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  • S3E08 - Preaching vs Giving A Talk

    Alex is back from teaching young InterVarsity Staff how to Preach. Macon discovers that he disagrees with Marshall and Alex about what is happening when you “Preach” and whether it’s different from what IV Staff do at a Large Group. Spoiler: the divide is mainly around what we think is happening during the Eucharist.

    Show Notes:

    Kokomo

    Seven Mile Bridge

    AK Walk-Into-Work Song

    IV even has a Large Group Meeting Handbook

    Pericope

    Homiletics

    Current chapter/verse setup of the Bible is thanks to Nathan and Stephen.

    The Prayer of Humble Access

    Spiritual Communion Prayer

    Nicea, a heated mess, a mess which heat is applied to it

    The Divine Liturgy of Chrysostom

    Some excerpts for how Macon and Marshall can add to Alex’s next trainings.



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    1 hr 10 min
  • S3E07 - Spiritual Development Fails

    Marshall and Macon discuss the spiritual development approaches they tried as young men which didn’t work at the time. Was it the approach? Was it the young man? Was it just how it was in the 90s?

    Show Notes:

    The Chipmunks

    Duke - Miami Football

    Cajun Man

    The Episode in Question

    Andrew Murray

    * With Christ in the School of Prayer

    * over 240 more books and tracts

    Quiet Time

    How to journal like Alex

    Center of Quiet

    The Jesus Prayer



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    48 min
  • S3E06 - Trust the Lord and Do Good - After Helene

    Doug and Rachel Flaherty, residents of Asheville, NC, join Alex, Marshall, and Macon to talk about life 30 days after Hurricane Helene. From 3 days before it hit, to understanding how cut off Asheville was, through the current state of their emotions and souls, we hear about it all.

    Show Notes

    Hurricane Helene

    Asheville Arts District

    The Anxious Generation

    “1000 year…2000 year event”

    A good rundown of thinking about the damage.

    FB Post on the loss experienced

    “Amongst the vast destruction of Helene lies my cynicism of my fellow Americans.”

    Psalm 37

    Beloved Asheville

    Manna Foodbank

    Valley Hope Church



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    1 hr 12 min
  • S3E05 - Step 1, Get Yoga Pants

    Alex and Macon discuss their morning rituals, how they put them together, why they’re still sticking with them, and how their current rituals didn’t work with small children.

    Show Notes:

    Handel’s Messiah. all 2.5 hrs of it.

    How preparing for Lent 2024 was.

    On Torrance and Atonement

    The Christian Doctrine of God

    The Trinitarian Faith

    apparently they’re called Zafu cushions

    Breath Prayer

    It’s Yin Yoga

    Switch: How to change when change is hard



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    1 hr 1 min
  • S3E4 - Praying & Saints and praying & saints.

    Marshall, Alex, and Macon work though Saintly prayers. Which first needs a take on what Prayer is, then if it’s ok to ask anyone to pray for you, then they wander back to Saints.

    Show Notes:

    84-93 Rock & Roll for Teenage Ennui aka Proto-Emo

    Why Can’t This Be Love?

    Lord Business

    Lego Batman

    Let it Be (sorry not sorry)

    Mark Grace era Cubs

    No Crying In Baseball

    Footprints in the sand

    Despair.com



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    1 hr 7 min
  • S3E03 - Thinking about leadership in a Jesus-y way.

    Alex and Macon talk about being a Jesus follower and Leadership in secular work. It’s not being a softie: this is foolishness. Rather, like most things in following Jesus, it’s groping for the Wise thing, not the technically correct thing.

    Show Notes:

    Proud to be Americans, where at least we know we’re Free.

    French Huguenots

    We’ve got the continent going for us, which is nice.

    Pipe-weed, Sweet Galenas, Westman’s-Weed

    list of Inklings

    SAMA

    Pivoted like the way Gino handles these Helicopters.

    How Relaxed? No notice, Low regulation

    The football game in question.

    2100 Productions

    MBWA - turns out it was an HP thing.

    D2C eComm 3PL

    theodicy

    Revising Prose

    Corporate Speak

    Outkick the coverage (AK is referring to the first definition here)



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    1 hr 4 min
  • S3E02 - Prosper or No?

    Alex, Marshall, and Macon respond to an African counter-critique of the Western concern over the Prosperity Gospel.

    Show Notes:

    Beep Test

    Langham Partnership

    Out of The Margins Podcast

    Independence: may induce an awakening of rational thought

    Out of The Margins Episode: Redefining The Prosperity Gospel

    Greenhouse Retreat: From Disappointed to Audacious

    The Bible Project podcast: Does God Lead Us into Temptation?

    Rich Dad / Poor Dad

    Langham Literature for indigenous authors and publishers



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    56 min
  • S3E01 - Squeezy Places

    Macon, Marshall, and Alex reconnect after the summer and compare notes on another year of dropping kids off at college, where the exactly right thing is still often the very difficult thing.

    Show Notes:

    Wild Cave Expedition Tour - Raccoon Mountain Caverns

    Spelunking

    Linville Caverns

    St. Louis City Museum

    I would do anything for love. but Metal.

    Travel by Map

    Cameron Indoor Stadium

    Cameron Crazies

    Batman, on whether he has a Greatest Enemy

    Next week we will be discussing this podcast episode: Redefining Prosperity Gospel



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    57 min
  • S2E35 - General Apologies

    Marshall, Alex, and Macon work through whether it is proper to apologize for something someone else did. Is it proper? Is it just for Christians? Does it help? Is it true?

    Show Notes:

    * The Shining: Film, Novel

    * Misery: Film, Novel

    * Stephen King

    * The Dark Tower

    * Tom Clancy

    * The Stand

    * This Present Darkness

    * Frank Peretti

    * It's been One Week

    * Segways

    * Paul Blart

    * Struggle Session

    * Nehi



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    52 min
  • S2E34 - Disagree and Abide

    Macon and Alex talk about talking about gender and sexuality. Can you have a “Big Tent?” Can you disagree with each other and still love and abide with each other?

    Show Notes:

    Twisters

    Deadpool

    Deadpool 2

    Logan

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy

    Just when Macon thought he was out, Alex pulls him back in.

    It’s 1st Corinthians 8:11-13



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    50 min

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Three long-time friends, two Pastors and one CEO, explore the spaces between Ministry and Business, Professional and Amateur Christianity, and Faith and Disbelief, with joy, love, and a grain of salt.…