Real Bible Rob: Affirming Christianity Podcast Real Bible Rob - Inclusive Christianity Discussions Real Bible Rob | PCUSA Ministry Insights
Exploring Bible interpretation and modern Christian faith, I am a Presbyterian USA minister who interprets the Bible in all of its messy and varied voices. I teach and preach spiritual growth to people who want an open and affirming Christianity. My social media tagline is "People say lots of things about the Bible that aren't really there."
My full-length sermons and live stream are available on YouTube: @robchrist8999 and @edmondspresbyterian132
Contact me at: epc-pcusa.org, pastorepc@frontier.com
Episodes
75 episodes
The Future of the Emergent Church: Hope and Challenges in Inclusive Christianity
In this episode, we explore the trajectory of the Emergent Church movement within modern Christian faith, examining its promises, challenges, and ongoing relevance. As an affirming Christianity and PCUSA ministry perspective, we discuss influen...
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Episode 75
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49:34
Ego Death and the Cross: Exploring Kenosis and Spirituality in Christianity
All major religions explore the concept of ego death, or transcendence, with Buddhism being a clear example. Within the context of affirming Christianity and inclusive Christian theology, this idea is foundational and deeply present in the writ...
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Episode 74
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36:57
Theology of Nonsense: Questioning Systematic Theology and Calvinism
In this episode, we deeply explore the challenges of systematic theology and the problematic aspects of Calvinism. As an advocate for affirming Christianity and inclusive Christian faith, I share my skepticism about traditional theology, especi...
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Episode 73
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39:28
The Temple of the Heart: Bible Interpretation and Modern Christian Faith in Luke 21:5-8
Explore the importance of the temple in the biblical narrative and its impact on modern Christian faith in this episode of the Affirming Christianity Podcast. Discover how the temple's role shaped Judaism and how Jesus' prophetic words in Luke ...
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Episode 72
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37:57
Love is Love. And when it’s not. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"What the world needs now is love sweet love." If you are a certain age, you can hear Dionne Warwick singing Burt Bacharach's beautiful 1965 song. Love makes the world go 'round. Love hurts. These can sound trite or like silly platitudes,...
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Episode 71
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32:36
The Only Way Out is Through with Charmella Williams
Welcome to the Real Bible Rob podcast. I am delighted to welcome Charmella today. She speaks on TikTok about American history, religion, race, and politics in such an insightful way. What really caught my attention was her realism about our mom...
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Episode 70
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54:23
The Jesusing of Hate, Luke 18:11 and 19:10
I have been shocked at how Jesus has been used in recent years to cover hate. I recently said, "The Jesusing of Charlie Kirk is neither about Jesus nor Charlie Kirk." His assassination and raising him to be a martyr is completely genuine for so...
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Episode 69
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38:44
Spiritual Warfare is Non-Violent Resistance in Ephesians 6:5-17 and Hebrews 4:12
The "gospel of peace" in Ephesians 6:15: How can this sit in the midst of descriptions of weapons and warfare? This is the paradox of Spiritual Warfare. It is not against flesh and blood but it is against rulers and principalities. It is ideas ...
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Episode 68
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42:21
Don’t fear Satan: 1 Chronicles 21:1 & Job 1:5
The best antidote for a nightmare is to turn the lights on. When you screamed in the middle of the night, nothing was more comforting than mother coming in cradling you in her arms. We’ve been living with a 2400 year long nightmare of Satan and...
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Episode 67
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38:42
Rapture Abuse, 1 Thessalonians 4:17 & Acts 8:39
There's a common question among pastors: "What's the most unbiblical thing your congregation believes is biblical but isn't?" Some are quite funny, but I think the most harmful one is the Rapture. It is a theology developed by John Nelson Darby...
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Episode 66
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43:19
Evolution, Nature and the Bible
Einstein famously said, "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." This is a topic I am comfortable with. Why? Because I studied Thermodynamics and Randomness in college and I have been pondering it ever since. If...
