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In this week's episode, Anna and Darius answer some silly and some serious questions to celebrate the 10th episode of The Corner Table!

In today's episode, Darius and Anna discuss "The Beauty of the Church" or maybe the lack thereof. Join us as we go through a few scriptures and discuss our thoughts on this topic.

In this episode, we discuss how to address the issue of hopelessness. Hopelessness where people don’t feel nor understand the love and light of Jesus Christ. We also discuss how the church can do a better job seeing the people who feel hopeless, and what the bible says about people who’ve felt lost.

In this episode, we discuss the concept of healing and what healing looks like. Healing looks different for everyone; therefore, God can heal in different ways. So we also address how this healing could affect someone's faith in God.

Anna and Darius are discussing identity this week! We discuss what "identity" means to us, go over a few things the bible has to say about identity, and talk about how Anna and Darius have found their identity through the years.

This is the last part of our abortion episode. Part 3 discusses what is the Church's place in this conversation and how can we have these difficult conversations with love.

Sources:

Why women get abortions in the US (2013)- https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6874-13-29

Abusive relationships in correlation with abortion- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3883805/

Group of women getting wrongfully incarcerated for getting abortions- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/miscarriages-abortion-jail-el-salvador/

US Abortion Trends-

usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-05-03/us-abortion-trends-have-changed-since-landmark-1973-ruling

Reported Legal Abortions by Race of Women-

kff.org/womens-health-policy/state-indicator/abortions-by-race/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B"colId":"Location","sort":"asc"%7D

The Economic Effects of Abortion Access-

iwpr.org/iwpr-issues/reproductive-health/the-economic-effects-of-abortion-access-a-review-of-the-evidence/

"If we (the Church) aren't in the dark places then Satan is!" - Anna

In this part of the episode we give context and sources about abortion. Also how the Church can have these discussions.

Sources:

Texas Abortion Law- https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB8/id/2395961

Medical Journal on why women get abortions (1987/2004)- https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/pubs/psrh/full/3711005.pdf

Book by Planned Parenthood founder (read the appendix)- https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1689/1689-h/1689-h.htm

Deconstructed Christianity's perspective on abortion-

https://ffrf.org/component/k2/item/26087-abortion-nontract

Biblical Doctrine on Abortion- https://www.denisonforum.org/resources/what-does-the-bible-say-about-abortion/

In this episode our guest is, Camryn Mottl, and we are discussing the Church's place on the topic of abortion. Understanding that this is a sensitive topic, the episode is divided into three different parts in order to give context to the subject. In part 1, we discuss our heart for the episode and our intentions for this discussion.

In this episode, our guest is Waypoint's assistant pastor Luke Isaacson, and we discuss why should people believe in Christianity? Also, addressing how the Church can be better at reaching people who don't believe in Christianity.

In this episode with have another member of Waypoint Church, Maegan, as a guest to discuss the importance of understanding the old testament and how it can benefit our walk in Christianity.