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We discuss the extra-biblical evidence for the reliability of Scripture.

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How do ministers/communities establish trust and credibility with an increasingly unchurched culture? (With the challenge being getting people to commit themselves to the work and mission)

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-Bio: 

Education, years in ministry, pastoring, etc. MDiv

Adjunct prof

Entering my 15th year of ministry, serving on the pastoral staffs of 6 local churches 

 How did you first get involved in youth ministry, and what inspired you to pursue it as a calling?

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-Can you share your initial impressions of American churches compared to those in Japan?

What aspects of the American church culture stood out to you during your time here?

-Can you highlight any positive or memorable experiences you had within the American church setting? 

-What lessons or insights from the American church do you think could benefit church communities in Japan? Vice versa

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Yuya briefly describes his church experience and how he started following Jesus as a Japanese person.

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• Personal story

• Upbringing

• Church experience

• Marriage/family

• Education/ministry

• Why do you trust the Bible

• Evidence/logic

• Experience/revelation

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• Reflect 

• Individually

• Podcast

• Preview

• Individually

• Podcast

  
  

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• What is Contextual theology?

• Definition, methods/approaches

• Why is it important?

• Connect and confront

• What are the pushbacks/concerns?

• Syncretism 

• Truth is relativized

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-How is culture forming us?

• Social media (personal vs. personalized)

• Lack of EQ 

• Anti-commitment 

• Burnout:

• Overabundance, pleasure as work, fear of difficulty 

-What does Jesus invite us to?

• 3mph God

• Love is contrary to speed and efficiency 

• Are we becoming people of love?

• Importance of Discipleship

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-John’s current research summary

-Matthew 19

-What is personhood?

-lies(Greek philosophy) vs. truth

-Image of God, Heart Soul Mind Strength made for love

-What does it mean to follow Jesus or be part of his Church?

-Personal story and testimony

-Life in Haiti

-Marriage and Family

-Career and Church

-personal stories of transition 

-transition period for TG

-How do you trust God through transition?

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• What is maturity?

• What is the goal of the Christian life?

• Discipleship?

• Ephesians 4:11-13
  

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Practical ways of following Jesus:

• Why would someone want to follow Jesus? Benefits and drawbacks
• What does the way of Jesus look like?
  • What practices/rhythms did Jesus live by: prayer(corporate and solitary) sabbath, fellowship
• Personal experiences of following Jesus: sabbath, prayer walks, fellowship

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In this episode:

• who we are, faith background, ministry background
• current events: fatherhood, TG, seminary and its influence on us
• What to expect from us: biases, passions, schedule for episodes.
• Why behind the podcast: impact of podcasts on us, danger of podcasts, benefit of this podcast. Needs of our audience.

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Jeff’s is having a baby!

The importance of God fearing parents

• What are you most excited for being a parent?
• What makes you most worried about fatherhood
• What “weight” if any, do you feel as the due date approaches

this is the last episode of the year! we'll be back in 2023!

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Why does church hurt happen?

• Racial trauma
• Church structure
• Immaturity
• Sin
• “Judgmental”
• Consumer culture

What is the solution?

• Submission? Stick it out
• Forgiveness
• Therapy
• “Church hopping?”

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• Our culture has no room for forgiveness, only revenge.
• Retributive vs. Restorative Justice. Mishpat and Sedakah
• Liberal vs. conservative divide is growning

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• Intro: where we’ve been, new location
• Chaos in the world, lack of “peace” in the world
• We must depend on God. John 10:11-14, Psalm 23:1-4

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• Intro: Wil Staley catch up on life
• Theology of work and rest
  • Wil and Brandon talk about REH
  • Garden City: what it means to be human, 2 callings, work as worship, what is work?

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• What's new? Engaged, youtube stuff, teaching, faith, etc.
• How was 2021 for you? Micro-level, macro-level
• What was the most important thing you learned this year?
• Plans for 2022?

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2 camps "The enemies of God" We are concerned with who we are against, who is "off" The world, the flesh, and the devil Spirituality vs. knowledge/theology Attain unity, disagree without destroying a son/daughter of God

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Question time with our sister Emma!

