Burn the Haystack

Is the Church Guilty of Spiritual Gift Abuse?

This week, Josh Wood is subbing in for Josh Stothers as our co-host! In this episode, Josh and Jesse discuss how we exploit people in their giftings for the benefit of the Church. What's the healthy tension we need to manage better and how can we more effectively help release people in their giftings rather than driving them to burnout?
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Exploring an ex-Adventist Community

This week, Josh and Jesse review the Ex-Adventist subreddit community on Reddit. We explore the anonymous stories of Adventist upbringings, the strangeness of the Adventist subculture, and ultimately what led to so many people leaving the denomination altogether.
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Church Post-COVID, Part 2

This week, Josh, Josh, Laura & Jesse return in a round-panel discussion on the church post-COVID that we hosted live on Facebook! Come back to hear the answers to all the questions we couldn't get to last week, as well as some of the others sent in by our community!
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Q&R - Finding Grace in the Old Testament

In this episode, Josh and Jesse respond to your questions on our three episodes on Finding Grace in the Old Testament series. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions, we had a blast!
Why Pharaoh's Heart Grew Hard by Tim Mackie
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Church Post-COVID

This week, Josh and Jesse talk with their team about the implications of COVID-19 on the church, what is going to have to change post-lockdown, and what we'd like to see stay the same.
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Ben Reynolds and the Real Star Wars

This week, Josh and Jesse talk once again to Ben Reynolds. This time, they talk about the theme of the Cosmic Conflict, and how this worldview can influence the way you live your Christian experience.
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Ben Reynolds and the Jesus of History

This week, Josh and Jesse welcome back a longtime friend of the show: Ben Reynolds. This time, they talk about the historical figure of Jesus in a way that removes the hyper-spiritualization, mythologization, and misinformation that we often have to wade through to talk about him.
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Crises Reveal our True Motivations

This week, Josh and Jesse look at responses to COVID-19 from a variety of prominent Christian leaders. From Kenneth Copeland to Tony Spell, we discuss how a crisis like this one has the power to reveal what our true motivations are in ministry.
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Finding Grace in Old Testament Sacrifice

In our final installment of our series on Grace in the Old Testament, Josh and Jesse talk about sacrifice. It's a staple throughout the OT narrative, from Genesis to Jesus, Abraham and his descendants sacrificed. In times of peace and times of war, millions of animals over the course of thousands of years were sacrificed to Yahweh. What can we make of this? Is God an advocate for animal cruelty, or is there something else at work here?
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Finding Grace in the Old Testament Genocides

This Week, Josh and Jesse tackle one of the most uncomfortable and strange episodes in the Old Testament: the Canaanite conquest and subsequent genocide that follows. How can we as modern people read this part of scripture and find grace in it? Let's find out!
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