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After the first segment we are joined by Craig Wells to talk about his new book The Blasphemous Bible and his upbringing in the Adventist church.Buy the bookNEWSFrance arrests 10 far-Right suspects over alleged plot to attack Muslims, say prosecutorsSince 2015 more than 240 people have died in terror attacks in France perpetrated by Islamic extremists...
Dustin’ off the Degree - CultsThe word cult has a lot of meanings. For example, in archaeology describing something as cultic, just means that it was a religious site or artifact because in its original meaning, cult just means worship. At its most academic, all religions and religious groups are cults. However, if you use it like this to describe modern groups in conversations with almost anyone, you're using it wrong...
This week we are joined by Mikey Pullman and talk about Messianic Judaism, why Pride is relevant, renewed gay hate, parents claiming Christianity was on trial, Norway's new burqa ban, and more.Dustin’ off the Degree - Messianic JudaismIn the 19th century protestant groups in started targeting Jewish communities for evangelism. In 1821 the London Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews published the first Yiddish New Testament...
Dustin' Off the Degree - The Salvation ArmyYou've seen Salvation Army thrift stores and bell ringers raising money around Christmas, and while there is a Salvation Army charitable organization, it's run by the Salvation Army church.The organization was founded under the name of the East London Christian Mission by a Methodist Reform Church minister, William Booth and his wife Catherine in 1865...
Episode 254 - The Salvation Army and pressure on moms
Dustin' Off the Degree - Patron Saint of DoubtersHigh churches are the ones that follow the liturgical calendar where each church service is tied to events in the life of Christ or other significant events. They also tend to recognize saints as special class of dead believers. This is different from the low churches which don't follow a specific liturgical calendar and that believe in the sainthood of all believers.Saints as a special class are the best of the best dead believers...