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What are you doing with your life? What are you known for? Are you impacting those around you or are you hiding in the corner? Join us in today's episode as we look at Daniel 5(CSB) and see how Daniel lived faithfully within the Empire and how that can instruct us on how to live in this world but not of it.

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Here's a hot take: the traditional worship service your church offers is as poorly thought as the contemporary one. There's really no difference between the two. But what if we rethought the point of our worship services completely?

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In our second edition of the Deep Dive series, Austin takes a look at the current conversation going on around what defines manhood.

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In today's edition of the Daniel series Austin takes a look at Daniel chapter 4 where we see the story of King Neb buying into the lies of his own ego leading him to descend into madness. This poses the question: how do we faithfully live in a kingdom where the King reaches for the place of God?

Join us each Monday and Thursday as we continue exploring faith in tension!

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In the first edition of our Storytime Series, Austin recounts his encounters with Mormon Missionaries coming to his door and how progressively he got worse and worse at engaging with these Mormons.

This is a story about making progress overtime, being careful with your words, understanding the true goal of interacting with people of differing beliefs.

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In our seventh edition of the Hot Takes Series, Austin makes the plea for Christians to rethink how they fight sin in their own life. Austin makes the argument that so much of evangelicalism has tried to train people up to "stop" sinning instead of inviting them into a new way of doing life. Within this episode, Austin breaks down what sin is, he defines what our two desires are, and how we train our will to choose to live differently.

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Today's edition of the Daniel Series discusses the need for a martyr mindset. Where many Christians today have grown disillusioned with the way of the Jesus and its ramifications in the culture, causing some to believe that the way of Jesus results in the church losing. Austin takes a look at how three Hebrew boys laid it all on the line whether they won or lost.

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The episode delves into the topic of immigration and its impact on identity, meritocracy, and the Christian perspective. It explores the H1B visa program, dehumanization, and the biblical view of immigrants. The conversation challenges the tribalism of the empire and calls for a Christian response rooted in grace and vulnerability.

Takeaways

• Immigration exposes the complexities of identity and meritocracy
• The Christian response to immigration should be rooted in grace and vulnerability

Chapters

• 00:00 The American Work Ethic and Meritocracy
• 01:40 The Family Structure and the Lesson of Earning
• 02:24 The American Spirit and the Meritocracy Conversation
• 03:20 Immigration and H1B Visas
• 09:53 The Multi-Ethnic Kingdom of Foreigners
• 26:56 God's Judgment Against the Unjust
• 37:32 The Empire's Influence on the Church

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The episode explores the challenges of living faithfully as a Christian in a world that seems to be against one's beliefs. It delves into the story of Daniel and the interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream, drawing parallels to the present day and the kingdom of Jesus.

Takeaways

• Living faithfully in a challenging world
• The kingdom of Jesus as a source of hope and allegiance

Chapters

• 00:00 Struggling to Live Faithfully
• 01:23 The Pressure of the World
• 02:19 Persecution of Christians
• 03:18 Assimilation and Resistance
• 04:29 Interpreting the King's Dream
• 05:23 The Kingdoms of the World
• 10:02 The New Kingdom of Jesus

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The conversation explores the history of the Pledge of Allegiance, its biblical perspective, consistency with the founding spirit of the nation, and the concept of patriotism in relation to the pledge.

Takeaways

• The Pledge of Allegiance has a complex history and has undergone significant changes over time.
• The biblical perspective on pledging allegiance and the consistency of the pledge with the founding spirit of the nation are important considerations.

Chapters

• 00:00 The History of the Pledge of Allegiance
• 05:15 Biblical Perspective on Pledging Allegiance
• 08:34 Consistency with the Founding Spirit of the Nation
• 10:07 Patriotism and the Pledge of Allegiance

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The episode delves into the book of Daniel, exploring the themes of interpreting dreams, the world's solution versus Daniel's solution, and the application of God-given gifts in everyday life.

Takeaways

• Interpreting dreams with God's gifts
• Rising to the occasion with God's dependence

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to the Book of Daniel
• 07:52 The World's Solution
• 13:41 Application to Your Life

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The episode explores the topic of children's ministry within the context of the worship service, discussing the benefits and drawbacks of sending children to children's ministry. It delves into the importance of discipleship, parental responsibility, and the biblical perspective on discipling children.

