Latest Ethnic unity Podcast Episodes
Biblical Theology: History Books
United? We Pray - May 08, 2024 06:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsIs the idea of race in the Bible? In the last episode of this series, Adrianna Anderson joined Austin to study the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. This week, we’re looking at the history books of the Old Testament: Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles. God’s desire for His people was to be a light t...
Biblical Theology: Joshua - Ruth
United? We Pray - May 01, 2024 06:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsAdrianna Anderson is back as we continue walking through the Old Testament. These three books, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, share the history of God's people in the promised land. There is much history here to lament and learn from, and thankfully there is history to celebrate as well. We see the p...
Biblical Theology: The Law
United? We Pray - April 24, 2024 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsAdrianna Anderson is back with us to discuss the law: Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. We take a high-level view of these books and see the many lessons God has for His people in dealing with the nations. From this, we are able to start building a Biblical theology of race and ethnicity as w...
Biblical Theology: Exodus
United? We Pray - April 17, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsWe continue our Bible study series by looking at the book of Exodus. There are many ethnic issues in this book, from the oppression of the Israelites by the Egyptians, to the covenant faithfulness of Zipporah. This was a fascinating discussion and we hope you are encouraged. LINKS & SHOW NOTES...
Biblical Theology: Genesis
United? We Pray - April 10, 2024 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsWe are kicking off our Bible Study or Biblical Theology series with the book of Genesis. Adrianna Anderson brings her expertise as a Bible scholar to help us look at Scripture to see God's plan for diversity and ethnic harmony. There is so much in Scripture on this topic. Genesis is packed full ...
Faith Over Fear: Speaking Out as a White Woman with Courtney Reissig
United? We Pray - April 04, 2024 00:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsAustin and Isaac were pleased to welcome Courtney Reissig to the studio today. Courtney is an accomplished author who has also been writing for us for years. We talked with her about her burden to speak out on racial matters and overcoming her own self-consciousness to do so. We hope you're enco...
Multi-Ethnic Ministry in London
United? We Pray - March 27, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsWhat does multi-ethnic ministry look like in different contexts? Pastor Yannick Christos-Wahab joins us to talk about his church in London. We hear about similarities and differences between the UK and the US, and Yannick gives us a positive vision for being salt and light in a dark world. LIN...
What if my Church doesn't Care?
United? We Pray - March 20, 2024 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsIsaac and Austin sit down for the second installment in our FAQ series with a question we often get on the road - "what if my church doesn't care about ethnic unity?" We talk through scenarios when someone might want to leave their church, but spend most of the conversation cautioning against ma...
Praying Against Antisemitism with Randy Newman
United? We Pray - March 13, 2024 06:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsDr. Randy Newman joins Austin to discuss the disturbing increase in antisemitism happening in the world right now. Randy shares his own experience with antisemitism, shares some of his family history, and provides a theological perspective on why history keeps repeating itself. We hope you will ...
The Necessity of a Charitable Disposition
United? We Pray - March 06, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsPastor Josh Chatman is back with us because he thinks Christians need to grow in our application of charity. Christian charity is just another way to speak about loving our neighbors, which is a duty all of us have. We don't have to agree with, understand, or even like someone to be kind to them...
Black History Month: Black Abolitionists
United? We Pray - February 28, 2024 07:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsWhen we think of abolitionists, most of us think of Abraham Lincoln or John Brown. But there were many black abolitionists doing the work who, for whatever reason, haven't received the recognition they deserve. In this episode, Jasmine Holmes stops by to educate us on some of the black abolition...
Black History Month: Martin Luther King, Jr
United? We Pray - February 21, 2024 06:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsAs we continue our Black History Month series, we look today at the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King was a remarkably gifted man who managed to lead the complex, often contentious movement we now think of as the Civil Rights Movement. Though he is beloved in our day, he was hated in ...
Black History Month: The Faith of the Enslaved, with Jasmine Holmes
United? We Pray - February 14, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsContinuing our Black History Month series, Jasmine Holmes stops by the podcast to talk about the faith of American slaves and the persecution they endured. We also discuss historical sources that can give us an an idea of what slavery was like for the saints who lived through it. God sustained H...
Black History Month: Francis Grimke
United? We Pray - February 07, 2024 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsIt will surprise no one to see that we're kicking off Black History Month by talking about Francis Grimke. Francis was a pastor in Washington, DC in the early 1900s. He was a former slave who lived an extraordinary life. His work inspired Isaac to start this ministry, so we feel a special connec...
The Asian American Experience with Mike Ahn
United? We Pray - January 31, 2024 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsAustin is joined in the studio today by Dr. Mike Ahn, Interim Dean of Spiritual Development at BIOLA University. Mike graciously shared something of the Asian American experience with us, an experience which is often misunderstood or overlooked, even by those who care about ethnic harmony. Mike ...
