Why should I pray? Is prayer actually effective? How do I think about prayer and grow in my prayer life? Speaker: John Eason

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Asking for a Friend: Does Prayer Actually Work?

In American culture, politics has become inseparably linked with faith systems. Do I have to subscribe to a particular political ideology to believe in God? Speaker: Cary McCall

Asking for a Friend: Do I Have to Be a Republican to Be a Christian?

Where in the Bible are we restricted from having sex before marriage? Why is this taught? A discussion of sexuality, sacredness, and the theology of marriage. Speaker: Jinny McCall

Asking for a Friend: Is Sex Before Marriage Actually Bad?

Are we supposed to reject other religions? If so, how do we know that WE are the correct ones? What about the truths found in all belief systems? Why do denominations exist? Speaker: Jinny McCall

Asking for a Friend: What About Denominations and Other Religions?

Is it actually bad to drink alcohol or do drugs? Can I be a Christian and still do these things? An exploration of the culture of mind-altering substances and the intersection of the ethics of our faith. Speaker: Ben Stewart

Asking for a Friend: What About Drugs and Alcohol?

Is it actually possible to be rejected by God if I have become a Christian? How good do I have to be to keep my salvation? What if I doubt or sin too much? Speaker: Cary McCall

Asking for a Friend: Can I Lose My Salvation?

Osvaldo Herrera recounts the work of God in his life from his beginnings in Mexico to his third year at the University of Texas. Presented at #PACKTHECOURTYARD worship night at Jester Center. February 23, 2020.

Student Testimony: Osvaldo Herrera

Does God care about injustice, and what is my role in that? Do I have to be solving every problem in the world, or does it even matter? Jay Hailey tells the story of God leading him into seeking racial justice in Austin, a city deeply divided racially and economically.

Asking for a Friend: What Do I Do About Injustice?

As one of the most asked and wrestled with questions in the history of Christianity, this tension is make or break for many people in being able to accept God. Chris Oballe tells about experiences in his life that have led him to struggle with this question, and Daren Allee helps us have some tools to process the tension.

Asking for a Friend: If God is Good, Why Do Bad Things Happen?

Is being a part of a church actually necessary or important for my faith? Speaker: Cary McCall

Asking for a Friend: Do I Have to Go to Church?

Life is complex. Faith is not easy. In a world where every kind of message swirls around us every day, we must people a people who learn the importance of asking good questions and testing the ideas that we are given, and knowing that it is okay to do so, especially in our faith community. Speaker: Cary McCall

Asking for a Friend: Can I Question God?

The church's inclusion and recognition of the gifts of women has had a problematic history to say the least. To illustrate LFC and UA Church's stance on the role of women in the church, life, and family, we hear the stories of Mary Bowles, Faith Blankenship, Jinny McCall, and Allison East.

BELONG: Women and the Church

One of the most prevalent and persistent vehicles of exclusion in our world is racial division. Why the Kingdom of God is a place of gathering, reconciliation, and celebration of cultural and racial diversity and belonging for all people. Panel with Christine Kamba, Isaiah Cruz, and Osvaldo Herrera

BELONG: Destroying the Dividing Wall of Racial Tension

Baptism is our covenant of relationship with God, and one of the most powerful ways we have to join him in his death, burial, and resurrection. Everything about baptism represents our belonging to him forever. Speaker: Cary McCall

BELONG: Belonging to God through Baptism

The human need to feel wanted can lead us to find shortcuts to relationships and intimacy, or to sacrifice our integrity or dignity. Why finding true belonging, or offering it, will never involve compromise. Speaker: Cary McCall

BELONG: True and False Friends

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