The Freevangelic Podcast

Oct 31 2024 24 ep. 57 mins 17
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Lifelong evangelical and Christian media industries writer, publicist, producer, and agent Rebeca Seitz left the evangelical world after reading the Bible too much and taking it at its word. The Freevangelic podcast is where Rebeca covers topics related to leaving the evangelical life and welcomes various guests with insight thereon. From politics to parenting, belief to business, Rebeca authentically explores how to live into and find Truth.

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How Leaving Evangelicalism Has Changed Our Sense of Compassion

Oct 31 2024 36 mins  
Many things in our lives have changed since leaving evangelical Christianity. Among those is how we express compassion to our fellow human beings. Where the evangelical mindset uses compassion as a means to evangelize the faith, the Freevangelic mindset is to simply be kind for the sake of being kind and compassionate. If you want to read the blog that kicked off our Freevangelic m

A Freevangelic Halloween

Sep 27 2024 39 mins  
Growing up in the Southern Baptist church, Rebeca never got to experience Halloween like other kids. Since becoming Freevangelic, she's learned the ancient origins of Halloween and just how much fun it can be. Read more about the ancient traditions surrounding Samhain at: https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/samhainWant to know the origin of the Jack-o'-Lantern? The Legend of St

Politics

Sep 16 2024 36 mins  
Questions have come up about how different aspects of life, thought, and values change after you free yourself from evangelical dogma. It's taken a while for some of these changes to shake out. Given that we are deep into the quadrennial silly season, it seemed like a good time to talk about how being a Freevangelic has changed how we look at politics, how we make decisions on how

Bravery

Sep 09 2024 33 mins  
Rebeca and Charlie are back after a three-year hiatus from the Freevangelic Podcast! Welcome back everyone!Something that keeps coming up in discussions with people in this new life is their seeming fascination with what they say was our bravery in leaving evangelical Christianity and being so public about it. What would have required more energy - leaving out loud or staying in an

The Remnant Part 2

Aug 29 2021 78 mins  
Continuing the theme of investigating what remains after leaving evangelical Christianity, The Freevangelics explore what was The Way that Jesus preached and how his exhortation in the Gospel of John about being The Way to The Father has, perhaps, been mistranslated, misunderstood, and manipulated by Christians for thousands of years.

Israel and Palestine - Whose Land Is It?

Jun 05 2021 72 mins  
The Freevangelics explore the deepest biblical roots of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Digging deep into Genesis, they uncover the Jewish claim to the land and explore whether and how that claim would still apply thousands of years later. Whose land is it anyway?

Vote Common Good - Interview with Doug Pagitt

May 03 2021 95 mins  
The Freevangelics interview Doug Pagitt, Executive Director of Vote Common Good about the disconnect between values and politics in America today. Vote Common Good is committed to helping all people, especially people of faith, to make the Common Good their guide for civic engagement and their voting criteria. You can learn more about Vote Common Good at https://www.votecommongood.

Pure Hell: Purity Culture Fallout

Apr 01 2021 71 mins  
After more than 25 years, the fallout of the Purity Movement within evangelical Christianity has made national headlines through a mass murder conducted by a man who says he was eliminating temptation from his life. Rebeca and Charlie discuss how this decades-old movement shaped their sexuality, personal identities, and marriage and how it continues to shape and damage young people

Shedding Your Old Skin

Mar 05 2021 72 mins  
In this episode, the Freevangelics talk about how as we grow into new knowledge, wisdom, and maturity in the search for Truth we outgrow the old skin of evangelical belief and have to shed it, much like the gumbo limbo tree of Florida does as it grows. Throughout our growth we may shed multiple skins as our wisdom increases, but in doing so we open ourselves to new vulnerability.

The FREEVANGELIC Podcast - The Remnant Part 1

Jan 30 2021 53 mins  
Season Two kicks off with the Freevangelics, Rebeca and Charlie, starting a new exploration of what remains after leaving evangelical Christianity and charting their own faith path. When the Bible is what made you leave, is there still anything left in the Bible you can find useful?