1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Life audio Doctor Evans, you have a life full of 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: ministry and writing. What inspired you to launch a podcast 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: and how does it build on your previous work. 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 2: Well, my team came to me and said, you know, 5 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 2: in light of everything that's happening in the culture today, 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 2: what about you trying to interact with people, giving your 7 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: biblical input to all the variety of voices that are 8 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 2: out here, so that people can hear a biblical framing 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: from these conversations and not just from sermons. So I said, okay, 10 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 2: I will try it. So we have been putting them 11 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 2: together and it is gone. I have really grown spiritually 12 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 2: through this process of interacting and interfacing scripture with personalities 13 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: and different different dynamics and histories and backgrounds and generations. 14 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: So it has made the Word of God that I've 15 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 2: been preaching all these years become even more relevant because 16 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 2: of the guests that we're interfacing with. The word unbound 17 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,559 Speaker 2: comes from a couple of scriptures. Second I'll be John 18 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 2: chapter ten, verse thirty five, the scripture cannot be canceled, 19 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 2: cannot be annulled. And second Timothy two nine, with the 20 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 2: Word of God cannot be in prison. And so we 21 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: want to show that the Word of God, when released, 22 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 2: can address all the topics of all the dynamics that 23 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 2: we're facing in the culture today. Amen to that. 24 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: Some sample guests that I have a list of here 25 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: I'm manded Bible, Williams, Lacrae, Matt Chandler, Rachel Myers, and others. 26 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:39,759 Speaker 2: It strikes me. 27 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: That our culture, doctor Evans, is infatuated with sound bites 28 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: and tiktoks and short videos, and that deep conversations about 29 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: important topics are very rare. Does do you think do 30 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: you agree with that? 31 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 2: First off? 32 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: And secondly do you think conversations and podcasts like this 33 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: kind of fill and void in our culture? 34 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, for you absolutely correct that sound bites 35 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 2: have become the order of the day. And when you 36 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: live in a world whe everybody has their truth and 37 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: wonder from the truth, then you're at a never ending 38 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: cycle of confusion and chaos. So there is a desperate 39 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: need today for people to hear the truth, but through 40 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 2: the relevant varieties of life that people are experiencing. If 41 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 2: you hear the truth and it's not relevant, then you 42 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 2: don't treat it like it's the truth. If you're dealing 43 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 2: with the relevancy without the truth, then you're dealing with 44 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 2: a bunch of ideas that you wind up with babble 45 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: by the hour. So in terms of addressing where people are, 46 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 2: but what they need to hear for where they are, 47 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 2: I think a podcast can do that in a way 48 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 2: that just preaching does not, because you have the variety 49 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 2: of voices that you're interfacing with. 50 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: Podcast focuses on finding light and life's struggles. How do 51 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: you hope listeners who are walking through difficult seasons will 52 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: be encouraged by these conversations because. 53 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 2: Seasons change and life comes at you in so many 54 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 2: different ways. So being able to hear voices that are 55 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 2: relevant to the various varieties of experiences that we have 56 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 2: and you really, you know, the Bible was not just 57 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 2: written in a vacuum. It was written to real people 58 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 2: at real places, at real time, with real issues that 59 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: God had to speak in to. Podcasts allowed you to 60 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 2: do that, and so being able to speak in the 61 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 2: people's lives with people who living it themselves makes it 62 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 2: relevant to the truth of the Word of God for 63 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 2: where people are right now. 64 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: You spent so much of your life in ministry, preparing sermons, 65 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: diving deep into scripture and of course, now with this 66 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: podcast you are preparing questions for your guests. How has 67 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: this transition challenged or even stretched you in new ways? 68 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 2: Because it's taken me deeper. You know, I didn't plan 69 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 2: for this season the way it's unveiled. But God can 70 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 2: show that he can work through any seasons to show 71 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: new realities for living life under his rule, under his 72 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 2: kingdom authority. So I'm going deeper even as I prepare 73 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 2: and interact with these podcasts as well as my own 74 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 2: time in the world. 75 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: Does it feel natural? I mean, you've spent although you've 76 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 1: been preaching sermons, you've also been talking to people and 77 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: having deep conversations with people. Does this feel natural? And 78 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: in other words, you're just recording maybe what you've been 79 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: doing for years and years. 80 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 2: Well, it's let's put it this way. It is a 81 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 2: process of spiritual growth. Okay. I wondered whether I would 82 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 2: feel natural. I kind of didn't feel natural when I started. 83 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 2: But the more I do it, the more natural I'm 84 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 2: feeling and the more I'm enjoying it. So we'll call 85 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 2: that technological growth in my life. 86 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: How do these conversations with guests maybe uncover topics that 87 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 1: maybe a traditional sermon might not do you any thoughts 88 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: on that. 89 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 2: Absolutely it covers a lot. I mean, one of our 90 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 2: guests we were talking about experiencing God in nature, and 91 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 2: I'm saying, okay, wait a minute, Okay, I'm a man. 92 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 2: I've got flowers and trees and all that kind of 93 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 2: stuff that ain't grabbing me. I said, help grab me 94 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 2: as a man. And when the guest started out real strong, 95 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 2: she said, well, God has spoken of as a fall, 96 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,239 Speaker 2: but he created the trees. Can you relate to him? Bam? Okay. 97 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 2: So that took me to a deeper analysis of pun 98 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 2: nineteenth and then you know, and how they haven't been 99 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 2: earth that declared the glory of God. So you know, 100 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 2: so yeah, I'm being stretched along with everybody else. Amen. 101 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 2: Amen to that. 102 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: You said that scripture still speaks to modern day challenges. 103 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: What are some cultural issues that you want to tackle 104 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: or maybe you've already tackle because you've alady recorded some 105 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: of these in these podcasts that are you know, are 106 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: modern day challenges. 107 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 2: Everything from rap music to you know, how I'm preacher 108 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 2: Christians relate to that? To gender dysphoria, how do we 109 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 2: relate to that? To political chaos? How do we relate 110 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: to that the Bible speaks to all of it. Podcasts 111 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 2: allowed you to end of the faith for people dealing 112 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 2: with it. 113 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: So you're not you're not you're not avoiding difficult topics, Sarah. 114 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 2: They know you're not trying to play it safe. No, 115 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 2: we can't do that. Now that we say God's Kingdom 116 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 2: applies to everything, we got to go everywhere. Amen to that. 117 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 1: Give us a preview. Maybe have some other guests that 118 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: I didn't mentioned that people can look forward to listening to. 119 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 2: Oh, well, we're working on some with with Kirk Franklin, 120 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 2: you know, and he's got that music king but also 121 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 2: that culture nuance. And we're going to plan a con 122 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 2: We're going to plan a podcast with my new wife. 123 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 2: You know, I've been remarried two years. My wife passed away, 124 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 2: her husband passed away, and while they wanted their way 125 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 2: to my wife's funeral and so and then how how 126 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 2: you handle this kind of blending with loss. We talk 127 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 2: about that too. So yeah, so sensitive subjects of cultural subjects, 128 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 2: So we dive in all that. 129 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: Eventually, do you think you'll have people on this show 130 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: that maybe you don't agree with in some areas of 131 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: life and maybe display how to agree or how to 132 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: disagree a cordially. 133 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 2: I guess I should say, well, they didn't agree with 134 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 2: meacop when we started the podcast. When I'm finished, you 135 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 2: know we on the same page. You know, I'll just 136 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 2: get yeah, yeah, we'll deal with some controversial topics. 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