When Christians say, “Jesus died on the cross for your sins,” what does that mean?
American Gospel: Christ Crucified explores the divide between conservative and progressive Christians as they debate the meaning of the cross of Jesus Christ, answering some of the Bible’s most difficult questions: What is the God of the Bible like? Can a loving God also express wrath or anger? Is the God of the old testament the same as the God of the new testament? Why is hell necessary? If the God of the Bible has never offended you, we invite you to follow this deconstruction and reconstruction of the Christian faith, and decided for yourself whether the god you believe is the God of scripture, or a god of your own imagination.
Should we think of Jesus more as a model for living than as an object of worship? Did he die on the cross for our sins, or was he just some kind of martyr? Is life in this world more important than the afterlife? According to Michael J. Kruger, the liberal, progressive, or emergent answers to the...
On this program, the hosts continue their discussion begun last week on the influence of the Radical Reformation. How did the theology of the Anabaptist and Pietist movements end up influencing so many forms of Protestantism, both here in America and around the world? And more specifically, how d...
Why do you believe the Bible? What does it mean to “believe” in the first place? Should we think of faith as a kind of blind leap or shot in the dark? If so, why have you made this particular leap, in contrast to all the other faith options? On this program, the hosts will seek to answer these qu...
