Raking Coals

The guys get together in this episode and discuss the influence of cancel culture and how it leads. virtue signaling. They go on define the term and discuss the their personal vies on the topics and how they see the impact in or society and with in the church community. We hope you enjoy this episode.

The guys get together in this episode and catch-up, discussing what they did for the holidays and other topics, including pop-culture, family, and other shenanigans. A lot has happened since this was recorded but we hope that this can be a nice fun little distraction to help get people’s mind of a lot of the heavy topics that people are thinking about.

The guys get together in this episode and discuss the issues of Christian moralism and the current culture. Christian morals and values are no longer considered mainstream and when society discusses big issues, the Christian perspective is often portrayed as self-righteous and judgmental. with that as the backdrop, the guys discuss what their perspectives are on how to address sin , injustice, and evil in a way that doesn’t fall on deaf-ears.

In episode 71, Cody and Josh share some of their thoughts on people leaving certain social media platforms in favor of other ones. While everyone is entitled to take their digital residency to whichever space they would like, there are some potential downfalls in this tactic. Echo chambers are a constant topic of conversation on Raking Coals, and the positives and negatives of echo chambers are discussed here as well. Josh and Cody believe that it is important for Christians to represent Christ in an honest and humble way in all spaces, whether it is a physical space or digital space.

In episode 71, Cody and Josh share some of their thoughts on people leaving certain social media platforms in favor of other ones. While everyone is entitled to take their digital residency to whichever space they would like, there are some potential downfalls in this tactic. Echo chambers are a constant topic of conversation on Raking Coals, and the positives and negatives of echo chambers are discussed here as well. Josh and Cody believe that it is important for Christians to represent Christ in an honest and humble way in all spaces, whether it is a physical space or digital space.

Josh and Cody discuss the topics of efficacy, being true to our word, and safety. As we think about ways in which we can continue to be more effective followers of Christ, these are things that should be on our mind. Many times we deal with the problem of promising more than we can really follow through with. Cody and Josh discuss some ways in which they have seen churches fail and succeed with these things.

The crew is down to three, since Sean took some time off from the podcast as he is a new father. Congratulations to he and Lauren! Cody and Josh have a discussion over the documentary, the Social Dilemma, and talk about how we should think about it as believers.

Before Sean disappears from the podcast for a while, the guys talk about some of their plans for the future in life and in ministry. They also talk about the things that they would like to see Raking Coals accomplish going forward.

Discussion of the wide range of experiences we get through life, and how those potentially can put us in a better place in career and ministry.

Raking Coals is about as all over the place as it gets for the guys. This week they talk about a variety of topics, sharing embarrassing moments in romance that they wish never happened. Then, somehow or another they find themselves debating on whether it would have been better to live in the Wild West era or during the Great Depression, and Sean reveals his dream of having a Bison farm. Before it is all over though, the guys get serious and discuss how they would like to see better communication within the congregations of churches going forward.