- Why are pastors talking about UFOs?
The docket's big question, framed by 'why are the pastors talking about the UFOs?' -- societal distrust among older Christians and conspiracy fears; ancient evidence (hieroglyphics, cave drawings, pyramids, Roman historians, the Anunnaki); a biblical angle ('Ezekiel looked in the sky and saw some crazy stuff'); whether to preach it on a Sunday morning. Theological positions: one host leans against aliens -- 'all creation groans waiting for the return of Christ, so why would someone on Mars give a rip' (Romans 8); another is 'generally the reasonable party, but I think aliens are probably likely'; the universe's vastness and God's control. Comedy: aliens with 'three creepy long fingers' and slow-moving eyelids; 'the Mars bible is really short'; 'what if we're one of 10,000,000 worlds and we're the only ones who fell?' -- and staying out of the trees.
More on Creation
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Simeon's question: 'what made God?' and the case against scientism
- What made God? How can a being have no beginning?
Guest Simeon Clawson names his recurring faith question: what made God, and how can a mind process a being with no beginning?
From No. 556 · A Christian Mid-Life Crisis
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Will there be bison in heaven?
- Will there be bison (animals) in heaven?
A listener question: after arguing with a Tijuana missionary who insisted bison have no souls and won't be in heaven, Mike makes his case - God called creation good and redeems it; if only humanity is restored, then "Satan wins" on the rest.
From No. 534 · The Antagonistic Bison
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Ask the pastor: Ezekiel 39:17 — God telling a prophet to speak to birds and beasts
- In Ezekiel 39:17, why would God tell a prophet to speak to birds and beasts, and is there precedent for God interacting with animals this way?
Boova was struck by Ezekiel 39:17, where Ezekiel is told to speak on God's behalf to the birds and beasts, inviting them to feast on God's defeated enemies.
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God doesn't do back-alley bounty: public miracles and creation's pace
- Are there miracles where God stepped in but did not want people to know, after Jesus?
A host shares a painful story of faith healers who prayed over a friend with MS and then shamed him for lacking faith, and the room agrees this kind of story 'doesn't smell like God's glory.'
From No. 492 · Show Me The Toes