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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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.…
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Israel and Palestine - Whose Land Is It?
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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?By 1C Story Network
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Vote Common Good - Interview with Doug Pagitt
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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 G…
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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 continue…
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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…
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The FREEVANGELIC Podcast - The Remnant Part 1
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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?By 1C Story Network
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The FREEVANGELIC Podcast - Isaiah and the Amazing Technicolor Almah
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Rebeca and Charlie discuss how translation has affected our understanding of scripture over the millennia. They specifically drill into the only purported prophecy about the virgin birth. Was it really meant to foretell a Messiah?By 1C Story Network
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The FREEVANGELIC Podcast - Organic Fair Trade Coffee
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The Freevangelicals discuss how their shopping and buying habits are changing. In this episode, Charlie tries out a new organic, fair trade, low acid coffee, Life Boost. Listen to the end to get a discount on your order at https://www.lifeboostcoffee.com.By 1C Story Network
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The FREEVANGELIC Podcast from the Wild Goose Festival 2019 - Wrapping it Up
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The Wild Goose Festival 2019 is done and we came away with a much different experience than we expected after the rough day one. Transformation happened. Relationships began. New insights into what it means to be FREEVANGELIC came. Will FREEVANGELIC return in 2020?By 1C Story Network
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The FREEVANGELIC Podcast from the Wild Goose Festival 2019 - The Festival Begins
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The Wild Goose Festival kicked into high gear and FREEVANGELIC had a great time learning, serving, being, and experiencing what the Goose has to offer. We've also learned some things about ourselves, the Bible, and more.By 1C Story Network
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The FREEVANGELIC Podcast from the Wild Goose Festival 2019 - Trials and Tribulations
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The FREEVANGELIC Seitz family made it to the Wild Goose Festival grounds in Hot Springs, NC, and then things went sideways. Loving, caring people came to the rescue and all is back on track for two days of work, learning, experiencing, and more. Rebeca was so exhausted while recording this podcast that she couldn't keep her own kids straight in her…
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The FREEVANGELIC Podcast from the Wild Goose Festival 2019 - Leaving Home
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The Seitz family is heading out from their home in Southwest Florida to the Wild Goose Festival 2019 for four days of music, great speakers, and service as festival volunteers - and camping.By 1C Story Network
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The FREEVANGELIC Podcast - Episode 8 - Misquoting Jesus
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Is today's Bible what was written almost 2,000 years ago? In the 1,500 years between the time of Jesus and the invention of the printing press, the gospels and letters of the New Testament were repeatedly hand-copied by scribes, at first amateurs and later professionals. We examine this process and the changes that were made, both accidental and in…
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The FREEVANGELIC Podcast - Episode 7 - Do We Still Need God?
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Why do humans exhibit the need for a deity in their lives? Are we becoming a post-deity society wherein our knowledge explains what had been mystical? Is it enough to stand in awe without ascribing it to a god?By 1C Story Network
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The FREEVANGELIC Podcast - ep. 6 - Gospel Truth
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Rebeca and Charlie reveal summer plans, then have a great (if longer than Rebeca would like) discussion about the historical Jesus and Russell Shorto's book "Gospel Truth."By 1C Story Network
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FREEVANGELIC the Podcast Episode 5 - It's Our Anniversary!
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Rebeca and Charlie are celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary today. In this episode, they discuss how leaving the Evangelical Christian faith has changed their marriage relationship and more...and then they let the kiddos opine.By 1C Story Network
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Rebeca and Charlie interview their old friends and clients, Kristine and Thom McGuire. The McGuires are now known as Gwyn and Car of the 3 Pagans and a Cat Podcast. In a wide-ranging interview, they discuss many topics including the crazy products Christians sell each other at their conferences, the process of de-conversion to pagan belief, what th…
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In the third installment of the FREEVANGELIC Podcast, Rebeca and Charlie interview former Southern Baptist minister Tim Sledge, author of "Goodbye Jesus: An Evangelical Preacher's Journey Beyond Faith." The former Christians uncover striking similarities in their experiences and interests despite having never known each other.…
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Rebeca and Charlie discuss which contradiction in the Bible and specific seeming cruelties of God chronicled in the Old Testament led to Rebeca pushing away from Christianity.By 1C Story Network
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Rebeca's husband, Charlie, married the good evangelical girl. After being married more than a decade and reading the Bible through several times, she left evangelical Christianity during a tumultuous time for their family. Then, she went public. How did he react?By 1C Story Network
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