Common Grounds Unity Podcast

Welcome to season two of the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Kevin Withem and Tina Bruner are kicking off the season with a series titled “Lessons Learned from Mars Hill” where we will be hosting a panel discussion with Dr. Alicia Crumpton, Ben Brewster, and Kevin Holland. Our goal is to discuss themes arising from Christianity Today’s “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast.” Our intent is to discu...

Welcome to season two of the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Kevin Withem and Tina Bruner are kicking off the season with a series titled “Lessons Learned from Mars Hill” where we will be hosting a panel discussion with Dr. Alicia Crumpton, Ben Brewster, and Kevin Holland. Our goal is to discuss themes arising from Christianity Today’s “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast.” Our intent is to discu...

Kevin Withem interviews Tina Bruner, Executive Director Global Christian Connexion and co-host CGU Podcast, who is in Poland serving refugees fleeing Ukraine. Erik Tryggestad CEO and President of the Christian Chronicle and Andy Fleming have conversations with John Teal about the Ukrainian crisis. Please help meet the needs with your donations by visiting the following websites. You can find resou...

Welcome to season two of the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Kevin Withem and Tina Bruner are kicking off the season with a series titled “Lessons Learned from Mars Hill” where we will be hosting a panel discussion with Dr. Alicia Crumpton, Ben Brewster, and Kevin Holland. Our goal is to discuss themes arising from Christianity Today’s “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast.” Our intent is to discu...

Welcome to season two of the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Kevin Withem and Tina Bruner are kicking off the season with a series titled “Lessons Learned from Mars Hill” where we will be hosting a panel discussion with Dr. Alicia Crumpton, Ben Brewster, and Kevin Holland. Our goal is to discuss themes arising from Christianity Today’s “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast.” Our intent is to discu...

Welcome to season two of the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Kevin Withem and Tina Bruner are kicking off the season with a series titled “Lessons Learned from Mars Hill” where we will be hosting a panel discussion with Dr. Alicia Crumpton, Ben Brewster, and Kevin Holland. Our goal is to discuss themes arising from Christianity Today’s “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast.” Our intent is to discu...

Kevin Withem and Tina Bruner (our new permanent co-host) end season one (Episode 52) with a conversation with the CGU Board. Please note that this discussion may be especially sensitive to some Christians. Some may strongly agree or disagree with the positions taken by guests on our the CGU Podcast. We recognize that certain topics may be more sensitive than others, and those cases we encourage al...

Javier Monzon and Otoma Edje co-host a discussion with Douglas Jacoby about the book he co-authored with Paul Copan titled "Origins: The Ancient Impact and Modern Implications of Genesis 1-11" Javier is a professor of biology at Pepperdine University and a founding board member of Common Grounds Unity. Otoma is the founder and host of the Image Bearer YouTube channel. Please note that this discuss...

Kevin Withem and Otoma Edje co-host a discussion with Douglas Jacoby about his teaching ministry and how he moved from congregational leadership to a freelance teaching ministry. They also discuss unity within the Stone-Campbell Movement and the idea of "Christians, not the only Christians" and looking for (as Alexander Campbell said) the image of Christ in someone. Enjoy the conversation. In this...

Kevin Withem enjoys an incredible three-episode conversation with Michael Burns about his book titled "Escaping the Beast: Politics, Allegiance, and Kingdom." This is an important book for our current time in history. In this book, Michael Burns addresses these issues head-on. He lays out a comprehensive examination of the scriptural worldview of the kingdom and how that calls us to approach our d...

Kevin Withem enjoys an incredible three-episode conversation with Michael Burns about his book titled "Escaping the Beast: Politics, Allegiance, and Kingdom." This is an important book for our current time in history. In this book, Michael Burns addresses these issues head-on. He lays out a comprehensive examination of the scriptural worldview of the kingdom and how that calls us to approach our d...

Kevin Withem enjoys an incredible three-episode conversation with Michael Burns about his book titled "Escaping the Beast: Politics, Allegiance, and Kingdom." This is an important book for our current time in history. In this book, Michael Burns addresses these issues head-on. He lays out a comprehensive examination of the scriptural worldview of the kingdom and how that calls us to approach our d...

