Engage and Equip

Nic Gibson and Niccole Khail talk with Andy Schmitt about the value of mentoring and discipleship in a young person’s life, as well as some new episodes coming for the Engage & Equip podcast.

Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.

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Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing,  (https://music.midwestcollective.us/track/were-finally-landing)

Nic and Erin discuss the dangers of distorted anthropology and how that relates to the Christian doctrine of being created in the image of God.

Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.

Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast

Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing,  (https://music.midwestcollective.us/track/were-finally-landing)

Engage and Equip is back! Nic talks about Spiritual Disciplines, and how to help one another to grow through ministry. 

Nic and Hannah answer Ask Me Anything questions from Advent and our Ezekiel series.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

01:56 – If we are not being persecuted, are we not living Godly lives?
05:41 – Are there times when grumbling (as opposed to groaning) is needed to alert someone about an issue?
07:18 – How do you help someone who is stuck grumbling to move towards groaning instead?
10:15 – How can we know the reasons behind our own suffering?
15:31 – What are some practical ways for us to see our sin for what it is?
21:56 – What do we do when we are exploited by a group of people?
24:27 – When do you start to look for a way out of the hole?
27:17 – Is there value in facing and wrestling with injustices apart from being able to solve them?
28:54 – Do we proclaim the truth for societal renewal or an alternative kingdom?
34:26 – If everyone having access to education is a spiritual issue, is healthcare for all equally spiritual?
43:56 – Is there a danger in trying to redress past injustices by using favoritism?
51:30 – How does acting justly apply to covid restrictions?
1:02:26 – Is the impact on the social and emotional development of our children not an overreach of government authority worth getting political over?
1:16:25 – Where does Nic get his metaphors?

Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.

Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast

Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong (https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)

In this episode, Nic and Hannah discuss the spiritual duty of celebration, and what that looks like in a Christian's life. 

Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.

Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast

Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong (https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)

Nic and Niccole discuss further the politicization of the Church after the January 16 service.

Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.

Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast

Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong (https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)

Nic and Hannah revisit key ideas from Nic’s 2017 book and sermon series Substance: Becoming Oaks of Righteousness in a World of Vapor and discuss how and why those concepts may be even more critical for us to understand today.

Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.

Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast

Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong (https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)

In this episode, Hannah and Nic will be going over the Ask Me Anything questions from last week’s sermon Our Evasion of Spiritual Responsibility and expanding on the sermon content.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

4:25 – Will there be a five-sermon mini-series going over Ezekiel 33?
8:16 – How can wickedness disguise itself in us who aren’t wicked in society’s eye?
19:55 – Can someone truly be saved, then lose their salvation?
26:40 – How does faith play into salvation by works?
42:12 – What do you do when responsibility and repentance bring despair?
49:42 – How does a modern-day Christian learn to fear the Lord?
1:00:36 – What does walking in the true life of the Spirit look like and feel like?

Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.

Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast

Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong (https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)