Special Release! Ray Ortlund Sermon
United? We Pray - January 26, 2024 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsSome surprise encouragement for your weekend! Ray Ortlund, of Immanuel Church in Nashville, recently preached at Iron City Church in Birmingham to celebrate the anniversary of Isaac's installation as lead pastor. The sermon was on the Christian's hope of heaven, and it was so moving for us that ...
Highlighting Diversity with Carl Laferton
United? We Pray - January 24, 2024 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsAustin is joined today by Carl Laferton, Executive Vice President of The Good Book Company (TGBC). We talk about the children's books published by TGBC, and how the illustrations both reflect historical accuracy and highlight diversity. We also talk about TGBC's lay-level commentary series, and ...
Crossing the Tracks: Loving Neighbors Who Aren't Like Us with Josh Chatman
United? We Pray - January 17, 2024 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsPastor Josh Chatman joins Austin once again to discuss loving our neighbors. How can we better love our neighbors who are not like us? How do we even go about doing it when society is so often segregated? Josh encourages us to look for diversity that we might be missing, and then share some help...
Don't Lose Your First Love
United? We Pray - January 10, 2024 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsTo kick off the new year, Austin and Isaac sit down to discuss Jesus' warning to the Church of Ephesus from Revelation 2. Jesus admonished them for losing their first love. We talk about how loving Jesus should supersede everything else we do as a ministry and as Christians. Whatever good works ...
Structured Prayer with Josh Chatman
United? We Pray - January 03, 2024 06:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsJosh Chatman, pastor at Midtown Baptist Church joins Austin today to talk about our prayers lives. Specifically, they discuss structured prayers and how praying different kinds of prayers can help us when we feel stuck, get us to pray about different things, and create a more rich prayer life. W...
The Incarnation with Fred Sanders
United? We Pray - December 27, 2023 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsMerry Christmas from United? We Pray. For this very special Christmas episode, we sit down with Dr. Fred Sanders to talk about the Incarnation of Christ. What does it mean that Jesus came to Earth as a baby boy? What does it mean that he came as a Jewish baby boy with a specific ethnicity? We ta...
Ethnic Sins with Shai Linne
United? We Pray - December 20, 2023 06:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsShai Linne joins us again today to talk about his section in The New Reformation (Moody, 2020) in which he outlines various ethnic sins which commonly fall under the heading "racism." By differentiating these kinds of sins, Shai gives us tools to deal with them from Scripture and lowers the temp...
The Evangelical Imagination with Karen Swallow Prior
United? We Pray - December 13, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsIt was an honor to be joined by Dr. Karen Swallow Prior, author of the new book The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, & Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis. Dr. Prior has keen insight into the role our imaginations play in creating assumptions about ourselves and those around us. S...
Studying History with Matt Hall
United? We Pray - December 06, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsIsaac and Austin sit down with Dr. Matt Hall, who is the Provost at BIOLA in California. We discuss his interest in history. There are good and bad ways to study history, so we talk about pitfalls to avoid and how we can make sure we're being as honest as possible. We also talk about black histo...
Does Jew & Gentile equal Black & White?
United? We Pray - November 29, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsHow does the Biblical concept of ethnicity relate to our modern conceptions of race? Does Jew and Gentile equal Black & White? Shai Linne is back to take us through Scripture to show how God's promise to Abraham for a multi-ethnic family is central to the gospel and our lives together as Christi...
Talking to Kids about Race
United? We Pray - November 22, 2023 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsTalking with kids about race is hard but important work. Shai Linne is back with us to share his own childhood experience, as well as advice for talking with kids about race. We want to be proactive in teaching our children that they are made in the image of God, and they are valuable and beauti...
Diversity is Hard with Shai Linne
United? We Pray - November 15, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsShai is back with us for a conversation about ethnic diversity. Diversity is hard. Many of us can love the idea of an ethnically diverse church, for example, but be disappointed when the reality is much more difficult than we expected. We talk through reasons it can be so hard and share personal...
Take up and Read with Shai Linne
United? We Pray - November 08, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsShai is back for the second episode in this series. We are talking books! Both Shai and Austin are avid readers, so they go back and forth with book recommendations across multiple categories. Discussed are books to shape our minds, books we think every Christian should read, books on history, a...
Corporate Worship with Shai Linne
United? We Pray - November 01, 2023 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsGrace and peace, friends. Isaac is out on paternity leave, so for the next six weeks, we will be joined by guest co-host Shai Linne. Shai is an author, musician, theologian, and friend. In this episode, we talk about how complicated multi-ethnic corporate worship can be. As always, Shai is caref...
Q&A With Matt Martens
United? We Pray - October 25, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsFor the third and final episode in this series, Matt Martens fields questions from our audience after his talk on criminal justice reform. He covers topics varying from criminal justice procedure, Christian ethics, history, and theology. We would encourage you to listen to the previous two episo...
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