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episode 50: Ancients Texts and Salvation - Listener Feedback
In honor of our fiftieth episode, we have opened the floodgates for listener feedback and questions. By happenstance, all of the questions have theological themes around scripture, the nature of salvation, and faith reconstruction and deconstruction. The hosts dive into a personal discussion of these issues and conclude with a hard conversation on both the death of Justice Scalia and what it means to love your enemies.
Listener Feedback Questions (02:04)
Current Events Segment (01:01:04)
RELEVANT LINKS
02:04 - “I'm not sure if you could fit this one into one topic! But I'd like to hear your guys' take on extra biblical writings like the Gospels of Thomas and Mary, The Lost Books of Enoch, etc. Are they to be taken as scripture? Are they blasphemy? Or did the Council of Nicaea just see them as unworthy, because of their messages?” - Dakota from Facebook
- Council of Nicaea (Wikipedia Article)
- The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
- Gnosticism (Wikipedia Article)
- Docetism (Wikipedia Article)
- The Gospel of Thomas (Ancient Text)
- It’s Time to Give the Gospel of Thomas Its Due (Patheos Blog Post)
- Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels by Craig A. Evans (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
25:51 - “Can there be collective salvation, or is it individual salvation?”
30:50 - “Is Jesus the only way to heaven?”
- Barack Obama on Collective Salvation (YouTube Video)
- Walter Rauschenbusch (Author - Amazon Affiliate Link)
- Images of Illness in the Gospel of Luke: Insights of Ancient Medical Texts by Annette Weissenrieder (Book Amazon Affiliate Link)
- Journeys by Heart, Christology of Erotic Power by Rita Nakashima Brock (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
51:24 - “What are some elements of your faith that have stayed the same during your transition away from mainstream evangelicalism? (for all three hosts to answer, please)” -Mia from Facebook
- Leaving Evangelicalism – East of Eden – 001 (Irenicast Episode)
- Reflections on the Academy, Ego, and Being in the World (Blog Post on Proverbs 29:18 from Mona’s Blog)
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