You might think you know what genealogy is like–boring, stuffy, and has no application to our modern world. How could your fourth great-grandfather possibly affect your life today? Join amateur genealogist, Karyn Harding, as she tells one story each episode from her family tree to friend and cohost, Kim McMasters, who does actually happen to think that genealogy is boring and stuffy. Together, we’ll uncover how ordinary people with ordinary lives have extraordinary stories to tell. New episo ...
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A Physical and Occupational Therapist discuss the woes of therapy, patients, travel, coworkers, and all the life in between. Hard truths delivered and examined with humor and midwestern charm. Cover art photo provided by Matt Power on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@thisispower
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Hard questions, faithfully explored. Hosted by Rebecca McLaughlin.
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[BITE SIZE] Angeline: Third-Great-Grandmother
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In this episode, we dive into the enigmatic life of Angeline, my third-great-grandmother. Angeline's story, largely overshadowed by the men around her, begins in 1863 when her young husband, Elisha, leaves to fight in the Civil War. Left behind with their unborn child, Angeline's life unfolds in the margins of historical records, filled with gaps a…
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In this episode, we dive into the challenging history of Bartley Corbin, whose story is deeply entwined with the darker chapters of America’s history of racism, genocide, and slavery. We’ll grapple with the harsh realities of American expansion and the removal of indigenous people and discuss the role that genealogy can play in confronting uncomfor…
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Auguste and Josephine Dhyne: Third-Great-Grandparents
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In this episode, we delve into the riveting journey of the Dhyne family from Belgium to America. As the story unfolds, we explore not just a coming-to-America tale but also a tale of complicated family dynamics and the challenges they faced. Along the way, we will reveal some surprising twists and turns throughout their lives and find out how easy …
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[BITE SIZE] John Connis: Third-Great-Grandfather
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This episode we delve into the challenges and uncertainties of the childhood of John Connis (my 3rd-great-grandfather). After being admitted to a 19th century New York City orphanage, John’s life becomes a story about resilience and new beginnings, and through John, we see how love passes down from generation to generation. The bibliography and add…
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The bibliography and additional resources from the episode can be found at: www.lowancestry.com Support the show! Connect with us on Instagram and don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get podcasts. Support the show! Connect with us on Instagram and TikTok and don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get podcasts.…
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Willem Hoffmeyer: Ninth-Great-Grandfather
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The bibliography from the episode can be found at: www.lowancestry.com Support the show! Connect with us on Instagram and don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get podcasts. Support the show! Connect with us on Instagram and TikTok and don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get podcasts. You can also find us at …
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Rebecca McLaughlin wraps us the season by answering questions asked by listeners!Questions Covered in This Episode: What does the Bible say about what it is to be a woman? Can we define it across all cultures and time? I have a daughter who has drifted from the faith as she embraced LGBT and has now been with a girl for 3 years and they are talking…
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Can We Speak The Truth in Love? with Kyle Worley
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Kyle Worley to discuss how Christians are called to interact with others.Questions Covered in This Episode: Where does the ethos of discussing truth with grace to others with differing opinions or ideas come from? Why is there a difference between what Christians are called to (Colossians 3) and the way they live and…
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Why Have Americans Stopped Going to Church? with Michael Graham
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Michael Graham to discuss why Americans have stopped going to church and Questions Covered in This Episode: How did you become a Christian? How did you become interested in “The Great Dechurching”? What is the history of American church attendance? What happened from the height of attendance in the 80s to now? What p…
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Join us on June 11th for the premiere of Low Ancestry. Subscribe now and never miss an episode. Support the show! Connect with us on Instagram and TikTok and don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get podcasts. You can also find us at our website www.lowancestry.com. If you like what you hear, please vote for us as 2024 Women in P…
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God’s Call to Care For Refugees with Karyn Becker
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Karyn Becker to discuss how we are called to care for refugees and the practical ways we can do so.Questions Covered in This Episode: What is design thinking? As you started out helping refugees, did you think through it in design thinking? How has your faith in Jesus motivated you to spend time with refugees? Can yo…
