NOT the Sermon

This is the INDIA EPISODE! Eric and Jamie have just spent the past two weeks in India on a ministry excursion. This episode does not contain any of our traditional segments but is split up according to the days that they recorded. The audio quality is not the best but we tried! Enjoy.  The Experience: the flight, language, weather, and the food. The Ministry: teaching at the Bible school, white sa...

In this episode, we hear a special Psalm of Roasting from one of our listeners, sing a new song in the style of Maverick City, and *expose the modesty culture wars. Listener Feedback: A Roast Psalm Your Greek is Showing: Is everyone a child of God? How Great is Our Pod: Maverick City song: More x100 Shady Theology: Modesty Culture

In this episode, the NTS crew gets ROASTED with an eloquent listener poem, they talk about self care and mental health, and introduce a new segment called "Your Greek is Showing" where Jamie introduces a greek word from a biblical text and helps you revolutionize your bible reading! Listen to the end to hear about a new product from NOT the Sermon. Shooting the Skybalon: Roast poem Pester the Past...

This week we discuss bible translations, our biggest spiritual influences, and how being a tool is not a good dating strategy.    Shooting the Skybalon: What is it like to be a pastor? Pester the Pastor: What preachers do we listen to? Weird News: Man sues dating Facebook group. Houston, we have a question: Which bible translation is best?    

On this episode Eric and Jamie talk denominations, cults, and heresy hunters! They also a release a new single "My Name is On a Mailbox, Down that Great Dirt Road of Heaven." Shooting the Skybalon: What kind of churches have you attended? How Great is Our Pod: "My Name is On a Mailbox, Down that Great Dirt Road of Heaven" Eric's Edumakation: What is a cult? Shady Theology: Heresy Hunting

In this episode, Eric shares about his lottery winnings and Walmart assault, Jamie takes on Michael Gungor, and thinks get a little hazy when the guys discuss the morality of marijuana.  Shooting the Skybalon: Playing the Lottery and Eric's Walmart assault Weird Worship: Holy x5 by Gungor So Help Meme God: GenZ Bible meme Shady Theology: Should Christians Smoke Weed?

If you like music, you are in for a treat. This morning, the NTS crew sits down to talk about their favorite musicians and genres, they play a new Worship Mashup game, and bring you all of the comedy and theology that you have come to enjoy.   Shooting the Skybalon: Our favorite music How Great is Our Pod: Worship Mashup Game (Great Are the Pumpkins) Houston, We Have a Question: Should Christians...

00:30 Shooting the Skybalon: New Year's Resolutions 10:13 Pester the Pastor: What's the deal with fasting? 22:30 Shady Theology: Should Christians drink alcohol? 32:17 Houston, we have a question: Pets in heaven and Jesus' actual day of birth.

00:30 Shooting the Skybalon: Phoenix eats like a child & the boys are going to India 08:54 Eric's Edumakation: The First Great Awakening 23:09 Weird Worship: Flagging 36:27 Odd News: The Robinhood Bank Robber  

Shooting the Skybalon: Eric and Jamie's Christmas Traditions, food, and the best Christmas movies How Great is Our Pod: Calvinist Christmas Carols Shady Theology: Is Xmas with an X okay? Pester the Pastor: What should Christian parents tell their children about Santa?

Shooting the Skybalon: Jamie's Goof & Eric's Fireplace Listener Questions: Christians and Geopolitics, Why do we need Jesus?, Baptizing the Dead, Aliens and Bigfoot, Jamie's Mom Pester the Pastor: Should we be worried about Gen Z's faith? Shady Theology: Progressive Christianity

On this episode, the NTS crew are joined by Randy Young, the "Voice of the Yellowjackets," for a BONUS HOT TAKE Episode discussing the College Football Playoff Committee's snub of Florida State. In typical NTS fashion, this episode is informative and hilarious. Randy Young is a lifelong Georgia football fan, sports broadcaster, and educator who tries to brings some clarity to the chaos.  Show note...

Shooting the Skybalon: Pastor's retreat and Eric gets owned by a Christian magazine Pester the Pastor: How to protect truth and preserve relationships Shady Theology: Follow your heart Holiday Tips

 "Pour your honey on me, Lord" Shooting the Skybalon: Eric's dog looks like Hitch Jamie goes to Disney world Shady Theology: Cessationism How Great is Our Pod: "You Sweeten All I Do" Weird news: Montegro's lying down contest

Shooting the Skybalon: Eric went to Disney Pester the Pastor: Andy Stanley and the LGBTQ+ Conference Shady Theology: Expository Preaching vs Topical Preaching (Eric takes a bathroom break) Weird News: A woman gets stuck in an outhouse trying to retrieve her watch.

Shooting the Skybalon: Snake stories Pester the Pastor: Jamie's funniest ministry fail There's one in every youth group. Eric's Edumakation: Christian Ethics Jordan Peterson Weird Worship: Born inside a rainbow

Eric plays Jamie's "Questionable Game". Should Eric get a tattoo? Shady Theology: 1. Deconstruction. 2. All Sin is the Same. Weird News: Crocodile Virgin Birth

Not everyone should go to your church. What if Eric were Senior Pastor? Should Christians get plastic surgery? Shady Theology: Church Marketing Weird News: Did God save a woman from a snake with a hawk?

Convenience store coffee & McDonalds. Obsessing over other people's sin. Indiana Bible College music is FIRE. Pentecostals & Charismatics. "Not the Sermon" parody song What to expect.