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The latest messages, interviews, and updates from Forefront Church based in Brooklyn, NY, but accessible from anywhere. Learn more at www.forefrontnyc.com. Forefront Church is a fully inclusive, affirming-of-everyone-community based on the deeds of Christ not the religion and bureaucracy that followed. Our vision is to build a just and generous expression of the Christian faith. We are more interested in good questions than good answers.
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Friday Feb 19, 2016
Friday Feb 19, 2016
What is midrash? In this episode, our friend Rabbi Dan helps us understand the Jewish process of midrash. Together we unpack why this word represents the kind of conversations we're having on this podcast.
Interviewers: Jonathan Williams & Jennifer Fisher
ABOUT RABBI DAN
Rabbi Daniel M. Bronstein, Ph.D., is a scholar and educator who teaches at Hunter College and the 92nd Street Y in New York City. His dissertation, "Torah in the Trenches," examines the rabbinical military chaplaincy during World War II. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his family.
To learn more from Rabbi Dan, read some blog posts here
Tuesday Feb 16, 2016
Tuesday Feb 16, 2016
What is midrash? In this episode, our friend Rabbi Dan helps us understand the Jewish process of midrash. Together we unpack why this word represents the kind of conversations we're having on this podcast. Interviewers: Jonathan Williams & Jennifer Fisher ABOUT RABBI DAN Rabbi Daniel M. Bronstein, Ph.D., is a scholar and educator who teaches at Hunter College and the 92nd Street Y in New York City. His dissertation, "Torah in the Trenches," examines the rabbinical military chaplaincy during World War II. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his family. To learn more from Rabbi Dan, read some blog posts at https://urj.org/blog/blog-author/rabbi-daniel-m-bronstein-phd
Monday Feb 15, 2016
Friday Feb 12, 2016
Friday Feb 12, 2016
In this episode, our friend Frank Schaeffer talks with us about his fall from the religious right and how marriage, art, and life has taught him to embrace the paradox. Warning: This episode contains some explicit language.
Interviewer: Jennifer Fisher
ABOUT FRANK
Frank Schaeffer is a bestselling author, movie director, blogger, speaker, artist, father of three, grandfather of five, and a survivor of both polio and an evangelical/fundamentalist childhood.
To get more info about Frank, visit his website, frankschaeffer.com
Monday Feb 08, 2016
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
In this episode, our friend Mike McHargue talks severing the corpus callosum, embracing his atheism, and Jesus washing his feet on the seashore.
Interviewers: Jonathan Williams, Ryan Phipps, Travis Eades, and Marlee Walters
ABOUT MIKE
Mike McHargue (better known as Science Mike) is an author, podcaster, and speaker focused on the science behind spiritual experiences. Mike lost his faith via atheism as an adult, but rediscovered God in cosmology and neuroscience–a journey that lead to his life's mission: helping people reconcile their faith with modern science.
To get more info about Mike, visit his website, mikemchargue.com.
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
In this episode, our friend Mike McHargue talks severing the corpus callosum, embracing his atheism, and Jesus washing his feet on the seashore. Interviewers: Jonathan Williams, Ryan Phipps, Travis Eades, and Marlee Walters ABOUT MIKE Mike McHargue (better known as Science Mike) is an author, podcaster, and speaker focused on the science behind spiritual experiences. Mike lost his faith via atheism as an adult, but rediscovered God in cosmology and neuroscience–a journey that lead to his life's mission: helping people reconcile their faith with modern science. To get more info about Mike, visit his website, mikemchargue.com.
Monday Feb 01, 2016
Tuesday Jan 26, 2016
Tuesday Jan 19, 2016
Tuesday Jan 19, 2016
In this episode, our good friend Mike McHargue talks about science, faith, and losing his religion.
Interviewers: Jonathan Williams, Ryan Phipps, and Travis Eades.
ABOUT MIKE
Mike McHargue (better known as Science Mike) is an author, podcaster, and speaker focused on the science behind spiritual experiences. Mike lost his faith via atheism as an adult, but rediscovered God in cosmology and neuroscience–a journey that lead to his life's mission: helping people reconcile their faith with modern science.
To get more info about Mike, visit his website, mikemchargue.com.