thing to do…right after jumping off buildings and getting a root canal?

It's grading papers.

Do you know what I'm doing right now?

Well, I'm writing to you, of course, but what I was doing before writing to you and what I'll do right after writing to you is…

…grading papers.

I remember once at Disney when I was with our grandchildren at one of those "character" lunches. Our daughter, our son-in-law and my wife deserted me an … (Read More)

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Take This Bread - Sara Miles on SBE

Erik Guzman July 25th, 2008

Sara Miles was a passionate atheist, but early one morning curiosity got the best of her and she walked into the open doors of St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in San Francisco. She was offered a piece of bread and some wine, she took it and walked out of the church a Christian.

Use one of the options below to hear Sara and Steve talk about her radical conversion and what happened next.

Sara is a journalist who has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Out, The Progressi … (Read More)

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