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Ep 3: Practical Steps

Micah Redding, Amy Gaskin

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Posted on 2015-08-10 00:00:00

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In this episode, Micah Redding and Amy Gaskin start talking about practicality, and then end up discussing Joseph Campbell, Harry Potter, transcendence, and speculative theology. Don't worry, it's all connected.

• Is death evil?
• Do we have a deathist culture?
• Death and all his friends
• The mission of God is to undo death and to replace it with life
• The connection between sin, death, and fear (Hebrews 2:14-15)
• Walter Wink, Rene Girard, and how death creates human evil
• Cautionary tales and apocalyptic thrillers
• Harry Potter vs Voldemort
• Joseph Campbell & Darth Vader
• Why is it always a ragtag band of misfits?
• Divergent and what always lies beyond the wall
• What Jesus' greatest commands and Galatians 3:28 say about the meaning of humanity
• Effective Altruism
• #thirdworldproblems
• Why going to the movies is necessary to survival
• Paul's vision of resurrection flowing out into the world
• And how we participate in that process
• The Embrace Project

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