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Is Motherhood a Blessing or Burden? with Julie Ferrell
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Julie Ferrell to discuss motherhood.Questions Covered in This Episode: How did you reflect on motherhood before you were a mom? What would you say to the people who think motherhood is a burden? What would you say to the people who think motherhood is a woman's highest calling? What does it mean that the act of mothe…
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Does The Bible Affirm Same-Sex Relationships? with Rachel Gilson
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Rachel Gilson to have a conversation about whether the Bible affirms same-sex relationships.Questions Covered in This Episode: Can you share your story? What is the most common question about what the Bible says about relationships? What would you say to someone who asks how a loving God could be against relationship…
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Sam Allberry to discuss what it means to have union with Christ.Questions Covered in This Episode: What does it mean that Christians are united with Christ? How does union with Christ bring Christians together? How does the Bible describe Christian friendship? What does union with Christ mean for our desire to sin? W…
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An Ex-Muslim's Guide to Christianity with Kenza Haddock
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Kenza Haddock to share her story of how Jesus changed her life.Questions Covered in This Episode: Tell us about your life story. Was your identity tied to being a Muslim? What changed when you moved to the US? What does “the end times” mean for a Muslim? What does it mean for a Christian? How did you know it was Jesu…
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God, Lie Detectors, & The Multiverse with Tom Rudelius
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Tom Rudelius to discuss Tom’s story, the probability of the multiverse, belief in God, and where hope can be found in suffering.Questions Covered in This Episode: How did you become a Christian? How did you originally tie science and academics with your faith once you became a Christian? What areas and topics are you…
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Reforming Criminal Justice With Matthew Martens
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Matthew Martens to discuss if Christianity can help reform the criminal justice system. Questions Covered in This Episode: What is the quick summary of what you are proposing in this book? What does Christianity have to do with the criminal justice system? Why does Christianity have a proposal for reforming the crimi…
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What Kind of Love Does Jesus Call Us To? with Vermon Pierre
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Vermon Pierre to have a conversation about how God's love for His church deepens our love for each otherQuestions Covered in This Episode: What does your day-to-day life look like as a pastor? How did you become a Christian? What draws you to Christian community? What ethnic background was the church you grew up in? …
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Can A Scientist Believe In The Resurrection? With Ian Hutchinson
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Ian Hutchinson to discuss the relationship between science and the Christian faith.Questions Covered in This Episode: What is your scientific research on? When did you become a Christian? Is there a contradiction between the Christian faith and science? How would help someone who thinks miracles are not plausible? Wh…
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Crossfit and Christianity with Irwyn Ince
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Irwyn Ince to have a conversation about CrossFit, Jesus, and where his hope is found. Questions Covered in This Episode: How did you get into CrossFit? Tell us about the community aspect of Crossfit. How did you become a Christian? How did becoming a Christian change your way of thinking? How does the history of race…
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Why Does God Let Us Suffer? with Vaneetha Risner
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Vaneetha Risner to discuss her life story and what God has taught her through suffering. Questions Covered in This Episode: Can you share a little of your life and how you became a Christian? What happened once you became a Christian? Has suffering helped you set your eyes on the future hope we have as Christians? Gu…
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Why Doesn't God Save Everyone? with Gray Sutanto
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Gray Sutanto to have a conversation about why God doesn’t save everyone.Questions Covered in This Episode: Can you give us a 60 second overview of your life? When you were 12, what made you turn to atheism? When you were 17 what made you turn to Jesus? Why doesn't God save everyone? Are human beings fundamentally goo…
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How Can I Find Contentment? with Elizabeth Woodson
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Elizabeth Woodson to discuss how following Jesus is better than you could possibly imagine.Questions Covered in This Episode: How would you explain what the gospel is for those who don’t know? What inspired you to write “Embrace your Life,” what is it about? What story is the bible telling us? How does our story eith…
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Is Euthanasia Wrong or Kind? with James Eglinton
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by James Eglinton to have a conversation about the arguments for and against euthanasia, how Christians should think about it, and where our hope can be found.Questions Covered in This Episode: What is euthanasia? What is this conversation about? How does it connect to The Great British Bake Off? Why might people be in …
