Jonathan Merritt on His New Book, and Why Women Should be Pastors?

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Show Notes:

Jonathan Merritt joins us to discuss his new book, Learning to Speak God from Scratch. There was a lot of back and forth in this interview, and hopefully the back and forth brought clarity to the confusion.

Jonathan currently serves as a contributing writer for The Atlantic and contributing editor for The Week. Jonathan has published more than 3,500 articles in respected outlets such as The New York Times, USA Today, Buzzfeed, The Washington Post and Christianity Today. He regularly contributes commentary to television, print, and radio news outlets and has been interviewed by ABC World News, NPR, CNN, PBS, MSNBC, Fox News, and CBS’ “60 Minutes.”

Named one of “30 young influencers reshaping Christian leadership” by Outreach Magazine, Jonathan holds a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Master of Theology from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology.

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