This week on the No More Silos podcast, we are learning about St. Augustine’s response to heresy in the 5th century that applies to how the Church responds to false teaching today. We can learn how to respond to heresy and false teaching in the Western church today from Augustine’s method of teaching in community, … Read more
A special 4th of July-themed episode of the No More Silos podcast. This week, we are taking a look at the silos of history and cultural Christianity around the 4th of July holiday. We often take for granted that we are simply celebrating American independence without really considering the layers of historical perspective around it. … Read more
This episode is part one of two on this topic focusing only on how the canon was formed. It’s an intriguing historical survey that connects the dots to our present day bible. This week, we’re talking about how the biblical canon was formed. We will journey through the history through about 400AD. After that, the … Read more
In this special bonus episode, Erika discusses two key elements to bible study: interpretation and covenants. Our understanding of what God’s word says to us is usually based on our ability to interpret what’s going on in the text. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so … Read more
This week, on the podcast, we are discussing relationships in the context of discipleship. Cultural Christianity would have us believe we can do everything on our own without others and even without God. God is just for Sundays. And on Sundays we go to church and don’t talk to anyone while we’re there. How can … Read more
American Civil Religion is something that we engage in culturally that sounds a lot like Christianity but isn’t. Learn what civil religion is and how it is used in our political discourse to confuse both believers and non-believers in Christ. Remain hopeful that with knowledge and truth, we will be able to overcome counterfeit gospels … Read more
In our Season 2 opening episode, Erika discusses CRT (Critical Race Theory), Cultural Christianity and suggest books for your summer reading. Thank you for joining us for Season 2! Books mentioned in this episode: Urban Apologetics by Dr. Eric Mason The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Dr. Beth Allison Barr Emotionally Healthy Discipleship by Peter … Read more
This week, we are talking about discipleship and the barriers that exist in cultural Christianity to effectively equipping people to follow Jesus and thrive. Discipleship or equipping followers of Jesus to make new followers of Jesus or simply to grow as a follower of Jesus with a goal of becoming more like him is not … Read more
What is it about history that so many are working extra hard to hide it from view? This week, I’m continuing the topic on history that we started last week and discussing “Urban Apologetics” by Eric Mason and “The Making of Biblical Womanhood” by Beth Allison Barr. In our modern American context, we allow silos … Read more
In this week’s episode, we are talking about the importance of history to our ongoing conversation on cultural Christianity. Specifically, how historical facts that would have preserved or reinforced our inherent dignity as humans made in the image of God have been hidden from us. How does that affect our witness as Christians? How does … Read more