The Return of Jesus: Deconstructed with Keith Giles & Abby Cleckner

Keith Giles was once a pastor, but then he met Jesus. Now, he’s a theologian spreading the Gospel of love through several podcasts, including Heretic Happy Hour, Second Cup with Keith, and Threads, as well as numerous blog posts, and many books. In this episode of the Bad Roman podcast, Craig is once again joined by our beloved contributor, and Keith Giles fan, Abby Cleckner for a deep dive into the question that titles one of his articles, “What if Jesus isn’t Coming Back”?

The Church’s Christianity isn’t very Christ-like. The way Christians behave is often influenced by their beliefs about the end of time. Keith joins us to talk through a blog post he wrote about the second coming of Christ, which led him to later pen the book called Jesus Unexpected. Jesus never intended for us to live in fear or anxiety, isn’t it time we start acting like Christians again, let’s turn the world on its head and be a force of love, peace, and joy once more.

Starting Points:

1:55 Deconstruction

6:10 Research Revelations

9:38 Craig waiting for Jesus

11:15 The trauma of Left Behind

15:39 We can anticipate Christ’s return

18:17 Pharisitical mindset

21:39 Is it really about the end of the world?

31:10 Coasting

33:42 John 14

34:37 New Covenant

38:06 Movie metaphor