Episode 41 - Geoff Little, Beer & Hymns

Published: April 11, 2015, 9:08 p.m.

Guest: Geoff Little.\xa0 Like all interviews, this is a snapshot in time of a personal journey.\xa0 Geoff is the son of the head of the Christian Broadcasting Network, second only to Pat Robertson himself.\xa0 Geoff is in that rock-and-a-hard-place space of identifying as Christian but embarrassed by it every day.\xa0 But, since we could easily make a case that Jesus would be embarrassed by today\u2019s Christianity, it begs the question, is Geoff more or less of a Christian?\xa0 This is where SO many Americans are today\u2014wanting to hang onto Jesus but disgusted by what poses as Christianity today.\xa0 You can hear the tension in his words, of not wanting to throw Christianity under the bus while being brutally honest with himself about what he sees.\xa0

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\xa0Geoff is the founder of the Beer and Hymns movement in Nashville.\xa0 In fact, there\u2019s one coming up Thursday, April 30th, 7:30pm at Mercy Lounge in Nashville. \xa0$5 in advance/$8 at the door, and I think that includes a ticket for one beer.\xa0 Geoff experiments with stand-up comedy and story-telling.\xa0 You can YouTube him and get a feel for his sensibilities.\xa0 He\u2019s one of my best friends in middle Tennessee.\xa0 I think you\u2019re gonna like him.\xa0\xa0We taped this show on April 5th, 2015 in my backyard.\xa0 Geoff provided the beer.\xa0\xa0

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Bob & I will be at ReAsonCon 2015 in Hickory NC April 25th.\xa0 Hope to see you there.\xa0Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, TuneIn and most podcast platforms.\xa0 If you\u2019re feeling grateful for our podcast, Patreon.com is like a tip jar for our work. That\u2019s p a t r e o n dot com slash eapodcast.\xa0 My thanks to Bob and Geoff for making this conversation possible.\xa0

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\xa0http://www.beerhymns.com/

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Bart Ehrman & James White Debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P35zWvmkHBo

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Credits:

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"Towering Mountain of Ignorance" intro by Hank Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3v3S82TuxU

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Intro bumper "Never Know" by Jack Johnson

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\u201cIt is Well\u201d accapella by Sam Robson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG525x2mUTU

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\u201cIt is Well\u201d solo piano John Pahlow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVQgN2u0Iac

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All other music by Cass Midgley

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