#007: The Elephant in the Room

In this special episode, our hosts discuss how they deal with their own disagreements over theology and what it looks like to extend grace to one another.

Show Notes

• 00:20 – Introduction and word from show sponsor Unfundamentalists.
• 02:35 – Voicemail to the hotline. Power and the institution in Christianity. From the Blood of Abel.
• 04:18 – Mimetic desire for power.
• 08:00 – Human desire for significance. Inherent human significance.
• 10:37 – Introduction to the heretic of the week, Jamal Jivanjee. Jamal explains why people think he’s a heretic. No distinction between Jesus and us.
• 13:04 – Our identity in Christ.
• 14:04 – Does Jesus have a unique identity?
• 14:40 – The Christ (all of creation) as the second person of the trinity instead of Jesus.
• 17:45 – Jesus as the revelation of the Christ.
• 20:40 – Jamal and his deconstruction process from his Muslim and evangelical background.
• 25:11 – Supernatural encounters.
• 27:00 – Jesus’s new commandment.
• 30:39 – Introduction to the podcast topic, “The Elephant in the room.” Past conflict with Jamal and Keith concerning Jamal’s book, Free to Love.
• 34:45 – Disagreements with the hosts of the Heretic Happy Hour.
• 36:29 – You don’t need to agree to fellowship.
• 44:37 – The gospel isn’t about having the “right” information.
• 45:27 – Heresy is allowing a disagreement to divide.
• 48:24 – Self-emptying love.
• 56:33 – Radical acceptance of one another despite beliefs.