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Episode 054: Confessions of a Christian Youth Pastor with Rich Kifer (Pt 2)
By Steve on August 21, 2017
Show Notes Intro music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured Music: Pinch me Bare Naked Ladies Hi Pilgrim, This week we continue our talk with long time youth pastor Rich Kifer. Rich shares…
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Episode 053: Confessions of a Christian Youth Minister with Rich Kifer Pt 1
By Steve on August 13, 2017
Show Notes Intro Music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured Music: Closer to Home Grand Funk Railroad Hi Pilgrim, Rich Kifer has had a long journey both as a Christian youth and music minister. …
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Bonus- Farewell to David Young: The Balcony Talk
By Steve on August 1, 2017
Show Notes Intro theme: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured music: Fragile Sting Hi Pilgrim, David Young, who has been a friend to this podcast and frequent guest, tragically passed away this past April after…
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Episode 052: Is Your Nationalism At Odds With God’s Kingdom? (w/ Giles Parker)
By Steve on July 26, 2017
Show Notes Intro music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured Music: Real Real Real Jesus Jones Hi Pilgrim, For many Americans, nationalism and patriotism are as much a part of their Christianity as any teaching…
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Episode 051: Belief vs. Experience with Giles Parker
By Steve on July 17, 2017
Show Notes Intro music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured music: Once In A Lifetime David Byrne Steve’s Blog post referenced in the podcast on “colonizing” scripture Hi Pilgrim, Giles Parker returns to the show to help us…
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Episode 050: Engaging The Bible Progressively with C. Allen Ries
By Steve on July 4, 2017
Show Notes Intro music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured music: Blunderbuss Jack White Hi Pilgrim, In Part 2 of our discussion with C. Allen Ries, Allen discusses the idea of Biblical inerrancy and how Christians…
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The Day The Union Jack Was Lowered: Remembering the Hong Kong Handover Twenty Years Later
By Steve on July 1, 2017
Twenty years ago today the Union Jack of Great Britain was lowered for the last time over Hong Kong as 156 years of colonial rule ended. At the stroke of midnight the flags changed over…
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Episode 049: Gay & Christian with C. Allen Ries (Pt.1)
By Steve on June 26, 2017
Show Notes: Intro music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured Music: Thank U Alanis Morissette Hi Pilgrim, There is a saying that the most segregated part of the week in America is 11:00 AM Sunday…
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Wishing Hank “The Bible Answer Man” Hanegraaff God Speed As He Leaves Evangelicalism for the Orthodox Church
By Steve on June 20, 2017
When I heard the news that Evangelical stalwart and Bible Answer Man Hank Hanegraaff had converted to Eastern Orthodoxy I nearly fell out of my chair. Literally… I mean, the minute I first saw the headline…
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5 Reasons American Evangelicals Are Going To Vote For Trump Again
By Steve on June 14, 2017
In November 2016 Donald Trump defied the predictions of pundits and pollsters alike to become the 45th President of the United States. Evangelical Christians were largely responsible for this upset with the 81% support they…