Blue Parakeets & Homosexuals in the Church – Scot McKnight on SBE

Erik Guzman April 3rd, 2009

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If you're not careful, reading the Bible can make you weird.

Have you ever struggled with being a Bible-believing Christian without becoming an out-of-touch fundamentalist or wacky liberal? If so, don't miss Scot McKnight on this week's SBE. If not, listen anyway.

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Scot McKnight is a biblical scholar, beliefnet blogger and author of The Blue Parakee … (Read More)

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Where's Your Jesus Now? – Karen Spears Zacharias on SBE

Erik Guzman February 13th, 2009

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Turn on the news and it's plain to see, scary bad news abounds. According to Karen Spears Zacharias, in American culture, fear is not only stealing headlines, it's destroying lives. Join Karen on this edition of SBE as we discuss fear and faith.

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Karen is the author of Where's Your Jesus Now?: Examining How Fear Erodes Our Faith and she says our anxi … (Read More)

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The Christian Response to Recession – Tony Campolo on SBE

Erik Guzman February 6th, 2009

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Unemployment is way up, stocks are way down, and the economy will probably get worse before it gets better. Pretty grim, huh? But wait, what if this recession is actually a gift from God?

Tony Campolo joins us this week on Steve Brown Etc. to talk about responsible Christian action in the midst of economic turmoil and the cleansing effects of crisis.

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Coping with complex sex talk

Terry Mattingly January 14th, 2009

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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 th … (Read More)

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Etcetera – 07.29.08 – Miles to Go?

Erik Guzman July 30th, 2008

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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.

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Homosexuals & Evangelicals – The Internet Monk on SBE

Erik Guzman May 9th, 2008

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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 … (Read More)

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