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

Entries for March, 2009

Life Gets in the Way Sometimes

Due to hectic schedules and other obligations, Ray and Steve are taking this week off from podcasting. Come back next week for more BtB fun!

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Christian Celebrity

Western culture loves to put people on pedestals and make celebrities out of them. And the western church has bought into this mindset hook, line, and sinker. Ray and Steve discuss this approach in light of the words of Jesus and other New Testament writers. Additionally, they discuss the dangers that are inherent in the [...]

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Audio Comments Welcome, Too!

Recently, we put out a call for promos and bumpers from other podcasters. However, we wanted to extend that invitation to anyone with a microphone and recording software who would like to send us an audio comment to be played on our show. We would only request that you try to keep your comments to [...]

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Are We Slaves or Sons?

In one of the more rambling episodes so far (and the longest one yet), Ray and Steve talk about a potpourri of thoughts before settling on the question raised in an email by Big C of bearcrawling.com regarding a church sign he saw. The title of the episode refers to that eventual discussion!   Thanks [...]

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Podcasters: Send Us Your Promo!

Calling all podcasters! Beyond the Box is getting ready to start playing promos, bumps, etc. from other podcasts. If you would like us to play your spot (anything from 10 to 60 seconds), please email them (MP3 format) to steve [at] beyondtheboxpodcast [dot] com. Thanks!

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How Do We Know What Is Applicable?

In the same theme as a recent episode about the Old Testament, listener “Yabadabadoo” asked on our Idea Submission page how we know which verses in the New Testament are applicable to us today. Ray and Steve discuss this question, and discuss the idea that perhaps there is a different way of looking at it.  [...]

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More Technical Difficulties

I’m sure that some of our Christian friends would caution us that God continues to try to block our podcast from happening, but for whatever reason, we have had technical issues again with producing the episode. The computer that we use to mix/produce appears to have some issues, and we are working to resolve those [...]

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