Justin Bronson Barringer is a pastor, consultant, writer, editor, and a PhD candidate in religious ethics at Southern Methodist University. He’s also a star in the hit reality show Duck Dynasty. (Just kidding.) I met Justin many years ago when he agreed to read (and critique!) early drafts of my book Fight, now called Nonviolence: The Revolutionary Way of Jesus. He was very influential in helping me understand Christian nonviolence and the ethical challenges it presents. In this episode, we talk about his new book that he edited: The Business of War: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Military-Industrial Complex​. Once we understand how profitable war can be, it sort of changes your view on the whole military industrial complex.

On episode #737 of Theology in the Raw Preston has a conversation with Rex Harsin. Rex Harsin is a native Mississippian (born in Tupelo, now living in Oxford). He attended film school in Los Angeles. The genesis of this documentary lies in 2017, when as a Christian and as a filmmaker, Harsin became interested in the topic of gun violence in America.

My first Baptism wasn't immersion, do I need to be baptized again?

How can you go against years of history and church tradition and believe in an Annihilation view of Hell? 

Do you say congratulations to an engaged lesbian couple?

How do we put to death the deeds of flesh and move pass residual and habitual sin in our lives? How do we live in the tension that Paul provides - being righteous and yet being the chief of sinners? 

As a Christian who serves a non-violent Jesus, how do we maintain respect for veterans and soldiers who are committing murder in the name of the USA? Should we respect those who are fighting for American freedom?