Episode 144: Austen Hartke - The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians (REISSUE)

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In this reissued episode, Pete and Jared sit down with Austen Hartke to discuss what the Bible has to say about transgender people. They get into unexamined Bible passages, mysterious Hebrew words, and how to make your church a welcoming space for people with gender identities outside of the binary. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Bible for Normal People, the only God ordained podcast on the internet.
0:04.8	I'm Pete Ends.
0:05.6	And I'm Jared Byas.
0:08.2	Welcome to the Bible for Normal People.
0:10.0	This week's episode is a reissue of episode 85,
0:13.7	the Bible and lives of transgender people with our guest, Austin Hartke.
0:18.9	Enjoy.
0:20.7	Suddenly we've got this person who's gone to the temple to pray,
0:23.4	was almost certainly not allowed into the temple being both a foreigner and a unique.
0:28.0	And yet he is welcomed in entirely in his entirety into Christian community by Philip,
0:33.4	where the Unix says, is there anything that can prevent me from being baptized,
0:37.1	from becoming part of this Christian community?
0:39.1	And Philip doesn't even have to answer.
0:40.5	He just baptizes him and the Unix doesn't have to change anything about himself
0:44.2	in order to be welcomed in.
0:49.1	Hey Austin, welcome to our podcast.
0:50.9	Hey, thanks for having me Pete.
0:52.2	I'm really glad to be here.
0:53.2	Yeah, fantastic.
0:54.2	Listen, we thought we'd start just by our listeners getting to know you a little bit,
0:58.7	telling your story and just who you are, where you're from and all that sort of stuff.
1:03.2	Yeah, for sure.
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