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It is a voting year and emotions are high any time politics are brought up! How should we as Christians respond to politics and how should we interact with our political landscape? Download for a conversation about Christians and Politics. Subscribe and share! 

Hey folks! We haven't had any conversations in a while and we apologize about that! We'll be back next Monday with a full episode. Pray for Dr. Mike as he is in Alaska training missionary pilots. Also, do us a solid and find us on Facebook "Miked Up" or "@themikeduppodcast." We have some questions that you can help us with! Like us on Facebook and subscribe to the one and only Miked Up podcast!

This week, we are discussing Christians and alcohol. Tune in to hear us elaborate on why some Christians believe practicing abstinence and how you can continue loving your neighbor through your actions. We take on a Biblical approach when we consider the difference between prohibiting something, such as alcohol consumption, and having guidelines. Reach out to us on our social media to send in more topics for us to talk about and also any ways we can be praying for you. Until next time!

Welcome to season 3 of the Miked Up podcast! In this season we are talking about "Christians and _____" in which this week's episode is Christians and nonbelievers. In this podcast we talk about how to love a nonbeliever and how to question them without sounding intrusive, and with that in mind, touching on the fact that we must be able to answer those questions for ourselves. If you have any topics you would like us to talk about for this season, follow our Facebook page at Miked Up and our Instagram page at cbc_mikedup. We would love to hear from you! 

Join us in our last episode of the “Messy Church” topic as we talk about what it means to “not be fed” versus simply not pulling up to the table. In this episode we delve into this concept that the church should not be the only resource you use to feed yourself: you own and the community around you should be feeding into you. We ask you to take a step back in this situation and ask yourself - am I really not being fed, or is there something else going on that I need to address? Give it a listen and stay tuned for our next episode where we discuss “Christian’s and _____!"

Preferences or praises? Are you willing to allow a diversity of opinion to enhance your ministry with others around you, even if that means sacrificing some of your personal preferences? Join our conversation this week as we discuss a wide array of what people tend to dislike about the church and how we should respond, whether it be that we sing a song we don't necessarily care for or take the pastor out to lunch. Tune in to hear our take on how we should respond with constructive words and continue to serve God and not our preferences. 

What happens when theological issues occur? What do you do if your pastor teaches false doctrine? What are the beliefs you have that will not change? These are a few questions that should open your eyes to your close-hand convictions. In this episode, we discuss different types of convictions - those of Christianity, the church, and of our individual consciences - and how to respond if any were to come up as an issue. We briefly touched on a few of them without going in depth, so feel free to reach out to us at askmikemiller.com or email [email protected] for clarification or more information. We would love to hear from you! 

We all have parts of ourselves that we don't want others knowing about - we are really good at putting on a public face to make ourselves and our situations look better than they actually are. 
We believe that pretending to be someone you're not is more harmful than it is helpful. That being said, we want the church to be the one place where you don't have to fake it. 
This isn't going to be a perfect pursuit but don't let fear bring you to dishonoring God. Join our conversation of what pursuing God with authenticity looks like.

We have already established that church is messy at times, but what does cleaning up this mess look like? What calls for grace and what calls for further actions to be implemented in order for the church to reflect The Word of God?
In this episode, we touch on what that looks like - whether it be in the form of a ministerial staff member stepping down from their position, getting counseling, or being removed completely. 
Give this a listen and subscribe to hear more conversations WE have about the conversations YOU have regarding how you have been hurt by the church.

Church can be a messy place, but because of God's goodness and grace it is a beautiful entity meant to bring hope to a lost world.  Unfortunately, nearly everyone we have talked to has been hurt by a church and as a result we are faced with the dilemma of ever putting our trust in a church again.  This is part 1 of our discussion about dealing with hurt that comes from our experience with church.  We'd love to hear your stories of hurt, healing, or frustration that you have experienced in interacting with local church congregations. Email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. Heads up, your stories help us navigate the material that people actually want to hear. Therefore, we ask for your stories not to throw your business out but rather to provide a better and more relevant experience for our listeners. Thanks for listening! Subscribe so you can keep up with our latest conversations.