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#259: Ask Me Anything // Sustaining Renewal

Nic and Jill answer your questions about the Sustaining Renewal sermon series. E&E #259 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong ( youtu.be/HBynMB054zw ) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Apr 06, 20211 hr 15 minEp. 257

#258: Government Control: Interview with Hannah and Sanghyeon, Part I [Beyond Hot Takes]

How should Christians think about issues of government control? What are the experiences of those who have directly faced the problems caused by soft or hard totalitarianism? This is part one of Nic's interview with Hannah and Sanghyeon to talk more about these questions. Mentioned in this episode or in part two: Live Not By Lies by Rod Dreer Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime by Janet and Geoff Benge God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew Tortured For His Faith by Dr. Haralan Popov Tortured ...

Apr 01, 202152 minEp. 256

#257: The Atlanta Shooting: A Pastoral Response

On March 16, 2021, a series of mass shootings occurred at three spas or massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta , Georgia. How should Christians respond when we're struck with this kind of tragedy? Nic and Jill discuss. E&E #257 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong ( youtu.be/HBynMB054zw ) Remixed by John Sekutowski...

Mar 30, 202153 minEp. 255

#256: Critical Race Theory: Interview with Joel B, Part II [Beyond Hot Takes]

What is critical race theory? How should Christians interact with it? What can we learn from the impulses driving the conversation around CRT? And what happened in the Southern Baptist Convention? Nic and Joel B, a PhD candidate in philosophy, discuss these things in today's episode. E&E #255 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong ( youtu.be/HBynMB054zw ) Remixed by ...

Mar 25, 20211 hr 14 minEp. 254

#255: Critical Race Theory: Interview with Joel B, Part I [Beyond Hot Takes]

What is critical race theory? How should Christians interact with it? What can we learn from the impulses driving the conversation around CRT? And what happened in the Southern Baptist Convention? Nic and Joel B, a PhD candidate in philosophy, discuss these things in today's episode. This episode is part one of a two-part episode. E&E #255 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—I...

Mar 18, 202141 minEp. 253

#254: Leadership Integrity [Cutting Room Floor]

The Cutting Room Floor is a mini-series focused on exploring topics from Sunday sermons more in depth. This is the stuff that's on the cutting room floor—things that needed to be removed from the sermon due to time. This week, we're talking about leadership integrity. Find the full sermon here . E&E #254 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong ( youtu.be/HBynMB054zw )...

Mar 11, 202148 minEp. 252

#253: Women's Leadership in the Church with Kadi Cole [Beyond Hot Takes]

Nic and Niccole talk with Kadi Cole, author of Developing Female Leaders, about women's leadership in the church. E&E #253 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong ( youtu.be/HBynMB054zw ) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Mar 04, 20212 hr 37 minEp. 251

#252: Beyond Hot Takes

We've found ourselves in a cultural moment of increased virtual connection to global issues. We have unlimited access not only to information, but also to the voices and opinions of anyone we choose to follow—often who are people we've never met. In addition, increased relational separation from others has turned our personal hot takes into grenades to launch at each other from across the internet. The complexities of issues are lost in favor of Tweetable statements meant to evoke a reaction or ...

Feb 25, 20212 minEp. 250

#251: Talking With College Students About Sex [Sexuality Everywhere]

This episode was recorded on February 18, 2020. Before COVID hit, we were planning as High Point Church to do another conference on sexuality as a follow-up to our 2019 sexuality everywhere conference. Part of that conference was a teenager track, and in order to gather information about what was actually helpful for teenagers to learn about, we met up a with a group of college students to ask them questions about the things they did and didn't know about sex, and what they would have loved to h...

Feb 11, 20211 hr 3 minEp. 249

#250: Marketplace Ministry: Interview with Dave Gerry

You spend most of your waking time in the workweek at, well, work. How can that time be used for ministry? Pastor Nic Gibson and businessman Dave Gerry discuss that in today's episode. E&E #250 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong ( youtu.be/HBynMB054zw ) Remixed by John Sekutowski...

