162. How to Human // Carlos Whittaker

The New Evangelicals Podcast

Tim Whitaker

News, Religion & Spirituality, Politics, Christianity

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Carlos Whittaker, speaker, musician social media content creator and author of the new book, How to Human: Three Ways to Share Life Beyond What Distracts, Divides and Disconnects Us, sits down with Tim to discuss his new book. Carlos explains his background in Evangelism and how he came on staff at churches like North Point. Tim and Carlos discuss when he began to see racism in the white Evangelical churches he attended. Tim and Carlos discuss how he became a CCM artist, what made him leave and how his first speaking gig caused him to loose a third of his followers. Lastly, Tim and Carlos discuss how to help be both an advocate of marginalized communities but also change the minds of those who aren’t. Follow Us On Instagram @thenewevangelicals Support Our Work Get Tickets To Theology Beer Camp PROMOCODE: TNEGODPOD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This Choircast Podcast episode is brought to you by returning to Eden, a field guide for the spiritual journey.
0:06.8	Returning to Eden is a book by Heather Hamilton for people who resonate with aspects of
0:11.8	Christianity but struggle with the coherence of its claims.
0:15.3	After having a mystical experience that shattered her evangelical beliefs,
0:19.7	Heather Hamilton found herself on the journey that every true spiritual seeker ultimately
0:24.4	takes. The highest truths that set us free are hidden in places that most people are not
0:29.4	looking. Returning to Eden re-examined the Bible stories of childhood and opens them up as symbolic maps into the
0:36.0	inner world.
0:37.4	Stories like Jonah and the whale, the parting of the Red Sea, Noah's Ark and the Virgin
0:41.5	Birth are illuminated with penetrating depth and intellectual integrity.
0:45.6	Faith is no longer a white knuckled grip on implausible beliefs, but a relaxation into a deep inner knowing.
0:52.9	You can purchase returning to Eden by Heather Hamilton at Amazon.com or at returning to Eden.com. Hi friends I'm Tim Whitaker and welcome to the New Evangelicals
1:13.7	podcast. The New Evangelicals is an inclusive Jesus-centered community that holds space
1:18.5	for people marginalized by the Evangelical Church, advocates for accountability in the church, and helps you explore the Christian tradition beyond the basement of evangelical fundamentalism.
1:28.0	This podcast is part of that work, so join us as we talk to people from all walks of life lending their expertise and wisdom to us as we renegotiate our faith and find better pass forward. What's up my
1:45.0	up my friends? Welcome back to another episode of the
1:48.7	podcast. This is a special one. I brought on my friend Carlos Whitaker he is an author a speaker an ex- evangelical
1:56.8	it's even a word an ex- evangelical person and we went through his story on this episode.
2:03.6	He has a crazy story.
2:05.2	We talked a lot about his journey, kind of leaving white evangelicalism,
2:09.3	what 2020 did to him, his new book How to Human, and and everything in between so this is a very
2:14.7	engaging and fun conversation that also has some I was for me some really
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