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On this Mailbag episode we discuss bridging traditional and conservative Christianity, Calvinism, theological differences within marriage, the role of the pastor, Midrash and too many white male guests. For more on the Pepperdine Bible Lectures click here.

In Part 2 of the February Wrapup Jonathan Storment discusses how he's just like Jimmy Kimmel, resurrection, evangelism, leadership and church wounds. We start the show by talking with the president of Missions Resource Network Dr. Dan Bouchelle.   For more on this month’s sponsor Missions Resource Network click here. Or email them at missions@MRNet.org.   

Tripp Fuller returns to discuss the John Cobb interview including the divinity of Jesus, gender pronouns, the Gospel of John, Peter Rollin's divinity, and process theology vs. open theism.   For more on this month’s sponsor Missions Resource Network click here. Or email them at missions@MRNet.org.

Rev. Carol Howard Merritt joins the show to discuss running from pain, church wounds, treating anger as a small child, backsliding atheists, absolution, and her new book Healing Spiritual Wounds.   For more on this month’s sponsor Missions Resource Network click here. Or email them at missions@MRNet.org.

Jamin Goggin joins the show to talk guru vs sages, two ways of power, Jean Vanier, morality and his new book (with Kyle Strobel) The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb.   For more on this month’s sponsor Missions Resource Network click here. Or email them at missions@MRNet.org.

Dr. Larry Hurtado joins the show to discuss early Christianity including Christian distinctiveness, what made Christianity bizarre, Christianity as a philosophy, God of love, the improbability of Resurrection in the first century and his book Destroyer of the gods. For more on this month’s sponsor Missions Resource Network click here. Or email them at missions@MRNet.org.

Live from Theology Beer Camp Dr. John Cobb joins the show to discuss Process Theology, Open Theology,  divinity of Jesus, gender pronouns for God and Anslem. For more on this month's sponsor Missions Resource Network click here. Or email them at missions@MRNet.org

Jonathan Storment returns to discuss conversions vs. deconversions, Morgan Freeman,  the inability to have neutrality, the story teller for Christianity, wish-fulfillment, spiral dynamics, cancer humor and all things January from the podcast.

James Younger, executive producer of National Geographic's The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, joins the show to discuss sharks, Lie Witness News and which religion wins. Dr. Barry Taylor co-host of the Story of Godcast discusses AC/DC, spirituality of music and sparkles.

United Methodist pastor Jason Micheli joins the show to discuss humor, grief, faith in stage serious cancer and his new book Cancer is Funny.