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Beyond The Pale

Beyond the Pale is a subversively thoughtful exploration of God, faith, life and culture hosted by former pastors and missionaries Steve & Tammy Hackman. It's a podcast for that person who finds more fulfilment in the journey than in the destination and doesn't mind coloring outside the lines a bit! Join us each week as we travel on pilgrimage together. We'll ask questions, question answers, and open a bottle of wine with you as we do. (Not a particularly good wine mind you, just one Tammy says we can afford)
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Now displaying: May, 2019

Beyond the Pale is a subversively funny exploration of God, faith, church, and culture hosted by former pastors and missionaries Steve & Tammy Hackman. It's a podcast for that person who wants to know God but sometimes wonders why their favorite moment of a Sunday service is when it's finally over. Join us each week as we journey on pilgrimmage together. We'll ask questions, question answers, and open a bottle of wine with you as we do. (Not a particularly good wine mind you, just one Tammy says we can afford)

May 7, 2019

Brian Zahnd returns to share with us topics from his new book Postcards from Babylon: The Church in American Exile. Along the way Brian discusses why so many American Christians have traded "the Way of Jesus" for religious nationalism as well as explaining to Tammy what "the Satan" actually is.

Go Beyond the Pale with Brian Zahnd!

Show Notes:


1:42: (Intro) Steve & Tammy discuss the sudden passing of Rachel Held Evans

16:00: Why the Jesus Movement Generation has embraced religious nationalism

20:44 Playing the “Jesus Card” in refuting religious nationalism

25:02 Liberating Jesus from “the Red, White, and Blue”

29:47 Front lines of Christianity: San Francisco or the Bible Belt?

36:36 What is “the Satan”?

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