Reconstructing Faith with Trevin Wax
by North American Mission Board
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Crafting a Liturgy for Daily Prayer
Crafting a Liturgy for Daily Prayer
About this podcast
Scathed by scandal and riddled with controversy, the American church today faces a credibility crisis. What is the way forward for renewal in our generation? Trevin Wax offers perspective from church history and the church around the world to help listeners recommit both to removing the rot from the church and fortifying the foundations of unchanging truth. It's time to rebuild.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 36 episodes
- Crafting a Liturgy for Daily Prayer · 25 min · Season 3 Episode 12On this bonus episode of Reconstructing Faith, Trevin Wax and Jeff Medders turn to a discussion on spiritual formation and a new project where Trevin puts on the hat of liturgist…
- What's Coming Around the Cultural Corner? · 23 min · Season 3 Episode 11On this bonus episode of Reconstructing Faith, hear from Trevin Wax as he has a conversation with Jeff Medders about expressive individualism — the “you be you” culture. They’ll…
- The Kingdom Manifesto · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 10On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he turns to the words of Jesus for a blueprint of what life in God's kingdom looks like. The only way we will be ready…
- Seven Big Challenges Facing the Church Worldwide · 53 min · Season 3 Episode 9On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he examines seven of the big challenges facing the church worldwide. And take a closer look at what lies ahead for the…
- No Renewal Without Resilience · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 8On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he asks: how do we serve together through pain and conflict? How do we deal with disappointment in our pursuit of…
- I Post, Therefore I Am · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 7On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he asks: How does the digital age shape, inform, or deform our understanding of discipleship and spiritual growth?
- Where’s the Edge? · 51 min · Season 3 Episode 6On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he asks: How will preaching and teaching enable us to contribute to the renewal of the church?
- Reading the Bible When Nobody Reads · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 5On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he asks: what does faithful engagement with God's Word look like in a world where fewer and fewer people read, not…
- An Active Christian Life… Where God is Unnecessary · 51 min · Season 3 Episode 4On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he asks: What if the biggest temptation we face in seeking to restore and rebuild the witness of the church is not…
- Spiritual Disciplines Won’t Change Your Life · 53 min · Season 3 Episode 3On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he asks: What are those practices? Why do they matter? What is the promise and peril in seeking habits of holiness?
- 3 Waves That Have Shaped Your Church · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 2On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he asks the question: What waves have shaped the landscape of evangelicalism?
- What If We Can’t Rebuild? · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 1On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he asks the question: What if we're not up to the task of rebuilding the witness of the church?
- Season 2, Episode 10: Better Together: Denominations and the Hope of Evangelical Renewal · 1 h 2 min · Season 2 Episode 10In the first episode of this season, we looked at the reconstruction of Notre Dame after the fire, the painstaking work of refashioning and rebuilding a place that took centuries…
- Season 2, Episode 9: Family Breakdown and the Family of God · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 9The iconic family scenes we see in classic TV are not the norm for most people in American society today. Divorce has disrupted more families than ever before in our history. And…
- Season 2, Episode 8: After the Worship Wars · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 8In the latter decades of the 20th century, many churches across the country shifted from a formal style of worship, with traditional and classical music, to a more informal style…
- Season 2, Episode 7: The Spiritual Burnout Society · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 7For the past few years, sociologists and journalists have been describing millennials as “the burnout generation.” Now, there are reports that burnout and stress are on the rise…
- Season 2, Episode 6: No One Knows What’s Real Anymore · 58 min · Season 2 Episode 6We’ve entered a new era in terms of technology. AI is the most powerful predictive tool we’ve ever created. It’s really good at analyzing and predicting human behavior… like…
- Season 2, Episode 5: Gender Sanity in a World Gone Mad · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 5There will be no avoiding conversation about sex and gender in the days ahead, and as Christians, the starting place must be our convictions about reality. All our choices must…
- Season 2, Episode 4: The Secret Catastrophe · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 4More and more commentators speak openly about the social and mental health consequences of porn: the degrading nature of warped expectations, the ever-more transgressive…
- Season 2, Episode 3: Boys to Men, For Mission · 58 min · Season 2 Episode 3Across the spectrum, commentators chatter away on the crisis of manhood in the wake of gender confusion, the denigration of men traditionally involved in “men’s work,” and the…
