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Quick announcement before we start the show today. I will be at Theology Beer Camp, October 13th through 15th in Chable Hill, North Carolina, along with other podcasters, the Bible for normal people, new evangelicals, a people's theology, rethinking faith, crackers and grape juice, and more, as well as speakers, Diana Butler Bass, Grace G. Sung Kim,

Adam Clark, Sarah Lane Richie, Brian McLaren, Aaron Simmons from the Kierkegaard episode,

Our own Myron Penner.

Anyway, we're going to be at this very fun event.

I'm going to be doing some live podcasting.

We'll be having some game-type activities.

And you can come, you can get 50 bucks off your registration with the coupon code YHP.

Head to theology beer.com to get some more information and register if you want to come hang out in person. Look forward to seeing you there.

My name is Dan Koch. Like many of you, I've been on a complicated faith journey for a number of years now.

And while I tend to find myself on the progressive side of Christianity, my goal is not to make

liberal converts.

I want this show to be a resource for Christians to my right and to my left, as well as

former Christians and non-religious folks, anyone who finds themselves asking difficult questions

about God, science, prayer, fate, suffering, evangelism, and more. So many of us have been given

bad answers to those good questions, often by people with pure intentions. I want to say that you have permission to take both Christianity and the modern world very seriously.

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