Takeaways

• Children's ministry in the context of worship service
• Benefits and drawbacks of sending children to children's ministry

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to Children's Ministry
• 01:09 What is Children's Ministry?
• 03:02 Appeal of Sending Kids Out
• 08:09 Problems with Sending Kids Out
• 09:27 Discipleship and Children in Worship
• 14:29 Parental Responsibility and Church Culture
• 19:47 Biblical Perspective on Discipling Children

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The episode delves into the story of Daniel and his friends being integrated into Babylonian society, exploring themes of assimilation, response to cultural pressure, and living faithfully in a challenging world. It emphasizes the role of God and the need for courage and conviction in the face of adversity.

Takeaways

• Assimilation and cultural pressure are recurring themes in the story of Daniel and his friends.
• Living faithfully in a challenging world requires courage, conviction, and reliance on God's providence.

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to the Daniel Series
• 08:08 Babylon's Attempt to Assimilate Daniel and His Friends
• 13:52 God's Role in the Story
• 22:23 Conclusion and Podcast Update

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In this episode, Austin delves into the topic of Christian nationalism, exploring its definition, attraction, and problems. The conversation highlights the reasons for the attraction to Christian nationalism, the fear of conflict and persecution, the desire to stand firm, and the problems with Christian nationalism. It also addresses the misinterpretation of Jesus' kingdom and how Christian nationalism ignores the point of Revelation.

Takeaways

• Christian nationalism is weak Christianity
• The kingdom of Jesus is not of this world

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to Christian Nationalism and Hot Take Series
• 07:19 Desire to Stand Firm and Not Be Pushovers
• 17:02 Christian Nationalism Ignores the Point of Revelation

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Austin kicks off a new series of the podcast diving into the book of Daniel. This series gives Austin a chance to work out his teaching muscle once again after a little break. In this episode Austin sets up the context for the book/series by looking at chapter 1:1-7.

Austin reads out of the CSB version.

Austin quotes from John Mark Comer's book 'Practicing the Way'

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In this episode Austin tackles the third Hot take of this series about whether cussing is a sin or not. This pulls Austin into a deeper conversation on what type of language a Christian should be known for. Is our language helpful or hurtful?

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This weeks hot take is that churches should not livestream their services. Austin riffs off of this take by sharing both sides of the argument. The one side being that churches livestream for those who may not be able to make it to the service but the other side being that churches often in their communication about their livestream falsely equivilate the live stream with the in-person experience.

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In our new series Austin riffs about a recent hot-take he received about Pastors having to at least be able to pass a high school physical fitness test. Standards for leadership being a good steward of what God has given you and aiming to do everything to the glory of God is discussed in this episode so be sure to share it with a friend and subscribe.

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Austin sits down with his friend/ministry partner from The Bridge Youth Dwane Johnson and the two reflect on their time serving in Youth Minisitry together for the past two years.

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You may think that preaching is something one man does every Sunday while other people watch. You may think preaching has nothing to do with you because you're not behind a pulpit.

But what if Jesus called you to preach? What if everyday you had opportunities to preach that you have completely missed?

You are a preacher. And you have a valuable role to play in building Jesus' kingdom with your words. Tune in to here the "what, why and how" of preaching.

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We live in a busy, hurried, hustle mentality culture. And the sad reality is that much of how our culture operates has transferred into the church. But what if the way the church was suppose to be set apart from the work affected how we work? What if our very schedules was a way to display that we belong to Christ not to culture?

Join us this week as Austin breaks down the concept of Sabbath(day of rest and why you should start practicing it!

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Deconstruction has been at the top of discussion boards for the past few years. It is both a trend and a very real stage in our journey. So what do we do with this topic of "deconstruction"? Do we glorify it? Do we run from it? Do we shelter our friends and family from going down this dead end path? Let's reflect on Matthew 11:1-15 to find out!

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In today's episode Austin and Berlin hit pause on the Revelation series to dive into their personal Bible study going through the book of Matthew. They specifically dive into Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5:21-48(read from the CSB version in today's episode).

In today's episode, the couple see to address Jesus' teaching on sin. Is sin just an action that we have to stop? Or is there more to sin than merely what we do? Is it part of who we are? How do we fight sin?

Read The Blog Here: https://into-the-fray.com/2024/07/01/deconstruction-reconstruction/

Additional Resources:

• The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
• NIV Cultural backgrounds Study Bible

For Reflection:

1.) What is a bad habit, a sin, a struggle with your self that keeps coming up that you wish to put a stop to?

