#030: We Have A Hotline! (HOTW: Nadia Bolz-Weber)

This may come as a shock, but we now have a Hotline you can call or text, 24/7. Listen as we devote an entire episode to responding to your Hotline voicemail and text questions. Plus, Nadia Bolz-Weber as our Heretic of the Week.

Show Notes

• 00:30 – Introduction and Patreon sponsors.
• 05:05 – Introduction to Nadia Bolz-Weber, author of Accidental Saints and Pastrix. Being a woman pastor. The gospel is for all with no distinctions.
• 09:31 – How Nadia views herself as a pastor.
• 12:23 – Nadia’s church being traditional and not conventional.
• 17:27 – Nadia’s congregation.
• 18:02 – Hierarchical leadership in the church and how Nadia found her voice.
• 21:35 – Sex and the church and Nadia’s new book called Shameless: A Sexual Reformation. (Coming out in January)
• 22:45 – Church loyalty to doctrine instead of people.
• 27:01 – Song of Songs and sexuality.
• 31:05 – Forgiveness.
• 37:38 – Caller on the hotline to announce the hotline.
• 40:00 – Text about deconstruction.
• 45:23 – Podcasts.
• 46:55 – Go Wolverines.
• 48:15 – Text about Jesus and the (Cosmic) Christ.
• 55:18 – The visible manifestation of the invisible God.
• 55:58 – Fellowship and the institutional church for introverts.
• 58:32 – Ekklesia.
• 1:02:04 – Missions trips and whether they are a waste of time.
• 1:08:08 – Exporting nationalism.
• 1:12:01 – Tithing. (Don’t)
• 1:12:28 – Text about comparing the H3 to televangelists asking for money.
• 1:13:34 – Duty and obligation. The power of generosity.
• 1:15:37 – What does a relationship look like with God (How do you hear God)?
• 1:20:58 – Loving others.
• 1:23:12 – God is not separate from us. God’s voice sounds like ours.
• 1:25:32 – Question about conversion experiences. Question about Jesus talking about hell more than anything else. (He didn’t).
• 1:32:52 – Jamal calls himself on the hotline and mentions Mary Magdalene.