Engage and Equip

Pastor Nic Gibson and Stan Gibson interview S. Joshua Swamidass about evolutionary science, the genealogical Adam and Eve, and weighing the priority of Jesus with the importance of thinking through secondary issues such as these. This is part two of a two-part podcast.

Joshua's book:
The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry by S. Joshua Swamidass

E&E #266

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This week, Nic and Erin cover:

00:02:24 // How can we support Manohar and his family?

00:06:17 // Do conscience and confession have physical effects?

00:10:06 // How do you deal with pain without becoming narcissistic?

00:13:20 // Did God the Father look away from God the Son on the cross?

00:23:48 // How is Jesus' suffering an encouragement to us?

00:27:16 // What is scorn?

00:27:40 // How should we love and hate our enemies?

00:37:28 // How do you accept scorn?

00:43:43 // Why did Peter deny Jesus?

00:45:12 // How can we help our children feel safe enough to share their struggles?

00:50:14 // I fear what God's will might be. How do I pray that his will be done?

00:56:50 // How should the church deal with totalitarian creep?

01:05:27 // Live not by lies.

01:18:19 // A note on encouragement.

E&E #265

Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.

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Pastor Nic Gibson and Stan Gibson interview S. Joshua Swamidass about evolutionary science, the genealogical Adam and Eve, and weighing the priority of Jesus with the importance of thinking through secondary issues such as these. This is part one of a two-part podcast.

Joshua's book:
The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry by S. Joshua Swamidass

E&E #264

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We're starting a new mini-series: Ancestors & Origins.

E&E #263

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How should Christians respond to the medicalizing movement of transgender persons? How should we think through issues of human essentialism and human expressionism? Nic interviews Miriam Ben-Shalom and Brandon Showalter about their advocacy in the sphere of transgender medicine.

Reporting on the Transgender Movement by Brandon Showalter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWErAYEl5j0

Hands Across the Aisle: https://handsacrosstheaislewomen.com/

E&E #262

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What does it mean to give an "apology"? Nic and Devin White give one for the resurrection of Jesus.

E&E #261

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How should Christians think about issues of government control? What are the experiences of those who have directly faced the problems caused by soft or hard totalitarianism? This is part two of Nic's interview with Hannah and Sanghyeon to talk more about these questions.

Mentioned in this episode or in part one:

Live Not By Lies by Rod Dreer
Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime by Janet and Geoff Benge
God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
Tortured For His Faith by Dr. Haralan Popov
Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand
Jesus Freaks by DC Talk

E&E #260

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Nic and Jill answer your questions about the Sustaining Renewal sermon series.

E&E #259

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How should Christians think about issues of government control? What are the experiences of those who have directly faced the problems caused by soft or hard totalitarianism? This is part one of Nic's interview with Hannah and Sanghyeon to talk more about these questions.

Mentioned in this episode or in part two:

Live Not By Lies by Rod Dreer
Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime by Janet and Geoff Benge
God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
Tortured For His Faith by Dr. Haralan Popov
Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand
Jesus Freaks by DC Talk

E&E #258

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On March 16, 2021, a series of mass shootings occurred at three spas or massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. How should Christians respond when we're struck with this kind of tragedy? Nic and Jill discuss.

E&E #257

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What is critical race theory? How should Christians interact with it? What can we learn from the impulses driving the conversation around CRT? And what happened in the Southern Baptist Convention? Nic and Joel B, a PhD candidate in philosophy, discuss these things in today's episode.

E&E #255

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What is critical race theory? How should Christians interact with it? What can we learn from the impulses driving the conversation around CRT? And what happened in the Southern Baptist Convention? Nic and Joel B, a PhD candidate in philosophy, discuss these things in today's episode. This episode is part one of a two-part episode.

E&E #255

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The Cutting Room Floor is a mini-series focused on exploring topics from Sunday sermons more in depth. This is the stuff that's on the cutting room floor—things that needed to be removed from the sermon due to time. This week, we're talking about leadership integrity. Find the full sermon here.

E&E #254

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Nic and Niccole talk with Kadi Cole, author of Developing Female Leaders, about women's leadership in the church.

E&E #253

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We've found ourselves in a cultural moment of increased virtual connection to global issues. We have unlimited access not only to information, but also to the voices and opinions of anyone we choose to follow—often who are people we've never met. In addition, increased relational separation from others has turned our personal hot takes into grenades to launch at each other from across the internet. The complexities of issues are lost in favor of Tweetable statements meant to evoke a reaction or prove a point. We've lost the flavors of conversation and relationship including context, experience, human nature, and critical thinking.

So, we're starting a mini-series called "Beyond Hot Takes" to help us go a step beyond the current hot takes of our culture and to take a deeper look at real issues behind specific topics. We're going to interview guests on topics like Critical Race Theory, women's leadership in the church, gender and sexuality, and government control.

We hope that these conversations don't just add to the soundbites already filling your life. Our goal is to model these kinds of conversations about complex issues, so that you feel better equipped to have similar conversations within your own relationships about issues that are important to you and others in your life.

E&E #252

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This episode was recorded on February 18, 2020.

Before COVID hit, we were planning as High Point Church to do another conference on sexuality as a follow-up to our 2019 sexuality everywhere conference. Part of that conference was a teenager track, and in order to gather information about what was actually helpful for teenagers to learn about, we met up a with a group of college students to ask them questions about the things they did and didn't know about sex, and what they would have loved to have known coming into college.

E&E #251

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You spend most of your waking time in the workweek at, well, work. How can that time be used for ministry? Pastor Nic Gibson and businessman Dave Gerry discuss that in today's episode.

E&E #250

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Nic and Niccole answer remaining questions from the Ask Me Anything time on 1/17/21.

E&E #249

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Nic Gibson and Niccole Khail cover the remaining content from Nic's sermon this past Sunday, January 10, on Vices of Division.

E&E #248

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Nic and Niccole answer additional Ask Me Anything questions from Januay 10, 2021.


E&E #247


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