Rethinking God with Tacos PODCAST

A month ago we invited you to ask questions, you did. This podcast was our response to a handful of those questions… In this episode, Thomas and Jason discussed their faith journeys while responding to questions regarding Judas and hell, how to navigate push back from those who think differently, how to pray without ceasing and without desperation, and finally, what core thoughts about God have we changed in the last ten years. Both highlighted how they have moved from a punishment focused faith to a restorative focused faith. Both noted how a restorative God changes the way they interact with those who disagree and how it has affected their prayer lives. They discussed a faith in God's goodness that empowers us to navigate disappointment and highlighted the difference between empathy and compassion. A Family Story is a 501c3 nonprofit. To learn more or support us, go to www.afamilystory.org Please rate, review, share, and subscribe!

Parenting, leadership, freedom through self-control, spiritual maturity, emotional health, the nature of our Father, and heaven and hell, Danny’s thoughts and gracious communication are empowering and transformative. It was an honor to discuss the unpunishing nature of God with Danny! For more on Danny Silkwww.lovingonpurpose.com A Family Story is a 501c3 nonprofit. To learn more or support us go to www.afamilystory.org Please rate, review, share, and subscribe!

Brent Lokker talks about a personal God, a Father who wants a relationship above all of us.  Identity, how to approach scripture to encounter God, how to discover freedom from sin, brain science, and early childhood trauma, this podcast is an invitation into wholeness. “Wholeness isn’t loving God with all our hearts, its loving God with a whole heart. That’s the great command. To be whole and love in wholeness." Brent Lokker is the pastor of Blazing Fire Church and author of Always Loved. You can learn more about him at www.brentlokkerministries.com

The Bible cannot be the foundation we build upon, the foundation is Jesus. Brian Zahnd talks on how to approach scripture, American Nationalism, Trump's Bible photo Op during the George Floyd protests, equality, and contemplative prayer in this brilliant and transformative Podcast. For more on Brian Zahndwww.brianzahnd.com A Family Story is a 501c3 nonprofit. To learn more or support us go to www.afamilystory.org Please rate, review, share, and subscribe!

In part 2 Baxter continues to reveal how there is no separation in the Triune God and there is no separation between us. “The good Shepherd is good and He doesn’t do abonnement because His Father doesn’t do abandonment and neither does Holy Spirit." Jesus has stepped into our darkness or delusion to reveal Himself. And Baxter unpacks several scriptures in John around our inclusion. Jesus prayed that we would know our union just as He knew and revealed. Baxter also breaks down two thoughts expressed by George MacDonald’s writings “Good souls many will one day be horrified at the things they think of God.” “God is not bound to punish sin, God is bound to destroy it.” And of course we discuss tacos. A Family Story is a 501c3 nonprofit. To learn more or support us go to www.afamilystory.org Please rate, review, share, and subscribe!

Baxter talks about the “growing despair of good people,” a church that’s been raised on separation awakening to our union, Christ in us, the hope of glory. “Jesus has pitched His tent in our flesh… If I didn’t believe that Jesus, Father and Holy Spirit is inside every person on the whole earth, I would not open my mouth… But we are bearing witness to something that is real.” Jesus has stepped into our delusions, into our darkness, and that the discovery of Christ in us is the hope of glory, life, wholeness, and freedom. In part one Baxter talks on Christ as our Creator and also shares about the willingness to approach pain so we might know God more intimately. A Family Story is a 501c3 nonprofit. To learn more or support us go to www.afamilystory.org Please rate, review, share, and subscribe!

John Mark talks enneagram, songwriting, his latest record, Peopled with Dreams, and shares about a vulnerable joy he has discovered as he enters his 40’s. “Gratitude is the practice of seeing the world correctly” and John Mark shares how He rediscovered Jesus in the last several years and in so doing rediscovered his faith. He referred to this new record as a “walk back into faith” and it applies to himself but also is an invitation for all who listen to rediscover faith. Regarding the new record, John Mark said, “I am building bridges between my friends who are atheists, my friends who are fundamentalists, my friends who consider themselves progressive or any end of the spectrum. Because gratitude is the one place we all come together.” “You can’t be in gratitude and have a long term poor disposition towards the people who bear the image of the thing you are having this gratitude for.”

Hermeneutics, pain and suffering, the sovereignty of God, brain science, Terrence Malick films, and tacos. Chris Green hits all the beats in this thought-provoking podcast. Chris has authored several books, including most recently Surprised by God and The End is Music, both published by Cascade Press. He and his wife, Julie, live in Lakeland with their three children.

Bill talks about how COVID19 may play a role in realigning our understanding of what the church is and how the gospel has been reduced down to its purest most basic form, Jesus. Evangelism has been relegated to getting people to come to church. But it’s way better than that. Bill spoke about this pandemic and how believers can powerfully navigate fear. 

Bill Vanderbush is a writer and brilliant communicator. In this podcast, Bill gives incredible insight into what the New Covenant looks like, our inclusion in the family through both being adopted and reborn, reckless grace, and how to navigate conflict online. (part 1)