I Don’t Believe Anymore & Defiant Convictional Unity w/ Matt Whitman S4.10

Part 2 - “The Christian adjacent groups have an entirely different Jesus, who still sounds great and nice and everything, but He’s not the same one specifically and painstakingly named in the creeds. I’m talking about the Jesus specifically and painstakingly named in the creeds and described in the Bible.”

The Matt Whitman Smorgasbord

• https://www.patreon.com/TMBH
• Popular Content - The Ten Minute Bible Hour
• No Dumb Questions: The Anatomy of a Good Prank
• No Dumb Questions: Why to you does this title sound wrong?
• No Dumb Questions: Is Tipping Getting Weird?
• https://www.youtube.com/@MattWhitmanTMBH
• https://www.ironwoodrhino.com/

[1:05] Not needing to win and defeat all the other expressions of Christianity, even if rejecting many of the ways the faith is approached.

[4:00] Good, but weird, Christian high school experience

[5:40] Trinity International University

[7:35] 90s performative faith: if this is all there is to God, this might be a fraud.

[10:00] Family Death led into Pastoral Ministry

• How To Prepare for Death Playlist

[13:20] Thirty years of faith breaking in a moving van

• Christian to Atheist to Christian Again

[15:25] Being patient with other dealing with big questions and non-belief

[18:35] God connects to us through worship drivel and deep wells.

[19:52] Four Simple Suggestions to Make Church Unity Happen

[23:10] I’m hoping that people who are not like me can see the congruity, the internal cohesiveness, of my tradition of historically orthodox creedal faith. Likewise, I’m hoping that I can better see and give the benefit of the doubt to other expressions of historically orthodox creedal faith. I think that’s the way we move forward, by leaning into the distinctives and understanding them better. That’s where empathy will happen.

The Church Unity Project Playlist

[26:26] Eyes up, brother. Eyes up, sister. Operate from a foundation of strength and courage in Christ.

Mighty Refuge (Guard my Heart) by Aaron Strumpel

[recorded: February 20, 2023]

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