Call Him Abba

Hey friends, this one is coming from the heart (FYI John is writing this). Producing this podcast for you so far has been such a joy. But also with the attention it has brought, we have also received some criticism of our actions and behaviors. The weight of all that has made me so aware of my own sin and need for my savior even more. All that led me to create this episode as a reminder that we ar...

This one is Bex’s birthday episode, so naturally we made her sit in the middle and talk about her life. We talk about getting older, growing up in a Christian home, learning humility, finding identity in the Lord instead of other people, and how Jesus and therapy have helped Bex grow in self-awareness, healing, and maturity. We also get into the fear of the Lord as the beginning of wisdom, 2 Corin...

Episode 6 is about generosity. Not prosperity gospel, not poverty gospel, but what we may or may not be calling the generosity gospel. We talk about why Christians are called to live open-handed, how generosity is something we can actually grow in, and why stinginess is usually a heart issue before it is a money issue. John shares the story of getting lovingly called out for being stingy, Bex and...

This episode is all about identity in Christ. For a lot of us, it's easier to think of ourselves as sinners who occasionally get things right than as saints who have been made new by Jesus. But the New Testament consistently speaks about believers as God's holy people, and that changes everything. In this episode, we talk about what it means to be a saint, how our identity is transformed in Christ...

Episode 4 is what happens when we don’t really have a topic and just start talking. We cover worship songs we’re loving, cussing and replacement words, how the three of us became friends, and whether guys and girls can actually just be friends. Then we get into real friendship, humility, Christian art, Christian apparel, Christian rap, cross necklaces, Bible verse bios, and Bible verses people use...

Episode 3 is about worship: what it is, why we do it, and why one of us had to be theologically convinced that raising our hands in church wasn’t weird. The three of us all grew up with pretty different worship backgrounds: Bex in a charismatic Pentecostal church, Destiny in the Catholic Church, and John in a more conservative Bible church environment. So we talk through how those backgrounds shap...

Episode 2 is here! We are talking all about how we actually change by the power of the Spirit, how good friendships lead to conviction and repentance, and how Jesus brings reconciliation to broken relationships. This week we get into Romans 8:14–17, aka the “Call Him Abba” origin story, and then dive into John 15 to talk about Jesus as the true vine, what it means to abide in Him, and why pruning...

We finally did it… we started a podcast. Welcome to episode 1 of Call Him Abba, where John, Bex, and Destiny sit down to do what we pretty much already do all the time: talk about Jesus, the Bible, what God is teaching us, and somehow get completely sidetracked in the process. In this first episode, we share why we named the podcast after Romans 8:14–17, talk about what it means to call God “Abba,...