Curiously Kaitlyn

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Does God still love dictators? Jul 29, 2025

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God loves everyone, right? Well, what about people who use their power to hurt others? Kaitlyn Schiess has thought a lot about this and is here to explain what a dictator is, how God talks about them in scripture and what that requires of us as Christians.

0:00 - Theme Song

0:37 - Does God Love Dictators?

2:05 - Does God Still Love Dictators?

4:05 - The Fall and Authority

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10:33 - True Authority from God

15:20 - God Loves People

19:31 - Love in a Time of Strife

21:18 - End Credits

What is the most accurate version of the Bible? Jul 22, 2025

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Kaitlyn Schiess sits down with Amy Peeler (who's on a real Bible translation committee) to answer what's the right version of the Bible. There's so many Bible translations. Why are they different if they're all God's word? Amy Peeler explains why the translations turn out different and why you shouldn't be too alarmed when you read an unfamiliar translation.

0:00 - Theme Song

1:50 - What's the Most Accurate Bible Translation?

6:47 - How Different Are Bible Translations?

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13:50 - Direct Translation and Paraphrase

15:26 - Why Write New Translations?

21:40 - Differences of Langauge

27:33 - Simple Answer for Kids!

30:40 - End Credits

Why did God harden Pharaoh's heart? Jul 15, 2025

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Old Testament scholar (and Holy Post pundit!) Carmen Imes joins Kaitlyn to talk about a question both little kids and grown ups ask a lot: why did God harden Pharaoh's heart? Was God causing Pharaoh to do something evil? Was God overriding Pharaoh's free will? Dr. Imes teaches us about the Hebrew words for "hardening" a heart, how historical background can help us understand this passage, and what the larger theology of the story teaches us about God.

0:00 - Show Starts

1:35 - Theme Song

2:32 - Why Did God Harden Pharaoh's Heart?

8:17 - What is a "Hard Heart?"

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23:48 - God's Gentleness and Frogs

26:47 - Are they plagues?

36:03 - End Credits

How do we teach kids about the Trinity? Jul 08, 2025

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How do we explain something as big and complicated as the Trinity to kids? Kaitlyn's here with advice on how to approach the topic—and how we may be making this much harder on ourselves than it needs to be.

0:00 - Theme Song

1:20 - Listener Question

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5:25 - Is it the Right Time?

9:03 - How to Answer Questions

16:26 - End Credits

Is it wrong to doubt God? Jul 01, 2025

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Mike Erre joins Kaitlyn to tackle a big question that is also deeply personal: is it wrong to doubt God? Mike shows us some ways we misunderstand both doubt and faith, brings us to Bible passages that help us understand doubt more clearly, and reminds us that God welcomes our questions.

0:00 - Theme Song

4:02 - Is it Ok to Doubt God?

8:53 - Lament vs. Doubt

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17:55 - Is Doubt Intellectual?

31:26 - Kid Answer

33:51 - End Credits

What makes a belief heretical? Jun 24, 2025

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Kaitlyn is back with another Getting Schooled episode, this time about heresy. Are heresies even real? How do we define them? And most importantly—should you call someone on the internet a heretic? We'll be back to normal kid questions on Curiously, Kaitlyn next week!

0:00 - Show Starts

0:38 - Theme Song

4:00 - What Even is Heresy?

8:00 - What's a Core Doctrine?

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16:45 - Creeds vs Scripture?

24:41 - Resources

27:30 - End Credits

Resources:

The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture by Christian Smith: https://a.co/d/j5mZ2Jr

Christian Theology: an Introduction by Alister McGrath and Matthew J. Thomas: https://a.co/d/aA04bop

Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically by Beth Felker Jones: https://a.co/d/hatSVjT

Can women lead in church? Part 2 Jun 17, 2025

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Kaitlyn and Skye Jethani are back to explain the egalitarian stance. What Bible verses at first glance seem complementation, but may reveal, with context, a more egalitarian view? What else do people overlook in our desire to find a clear "role for women" in the church?

0:00 - Theme Song

3:21 - Biblical Exemples

7:20 - Prescription vs Description

16:18 - Looking for Scriptural Logic

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22:02 - Egalitarian Reading of Corinthians

29:24 - The Historical Church Perspective

36:26 - What's Lost with the Complementarian Argument?

38:42 - Resources

41:02 - End Credits

Resources:

Discovering Biblical Equality: Biblical, Theological, Cultural, and Practical Perspectives by Ronald W. Pierce, Cynthia Long Westfall, and Christa L. McKirkland: https://a.co/d/bTqtG6m

Icons of Christ: A Biblical and Systematic Theology for Women's Ordination by William G. Witt: https://a.co/d/9C53kJo

Paul and Gender: Reclaiming the Apostle's Vision for Men and Women in Christ by Cynthia Long Westfall: https://a.co/d/dNtFT9z

Can women lead in church? Part 1 Jun 10, 2025

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Kaitlyn and Skye Jethani go over the different kinds of complementarianism, the verses used to justify it, and how weird this becomes in practical application.

0:00 - Theme Song

2:30 - What Does "Complementarian" Mean?

7:43 - Nature vs. Culture

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20:30 - Biblical Justifications

44:40 - Books on Complementarianism

47:50 - End Credits

Tell Her Story: How Woman Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church by Nijay Gupta:

https://a.co/d/czUeSpI

Women in Ministry: Four Views (Spectrum Multiview Book Series) by Bonnidell Clouse, Robert Clouse, Robert Culver, Susan T. Fox, Walter L. Leifeld, and Alvera Mickelsen: https://a.co/d/0evVUea

Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism by John Piper and Wayne Grudem: https://a.co/d/erWUkcF

Neither Complementarian Nor Egalitarian: A Kingdom Corrective to the Evangelical Gender Debate by Michelle Lee-Barnewall: https://a.co/d/1zzEXau

What is heaven like? Jun 03, 2025

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In today's installment of the "Kids Say the Most Heretical Things," Kaitlyn tackles a big question: What will heaven be like? We hear from lots of kids about what they think - from what it will look like ("shiny, like a necklace!") to what we'll do in heaven ("eat orange cinnamon rolls") to what they hope for ("to talk to Jesus in real life"). These kids have a lot to teach us about the future we are looking towards.

0:00 - Theme Song

5:10 - What is Heaven like?

8:15 - What Does Heaven Look Like?

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14:38 - What'll You Do in Heaven?

20:25 - Freedom in Heaven

24:30 - End Credits

Mailbag: Why did God create angels? What if sin never happened? Why does God stay in the sky? May 27, 2025

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In this mailbag edition of Curiously Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn and Producer Mike tackle real, handwritten questions from kids. This time: Do we go straight to heaven when we die? Why doesn't God just take all the believers now? Are our parents technically our siblings in God's family? What would life be like if there was never any sin? And why did God create… angles? (Or maybe that was angels.)

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