Apparently, we're experts in Bad Religion, because we're still talking about it in our current gatherings. A listener asks what to do when personal values and morals conflict with religious dictums. Can bad religion harm our innate goodness? This week's panel of Mike Erre, Suzie Lind, Kevin Dixon and Tim Timmons unpack it all. Also, Tim wants to know why we both celebrate and lament "humanness." Is there a contradiction there, or are we missing something in the English translation?

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00:40 61 Candles

03:40 The Grand Tetons

04:26 Mommy Juice In A Glass Bottle

08:30 Nate Erre checks in. (not heard from again)

09:15 Discussion of bad religion starts. Or bad religion starts. Maybe both.

29:05 Hip Checks

34:04 Tim Has A Clarifying Question.

As we continue to study the attitudes and practices behind bad religion, a special surprise guest joins regulars Mike Erre, Suzie Lind and Tim Timmons to explore manipulative evangelism. How can we live out Jesus-following lives that attract others without asserting power? Also: Is it ever right (or Christ-like) to enforce power over others for a good reason?

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00:45 Let the banter begin

01:40 Highway to heaven. Or Kevin.

03:01 Question: Why do we leave a seat empty at this table?

04:05 The name game: Ace, Tom and the Eye of Zahra

05:42 Response: But, actually, it's the mother of Q&R

10:35 Simply the best: This week’s transition to content comes smooth, like a river deep or a mountain high

This week, we studied Jesus' rebuke to the Pharisees that were making followers into twice the children of Hell that they were. That prompted a listener to ask what salvation really is? And it sent this week's panel of Kevin Dixon, Mike Erre, Suzie Lind and Tim Timmons into a reflection on evangelism. What has the Church done to make salvation hellish? What will future generations say we got wrong? And, how can we do better?

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00:41 Pastors are doing it for themselves--censorship, that is.* We join mid-banter as they scrap 15 minutes of intro they thought might rub some folks the wrong way...

01:08 ... and then, much talking about all the things the rest of us didn't get to hear: The pain of Mother's Day for dads; grain-free chips; mumbletypeg and more.

03:28 Lame intro question: The one where Tim doesn't like "Friends."

06:05 Thoughtful, mature Biblical content begins.

* Editor's note: Good call scrapping Take One, guys. We have the audio, and we're saving it. (Also: Production Team's Day is next weekend.)

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