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#316 What is Contemplative Spirituality and is it Biblical? With Bob DeWaay
Monday, June 30, 2025 • Duration 01:26:46
Bob DeWaay joins the podcast to talk about his extensive research on the topic of contemplative spirituality. In this episode, we discuss figures like Richard Foster and Ruth Haley Barton, concepts like spiritual direction, lectio divina, and contemplative prayer. We compare these teachings and practices to scripture and see what the Bible says.
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#315 Modern Worship Music: Are we doing it right? With Dave Stovall
Monday, June 23, 2025 • Duration 01:06:57
Dave Stovall joins the podcast to talk about his experience coming from CCM to becoming a local worship pastor. Alisa and Dave discuss their pet peeves with modern worship music, as well as their views on how to choose theologically sound songs for congregational singing. What does it mean to worship? Should worship songs prepare hearts for the sermon, or is there something more important going on when we sing? How should we approach the business side of worship music?
#314 Does the Bible Contain the Right Gospels? With Adam Claasen
Thursday, June 19, 2025 • Duration 01:02:13
Have you heard that there are 60 gospels about the life of Jesus? Why did Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John make the cut? Historian Adam Claasen joins the podcast to talk all about the gnostic gospels...what they are, when they were discovered, and why they aren't in the Bible.
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#313 Pastoring in an Age of Social Justice, with Darren Tyler(Pastors Series Pt. 5)
Monday, June 16, 2025 • Duration 01:05:29
Darren Tyler pastors Conduit church in Franklin, Tn, which does amazing work all over the world to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, and meet the needs of widows and orphans. Pastor Darren does all of this work with the gospel at the center. In today's episode, we discuss the tendency of Christian charities to leave the gospel behind in favor of social justice work, and how that fails to meet the true needs of the people they are trying to help. He also lifts the lid off of typical humanitarian efforts that serve a hot meal with a side of secular ideology. Ultimately, we discuss how the gospel is the true answer to what the world needs.
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#312 Should Christians Practice Deliverance Ministry? | Pt. 6 with Dr. Doug Geivett and Dr. Richard Howe
Monday, June 9, 2025 • Duration 01:33:33
In previous episodes of our deliverance series, we've compared the common teachings and practices of modern deliverance ministries to the Bible. Today's episode will focus on the biblical teachings of how to fight our spiritual battles. Who or what are our enemies? What are some helpful Scriptures to inform Christians about how we are to fight?
#311 Should Christians Fight the Culture War? With Kirk Cameron
Monday, June 2, 2025 • Duration 01:04:51
Kirk Cameron joins the podcast to talk about converting to Christianity at the height of his fame while playing Mike Seaver on the '80s sitcom Growing Pains. We talk about what it was like being a Christian in Hollywood, what it means to be salt and light in culture, and what is the biggest cultural topic Christians need to wake up about.
#310 Why are so Many Christian Leaders Caving to Wokeness and Secularism? with Dr. John G West
Monday, May 26, 2025 • Duration 01:08:42
What if American culture isn’t collapsing because of crusading secularists? What if it’s failing because leading Christians identify more with secular elites than with their fellow believers? Dr. John G. West joins the podcast to talk about his book, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why American's Christian Leaders are Failing—and What we can do About it. He shares the story of Seattle Pacific University drifting into progressive Christianity during his time serving as a professor and chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography. In today's episode, Dr. West gives a clear wake-up call to Christians everywhere to speak up for biblical authority, biblical sexuality, and religious liberty.
#309 Pastoring in an Age of Progressivism, with Josh Blevins (Pastor Series Pt. 4)
Monday, May 19, 2025 • Duration 01:07:20
Pastor Josh Blevins pastors a Calvary Chapel right down the road from a very prominent and influential progressive church. He has discipled many Christians out of progressive Christianity, and into a true biblical faith. Josh shares about how he accidentally stirred controversy by simply teaching the Bible, not realizing it was refuting what the progressive Church was teaching. This propelled him into a study of the movement of progressive Christianity, and into becoming a safe place for Christians longing for faithful Christian community and Bible study.
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#308 Analyzing a Progressive Sermon, with Michael Moore
Thursday, May 15, 2025 • Duration 02:01:07
Michael Moore, better known as The Honest Youth Pastor joins the podcast to analyze and critique a sermon from a Nashville area "progressive Christian" church. The sermon is on Matthew 22:1-14, which the progressive pastor radically reinterprets...and claims that his interpretation is what Jesus intended us to understand. Have we really misunderstood this parable for 2,000 years?
#307 The False Teaching of Side B Ideology, with Christopher Yuan
Monday, May 12, 2025 • Duration 01:58:10
Christopher Yuan joins the podcast to talk about the most prominent voices in the "Side B" sexuality conversation. We begin with the trajectories of Rob Bell and Andy Stanley, and demonstrate how similar tactics are being used by leaders in the church to promote unbiblical views of sexuality. Please see link below to a pdf with resources and links referencing the topics/teachers we discuss in this episode.
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