Contents

Two Christianities · by Ramon Lyles

30 entries · 88,793 words · about 592 min of listening

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Front Matter

  1. Title PageTwo Christianities~1 min
  2. CopyrightCopyright and Credits~1 min
  3. Author's NoteWhy I Wrote This Book~3 min
  4. DedicationTo the Ones Who Kept Me Standing~1 min
  5. AcknowledgmentsWith Gratitude~3 min
  6. EpigraphThree Verses to Begin~1 min

Part I: Framing

  1. Chapter 1Two Christianities~23 min
  2. Chapter 2Naming What We See~27 min
  3. Chapter 3How to Read the Bible in This Book~19 min

Part II: How We Got Here

  1. Chapter 4A Book People Have Cut to Fit~24 min
  2. Chapter 5How the Movement Was Built~23 min

Part III: What the Book Actually Says

  1. Chapter 6The Torah: The Law Was Never Neutral~21 min
  2. Chapter 7The Prophets: The Voice at the Gate~28 min
  3. Chapter 8The Gospels: What Jesus Actually Said~40 min
  4. Chapter 9Acts and the Epistles: What the First Church Actually Did~30 min

Part IV: Issue by Issue

  1. Chapter 10The Camel and the Needle~23 min
  2. Chapter 11Wealth and the Poor~25 min
  3. Chapter 12The Boast and the Basin~23 min
  4. Chapter 13The Ninth Commandment in an Age of Lies~20 min
  5. Chapter 14The Stranger at the Border~23 min
  6. Chapter 15Nationalism and the Flag in the Sanctuary~22 min
  7. Chapter 16The Cyrus Temptation~20 min
  8. Chapter 17Guns, Violence, and Enemies~20 min
  9. Chapter 18Selective Literalism~21 min
  10. Chapter 19The Court, the Vote, and the Cross~53 min

The Climax

  1. Chapter 20Where Do Your Ethics Actually Live?~18 min

Part V: A Way Back

  1. Chapter 21Repentance Is Not a Slogan~21 min
  2. Chapter 22A Church That Would Be Unrecognizable~25 min
  3. Chapter 23How to Stay a Christian When the Movement Will Not Turn~26 min

Afterword

  1. LetterA Letter to the Reader~7 min