Every generation and culture have its own vernacular. And as usual, things get lost in translation. Because Jim is older and because he grew up in the country, he often has saying that I (Troy) do not understand. Despite my lack of understanding, those saying seem to be important to him in life and in his understanding of life.

Jim often says, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Exactly! What is he talking about? What does that even mean? Instead of disregarding it like people often do when we don't understand something, today's episode is discussing this weird saying to bridge the gaps in our generations.

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We are back after long hiatus. In the return episode, we discuss the aspect of buying in to what God is doing and being committed to church. It's good to be back.

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Today, we talk about what the church has done well and not so well. There's a lot that the church has done, but something is wrong if Jesus is the hope of the world and yet people are leaving churches every week. Something is wrong if there is a church on every corner, yet people can't find one to call home.

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When it comes to our faith, we often speak of promises. We build our lives on the promises from God we hold to be true. But what happens when that promise isn't fulfilled or not fulfilled like we thought? Did we expect the wrong thing? Did we make it all up? Jim and I talk about what happens when God seemingly doesn't hold up his end of the deal.

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As Christians, so much has to do with belief. And sometimes life has a go at what you believe. Life has unexpected turns and bumps in the road that cause us to question what we believe. In this episode we both talk about what we believe and the experiences that attack our belief.

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Today we talk about greatness. Greatness seems to have become just a status symbol as of late. But what is greatness? How do we reach it? Why do we desire greatness? Like many things in our world, greatness may not be what it seems. 

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Last week's title was "It's My Race." Today we play on those words and discuss what it means to "run your race." With so much going on in the world, we can be overwhelmed with all the things that need to be corrected, fixed, and changed. It can be easy to just mind our business, but maybe that's not so bad.

Today, we get personal about my, Troy, experience of race. Just with any people group, nothing is monolithic. My experience has its differences and aspects that are specific to my story. I just hope that through this episode, people can cultivate the courage needed to be vulnerable. Through your own story, people can grow, heal, and experience freedom.

The church should be effective in the world. How does it do that without the world permeating the church's beliefs? It seems that politics has done that very thing. We, the church, seem to be divided more along political lines than anything spiritual. We talk about how politics and church can coexist...if they can.

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This week's episode was a spontaneous recording. It continues in the vein of last week's episode on what the church should be doing as the church. We are both pastors and this is a natural conversation for us. With everything going on in our world, as the church, where do we go from here?

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