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Careful, thank you for joining me on this

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journey. And thank you for joining me on this

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podcast. I'm Peter [inaudible] . I'm

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the lead pastor of the resurrection Houston church.

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I'm a lawyer here in the

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city of Houston, and I'm also a community

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advocate. A man , we started

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this podcast because I wanted to give people

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a window of the intersection

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of the gospel and

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community and how that can transform

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the quality of our lives in

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the here and the here. After I

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used to always hear these messages

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of the gospel that were very individualized,

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very about me and what would happen

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to me. And I began

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to understand that the gospel is always

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given to the we , and that

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there is this life together that

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God knits , and he does.

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And you're going to hear over and

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over again. So many different stories

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of the we in the gospel

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and how the gospel and community intersect

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both the community at large and

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the community of Christians, the

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focal passage, man, that really

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speaks to my heart that I think will

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encapsulate what I'm trying to say. And what

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I'm trying to bring is acts

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chapter two, verse 42 through 47.

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It says, and

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they devoted themselves to the apostles

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teaching and the fellowship to the breaking

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of bread and the prayers and

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are came upon every soul and

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many wonders and signs were being

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done through the apostles and

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all who believe were together and

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had all things in common.

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And they were selling their possessions

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and belongings and distributing

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the proceeds to all as any

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had need. And day by day,

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attending the temple together and

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breaking bread in their homes. They

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received their food with glad

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and generous hearts, praising

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God and having favor with

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all the people and the Lord

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added to their number day

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by day. Those who were

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being saved,

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yo, the power of the gospel

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in community. This is what this

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podcast is about. These first

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10 episodes. You're going to hear from

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various leaders in the city and around

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the country. And we're going

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to be dealing together with

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the issue of where do we go from here?

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You do not want to miss this cause , but

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not only going to be sharing about where

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do we go from here, but they're going to be telling

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us about their lives and how their lives

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intersect with where do

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we go from here? So man

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, um, this, this issue of systemic

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racism, this issue of

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, uh, the lack of treatment

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of black and Brown here in the city

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, uh, and in our country,

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man, we want to deal with that. And then

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last but not least, man, I want you to understand

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and get perspectives

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from people all

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across the black and Brown spectrum

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and how they are applying the gospel

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in their lives and the lives

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of their community. So man, we're

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going to have a great, great, great time. Join

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us on a journey these first 10 again

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, uh , where do we go from here? And

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, uh , man, where do we go from

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here? Love you guys.

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Grace and peace from God, our father and Lord

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Jesus Christ. Join me on this journey.

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[inaudible] .