In this episode we complete the 2023 Church of Christ Area Wide Meeting coverage with guest, brother Chase Palmer. Chase delivered the sermon at the Sunday morning assembly. His talk was titled "Unconformed and Unashamed." He discusses many topics which impact our culture and families. He also discussed his work as CEO of Sunny Glen Children's home, (visit https://sunnyglen.org/ for more info). He also let us know about an upcoming marriage enrichment conference, Becoming One. Visit the URL to find out more and register: https://www.becomingonecoc.org/

Today's episode features elder and evangelist, Marlon Cole. Marlon brings several decades' experience to bear on the topic of engaging people in the body of Christ. We discuss what it takes for a church to successfully disciple new converts--even from "alternative lifestyles." We think you will enjoys Marlon's seasoned take and reasonable manner. Thank you for joining us.

In today's episode, we continue our Area Wide Meeting bonus content coverage with another difficult and thorny issue: abortion. For this we interview brother Brent Benoit. Brent serves as an Elder at the Baytown Church of Chris in Baytown, TX, and as an attorney by trade. You will enjoy his Biblical perspectives and wisdom, couples with a precise and thoughtful communication style.

In the second installment with Trevor Teel, we go further in our description of identity and covenant relationships/LGBQTIA+ issues. This time, we focus on the issue of transgenderism and how to affirm the truth of God's Word and the power of the gospel while maintaining compassion and respect for all people.

For the next 2 episodes we will interview returning guest, Trevor Teel. His topic was "Identity and Covenant Relationship." In his talk, Trevor discussed LGBTQ+ issues from a Biblical perspective, alongside grace and compassion.

CONTENT ADVISORY: This episode contains frank discussion about sensitive, sexual topics, including sexual sin, pornography, addiction, and related behaviors.

In this episode, which is part 1 of 2, the Brother Cousins interview evangelist Ian Jones regarding his topic at the 2023 Church of Christ Area Wide Meeting (AWM): "Intimacy and Covenant Relationship." We discuss how making certain topics taboo for discussion actual harm the body of Christ at large, and how offering Biblical perspective can help young people be better prepared to face a sexually toxic culture and online wasteland. Part 1 is more negative in nature, warning of dangers and saying "don't do this." And this prompted us to plan a part 2, which will more intentionally focus on "do this instead."

Also, check out a project Ian is part of over on the YouTube channel, The Mended Collective: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMendedCollective

In this episode Jared and Christopher interview evangelist Timothy Fleming. Timothy opened the meeting series discussing "Truth and the Self." We discuss questions about the nature of truth and how we can know what's true. You'll enjoy Timothy's clear communication style and easy demeanor in this interview.

Also, Timothy spoke to us about his YouTube channel which hosts sermon video of our fellowship's Area Wide Meetings from past years. You can check that out here: https://www.youtube.com/@churchofchristareawidemeet531/