{"podcast":{"title":"The Allender Center Podcast","slug":"the-allender-center-podcast-1093683","podcast_index_feed_id":1093683,"rss_url":"https://theallendercenter.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://theallendercenter.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/8/f/f/e8ff350178e26c4c/TAC_Podcast_LogoBadge-UPLOAD-V2.jpg","author":"The Allender Center","episode_count":616,"summary":"The Allender Center Podcast features Dr. Dan Allender and his team engaging topics on healing and restoration through the unique intersection of theology and psychology. Through questions submitted by listeners, stories, interviews, and conversations, we engage the deep places of heartache and hope that are rarely addressed so candidly in our culture today. Join us to gain refreshing insight into understanding your story, handling relational struggles, recovering from trauma and abuse, and more. The mission of The Allender Center is to help people tell their stories with awareness and integrity, and to train them to listen to the stories of others with care, artistry, and skill so that they may foster redemption and healing in their lives. The Allender Center is a pioneering organization committed to boldly engaging the impact of trauma and abuse, providing healing and teaching to individuals, couples, and communities, and training professionals to listen and enter into stories in a way that facilitates transformation and hope. For information on all our programs and live events, visit theallendercenter.org","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T00:18:44.426745+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-allender-center-podcast-1093683"},"episode":{"title":"Reframing Good Friday: From Scapegoating to Restoration with Mako Nagasawa","slug":"reframing-good-friday-from-scapegoating-to-restoration-with-mako-nagasawa","published_at":"2026-04-03T21:16:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-allender-center-podcast-1093683/reframing-good-friday-from-scapegoating-to-restoration-with-mako-nagasawa","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-allender-center-podcast-1093683","url":"https://theallendercenter.libsyn.com/reframing-good-friday-from-scapegoating-to-restoration-with-mako-nagasawa","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theallendercenter/TAC629-Export.mp3?dest-id=214185","summary":"We all know what it feels like to scapegoat—or to be scapegoated. To shift blame, protect ourselves, and make someone else carry what feels too heavy to hold. So what does that have to do with Good Friday? In this episode of the Allender Center Podcast, Mako Nagasawa helps us see that what we call \"scapegoating\" today is actually a distortion of its original biblical meaning. Looking at Leviticus 16, he explains that the scapegoat was never about blaming or punishing a substitute, but about removing what didn't belong. A way of naming that the problem isn't who we are, but what has taken hold within us. But over time, we've changed that meaning, looking for others to carry the blame instead of facing what's broken in us. This episode invites us to see the cross differently. Rather than reinforcing blame and punishment, Jesus steps into our cycle of scapegoating to break it, revealing a God who is not looking for someone to punish, but is committed to restoring what's broken. This is the hope of Good Friday: not a story of blame, but the beginning of restoration. Special Offer for our Listeners: \"Scapegoating as a Spiritual Formation Problem:\" A free, four-week discussion group led by Mako Nagasawa with The Anástasis Center. Explore how Penal Substitutionary Atonement theology encourages people to accept arbitrary authority and deploy harsh retributive justice. Explore how Medical Substitutionary Atonement theology from Early and Eastern Christianity can heal our souls, relationships, and public witness. Enroll for free (with donations) at: https://anastasiscourses.thinkific.com/courses/scapegoating About the Allender Center Podcast: For over a decade, the Allender Center Podcast has offered honest, thoughtful conversations about the deep work of healing and transformat…","meta_description":"We all know what it feels like to scapegoat—or to be scapegoated. 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