Grab your sword and get ready to partake in some BBQ because we’re talking about the NOs of Men’s Ministry. Join Evan, Jamie, and Knox as we discuss questionable theming, the differences between men’s and women’s events, and whether men should be presented with weaponry. We’re also talking about what actually makes men’s ministry meaningful and why creating spaces for connection doesn’t necessarily require smoking an entire pig.

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• The NOs of Women's Ministry: Listen here
• Mario Kart? Listen to Electives with Evan: Video Games

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Today, we’re offering you an honorary doctorate and allowing you to audit a class at The Faith Adjacent Seminary, our Patreon community! We’re sharing our recent Fellowship Hall Ask-Us-Anything! Join Jamie, Erin, and Evan as we answer listener questions all while taste-testing Agape Energy Drinks. You’ll hear our current book recommendations, thoughts on the Bible cross-referencing itself, and so much more! 

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• Evan’s Substack: Check it out here
• Agape Energy: Order your own here
• Relevant Past Episode: November Seminary Favored or Forsaken
• Evan’s Books: A Murder Most Camp by Nicolas DiDomizio | Desire by Jay Stringer | Love All Our Neighbors by Tony Scarcello | Take Me With You by Steven Rowley 
• Erin’s Books: Jesus Changes Everything by Stanley Hauerwas | Love Like a Mother by Elizabeth Berget | Esther's Army by Katie Gaddini
• Jamie’s Books: We Mend With Gold by Kristin Lee
• Revelation Resources: Reading Revelation Responsibly by Michael Gorman | Revelation for Everyone by NT Wright
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In this month's Favored or Forsaken, Evan, Jamie, and Knox are asking the important questions: Should Jesus influence your interior design? Should more pastors run for political office? And why are we all watching Ted Lasso again? Plus, we brainstorm industries that Christians should co-opt as well as profiles for who would make ideal political candidates. 

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• What Would Jesus Design? Here’s the Architectural Digest Article
• Should more pastors run for office? Here’s the article
• James A. Garfield: Wikipedia | Death By Lightning 
• Ted Lasso: Watch on AppleTV

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Mother Teresa is a modern saint, but her story is far more complicated than many realize. From sainthood to skepticism, Erin and Evan take a closer look at Mother Teresa's life, the controversies that continue to surround her, and what her legacy means today.

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• The Spicy NOs of Mission Trips: Listen on Patreon
• Relevant Past Episodes: Best Saints in Show | The Global Church with Father Joash P. Thomas
• BBC Documentary: Watch Something Beautiful for God
• Mother Teresa’s Private Writings: Read Come Be My Light
• Mother Teresa and Me: Read the Christopher Hitchens Vanity Fair Article
• Princess Diana and Mother Teresa: Read more about that there
• What was that about Lebanon? Learn about the ceasefire here 

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It's time to dust off your WOW compilation CDs because Erin, Evan, and Jamie are snake drafting the CCM artists! We’re picking some of our favorite contemporary Christian artists and then investigating what they’re up to now. You’ll hear updates on Jars of Clay, Jump5, and plenty of early-2000s Christian music nostalgia.

MENTIONS

• Katy Hudson: Original Album on YouTube | Early Career Deep Dive  
• Jars of Clay: Spotify | Apple Music | Soccer Moses
• Crowder: Spotify | Apple Music | Relevant Article
• Nichole Nordeman: Spotify | Apple Music
• Jump5: Spotify | Apple Music | 20th Anniversary Video 
• Mark Schultz: Spotify | Apple Music
• Skillet: Spotify | Apple Music | Cooper Stuff Podcast
• Point of Grace: Spotify | Apple Music 
• Stacie Orrico: Spotify | Apple Music 
• Vicky Beeching: Website 

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In this episode, Erin and Evan explore the surprising ways pop culture can shape our faith for the better or worse. From Broadway musicals and Disney movies to Mumford & Sons, The Good Place, and more, they share their own formative moments, react to listener stories, and celebrate the unexpected places where theology shows up in everyday culture. 

