Better Together | Faithful Deconstruction Episode 5

The Faithful Deconstruction Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Missio Alliance. In Episode 5 of 6 of Faithful Deconstruction, Jessie Cruickshank of Whoology and Rowland Smith of ForgeAmerica explore how we journey with one another through deconstruction so we don’t lose our faith by exploring a time in history when the entire world faced disorientation.
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Strange Land | Faithful Deconstruction Episode 3

The Faithful Deconstruction Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Missio Alliance. In Episode 3 of 6 of Faithful Deconstruction, Jessie Cruickshank of Whoology and Rowland Smith of ForgeAmerica explore how we journey with one another through deconstruction so we don’t lose our faith Deconstruction can often leave us feeling like strangers in a land we once knew well.
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Should we be Hero-Makers?

Should we strive to be hero-makers? Should we just be side-kicks? And are Dave and Geoff just being too picky about stuff? David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw end the year talking about the importance of language when it comes to leadership in the church?
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Are Sacraments for Mission?

Are sacraments for those outside the church? Are sacraments for those coming in or going out? Can something that’s not a sacrament be sacramental? Ranging across topics, David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw have two guests on—Ben Sternke and Matt Tebbe of Gravity Leadership—to talk about the role of sacraments in mission.
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Returning to Joy in a Troubled World

  How is joy a source of strength? Why was it joy for Jesus to endure the cross? Is joy just happy-clappy sentimentality? Mandy Smith and Scott Jones join Geoff Holsclaw to talk about the need to return to joy.
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Converts Or Proselytes? The Change Jesus Makes

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/285328091″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Does Jesus seek Proselytes or Converts? And what is the difference? David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw discuss why the Apostle Paul was so angry with the Galatians, and whether we are called to renounce one cultural identity in favor of a new one (Proselyte Model) and or called to take up the same identity in a new way (Conversion Model).
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Advice to a Mega-Church (or any) Pastor

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/284286594″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Why do pastors burn out? And what can be done about it? Are you burning out? Is your church leading you to the brink?
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3 Ways (Not) to Start Your Theology

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/282718160″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Does systematic theology have a future? And if so, where should it begin? And what does it matter? Geoff Holsclaw and regular guest Scott Jones (because Fitch is big-timing it in Pasadena) discuss the three major critiques of systematic theology and then talk about three possible ways to begin theology and how we need them all.
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3 Evangelical Off-Ramps

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/281652162″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Are we all just reacting to various Fundamentalisms here in America? Is there a doctrinal identity or a practical mission at the center of American Evangelicalism? 
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Gender Differences: 3 Views

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/280517304″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Is there a difference between female and male? And if there is, why? And how do we explain it? These are the pertinent questions that our culture casts before the church. 
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Theological Jenga: The Word Blocks of Mission

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/276502748″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] “In the beginning God raised Jesus from the dead” ~Michael W. Pahl (From Resurrection to New Creation: A First Journey in Christian Theology) Where does theology come from?  
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