The Church's Biblical Role In Promoting Health and Wellness | Matthew Gay

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark

Turning Point USA

True Crime, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Is prioritizing health and wellness biblical? Matthew Gay is a Christian health and fitness coach who believes churches are contributing to the chronic disease epidemic in America. We discuss what God says about your health habits, how to edify the body of Christ when it comes to health and fitness, how to get motivated if you struggle to start, why every church needs a fitness ministry, and why Christians have historically had a very bad relationship with food!

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0:00.0	Is there evidence in the Bible to support this idea that stewardship of our body should be part of our faith journey?
0:06.1	If everything that I'm doing is for his glory, why on earth would my health and fitness not be a part of that?
0:11.4	What does food look like in the American church currently? And what should it look like?
0:15.5	Looks like America. We were instructed not to conform to the patterns of this world.
0:19.2	When it comes to nutrition, we have. We see a lot of fried food, junk food, and the youth events.
0:23.7	It's always pizza and chips and soda.
0:26.7	It really should look like we represent the kingdom of heaven.
0:30.0	It should look more like the Garden of Eden.
0:31.7	I don't know. Now this is a fun and unique conversation because it hits on both physical and spiritual health.
1:01.6	Matthew Gay is a Christian health and fitness coach, and he has a challenge for churches.
1:06.6	You are part of the problem.
1:08.5	We discuss what God says about your health habits, how to edify the
1:13.1	body of Christ when it comes to health and fitness, how to get motivated to start if you struggle,
1:17.9	why every church needs a fitness ministry, and why Christians historically have a very bad
1:22.9	relationship with food. Did you know that leaving a five-star review on Apple and Spotify significantly
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