Kevin Withem and Mitch Mitchell co-host together and discuss with Kent Smith who co-authored with John Smith and Toni Daniels the book titled Joy Fueled: Catalyzing a Revolution of Joyful Communities. They discuss the nature of joy, the love of God, and the joyful community that God desires for his family. This is an incredible conversation that you will not want to miss. Thank you for listening t...

Kevin Withem and Mitch Mitchell co-host together and discuss with Kent Smith who co-authored with John White and Toni Daniels the book titled Joy Fueled: Catalyzing a Revolution of Joyful Communities. This is an incredible conversation that you will not want to miss. Thank you for listening to the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Please check out commongroundsunity.org to learn more about who we are....

This episode will drop on Christmas day. We did not plan it this way, but it seems appropriate and Spirit-led that this episode is titled "The Goal of the Gathering!" CGU is all about relational unity, finding our common ground in the person of Jesus rather than solely on the perfection of our doctrine or practice. During this Christmas season we ask you to grab a cup of coffee, other beverage, or...

Tina Bruner hosts having a conversation with some of the members of the San Diego CGU Gathering about their journey and heart for unity. Thank you for listening to the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Please check out commongroundsunity.org to learn more about who we are. You can find links on the about page where you can subscribe to the essays, join our Facebook group, or find our YouTube Channel....

Kevin talks with Rudy and Fate Hagood who are physical brother and brothers in Christ serving in two different streams of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Unity is assumed as they are brothers and it should be likewise in the Kingdom of our Lord. Rudy and Fate call us to have ears to hear as we they discuss racial unity or as Rudy prefers, racial integrity. This was such a great conversation that we m...

Kevin talks with Rudy and Fate Hagood who are physical brother and brothers in Christ serving in two different streams of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Unity is assumed as they are brothers and it should be likewise in the Kingdom of our Lord. Rudy and Fate call us to have ears to hear as we they discuss racial unity or as Rudy prefers, racial integrity. This was such a great conversation that we m...

Kevin talks with Rudy and Fate Hagood who are physical brother and brothers in Christ serving in two different streams of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Unity is assumed as they are brothers and it should be likewise in the Kingdom of our Lord. Rudy and Fate call us to higher ground as we seek to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Thank you for listening to the Common Grounds Uni...

Kevin and guest co-host Tina Bruner (World Convention) talk about the Women in the Bible and how we can better have dialog about hot-topic issues in the church. Guests are Ron Peters, John Nugent, and Sam Long. Thank you for listening to the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Please check out commongroundsunity.org to learn more about who we are. You can find links on the about page where you can subsc...

Kevin and guest co-host Tina Bruner (World Convention) talk about the After Class Podcast, Great Lakes Christian College, and keys to sound biblical interpretation with Ron Peters, John Nugent, and Sam Long. Thank you for listening to the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Please check out commongroundsunity.org to learn more about who we are. You can find links on the about page where you can subscrib...

Kevin and guest co-host Nadine Templer (Hope Worldwide) talk discuss the book Slavery’s Long Shadow: Race and Reconciliation in American Christianity with Jamie Gorman who co-edited the book. Jamie is a professor of History at Johnson University. Thank you for listening to the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Please check out commongroundsunity.org to learn more about who we are. You can find links o...

Kevin and guest co-host Nadine Templer (Hope Worldwide) talk about our DNA within the Stone Campbell Restoration Movement with Jamie Gorman, Professor of History at Johnson University. Thank you for listening to the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Please check out commongroundsunity.org to learn more about who we are. You can find links on the about page where you can subscribe to the essays, join o...

Kevin and guest co-host Kate Blakely (Professor of Cross-Cultural Ministries at Great Lakes Christian College) talk about the article "Houses of Healing" with Erik Tryggestad who is the current President and former editor of this great Stone Campbell Movement publication. https://christianchronicle.org/ Thank you for listening to the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Please check out commongroundsunit...

Kevin and guest co-host Kate Blakely (Professor of Cross-Cultural Ministries at Great Lakes Christian College) talk about "The Christian Chronicle" and unity with Erik Tryggestad who is the current President and former editor of this great Stone Campbell Movement publication. https://christianchronicle.org/ Thank you for listening to the Common Grounds Unity podcast. Please check out commongrounds...