The Whole Disciple Podcast

How to Live as Brothers and Sisters in Christ | S3E13

Discipleship happens in relationships, and we want to help! We’ve put together a discussion guide for you to facilitate conversations just like this one with the biblical community in your life! Family Member Identity Conversation Guide #7—Living as Brothers and Sisters [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J1s-NBz5ffKwSlZoHBxFHL2wkoXCQzaT/view?usp=sharing] In this episode, Christy sits down with Sara Henderson and Jason Douglas to discuss what it looks like to live as brothers and sisters in the local church. They describe symptoms for when something has gone wrong in brother-sister relationships and what it looks like when we’re living in God’s design. And along the way, they share snippets from their personal friendships and next steps each of us can take to live with members of the opposite sex as brothers or sisters.

What It Means to Be Brothers and Sisters in Christ | S3E12

In the end, the final and eternal relationship men and women will have with each other is brother and sister. Because we’re all children of God—with him as Father, through his Son—that makes us siblings to each other. The gospel, and belief in it, creates a family that consists of brothers and sisters in Christ. Because we are truly brothers and sisters in Christ, men and women in the church ought to: 1. Love each other 2. Labor with one another for gospel and mission 3. Recognize that we need each other Resources: One in Christ [https://summitchurch.com/article/one-in-christ-jesus-the-role-of-women-at-the-summit-church]

Single and Married People Living as Family | S3E11

Discipleship happens in relationships, and we want to help! We’ve put together a discussion guide for you to facilitate conversations just like this one with the biblical community in your life! Family Member Identity Conversation Guide #6—Being Family as Single and Married [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iS7UQYuKPEVbkhiYwEbYpRTJEG58uHI7/view?usp=sharing] In this episode, Christy sits down with Elizabeth Hughes and Dave and Lauren Turner. They open up their lives to share their story and how they became family with one another. They share silly anecdotes and meaningful dialogue concerning how their lives are better by sharing them together.

Married and Single People Living as Family | S3E10

Both marriage and singleness are good and about the gospel—just differently. From Genesis 2 onward, marriage is a normal expectation in human existence—because it is God’s plan to create for himself a great big family, and without marriage, there would have been no way for the earth to be filled with God’s family. And marriage was always about Jesus and the church. Marriage is a God-ordained picture of the gospel of Jesus Christ on display for the world to see. Marriage is God’s idea. It’s good, and it’s about the gospel. And so is singleness. In the new creation, all bad, sad, and temporary things are cast off, and in that mix, Christian singleness perseveres. Singleness is eternal and things that last forever are good. Single people live out the sufficiency of Christ through our undivided devotion to him. Through undivided devotion to Jesus Christ as Christian singles, we can be fulfilled and content with the church as family, even if we never marry or have children. Resources: Single Ever After [https://a.co/d/03IM2SYP]by Dani Treweek

Living as a Multiethnic Church Family | S3E9

Discipleship happens in relationships, and we want to help! We’ve put together a discussion guide for you to facilitate conversations just like this one with the biblical community in your life! Family Member Identity Conversation Guide #5—Being a Multiethnic Family [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kiRKFy699qeoao0Fhs8EOA68MHFsQF4o/view?usp=sharing] In this episode, Christy sits down with John Messiah (Arabic mobilization director), Eddy Gil (associate campus director at Alamance), and Ricky Phillips (ethnic unity associate) to talk about the joys and challenges of living as a multiethnic church family. We also discuss practical next steps that each of us can take to grow in developing multicultural, multiethnic relationships in the church. Resources: Ethnic Unity Resources [https://summitchurch.com/about/ethnic-unity]