The final episode of the Theology of Inclusion series on disability inclusion featuring an interview with Kevin Schaefer.
8 Feb 2022
Theology of Inclusion 3: Racial/Ethnic Inclusion
6 Dec 2021
Theology of Inclusion Part II: LGBTQ+
The second installment of the Theology of Inclusion podcast series featuring conversation about LGBTQ+ inclusion
22 Nov 2021
Introduction: Theology of Inclusion
This is the first of a four-part series constructing a theology of inclusion for churches. Citations and resources for the series can be found here: https://gfbccary.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Theology-of-Inclusion-Resources.pdf
9 Dec 2019
Justice (Christianese Session 4)
The fourth and final session in Rev. Stacks's teaching series "Christianese: Understanding the Words of Our Faith"
2 Dec 2019
Faith (Christianese Session 3)
This is the third session in a teaching series entitled Christianese: Understanding the Words of our Faith, taught by Rev. Stephen Stacks. This session focuses on the biblical meaning of the word "faith."
26 Nov 2019
Salvation (Christianese Session 2)
This is the second session of Rev. Stacks's teaching series, Christianese: Understanding the Words of our Faith, focusing on "salvation."
12 Nov 2019
Sin (Christianese Session 1)
Session 1 of Rev. Stacks' four-week teaching series entitled Christianese: Understanding the Words of Our Faith. This class explores the word "sin."
8 Nov 2018
Episode 7: Everything Happens For a Reason?
The GFBC ministers discuss the recently concluded sermon series on the book of Job, Kate Bowler's book Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I've Loved, suffering, and where God can (and can't) be found when horrible things happen.
22 Oct 2018
Episode 6: The Cost of Discipleship
Revs. Efird, Stacks, and Spears-Newsome discuss the recently concluded sermon series from the book of Mark entitled "The Cost of Discipleship." Discussion topics range from what following Jesus should cost you, to how American greatness conflicts with Christianity, to what it means for people to respond to sin with vulnerability rather than fragility.
29 Mar 2018
Episode 5: Jesus Uncensored
In this episode, Revs. Stacks, Efird, and Spears-Newsome discuss the topics raised by our Lenten sermon series in relation to the life of GFBC including the temptation to live a quiet life, what it means to be inclusive while also being truthful about sin and evil, the place of anger in Christian spirituality, and LGBTQ discrimination in the baptist world.
28 Feb 2018
Episode 4: The Galilee Movement
In this episode, Revs. Efird, Stacks, and Spears-Newsome discuss the importance of incorporating organizing principles into local church practice. The remainder of the episode is an edited recording of Tim Conder, giving a talk at GFBC on February 4, 2018 about his new book, Organizing Church.
12 Dec 2017
Episode 3: Advent
In this episode, Rev. Efird, Rev. Stacks, and Rev. Spears-Newsome discuss the meanings of Advent. The episode also features lay people from GFBC responding to the question, "What does Advent mean to you?"
6 Nov 2017
Episode 2: Conversations with Jesus Can Be Dangerous
In this episode, Revs. Efird, Stacks, and Spears-Newsome discuss the issues raised by the most recent sermon series from the gospel of Matthew including how story shapes our lives, addressing violence in our culture and world, and the "impracticality" of God's vision for the world.
5 Oct 2017
Episode 1: Exodus
In this episode, Lauren Efird, Wes Spears-Newsome, and Stephen Stacks discuss the Greenwood Forest Bapitst Church's recently concluded sermon series on the book of Exodus. Topics include the relevance of the Hebrew Scriptures for life and Christian spirituality, "politics" in the pulpit, living a purposeful life of discipleship, Sabbath, and much more.
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