There's a lot of discussion about equality and justice in the world today, but often we only care about it when it effects us personally. In today's episode, Dan and Austin look into ways to expand our framework of justice to include more people and perspectives while remaining faithful to scripture. 

With the rise of social media and the easy access to a wide variety of leaders, it's become ever easier to fall into a cult of personality. How do we recognize if our leaders have taken the place that Jesus should have in our life? What does it mean to be humble, and how is it different from being humiliated? Hear some discussion on these questions and more in this week's episode of Deeper!

Listen to last week's sermon here: https://episodes.castos.com/61f01524104198-81913680/1540270/Fathers-and-teachers.mp3

As believers, our calling is to tear down walls- not build them. Dan and Austin spend time today looking at what it means to have internal "walls" that allow us to categorize people as "us" or "them". We examine our personal walls, our strategies for seeing the image of God in people we are different from, and our need to just listen to people we differ with. 

What traits do a successful businessman and an exiled king share? In today's episode, we look at David's pride and Nabol's greed; and the ways we might accidentally emulate them in our modern context. We examine social media fights, our responsibilities as a wealthy society and the humbling challenge of learning from our enemies. Also, we spend some time admiring Abigail's strength, wisdom and diplomacy, and see what we can learn from her boldness. 

The sermon we are discussing can be found here: https://bit.ly/3QbnZgg

It's so easy to get caught up in tunnel vision in our faith walk, but also in "real life". How can we recognize tunnel vision in ourselves? When is it ok to hyperfocus on something? And are we ever excused from helping people in need simply because they have already been helped? Join Austin, Pastor Dan and Pastor Tim in our 16th episode of Deeper!


Link to previous sermon: https://bit.ly/3OhGRsL

It's officially summer, and to celebrate it well Austin, Dan and Tim talk about the way food really brings people together. We discuss the importance of listening and asking questions, how to handle challenges in our career and how much we appreciate getting to see apostles get flustered. 

On this episode of Deeper, Dan, Tim and Austin look into the nature of days of chaos. How can we find joy when everything is falling apart? What are the "anchor" moments that we find security in? And has our triumphalism caused us to neglect vulnerability in church contexts?  

What does it mean to repent on behalf of other people? Is that even possible? And how should we teach repentance? Dan and Austin dive in to the complicated issue of corporate repentance and reconcilation. 

In this episode, Austin and Dan break into spiritual leadership. How do we know if we have that gift? How do we discern who to follow? And what do we do when we make mistakes as leaders? 

In this episode, Austin and Dan dive in to what it means to be part of a truly global, diverse faith body. We talk about the strengths of many denominations and christian groupings, and what we can learn from them. We also talk about what it means to have a spiritual gifts that aren't "fancy", and what we can learn from the spiritual gifts of non-believers.