What's Left to Say?: Recent Episodes
The Progressive Christian Review
It would be too easy to talk about nothing. Join us each week as Calvin Moore, Kent Straith, & Steve Phelps (and guests) sit down to discuss politics, religion, culture, and everything in between. If you're trying to figure out how to navigate thoughtful issues or just want to hear a spirited debate, this show is for you.
Calvin Moore sits down with Dr. David P. Gushee to discuss his book, "After Evangelicalism."
- Gushee's experience with evangelicalism
- Differentiation between ethics and Christian ethics
- What is Christian humanism?
- What is religious identity and how is it constructed?
- Rigidity vs. flexibility
- Why is progressivism so short on providing people with answers?
Calvin Moore, Kent Straith, and Steve Phelps sit down with Clifford Moore to discuss his missionary work in the Tohoku region of Japan. Clifford holds a postgraduate degree in TESL and has taught learners of all ages in Japan for over 13 years. Alongside his wife and children, he has navigated the challenges of living and working as a foreigner in Tohoku. He’s also discovered its hidden beauty—a beauty that he tries to show through his YouTube channel, Telecine Tohoku.
- Kent and Steve take a quiz about Japan
- Why Japan?
- Japanese Culture
- What does being a missionary in Japan look like?
- What are the challenges of raising a family abroad?
- Getting through hard times
- How can people help you?
You can reach out to Clifford about his work in Japan at kaminote00@gmail.com.
Calvin Moore, Kent Straith, and Steve Phelps continue their conversation with Professor Saeed Khan, discussing the Islamic belief system and worldview. Professor Khan serves in the Department of History and is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Near East & Asian Studies at Wayne State University-Detroit, Michigan, where he teaches Islamic and Middle East History, Islamic Civilizations and History of Islamic Political Thought. Professor Khan is also a Research Fellow at Wayne State University’s Center for the Study of Citizenship. He is also Adjunct Professor at Rochester University, co-teaching a course on Muslim-Christian Diversity. * What is the Islamic view of sociology? * What is Sharia? * What about global Islam? * Is jihad important to Islam and what does it look like? * What continues to draw you to Islam? * Have you ever doubted your faith and what did you do with that doubt? * What is the future of Islam?
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Calvin Moore, Kent Straith, and Steve Phelps sit down with Professor Saeed Khan to discuss the Islamic belief system and worldview. Professor Khan serves in the Department of History and is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Near East & Asian Studies at Wayne State University-Detroit, Michigan, where he teaches Islamic and Middle East History, Islamic Civilizations and History of Islamic Political Thought. Professor Khan is also a Research Fellow at Wayne State University’s Center for the Study of Citizenship. He is also Adjunct Professor at Rochester University, co-teaching a course on Muslim-Christian Diversity.
- Growing up Muslim
- What is Islam?
- How does Islam differ from Christianity?
- What is the Islamic view of philosophy & theology?
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Calvin Moore, Kent Straith, and Steve Phelps sit down with a local area chaplain to discuss his work with the police, evangelical interactions with law enforcement, and the discrepancies between how black people view the police and how white people view the police in America.
- What does a chaplain do?
- Separation of church and state
- The rule of law
- Why do black Americans and white Americans look at the police differently?
- Police and public protest
- How to speak truth to power when the laws are unjust
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Calvin Moore, Kent Straith, and Steve Phelps respond to Christian podcaster Alisa Childers' presentation on "The 8 Points of Progressive Christianity."
- What is Progressive Christianity?
- Are progressive Christians panentheists?
- Can people find wisdom in other faith traditions without giving up their own?
- What does inclusive community look like?
- Which is more important, what you believe or what you do?
- Faith vs. Doubt/Belief vs. Knowledge
- Peace, Justice, and...Communism?
- Tying environmentalism to panentheism
- What is love?
- Charitable engagement vs. preaching to the choir
Alisa Childers' speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-SKb6HXvh4
The Alisa Childers Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-alisa-childers-podcast/id1260262855
8 Points of Progressive Christianity: https://progressivechristianity.org/the-8-points/
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Calvin Moore and Kent Straith sit down with Dan Koch, the host of the You Have Permission podcast, to discuss spiritual abuse and his ongoing work and research around the matter.
Dan Koch Website: www.dankochwords.com
Spiritual Abuse Screener: https://www.dankochwords.com/spiritual-abuse-screener.html
You Have Permission podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?mt=2
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Calvin Moore, Kent Straith, and Steve Phelps sit down to discuss three recent stories about abuse in various Christian faith communities.
- Bruxy Cavey and The Meeting House
- Mark Galli and Christianity Today
- Talking about Carl Lentz
- Brian Houston's cover-up of his father's sexual crimes
- The Evangelical response to scandal/trauma
- Is theological disagreement tantamount to spiritual abuse?
Bruxy Cavey: https://religionnews.com/2022/06/07/bruxy-cavey-disgraced-canadian-pastor-charged-with-sexual-assault/
Mark Galli: https://religionnews.com/2022/03/15/former-christianity-today-editor-mark-galli-accused-of-sexual-harassment-trump/
Brian Houston: https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2022/march/hillsong-brian-houston-text-hotel-complaint-board-investiga.html
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Calvin Moore, Kent Straith, and Steve Phelps continue their conversation discussing the March 2022 cover story of Christianity Today, "You're Not Deconstructing?"
- Is deconstructing one's faith bad in and of itself?
- How do we weigh church/spiritual abuse against deconstruction?
- How do we address deconstruction due to faith not aligning with a person's lived experience?
- What is the human's limitation when trying to conceive of their faith? What does it mean to "wrestle with God"?
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Calvin Moore, Kent Straith, and Steve Phelps sit down to discuss the March 2022 cover story of Christianity Today, "You're Not Deconstructing?"
- What is deconstruction?
- How do human beings conceive of God?
- Literary criticism vs. religious deconstruction
- Commenting on the Rise & Fall of Mars Hill podcast and church abuse
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Calvin Moore, Kent Straith, and Steve Phelps sit down to discuss what the What's Left to Say Podcast is all about.
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