Truth Trauma Theology

By Kyle SpearsHealth & Fitness Mental Health

Truth Trauma Theology episodes

July 07, 2023 Is the System Broken? House Churches and Making Disciples with Matt Dabbs
Where do house churches fit into the call of the Great Commission? In this conversation we discuss role of house churches in the call to share the good news. Matt Dabbs who also has a YouTube channel called Revolution of the Ordinaries joins the conversation to discuss his experience making disciples through the house church model.
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Tell us about your background and why you started your channel
What denomination do you associate with?
How do you interpret Mt. 28:18-20?
How do house churches fit into the Great Commission?
What are some traps churches that are eager to grow fall into in trying to fulfill the Great Commission
In what ways has a corporation culture made discipleship transactional?
What about the concern regarding teaching and appointing elders?
How do you connect with Legacy churches?
Why don’t you take a financial collection?
What do you mean by the “system is broken”?
Resources and Books:
To Dream Again - Robert Dale (church lifecycle)
Tombstones to Cornerstones - Rick Krug (change language from Church is dying to church is finishing)
The Speed of Trust - Stephen M.R. Covey
Multipliers (free ebook) by Todd Wilson. I did not name of this book, but I believe this is where the 99% of churches not live past 100 statistic comes from. https://multiplication.org/product/multipliers/
Curtis Sergeant
https://Zume.training - 20 hours of free dis joke making training. Amazing material!
https://2414now.net Resources for disciple making and house churches
Revisiting the Master Plan of Evangelism by Coleman free ebook - https://discipleship.org/shop/revisiting-the-master-plan-of-evangelism/
For more content from Matt Dabbs go to his channel! https://www.youtube.com/@revolutionofordinaries
1 hr 5 min
June 30, 2023 The House Church Model with John Porter
House Churches is becoming one of the hot discussions in modern churches. Are they a threat? Are they biblical? Should we see them as a way that God is working? John Porter joins the channel to discuss his experience of leading a house church.
Why did you decide to pursue a house church model?
What does the New Testament say about house churches?
Why do you think house churches seem to create tension with modern church movements?
House church vs small group are they the same?
Money/failed church plantings
House Churches and Trauma Survivors
What are some ways movements and house churches can partner together?
John's Website: fromhousetohouse.org
Books:
“House Church and Mission” by Roger W. Gehring
"Relational Revolution: 5 Shifts for Rediscovering Church as Heart to Heart Connection” by White/Daniels/Smith
Academic Papers:
"Ecosystems of Grace: An Old Vision for the New Church" by Dr. Kent Smith - https://missiodeijournal.com/issues/md-7/authors/md-7-smith
“Economy of Grace: An Early Take on Vulnerable Mission” by Dr. Kent Smith - https://missiodeijournal.com/issues/md-4-1/authors/md-4-1-smith
About John:
John and Barbara were both baptized as college students in the early 1980’s. John was studying Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University and Barbara was a student at Harvard Law School. After graduating, they entered the ministry in 1985. Barbara was part of the Toronto church planting and John served as the leader of the church in Clemson, South Carolina. While still single, they went as missionaries to Mexico City in 1987 where they were married in 1988. Shortly after their wedding, they moved to Sāo Paulo, Brazil to work with a newly planted church; they lived for a total of 9 years in Sāo Paulo, and both their children, Joseph (32) and Jacqueline (30), were born there. They have served several churches in Florida and also lived in the Miami area for more than 10 years, training ministers and missionaries. After being in the traditional ministry for 30 years they decided to step out on faith and do ministry in a different way. Their new ministry is focused on developing a house church model. They currently live in Clemson, South Carolina where they are working to develop this model, train others and provide resources for those interested in planting churches in this way.
1 hr 35 min
June 22, 2023 Have Diverse Churches Solved Racism with Kevin Holland
Have multicultural churches made racism in modern churches a thing of the past? Are movements that pride themselves on being racially diverse effective in addressing racial injustice in the church? Should multicultural churches address racial injustice from the pulpit? In this episode, Kevin Holland who serves as the Lead Evangelist for the Turning Point congregation in LA joins the conversation to discuss his approach to addressing racism in the modern church.

