Belonging Before Believing

This is NOT another episode on abortion. This is an episode on how to have meaningful conversations with people that we likely disagree with.

With Memorial Day having just past and Pat with a recent experience at another church, it seems timely to address this question.

Thank you so much for listening to ONE HUNDRED episodes of Belonging Before Believing!

Our first giveaway winner is announced! Oh yeah, and we answered another question!

Our second go round on this episode! This is something that was rattling around in Bryan's head all day on Resurrection Sunday and wanted to riff out with Pat.

This episode is recorded on location at Secret Trail Brewing where you'll get to hear a little bit of why we love that place so much and why doing ministry out in the wild can be so beneficial. Also some surprising statistics when it comes the subject of Christians and divorce!

What are they and why do we do them? Are they important? Are they life and death?

What is Lent about and who should or should not participate?

Is Biblical slavery different than what we Americans think of when we hear the term "slavery" being used? Is there such a thing as "Biblical slavery"?

Christians of all people should be the quickest to admit their failures, but why?

A walkthrough of one of our favorite stories we find in Scripture.

This is heavy stuff that needs to be considered and thought through, strap in!

Our response to the recent article by the Houston Chronicle about sexual abuse in SBC churches: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/Southern-Baptist-sexual-abuse-spreads-as-leaders-13588038.php

We all know he could have, so why didn't he?

Someone poked the bears and is about to get hit by a logic freight train!

Testimonies!

Sometimes the boys just need to cut loose and goof off. That is pretty much all this episode is. So if you don't like the banter at the beginning of our normal episodes, better just skip this one!

Some have the view that "all roads lead to God", is that true?

Goofy nonsense!!! Drunkenness not encouraged.

Initially this was intended to be an episode where we talked our way through Luke 2. That is not how it went down!

FINALLY Joel Biddle makes an on mic appearance and we burst some bubbles. Watch out!

When this question was asked we went in two very different directions! What do you see out there that seems beyond rational explanation?

There are a LOT of inaccurate analogies when it comes to attempting to explain the Trinity. We tried to avoid those.

Was it more that way in the OT? Is it something that was encouraged? Is it encourage today?

If you're looking for a definition consult Webster, but this is a good conversation.

Christians often focus on missionaries outside of the US, do you think the church has more work to do in the US or is it just a different location and it doesn’t really matter?

We discuss the sovereignty of God in light of the recent, catastrophic events surrounding the Camp Fire.

Spooky stuff on Halloween! Are they real? Do they do what people tend to think they do? Are Christians allowed to celebrate Halloween???

Just for funsies!

More flannelgraph fun from Daniel 6!

This is pretty simple. But likely not in the way you'd expect. Are we going to treat someone dealing with same sex attraction much different than any other sinner?

Did our faith just happen to us because it was the natural thing to do or path of least resistance? Was there more to it than that?

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This got a little more real than we thought it would! Still a fun question!

EVERYONE knows this story. People reference it all the time. When was the last time you read through it?

Is this propaganda from the left or something that Christians need to take seriously?

Do all dogs go to heaven? Do any animals go to heaven?