Podcast Episodes

Podcast episodes taking racial struggles to the throne of grace, United? We Pray is a ministry devoted to praying about racial strife—especially between Christians.

Perseverance and the Black Church

Perseverance and the Black Church

As many of you know, Isaac Adams, who founded our ministry is pastor of Iron City Church in Birmingham, Alabama. This week’s episode is an excerpt of a sermon he recently preached on the perseverance of the black church. We hope this testimony of God’s faithfulness encourages you!

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Liberty of Conscience with Ryan King

Liberty of Conscience with Ryan King

Author and Pastor Ryan King joins Austin to talk about his new book, Every Man’s Conscience, which explores the contributions of 17th Century Baptists to political theology. That might sound academic, but we have a lot to learn about honoring the conscience of our neighbors and Ryan has much help to offer. As counter-intuitive as it might seem to us, liberty of conscience is a good thing for our churches, our evangelism, and our neighbors.

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History of Political Idolatry with Timothy Paul Jones

History of Political Idolatry with Timothy Paul Jones

Dr. Timothy Paul Jones is a professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He joins the show today to lend his historical expertise to our conversation about political idolatry. This is the final installment of the series, so if you haven’t heard the others, we encourage you to check those out. Dr. Jones surprised us by quoting a lot of second and third century Christian thinkers about the freedoms we should extend to our neighbors. Truly there is nothing new under the sun!

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Your Joy Isn’t Tied to the Election

Your Joy Isn’t Tied to the Election

lection week is finally here. By the time the next episode airs, votes will be cast whether or not we know who won by this time next week. Pastor Jared Torrence joins Austin this week to talk about what we need to remember to make sure our joy is tied to the eternal plan and character of God, regardless of who is in the white house.

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The Legacy of 16th St. Baptist Church

The Legacy of 16th St. Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Arthur Price, Jr. graciously hosted us at his home church: 16th St Baptist, which was home to a terrible bombing in 1963, which claimed the lives of four little girls. Though 16th St Baptist is a national historic landmark, Dr. Price is clear that his church is not a museum – it is a living, thriving outpost of gospel ministry. We hope you are encouraged by Dr. Price’s testimony.

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Raising Mixed Kids

Raising Mixed Kids

Jared Torrence is back with us to discuss the dynamics of raising mixed kids in multiracial families. As always on these family episodes, we are grateful for Jared sharing his experience, which is instructive for us whether we share his same family dynamic or not. Jared reminds us of the pillars we should be teaching our kids, which are especially important when they are in multiracial families.

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Does Just Preaching the Gospel Kill Racism

Does Just Preaching the Gospel Kill Racism

Pastor Jared Torrence of Covenant Fellowship Church in Glenn Mills, PA joins Austin to talk about the relationship between fighting racism and preaching the gospel. Pastor Jared reminds Christians of the power of God for both salvation and sanctification that are found in Jesus and the attitudes Christians should have toward all kinds of sin, racism included.

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Apologetics, with Preston Perry

Apologetics, with Preston Perry

Author, evangelist, and apologist Preston Perry joins the show today to discuss his new book, How to Tell The Truth: The Story of how God Saved me to Win Hearts, Not Just Arguments (Tyndale, 2024). Preston has much wisdom to share about how Christians should engage the lost world around us. He teaches us about humility, boldness, and relying on God in prayer. We hope you are emboldened to share the Gospel with folks after this!

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The Sufficiency of Scripture with Dr. Nate Brooks

The Sufficiency of Scripture with Dr. Nate Brooks

Dr. Nate Brooks, professor at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary joins Austin today to talk about a few important doctrines of the Christian faith. The first is the sufficiency of Scripture and the second is God’s common grace. How are we to think about the Bible? What about other resources like books by non-Christians? Dr. Brooks gives us a helpful framework that prioritizes Scripture and honors God’s common grace to us through other means. We hope this episode encourages you to read your Bible!

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