This episode was recorded at our live Underground Sessions event on October 5, 2019. The topic of the evening was Religious Liberty and The Disintegration of Social Discourse. This episode featured panel responses to audience questions. The panel was comprised on Dr. Doug Groothuis, Jesse Nash, and Dr. Rosette Adera. 

Resources:

www.DouglasGroothuis.com

www.denverseminary.edu

www.pillar.edu

In this episode, Pastor Bob talks with Aimee Huber about the current abortion debate and the work of crisis pregnancy centers. Aimee grew up as a pastor’s daughter and has attended MBC since she was 10 years old. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University in Political Science. She has served at First Choice Women’s Resource Centers since 1990 and has had the privilege of seeing God grow their ministry in New Jersey from one to five locations. First Choice’s mission is to protect the unborn by empowering women and Aimee currently serves as the Executive Director. She lives in Warren, NJ with her husband and two children. 

Episode Resources:

First Choice Website: www.1stchoice.org

40 Days For Life Website: www.40daysforlife.com

In this episode, Pastor Bob and Dr. Harish Radha discuss the hot topic of gene editing and GMO production. Dr. Radha offers some helpful insights into how Christians should respond to this fast moving and controversial field. Dr. Radha is a cell biologist who has worked in academia, the food and beverage industry and biotech. He received his Ph.D. in cell biology from UMBC in Maryland and did his postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Harish was an assistant professor in biology at Georgia Tech from 1999-2005. He then worked at the Coca-Cola Company fro six years identifying new technologies for ingredient innovation before moving to New Jersey in 2011 to work for Chromocell Corporation. While there, Harish managed ingredient discovery projects with several multinational food and beverage companies. Harish went back to his first love of teaching and is currently teaching high school science at St. Vincent Academy, a private school in Newark, NJ. 

Episode Resources:

The Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH is a great resource for information on gene editing-

https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/policy-issues/what-is-Genome-Editing

This is a video by the inventor of CRISPR Cas9 technology, Jennifer, Doudna on TED Talks-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdBAHexVYzc

In this episode, Andi Williams shares her thoughts on the current opioid crisis and details the work of Community in Crisis.

Pastor Bob Erbig introduces MBCs New Podcast: The Underground Sessions