Grounded with Steve Hartland

Pastor Steve sits down with fellow Pastor Jason Wallace to talk about worship. What should we consider when it comes to our worship, as the Church of Jesus Christ? Begin Show notes: 1) Evaluation of current Christian worship music. 2) What should we be aiming for? Why? 3) You’re our music/worship guy. What are the challenges in your position? 4) If you could change anything in Christian worship mu...

Pastor and author Erik Reed sits down to discuss his book and some other topics with Pastor Steve. Erik's book, Hold the Line, goes over the importance of standing strong with our Christian convictions in the midst of the cultural confusion around us. Begin Show Notes - Why’d you write Hold the Line? Address what problem? How’s reception been? (Endorsements - Joe Rigney, Megan Basham). General - d...

Pastor Steve and Dr. Sam Waldron sit down to discuss a controversial topic in our age, does the Bible really have some imperatives that are different for men and women in the context of the church setting? (Beginning of Show Notes) My guest is: Sam Waldron (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the president of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary and a pastor of Grace Reformed Bapti...

Pastor Steve sits down with Aaron M. Renn to discuss the shift in the cultural climate and what it might mean for the Church now and some of the patterns from the recent past. We hope you enjoyed last week's Bonus Episode, Interpersonal Relationships! (Episode 15) It is our goal for this interview about Negative World to come out close enough to our previous release of the interview with James Woo...

Pastor Steve goes over 3 important principles from the Bible on how best to resolve interpersonal relationship issues, you'll want to lean in and learn from this one!

James Wood and Steve sit down to discuss trend in winsome approaches to engaging with non-Christians. Is there perhaps a better way in the future, since previous models don't appear to be as effective in our cultural moment? Begin Show Notes: What is "Third-Way Winsomeness"? Why was this method popular? (Timothy Keller) How should pastors approach this topic? Should we just (and only) be nice to o...

Steve goes over an answer to a question from someone in our church, what is the unpardonable sin? What happens if someone commits suicide? Lean in and learn the answer to these difficult questions on today's Grounded! - Begin Show Notes - Grounded #13 - The Unpardonable Sin and Suicide A sin that leads to death? (1 Jn 5:16-17) Other examples (1 Jn 3:14-15) How did the Pharasees and scribes fit in?...

Pastor Steve discusses with us the unique challenges that Christian women in the higher wealth distribution of the world face. Begin Show Notes - The state of things in the world - Factfulness (Hanz Rosling / Bill Gates) The Curse (Genesis 3:16) The dangers of pregnancy and other things concerning health. Technology, specific to improving the average woman’s condition. How should we process life t...

Pastor Steve takes us through the important question: Do we have the right Bible? This is the matter of Canonicity of the Bible. Our prayer is that Grounded would bolster your Christian learning and put some concrete in your soul! Begin Show Notes - 1) How do we know we’ve got the right books in the Bible? 2) The Old Testament Canon. 3) No contention until the time of the ref. (Martin Luther) 4) T...

Pastor Steve shares a much needed message about the providence of God, how He is involved in everything and why we should put our trust in Him. Begin Show Notes - 1) Are God and the devil evenly matched? 2) How is providence helpful, even when we're dying? 3) Why is God's providence important? 4) What God's providence is not. (Fatalism, Stoical fate, Astrological, Opportunism) 5) Definition of God...

In this episode, Pastor Steve talks about the folly of going too far with being concerned about your audience in preaching, he refers to this as "rebranding" the faith. We hope this gives some more foundational concrete for your soul! Begin Show Notes - 1) Rebranding definition 2) What can we learn from Paul's preaching? (2 Cor 4:2-3, Acts 20:20-31) 3) David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Knowing the Times -...

Pastors Steve and Jason talk about Christmas at Cornerstone, what's coming up for Steve's preaching and a multitude of other things. Begin Show Notes - (1) A brief Jason biography (ministry background, position, etc.) (2) Measuring successes. (3) Favorite events. (4) Scriptures that stood out this year. (5) Some of Jason's challenges. (6) Sharing traditions. (7) Reasons against Christmas. (8) Outr...

Two pastors sit down and talk about what's gone wrong with the family in America and in the church. Begin Show Notes - (1) The social importance of the family. (2) How does individualism oppose the family? (3) The family as the basic unit of humanity. (4) The family's traditional functions. (5) Patriarchy, why is it so and what are the implications of it? (6) Why are fathers important? The downfal...

Pastor Steve and Taylor Wallace sit down to talk about this controversial topic in our day. Has our time and age changed the conversation? Does lust factor into the discussion, and if so, how? Begin Show Notes - 1) Defining our terms - Modesty defined,(1 Cor 12:2, 1 Tim 2:9) 2) Why is modesty a bigger issue today? - Feminism (Proverbs 7:10, rape culture, Mark 7) 3) Rebranding - Current Christianit...

This episode is to help Christian Marriages: Christian Husbands and Christian Wives. Pastor Steve shares with us what the Bible has to say about marriage. There are unique dynamics to the Christian marital covenant for the husband and wife respectively. Start of Show Notes - (1.) The broader effects of our fallenness (Gen. 1, 2 & 3) (2.) General observations regarding marriage - (Feminism, bio...

Who do we owe for having the Bible in a language we can read and understand? Pastor Steve highlights two brilliant and heroic men in church history: John Wycliffe and William Tyndale. Against the powerful church of their day, they persevered to give the world a Bible in English. May we not take it for granted! Start of Show Notes - (1.) The purpose of this episode is to help you to love and read y...

How should Christians think and act towards new technology? Pastor Steve breaks down some history of technology and how different Christians in the church have handled it. So should Christians steer clear of any new tech or is there a more nuanced approach for us to take? Find out in today's episode of Grounded! Start of Show Notes - (1.) Christians Before us Have Used Tech - Travel, writing, tran...

So should the preaching of a church be primarily for seeking and reaching non-Christians? Many churches today say that they exist to reach, and while we should reach the lost, what if the Bible describes a different main directive for preaching? Start of Show Notes - (1.) Bibliology - Scripture is sufficient to tell us how to do church (2 Tim 3:16-17) (2.) Ecclesiology - Christ is head of the chur...

Your view of the Bible is very fundamental and important to everything about your faith! Many Christians differ even in this crucial area. Pastor Steve will show us today in the Bible that we must not only trust the Word of God, but that to fail to do so will take us in a completely different direction. So be ready for a verse by verse walk through and some key concepts, as Steve brings us the Wor...