Theology in the Raw

Colleen Ramser is an EMDR-certified licensed professional counselor (LPC) who specializes in trauma, particularly the effects of spiritual abuse, domestic abuse, and complex trauma. She’s a survivor of spiritual trauma, which she talks about in the show, and she’s the author of the book The Shattered Soul: Restoring Wholeness and Rebuilding Your Faith After Spiritual Trauma, which addresses a lot of the things we discuss in this fasciainating conversation.

00:00 Why Spiritual Trauma Can Make Faith Feel Impossible
00:30 Introduction
02:52 What Qualifies as Trauma?
05:49 Trauma vs. PTSD
07:46 Resilience, Support, and Post-Traumatic Growth
17:06 What Is Spiritual Trauma?
21:00 Colleen’s Experience with Spiritual Abuse
31:18 Signs and Symptoms of Spiritual Trauma
32:48 How Spiritual Trauma Affects Pastors and Church Leaders
39:14 Recognizing and Treating Spiritual Trauma
41:20 Healing Trauma and Rebuilding Your Faith
46:06 Complex Spiritual Trauma vs. Theological Disagreement
49:46 Is the Term “Spiritual Abuse” Overused?
57:30 Are Churches Getting Better at Addressing Abuse?
63:24 Jesus, Power, and the Fruit of the Spirit
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Dr Sandra Glahn has spend more than a quarter of a century working as a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. She's the cofounder of the Visual Museum of Women in Christianity and the author of more than 25 books--her latest being A Woman's Place Is in the Story. In this episode, we discuss several women in the Old Testament and how the biblical narrator frames their stories. In our "extra innings" conversation, we discuss the question: "What do Egalitarians and Complementarians get wrong about the women in leadership debate."

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:56 How Biblical Narrators Shape the Story
00:04:39 Word Repetition in the Bible: Why It Matters
00:05:29 Tamar in Genesis 38: Hero or Villain?
00:11:32 Are All Women in the Bible Meant to Be Role Models?
00:12:08 Judah and Tamar: A Biblical Character Transformation
00:16:44 Shiphrah and Puah: The Midwives Who Defied Pharaoh
00:21:05 Why Every Christian Should Know Shiphrah and Puah
00:22:17 Did Moses Challenge Patriarchy in the Old Testament?
00:29:57 Abigail in 1 Samuel: Wisdom, Courage, and Leadership
00:36:34 Was Ancient Israel Really a Patriarchy?
00:39:51 Elisha and the Shunammite Woman: A Surprising Biblical Story
00:43:17 Job's Daughters and Women's Inheritance Rights
00:48:15 Why Reading the Full Biblical Story Changes Everything
00:50:10 Jezebel: Justice, Power, and the Biblical Narrative
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Max Lucado is a pastor with decades of ministry experience and one of the most bestselling Christian authors of all time, who’s written more than 40 books that have sold around 150 million copies and have been translated in 56 languages. His latest book is Unbreakable Courage: Strong Faith in an Age of Anxiety, Chaos, and Exhaustion.

Chapters
00:07:42 Revisiting 2020: Covid and BLM
00:13:30 The Backlash to Max “Going Woke”
00:16:41 Responding to Generational Pain with Compassion
00:20:55 Tips for Good Writing
00:25:56 The Impact of AI on Writing
00:27:58 AI, Plagiarism and Christian Integrity
00:35:21 Is the World Really Getting Worse?
00:40:11 Over Exposure to Negative Information in the World
00:43:54 What Elijah Can Teach us about navigating the chaos of our world
00:49:01 How God Can Meet us in Our Isolation
00:51:19 Battling with Sinful Thoughts
00:54:09 Was Ahab Elijah’s Enemy?
00:55:07 Elijah Was Human: Hope for Ordinary Christians
00:56:54 Does Prayer Accomplish Anything?
01:00:31 Does Prayer Really Change Anything?
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Max Lucado is a pastor with decades of ministry experience and one of the most bestselling Christian authors of all time, who’s written more than 40 books that have sold around 150 million copies and have been translated in 56 languages. His latest book is Unbreakable Courage: Strong Faith in an Age of Anxiety, Chaos, and Exhaustion.

Chapters
00:07:42 Revisiting 2020: Covid and BLM
00:13:30 The Backlash to Max “Going Woke”
00:16:41 Responding to Generational Pain with Compassion
00:20:55 Tips for Good Writing
00:25:56 The Impact of AI on Writing
00:27:58 AI, Plagiarism and Christian Integrity
00:35:21 Is the World Really Getting Worse?
00:40:11 Over Exposure to Negative Information in the World
00:43:54 What Elijah Can Teach us about navigating the chaos of our world
00:49:01 How God Can Meet us in Our Isolation
00:51:19 Battling with Sinful Thoughts
00:54:09 Was Ahab Elijah’s Enemy?
00:55:07 Elijah Was Human: Hope for Ordinary Christians
00:56:54 Does Prayer Accomplish Anything?
01:00:31 Does Prayer Really Change Anything?
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Be sure to check out our “Extra Innings” conversation where we discuss what the Old Testament actually says about sex outside of marriage. Surprisingly, there’s no explicit verse in the OT that forbids it. To listen to the full conversation, become a member of the TITR community at https://www.patreon.com/theologyintheraw
Dr. Dru Johnson (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is Templeton Senior Research Fellow and director of the Abrahamic Theistic Origins Project at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford. He is also a visiting professor of religion at Hope College, director of the Center for Hebraic Thought, editor of the Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism series, host of The Biblical Mind podcast, and cohost of the OnScript podcast. And, he’s written a bunch of awesome books including his recent book Understanding Biblical Law: Skills for Thinking With and Through Torah, which forms the basis of our fascinating conversation.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:36 What Is the Old Testament Law?
00:04:00 Does "the Law" Mean the Ten Commandments or the Entire Old Testament?
00:06:24 The Law Is More Than Rules: Understanding Biblical Law
00:08:52 Does "Eye for an Eye" Mean Literal Retribution?
00:14:28 Reading Old Testament Laws as Principles, Not Just Rules
00:18:07 "You Shall Not Murder" vs. "You Shall Not Kill"
00:22:49 How to Learn Ethics from Bible Stories
00:24:53 Does the Bible Endorse Polygamy?
00:25:58 Why the Laws of Moses Are Different from Other Ancient Laws
00:28:11 Moses, David, and Other Morally Complex Bible Stories
00:33:44 Are Women Portrayed Better Than Men in the Bible?
00:38:13 How to Apply Biblical Narratives Today
00:41:25 Biblical Discernment vs. Looking for Easy Answers
00:45:21 How Should Christians Read Difficult Old Testament Laws?
00:51:13 Why Were Old Testament Punishments So Severe?
00:57:17 Restorative Justice in Ancient Israel: Why Were There No Prisons?
01:00:31 The Sons of Korah and Other Difficult Old Testament Judgments

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