Join us for the Iona Study Center event on Friday, September 18th! More info here: https://ionaevents.carrd.co/

In this episode, ER doctor and church elder Steve Wing joins us to talk vitamins, Big Pharma, GLP-1s, and what it actually means to treat your body as a temple.

Dr. Wing’s Sunday School recording (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TNH2x91M0zTaOel3TKrs1?si=8PJ6jM7mQ2Kb_EyFAwaccw&utm_source=copy-link

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No Mormonism episode this week. Instead, a guest lecture from Iona Study Center: Matt French on why the Sabbath isn't a burden, it's a gift, and why the seven day week has outlasted every empire that tried to kill it.

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Is depression a spiritual problem, a medical one, or both? Dr. Jason Brouwer, a licensed clinical psychologist, sits down with the guys to talk honestly about depression, anxiety, medication, and suicide from a biblical perspective, including what we can tend to get wrong when trying to help.

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Nick and Isaac continue their conversation with Jacob and Jules Bartlett in Part 2 of this series on dating. They dig into what it looks like for a man to lead in a relationship, why dating the family matters as much as dating the person, how to navigate physical boundaries and set the tone early as a couple, how to handle conflict well, and how to break up in a way that still honors the other person and the unity of the church. Part 2 of 2.

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Nick and Isaac sit down with Jacob and Jules Bartlett, married five and a half years and leading New Life, the church's young adults ministry, for a conversation on dating. They talk through the Bartletts' own story, why so many young men today seem aimless or "floating" instead of pursuing, why that responsibility falls on the man, and why friendship, and an open, involved community, should come before the relationship. Part 1 of 2; Part 2 drops next week.

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Hunter Turner and Luke Nowak join us to talk about Grow Together, Hunter's ministry reaching internationals and refugees in Toledo. They share what it looks like to teach English, build real community, and share the gospel across cultures, and how anyone can get involved, no experience needed.

Hunter's ministry website:
https://growtogethertoledo.org/

The book Hunter mentioned is Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity's Toughest Challenges by Greg Koukl.

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Two guys who knew nothing about the Crusades read a book about them. Here's what Nick and Isaac learned, and the hard questions it raised.

The primary book for this episode is God's Battalions by Rodney Stark.

Other books mentioned: 

Sword and Scimitar — Raymond Ibrahim

The Crusades — Thomas Asbridge

Related podcast interview with Raymond Ibrahim (Spotify):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5jX2vG2238GvR3tnuQlody?si=NjrwlVhNQ4SAbwxFwZS5kg&utm_source=copy-link

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Why does the world treat kids as a burden when Scripture calls them a blessing? Associate pastor Jordan Ahrendt and his wife Mackenzie join us to talk big families, the fear of waiting, and why they've never met anyone who regrets having more.

Podcast episodes referenced (Spotify links):
“Having kids was a mistake” https://open.spotify.com/episode/383vdUpP5mchotWdLoMjQU?si=XKBNbCulQOqnLHzf_h9GoQ&utm_source=copy-link
The Global Fertility Crisis Is Worse Than You Think
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0BnAg30CTKAHTr26kaOkXW?si=sp8diupOSuG_cTZ3YOONoQ&utm_source=copy-link

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Former senior pastor David Bayly joins us to talk honestly about alcohol. We discuss his own history with drunkenness, why rules don't save anyone, and what it really means to drink (or not) to the glory of God.

New Yorker article mentioned: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/02/15/drinking-games

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Is your family truly immersed in the church, or just attending it? Tanner, our children's pastor, and Mike, a longtime elder with 11 kids, bring two very different vantage points to the same challenge: give the church three months of real commitment and see what God does with it.

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