The Table Podcast

Spiritual Growth

Does your spiritual life feel like a bed of cold ashes? Join Dr. Mark Yarbrough, Bill Hendricks, and Dr. Darrell Bock as they discuss how to navigate the mundane struggles of daily life and apply six spiritual essentials to rekindle your heart for God Time Codes 3:50  The Rekindled Heart 8:11  Faith in the Mundane Life 11:25  Knowledge vs. Transformation: The Goal of Bible Study 17:20  Rekindled Devotion and Bold Trust in God's Word 24:53  Trust in the Lord With All Your Heart 30:44  Rekindled Love: Authentic Compassion for Others 41:33  Rekindled Holiness 46:01  Rekindled Servanthood 49:41  Rekindled Zeal: A Burden for the World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Christianity in Sudan and South Sudan

Join Darrell Bock and Jake Prochaska as they explore the resilience of the church in Sudan and South Sudan as indigenous leaders navigate persecution and extreme poverty to build self-sustaining communities centered on the gospel Time codes: 1:37  Background to Sudan and South Sudan 9:32  Building a Community with the Church 14:54  The Ripple Effect of Church Planting 16:52  The Importance of Indigenous Leadership and Training 23:09  How Western Christians can Help Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The Church's Role in Racial Reconciliation (Classic)

In this classic episode, Darrell Bock, Eric Mason, Elizabeth Woodson, and Bryan Carter discuss the church’s role in biblical racial reconciliation. Time codes 00:15 Mason’s ministry of reconciliation in Philadelphia [https://voice.dts.edu/tablepodcast/biblical-racial-reconciliation-and-church-2/#video-15] 05:08 Woodson’s ministry of reconciliation in Dallas [https://voice.dts.edu/tablepodcast/biblical-racial-reconciliation-and-church-2/#video-308] 06:39 Carter’s ministry of reconciliation in Dallas [https://voice.dts.edu/tablepodcast/biblical-racial-reconciliation-and-church-2/#video-399] 08:56 Carter’s message: Recognize distinctives that shape faith for African Americans [https://voice.dts.edu/tablepodcast/biblical-racial-reconciliation-and-church-2/#video-536] 12:37 Woodson’s message: Understand theology affects sociology in the Black church [https://voice.dts.edu/tablepodcast/biblical-racial-reconciliation-and-church-2/#video-757] 14:18Mason’s message: The Black church represents dignity for African Americans [https://voice.dts.edu/tablepodcast/biblical-racial-reconciliation-and-church-2/#video-858]1 8:45 How can we move from conversations about reconciliation to action? [https://voice.dts.edu/tablepodcast/biblical-racial-reconciliation-and-church-2/#video-1125] 23:40 Racial reconciliation is a key part of the church’s mission [https://voice.dts.edu/tablepodcast/biblical-racial-reconciliation-and-church-2/#video-1420] 26:47 Hope and the current racial environment in America [https://voice.dts.edu/tablepodcast/biblical-racial-reconciliation-and-church-2/#video-1607] 32:05 The role of partnerships and the church community [https://voice.dts.edu/tablepodcast/biblical-racial-reconciliation-and-church-2/#video-1925] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Loss and Lament

Join Kasey Olander, Sam Won and Rebecca Carrell as they explore why the church needs to recover the lost art of lament by showing how biblical lament serves as a vital tool for navigating loss while affirming the compatibility of deep grief and Christian hope   Time codes: 9:52  Misconceptions About Grief in the Church 18:16  The Structure of a Lament Psalm 22:23  The Honesty of Biblical Lament 24:41  How to Grieve With Those Who Grieve 35:35  The Pressure to Mask vs. The Compassion of Christ 43:12  Lament as a Theological Mirror 45:17  Sufferers are Marginalized 47:29  What we Should Learn from Lament Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Reading and the Spiritual Life

Join Kasey Olander, Kelley Mathews, and Jessica Hooten Wilson as they unpack how the books we read shape our imagination, desires, and empathy, as well as providing practical habits for making reading a life-forming spiritual practice.  Time codes 3:58  Reading as Counter-Cultural   6:35  How Christians Should Think about Reading  12:05  Reading Books Other than the Bible  15:00  How to Decide What to Read  19:29  Reading as an Embodied Experience   21:36  Reading Helps us Understand Ourselves   26:25  Good Practices to Grow the Reading Life  36:58  Closing Thoughts   Resources Jessica Hooten Wilson's Reading for the Love of God: How to Read as a Spiritual Practice [https://a.co/d/d0EAF6W?tag=dallastheolog-20]  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]