Theology in the Raw - 695: #695 - Is Joel Houston a heretic? Thoughts on "Christian" music.

Episode Date: September 21, 2018

On episode #695 Preston gives you a teaser of what is inside his Patreon membership. This teaser includes a clip where Preston talks about comments Joel Houston about evolution. To support Theology in the Raw for as little as $5/month and access this (and other) Patreon-only podcast(s), go to https://www.patreon.com/theologyintheraw Support Preston Support Preston by going to patreon.com Connect with Preston Twitter | @PrestonSprinkle Instagram | @preston.sprinkle Check out his website prestonsprinkle.com If you enjoy the podcast, be sure to leave a review.

Is Joel Houston a heretic? My thoughts on Christian music and is divorce kind of like gay marriage? I answer these and several other questions on this Patreon-only podcast. If you want to access this episode, the full-length episode, and others like it, please go to patreon.com forward slash Theology in Iran. That's patreon.com forward slash Theology in Iran. That's patreon.com forward slash Theology in Iran. You can support the show for as little as five bucks a month to access this full length episode and other premium content like it. He was called on it. And Joel Houston, the author of the song said, evolution,

this is a quote, evolution is undeniable. Created by God as a reflective means of displaying nature's pattern of renewal and pursuance of God's word and owed to the nature of the creative God it reflects and only ever in part, not the source. Science and faith are not at odds. God created the big bang. That's kind of provocative. I like that. I like people to say things that are kind of productive, provocative and make you think, and that definitely is provocative. It makes you think, but then later he said, context, things evolve, they change and adapt. I don't believe in evolution as a theory of source. I believe it's merely a pattern of nature created by God, reflecting nature's desire for renewal, survival, new life, something, someone like God. What are my thoughts on this? First of all, my personal thoughts are, I think

Christians are just so prone to get their undies in a bunch over every little thing, especially when it comes to worship music, that the fact that there was a huge uproar over this causes me to, I mean, roll my eyes and just be probably a little more discouraged at the things that Christians focus on and get upset about. There's a lot of poverty in the world today. There's a lot of racism in the world today. There's a lot of sin and immorality in the world today. There's a porn epidemic happening in the world today. There's a poor epidemic happening in the world today. There's a lot of discipleship that is not happening between Christian parents and Christian kids. There's tons of stuff that we can get upset about. We could look into our own closet,

our own lives, and we should find piles of stuff, sin, to get upset about. So if we've taken care of all that, and then we still have more upsetness that we need to vent on something, and we still have space for something like a worship lyric that might point to an old earth view of creation, then sure, I guess if, if that's your MO, you can get upset about that. But I just, I just, yeah, I think Christians are too easily upset over things that aren't as important as other things. And they don't pay attention to things that they should be getting upset

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