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Our guest is Bethany Jenkins. Bethany does a lot of writing and thinking about faith and work… especially for The Gospel Coalition and The Kings College.
She used to work on Wall Street and on Capitol Hill… and she’s a member of House Ravenclaw (according to her Twitter profile).
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Show Notes
6:28 – What Martin Luther meant by calling Christians “the masks of God”
11:22 – The pitfalls associated with Faith and Work (and how to avoid them)
13:27 – How the doctrine of adoption frees us up to do great work
20:15 – Why an NYC school teacher wondered if he picked the wrong profession (and what he did about it)
22:15 – How the doctrine of glory relates to a woman whose daughter has an eating disorder
27:45 – Theological calling, women, and work
32:30 – How to work within organizations to produce change (rather than criticize from the outside)
35:15 – Favorite resources for Heart, Community, and World
39:35 – Favorite books, tv shows, and movies
42:05 – How to think about the upcoming election
Links
NIV, Faith and Work Bible, Hardcover
Overcoming Sin and Temptation (Redesign)
Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian in Community
Living into Community: Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us
Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work
Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work
Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good
Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7)
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Scotty Smith grew up in North Carolina. He planted and pastored Christ Community Church in Franklin Tennessee for 26 years. He’s now the teacher in residence at West End Community Church. He also serves as adjunct faculty for a bunch of seminaries. He and his wife of 41 years, Darlene, continue to live in Franklin, close to their two adult children, Kristin and Scott, and their one grandchild, Finn. Scotty is the author of Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith
and Every Season Prayers: Gospel-Centered Prayers for the Whole of Life
, among other. He enjoys photography, fishing, cooking, and exercise.
Bob Thune is a Christian, a husband, a father, and a pastor, in that order.
He grew up in Omaha and founded the Coram Deo Church Community in the fall of 2005. He and his wife have four children who keep them honest and teach them much about God’s grace.
He’s the author of The Gospel-Centered Life: Study Guide with Leader’s Notes
, The Gospel-Centered Community: Study Guide with Leader’s Notes
, and Gospel Eldership: Equipping a New Generation of Servant Leaders
. In his spare time you can find him on the basketball court, in the coffee shop with a philosophy book in hand, at home hanging out with his wife and kids, or in the garage working with his hands.
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John is a pastor and elder at Fellowship Memphis, a multicultural church he helped found in Memphis, Tennessee. He also served on the board of Acts29 and is a partner with Fellowship Associates.
He is the lead writer and co-presenter of 33 The Series with Authentic Manhood. John travels the country consulting and investing in churches, leaders and great ideas.
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2:45 – The 90 second John Bryson story (in case you aren’t familiar with him)
5:17 – Why he decided to plant in Memphis
6:10 – The three things he fights every single day
7:25 – Challenges he’s overcome in planting a healthy, multiethnic church
8:58 – Practical advice for planting a healthy, multi-ethnic church
11:25 – What advice he’d give to a pastor of a larger, homogenous church who desires to be multiethnic
14:35 – The two or three pieces of advice he’d give a church planter today
16:42 – What the Acts 29 network is all about
18:30 – Why you must get in touch with your emotions
21:25 – How to get in touch with your emotions
23:42 – Where we’ve learned to shut out our emotions
25:55 – Favorite book and TV show he’s read or watched recently
28:15 – How to think about the upcoming election season