Dr. Michael Brown serves at the Westview Church of Christ in Huntsville, AL and is an electrical engineer at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. He is the author of several books through 21st Century Christian.

Dr. John Mark Hicks teaches history and theology at Lipscomb University.

They have known each other for nearly forty years and have come together for a series of discussions on how we view race and reconciliation as Christians.

This podcast walks through race in the New Testament: explaining how first century people saw race and how God, through the work of the Holy Spirit, brought unity to such diverse groups of people. It was always the Holy Spirit who took the lead and then the Apostles followed. We need to do the same today.

"Unclean" By Richard Beck

With so many churches moving to hosting church services online there is a great need to figure out how to integrate singing into those services. The Acappella Company started a new streaming service called Praise and Harmony TV to help churches navigate this without having to learn a lot about copyright and through streamlining the fee structures so that this is manageable and inexpensive for churches who are trying to meet the needs of the congregation while away from the building on Sunday.

We have an identity crisis that bleeds over into a purpose/mission crises and a vision crises. How did we get here and how do we get on the other side? The answer isn't to keep doing more of the same - using our own wisdom to figure out the answer. We must lean into Jesus' example in Matthew 4 of the way to and through the wilderness.

An open conversation about acappella and instrumental worship in Churches of Christ with minister, songwriter, composer, and conductor DJ Bulls. What does the New Testament say about singing and what does that mean for us today? Has our view on this, in Churches of Christ, been accurate and biblical? Or is it a matter of preference?

The three previous videos referenced can be watched here:

What Ephesians 5:19 is Really About

What Colossians 3:16 is Really About

Five Reasons in Favor of Acappella Congregational Singing

Find more from DJ here:

https://timelesspsalter.com/

How do we come out of this pandemic spiritually formed? We sat down, cleared our minds, and tackled this and several related topics that you may find beneficial during this difficult and challenging time. Shane wrote a book in 2019 that I hope you will pick up a copy of and read...after hearing Shane, I believe you will be motivated to read more of his thoughts. You can buy it at amazon - "Between Two Trees".

You can also get more content from Shane at his website - www.shanejwood.com

If you prefer to watch these interviews, they are available on the Wineskins YouTube channel the same day the post on the podcast! Wineskins on YouTube.

I was deeply moved by a video I watched on Facebook of hundreds of Christians singing praise outside a hospital near St. Louis. Nurses came to the windows to wave. Christians gathered (while physical distancing, of course!) to praise God and encourage the community. Knowing the people involved, I wasn't surprised that they were doing this. Kerry Cox and the churches he ministers with are serious about mission. They are serious about mission because they love people...so much so that they find themselves in an unusual position of being mostly a church of the unchurched. They are making disciples who make disciples. It is a beautiful thing and I want you to hear his heart to be inspired and, hopefully, get more of our established churches figuring out how they can support efforts like these domestically.

If you would like to reach Kerry with questions or if you would like to support his ministry, his email is [email protected] and his cell is 636-497-5225.

There are many who believe the gifts of the Spirit stopped when the New Testament was completed. Does this view hold up in light of scripture and history? The short answer is "no". The longer answer and the evidence for it is presented in this week's podcast. Thanks for tuning in. Let me hear from you!

Matt

What does the Bible teach in regard to the involvement and public participation of women in the worship assembly? Churches of Christ as some of the most strict on this issue and, given the fact that women comprise over half our membership, it is understandable that we re-evaluate what the Bible actually teaches about women in the assembly to make sure our views match the scriptures rather than trying to match the scriptures to our view.

What is the biblically consistent view? Is our current practice consistent? Is there a path that better accounts for the scriptures we have?

This video explores Acts 2, 1 Corinthians 11, 1 Corinthians 13, and 1 Timothy 2 to see what is really going on in those passages to help us be biblically informed today.

Book recommendations:

Keener, "Paul, Women and Wives" - https://tinyurl.com/vd6bxgh

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With the Coronavirus shutting so many parts of our lives down it brings the gospel back into focus. What is the gospel? Is it getting our sins forgiven so we can die and go to heaven? Is it something more than that? We will let the Bible define the gospel for us rather than the other way around.

This video walks through uses of the word "Gospel" in the New Testament to see how the biblical writers themselves used this word and what it meant to them. What we find is that it has as much to do with here and now as it does eternity.

The Gospel has so much to do with here and now. How we live. How we love. How the good news is lived out in our lives and through our teaching and reaching the lost. The Coronavirus gives us opportunity to not just say it will all get better in heaven some day but to live as Jesus would live now and address the hurting people around us - that is gospel as well.