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Ep 79: What’s So Outrageous?
Chris and Pete have been getting grumpy at the socially mediated world because that’s how it’s made. Don’t we love to be outraged? Is it our God given right? Who gives us the right to be outraged and why do we let others unload their venom in our faces? Is there a good way to…
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Ep 78: Can’t He Just Tell Us?
After a couple of thousand years of the bible, Chris and Pete are still baffled by the stories in it. Just like the original hearers of Jesus were? Why did Jesus seek to deliberately baffle us? Can’t he just tell us stuff instead of hiding in parables? Are stories important and if so, why? And…
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Ep 77: How Good Are We?
Chris and Pete try to get a handle on humility. Do Christians think they’re pretty good; Made in the image of God, His children? But also getting down on ourselves? So are other people better than us, like the bible tells us? How can we be good for others and not just good for ourselves?…
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Ep 76: What’s In It For God?
So if all this church stuff about God is true and God loves us… why? Why does God love humans? Or does he? And if he does, what’s in it for God? Is it all just warm feelings? What if that’s NOT what God is all about?
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Ep 75: No Such Thing As Peace
Can we live in peace? A follow up to #73 when Chris and Pete looked at peace and comfort, Is Peace innate in our lives? Is it natural? Can we deal with difference and have differences and find the peace within? How?
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Ep 74: What’re You Afraid Of?
After 74 episodes, how are Chris and Pete coping with not knowing? Is there value in being ignorant, especially when you’re leading a prayer meeting? Can we not know stuff and still be wise and helpful?
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Ep 73: Gimme comfort
Do we want peace that is comfortable? Chris and Pete wonder if comfort is something we get wrong. Has our language derailed the truth of what we should be looking for? Does comfort work in our broken world, and how do we look for it in a way that actually works?
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Ep 72: You Don’t Say
In the last of our ‘Bathroom session’ Chris and Pete stumble on some really hard-hitting questions. What if you never asked God for ‘stuff’? What else is there? Can I trust just enough for today? Are we happy to ask God to be harsh with us, and is God my ‘mate’? How does God, as…
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Ep 71: The Biopic Book
In the next of our ‘Bathroom sessions’, Chris and Pete once again suffer from Pete’s poor recording and yet still manage to discuss some pretty cool things! Like whose rules rule the church? What happens when we don’t agree? What if your church is wrong and the world is right? Is the bible mythology? Is…
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Ep 70: Intimacy Be Like…
In the second of our ‘Bathroom series’ with the odd sound, Chris and Pete ask what would it be like if we talked to God the way we talk to our partner? Who is a hugger? Why don’t Aussie blokes do well at intimacy, and how can we be better at it?