The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 38

Aaron's description of the new episode.

Aaron interviews bestselling author Brian Godawa and they discuss the weird stuff in the Bible. Brian has written several series of "Theological Novels" (Aaron, in his characteristically pretentious style describes them as "Didactic Christian Myth") which explore the more bizarre (but scholarly accurate) aspects of the Old Testament. We discuss the book of Enoch, Giants, Angels, Demons, and other aspects of what Dr. Michael Heiser calls the Deuteronomy 32 worldview. Even the Epic of Gilgamesh comes up at one point. Godawa's first series is entitled The Chronicles of the Nephilim. His latest series, The Chronicles of the Apocalypse, is a kind of antidote to the Left Behind craze by focusing on distinctly preterist eschatology which teaches that John's Apocalypse mostly concerns events in the later 1st century AD. But eschatology (one of Aaron's favorite subjects, yet one Kyle remains willfully and lazily ignorant of) will concern our next episode with Godawa. Kyle is absent from this episode and the next one. Aaron put him in a box to repent of his eschatological ignorance. He won't be allowed back until he's completed all of Jurgen Moltmann's books, and he has to read them in the original Klingon.

Check out Brian Godawa's stuff on Amazon and godawa.com

We mention Michael Heiser quite a bit. Check him out at drmsh.com

And for those of you who are counting down we only have about 30 days left to get out 9 episodes! 

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The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 37

I interviewed Raymond Blaine Stewart (Ph.D candidate in philosophy at the University of Oklahoma) on the topic of singleness in the church, the gift of singleness, what 1 Corinthians 7 teaches about singleness, and how churches can effectively minister to the single people in its congregation.  Raymond's audio sounds a bit distant in the beginning, but it gets better after a few minutes, so don't worry.

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Books Mentioned in the Show

Getting Serious about Getting Married by Debbie Maken.

The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 36

This is part two of our conversation.  In this episode, Aaron and I go through a "white fragility" test by Ally Henny, answer the questions, and give our thoughts on things like white fragility, privilege, racial issues, and the like.  Do Aaron and I exhibit "white fragility?"  Do you?  Take the test with us!

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Books Mentioned in this Episode

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl.

The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness by Timothy Keller.

Other Sources Mentioned on the Show

The Argument with Ross Douthat, Michelle Goldberg, and David Leonhardt

The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 35

Aaron and I ended up recording for over two hours, so I divided that recording into two episodes.  This is part one.  In this episode, Aaron and I give brief updates on our lives and Aaron talks about some interesting things he's learned from Dr. Hellerman about the ancient world's and early church's view on poverty and homelessness and how that applies to today.

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Books Mentioned in the Episode

Early Christian Care for the Poor by K.C. Richardson.

The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff.

Them: Why We Hate Each Other and How to Heal by Ben Sasse.

12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson.

You are Not Your Brain by Jeffrey Schwartz and Rebecca Gladding.