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  1. Racism, Slavery, Sin in the House, Hope

    book
    06/10/20
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    Things are falling apart. Nothing new, just a different way. Jesus falls smack dab in the middle of all this shit!
    Racism, Slavery, Sin in the House, Hope

  2. Ascension Misconception

    book
    05/25/20
    1 min
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    It's ok to remember those who gave their life for their country and not remind them that Jesus did something greater just so they don't get a big head. You can tell them the Good News however! Sins forgiven - for free!
    Ascension Misconception

  3. Imagine There was No Heaven or Hell... and more topics

    book
    05/11/20
    3 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    Turns out the Christian Church's goal was also the pursuit of happiness! Ooops! Thanks Pandemic!
    Imagine There was No Heaven or Hell... and more topics

  4. 133: Martin Luther - Do You Think the Devil is Going to Put Up With That?

    book
    04/24/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    This is Almost As Offensive as The Gospel. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s Galatians commentary. In this episode, Riley combines chocolate covered espresso beans with mushroom coffee, one of us offends everyone, and our quarantine fever takes over the conversation. It’s a wild, scattershot episode with tongue planted firmly in cheek. And the worst offenses are in the post-show.
    133: Martin Luther - Do You Think the Devil is Going to Put Up With That?

  5. 123: Friedrich Nietzsche, A nation that still believes in itself holds fast to its own god

    book
    03/22/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    I’m Not Really A Joiner. Gillespie and Riley finish their reading and discussion of Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Antichrist.” This episode, state religion, Christian civil religion, and being your own god.
    123: Friedrich Nietzsche, A nation that still believes in itself holds fast to its own god

  6. 122: Friedrich Nietzsche, Neither morality nor religion has any point of contact with actuality

    book
    03/19/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Welcome to A Church of Pure Imagination. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Antichrist.” This episode, what happens when Christianity disconnects itself from what’s concrete and real, especially the incarnation of God.
    122: Friedrich Nietzsche, Neither morality nor religion has any point of contact with actuality

  7. 121: Friedrich Nietzsche, Christianity is Called the Religion of Pity

    book
    03/14/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    All right, let's put a pin in this, I gotta help your pathetic faith. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's "Antichrist." How does the Christian church promote weak piety and a denial of life? How does Christianity as a religion of pity weaken believers and society? What happens to Christianity when it mixes philosophy and theology together?
    121: Friedrich Nietzsche, Christianity is Called the Religion of Pity

  8. 120: Friedrich Nietzsche, Progress is Merely a Modern Idea

    book
    03/11/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    That was really traumatizing! I quit! I'm out! Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's "Antichrist." This episode, we talk about how Nietzsche’s critique of Christianity can help us check our presuppositions about what Christianity is and is not today. 
    120: Friedrich Nietzsche, Progress is Merely a Modern Idea

  9. #24 “Weaker Brother or Self-Righteous Bully"

    book
    10/25/19
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    If you admit that you’re the weaker brother, does that make you the stronger brother because the stronger brother refused to admit he’s the weaker brother? . . . or something like that.
    #24 “Weaker Brother or Self-Righteous Bully

  10. Baptism Episode 4: For You

    book
    09/04/19
    1 min
    By Cindy Koch
    In this episode we discuss original sin and total depravity.
    Baptism Episode 4: For You

  11. 71: C.S. Lewis - The Fall of Man from “The Joyful Christian”

    book
    08/22/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    And I'm Free, Free Falling... Gillespie and Riley read and discuss C.S. Lewis' meditation on the Fall into Sin. They go deep into the subjects of free will, dualism, retributive justice, and why discussing sin isn't as easy as we'd like.
    71: C.S. Lewis - The Fall of Man from “The Joyful Christian”

  12. 2 Peter 1:1-15 (Episode 122)

    book
    08/06/19
    1 min
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Daniel and Erick begin 2 Peter in this episode. They spend some time discussing some of the controversy around this book and how to engage with it.
    2 Peter 1:1-15 (Episode 122)