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?

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

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

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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.

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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?

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Nic and Hannah look back at changes, challenges, and encouragements from 2021 and discuss a bit of what to expect at High Point in 2022.

E&E #287

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As we're getting into the new year, we're going to be getting back into our sermon series in Ezekiel. Ezekiel has all sorts of deep biblical themes, from restoration and redemption to providence and punishment. Nic and Hannah break down where we've come to in Ezekiel and what's coming for the remaining portion of the series.

E&E #286

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Nic and Niccole discuss and expand on topics from previous sermons.

E&E #285

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

Engage & Equip #275: Lessons from the Iron Curtain—Interview with Vasiliy Barbiyeru
Engage & Equip #258 and #260: Government Control: Interview with Hannah and Sanghyeon
Silence by Shusaku Endo
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Engage & Equip #27: Shame and the Gospel

Questions covered in this episode:

00:55 — Why did God send an angel to warn Joseph but not the other parents of children Herod killed?
06:01 — How would you help a person who turned away from God in difficult times?
14:26 — How is HPC preparing for persecution?
25:04 — A discussion on persecution.
35:33 — Does God punish future generations for our sins, or not?
38:38 — Does shame come from God, or the Enemy?
41:10 — Can you help us understand what God is doing in Ezekiel 16?
43:47 — How should we respond to shame?
55:40 — What's the difference between self-hatred and shame?
57:00 — What's the difference between acceptable and unacceptable hypocrisy?
59:04 — How should Christians think about the death penalty?

E&E #284

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

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