How should we respond to hunger, homelessness, and suffering in our world? Plus, Thomas Crisp, professor of philosophy, is our Heretic of the Week.

Show Notes

  • 00:20 – Introduction.
  • 03:30 – Text to the hotline about a punitive God.
  • 06:15 – Call to the hotline about deconstruction and reconstruction.
  • 13:00 – Certainty without a belief system.
  • 15:25 – The opposite of faith is certainty.
  • 16:17 – Introduction to Thomas Crisp.
  • 17:33 – Neo-Marxism.
  • 19:54 – Jesus’s teachings about those that are marginalized.
  • 22:18 – Modern evangelicals with a focus on the cross instead of the teachings.
  • 26:18 – Conflict resolution.
  • 28:42 – Thomas’s experience of God’s presence.
  • 33:39 – The art of listening.
  • 37:57 – Loving people as yourself. Shalom.
  • 41:37 – Shalom and peace translations.
  • 46:10 – Bearing the image of God.
  • 49:08 – End of interview.
  • 51:41 – Happiness with poverty and wealth.
  • 55:05 – Are there poor people in the world?
  • 1:00:31 – Positive mindsets.
  • 1:02:57 – Transformation.
  • 1:05:32 – Systems of power.
  • 1:07:33 – The cause of poverty.
  • 1:10:23 – Inheriting our parent’s beliefs.
  • 1:17:32 – The external is a reflection of the internal.
  • 1:19:02 – Survival mindsets.
Heretic Happy Hour is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com