CrossReference

In this final episode on "Race and the Church," Dan, Luke, and Keith talk about what it looks like for our local church to begin taking steps towards racial justice.

All music is written and created by Will Becker.

In this first of two episodes on the prophet Obadiah, Luke and Dan set the stage by talking through the history of the Edomites and Israel. Then they begin to unpack how the human pursuit of justice relates to God's perfect justice and mercy.

All music is written and created by Will Becker.

In this final episode on the parable of The Lost Sons, Luke and Dan talk about the transactional ways that we approach our relationship with God, they imagine an alternate ending for the parable, and they consider how the radical love and grace of the Father puts us on mission in our own place and space.

All music is written and created by Will Becker.

In this episode, Luke and Dan continue walking through the story of “The Lost Sons” in Luke 15. They talk about the pharisees’ and scribes’ struggle with Jesus’ eating habits, the anger the older brother has towards the feast prepared for his younger brother, and how costly reconciliation transforms us into loved and loving children of God.

In this third episode on “Race and the Church,” Dan, Luke, and Keith work through the idea of justice. They talk about how love is always the starting point for racial justice, how we should orient ourselves towards our neighbor, and what it might look like to take some first steps as we seek to listen and move towards our neighbors.

Music is written and created by Will Becker.

In this third episode on “Race and the Church,” Dan, Luke, and Keith work through the idea of justice. They talk about how love is always the starting point for racial justice, how we should orient ourselves towards our neighbor, and what it might look like to take some first steps as we seek to listen and move towards our neighbors.

Music is written and created by Will Becker.

This is the first episode in a Cross Reference series entitled “Race and the Church.” In this introduction, Dan is joined by Pastors Luke and Keith as they begin a humble and earnest conversation that seeks to recognize the pain, hurt, and evil of our world, specifically in relationship to racial injustice.

All music is written and created by Will Becker.

In this second episode on “Race and the Church,” Dan, Luke, and Keith, work to begin forming a theological framework that helps us understand racial division and injustice within the Church. They talk about how costly love moves the Church to listen, learn, and engage with the oppressed and marginalized in our communities.

All music is written and created by Will Becker.

In this episode, Luke and Dan continue walking through the story of “The Lost Sons” in Luke 15. They talk about what the father is doing with the feast he gives, the challenge of hearing a parable told in a very different context, and how the Church can apply this parable to the conversation on racial justice... All music is written and created by Will Becker.

On today’s episode, Luke and Dan shift their focus to the actions of the father in the parable of the Lost Sons (Luke 15) as he welcomes his son back from his wandering. In this discussion, they explore the younger son’s experience of exile as both moral and relational exile. They conclude with trying to help us see how we can hold these ideas together.