Technical Difficulties
30th January 2009 by Steve No CommentsWe 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!
Archive for January, 2009
Is God All-Powerful?
21st January 2009 by Steve 36 CommentsJust 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 [...]
What About the 5-Fold Ministry?
17th January 2009 by Steve 5 CommentsListener 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 [...]
Is the Institution Bad?
7th January 2009 by Steve 12 CommentsIn 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 [...]
Beyond the Box is the podcast of Raborn Johnson and Steve Sensenig. We have been encouraging each other in the journey outside the bounds of institutional religion for several years now and share many of our candid thoughts and questions in our podcast.