United? We Pray

Isaac and Austin sit down to answer questions submitted by you, our listeners. This episode covers evangelism, interracial dating, adoption, and much more. We reference multiple resources, so check the show notes to learn more. 

LINKS & SHOW NOTES:

• Parts one and two of our "Advice for White Churches Considering a Black Pastor" episode
• Austin's Whitest Guy at the Cookout piece
• Jonathan Morgan's The Beauty of the Church at Prayer piece
• Our Family Kit
• How People Change with Nate Brooks
• New Reformation interview with Shai Linne
• Alicia Akins' piece on patience
• The Crete Collective
• Our interview with Darryl Williamson
• This UWP Podcast Episode was produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

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Austin and Isaac are joined by Ben Sciacca, author of Meals From Mars, which is one of our favorite books. Ben has years of experience in inner-city ministry and has much wisdom to share about working for the right reasons, avoiding burnout, and the relationship between proximity, diversity, and unity. We really enjoyed this episode and hope you are encouraged.

LINKS & SHOW NOTES:

• You can purchase Meals from Mars here
• Ben's article for us about three forms of knowledge
• Isaac's article about educating yourself before asking minority friends about race
• This UWP Podcast Episode was produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

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Jerome Gay is pastor of Vision Church, Raleigh, and author of several books, including the forthcoming African Heroes: Discovering Our Christian Heritage (NavPress, 2023). Pastor Jerome joined us to talk about the common neglect of African contributions in our telling of Church history. His excellent new book is an attempt to help correct this error, and it's written for children. Please join us in praying for wisdom and better telling of truth about our history. 

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Dr. James Eglinton joined us today to talk about his new English translation of J.H. Bavinck's Personality and Worldview (Crossway, 2013). Dr. Eglinton is a leading Bavinck expert, and had much to teach us on the relationships between personality, worldview, and other concepts. He also gave insight on Bavinck's concepts of race and racism, which was fascinating to consider. We hope you are encouraged. 

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 Austin is joined in the studio today by a missionary friend. We are unable to share her name because she works in a closed country. She is also single and black, which offers both challenges and opportunities as she relates to her coworkers on the field and those they are evangelizing. We hope this encourages you.

LINKS & SHOW NOTES:

• This UWP Podcast Episode was produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.

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This special episode is an excerpt from a sermon that Isaac recently preached at Iron City Church, Birmingham. This sermon from Mark Nine exposits teaching from Jesus on prayer, faith, doubt, and more. We hope it encourages you. This clip has been edited for length, so if you want to listen to the full sermon, that link is here. 

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Austin and Isaac talk about the problems faced by bridge-builders. Bridge-builders concerned for ethnic unity face problems like apathy, resistance, disagreement, and loneliness. When faced with those problems, should we stay in our current settings or leave? Pray with us as we wrestle through those difficult decisions.  

Show Notes:

• YouTube Link: Don't Go It Alone

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Dr. Derwin Gray is pastor of Transformation Church in Indian Land, South Carolina (just outside of Charlotte). He joins Austin to discuss his new book How To Heal Our Racial Divide (Tyndale, 2022). Austin thinks this book is the most complete offering for Christians on race and ethnicity. Dr. Gray has much to teach us about unity and God’s plan for His people. 

Links & Show Notes:

You can buy Dr. Gray’s excellent book here. 

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Salvador Blanco joins Austin to talk about leading music in a multi-ethnic church. Music seems to be something that churches have historically fought about. We talk about why that is and how to think about worshipping together when we have different preferences.

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Salvador Blanco joins Austin to talk about what life is like in Alabama as a second generation Latino. Salvador believes that second generation Latinos are uniquely positioned to build bridges between their immigrant parents and majority-white Evangelical churches. 

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