Adorned Podcast

In this week’s episode we had the amazing privilege of facilitating a round table discussion with three incredible ladies in three different seasons of life.  We talked with Debbie Riley (Erin’s mamma), Ashley Hartgrove, and Abigail Slape about how Biblical literacy, Theology, and The Gospel is important in each of their individual life stages.  This was such a sweet conversation full of so much wisdom and encouragement.  They also provide some practical resources for growing in these areas as a woman of God.   

Resources: 

The King in His Beauty by Thomas R. Schreiner 

Celebration of Discipline:  The Path to Spiritual Growth, by Richard J. Foster 

Open Your Bible by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams   

Quotes: 

“Am I doing this to GET an identity… OR am I doing this OUT OF my identity in Christ.” - Ashley 

“The Gospel is the most beautiful and the best story that proves heart transformation and that never fails and is constant throughout every season of life” - Abigail 

“Theology is really important today because our culture is basically trying to change God’s word and it’s unchangeable, it doesn’t change, it’s the truth.”  - Debbie 

“I would say my generation needs the Gospel because we need something constant and never changing in our ever changing world.”  - Abigail   

*The beautiful music heard on today’s episode is by Katie Cobbs*

This is our 3rd and last episode in our series on the the gospel, but you can be assured that the message of the gospel will be interwoven throughout each and every episode to come!  This week we had the extreme pleasure of sitting down to talk with Morgan May about how the gospel has impacted her life. Morgan is fresh out of college and her passion for and desire to share the love of Jesus is what made us want to have this conversation with her.  We discuss how her heartbeat for the church is that everyone would feel loved and at at home, how her great-grandmother’s battle with ALS hugely impacted her walk with The Lord, how the gospel helps her through her daily struggle with clinical anxiety, and why and understanding of the gospel is specifically important for women.  Ya’ll, this one is GOOD! There is a lot of laughter in this conversation because the gospel really does fill us with so much joy!

Resources: 

The Ragamuffin Gospel by Bennan Manning     

Quotes: 

“The father welcomes his son home with loving and open arms and it’s our responsibility as the church, his expression of himself on the earth, to be people who welcome home others with arms wide open.” - Morgan 

“I have a God that chooses me and choses me consistently even when my first choice isn’t always Him.” - Morgan 

“The gospel changes living everyday because quite honestly every single thing that I can come up against or every single thought that leads to panic, every single time that I feel sick, or convince myself that I have a brain tumor, the blood of Jesus that has covered all sin, and all death, when you look at whatever that struggle is compared to the blood of Jesus it doesn’t even hold any weight because his blood does cover every single thing!” - Morgan   

*The beautiful music heard on today's episode is by Katie Cobbs*

This is our second episode in our series on the Gospel. In this episode we discuss why the Gospel matters, how to grow in our understanding of the Gospel, and encouragement on sharing the Gospel. This episode has great practical tools for all women who are seeking to live out the Gospel. 

Resources: 

Gospel Centered Life - Bob Thune 

Gospel Primer-Caesar Kalinowski 

The Gospel Centered Mom - Sara Wallace   

Quotes: 

“All of this is a gift not a burden. We don’t have to for God- we get to work with him, under his power and strength, showing the world what he is like.” Gospel Primer 

"The how to of living out the gospel can be broken down into two ways. Just tell people about gospel or just show people by actions. Some people think it’s all about one or the other. But true healthy gospel living needs to be both." 

"The gospel is dramatic enough itself. Jesus conquered death for heaven’s sake, pun intended." 

"We can live in the freedom of knowing that Jesus’ blood covers us each and every day." 

*The beautiful music on today's episode is by Katie Cobbs*

This is our first episode in a 3 part series on the Gospel.  We thought the best place to start would be defining what the Gospel is.  We discuss how the word “Gospel” means “good news” and that we can’t fully understand the good news without knowing the bad news as well.  The bad news is that we are sinners, but the good news is that Jesus came as the perfect, blameless sacrifice to take on the punishment for those sins.  Our hope is that after listening to this episode you will have a better understanding of what the gospel is and will see that the message of this good new is woven throughout the whole Bible.     

Resources: 

EVS Study Bible 

Concise Theology by J.I. Packer 

The Gospel Centered Mom by Sara Wallace   

Quotes: 

“God’s justice system is at the heart of the gospel. Gods justice tells us man is evil, god is holy, and evil must be punished. That is the first truth we must accept if we want to go any deeper into the gospel. Unfortunately that’s where many people stop. Even Christians have a tendency to hem and haw around the issue of eternal judgement because they don’t want to give God a bad rap. God can take care of His own reputation. When we make light of our sin and the penalty is deserves we make light of god himself. Our self centered hearts have a hard time accepting how sinful we really are. We try to close the gap between god and man by making our sin less sinful. By default god becomes less Holy and Grace less beautiful”  -Sara Wallace 

“Through the gospel we don’t improve our identity we replace it” -Sara Wallace 

“I am more broken and sinful than I ever dared believe, but at the same time I am more loved and accepted than I ever dared hope.” -Tim Keller

 “It’s not good advice it’s good news. Advice is to help you do something, (all other religions) but good news is here’s what’s been done for you (Christianity)” - Tim Keller 

