Rhythms of Grace

This has probably happened to all of us: We are talking to someone else who is reading the same Bible as us, but somehow we are reading to totally different things. What do you do when someone else is just so wrong about God and the Bible? How do we stay connected and yet not lose our own convictions? Wrestle it out with this week's episode.

This week, Nate rejoins the Rhythms of Grace team to tackle some big questions that Sung often receives regarding how our convictions about Scripture should impact our everyday lives and relationships. Should you go to an LGBTQ wedding? Are we even asking the right questions? Find out in this week's Rhythms of Grace.

Once again, Sung and Christine wrestle through difficult passages about homosexuality found in Scripture. Join them as they seek to find the truth of what Scripture is trying to communicate in what are often called "the clobber passages."

It's not often that Sung starts with a guarantee that you will disagree with the Rhythms of Grace team, but this is that episode. As Sung and Christine wrestle with some of the most famous passages that are used against those in the LGBTQ community, they ask tough questions about context, Scripture, and how the two come together.

This week, Sung, Nate, and Christine dive deep into the conversation around sexuality. They lay out all the variables on the table and examine their own biases and questions. If you haven't been listening along this season, you'll want to go back and check out earlier episodes before listening to this week's Rhythms of Grace!

This week, the Rhythms of Grace team begins looking at what the Bible has to say about sexuality. Before they do, however, they need to back up and look at some of our cultural realities and cultural assumptions. What baggage are you taking with you into your reading of Scripture?

Are we allowed to talk about sex in church? What about with our families? Is sex the unforgivable sin? This week, the Rhythms of Grace team wrestles with some common heresies and some interesting passages of Scripture as they begin a conversation around the big topic of sex in Scripture.

Okay, we have talked about the through-story of women in the Kingdom of God, but what do we do with the more explicit verses like 1 Corinthians 14:36? Should women remain silent today? Join Nate, Sung, and Christine as they wrestle with some challenging verses in this week's Rhythms of Grace.

When it comes to the conversation of women in leadership, a lot of Scriptures can seem contradictory. How can we look at the role of women within the greater story of Scripture? Join us at as we look at and weigh out specific examples of women in Scripture this week on Rhythms of Grace.

This week, the Rhythms of Grace team asks the big question: How do women fit into ministry, society, and God's plan for His Church? Is ordaining women a slippery slope? How do we look at gender in the context of Scripture? Join us in tackling this big question on this week's episode of Rhythms of Grace.

This week on Rhythms of Grace, the team tackles the tough issue of slavery in the Bible. How do we read stories and laws about slavery in light of the story of Scripture? What does that mean for us today? Join us as we figure it out together.

This week, Sung challenges Nate and Christine to tackle more big issues in Scripture: Women in Ministry and Spiritual Gifts. Should women lead or submit? Should we be speaking in tongues? Do we live under the law? Tune in as they wrestle through more tough passages of Scripture.

After revisiting some lingering questions from the last episode, Sung, Nate, and Christine get in the weeds, parsing Scriptures to try to figure out how they fit into the larger story of the Bible. Does the Bible defend capital punishment? What does the Bible say about divorce and remarriage?

This week, Nate, Sung, and Christine step OUT of the weeds to talk about three guiding principles that can help us interpret Scripture. Tune in to learn impressive-sounding words and phrases like phenomenology and progressive revelation while also learning key principles to better understand God's Word.

The more you learn about any topic, the more you see how little you really know. This is definitely true about the Bible and the heart of God. This week, Sung has Nate and Christine look at some challenging (and some seemingly simple!) passages of Scripture to discover just how much they don’t know. Listen for helpful tips on how to read the Bible on your own!

If the Bible is a story... How is it like The Lord of the Rings? What does that mean for it's authority in our lives? Why do we read it wrong? All these questions AND MORE will be asked (and answered?) in this week's episode of Rhythms of Grace.

If you've been following along these past few weeks as the team talked about how NOT to read the Bible, don't be discouraged!! This week, we are finally beginning to approach the question we have all been waiting for: How DO we read the Bible?

Should you be wearing hats to church? Did God promise you a hope and a future? Or did he promise to send the sword and a plague? How do we sort all the promises and commands of Scripture? Wrestle through these questions and more with the Rhythms of Grace team this week.

Before we start trying to figure out how we SHOULD read the Bible, the Rhythms of Grace team helps us debunk a couple lies about what the Bible is good for. Is it a Magic 8 Ball? A rulebook? Is it even a book at all? Find the answer to all these questions and more on this week's episode of Rhythms of Grace.

This spring, we received dozens of questions about why and how to read the Bible. In this season of Rhythms of Grace, we want to start trying to answer them! As we dive into our first hermeneutical season of Rhythms of Grace, join Nate, Sung, and Christine as they question a lot of what we've been taught about the Bible and what it says.

Christine, Nate, and Sung have spent ten episodes discussing the costs and benefits of technology and the worldview it's created... but what are we supposed to do about it? This week, they look at a few tangible steps you can take to take control of your technology.

In this penultimate episode of this season, the Rhythms of Grace team looks at what it means to truly live the good life. We so often take the Western approach: More is more. But what are the limits of this approach? Wrestle it out with us in this episode of Rhythms of Grace.

As this season approaches its conclusion, the Rhythms of Grace team takes more of a wide look at technology. At what point do we need to consider the costs of technology? What is the impact of technology on our worldview? Through stories, personal experiences, and more, the team weighs the cost and benefits of the technology-driven worldview that permeates our culture today.

From math to typing to learning a language, everything can be approached as a game. Technology makes learning fun... but can these rules be applied to faith? What about our personal relationships? This week, the Rhythms of Grace team tackles the pros and cons of gamification and what it means for faith today.

In every century, technology has dramatically shaped the experience of faith communities. Whether it was the Roman roads in the first century or the technological advancements necessitated by COVID, technology shapes our faith. Find out how in this week's Rhythms of Grace.