Feb 04, 20211 hr 10 minEp. 248

#249: Ask Me Anything // January 17, 2021

Nic and Niccole answer remaining questions from the Ask Me Anything time on 1/17/21. E&E #249 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Jan 19, 20211 hr 28 minEp. 247

#248: Vices of Division [Cutting Room Floor]

Nic Gibson and Niccole Khail cover the remaining content from Nic's sermon this past Sunday, January 10, on Vices of Division. E&E #248 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Jan 14, 202155 minEp. 246

#247: Ask Me Anything // January 10, 2021

Nic and Niccole answer additional Ask Me Anything questions from Januay 10, 2021. E&E #247 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Jan 12, 20212 hr 30 minEp. 245

#246: Ask Me Anything // December 13, 2020

Nic and Niccole answer all of the Ask Me Anything questions from this past Sunday, December 13. E&E #246 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Dec 17, 202049 minEp. 244

#245: Ask Me Anything // December 6, 2020

Nic and Niccole talk through the rest of the questions from Sunday's Ask Me Anything. E&E #245 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Dec 10, 20201 hr 11 minEp. 243

#244: Advent Devotional + We'll Be Back in 2021!

We're taking a short break for Advent, but will be back with a new series in January 2021. In the meantime, Jill and Ashlyn cover the basics of the Advent devotional we released to accompany our series, The Wait and The Hope. Find it at highpointchurch.org/devotional. E&E #244 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski...

Dec 03, 20205 minEp. 242

#243: Ask Me Anything // November 29, 2020

Advent has begun! Nic and Niccole answer the rest of the questions from our Ask Me Anything on Sunday, November 29. E&E #243 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Dec 01, 202032 minEp. 241

#242: Interview with Arnold Kling [It's Not "Just Politics"]

In the final episode of It's Not "Just Politics", Nic interviews Dr. Arnold Kling, an economist, scholar, and author of The Three Languages of Politics . E&E #242 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski...

Nov 26, 202055 minEp. 240

#241: Ask Me Anything // November 22, 2020

Nic and Niccole answer the remaining questions from the Ask Me Anything this past Sunday. E&E #241 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Nov 25, 20201 hr 19 minEp. 239

#240: Working In Government as a Christian [It's Not "Just Politics"]

Pastor Nic interviews Cheri Farha and Benjamin Heath on their experiences working in government as Christians. E&E #240 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Nov 21, 20201 hr 1 minEp. 238

#239: The Good of Institutions [It's Not "Just Politics"]

Nic and Jill talk about why human institutions, communities, and societies do well. E&E #239 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Nov 12, 20201 hr 15 minEp. 237

#238: Ask Me Anything // November 8, 2020

Manohar James and Chris Helding answer the remaining AMA questions from this past Sunday. E&E #238 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Nov 10, 202036 minEp. 236

#237: Pastoral Letter on Public and Private Fears in a Polarized State [It's Not "Just Politics"]

Pastor Nic Gibson reads his pastoral letter on public and private fears in a polarized state. Read the print version of this letter on the Engage and Equip blog at hpcmadison.com . E&E #237 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski...

Nov 05, 202017 minEp. 235

#236: Ask Me Anything // November 1, 2020

Nic and Ashlyn cover the remaining questions from this past Sunday's Ask Me Anything. E&E #236 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Nov 03, 202046 minEp. 234

#235: Ask Me Anything // October 25, 2020

Nic and Jill answer the rest of the questions from this past Sunday's Ask Me Anything, including several questions about baptism. E&E #235 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Oct 27, 20201 hr 10 minEp. 233

#234: It's Not "Just Politics"

Jill Reasa introduces our new series, It's Not "Just Politics", where we're going to focus on how to think through the political issues of our day with prudence. E&E #234 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Oct 22, 20202 minEp. 232

#233: Ask Me Anything // October 18, 2020

Nic and Ashlyn answer the remaining questions from the Ask Me Anything on October 18, 2020. E&E #233 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski

Oct 20, 202057 minEp. 231

#232: Interview with Sue Gruen [The Next Good Thing]

Nic interview Sue Gruen, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and therapist at Samaritan Counseling Center, to talk about the place of clinical counseling in the pathway to healing spiritually and emotionally. E&E #232 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski...

Oct 15, 20201 hr 17 minEp. 230

#231: Ask Me Anything // October 11, 2020

Nic and Jill answer questions from the Ask Me Anything on October 11, when Nic preached on healing. Show Notes: Sermon from July 5, 2020: It Is God's Will For You To Be Sanctified Unwanted by Jay Stringer Journey Well by Laurie Kreig Mending the Soul workbook by Celestia G. Tracy (you don't need to read the book to go through the workbook) E&E #231 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Musi...

Oct 13, 20201 hr 2 minEp. 229

#230: Interview with Father Gregory Jensen [The Next Good Thing]

Nic interviews Father Gregory Jensen, pastor of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox chaplain at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about his reflections and observations from the past six months. E&E #230 Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church. Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast Music: HOME—If I’m Wrong (youtu.be/HBynMB054zw) Remixed by John Sekutowski...

Oct 08, 20201 hr 13 minEp. 228