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Join us as Luke and Jae sit down with Savanna Moore, a “hylomorphic dualist” (a pretentious phrase that one can just drop into conversation) who is a senior Worship Leadership major at Anderson University to talk about heresy! Heresy, as defined in the episode, is a denial of one of the central tenants or doctrines of Christianity. This typically has to do with the doctrine of the Trinity, Virgin Birth, the Incarnation, etc. 

In the first part of the episode, we talk about which heresies we think are the silliest and the most problematic. Savanna brings up the silliness of Gnosticism, the belief that, at the most basic level, only spiritual things are good, and the physical is wholly bad. This has been a consistent problem throughout church history even into today’s church (Uh oh). The Christian life is not only about getting to heaven when we die. It is about the bodily resurrection of the dead on the Last Day. Some honorable mentions: Nestorianism, Apollinarianism, and Modalism. Before moving on to more serious discussion, we begin to make a distinction between being ignorant of something and choosing heresy. The former isn’t something to be condemned for; the latter is.

In the second part of the episode, Savanna makes it clear that Catholics are not heretics. Far from it. This comes from a gross misunderstanding of Catholicism. It is important to note the difference between Absolutes, Convictions, and Opinions. Absolutes are what separate heretics from orthodoxy Christianity; Convictions are what separate one denomination from another. 

We then take a dive into why one should know about heresy, practically. For one, heresy is a part of church history and we should know what the church has experienced in the past. Second, these heresies didn’t come out of nowhere. Many of the people that first espoused these heresies were intelligent people that were misled by wrong interpretation of the Bible. We have a well of information from history that we can draw from to discern what is right and wrong belief. It is arrogant, if not dangerous, to not look at the 5,000 years of interpretation and thinking that is at our fingertips.

In the third part of the episode, we talk about how seeking after knowledge breeds humility. If we gain pride as we gain knowledge, we are not searching with the correct heart. But this does not mean that we all have to learn in the same way. We all learn very differently, so some of us might learn better from a video than we learn from a 600-page book.

We talk about how we have to grapple with difficult and challenging beliefs and not merely just allow these difficult topics to remain in our world without being wrestled with. Theology, good and deep theology, should have incredible impacts on every aspect of our lives. We then discuss how faith and reason should interact with one another. Reason is not faith but should instead serve our faith. For more information on what we're all about here at The Audibility Podcast, go ahead and check out our website https://audibilitypodcast.com, and to get connected with us, follow us on Instagram, @audibilitypodcast

Join us this week as Luke and Jae sit down with two of our favorite people and team-members here at The Audibility Podcast, Abby Sisco and Brianna Elwell! Abby and Brianna joined the team officially this past fall semester as our Social Media Director and our Design Director, respectively, and have done an incredible job to solidify who we are as a podcast on social media. Because of that, we wanted to sit down with them to talk about the advantages and the pitfalls of the digital world that has been created by social media. 
We take the first bit of the episode to talk about how the ladies got involved with the podcast and what they do at Anderson University. Abby is freshman Communications major who took a gap with Southern Wesleyan University's OneLife program (which essentially means she is cooler than everyone else on the team) and got involved with the podcast last summer right before school started. Brianna is a sophomore Graphic Design major and has known Luke since sixth grade (it is undecided whether that is a good thing or not). She's helped on and off with the podcast since very early on as a kind of consultant but has started to help Abby make the podcast look awesome this past semester.
For the rest of the episode we talk about our views of social and how that has morphed over time, particularly as we have utilized it for the podcast. The girls discuss how they have intentionally thought about how the operate on social media for the podcast account as well as their own personal account. Social media is not all bad, as some people will say, but it also can be bad. There is no one size fits all model for how an individual should operate on social media. 
For more information on what we're all about here at The Audibility Podcast, go ahead and check out our website https://audibilitypodcast.com, and to get connected with us, follow us on Instagram, @audibilitypodcast.

In the intro of the episode (1:03-4:35), Lukas and Jae set up the episode and introduce today’s guest, Olivia Jones. She is a good friend of ours and a Christian Studies Major here at Anderson University, SC, looking to go into ministry. Olivia actually has her own podcast, the Liv Intentionally Podcast! She has people on to talk through their stories and to see how God has worked in and through them. You should definitely check it out, she’s super passionate about it and it’s really life-giving to hear people’s testimonies in a laid back and intentional setting. Lukas and Jae will actually be on an episode of Olivia’s podcast sometime soon, so keep on the lookout for that! This episode sort of got away from us in a very Good, very unexpected sort of way, and we touched on topics and stories that we weren’t planning on talking about. Let’s hop in!

In the first part of the episode (8:54-19:08), we talk about how both Olivia and Jae grew up as pastor’s kids in ministry. We talk a bit about the importance of giving back to pastors and their families, not neglecting to love and serve them well as they love and serve us. Olivia shares her family’s story of moving from Manchester, England, to Dallas, Texas, when her dad felt the call to ministry. When he got his degree after a few years in Texas, they moved to Chicago to pastor a church for a few years. Olivia and her family now live in and minister to the city of Asheville, North Carolina! Olivia shares a little about her experiences in all of these different places and highlights the culture shock she’s felt.

