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Mankind is created in the image of the Creator – therefore mankind is creative. TJ and Wesley are joined by Jordan Chamblee (Engage Project Director) to discuss how our creativity reflects the character of God, especially in the life of a Christian, and how Christians can seek to glorify their creative God through their talents and creative gifts.

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Engage has been blessed to participate in several conferences over the last year. But our most recent was also our most involved. Several members of the Engage team, including Wesley Wildmon, Walker Wildmon, Kendra White, Abe Hamilton, and Teddy James, all attended the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC.

Rob Chambers, director of AFA Action, also attended Values Voter Summit. Wesley and TJ have him in studio to talk about some of his key takeaways. One of Chambers' favorite moments was when Abe Hamilton took the main stage for 20 minutes.

As we talked about in the previous episode, Engage has been to several conferences. But during the latest one we attended, the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, Engage had an opportunity to lead a breakout session. During the session, TJ and Kendra White spoke about the Engage platform and how we all need to speak the gospel into the lives of every person, but especially those in our generation.

At the end of the breakout session, Kendra and TJ were asked several questions. Wesley and TJ go over some of those and dive a little deeper into the answers. You can watch the entire breakout session here.

Wesley, TJ, and Alex McFarland continue their discussion on being a good steward of time. Alex points to the fact that every moment we breathe is a gift given to us by God and we will be held accountable to how we invested and spent that gift.

Alex illustrates how God gives us all time, talent, treasure, and testimony. He has specifically gifted each of us in unique ways in these things. But we must view time as a limited resource and we must budget it accordingly.

Even in the midst of a busy schedule, Alex points out how we are still commanded to rest on Sunday and worship. The three open up about their personal temptation to work all the time and how God has convicted them about rest and why He commands it.

Most conversations focusing on stewardship deal with money. How should we spend money? How can we gain money? But the idea of stewardship is much larger than just finances. It deals with every limited resource in our lives, including time.

To help discuss this idea, Wesley and TJ bring in one of the busiest men they know, Alex McFarland. He is a student, husband, professor, speaker, writer, radio cohost, and much more. So what is his secret to keeping it all together while spinning so many plates at once?

Have you ever been so busy you are almost paralyzed and can’t get anything done? Alex shares how to master your schedule and keep your schedule from mastering you. He talks about how to make life a “decade-long ‘Thank You’ letter to Christ.”

Prayer is often accused of being an inactive activity. But nothing could be further from the truth.

For evidence, Wesley and TJ bring Jessica Webb into the studio to talk about how she put prayer to action in her local school system. Jessica went through all the proper channels and organized a prayer walk through every school in her county. The group she led prayed over the administrators, staff, teachers, parents, and children in the schools. She provided prayer items for the teams to make sure everyone who would be involved in the school would be covered in prayer this school year.

Although this sounds like a fine thing to do, the school superintendent received some pushback and had to cancel the event. After much prayer and more work, God reopened the doors to the schools.

Listen to learn what happened and how one person brought prayer to the forefront of the minds of an entire county.

Have you ever closed your eyes to pray and wondered if you were doing it right? Of course, we know prayer is simply talking to God, but we often hear people pray and it seems like they are a symphony while we are a kid on a recorder.

Prayer should never be a source of shame or embarrassment in the life of a believer. But it should be something we study, wrestle with, and practice. Even the disciples had to ask Jesus how to pray in Luke 11.

Wesley and TJ share some of the prayer principles and tools they have found in studying the subject.

The two also let loose their husband sides and speak directly to men for a few minutes sharing the commands of Scripture of leading families in prayer, Bible study, and worship. You can find some of these tips discussed in an article here.

Are hymns dead? A quick look around the Christian media landscape could lead you to believe they are. In reality, there is a movement rising to breathe new life into ancient songs. One of the driving truths of the movement is because we have neglected some of these great works and thus have cheated ourselves of the doctrinal depth, lyrical beauty, and Christ-centered worship they offer.

Wesley and TJ listen to more than just hymns, and TJ even admits he used to loathe them. But Jordan Chamblee is in the studio to talk about why he loves them, and how we can use them in even the most modern worship sets. The three also discuss an ongoing series focused on rediscovering the old hymns of the faith.

No discussion of modern hymns can be had without mentioning the husband and wife duo Keith and Kristyn Getty. They are behind the lyrics and sounds of amazing songs such as "In Christ Alone," "The Power of the Cross," and "Behold the Lamb."

Keith's passion for hymns comes through not just in his songwriting, but also in they way he talks about them. That is why Wesley and TJ brought him onto to show to talk about the use of hymns in worship. The three do talk about the Gettys' music, but also about how to use hymns to deepen our faith.

Hymns are far from dead, as discussed in Episode 51, and Keith is one person responsible for showing people how to love them all over again. Take a listen to learn the role hymns can play in your private, family, and corporate worship.

We often hear that there is no command saying, "Thou shall vote." That is true, but does God ever say anything about political participation? Was Jesus involved in the politics of His day?

Neither Wesley nor TJ was sure, so we brought in Neil Mammen, author of Jesus is Involved in Politics (his answer is in the name of the book) to talk about it.

Jesus lived in an era when the leading politicians were also religious leaders. Therefore, when you read in the New Testament about the conversations He had with Pharisees and Sadducees, you are also reading about Jesus getting involved in the politics of His day. He did not shy away. He called leaders out.

But how can we follow that example? That is what we spend 13 minutes talking about.