Recorded a week after the SBC's Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Angela, Isak, and Z discuss the controversial removal of Rick Warren's church, Saddleback, from the convention due to them having female pastors. Was this a justified removal? Are there good arguments in favor of allowing wider disagreement? How and when should Christians draw lines of distinction? Angela, who holds the title of an associate pastor at her church, also reflects on what this issue means for her personally as well as for her church.

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Angela, Isak, and Z return to wrap up the previous two counseling episodes and give our stances on both biblical and Christian counseling, processing the things our guests said as well as things that we have studied or experienced ourselves. Also, we discuss how we approach counseling as people in ministry and give some advice on how particularly Asian churches can change how they view and discuss counseling.

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In our second counseling episode, Angela, Isak, and Zephaniah interview Dr. Kelly Mark, a Christian psychologist who has her own private practice. We ask her how she responds to biblical counselors, how she seeks to help her clients, and how she thinks churches can do better to help people with mental problems in their midst. Is psychology ever necessary? Why isn't the Bible sufficient to tackle all mental issues someone may have? We ask these questions and more.

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Angela and Isak address the internal debate in the Church between "biblical" counseling and "Christian" counseling. To give the biblical counseling side first, we talk to a biblical counselor, John Rhee, and ask him why he lands on the side that he does despite having some experience going to a Christian counseling. What do "biblical" and "Christian" counseling mean? What's wrong with Christian counseling? In what sense is the Bible "sufficient"? We ask him these questions and more.

We will be releasing an interview with a Christian counselor next to give that side of the debate, so stay tuned for that!

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Angela and Isak are back to discuss how Christians should handle doubt with one of Isak's former professors, Dr. Travis Dickinson. Dr. Dickinson is a philosopher who specializes in epistemology and has done work on the topics of faith and doubt, including his newest book, Wandering Toward God: Finding Faith Amid Doubts and Big Questions. He joins us to share some of his own personal story of doubt as well as to tackle various questions such as how to define doubt and faith, how should churches help their people with doubts, and how to approach buzzwords like deconstruction. It's a must listen from an experienced teacher!

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Angela, Isak, and Z record a special episode discussing Halloween, a seemingly harmless holiday with a colorful history. Should Christians celebrate Halloween despite its pagan origins and current importance to witches? Is doing so unwise, ignoring the very real threat of demonic activity? Or is there a way to leverage Halloween for Christian purposes? Also, Isak confesses that he reads about serial killers, Angela confesses she is afraid of horror movies, and Z confesses that he played Pokémon behind his mother's back. If you want more context for that, give this episode a listen :).

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Angela and Isak talk to Dave Lee, a local pastor who is planting a multiethnic church. We discuss the theological basis for multiethnic church, what led Dave in this direction, and what the benefits and challenges are of multiethnic church. Should Christians abandon monoethnic church in favor of multiethnic church? How can Christians who are in multiethnic churches approach the significant differences in culture between different groups? We talk about these questions and more with Dave.

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Recorded a few weeks ago, Angela and Isak discuss the recent suspension of Matt Chandler, who was found to be having an "inappropriate" though non-romantic online relationship with a female friend. We talk about how The Village Church handled the matter and what "brother-sister" relationships are supposed to look like between men and women in the Church. Was what Chandler even did that bad? How cautious should Christians be with friendships with the opposite sex? We talk about these questions and more.

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Angela and Isak talk about online, virtual church with Zer, online pastor of Fielder Church in Arlington, TX.  Online church was not new but became very common since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and some argue that this is a positive development that shows that the church is utilizing the technology of the times.  Others, however, disagree, and think that just like virtual reality is not the real thing, virtual church is not real church and should be avoided now that lockdowns have ceased.  How should Christians think about online community, and in what ways can we use the benefits of modern technology while avoiding its pitfalls?  Zer brings a wealth of experience and study to this topic for an enlightening discussion.

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Angela and Isak come together to discuss the recent sexual abuse report about the Southern Baptist Convention.  Since we both went to an SBC seminary and currently serve in SBC churches, we felt like this was an issue that deserved an episode to address.  How systematic and deep is sexual abuse in the SBC, or has the issue been overblown?  Is it a theological or cultural problem?  And how can Christians identify sexual abusers in our churches and take steps to prevent them from abusing anyone?  This is not a fun topic to discuss, but we hope to honor God and respect victims by honestly confronting sin in our midst.

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