Synopsis
This podcast explores topics of race, ethnicity, and culture from a Christian perspective. One of the podcast's major goals to help facilitate conciliation between various ethnic groups.
Episodes
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Salmerica Selects: Don't Get Your Information about Native Americans from Westerns
01/12/2021 Duration: 11minIn this classic episode, Dr. Akers focuses on Native Americans, urging listeners to avoid stereotypes about the Americas' first peoples.
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A Gospel for All Nations and Tribes: A Conversation with Emmitt Mckenzie (Part 2)
24/11/2021 Duration: 19minIn this episode, Native American evangelist Emmitt Mckenzie shares his philsophy of ethnic reconciliation as well as how past atrocities can impede evangelization efforts among Native Americans.
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A Gospel for All Nations and Tribes: A Conversation with Emmitt Mckenzie (Part 1)
17/11/2021 Duration: 22minIn this episode, Native American evangelist Emmitt Mckenzie shares his compelling life story.
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A Conversation with Dr. Lee Brand about Race and Reconciliation (Part 2)
10/11/2021 Duration: 21minIn this episode, Dr. Akers continues to talk with Dr. Lee Brand, the 1st Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention, about issues related to ethnic reconciliation.
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A Conversation with Dr. Lee Brand about Race and Reconciliation (Part 1)
03/11/2021 Duration: 20minIn this episode, Dr. Akers talks with Dr. Lee Brand, the 1st Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention, about issues related to ethnic reconciliation.
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Brazil, Biraciality, and Brawner (Part 2)
27/10/2021 Duration: 20minIn this episode, Dr. Akers continues to discuss with author and missiologist Dr. Jeff Brawner issues such as culture, unity, and what we can learn from Brazilians about racial reconciliation.
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Brazil, Biraciality, and Brawner (Part 1)
20/10/2021 Duration: 20minIn this episode, Dr. Akers sits down with author and missiologist Dr. Jeff Brawner to talk about issues such as culture, unity, and what we can learn from Brazilians about racial reconciliation.
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One Lord, One Faith: Part 2
13/10/2021 Duration: 24minIn this episode, Dr. Ken Lewis continues to interview Matt Akers regarding Salmerica, racial reconciliation, and his new book on reconciliation and the church. https://www.amazon.com/One-Lord-Faith-Reconciliation-Testament/dp/1734191570/ref=sr_1_2?crid=KFA63W9TNQK9&dchild=1&keywords=one+lord+one+faith+akers&qid=1632945285&sprefix=one+lord+one+%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-2
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One Lord, One Faith: Part 1 (Our 100th Episode!)
06/10/2021 Duration: 25minIn the 100th episode of the Salmerica Podcast, Dr. Ken Lewis interviews Matt Akers regarding Salmerica, racial reconciliation, and his new book on reconciliation and the church. https://www.amazon.com/One-Lord-Faith-Reconciliation-Testament/dp/1734191570/ref=sr_1_2?crid=KFA63W9TNQK9&dchild=1&keywords=one+lord+one+faith+akers&qid=1632945285&sprefix=one+lord+one+%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-2
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Salmerica Selects: Recognizing and Avoiding Stereotypes about Multiracial People
29/09/2021 Duration: 11minIn this classic episode, Dr. Akers discusses some of the most common stereotypes about multiracial people that continue to persist.
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Salmerica Selects: Do You Speak Mexican? Misconceptions about Hispanics
22/09/2021 Duration: 19minIn honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15), Dr. Akers dedicates this episode to the discussion of Hispanics. Contrary to popular belief, not all Hispanics come from Mexico, and there is no such thing as the Mexican language.
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Salmerica Selects: Reconciliation is Only the Beginning
15/09/2021 Duration: 28minIn this episode, Dr. Akers shares a message he delivered in the chapel of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN. This detailed examination of Acts 13:1-3 explores: 1) The importance of Christians from different ethnocultural backgrounds celebrating their unity in Christ; 2) How the Holy Spirit used a multiethnic church at Antioch as the catalyst for Paul's first missionary journey; 3) Some practical thoughts on how churches comprised of people from different ethnic backgrounds can partner together.
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Salmerica Selects: All Things To All People
08/09/2021 Duration: 34minIn this classic episode, Dr. Akers discusses how the apostle Paul's concept of becoming all things to all people in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 can help us to love, appreciate, and minister to people from cultures, ethnicities, and languages other than our own.
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Salmerica Selects: First Things First
01/09/2021 Duration: 11minIn this classic episode, Dr. Akers discusses a problem that can doom reconciliation efforts before they even begin.
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Salmerica Selects: The Myth of Just Preaching the Gospel
25/08/2021 Duration: 09minIn this classic episode, Dr. Akers explains how the myth of "just preaching the gospel" affects the issue of racial reconciliation.
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Salmerica Selects: The Myth of Color Blindness
18/08/2021 Duration: 09minIn this episode, Dr. Akers discusses the myth of colorblindness. Like a zombie that never dies, the belief that we can ignore race, ethnicity, and culture continues to return no matter how many times the concept is debunked. This episode will consider a better way to interact with these important issues.
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Salmerica Selects: Why were Believers First Called Christians at Antioch?
11/08/2021 Duration: 06minIn this classic episode, Dr. Akers argues that the ethnocultural unity that believers enjoyed at the church of Antioch is the reason why they were the first to be called Christians.
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Salmerica Selects: Is the Old Testament Xenophobic? A Look at the "Mixed Multitude" in Exodus 12:38
04/08/2021 Duration: 08minIn this classic episode, Dr. Akers discusses the mixed multitude that left Egypt alongside the Israelites in Exodus 12:38, using the text to demonstrate that the Old Testament does not express a xenophobic ethic.
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Salmerica Selects: Asian American Discrimination in the Midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic
28/07/2021 Duration: 12minIn this classic episode, Dr. Akers draws attention to the discrimination that has occurred against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. He also encourages listeners to support their Asian American neighbors.
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Salmerica Selects: What Color Was Jesus?
21/07/2021 Duration: 08minIn this classic episode, Dr. Akers, explains that people have depicted Jesus' physical appearance in a variety of ways. Some see Him as an African, while others depict Him as Nordic. What did Jesus really look like? In this episode, Dr. Akers examines Scripture's depictions of Jesus' physical appearance in order to provide an answer.