Can I Say That?

Today we are going to talk about: • the purpose of the church • whether salvation can be lost • church scandal and honesty • celibacy and companionship • prosperity gospel vs prayer • Pentecostal practices and discernment • spiritual disciplines for neurodivergent Christians • being hurt by Christians • and addiction and how the church should respond

What happens when science and the Bible disagree? This is a theological tension followers of Jesus should be able to logically walk through. Today we talk about the context of wine then and now and some false narratives christians are more likely to believe. 

What Dying churches lack, church plants have... and what church plants need, aging churches can offer. 

Moral Failure plagues the western Church, and yet there is a group of christian leaders that have even less oversight. If we take scripture seriously, something needs to change. Brenna Blain asks how moral failure happens for those who have oversight and why influencers, preachers and theologians should seek out concrete oversight. 

Today Brenna Blain talks through the Biblical command to love our enemies in a time where theological tribalism runs rampant. 

Today Brenna Blain preaches through 2 Timothy 2:20–25 about the dangers of being lukewarm in the west and how to live a life set a part. 

A closed Bible is the coin, progressives live on one side while seeker sensitives churches live on the other. Today we talk about the next season vision for Can I Say That? and jump into our first train of thought!

Brenna Blain shares her pastoral exhortation on what it means to engage in the issue of abortion with compassion and conviction by looking to the Biblical text. This message was given in the heart of South East Portland, Oregon in partner with First Image. 

Evan Wickham, lead pastor at Park Hill Church and worship songwriter, dives into the theology of disabilities. He explores how faith shapes the experience of individuals with disabilities and emphasizes the inherent value in all people, regardless of ability. The discussion encourages church inclusivity, challenges societal views on worth, and promotes mental health conversations within the church. Evan also highlights Jesus's welcoming approach to inspire greater participation for those with chronic disabilities, culminating in a prayer for compassion and healing.

This month we hear from Ericka Anderson on the topic of drinking, sobriety and addiction all within the context of christian community. Ericka Andersen is a freelance writer and mom in Indianapolis, Indiana. She's the author of Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church & the Church Needs Women. Ericka is a columnist at WORLD Magazine and a contributor to Christianity Today. She's been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and more. You can get her sobriety toolkit for Christian women at SobrietyCurious.com