Ep. 209: Christmas Reads, Deconstruction, & Certainty That Leads Others Astray

About this episode

The episode discusses Christmas reading, cultural commentary on certainty in faith, and personal experiences over the holiday break.

Intro: Christmas break, board gaming. 14:06: Books J.R. read over Christmas 19:10: Mission Impossible series over the break 21:31: Molly’s 1st time LOTR reading 29:07: Lili’s reading the entire Jane Austin series and Austin’s tongue-in-cheek humor 34:37: Brief note about getting sick over the holidays. 37:35: The Witch Trials of JK Rowling and questions of certainty 40:47: Rachel Held Evans and her ideals are alive and well today. 44:53: Molly took some socials off her phone, then put it back on and whoo boy. 46:40: What is God like according to RHE legacy proponents. 49:14: Nerd alert about natural gender language 51:39: John Cooper on Allie Beth S tuckey 55:40: A type of Christian certainty that leads people astray. 59:12: Where do we insist on certainty and where do we have the grace in human experience? 1:02:22: Abigail Dodds and Bread of Life and proofs of His worthiness, not ours. 1:09:11: Isa. 55:8-9: Not having answers but not abandoning reason. 1:16:50: Show close Too Busy to Flush Telegram Group Canavox Pique Tea - Referral Link (it's super-delicious and healthy) Wealthfront Referral Link Molly's preferred Milk Frother Molly’s preferred Stone Heating Pad Incogni (data…

People in this episode

Hosts: J.R., Molly

Topics covered

• Christmas reading
• parenting
• certainty in faith
• social media
• literature
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• Christmas
• reading
• certainty
• social media
• literature
• parenting
• cultural commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Too Busy to Flush

Books & works: Mission Impossible series, LOTR, Jane Austin series, The Witch Trials of JK Rowling, Bread of Life

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