Kevin serves as the Senior Pastor of Turning Point Church Los Angeles and an Evangelist and Elder with the Los Angeles International Church of Christ. He has a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry degree from the Harding School of Theology, is a coach in the Racial Justice and Unity Center network, is a member of the Christians Seeking Justice (CSJ) national justice ministry, and mentors church leaders around the United States. He and his wife Tracena have two daughters, Tory and Kennidy, a son-in-law, Tory's husband, Derrick Hinton, and a perfect granddaughter, Mia Love Hinton.
Tell us about your conversion and why you went into the ministry?
What has it been like to be minister and advocate for social justice and openly talk about racism? It has almost been taboo for ministers to talk about it. Why have you decided to take a stand?
There are many folks in the church who feel like racial conversations have created more division than anything else. What would you say to those folks?
What are some ways that churches can begin to engage racism in a biblical manner?
What impact is the churches’ conflict over racism impacting the next generation?
1 hr 14 min
June 18, 2023 Forgiveness Coaching with Kylie Cross & Romika Gunn
Kylie and Romika have recently launched their coaching business that seeks to help women move forward in the healing process. In this episode we discussing the process of forgiveness and the pitfalls we fall into that keep us stuck. We discuss the misconceptions about forgiveness and how we can develop a healthy definition of forgiveness.
Tell us about why you decided to start your podcast and coaching?
Why is forgiveness so challenging?
What are some ways that forgiveness is taught incorrectly?
What does the forgiveness process look like?
What resources, books would you recommend? Tell us about how we can get in touch with you?
For more information visit Beyondthewallspodcast.com
Instagram page: Beyondthewalls.podcast
1 hr 7 min
June 01, 2023 Why the Gospel with Matt Bates
Matt joins the conversation to discuss his new book Why the Gospel?
Matthew W. Bates is a father of seven and Professor of Theology at Quincy University. His popular books include the award-winning Salvation by Allegiance Alone (Baker Academic), The Birth of the Trinity (Oxford University Press), The Gospel Precisely (Renew), and Gospel Allegiance (Brazos). When he isn't hiking, running, baseballing, or chasing around the seven, he co-hosts the OnScript podcast. Bates holds a B.S. in physics, an M.C.S. in biblical studies from Regent College, and a PhD in theology (New Testament) from the University of Notre Dame. A Protestant by conviction, he enjoys the privilege and challenge of teaching in a Catholic context. Learn more about his books or conference-speaking at MatthewWBates.com
Briefly describe your previous books Gospel Allegiance and The Gospel Precisely?
You begin the book with the concept of Jesus as King, why do believe this is important?
How do you believe deconstruction has affected our understanding of the gospel both positively and negatively?
In chapter 5 you write about a ‘Royal Transformation’, how might this benefit those who are hungering for a deeper understanding of discipleship?
In chapter 6 ‘Good News for the Nones’, on page 141 you mention quality over quantity. Why is this important to the nones?
Order Why the Gospel:https://www.amazon.com/Why-Gospel-Living-Jesus-Purpose/dp/0802881688
1 hr 2 min
May 25, 2023 Unity or Uniformity? Are Churches Living in Freedom or Conformity with Will Archer
Our traditional understanding of church and unity is being stretched as we make room for unconventional forms of community such as house churches and independent congregations. The Holy Spirit is moving, revealing, shifting, empowering, guiding, and gifting churches in new ways! It can be kind of scary too. In this interview we discuss the difference between biblical unity versus organizational conformity.
What does the Bible say about Unity?
In what ways has your congregation embraced unity?
How has conformity affected the next generation?
Why did your congregation leave the ICOC?
How does culture contribute to an understanding of unity?
About Will Archer:
William Archer is a visionary Lead Pastor with over twenty-five years of experience leading missional communities in diverse ministry settings. He is an innovative Evangelist with a proven capacity to cultivate and amplify theologically sound and culturally relevant messaging across multiple digital platforms. He is deeply devoted to developing healthy communities of faith that engage the business community and community partners committed to helping the least of these in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has served on several boards nationally and internationally. He is an alumnus of the 2019 Class of Leadership Prince William and of the 2022 Class of Lead Virginia. Pastor Archer has an Undergraduate degree in Public Policy from Arcadia University and a Master's degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. He is currently a Doctorate of Ministry candidate at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. He has been married to the love of his life, Latosha Archer, for 23 years, and they have two adventurous children, 20-year-old Mekhi and 14 year-old Journey. He serves as the Lead Pastor for the Potomac Valley Church. The Potomac Valley Church is an Independent Christian congregation in Northern Virginia with a deep commitment to serving all people.
