In many parts of our day-to-day life we are likely to encounter people whose beliefs are different from our own. Those may be political, economic, medical, or even religious. Unsurprisingly, many would tell us that when confronted with something that appears different or challenging we should take a posture of closing our fists - clinging to our own views and rejecting any offering from the other. But what if we opened our hands in a posture of receiving and offering? What if we engaged in a pluralistic culture rather than withdrawing and defending? This week, the Beyond Sunday team asks this very question and starts looking for an understanding of how Christians can exist in our pluralistic world.

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Election season is upon us and the Beyond Sunday team wants to know: Is there a Political Party of Biblical Values? Both major parties seem to claim this in some regard, but is any of it true? Is there one sure way that Christians should be voting this fall? Join the team as they prepare for the weeks ahead and think about how Christians are called to engage in the political world.

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It never feels good when you learn that someone has been spreading false rumors about you. It can damage relationships, reputations, even our ability to participate in community life. As followers of Jesus, how should we respond? Fight fire with fire? Burry our heads in the sand? That’s what the Beyond Sunday Team is tackling on this week’s episode.

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“You will always have the poor with you.” These words of Jesus have been used by Christians to ignore and even blame people experiencing poverty for their circumstances. But is that what Jesus meant? And when we zoom out, what does the Bible tell us about how to treat people in poverty and our responsibility to one another? Join the Beyond Sunday Team as they they try to answer the question “What does the Bible say about poverty?

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When we’re young, we are curious about everything. As we get older, we often lose touch with this part of ourselves. And, in some cases, religious institutions try to squash it out of us asserting that “faith” lies in certainty and facts, not questions. But can curiosity benefit our faith and even help us grow? That’s the question that the Beyond Sunday Team is tackling on this week’s episode.

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This week, the Beyond Sunday Team is back together and tackling a new question: Are women more spiritual and men more religious? The team will get into the different ways we encounter faith and try to determine what, if any, impact our gender may have on our experience.

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The Bible isn’t clear about a lot of things, but one thing is certain: murder is always bad. Right? What if the murder is carried out as a punishment for a crime? Well, maybe the Bible isn’t quite as clear on this either. This week, Patrick and Pastor David are taking on the Death Penalty and sifting through what the Bible has to say about it.

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Well, the Paris Summer Olympics are in full swing and they started off with an opening ceremonies that gave some the impression that Christianity was being attacked. In the days that followed, Christians across social media took sides to either berate or defend the ceremonies. This week, Beyond Sunday is looking back at what happened and asking a slightly different question, “How should Christians respond when we feel offended?”

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Is the goal of Christianity to make us all conform to one another? The Beyond Sunday Team isn’t sure it’s that simple. This week, we’re exploring what it means to be “united in Christ” while still being unique creatures of God. Join us in the conversation and let us know what you think!

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The team is back and it has been a week! We’re covering our recovery from Hurricane Beryl, an attempted assassination, and, our main story, Toxic Positivity. What happens when “think positive” becomes the only option? Where does our faith make room for grief, sadness, and lament? Join Beyond Sunday to find out.

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No episode this week because Hurricane Beryl rolled through our area and left it’s mark with downed trees and extensive power outages. We’ll see you next week.

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We take a look at Spiritual Manipulation and try to spot some signs of in in churches. We’ll also break down what makes a healthy church and ways to avoid communities that manipulate their congregations. Plus can you buy a home in heaven now? and what are the must haves in your heavenly home.

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Recently, the State of Louisiana passed a law requiring the 10 Commandments to be posted in every public classroom. Now, it’s the beginning of July and that means that fireworks and patriotic displays are right around the corner. These events left the Beyond Sunday Team wondering, “What’s the Bible say about being a Christian Nation?” Join us as we wrestle with the Biblical story and our call to live out our faith in the world we live in.

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A recent study shows that younger generations are more likely to feel like they live a double life online. But here’s the twist: they are more authentically themselves in the digital world than in the real one. What does this mean for how we engage in faith? Or how we engage in relationships with one another? Beyond Sunday is asking all these questions and more on this week’s episode.

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Who is supposed to benefit from “worship”? Is it you? Your neighbor? Something else? Every week millions of Christians gather in communities of all shapes and sizes to worship in the name of Jesus and many of them have a wildly different explanation for the purpose of worship. But don’t worry, the Beyond Sunday Team is on the case!

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When was the last time you studied “metaphors”? Your college English course? Maybe even high school? Be that as it may, it turns out that metaphors play a crucial role in our ability to talk about and describe God. So, this week the Beyond Sunday Team is looking at why and how we use metaphors and what that means for our faith.

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If you’re like Patrick, then you learned everything you need to know about Hell from Gary Larson and the Far Side cartoons. If you’re like the rest of us then your picture may be a little complex. Either way, the Beyond Sunday team is on the hunt to learn what the Bible actually says about Hell. Where is it? What is it? And who is there? That’s all coming on this month’s episode in our “What’s the Bible say about _____?” series.

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When was the last time you studied “metaphors”? Your college English course? Maybe even high school? Be that as it may, it turns out that metaphors play a crucial role in our ability to talk about and describe God. So, this week the Beyond Sunday Team is looking at why and how we use metaphors and what that means for our faith.

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All around you people are striving for success, but is it an achievable goal? This week Elise and Pastor David try to tackle the mountain of success. Why do we strive for it? Is it a reasonable measure? Is it something that God wants for us? Join us this week and let us know what you think.

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Should Christianity be used to defend others from oppression or attack the culture? The Gang breaks it down this week as we process ways we’ve use faith as a sword, ask “what is the seven mountain mandate?”, and see if we would stay in a Garfield themed motel 6.

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