United? We Pray
Taking racial struggles to the throne of grace, United? We Pray is a ministry devoted to praying about racial strife—especially between Christians.
United? We Pray (UWP) is a ministry to help Christians pray and think about racial strife. We want to encourage Christians amid the strife to rely upon God in prayer. So our prayers can be informed, we strive to learn and write about race, racism and its effects, and theology. We aim to be biblical, beneficial, and clear in all our efforts. While we’re burdened for all racial strife, we focus on racial strife between Christians because of the unique privilege and stewardship God has given his people: to bear witness to Him and to love all people, especially one another (Gal. 6:10).
Episodes
197 episodes since 2023
Biblical Theology: Wisdom Literature
Adrianna Anderson is back once again as we wrap up our study through the Old Testament. Today we're looking at the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament. There is so much in here about how to live a righteous life, how to seek and acquire wisd...
September 18, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 195
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41:28
Political Myth: Christian Nationalism
Dr. Paul D. Miller is a professor at Georgetown University's school of foreign service. He is a veteran, patriot, and author of The Religion of American Greatness: What's Wrong with Christian Nationalism (IVP: 2022). Dr. Miller joins A...
September 11, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 194
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33:21
Political Myth: The Lost Cause
Austin is joined today by Dr. Robert Elder, Associate Professor of American History at Baylor University. We're talking about the Lost Cause - the myth that the Confederacy was a noble institution and those who fought for it are worthy of our v...
September 04, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 193
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30:13
Political Virtues: Love
In the final episode in this series on virtue, Kaitlyn Schiess joins us to think about the virtue of love, and how we as Christians can exercise this virtue in service of our neighbors. How can we love our neighbors with our politics? How can w...
August 28, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 192
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35:24
Political Virtues: Hope
Continuing our series on political virtues, Joshua Chatman joins Austin to talk about the Christian virtue of hope and the difference hope makes for our political engagement. Josh introduces several categories of hope which he and Austin then a...
August 21, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 191
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40:22
Political Virtues: Faith
Pastor Steve Bateman hosted Austin and Isaac for a discussion on the political virtue of faith. Pastor Steve believes that despite the trouble regarding Christianity and politics, Christians should remain politically engaged. By exercising our ...
August 14, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 190
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31:08
American Exceptionalism with John Wilsey
Austin is joined today by Dr. John D. Wilsey, author of American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an Idea (IVP, 2015). Dr. Wilsey has much to teach us about history and how Americans have thought about them...
August 07, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 189
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30:32
Political Convictions and Race with Justin Giboney
Justin Giboney is a husband, father, attorney, ordained minister, and author. He is the co-founder & president of the & Campaign and host of the church politics podcast. He joins Austin and Isaac to talk about politics and race. Politic...
July 30, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 188
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29:04
Political Idolatry: Do We Know it When We See it? With Derwin Gray
Austin and Isaac are joined by Dr. Derwin Gray to discuss political idolatry in our churches. Dr. Gray is both a pastor and scholar. We wanted to hear from him about this difficult topic, and the fruit he's seeing from it in our churches. We di...
July 24, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 187
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26:34
Political Convictions: How We Hold Them
Pastor Joshua Chatman joins Austin to talk about how to be agents of unity in difficult political seasons. We learned during the last election cycle of the deep divides within the Church over politics. Josh and Austin talk about what we should ...
July 17, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 186
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37:02
Political Convictions: What Are They?
Dan Darling joins the show once again to talk through political convictions. It's no secret that this is a difficult political season for a lot of Christians. Without diving into the weeds of any specific issue, Dan and Austin discuss how we sh...
July 10, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 185
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33:05
July 4th Special: Black and Patriotic with Bobby Scott
Happy fourth of July! This week we are joined by special guest, Pastor Bobby Scott. "Bible Bobby" is a friend of the ministry who has been on the podcast and has written for us several times. He has a particular interest in black history and al...
July 04, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 184
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36:42
Adoption, Prayer, and the Unexpected
On today's special episode, Pastor Isaac Adams interviews one of his church members, Brittany Elmer. Brittany and her husband have adopted three special needs children, none of whom share their ethnicity. Her son, Isaac, went to be with the Lor...
June 26, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 183
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33:55
End the Stalemate: How to Have Hard Conversations with Tim Muehlhoff
Dr. Timothy Muehlhoff is a professor of communication at BIOLA University in California. He is also co-author of End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations along with his BIOLA colleague Sean McDowell. This...
June 18, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 182
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38:27
Transracial Adoption with Brittany Salmon
Brittany Salmon is a scholar and author of It Takes More than Love: A Christian Guide to Navigating the Complexities of Cross-Cultural Adoption (Moody, 2022). She is also the adoptive mother to three children who do not share her ethni...
June 12, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 181
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35:43
Biblical Theology: Minor Prophets
We're back in our Bible study series with Adrianna Anderson. Today we look at the minor prophets, where we see a fuller picture of God's mercy to His people, Israel, and to the nations. There are plenty of sober warnings of judgment, but God's ...
June 05, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 180
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47:56
Raising the Next Generation
Few things are as difficult as parenting. If you desire to raise your kids to be agents of unity among God's people, it is even harder. Josh Chatman, host of the Train 'em Up podcast...
May 29, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 179
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34:27
Biblical Theology: Major Prophets | God's faithfulness
Today, Adrianna and Austin are exploring the major prophets and seeing God's plan for His people from all nations. While these books occur in the context immediately preceding and during the Exile, God's faithfulness permeates the whole thing. ...
May 22, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 178
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22:53
Biblical Theology: The Exile | Interracial Marriage
What does the Bible say about interracial marriage? Adrianna Anderson and Austin Suter continue this exploration of Biblical Theology as we look at Daniel, Esther, Nehemiah, and Ezra. These books represent the exile and the mercy of God in allo...
May 15, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 177
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32:59
Biblical Theology: History Books
Is the idea of race in the Bible? In the last episode of this series, Adrianna Anderson joined Austin to study the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. This week, we’re looking at the history books of the Old Testament: Samuel, Kings, and Chronic...
May 08, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 176
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34:56
Biblical Theology: Joshua - Ruth
Adrianna Anderson is back as we continue walking through the Old Testament. These three books, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, share the history of God's people in the promised land. There is much history here to lament and learn from, and thankfully...
May 01, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 175
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52:24
Biblical Theology: The Law
Adrianna Anderson is back with us to discuss the law: Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. We take a high-level view of these books and see the many lessons God has for His people in dealing with the nations. From this, we are able to start bui...
April 24, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 174
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37:15
Biblical Theology: Exodus
We continue our Bible study series by looking at the book of Exodus. There are many ethnic issues in this book, from the oppression of the Israelites by the Egyptians, to the covenant faithfulness of Zipporah. This was a fascinating discussion ...
April 17, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 173
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49:06
Biblical Theology: Genesis
We are kicking off our Bible Study or Biblical Theology series with the book of Genesis. Adrianna Anderson brings her expertise as a Bible scholar to help us look at Scripture to see God's plan for diversity and ethnic harmony. There is so much...
April 10, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 172
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46:38
Faith Over Fear: Speaking Out as a White Woman with Courtney Reissig
Austin and Isaac were pleased to welcome Courtney Reissig to the studio today. Courtney is an accomplished author who has also been writing for us for years. We talked with her about her burden to speak out on racial matters and overcoming her ...
April 03, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 171
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36:02