“Religion enslaves the gospel sets free. Religion says look within and get busy. The Gospel says look to Christ and rest.” -Sara Wallace 

“The Gospel proclaims that the God who saved Israel from Egypt, Jonah from the fish’s belly, the psalmist from death, and the soldiers from drowning, saves all who trust Christ from sin and sins consequences.”  -J.I. Packer 

*The beautiful music heard on today's episode is by Katie Cobbs*

On our final episode of our series on theology we had the privilege of sitting down to talk with Kacie’s sister-in-law, Susan.  We loved hearing Susan’s heart as she discussed how what she believes about God affects her everyday life as a social worker, how her theology has grown/changed over the years, and some of her favorite resources for learning more about who God is.  This conversation was definitely a blessing to us and we pray that it is to you as well!   

Resources: 

The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones  

Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem  

The Westminster Catechism for Young Children 

The Gospel Coalition Booklets 

The Gospel Coalition Podcast 

None Like Him by Jen Wilkin  

Knowing God by J.I. Packer  

The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer  

Knowledge of The Holy by A.W. Tozer     

Quotes: 

“Theology is something we all have whether we know it or not.”  - Susan 

“You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless, until they can find rest in you.” - St. Augustine 

“We are not just fighting against ourselves, we’re not just fighting against culture, but we’re fighting against the one that wants to thwart God’s plans”.-Susan 

“Theology is simple enough for a child to understand, but it is also so complex that you will spend your whole life and never fully grasp it.” -Susan   

*The beautiful music on today's episode is by Katie Cobbs*

In this episode we discuss why theology matters.  We address why what you believe about God is so important.  We also discuss why there are people have a negative reaction when they hear the word theology and the impact that poor doctrine can have on those around them.

Resources: 

Systematic Theology  

Quotes: 

“What you believe about God is the most important thing about you” -AW Tozer 

“The more we know about god, about his word, about his relationships to the world and mankind, the better we will trust him, the more fully we will praise him, and the more readily we will obey” - Wayne Grudem 

“Belief affects behavior, and so ideas have consequences. A person who believes railroad crossing signal is stuck when in truth a train is coming may soon be dead. Likewise false doctrine will lead to false deeds.” Norman Geisler 

“When I think about our goal as believers I think about the great commission that says “go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations.” This is the big picture.  This is what we need to remain focused on as believers and as disciple of Jesus.” 

*The beautiful music on today's episode is by Katie Cobbs*

In this episode we kick off a new three episode series on Theology. In this episode we tackle defining theology and we offer our journeys with theological formation. We also address what theology is not. And finally we offer some practical advice about growing in theology in all seasons of life.   

Resources: 

Systematic Theology  

The Ology  

The Westminister Catechism for Young Children  

Christian Beliefs  

Questions with Answers by Dana Dirksen (songs to go with the catechism)    

Quotes:  

C.S Lewis- “Theology means “science of God” and I think any man who wants to think about God at all would like to have the clearest and most accurate ideas about Him which are available.”   

“This all sounds great in theory but super overwhelming in practice but just remember He made the gospel and himself a mystery so we would keep asking questions in order to grow in intimacy with him.”   

“The other day we were sitting at lunch at Chuy’s talking about the Trinity over a big basket of chips and a bowl of creamy jalapeno” 

*The beautiful music on today's episode is by Katie Cobbs*

This is our final episode in our series on Biblical Literacy. We had the great joy of interviewing Megan Webbon about her walk with Biblical Literacy. I love hearing Megan’s heart about how the gospel and biblical literacy work together. One of my favorite quotes from Meg, “Biblical literacy is the Christian’s ability to know and understand the truths of the gospel through the written words of scripture so that he or she may better know the holiness of God and how we are called to glorify him as our savior. 

Resources:  

The Gospel Centered Life 

Women of The Word  

For the Love of God    

Quotes:

“Biblical literacy is the Christian’s ability to know and understand the truths of the gospel through the written words of scripture so that he or she may better know the holiness of God and how we are called to glorify him as our savior.”

“But we could also talk about how the gospel gives us a desire for biblical literacy and how the gospel catches us when we fail to desire biblical literacy rightly.”

“But understanding the Bible gives us insight into first, who God is, and second who we are in light of who he is. In a world, where it seems like the media, academia, parents, bosses, are all fighting to define me as a woman, I desperately need to understand how God’s word defines me.” 

  *The beautiful music heard on today's episode is by Katie Cobbs*

In this episode we continue our 3 episode series on Biblical Literacy. In this episode we get real practical. Offering our experiences with growing in biblical literacy and letting y’all know about our favorite resources. Hint: the Bible is the main one.  

Resources:

Open your Bible  

The Jesus Storybook Bible  

Women of The Word  

ESV Study Bible  

www.blueletterbible.com 

*The beautiful music on today's episode is by Katie Cobbs*

In this episode we start our 3 episode series on Biblical Literacy. This week we’ll be discussing what biblical literacy is and why it’s important for women in all seasons and walks of life. We also talk about our understanding of the inerrancy of scripture.  

Resources: 

Open your Bible  

Women of The Word 

*The beautiful music on today's episode is by Katie Cobbs*