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The Gospel and Justice
The word justice can mean all kinds of things in our culture. What if reclaiming a Biblical view of justice can compel us to take part in God's reconciliation in our world?
Episodes
26 episodes
How Churches can Deeply Impact their Communities | Jeff Chaisson
Jeff Chaisson is the director of Salty Family Services in Ormond Beach Florida. Salty Family Services Mission is to rescue, serve, and empower to prevent child abuse and neglect. Salty Family Services is a part of Salty Church. If y...
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Thinking Biblically about Immigration | Dr. Danny Carroll Rodas
Today's guest is Dr. Danny Carroll Rodas. Dr. Carroll Rodas is a Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College and has written a number of influential books and I can't recommend his work enough. He is one of the forefront voices on a Christian...
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Making a Gospel Impact in New Ways
Today's guest is Eric Basye. This is the second time Eric has been on the podcast and I was so excited to talk with him.Eric recently took over as the director of Child Bridge Montana. Child Bridge finds and equips foster and adoptive f...
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24. The Complexity of Homelessness
John Ashmen is the president of the City Gate Network. The City Gate Network is a network of rescue missions throughout North America. In this conversation, we talk about the complexity of trying to help people who have found themselves...
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23. The Church and Ending Racial Division
George Yancey is a Professor of Sociology and also a part of the Institute of Religious Studies at Baylor University. He is the author of multiple books, including, Beyond Racial Division; A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindness and Antira...
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22. The Gospel and Belgium
Brent Colby is a missionary to Brussels, Belgium. Previously, he was the Northwest Ministry Network's Kid's Ministry director. He was also on staff at Evergreen Christian Community in Olympia, Washington. He also holds a Doctorate in Christian ...
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21. The Gospel and Ending Human Trafficking
Andrew Dawson is the founder of Operation For Freedom. After serving in different pastoral ministry roles, he felt called to fight human trafficking. His organization helps prevent some of the root causes that are connected to trafficking as we...
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20. Business as Mission
Ken Rice runs Samayra Coffee Co. with his wife Jalee. They started Samayra two years ago in Olympia, Washington. Prior to running Samayra, Ken was a pastor for over 20 years. He's held a number of roles including executive pastor of minis...
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19. Pastoring and Political Cycles
Zach Claussen is a pastor in the Minneapolis area. He is a part of a church that has five campuses as well as an online campus. He has his Bachelors Degree in Evangelism and Church Planting and his Masters Degree in Leadership Studies. ...
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18. What Role Does Justice Have in Discipleship?
Joe Epley is the Network Youth Director for the Assemblies of God in Montana. He oversees leadership for Kids and Youth ministries in the network. Previously, he was on staff as a Youth Pastor as well as an Associate Pastor for the last 10 year...
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The Gospel and Poverty Alleviation
Simon Wilce is the Executive Director of Christians Against Poverty America. CAP started in England by John Kirkby and spread across the country as churches began helping people get out of poverty. Simon eventually moved to America and started ...
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Can You Create Multicultural Worship Experiences?
David Reyes is a worship leader at Evergreen Christian Community in Olympia, Washington. He has written and recorded music as well as lead worship in all kinds of different contexts.In this episode we talk about how to lead multicultura...
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Mental Health in America - Post Covid
Stephanie Smith is a licensed counselor in Olympia, Washington. She has been in the mental heath field for around the last twenty years. She is also involved in marriage ministry in the local church. In this conversation we talk about t...
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Evangelism, Justice, and the Church in the UK
Joe Perry went to Wheaton College and interned with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Joe spent months in the UK interviewing 70 church leaders about evangelism and what ministry is like in the UK. In this conversation we talk ...
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Creating Healthy Leadership Teams
Logan Joyce is the founder of Gray Matter Growth. After graduating from North Central University he joined the staff of a growing church in the Minneapolis area. He later transitioned into leadership consulting and helps organizations and indiv...
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Rethinking the Death Penalty
Sam Heath is the manager of Equal Justice USA the Evangelical Network. Sam joined the Equal justice team in 2021. They advocate against the death penalty and help people rethink what justice can look like. In this episode, we talk about...
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Gen Z and Justice
Kyle Stutzman has had various ministry positions including Youth, Young Adult, and Online pastor. We were on staff together in Olympia Washington. Kyle has a bachelor's degree from Northwest University in Pastoral Ministry.Research says...
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Rethinking Addiction and Incarceration
James Manley is a retired District Court Judge in Montana and also... my father! As a new judge, he quickly realized how addiction and drugs were impacting how many people were getting incarcerated.He did all he could to understand addi...
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The Gospel and Community Development
Eric Basye is the Executive Director at Community Leadership & Development Inc. CLDI is a nonprofit organization based in the Southside of Billings, Montana. They take a holistic approach to meeting the needs of the community. ...
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CRT and School Systems
Riley Sampson is a high school Social Studies and Government teacher. In this episode we talk about Critical Race Theory and how it's become controversial. There's growing pressure on teachers and what they teach while certain top...
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What is Biblical Justice?
We’ve got some great people coming on in the next few weeks but this is a solo episode. What is Biblical Justice and how do we talk about it well? As believers, scripture continually talks about justice ...
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Building Emotionally Healthy Communities
Joe Epley returns.Joe Epley is a pastor in Baker Montana. He ended up helping start and now leads a non-profit that raises the awareness of mental health in their county. We eventually talk about the importance of building ...
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The Issue with Orphanages
Brandon Stiver is the Senior Director of Global Programs and Partnerships at 1MILLIONHOME. 1MILLIONHOME works to reunify families and bring kids home from orphanages. In this episode, we talk about the orphanage system throughout the wo...
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