2.) What are the environments, rituals, movements that regularly set you up to fall into that temptation?

3.) What are some practical steps, habits and rhythms you can set in place to make room for the Spirit to give you victory over this sin in your life?

In today’s episode I want you to step into the fray by contemplating a few things.

1.) How would you describe Jesus?   Is He kind, nice, angry, distant?

2.) How does your view of Jesus show up in how you treat others?

3.) Where do you need to readjust your vision of Jesus to more match reality?

Think about these questions as you listen to mine and Berlin’s conversation today as we continue going through the Book of Revelation finding out who is able to open the sealed scroll.

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This is our third episode in our Revelation Series.

Today we take a look at the seven churches in Revelation and ask some important questions of how as the church do we engage with the culture? How do we fight bad ideas our culture presents? What was the early churches relationship with pacifism? How has consumerism poisoned the modern church?

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In the second episode of our new series going through the book of Revelation we aim to answer two questions:

1.) Who is John(the author) writing to?

2.) Who is the mysterious voice speaking to John?

Austin and Berlin continue to establish a foundation for the rest of this series focused on understanding the main voices throughout this letter. Along with answering the two questions mentioned above, we discuss the overarching story the Bible is communicating as well as briefly ask the question: Why is a Disney character from the movie Hercules in the Bible?

Thank you for joining us as we continue to go through this series!

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Original Blog Post: https://into-the-fray.com/2024/05/07/the-beginning-of-the-revelation/

Come into the fray with Seth Tucker!

On today's episode Seth takes us back to where he first fell in love with music. He details the story of how he got his first guitar from his beloved uncle as well as how he was able to bond with his father over music. Seth is a one of a kind soul, he not only loves music and commits himself to seriously developing his craft in that department but also loves worship. He has a heart to join with the church in worship in a way that breaks down walls that divide us. Seth is extremely humble and kind and you will get a sense of that in today's episode!

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At the start of our new series going through the Book of Revelation, Austin and Berlin set us up with a foundation on how to read the Bible's most controversial book. Dispelling some rumors and popular misconceptions, we are given some helpful tip and resources on how to best interpret the book of Revelation.

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Leslie Smith sits down with us in this episode to challenge us to open up our minds to new perspectives. Leslie is a man who is out in the world, not because it is per se comfortable but because Leslie likes to challenge himself to become uncomfortable. Join Leslie, Austin and Berlin as the three seek to push themselves out of their comfort zone and into the fray.

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What happens when our churches become isolated groups that struggle to let others in? It creates a barrier for people to truly expereince the community and love God has aimed to bless us with. But in our culture today the art of having a conversation with another person has been lost. Learning simple facts about someone knew like their name has become one of the hardest challenges we will face. In this episode Austin and Berlin pull some tips from Dale Carnegie’s book ‘How To Win Friends and Influence People’ in order for us to apply those tips to our local gatherings as a church. The couple goes over the importance of knowing peoples names, creating a welcoming atmosphere that draws people in and finding ways to let strangers to your church know that we care about yo even outside of these four walls.

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Berlin makes her official debut as a new cohost joining Austin in discussing technology’s role in our life. The duo discuss the history of social media and the language around it as well as cover three principles pulled from Cal Newport’s book ‘Digital Minimalism.’ They seek to establish three practical steps on how to change our relationship with technology in our own lives as well as set a foundation for where tech should stand in our life.

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Dwane Johnson comes on the pod today to share a little bit of his story. Dwane Johnson is one of our very own here at The Bridge Church. Dwane opens up on the pod about his tough relationship with

his father and the trauma it caused him. Dwane also unpacks how this trauma affected him

in later years and how through Jesus he has found recovery.

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Does the Bible define gender for us? What if we do not feel like the gender we have been assigned at birth fits who we believe we are? Should we use the pronouns as Christians of those who identify differently than their biological sex?

Join this conversation with Austin and Robby as they seek to find how to follow Jesus well in the gender identity debate!

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Carl Gregory(Austin’s dad) comes on the pod today to talk us through his struggles with addiction, how being a workaholic has affected his life, following Jesus without discipleship and recovery.

