Coping with complex sex talk

Terry Mattingly January 14th, 2009

Trust me. There are times when your GetReligionistas get tired of writing posts that criticize the same publications for making the same errors, time after time. Meanwhile, we know that readers may also tire of hearing us praise some of the same skilled, talented professionals who know what they are doing on the religion beat.

So, with that later truth in mind, let us turn to yet another story by Eric Gorski, who basically is charged with covering religion on most of the planet earth for the Ass … (Read More)

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Etcetera - 07.29.08 - Miles to Go?

Erik Guzman July 30th, 2008

Sara Miles is the author of Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion, a book that tells the story of how eating Jesus' flesh and drinking His blood changed her life.

The recent SBE program with Sara has the emails and comments flying. So, on this edition of Etcetera we talk about Sara's radical conversion and how, for some, it's not radical enough.

Use one of the options below to listen.

Here are some links that came up in this show…

- Sara Miles on SBE

- Michael Spencer (Th … (Read More)

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Homosexuals & Evangelicals - The Internet Monk on SBE

Erik Guzman May 9th, 2008

The Internet Monk, Michael Spencer, joins us on Steve Brown Etc. this week to talk about gays, lesbians and evangelicals. Use one of the options below to listen.

When homosexuals listen to evangelicals, what do they hear? One friend of mine suggested that we sound like the teacher from the Peanuts cartoons, "Wa wah wa. Wah wa wa wah." But much of the time, our words are far more caustic. Join us as we discuss the subject in the context of Michael's insightful and controversi … (Read More)

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Avoiding Some Church Troubles

Tony Campolo January 14th, 2008

Every denomination in America is facing the real possibility of schism because of differing views on the place of gays and lesbians in the Church. Almost all churches, including most Fundamentalist churches, are open to homosexuals attending their worship services. Even homophobic Christians welcome gays and lesbians in the hope that they will hear the Gospel and maybe get saved. Those who are convinced that those with homosexual attractions can be changed through “coming to know Christ,” … (Read More)

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Jay Bakker

Erik Guzman July 26th, 2007

Jay Bakker spent some time talking with Steve before his mom passed away. They discussed Tammy Faye's struggle with cancer and her expression of the Spirit of Jesus on "The Surreal Life." Revolution Church, homosexuality, Jim Bakker, grace, and Jay's forgiveness of Jerry Falwell were also covered.

Join Steve for this week's edition of The Brown Sessions with Jay Bakker. For more from Jay, check out the documentary, One Punk Under God: The Prodigal Son Of Jim And Tammy … (Read More)

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Homosexuals and the Church (Re-Air)

Erik Guzman July 6th, 2007

This weekend, radio stations across the country will be re-airing the previously broadcast episode of SBE titled, Homosexuals and the Church. If you missed it, hit play below or download the mp3 and listen later. Don't forget, you can get each week's SBE delivered free by hitting the "Subscribe" button in the header of this page.

Steve's on vacation (first blogging now this…the end is surely near). But never fear, before he left, we pre-recorded some fresh SBE f … (Read More)

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