Culture Matters

Black Liberation Through the Marketplace

Social Justice through Economic Flourishing Dec 02, 2022

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I’m this episode we sat down with Rachel Ferguson to discuss her work as Director of the Free Enterprise Center at Concordia University. Her study and work begs the question—How do we grow community involvement and develop local business in order to restore urban communities labeled as at-risk? Rachel offers a lot of insight Christians can learn from in order to better help human flourishing in our cities.

Check out what LOVEtheLOU is doing to revitalize St. Louis

By Rachel Ferguson and Marcus Witcher

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For the last episode of the season, Culture Matters is recording a live and in-person Q&A with the hosts on December 8 at 7 pm, at Citizens Church in Plano, TX. This is an open invitation; no registration is required. We also encourage you to submit your own questions or topics that you would like to hear our hosts discuss! Hope to see you all on December 8!

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Celebrities and the Church Nov 18, 2022

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In this episode, we spoke with Katelyn Beaty, author of the book Celebrities for Jesus. We discussed fame, platform and celebrity—the dangers and how to think rightly of unhealthy leadership. Beaty offers a way of thinking where Christians give a wide berth towards power and try to steward what they have instead of seeking celebrity status.

Check out the book: Celebrities for Jesus

We are recording a live Q&A with our hosts Adam, Elizabeth and Tymarcus on December 8! Submit your questions and topics you would like to hear them discuss here.

The episode will be released on December 16 as our season finale.

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Paradoxes with Jen Pollock Michel Nov 11, 2022

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In a world filled with paradoxes, two knowable truths that seem to be in contradiction to one another, how can Christians reconcile those places of tension? We are joined by author Jen Pollock Michael to talk about her book Surprised by Paradox and how wrestling with life's paradoxes can enable us to love others better as well as increase our trust and dependence on God.

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A Conversation with Daniel Nayeri Nov 04, 2022

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In this episode, we sat down with author Daniel Nayeri to talk about his memoir Everything Sad is Untrue—a fascinating and beautiful journey of a story that explores faith and family through the eyes of young Daniel, an Iranian immigrant now living in rural Oklahoma.

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A Conversation with Andrew Peterson Oct 28, 2022

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This week on the podcast we talked to author/singer/songwriter Andrew Peterson about what God teaches us about Himself through His creation and how we can develop our own creativity.

The Rabbit Room

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Devotional Songwriting with Jon Guerra Oct 21, 2022

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This week on the podcast, we got to have a thoughtful conversation with singer-songwriter Jon Guerra about cultivating deeper devotion and worship for the creative God through ordinary ways.

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Come see Jon on Tour in Dallas with us:

Tickets for October 28

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A couple of the writings Jon mentioned:

Low Anthropology

Little Virtues

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Cultural Roundup: The Queen, Woman King & Serena Oct 14, 2022

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This week Adam and Elizabeth are joined by Tymarcus and Chelsea in a cultural round-up episode examining a few of the latest headlines—the Queen's passing, Serena's retirement, and the movies and books we've been enjoying.

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Politics and the Scandalous Gospel Oct 07, 2022

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On this episode, we got to sit down with Lee Camp to talk about how the church can engage with government in a redemptive way while honoring God’s truth.

Scandalous Witness

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