Theology Nerd Throwdown Takes the UCC to Alcatraz!

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2012

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Bo and I were invited to the United Church of Christ Annual Gathering to rock the Theology Nerd Throwdown. We were joined by Erin Wyma, Thea Mateu, Mary Sue Brookshire, and Dave Palmer. Best of all they secured us a space at the Alcatraz Brewing Company for the late night theology party. There were about 40 UCCers and local HBC Deacons in attendance and then an Orange County brewery that packed full of people who had this conversation show up on there Friday night out. We must give a big shout out to Deacon Billy Steele for coming all the way from North Carolina to be there in the flesh! In our conversation we discussed Obama's kill list, women in ministry, the growth of progressive churches, gay and polygamous marriage, partisan divisions, and prophetic preaching among other topics. You will notice that these UCCers go silent like MSNBC when I give President Obama a hard time but after that they were rather open. A couple of the Deacons in attendance said afterwards "this is what liberal Christians sound like." Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.8	slash homebrewd. That's Garrett, G-A-R-R-E-T-T-D-U-S-Hombrude. We have a four prestigious United Church of Christ ministers right here.
1:40.3	Welcome, welcome.
1:41.8	Yeah.
1:42.9	So, we are going to nerd out with our geek out about some, you know, religion, politics, and culture topics, which is exactly what everyone else over there wants to do when they're eating meals.
1:55.0	Nothing is more exciting in Orange County than progressive Christians talking about religion and politics while they're eating.
2:02.3	So, are you ready for some fun boat?
2:05.9	I'm ready. I'm ready.
2:18.6	So we're going to go around the table.
2:20.2	So we're going to go around the table.
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