Beyond the Box

Two guys thinking out loud about life beyond the box of institutional religion

Entries for January, 2009

Technical Difficulties

We apologize, but this week’s episode has been delayed by technical difficulties. We hope to have them resolved by next week so we can start posting again. So stay tuned! Tweet This Post Post to Delicious Digg This Post Post to Facebook Post to FriendFeed Post to Google Buzz Send Gmail Post to LinkedIn Post [...]

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Is God All-Powerful?

Just from the title of this post, one can probably guess that this will be a controversial discussion!  But in their usual method of not shying away from tough questions, Ray and Steve discuss human definitions of God in light of the question of evil. If God is all-powerful, why doesn’t he stop evil, pain, [...]

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What About the 5-Fold Ministry?

Listener Chip asked some follow-up questions to our recent discussions regarding the institutional church.  Specifically, Chip’s questions revolve around the “leadership” gifts in the New Testament (see Ephesians 4), and how they might play out in a less-structured, less-formal environment.  Are there “offices” that need to be filled with specific people at all times in [...]

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Is the Institution Bad?

In response to the last episode (“Leaving the Institution“), Scott Roche asked if there was any basis for the institutional church at all (at least in the opinion of Ray and Steve).  Always enjoying responding to listeners, Ray and Steve devote this entire episode to giving their thoughts in response to Scott’s excellent questions.  The [...]

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