In the second part of the episode (19:29-32:50), Olivia tells us about her and her family’s passion for Asheville. If you’ve been to Asheville, you know that it’s a pretty wacky place, but wacky places need the Lord. She talks about some of the spiritual attacks her family has felt from the Enemy because of being so immersed in ministry, and she mentions how that suffering and behind-the-scenes look at the hard parts makes her want to dive back into it that much more. We talk about the oftentimes negative perceptions of being a pastor’s kid, but that people on the outside looking in very rarely consider the harder parts of being in ministry growing up as an eleven or twelve-years-old pastor’s kid. Olivia and Jae talk about the expectations and pressure, negative and positive, of being a pastor’s kid.

We talk about the way that being a pastor’s kid has shaped their Faith throughout the years. Jae mentions that it’s been a sort of assurance and has helped him to grow into his calling as an ambassador for the Kingdom as a missionary, but more importantly as a tool for God’s use. Olivia mentions how it’s sometimes difficult to see the tougher ways that God works in the lives of people in ministry. Generally speaking, people may have very different reactions to being involved in specific ministries, sometimes having incorrect perceptions of their responsibilities as a servant.

In the final part of the episode (33:10-44:45), we talk about conviction and calling and how the two oftentimes are extremely tied together. This Christian life is not an easy one, and we, as followers of Christ, need to count the cost of that life and of our calling to ministry. Out of a lack of firsthand experience, we make the obligatory reference to “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry” in order to discuss the toll that ministry can have on an individual. Olivia shares how she got the idea for her podcast in the midst of immediate suffering and we talk about what it looks like to act on conviction, a responsibility that we all have. For more information on what we're all about here at The Audibility Podcast, go ahead and check out our website https://audibilitypodcast.com, and to get connected with us, follow us on Instagram, @audibilitypodcast.

Hey everyone! We're back! After a nice long break, the team decided that it was indeed the time. What time, you may ask? It is time for you to meet Malcolm! Join us this week as we talk about some of our favorite bits and memories along with Malcolm's origins with the podcast. Spoiler Alert: it's earlier than we originally thought. We discuss our excitement about being back and the crazy reality that we are almost two years into this podcast. This episode is pretty laid back so grab a cup of your favorite warm drink and get ready for Season 4 to begin. It's gonna be a great time. For more information on what we're all about here at The Audibility Podcast, go ahead and check out our website https://audibilitypodcast.com, and to get connected with us, follow us on Instagram, @audibilitypodcast.

Happy New Year everyone! Join us this week as we discuss the ups and downs of 2020 and look forward to 2021. Unless you were living under a rock this year, you know that this past year has been a bit crazy. A lot has happened; the coronavirus, the Black Lives Matter protests, the election, the fires, and other crazy things that made it feel like we experienced a decade’s worth of history in one year. But that certainly does not mean that this year was all for naught. Though this year has been very difficult, it has been a year of incredible growth and self-understanding. We start the episode off talking about our own triumphs and travails in 2020 and how we have grown, despite not knowing how we could grow any more than we already had. Then, to finish out the episode, we look ahead to 2021. We warn against putting our hope in a year, and talk about the danger of making the prospects of a better year our messiah. We discuss how we can’t look at 2020, or any year for that matter, and say that it was all good or all bad. For more information on what we're all about here at The Audibility Podcast, go ahead and check out our website https://audibilitypodcast.com, and to get connected with us, follow us on Instagram, @audibilitypodcast.

Happy Thanksgiving! (and Happy Winter Break college students!) Yikes, 2020 has been a crazy year; Fall semester was a crazy semester. We're all grateful here at The Audibility Podcast for Rest and Fellowship with friends and family this holiday season. 
Join us this week as we sit down and have a chat with another old friend and familiar face...or well, a familiar voice: Ian Morel. We have a heart to heart with Ian about what it means to be Thankful for things through tough times like these, no matter your circumstances. 
In the first part of the episode (4:10-8:40), we talk with Ian about who he is and we recap some of the craziness of this year.
In the second part of the episode (9:05-24:05), we talk through the story of King David lamenting and mourning for his dying son in 2 Samuel 12, and we look at how he reacts to that hard situation as an example for how we should react to hardships in our life. We discuss Job and talk about how our present-mindedness sometimes gets in the way of us seeing past the hurt of our circumstances to a better future, one that we may not even be able to understand in the moment.
In the third and final part of this episode (24:28-44:25), we look at the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes as a model for enjoying the Good things God has given us, despite being in the midst of all the nasty smoke of life. Jae compares us to rhino's: we're so short-sighted that when we get startled, we run through life and can't find our way through our situations so we often end up doing more harm than good. We look at a quote by C.S. Lewis from his book, The Great Divorce, describing the beauty of hindsight on our lives and on difficult times of suffering. He likens it to being able to see that a barren and harsh desert, once we've left it, was really a lush rainforest teeming with life abundant. It serves as a testament to many hard things being truly Good; to God working all things out for the Good of His Kingdom. 
We talk a little about—you guessed it—Rest. We discuss how it is important to remember to take time to Rest and be Mindful even in times of trouble; that it often helps take away some of the weight of a hard situation. We close out by talking about caterpillars and precious metals. As cliche as it is, a caterpillar undergoes a truly spooky process to become a butterfly (one that is no doubt very unpleasant for the caterpillar). Peter writes in 1 Peter that our suffering here on Earth is like a precious metal being burned up and refined in a furnace so that the impurities can rise to the top and the Good stuff sinks to the bottom. That pure gold can now be processed and made into something beautiful. We go into that cocoon, or through that furnace, and by the Grace and Power of God we come out better than when we went in.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Hang in there.
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