Every Square Inch Podcast

In response to this week’s unprecedented events on Capitol Hill, Robert offers an invitation to look in the mirror, and not across the aisle.

This week we are re-posting Robert’s Christmas podcast from 2019, as he looks at the understandably ridiculous claim of the virgin birth of Jesus and how this miracle of Christmas gives us greater hope and joy than any other news this world can offer.

The podcast explores the crisis of masculinity and the redefinition of manhood according to biblical principles. It discusses cultural reactions to gender, emphasizes the gentle and lowly heart of Jesus, and explores the role of Joseph in understanding gender.

This week’s episode is a brief word from Robert reminding us about the importance of thanksgiving in all seasons, but especially this year.EPISODE LINKS:Liturgy for Thanksgiving Meal

If you’ve been hurt by family or friends whose fundamental Christianity placed a burden on you that was too heavy to bear, this episode is for you. Robert does a deep dive into the movie “Frozen,” the ways people react to fundamentalism, and a better way forward through Jesus himself.

As the senior pastor of a church which submitted itself to an independent investigation of sexual abuse, and which is currently submitting to another investigation, Robert has recorded this episode as a resource to others who find themselves in a similar situation and are looking for Biblical guidance. This episode looks at two main questions: why is the church uniquely susceptible to sexual abuse, and what can be done to protect against sexual abuse?LINKS:Executive Summary of Independent Investigation Conducted by GRACE for Tates Creek Presbyterian Church (June 2019)Announcement of Investigation into Allegations Against Chris Rice (October 2020)

In Part 2 of this two-part series, Robert unpacks what it truly means for America to be a “Christian Nation” by looking at the founders’ beliefs, the intentions behind the way they designed our nation, and how to deal with the failures of our country in a way that honors our founding principles.

In this two-part series, Robert answers the question “Is America a Christian Nation?” two ways: absolutely not, and absolutely yes. In Part 1, he takes a closer look at the history of American exceptionalism and its ties to Christianity, both at America’s founding and also to this day.View our "One Step" applications to the Racism in America series on our church website: tcpca.org/onestep

In the final episode of our series on racism in America, Robert looks specifically at how our Protestant, Presbyterian tradition has handled the issues of slavery and racism in our country’s history, before ending the series with theological and practical applications for our church.LINKS:Overture 43 from the 44th PCA General Assembly, condemning corporate, historical racism in our denomination.“Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church” edited by Doug Serven (link to Amazon)“For a Continuing Church: The Roots of the Presbyterian Church in America” by Sean Michael Lucas (link to Amazon)“Mississippi Praying” by Carolyn Renée Dupont (link to Amazon)

In episode two of our "Racism in America" series, Robert now speaks to Christians who have a harder time accepting proof that racism is still a problem in today's society, and challenges us to examine our history through a more critical lens.Read more about the displacement of black communities in Lexington.