Beards, Theology, & Reconciliation

In obedience to our Preeminent Christ, we pursue the Great Commission’s call for us to make disciples in our job, our homes, and our neighborhoods– all with the goal of recapturing those arenas as vital gospel ground. We fulfill the Great Commandment while we do the Great Commission." -Dhati Lewis

If we are to mobilize corporately for mission, we must hold to a compelling vision of Christ’s call, move away from the anti-vision, resist uniformity, and move together in unity.

Laboring for the harvest is a critical part of our sanctification and growth. It moves us to compassion, reinforces our identity, reminds us of our inadequacy, compels us to pray, and is ultimately an act of obedience to our call to live radical, counter-cultural lives.

God's presence is the fuel that empowers us to be fully committed to His call, to live fully as those sent to be sheep among wolves.

Disciple-making is our capacity to lovingly transmit and embody the life of Jesus through the life of His followers. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a church to raise a Christian. Disciple-making is not a ministry of the church, it is the ministry of the church.

As we enter God's mission, God allows trials, temptations, and spiritual warfare as a means to prepare us for ministry, to instill greater discipline, and to draw us to deeper dependency on the Father.

Don't seek to start a church, aim to establish a family. The Church is not like a family, it is a family in which God is our Father, Jesus is our elder brother, and we are brothers and sisters in Christ.

"God's vision for your life is all about you and not about you at all. Understanding God's story, your personal story, the story of people around you, and the story of your city will help you discover what God is specifically asking of you" - Dhati Lewis, Among Wolves

In this series we’ll be discussing Dhati’s new book, Among Wolves. We will walk through 8 significant movements in the book of Matthew, beginning with Jesus establishing his presence with us, to him mobilizing an army to go and make disciples of all nations.

Christ should be the reminder of what we have in common. If we’re in Christ, why are we fighting? In this final episode, we discuss the ultimate goal of reconciliation in bringing one another together as family,

If we are all created in the image of God, we should treat one another with dignity. In this episode, we discuss the importance of restoring dignity as it relates to the divide in our country.

It's not about simply acting differently, it's about seeing one another as family.

In God’s providence, He has equipped His Church to deal with the issues of the culture; this is our time to respond.

True humility is recognizing that it’s not about you. We have to realize that authority, privilege, power, and resources are gifts given to us by God and for God. When our aim is to give God glory, our hearts respond with humility.

Is it possible to care for both sides without choosing a side? In this episode, we take a deeper dive into what it looks like to care for both the offended and the offender.

In this episode we dive into what it looks like to confront the tension of injustice with a heart of reconciliation.

The idea of having the full knowledge of God's grace is to know this grace through both intellect and experience. In this episode we dive into the principle of extending grace as we fight for reconciliation.

Why do we often feel like prayer is not enough? In this episode we dive into the concept of prayer being the most important action we can take.

In a country that's divided, what is the role of the Christian? In this podcast series we'll dive into the Book of Philemon and learn the principles of what it means to be an Advocate.