1 hr 4 min
May 18, 2023 Even the Monsters | Living with Grief, Loss, and Depression & the Book of Job with Darryl Potter
Where is God when our life is literally falling apart? How do we process the most challenging parts of our human existence? How does the book of Job apply to our lives today? How can those who love us support us more effectively?
Darryl Potter joins the discussion to introduce us to his commentary on Job and how he worked through his own crisis of faith.
Darryl's website is https://www.darylpotter.com
1 hr
May 09, 2023Bonus Episode | Moral Injury & Evangelism Part 1: Betrayal of Others
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In this episode we will discuss Moral Injury & Evangelism: Betrayal of Others.
Why do people have such conflict about evangelism years or decades later? If churches have put an end to harmful practices, why can't people simply move on?
You might be wondering what is moral injury? What does moral injury have to do with evangelism?
This is the first of two conversations regarding Moral Injury and Evangelism. If you purchased the book Trauma Informed Evangelism by Dr. Charles Kiser & Dr. Elaine A. Heath, I will be covering pages 36-39. We will discuss the long-term effects of when we ignore our relationship with the Holy Spirit and instead follow someone in authority. It creates a deep sense of mistrust of leadership or authority even if people have changed. If people misled us in the past, then they could mislead us in the future. We will discuss this in detail!
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33 min
April 18, 2023 Is Evangelism Triggering for you? Trauma Informed Evangelism with Dr. Elaine A. Heath and Dr. Charles Kiser
In their recently released book Trauma Informed Evangelism, Dr. Heath and Dr. Kiser address the role of trauma in how we approach sharing the good news about Christ. I am humbled to have been able to interview this duo on such an important topic as this. Patreon supporters have exclusive access before the interview is released to the public and are given access to bonus content. https://www.patreon.com/kylespears
In this discussion we cover:
How do we look at Matthew 28:18-20?
How do we heal from the scars of growth pressures?
How does trauma influence how we witness to others?
What factors have contributed to the historical pressure to convert people?
Here is a link to purchase the book:
https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Informed-Evangelism-Cultivating-Communities-Wounded/dp/0802882358/ref=sr_1_1?crid=36Q77F8ZOF1MI&keywords=trauma+informed+evangelism&qid=1681327008&sprefix=trauma+informed+eva%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-1
1 hr 1 min
January 14, 2023 Bridging the Gap Co-hosted with Nick Zola of Common Grounds Unity Podcast | Marty Solomon, Douglas Jacoby, and John Mark Hicks
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God's word is the standard yesterday, today, and forever. Whether you are a Baby Boomer, Generation X, Y, or Z, God's word equally applies to us all. Each generation has both strengths and weaknesses in how they view the world. As each generation faces new challenges in living for the Lord, how do we discuss healthy biblical interpretation in a productive manner? We are excited to announce a special event taking place on January 13th, 2023 at 3:00pm CST entitled Bridging the Gap! Nick Zola of Common Grounds Unity will be co-hosting the discussion as we are looking to bridge connections between the various Restoration Streams. We have invited Douglas Jacoby, Marty Solomon, and John Mark Hicks because of their decades of research and expertise:
Nick Zola Common Grounds Unity Podcast www.commongroundsunity.org
Marty Solomon www.bemadiscipleship.com
Douglas Jacoby International Bible Teaching Ministry www.douglasjacoby.com
John Mark Hicks www.johnmarkhicks.com
We have asked several Next Generation creators to submit both observations and questions for the panelists in effort to facilitate healthy conversation:
Women in the Church Corina Espejo and Travis Albritton podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/women-in-the-church/id1579403468
Eikon Podcast Michael Burns and Jason Alexander https://eikonpodcast.buzzsprout.com
Space Makers Janai Johnson and Meigan Whitcomb www.spacemakerspodcast.com
Wound of My People Jian White www.facebook.com/woundofmypeople/
Disciples Today Lai-Yan Faller and Justin Renton www.disciplestoday.org
Bend ICOC Joey Hungerford www.youtube.com/@BendICOC
HOPEww Matt Rollins www.hopeww.org
That Bible Guy Simon Dinning www.youtube.com/@thatbibleguy
I can not Tom McGuirk www.youtube.com/@Icannot
Revolution of the Ordinaries Matthew Dabbs https://www.youtube.com/@revolutionofordinaries
1 hr 43 min

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My podcast is about the intersect between Trauma and Theology. Contemporary discussions have to involve a balance of biblical truth and current research studies. Topics will expand upon the content…