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“I Wouldn’t Believe in a God Who Would…” — A Response to Francis Chan, Part 2

Continuing on in this conclusion to this 2-part episode, Ray and Steve respond to the promotional video for Francis Chan’s forthcoming book “Erasing Hell”.  Much more than just a response to Chan, however, this episode touches on lots of thoughts related to revelation and how much we can know and understand about the Father. There [...]

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“I Wouldn’t Believe in a God Who Would…” — A Response to Francis Chan, Part 1

Author Francis Chan is releasing a new book soon called “Erasing Hell” and has released a promotional video.  Unlike the Rob Bell video which raised a lot of questions, Chan makes some definitive statements (not necessarily about hell) in his video. And it is those statements to which Ray and Steve respond in this two-part [...]

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Living As the Real You

[A quick note of apology for the sound quality on Steve's end. Lots of distortion this time around. Sorry, folks! ] Whether it’s because you feel like your “testimony” isn’t good enough, or because you’re in a position of power that makes you feel like you have to be more than you really are, there [...]

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Jesus, Osama bin Laden, and Enemy Love, Part 2

In this conclusion of the discussion started last time in Part 1, Ray and Steve continue discussion the ramifications of the teachings of Jesus on our view of violence, national or otherwise.  As part of the discussion, Ray and Steve discuss some examples of where non-violence actually won out over violence. Do we dare to [...]

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Jesus, Osama bin Laden, and Enemy Love, Part 1

Sunday evening, May 1, President Barack Obama announced to the world that Osama bin Laden had been found and killed. And what resulted in terms of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media conversations was nothing short of amazing.  Responses varied from sheer joy at the thought of bin Laden now being in hell for all [...]

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Thoughts on Ultimate Reconciliation, Part 3

If you haven’t already listened to part 1 and part 2, you should go listen to those first for this episode to make the most sense. Ray and Steve conclude this three-part discussion on Ultimate Reconciliation. It may seem to some like we have hammered this entire topic well into the ground, and perhaps we [...]

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Thoughts on Ultimate Reconciliation, Part 2

(If you haven’t already listened to part 1, please start there!) Continuing on with the discussion begun in part 1, Ray and Steve continue to discuss Ultimate Reconciliation. Theories about what happens after this life (especially with regard to the notion of post-mortem salvation opportunities) often go hand-in-hand with one’s view of the atonement, and [...]

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Thoughts on Ultimate Reconciliation, Part 1

In a continuation of the general topic dealt with in the recent 2-part series related to Rob Bell’s new book and the controversy surrounding it, Ray and Steve continue to discuss the idea of Ultimate Reconciliation. This is not the first time Ray and Steve have dealt with this topic.  Back in February, 2009, they [...]

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Hope, Hell, and Rob Bell, Part 2

In this continuation of the discussion after a brief child-induced interruption, Ray and Steve jump right back into the discussion.  If you haven’t listened to part 1 yet, you need to go listen to it first.  It sets the framework for the heresy thoughts you’ll hear in this part! We certainly enjoyed batting around different [...]

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Hope, Hell, and Rob Bell, Part 1

Lately, a controversy has been erupting in certain parts of the blogosphere, Facebook statuses (stati?), podcasts, etc. regarding the contents of a book that has yet to be released.  Despite the lack of actual content to judge, judgment of the anticipated content has been given out quite liberally by many. While this two-part episode isn’t [...]

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