In today's podcast, we talk about something that is lacking in our political scene today: integrity. Behavior we reject in one political party, we excuse in another. As believers, we must be willing to call it straight. What's right is right and what's wrong is wrong--no matter who says it or his/her justification. The ends do not justify the means.

In today's podcast, we remember the events of the past week in El Paso and Dayton were innocent lives were taken. We are reminded of the importance of community: to belong to something greater than ourselves. Something life-giving and life-changing.

Edward T Hall identified four spaces or distances we scribe to in Western society: public space, social space, personal space, and intimate space. We touch on each of these in today's podcast.

This week on the podcast, we talk about the religion of secular humanism and how it has taken root over the past two centuries. As Christ followers, how do we navigate a political climate and culture that is bathed in secular humanist ideology? We talk about the origins and where we go from here.

Today on the podcast we begin a mini series called 2020 Hot Takes where we attempt to bring biblical perspective on the hot political topics of the day. We begin by laying the foundation of absolute truth, authority of Scripture, and defining terms we hear in every day life. We’d love to hear your thoughts and invite you in on the conversation.

Additional Resources:

Legislating Morality: Is It Wise? Is It Legal? Is It Possible?

by Norman Geisler (Author), Frank Turek (Contributor)

https://www.amazon.com/Legislating-Morality-Wise-Legal-Possible/dp/1592441521/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=legislating+morality&qid=1564148050&s=gateway&sr=8-2

This week on TWG, we discuss something we all think about from time to time--the will of God. Chip and Ben give some insight as to how we can navigate this search by asking 5 key questions.

"Finding God's Will for Your Life Is Easier than You Think"

https://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2016/september/finding-gods-will-for-your-life-is-easier-than-you-think.html

"5 Helpful Questions When Attempting to Discern God’s Will"

http://ronedmondson.com/2016/09/5-questions-to-discern-gods-will.html

Today on the podcast we talk about what it means to live a lifestyle of worship beyond Sunday morning. As important as corporate worship is, developing a lifestyle of worship throughout the week helps to give us the right perspective--a kingdom perspective--as we live out our lives.

Today on the podcast we talk about the importance Jesus places on the life of children and how we at NapNaz carry out that mission of pouring into the life of a child. Our new preschool teacher Krista Behm also joins the podcast to give us a glimpse of what’s to come this fall with the NapNaz Community Preschool.

NapNaz Community Preschool:

http://napnaz.org/ministries/preschool

Today on the podcast we want to talk about prayer. If you’re listening to this podcast, most likely its something you believe in, but how well are you living it out. Pastor Chip walks us through the Lord’s prayer and gives some framework as to how to better live out a life of prayer.

In today's podcast, we give a preview to our summer sermon series: The Book of James. This letter is one of the earliest letters written in the New Testament and often thought about as the New Testament Proverbs because of its wisdom and practical living from a Godly perspective.

In this podcast we continue the marriage conversation started on a recent sermon given on Sunday morning and share some practical tips on how to foster effective communication in order to build a stronger, lasting and fruitful marriage.

Resources:

"Love & Respect:The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs" - Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

https://loveandrespect.com/

"The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts" - Gary Chapman

https://www.5lovelanguages.com/

BetterLove Marriage Assessment by Les & Leslie Parrott

https://store.lesandleslie.com/collections/better-love