Theology in the Raw
Helping believers think Christianly about theological and cultural issues by engaging in curious conversations with a diverse range of thoughtful people.
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April 24, 2025 • 68 mins
Lisa is a world renown speaker and writer with over 30 years of church and para-church ministry leadership experience. She holds a Masters in Theology from Covenant Theological Seminary and is pursuing a Doctorate in Ministry from Denver Seminary. She’s the co-host of the popular “Back Porch Theology” podcast and the author of several books including her most recent book: A Jesus Shaped Life: How Diving Deeper into Theology Can Tra...
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April 21, 2025 • 62 mins
Dr. Kara Powell, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI), the founder of the TENx10 Collaboration, and the Chief of Leadership Formation at Fuller Theological Seminary (see fulleryouthinstitute.org). Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women to Watch”, Kara speaks regularly at national parenting and leadership conferences, and is the author or co-author of a number of books including the recently re...
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April 17, 2025 • 56 mins
Levi Lusko is the founder and lead pastor of Fresh Life Church located in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Utah. He is the bestselling author of Through the Eyes of a Lion, Swipe Right, I Declare War, The Last Supper on the Moon, and Roar Like a Lion, the 2022 ECPA Christian Book Award winner for young people's literature. Levi also travels the world speaking about Jesus. He and his wife, Jennie, have one son, Lennox, and four daughters...
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April 16, 2025 • 22 mins
BONUS Q&A: Does God Allow Evil For His Glory?
0:00 Introduction
0:27 How should I respond to someone who says "Bad things happen for God's glory?" It feels irksome.
11:54 Thoughts and impressions on this year's Exiles conference?
20:06 How should we practice communion? Every week? Young people? Nonbelievers?
32:28 How does assurance of salvation actually work?
37:36 Should Christians do yoga?
41:33 Why respond to Christopher Yuan...
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Matthew W. Bates (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is a professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lisle, Illinois. He is the author of Gospel Allegiance, Salvation by Allegiance Alone, and Why the Gospel?, which won a 2024 Christianity Today Book Award and was named the 2024 Resource of the Year by Outreach magazine, and Beyond the Salvation Wars, which forms the topic of our conversation. Bates also cofounded and cohosts th...
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April 10, 2025 • 69 mins
Dave DeCamp is the news editor of Antiwar.com--a program that provides a sounding board of interest to all who are concerned about U.S. foreign policy and its implications. Follow his daily podcast “Antiwar.com.”
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April 7, 2025 • 57 mins
Dr. Prof. NT Wright is a biblical scholar, professor, former bishop of Durham, and an author who’s written 30 billion books. Over the last 25 years, he’s been one of the most influential and inspiring NT scholars in my life and in the lives of many others. Click HERE to gain FREE access to the course “Simply Good News” by NT Wright.
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April 3, 2025 • 62 mins
Paul Anleitner is a cultural theologian that writes and speaks on the intersection of religion, culture, philosophy, and science. He is the host of Deep Talks: Cultural Theology with Paul Anleitner, a YouTube channel and podcast featuring long-form discussions with leading voices and lectures on the cultural theology. Register for the Exiles and Babylon conference: theologyintheraw.com
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March 31, 2025 • 68 mins
Dan White Jr. is the Co-founder of The Kineo Center, a ministry that serves weary and wounded leaders. Dan is also the author of Love Over Fearand co-author of Church as Movement. Register for the Exiles and Babylon conference: theologyintheraw.com
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March 27, 2025 • 77 mins
Dr. Munther Isaac is a Palestinian pastor, theologian, author, and activist. He has an MA from Westminster Theological Seminary and a PhD from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. He pastors the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem and the Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour. He is also the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College and the author of several books including the recently released: Christ in the Rubble: Fait...
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March 26, 2025 • 18 mins
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Any ideas on your next project after you complete your current book?
3:03 How should speaking in tongues be practiced in our churches today?
9:42 As a pacifist, how do you reconcile God's violent actions and his call to violence in OT and NT?
15:38 Since being saved, when have you felt least certain about the veracity of your faith?
22:07 Is there hierarchy within the Trinity?
24:25 What are you looking forwa...
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March 24, 2025 • 65 mins
Dr. Barr is the James Vardaman professor of history at Baylor University in Waco, TX, and is the author of several books including her recently released Becoming the Pastor's Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman's Path to Ministry, which forms the backdrop of our conversation. Register for the Exiles and Babylon conference: theologyintheraw.com
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March 20, 2025 • 55 mins
John Eldredge is a New York Times bestselling author, counselor, and teacher who has inspired millions to go deeper in their relationship with Jesus. He’s the author of several books including The Sacred Romance, Wild at Heart, and his recently released Experiencing Jesus. Really:Finding Refuge, Strength, and Wonder through Everyday Encounters with God. He is also president of Wild at Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people dis...
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March 19, 2025 • 22 mins
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0:00 Introduction
0:41 Will you respond to any critiques of "the Upside Down Kingdom Study Bible?" Is it "woke?"
5:49 How do you explain the difference between sexual attraction and sinful sexual lust?
9:35 Is the Kingdom a meritocracy? The gate is grace, but what about rewards and placement--based on works?
20:23 Is ...
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March 17, 2025 • 80 mins
Dr. Robin Parry is the minor canon for eco-spirituality at Worcester Cathedral, UK. He is also an academic book editor for Wipf and Stock Publishers and the author of several books and articles including The Evangelical Universalist (under the name Gregory MacDonald) and an important article on Christian Universalism in the Four Views on Hell book, which I edited. In this conversation, I didn't bring Robin on for a debate but for h...
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March 13, 2025 • 70 mins
Dr. Mark Thiessen Nation has authored and edited a number of books, including two books on Bonhoeffer: Bonhoeffer the Assassin? and Discipleship in a World Full of Nazis. For sixteen years he was professor of theology at Eastern Mennonite Seminary and before that was director of The London Mennonite Centre, London, England. Register for the Exiles in Babylon conference (Minneapolis, April 3-5, 2025) at theologyintheraw.com
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March 10, 2025 • 72 mins
Dr. Nijay Gupta earned his PhD in NT from Durham University. He currently serves as Prof of NT at Northern Seminary. He’s written several books including Strange Religion, Tell Her Story, and the recently released: The Affections of Christ Jesus: Love at the Heart of Paul’s TheologyRegister for the Exiles in Babylon conference (Minneapolis, April 3-5, 2025) at theologyintheraw.com
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Dr. Ben Norquist is the director of the Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East (NEME). Ben is a researcher and public organizer. Inspired by his study of higher education in Palestine, Ben currently works on the ways educational and epistemological structures develop responsively to physical landscapes, especially those that are highly configured and imposed. He us the coauthor of Every Somewhere Sacred: Rescuing a Theology of...
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March 3, 2025 • 50 mins
Dave Brickey has been a pastor for over 20 years and currently serves as lead pastor at Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove, MN. Dave and his team are also the host church of this year's "Exiles in Babylon" conference (April 3-5, 2025). Find out more at theologyintheraw.com . Dave is a pastor of a church in the suburbs and has a radical, kingdom-minded heart. We talk about what this looks like in the context of church ministry. ...
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February 27, 2025 • 77 mins
Patrick Miller is a teaching Pastor and Director of Digital Relationships at the Crossing Church in Columbia, MO. He has a master’s degree from Covenant Theological Seminary and he cohosts two podcasts: Ten Minute Bible Talks and Truth over Tribe, with Keith Simon. He and Keith are the authors of two great books: Truth Over Tribe, and their most recent book, Joyful Outsiders: Six Ways to Live Like Jesus in a Disorienting Culture. R...
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