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Justin Brierley have a conversation about if people are still asking if God is dead and why.Questions Covered in This Episode: Are people still asking if God is dead? What is driving that? Where do people tend to get stuck when they try to answer this question? How does the Christian heritage of our culture show the …
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Does History Discredit Christianity? with John Dickson
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by John Dickson to discuss if history discredits Christianity.Questions Covered in This Episode: Why are the core Christians's beliefs not surprising to a first century Jewish rabbi, known as Jesus? When were the Gospels written and how can we be sure? What about the claim that Jesus is God in the flesh, where is the ev…
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Why Doesn't God Make Himself Obvious? with Gavin Ortlund
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Gavin Ortlund to answer the question; why doesn't God make Himself more obvious?Questions Covered in This Episode: Why doesn't God make Himself more obvious? What is divine transcendence? How does the incarnation affect this conversation? How is Jesus the image of the invisible God? Why would God use sinful humans to…
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Hey there! Get ready for an exciting season where we're going to talk about some big questions that people have about Christianity. Every Tuesday, we'll dive into topics like why God isn't more visible, what Christianity says about love and relationships, and how science and faith can fit together. We'll discuss if things like resurrection and euth…
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Rebecca McLaughlin walks through the birth, life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, and why it is significant for us today.Resources Mentioned: Luke 1-2, Matthew 1, 28 Sponsors:To learn more about our sponsors please visit our website. Follow Us: Instagram | TwitterOur Sister Shows: Knowing Faith | The Family Discipleship Podcast | Starting…
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by her friend, Justine, who recently got baptized to answer some questions submitted by listeners!Questions Covered in This Episode: Do you have any advice for a first-time mom trying to keep up and stay connected to the church during the first six weeks? Any thoughts on how to practically lead a discipleship group for …
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Where Did The Bible Come From? with Susan Lim
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Susan Lim to discuss her new book, “Light of the World.”Questions Covered in This Episode: Where did the Bible, specifically the New Testament, come from and how is it reliable today? What is an Apostle? What was the process for deciding what was included or not included in the Bible? How do the gospels show Jesus as…
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Is the Bible’s Message Relevant Today? with Glen Scrivener
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Glen Scrivener to have a conversation about the gospel of Jesus.Questions Covered in This Episode: Can you tell us about your new book? Can you articulate the gospel in 30 seconds? What is the overall story of the Bible and how does it connect to us today? How is it right for one man to pay for the sins of other peop…
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Do We Live in a Post-Christian World? with Andrew Wilson
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Andrew Wilson to have a conversation about his book “Remaking the World.”Questions Covered in This Episode: Can you tell us what your new book is actually about? How might the line, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal” otherwise be known? What would you say to someone who understa…
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What If I Don’t Feel Thankful? with Hannah Anderson
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Hannah Anderson to have a conversation about the book of Ecclesiastes.Questions Covered in This Episode: What is the context of the book of Ecclesiastes? In the first verse, the word “preacher” is a complex word in Hebrew, can you help us understand that? What can we gather from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8? What would you say…
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Can a Historian Believe in the Resurrection? with Molly Worthen
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Molly Worthen to discuss how Jesus can transform the life of an academic.Questions Covered in This Episode: What is your story of how you became a Christian? What were the main barriers from keeping you from becoming a Christian? Can you share about your conversation with J. D. Greear? What pieces of evidence were yo…
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Why Are There So Many Rules in Christianity? with Jen Wilkin
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Jen Wilkin to have a conversation about the ten commandments and why they are important to us today.Questions Covered in This Episode: What did you want to be when you grow up? What is an image bearer? Where do the ten commandments fit into the story of the Bible? Tell us about the first command and why it is at the …
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Can We Trust the Gospels? with Peter Williams
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Peter Williams to have a conversation about the trustworthiness of the gospels.Questions Covered in This Episode: How far off from Jesus's death and resurrection were the Gospels written? How can people remember the things Jesus said with such great detail decades after Jesus's resurrection? Why are there differences…
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What Can We Do With Doubt and Disconnection? with Keith Plummer
