Most of life and faith is lived in the tension between the two extremes. On this show, we look at what many of us were taught growing up in evangelical churches, weigh it against what our current culture is saying, and try to find what Jesus has for us in the tension between the two.


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Tension was called Unlearning Youth Group for the first six seasons.

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Episoder(106)

Let's talk about woke Christianity

Let's talk about woke Christianity

On one side of the aisle, you have Christians who want to ignore the things going on around us in the name of "just preaching the Gospel."On the other, you've got Christians who want to ignore core te...

25 Sep 20231h

Boycotts, cancel culture, and the hypocrisy of it all

Boycotts, cancel culture, and the hypocrisy of it all

If you've been in the church for any length of time, you know we've been boycotting things since before boycotting was considered canceling. After all, the evangelical boycott of a company and the sec...

18 Sep 202344min

How do Christians survive a culture war?

How do Christians survive a culture war?

In our culture, we have two groups on the extremes who are at war with each other. One side is waging war against anything that doesn’t explicitly promote white, evangelical Christian fundamentalism. ...

11 Sep 202351min

The one shift we all need to make when thinking about church

The one shift we all need to make when thinking about church

The way we view church has changed. The average "committed" church goer attends less than two Sundays per month and that number is quickly approaching only once per month. On top of that, of the peopl...

26 Jun 202346min

The single biggest thing missing from the American church

The single biggest thing missing from the American church

We talk a lot about the problems in the evangelical church in America. In today's episode, we dive into the root of so many of those issues and give you a perspective shift that will change how you re...

19 Jun 202358min

What does Jesus teach us about hard times, grief, and losing loved ones?

What does Jesus teach us about hard times, grief, and losing loved ones?

If the last few years have taught us anything, it's that we're all walking around with layers of grief we aren't processing. We've lost loved ones in the pandemic. We've lost friends to the changes in...

12 Jun 202348min

Why is the church so obsessed with being persecuted?

Why is the church so obsessed with being persecuted?

From the martyr obsession of the late 90s to the culture war fighters of today, the church - especially in America - has this weird obsession with being persecuted.But are we actually persecuted? Or d...

5 Jun 202346min

Another purity culture episode

Another purity culture episode

We can't do a season without hitting on Purity Culture at least once!Boys who grew up in church were taught to bounce their eyes when looking at girls because, y'know, every girl is a sexual temptatio...

29 Mai 202335min

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