Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women.

I'm your host Sarah Stone Street.

And I'm your co-host, Erin Kunkel.

Our guest today is Elisa Childers.

Elisa is the host of the Elisa Childers podcast, where she talks about the big questions of faith, looks at progressive Christianity, and challenges skeptical claims against the reliability

of the Bible and the truthfulness of Christianity. She's a former member of the musical band

Zoe Girl, and her book has just been released this month, and it's entitled Another Gospel,

A Lifelong Christian Se truth in response to progressive

Christianity. In our conversation with Elisa today, we'll talk about her journey,

and we will also talk about the effects that progressive Christianity is having on the church

and also specifically on women. If you want to receive Elisa's new book, head over to

breakpoint.org backslash October to receive it in exchange for a donation of any amount

to the Colson Center this month. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

Elisa, thanks for being with us today.

And we always like to start with knowing a little bit about your background because we realize how we grew up is so foundational to how we think about

things, especially in our younger years. So tell us, I know you grew up in a Christian home,

so maybe describe that home to us a little bit. Yeah, I have the great gift of having been

able to grow up in a really genuine and authentic Christian home, which I'm realizing now as I get older, is from people I talk to it, it seems like that's not the norm.

But I grew up raised by a hippie who came to faith in the Jesus movement of the late 60s, early 70s through Calvary Chapel.

And so he was just this lost hippie that was searching for God.

And he searched for God through Buddhism and Eastern mysticism, LSD.

I mean, you name it.

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