The team is back and this week Beyond Sunday is looking at “cancel culture.” What is it? Where did it come from? And what does it have to do with our faith?

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Last week the Beyond Sunday team explored the book of Exodus and it’s themes centering around God leading the Israelites into freedom. In a twist of the schedule Pastor David is recording alone this week. So we’re circling back to Exodus and exploring the theme of freedom as laid out by scripture in contrast to an understanding of freedom being perpetuated in the world today. You might say Mick Jagger is breaking out on his own for a week, but don’t worry the Stones will be back together again soon. We hope you enjoy this episode with a very different feel.

It’s a new month and that means it’s time for the second installment of the Beyond Sunday Books of the Bible Series. In this episode the team takes on Exodus. The biblical story picks back up with an entire nation enslaved in Egypt and as readers we get to come along as we witness God’s power to rescue them out of slavery and lead them into a new life of freedom.

Beyond Sunday is back with special co-host Elise McCarter for the second part of our discussion on the Bible and Systemic Injustice. This week, we’re taking on some common responses that come out against movements for racial justice. We don’t have all the answers, but we hope that this can help continue the discussion for all of us about how God calls us to work for justice in this world.

In the episode the team references a video posted by Phil Vischer, creator of the children’s Christian video series “Veggie Tales.” We highly recommend watching the video that you can find here or at the web address below. The Holy Post site has also posted a transcript of the video along with citations for the statistics and data that are offered in the video.

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https://www.holypost.com/post/let-s-talk-about-race-in-america

Everywhere you look our country is being confronted with the realities of systemic injustice. These are the places and systems that exist and that operate beneath our collective conscious but which, intentionally or unintentionally, benefit some over others.

In the wake of recent racial unrest and continued protests across the country, the Beyond Sunday team wants to ask an important question: What does the Bible have to say about systemic injustice? The Bible doesn’t have stories of police being arrested for murder or even of people being blatantly oppressed because of their race. But it turns out the Bible has plenty to say about God’s view of the systems that should rule our lives and how they should be carried out in the world.

We’ve been in “quarantine” or “stay at home” or “pandemic life” for the last several months now and the world is looking different every day. Each of us are handling the changing environment in our own ways but one thing is certain: if we don’t take care of ourselves we can’t take care of others.

Pastor David is off this week so we brought Kat Nazaroff, mental health professional and friend (spouse) of the podcast, to talk about good mental health in a pandemic world.

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Just a few weeks ago the Beyond Sunday team shared reflections around the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. That episode covered some of the team’s thoughts on racism and faith. In the week’s since, the world has shifted again. The murder of George Floyd by a police officer has spurred protests in cities and towns through the United States calling for racial justice and changes to policies that have harmed minorities for centuries in this country.

This week, Patrick and Pastor David don’t want to be the primary voices of this conversation and so they are joined by special guest Scott Mack. Scott is a member of Lord of Life and friend of the podcast. Scott shares his experience of growing up black in the United States, raising black kids, and how this cultural moment feels both hopeful and all too familiar from past events.

We hope this episode helps you enter into difficult conversations around race and racism in your own circle of friends. As Scott will share with us in our conversation, “Sometimes it is good to feel uncomfortable.”

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We’re starting a new series at Beyond Sunday that we will plan to launch on the first Monday of each month: Books of the Bible. Each month the Beyond Sunday team will tackle one book of the Bible to give you an overview of major themes, plot points, and theological developments. This month, we’re starting at the beginning (because where else would you start) with Genesis. We hope you enjoy this new addition to the Beyond Sunday Podcast. Be sure to send us a note and let us know what you think.

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We’re in strange times and Beyond Sunday is here to walk with you every step of the way.

Corona Virus, Murder Hornets, Black Holes, Oh my! The list seems to keep growing and more people seem to be implying that the end of the world is near. So, is this the Apocalypse? Is an Apocalypse even what we think it is? Patrick and Pastor David lead you through a conversation about all this and more in this week’s episode.

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Sorry for the technical difficulties that led to a delayed release of this week’s episode. We hope you enjoy!

We’re in strange times and Beyond Sunday is here to walk with you every step of the way.

The Beyond Sunday team has been watching a variety of cultural events where it seems like our faith, our race, and our personal beliefs are all coming into conflict with one another. This week we look at the case of Ahmaud Arbery as Patrick and Pastor David try to understand how blatant racism has taken such a foothold in our country and our churches and what we can do to live into a Kingdom of God vision for the world.

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We’re in strange times and Beyond Sunday is here to walk with you every step of the way.

If you are anything like most of us you probably spend a fair amount of time trying to avoid pain. After all, pain doesn’t feel good. Maybe its a painful memory, relationship, experience or even a physical pain in our body. We don’t like pain and we’ve crafted a faith that by in large allows us to avoid it.

But what if pain is actually necessary to our faith life? What if pain allows us to learn, grow, and change? What if pain acts as a warning of danger that might be ahead if we ignore the pain?

We’ll look at these questions and more during this week’s episode of Beyond Sunday. We hope you’ll enjoy and be sure to send in your thoughts to beyondsundaypodcast@gmail.com.

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You are probably finding yourself dealing with a variety of new and unforeseen challenges. Maybe you have an abundance of free time? Maybe you feel busier than ever and can’t remember what “free-time” looks like? We’ve heard from many people in our circle that they want to use this time to dig into their faith and read the Bible in a new way, but they keep running into a problem: Where do I start? What do I do when I don’t understand what I’m reading? Am I supposed to read this like a novel? A history text book? Something else? Pastor David is leading a new class and has some resources to share that we hope will encourage you to start (or restart) your own biblical journey.

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We’re in strange times and Beyond Sunday is here to walk with you every step of the way.

You are probably finding yourself dealing with a variety of new and unforeseen challenges. Maybe you have an abundance of free time? Maybe you feel busier than ever and can’t remember what “free-time” looks like? We’ve heard from many people in our circle that they want to use this time to dig into their faith and read the Bible in a new way, but they keep running into a problem: Where do I start? What do I do when I don’t understand what I’m reading? Am I supposed to read this like a novel? A history text book? Something else? Pastor David is leading a new class and has some resources to share that we hope will encourage you to start (or restart) your own biblical journey.

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We’re in strange times and Beyond Sunday is here to walk with you every step of the way.

Since we began this podcast, our Beyond Sunday team has been striving to bring you in depth and thoughtful analysis by pulling from articles and interviews with the brightest minds of our generation that are asking deep questions of faith and culture. In this episode, we continue in this vein and engage with the theology of someone who, once upon a time, needed no introduction: retired WWE star Hulk Hogan. Sure, his career as a wrestler is long over and he has little to no formal education in matters of theology or public policy (that we are aware of). But he too has joined the throngs of celebrities offering their 2 cents on how we as individuals and as a country should be responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Patrick and Pastor David will be jumping in the ring in a tag team match of theological positions. While Sir Hogan’s positions may gain early crowd favor they will reveal themselves as the heal they are and Beyond Sunday will be ready to pile drive them into oblivion. (Disclaimer: Pastor David is using wrestling terms and has no idea what he is talking about.)

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We’re in strange times and Beyond Sunday is here to walk with you every step of the way.

Is it just us or does it seem like a lot of people are making poor decisions in response to the current crisis and claiming “Christianity” as their motivation? And when we look at history, why does it seem like this is a pattern? Patrick and Pastor David try to shed a little light on perspectives that don’t always seem to make sense and often leave other Christians with a bad taste in their mouth. At Beyond Sunday we hope you are staying safe and finding ways to love your neighbor regardless of where you are and what regulations you are under.

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