Evolving in Monkey Town - Rachel Held Evans on SBE

Erik Guzman August 27th, 2010

Rachel Held Evans grew up in Dayton, Tennessee, a town that epitomized Christian fundamentalism during the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925.

Join Rachel on Steve Brown Etc. as we talk about her crisis of faith and how she came to a place where knowing all the answers isn't as important as asking questions.

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Rachel Held Evans is an award-winning writer and author of Evolving in Monkey Town: H … (Read More)

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"Killing the Indian in the Child" & Forgiveness - Maracle & Boone on SBE

Erik Guzman August 20th, 2010

Could you forgive the people who took your children from you and then reeducated them in an effort to destroy your way of life? Me either, but that's what's happening in Canada.

Join Barry Maracle and Steve Boone as we talk about the Canadian government's effort to "kill the Indian in the child" and the extraordinary forgiveness of Canada's native peoples.

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Emotionally Healthy Spirituality - Pete Scazzero on SBE (Re-Air)

Erik Guzman August 13th, 2010

From the outside, it looked like Pastor Pete Scazzero was on top of the world. The church he planted in New York was filling up with people (many of them new Christians) and the atmosphere was electric. But on the inside, Pete was secretly dying. Then he hit the wall.

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Whether you're in full-time ministry or a regular churchgoer, don't miss Pete Scazzero on Steve Brown Etc. this w … (Read More)

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New Creation vs New Car!

Steve Brown August 9th, 2010

Guess what?

I just got a new car!

I know, I know, that's not very spiritual, but I'm in that stage where I have to tell someone and you're it. It's a black (befitting the clergy) Honda Accord and I like it a lot.

I generally run cars into the ground, often getting close to 200,000 miles out of them. My old car was a hybrid with 125,000 miles on it. If the batteries go in a hybrid, it can cost up to $4,000. Given that batteries don't last forever and on the advice of a me … (Read More)

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Jesus Deficit Disorder - Leonard Sweet & Frank Viola on SBE

Erik Guzman August 6th, 2010

You've probably heard the joke about the little boy digging through a giant pile of horse manure. An eternal optimist, he exclaimed, "With all this horse poop, there has to be a pony in here somewhere!"

It's kinda like that in the church. Where's Jesus? We're buried in guilt from not living up to the demands of moralism and social justice. All the while, Jesus is in this mess somewhere.

Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola are here to get us digging in the right di … (Read More)

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Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide? - Karen Spears Zacharias on SBE (Re-Air)

Erik Guzman July 23rd, 2010

From The Secret to prosperity gospel preachers, we're told that our thoughts and actions can attract good things to us. Muster up enough good vibrations or faith in God and you can be healthy, wealthy and wise. But when the formula doesn't work, where does that leave the faithful?

Join us as we talk about that with Karen Spears Zacharias, author of Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?: ('Cause I Need More Room for My Plasma TV). Karen writes,

"I know without question that Go … (Read More)

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