This is a special one-off episode with Josh! Below is a link from Christianity Today about Earthquake relief in Turkey & Syria https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/february/earthquake-turkey-syria-christians-churches-prayer-relief.html

In today's episode, we discuss the fine line between a cult and a healthy church community.

In today's episode, we talk about freedom of speech, and yes, we talk about Kanye.

You’ve probably seen headlines recently about Christian nationalism, especially since December’s Jericho March in Washington, DC, and since a mob of Trump supporters—many sporting Christian signs, slogans, or symbols—rioted and stormed the US Capitol building on January 6. What is Christian nationalism, and how is it different from Christianity? How is it different from patriotism? How should Christians think about nations, especially about the United States? If nationalism is bad, should we reject nationality and national loyalty altogether? Some helpful tools: 1. Unchristian America: Living With Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God by Michael A. Babcock 2. Politics of the Cross, The: The Theology and Social Ethics of John Howard Yoder. 3. The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church by Greg Boyd - Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals By Shane Claiborne & Chris Haw. 4. Living on Hope While Living in Babylon: The Christian Anarchists of the Twentieth Century by Tripp York 5. After Christendom?: How the Church Is to Behave If Freedom, Justice, and a Christian Nation Are Bad Ideas by Stanley Hauerwas

In this episode, Jordan K finally joins the podcast, and we talk about the one church's boogeymen deconstruction. Where did the word come from? What does it mean, and why can it be helpful instead of harmful to our faith journey. Made Strong Ministries is having a Zombie Run Fundraiser! Sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/5k-zombie-fun-run-tickets-390531559407

Chris Lahr joins us again to discuss tribalism, licking tounges, and how love helps us see each other differently. A Top Ten List of Books that go along with the podcasts tonight: 1) My Grandmothers Hands by Resmaa Menakem 2) Mirror to the Church by Emmanual Katongole 3) Unclean by Richard Beck 4) No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice by Karen Cox 5) Reparations by Duke Kwan 6) Unsettling Truths: The ongoing, dehumanizing legacy of the doctrine of discovery 7) Caste: The origins of our discontent by Isabel Wilkerson 8) Sundown towns: A Hidden Dimension of American racism by James Loewen 9) Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane 10) Before the Dream: MLK's 1963 speech and civil rights struggles in Ft Wayne by Chris Elliott

In this episode, Josh, Angie, and Blake chop it up with our first guest Chris Lahr and talk about America's original sin of racism. Chris was born and raised in Indiana but spent twenty years living in inner-city Philadelphia before moving to Fort Wayne in 2019. Chris helped run a mentoring program called Timoteo (Spanish for Timothy) that used sports to mentor and disciple urban youth (www.timoteosports.org). Chris is passionate about seeing Jesus manifested to people at the street level and seeing youth step into leadership roles in their community. He is currently working on his Doctorate of Transformational Leadership with Bakke Graduate University. He has an MDiv from Asbury Theological Seminary and did his undergrad at Eastern University. Chris is the co-author of the book, Playing for the City, and has written several blogs for Red Letter Christian, Fig Tree Revolution, and the Spokane Favs websites. His blogs mainly deal with the issue of racism and what we can do to live a more just and equitable lifestyle. Chris' Blog (writings) http://amazon.com/author/chrislahr (Amazon Author Page) https://playingforthecity.wixsite.com/website (Chris' Book)

Angie shares her experiences... deconstructing her faith through serving people in the sex work community and discovering what following Jesus means to her.

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