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What If Project

What If Project

Religion & Spirituality

Episode 23: Brian McLaren on Hell, The Bible As A Constitution, And Why Jesus Was Really Bad At Representing An Exclusive God

Episode 23: Brian McLaren on Hell, The Bible As A Constitution, And Why Jesus Was Really Bad At Representing An Exclusive God

2019-01-06
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Welcome to Season 2 of the What If Project podcast!  This week I sit down with one of my favorite authors and thinkers, Brian McLaren, to talk about some thoughts from his latest book, The Great Spiritual Migration.  We talk about hell, why reading the Bible as if it were a constitution is a bad idea, and why Jesus was really terrible at representing an exclusive God.

Show Notes:

The Great Spiritual Migration by Brian McLaren

Brian's Website

Is Jesus the Only Way? by Brian McLaren

Saving Paradise by Rebecca Ann Parker

Yung Citizen on iTunes

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