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AUSTIN AND ROBBY TEAM BACK UP IN THIS EPISODE TO GO OVER what its been like doing the podcast for two years. Austin breaks down his anxiety with the podcast as well as him growing as a teacher and leader. Robby shares about where The Bridge church is at and how he's growing as a preacher. Austin also announces his and Berlin's baby girl Adalynn for the first time on the pod!

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THIS IS OUR FINAL EPISODE IN OUR GALATIANS SERIES AS WELL AS OF THE YEAR! On this weeks episode, Austins takes us through the mind of Paul in what it looks like for Christian’s to hold each other accountable. This forces us to ask questions like: Who are we becoming? How do we grow into Christ-likeness? And how does this affect the relationships we have with others in our community?

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IN THIS SERIES AUSTIN TAKES US THROUGH THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS, and in this episode starts off by asking the question: Are you still in bondage or not? As a Christian, do you feel more free or more restricted and thus do you experience the joy of Christ or not?

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IN OUR NEW SERIES AUSTIN TAKES US THROUGH THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS. In this episode Austin asks the question: Do you really believe that Jesus' good news is good news to you?

So often we get caught up using Christian cliches but what if we examined the words we speak? The gospel means good news? But who is it good news too?

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IN OUR NEW SERIES AUSTIN TAKES US THROUGH THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS where in this episode we ask the question: Are you a child of God?"

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ON THIS EPISODE OF INTO THE FRAY WE ARE INTRODUCED TO CHARLIE BANKS of the Young Minds Podcast.

Charlie is a member of Northside Baptist Church in Valdosta Georgia. He has founded The Young Minds Podcast and Operation Patriotism.

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IN OUR NEW SERIES AUSTIN TAKES US THROUGH THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS where in this episode we stop and ask the question: WHAT IS FAITH?

Faith is often interpreted to be mere belief, but what if Paul described faith as more than just wishful thinking?

IN OUR NEW SERIES AUSTIN TAKES US THROUGH THE LETER TO THE GALATIANS and in this episode asks the question: who is allowed at the table?

Division amongst God's people is not a new phenomenom, Paul the Apostle himself had to confront the early church leaders about their exclusion of the gentiles. But why would the early church struggle with this issue of division to begin with? And what grounds did Paul have to stand on as he approached this controversial issue?

IN OUR NEW SERIES AUSTIN TAKES US THROUGH THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS where in this episode we stop and ask the question: Who is Paul?

Paul is the author of the letter to the Galatians. But there is alot of misunderstanding about who he actually is. So we take what we know from history, the culture of the city he grew up in, and his familial upbringing to better understand the author of this letter.

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NOAH BLOUNT SITS DOWN WITH AUSTIN NEIL GREGORY in this episode to breakdown the journey Noah has been on: from growing up with a family member struggling with addiction, to being enrolled at a private christian school, to finding a home at Northside Baptist and what it's like training up the next leaders of the church.

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IN OUR NEW SERIES AUSTIN TAKES US THROUGH THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS starting off by asking the question: what is the gospel?

There are many different gospels of our day and likewise that was how it was for the Galatians which is why Paul challenges them on what they believe the Gospel to be. Join us over the next few months as we dive into the world of the Galatians and seek to uncover the true Gospel of Jesus.

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JESUS IS COMING BACK!!! BUT what does that mean for you right here and right now. Join Austin as he dives into the world of the Thessalonians and seeks to uncover the meaning of Paul writing about the second coming to these first century Christains.

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ANDREW ROWLAND JOINS AUSTIN TODAY as the two discuss falling in love and out of love with sports, the struggles of being called to the ministry young, knowing your identity and pushing the church forward.

Andrew is the Youth Pastor at Refuge Church in Lakeland, Ga

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HONEST CONVERSATION WITH COBIE about true diversity, dangers of modern Christianity, and the benefits of CALVINISM.

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COBIE TOMLINSON JOINS AUSTIN on this episode to talk about the impact Mark Driscoll had on both of their lives, the importance of authenticity, raising kids not going as planned and why "soy milk is lying about being milk."

This is a Re-Release.

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WHERE WILL YOU SEND YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL?

With all the cultural controversies going on right now in our country the question on where I will have my kid be educated is one many parents are wrelsting with. So in this episode, Austin and Robby sit down and talks about their personal expereinces with public education. They chat about The impact Timothy Keller had on their lives, and ultimately who is responsible for the kid?