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Episode 65
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34:08
How the Buddha saved my faith in Jesus
One way to tell how people approach religion is to express your admiration for another belief. I certainly admire Judaism, not just in the way of supersession like more Christians, but as a way of getting to know God. Over the years I have beco...
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Episode 64
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40:48
Through Her Eyes with Rev. Rebecca Craig
I'm excited to welcome Rev. Rebecca Craig to the Real Bible Rob podcast today! Rebecca is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, an Artist, and an Author. She has a terrific new book called "Through Her Eyes" telling the storie...
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Episode 63
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54:18
Why is Galatians about Freedom? With Rev. Adina Meyer
My New Testament professor Dr. Nijay Gupta has written much about Galatians and is endlessly fascinated by Paul's letter. I didn't exactly understand why this angry letter was so important. Like many Christians, I usually favored Ephesians and ...
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Episode 62
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44:48
Exposing Harmful Fundamentalists, The Case for Optimism
Something’s seriously wrong with America and we all know it. What was the long path toward equality of men and women, of the races in civil rights, of religious people integrating progress into theology has faced ever-increasing headwinds. In m...
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Episode 61
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The Truth about King James and Protestantism
Let's talk about 17th century England. Why? Because so much about American Protestant beliefs and culture come from it. The King James Bible was a political stake in the ground. The Westminster Confession was an Act of Parliament during the Eng...
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Episode 60
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Is God warm hearted or cold hearted? Jeremiah 42:10 and Isaiah 40:1
Does God express emotions? This is a more central question than it seems. It’s a significant clue to how you see the sovereignty of God, whether God changes, and whether God is affected by prayer. If God shows the emotion of regret, does that m...
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Episode 59
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21:03
Great Approach to Bible Reading with @LiterallyTheBible Elle
Today I am excited to welcome Elle, who goes by @LiterallyTheBible on TikTok and YouTube. She is reading the Bible from cover to cover as a non-religious gal. Her approach to Bible reading chapter by chapter is so insightful and refreshing. I'v...
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Episode 58
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57:54
Revelation Queerness with Professor Lynn Huber
I am thrilled to welcome Dr. Lynn Huber, Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University and an expert on the Book of Revelation. I have been following her on TikTok, and I was intrigued by her commentary about queer perspectives on Revelatio...
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Episode 57
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The Harm of Replacement Theology, Hebrews 8:6-13
Christians love Replacement. Replacing Judaism with the New Covenant. Replacing the Jewish people as the Chosen people of God. Replacing Islam in the Holy Land during the Crusades. In America, replacing indigenous people with white Christian pe...
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Episode 56
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44:01
Striving to be saved? Matthew 7:13-14, Luke 13:24
People use the narrow gate metaphor that Jesus used in the Sermon on the Mount to feed their persecution complex and to exclude others. I frequently come across egregious misrepresentations of these passages. Often spoken with cult-like intenti...
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Episode 55
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Physical Digital Church, Interview with Skeptic Pastor Jeremy Steele
I am delighted to welcome Jeremy Steele to the podcast today. I love his content on TikTok so much. He reached out to creators with podcasts. I jumped at the chance to interview him, and he graciously agreed!Church attendance statistics...
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Episode 54
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52:02
War on Empathy, 2 Corinthians 1:3-7, Psalm 103:13
How can you justify cruelty as a Christian? It has a very long tradition, from the Crusades to Slavery and Jim Crow to Mass Deportations today. These were all and are still perpetuated and justified by Bible believing Christians. This justifica...
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Episode 53
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Always Reforming is Now! The Church must reform again
The Church is in desperate need of Reform. Which direction should we go? Rediscovering doctrines of the past? Reforming our doctrines for a new era? There is a lot of disagreement about what is needed. I argue that we must do both.
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Episode 52
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Does God Change?, Exodus 32:14, Jeremiah 18:8-10
Whenever you ask whether God changes or that God learns, It is usually met with a resounding "No!" But then you must ask, what is the point of prayer? When you look at scripture, it says explicitly many times that God changes. "But God knows ev...
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Episode 51
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