1. Does the Bible say women are unclean on their period and does that have theological ramifications? Was that a cultural way of thinking? What did unclean even mean?
2. Do you think Paul wrote all the letters attributed to him and if not, are they scripture? Col 4:16, 1 thes 1:1, 2 Tim 4:11-13.
3. Is mission work colonization?
4. What’s the difference between a sadducee and a pharisee?
5. Do the gospels read more like fables than historical documents?
6. Ordained festivals
7. Deut 21:22-23 I thought crucifixion wasn’t invented until hundreds of years later. 
8. John 7:6-9 did Jesus lie? 
9. Food laws were changed because of a dream ONE GUY had?
10. Did water come out of Jesus’ side or just plasma? And if it were plasma (which I’m convinced it was) then isn't the prophecy about water coming out technically wrong?

If you have questions, reach out to us! we would love to do more episodes like this

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• The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill as a series
  • Favorite episodes:
    • “Boomers, Big Sort and big churches”
    • “Things we do to women”
  • The problems with Mars Hill Church/ Mark Driscoll
• What can every church learn from this tragedy?
  • Power structures in churches/leadership
  • Marketing, church growth, fame
  • Relational fallout as part of the job.

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• Going to artists for theology instead of theologians
• Christians making art
• For the church vs. from the church
• Those who didn’t grow up in church not being comfortable around churchy people, not liking worship music.
• “Full-time ministry”
• Not allowing nuance in people
• Too worried about correcting people to connect with people!
• Hip Hop and Christianity

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• Cam tells his story!
  
• What’s it like witnessing to your teammates?
  
• What has God done for you that makes you on fire to tell others about him?
  
• How do we teach people about salvation in today’s world?

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• Our goals for the pod

• Focused a lot of the church internally

• What about the culture?

• 3 Parts of filtering the culture:

• Knowing culture

• Knowing the Bible

• Knowing the church

• Balance between love and critique

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• Preaching church instead of Jesus. Why?

• People don't like Jesus 

• Doing church is easy

• Church police

• Church demographics 

• Nice vs. Kind

• Attire 

• Music

• Church words

• Church is like Instagram. Only show the best parts

• Luke 11:42-44

• Mark 7:6-9

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We were privileged to be guests on Fresno's Best Podcast! It was great talking to someone with a mostly non-christian audience!

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• Correct Gina Carrano story

• God doesn't send us to hell, we're already headed there and God gave us a way out!

• The ship is going down, we need to get as many people on the lifeboat as possible before the ship sinks

• doing good things to make yourself a good person is not gonna get you on the lifeboat!

• Exodus 34:6-7

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How does the church avoid rubbing people the wrong way about church?

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• How should we handle cancel culture: Chris Harrison, Gina Carano, etc.

• Be wise vs. Stand your ground

• Growth, redemption, grace

• Heart change vs. Peer pressure.

• Proverbs 11: 27, 29, 30

• Win people, not arguments

• 2 Corinthians Ch 5:18,19

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• Only 11% of Christians live in the west

• West values knowledge, East values spirit

• Western dominance 

• Christian culture vs. Culture

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• Is going to or attending church essential? Gathering is essential to the Christian life. Why are people reluctant to go to church?

• In a city with lots of options for Sunday, how do we choose where to gather?

• What do we do when we feel like the church we attend is not meeting our needs?

• Should we have only one "church home?"

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• American freedom vs. God as our master

• Deny ourselves, Follow 

• Commands vs. Promises 

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• Background as a worship leader, being so young

• Favorite worship songs/group

• Favorite worship moments

• Importance of worship

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Topics covered in this episode include:

• Capitol stormed

• Ravi Zacharias allegations

• Bible project family of God

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Recap the good and bad of 2020:

• How was Christmas?

• What did you learn this year?

• what were your successes and losses this year?

• what are your goals for 2021?

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• Science vs Bible 

• Theology on creation

• Why we were created

• Implications of our purpose

• Human book vs. Divine book

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