EP144: Why Do Fundamentalist Christians Dislike Jesus? - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Christians should be able to defend slavery? Pastor Joshua Haymes said that on his podcast. It was clipped and shared, sparking outrage. Might it be the case that Haymes is being consistent with a hermeneutic many evangelicals already share? Jim Babka explains why so many believers react emotionally but struggle to explain why. In this episode, you’ll discover a better hermeneutic. You'll also learn why grace is essential and why reaching people before they tie their identity to hate matters. NOTES: Image in Thumbnail by Chil Vera from Pixabay EP121: Daryl Davis Pt 1, Biography of his work EP122: Daryl Davis Pt 2, Fighting Racism with Grace Libertarian Christian: Deep Insights into Faith & Freedom, with Jim Babka EP137: Speaker Johnson Will Not Be Raptured Pt 1EP138: Speaker Johnson Will Not Be Raptured Pt 2Our Rend Girard "playlist" CHAPTERS 0:00 Theme 0:12 Discuss the extreme before it's too late 1:20 Love fundamentalists, hate the fundamentalism 6:45 Slavery is not inherently evil? 7:59 Putting on the shtick 11:05 Connected to Pete Hegseth 15:27 Biblical literalism is insufficient 17:33 Why was abolition a Christian movement? 18:57 Hermeneutics 22:22 Don't overlook Haymes's consistency 24:41 Empathetic arc - anti-sacrifice 31:14 Empathetic arc - Isaac on the altar 34:23 Do fundamentalists dislike Jesus? 35:44 Who is The Word of God? 37:18 Loving Father or Janus-faced god? CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ ChatGPT is sometimes used to help write the show description. We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.