Conversations about racial justice are top of everyone’s minds, so we sit down with guests Timi, Berley, and Hakeem about searching for Jesus’ heart for reconciliation. They unpack the reality of racial injustice that has permeated the media over the past few weeks (though has been going on for centuries here in America). We get to hear a bit of their story, how they're feeling, and some calls to action that are practical for Westside and beyond. 

Resources we mentioned

Westside AJC's Racial Reconciliation Resource Page 

Westside AJC's Racial Justice Community Page 

White Fragility by Robert J. DiAngelo 

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby 

Prophetic Lament by Soong-Chan Rah 

Bible Project Video: Biblical Justice 

Verses we mentioned

Job 38, Ezra 10, The Gospels 

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Gender seems to be a divisive topic in the Church these days. We get a chance to interview one of our regulars, Molly Inman, about a topic shes extremely passionate about Justice, Gender, and Formation. Join Richard and Amber as they put Molly in the hot seat, asking her the tough questions regarding the church, culture, equality, the MeToo movement, and more. 

The main Scripture we referred to was 1 Corinthians 12, about the church as a body.

Molly recommended this article on the Me Too movement 

We also talked about the following books:

Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian, by Michelle Lee-Barnewall

Paul and Gender by Cynthia Westfall

Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof

Other Formation Books

Spirit of the Disciplines by Dallas Willard

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership by Ruth Haley Barton 

Sacred Pathways by Ruth Haley Barton 

Domestic Monastery by Ronald Rolheiser

Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence 

Thanks for listening to this episode of the House of Learning podcast.

This podcast is produced by A Jesus Church College, based at Westside: A Jesus Church in Portland Oregon.

AJC College train and mobilize the next generation of Kingdom leaders through an accredited four-year degree in Biblical Studies with an emphasis in Leadership and Formation, combining classroom learning with mentoring and ministry apprenticeship, for a third of the cost of traditional college.

To find out more, go to ajccollege.org, or follow us on Instagram or Facebook, to find out if this is where God could be calling you to explore your calling.

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review, subscribe, and share with someone.

And if you have a question you’d like us to chat about, please let us know!

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Do humans have free will? Where does our spirit stop, and the Holy Spirit start? What about the problem of evil? Molly and Ryan get a chance to put the expert in the hot seat, Richard Tamburro, as he shares his passion for philosophical theology and the topic of free will. 

Resources we mentioned: God, Freedom, and Evil by Alvin Plantinga 

Thanks for listening to this episode of the House of Learning podcast.

This podcast is produced by A Jesus Church College, based at Westside: A Jesus Church in Portland Oregon.

AJC College train and mobilize the next generation of Kingdom leaders through an accredited four-year degree in Biblical Studies with an emphasis in Leadership and Formation, combining classroom learning with mentoring and ministry apprenticeship, for a third of the cost of traditional college.

To find out more, go to ajccollege.org, or follow us on Instagram or Facebook, to find out if this is where God could be calling you to explore your calling.

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review, subscribe, and share with someone.

And if you have a question you’d like us to chat about, please let us know!

You can email us at [email protected]. If you can, send us a 20 second audio recording saying who you are and where you are from, along with your question, and we’d love to include it in a future episode.

Join Richard, Molly, and Ryan as they take some time to hear about Ryan’s Masters Thesis and one of his favorite topics; theological anthropology. We ask questions, clarify ideas, and are ultimately challenged in our understanding of personal identity. 

Podcast Resources

Communities 

Resourcing Theological Anthropology: Marc Cortez 

Known by God: Bryan Rosner 

Who God says you are

Thanks for listening to this episode of the House of Learning podcast.

This podcast is produced by A Jesus Church College, based at Westside: A Jesus Church in Portland Oregon.

AJC College train and mobilize the next generation of Kingdom leaders through an accredited four-year degree in Biblical Studies with an emphasis in Leadership and Formation, combining classroom learning with mentoring and ministry apprenticeship, for a third of the cost of traditional college.

To find out more, go to ajccollege.org, or follow us on Instagram or Facebook, to find out if this is where God could be calling you to explore your calling.

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Join Richard, Molly, and special guest Tim Reed as they unpack the Spiritual Discipline of Scripture Memorization. As Dom has called the church to memorize the book of Philippians, we thought we would share some helpful tools and resources to help with this new practice. 

Verses we mentioned: Deuteronomy 6, Numbers 6, Matthew 5-7, 2 Corinthians 10:5

Resources we mentioned: Charlotte Mason System, Verses App 

Thanks for listening to this episode of the House of Learning podcast.

This podcast is produced by A Jesus Church College, based at Westside: A Jesus Church in Portland Oregon.

AJC College train and mobilize the next generation of Kingdom leaders through an accredited four-year degree in Biblical Studies with an emphasis in Leadership and Formation, combining classroom learning with mentoring and ministry apprenticeship, for a third of the cost of traditional college.

To find out more, go to ajccollege.org, or follow us on Instagram or Facebook, to find out if this is where God could be calling you to explore your calling.

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Guests

Richard, Molly & Christa Jackson 

Join Molly and Richard chat with special guest Christa Jackson about her life in quarantine. She unpacks some creative ways she and her husband have been nourishing their marriage. We also take some time to unpack 1 Peter 4-5, discussing the unique way the Scriptures have been encouraging us lately.    

Verses we mentioned: 1 Peter 4-5, Romans 12:10

Resources we mentioned: https://bibleproject.com/explore/1-peter/

The House of Learning podcast is produced by the AJC College team for House of Learning, a ministry of Westside: A Jesus Church

05-01-20 Responding to Suffering 

Guests

Richard, Molly and Special Guest Karen Lopez

Join us as we chat with Karen Lopez about her life in quarantine and ways shes staying joyful and grateful. As we dive into 1 Peter 1 on Sundays, we thought we’d take the time to walk through the rest of Peter and his response to suffering as well! 

Verses we mentioned: John 15, Exodus 19:6, 1 Peter 2:23 

The House of Learning podcast is produced by the AJC College team for House of Learning, a ministry of Westside: A Jesus Church

04-24-20 Encountering Lockdown Lull

Guests

Richard, Molly, and special guest Heather Harrison

As the shock of this pandemic starts to wear off and we still find ourselves at home, most of us are starting to hit a wall when it comes to our emotional well-being. Psychologist and Therapist Heather Harrison unpacks why that is, some tools to help the process, and some encouraging ways we can bring this to God. 

Verses we mentioned: Psalm 46, 2 Kings 19, Matt 8:23-27, Phillipians 4:7, 

The House of Learning podcast is produced by the AJC College team for House of Learning, a ministry of Westside: A Jesus Church