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Keith Plummer to discuss how we can model the love of Jesus to others online and how to engage in embodied community.Questions Covered in This Episode: Can you share your story of how you became a Christian? Where would you trace this transformation to? How has the online experience changed how students are thinking?…
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How Can We Learn From Leviticus? with Andrew Hile
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Andrew Hile to discuss why the book of Leviticus is important and what we can learn from reading and studying it.Questions Covered in This Episode: Where does Leviticus fit into the first five books of the Bible? When you see the stories in Exodus are you supposed to see them stacking onto the stories in Genesis? Wha…
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Can We Live Without Deuteronomy? with Mary Willson Hannah
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Mary Willson Hannah to discuss the book of Deuteronomy.Questions Covered in This Episode: What do we miss if we give up reading the Old Testament before we get to Deuteronomy? What is Deuteronomy about? How do make sense of a passage like Deuteronomy 2:31-36 in light of the command that Jesus gives to love our enemie…
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What in the World is the Trinity? with Christy Thornton
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Christy Thornton to answer questions about the Trinity.Questions Covered in This Episode: Has God always been Triune? Do other aspects of God’s identity change between the Old and New Testament? Is “let us make man in our image” written in plurality? If God was triune from the beginning why didn’t He make that clear …
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Will AI's Become “I”s? with Max Riesenhuber
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Max Riesenhuber to have a conversation about the ethics and morality of artificial intelligence.Questions Covered in This Episode: What first interested you about neuroscience? Can you talk about recent advancement in AI and where we might go? Do we have a moral responsibility to artificial intelligence beings? What …
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Can You Meet the Messiah at Harvard? with Mark Shepard
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Mark Shepard to discuss his story of how he started following Jesus.Questions Covered in This Episode: Tell us more about your upbringing when it comes to faith. Was there a time in your life where you just didn’t believe in God? Most of my Jewish friends identify with the cultural and tradition but don’t believe in …
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Will We Be Single Forever? with Dani Treweek
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Dr. Danielle Treweek to have a conversation about singleness and marriage.Questions Covered in This Episode: What is the spiritual climate of Australia? What are the health benefits of regular participation in church? What does the subtitle of your book, “Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Churc…
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Why Do We Need Friends? with Sam Allberry
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Sam Alberry to discuss the topic of friendship.Questions Covered in This Episode: What is the New Testament vision for friendship? Why do Christians think they have to have it all together and not need friends? Do we tend to look to specific people to fulfill all of our relational needs? Where do you look in scriptur…
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Season 3 of Confronting Christianity begins on August 22! In this episode, Rebecca McLaughlin previews what is to come in Season 3.Questions Covered in This Episode: Who are some guests that will be ons season 3 and what will we talk about? Sponsors:To learn more about our sponsors please visit our website.Follow Us: Instagram | TwitterOur Sister S…
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Does Juneteenth Point to Jesus? with Sherelle Ducksworth
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Sherelle Ducksworth to talk about the holiday Juneteenth.Questions Covered in This Episode: How did you become a Christian? What is systematic theology? What is Juneteenth? Can you help us understand anthropological distortions? How would you respond to someone who looks at history and say that how Christians treated…
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Kyle Worley and Rebecca McLaughlin talk about how Confronting Christianity has evolved over time, why Kyle will be stepping away from the podcast, and what to expect in the fall!Questions Covered in This Episode: Why did we start this podcast? How have we experienced hosting this podcast? Kyle, why are you leaving the podcast? Are you excited about…
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Should Someone in a Same-Sex Marriage Who Becomes a Christian Get Divorced? with Rachel Gilson and J. D. Greear
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Rebecca McLaughlin is joined by Rachel Gilson and JD Greear to answer the question, what does someone do when they become a Christian and they are married to someone of the same sex?Questions Covered in This Episode: Rachel, can you share a little of your story? Why do you think it's important for people to hear from people like Rachel on this topi…
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Bonus Episode: Easter with Esau McCaulley
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Kyle Worley and Rebecca McLaughlin are joined by Esau McCaulley to have a conversation about Easter and why it is important. Questions Covered in This Episode: What is your new book, “Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal” about? What would you say to someone who does not fully understand what Lent is? Is Easter Sunday just another Sunday? Isn…
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