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• Sacred Cinema Bundles: The Faith Adjacent Shop 
• What was that about Marcus Mumford’s parents? Learn more here
• Relevant Past Episodes: Sacred Cinema: Wake Up Dead Man | The Faith Adjacency of Godspell
• Relevant Episode Bundles Referenced in this Episode: Broadway Bundle #1 | Sacred Cinema: The Cinematic Epics
• Mumford and Sons: Spotify | AppleMusic 
• Hamilton: Here’s Erin’s Hamilton Essay
• Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride: Ride-Thru Video | Demonology of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride 

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This week on Favored or Forsaken, join Erin, Evan, and Jamie as we discuss sharing the gospel on an airplane, a VBS that went awry, and the latest book providing scriptural evidence that Trump is set apart by God. You’ll also hear about the worst places to share the gospel, our weird experiences with Vacation Bible School, and so much more! 

MENTIONS

• The Most Beautiful Fish: Rainbow Parrot Fish 
• Worst Place to Share the Gospel? Learn more here
• VBS Goes Awry: Proceed with Caution
• Book Rec: God’s Big Picture Bible Storybook by NT Wright 
• Relevant Past Episodes: The NOs of VBS | The Spicy NOs of VBS
• Fake Scriptural Evidence Book: Amazon | Instagram  

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This week, Erin and Evan discuss A Great Awakening, the Sight & Sound Films drama about George Whitefield and the First Great Awakening. They unpack the film's theology, Benjamin Franklin's surprising role in the story, and George Whitefield's complicated legacy, while offering a few gentle rebukes and, of course, creating youth group sermon illustrations based on the film.

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• Deep Dive: Rotten Tomatoes | IMDb
• Sight and Sound: Rent films here
• Great Awakening: Learn more here 

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In honor of Toy Story 5, Erin and Evan are going back to where it all started to give the original Toy Story the Faith Adjacent treatment! You’ll hear favored and forsaken moments, life verses for the movie, who we would cast in the live action version, and so much more! Is Toy Story just Biblical fan fiction of Peter and Paul? Are Sid’s toys experiencing a trauma response that renders them unable to speak? You’ll have to listen to find out! 

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• Toy Story: Watch on Disney+ | IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes 
• Italian Brain Rot: Skibidi Toilet

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This week on Favored or Forsaken, join Erin, Evan, and Jamie as we discuss Wife School, the Pope’s thoughts on AI, and Cory Asbury’s recent typo controversy. We evaluate all three the only way we know how: by asking whether they're good for the Christians or bad for the Christians.

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• All the Faith Adjacent Merch and Episode Bundles: Shop here
• Wife School? Here’s the article from The Guardian | Wife School Website 
• Helpful Wife School Substacks: I Went to Wife School So You Don’t Have To | Frigid Sex & Silence: A Review of Duggar-Endorsed Wife School
• The Pope Condemns AI: Here’s the Encyclical | Here’s the NY Times article 
• AI Deep Dive Podcast: Jon Stewart episode with Geoffrey Hinton 
• Evan’s AI Resource: FaithTech
• Cory Asbury Song Typo: Here’s the reel 

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Erin and Evan are deep-diving the pilot episode of Touched by an Angel, the wildly earnest 90s drama where angels roam barefoot through the desert, deliver emotional monologues, and occasionally make cars disappear. Along the way, we’ll unpack the show’s surprisingly massive cultural impact, the theology of guardian angels, and discuss whether a youth pastor could draw a Wednesday-night sermon from this series. 

MENTIONS

• Touched by an Angel: Watch on Netflix  
• Relevant Angel Content: SWDGISS: Angels | Angel Snake Draft
• Deep Dives: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia 
• Guardian Angels? Michael Heiser | Father Mike 
• Plus One: Deep Dive here 
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