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 movement, check out https://freevangelic.com.To learn more about 1C Productions and the whole lineup of 1C shows, visit https://justonec.com.

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 Stingy Jack has the answers: https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-originsCheck out the rest of the 1C Story Network lineup at https://justonec.com

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 to vote, and how the entire process has changed, in some ways drastically.If you have a question or a suggestion for a topic of discussion, please reach out through our email address: [email protected].

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 and living a lie?If you have questions, topics you'd like to hear us discuss, or need resources to help you as you follow a similar path, you can reach out at [email protected]. You can find Rebeca on TikTok at @rebeca_seitz and our website (which desperately needs updating - any volunteers?) at https://freevangelic.com.

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.

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?

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.com and listen to the Common Good Podcast at https://votecommongood.podbean.com.

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 in the church.

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.

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?