Summary Tiffany Yecke Brooks, PhD shares her personal journey of growing up in a fundamentalist faith tradition. She discusses the moment she realized something was wrong and how it led her to write a book called Holy Ghosted. She also explains the concept of spiritual anxiety and religious trauma and how churches use them to indoctrinate us. Takeaways Churches need to address the exclusion of the queer community and reconsider the interpretation of clobber passages. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 03:00 Growing Up in a Fundamentalist Faith Tradition 06:00 Questioning Gender Roles and Church Leadership 13:00 Writing a Book Speaking Out 20:00 Understanding Spiritual Anxiety and Religious Trauma 25:00 Setting Boundaries vs. Manipulation and Control 35:00 The Importance of Clarity and Authenticity in Churches 36:13 Exclusion of the Queer Community 37:31 Linguistical Whiplash in Churches 44:30 Building a Healthy Church Community 48:13 The Big Picture and Context Read Holy Ghoste
Summary In this conversation, Tim Whitaker and political analyst Riley Martinez discuss the New Hampshire primary and its implications for the Republican Party. They explore the voting process in the primaries and the support for both Donald Trump and Nikki Haley. They delve into the significance of the white evangelical vote and the influence of Trumpism within the GOP. The conversation also touches on the war within the party and the election fraud narrative. They highlight immigration as a key issue and discuss Biden's handling of the genocide in Gaza. The conversation concludes with a look at upcoming primaries and Nikki Haley's future in the race. Takeaways The New Hampshire primary is the first primary of the election year and is often indicative of who will win the primary elections. Trump has a strong base of support among white evangelicals, which has remained consistent over the years. The Republican Party has shifted towards Trumpism, with neoconservative candidates
Summary In this conversation, Tim and Pete Enns respond to a video discussing deconstruction by Alisa Childers, Tim Barnett, and Sean McDowell. They explore the concept of a biblical worldview and its limitations and the definition and significance of deconstruction. They also discuss the role of biblical authority and the challenges of interpreting and applying scripture. Pete and Tim explore the nuances of doubt and apologetics, the clash between modernism and postmodernism, the complexity of biblical interpretation, and the challenges of biblical inerrancy. They discuss the role of doubt in faith, the limitations of historical claims in the Bible, and the need for a nuanced understanding of biblical authority. The conversation delves into the rhetoric of war and the labeling of deconstruction as the doctrine of demons. Takeaways The concept of a biblical worldview can be limiting and oversimplifies the complexity of faith and theology. Biblical authority is a topic of theological di