No Sanity Required

This conversation continues the conversation on how we teach our children to love the Lord at home and in church. Brody and Chad discuss the programs McGregor Baptist Church has in place to help better equip parents and students.  Parents – let’s think Biblically and model a personal faith with the Lord daily in the home.  Youth pastors – let’s equip the families in our church to do this well. Lis...

In today’s episode, Brody sits down with Chad Moore, a student pastor at McGregor Baptist Church in Fort Myers. Brody and Chad discussed what it looks like to partner with families in student ministry to disciple their children to love the Lord. Being a student pastor is a high calling that requires strategy, purpose, and mission. Learn what a faithful student ministry philosophy looks like and ho...

Why do people who once faithfully served the Lord, turn away from Jesus?  In John 3, we learn that it’s an issue of the heart. People love the darkness because their hearts are evil, not because there is no light. In this episode, Brody walks through 6 dangers and temptations that lead to apostasy.  Let’s be aware of what causes the drift and fight against it. Let’s fix our eyes on Jesus and pursu...

It’s not always easy to be faithful to the Lord. There are forces and things pushing against our desires for Him. We have to put in effort and fight the enemy attacking our minds.  Today's episode is from our Respond Women's Conference, where Brooke Lovingood walks through Mark 4, and shares how it remind us to be aware of the soil of our souls. Let’s grow in our knowledge of God's...

Today Brody sits down with Brooke Lovingood, a former Snowbird staff member who now works in the youth ministry at FBC of Watkinsville.  Brody and Brooke discussed what the Bible says about the roles of women in marriage and ministry. God has laid out certain roles for a man and a woman, and these roles that are equal but different.  Christianity is the most dignifying religion when it comes to wo...

Christians are not created for inactivity. We’re called to be a people of action, driven by faith. As Brody wraps up the life of Saul in 1 Samuel 14 with the Snowbird summer staff. The focus of the Old Testament turns to Saul’s son, Jonathan. Jonathan shows us what active faith looks like, while Saul showed us what inactive religion is.  The testing of our faith will produce endurance. You’ve got...

Anxieties and struggles should teach us to depend on the Lord more, not turn away from Him.  As Brody continues to look at Saul’s life with our Snowbird summer staff, he walks through 1 Samuel 13. This is when Saul begins his slide away from the Lord. Every drift starts somewhere, but it will stop at the moment of repentance. Sadly, Saul’s faith eventually weakens through his disobedience. Christi...

We can not hang our hope on earthly movements and figureheads.  Believers, we need to fix our eyes on Jesus and labor for what won’t perish. In 1 Samuel 12, the Israelites asked for a king so they could be like the other nations. But, God gave them a kingship that answered to Him. If you walk in Christ, then you’re called to be different from the world. Today’s episode is a session from Snowbird’s...

The local church is God’s plan for advancing the Gospel.  What are you doing now to reach the people in your community? Continuing the conversation on missions abroad and at home, Brody and John Baxter discuss how we can be a resource and share the Gospel with those in our communities.  Believers, let’s live out the Gospel. We need to fight against the dangers of the consumer, or spectator, mental...

Believers, we should never lose site of the responsibility we have to take the Gospel to every nation.  John Baxter is a career missionary and church planter who serves with Converge, a missions organization that focuses on strengthening churches and sending missionaries overseas. Today Brody and John discuss how foreign missions has changed over the years, and how we should approach missions look...

Don’t be afraid of doubt. Doubt is evidence of faith in the heart of a Christian. Brody sat down with Brittany Staples, a former Snowbird staff member, who shares her testimony of walking away from the faith and how the Lord brings her back to Him. Brittany wrestled with distrust in the Lord which led to a season of doubt.  During this season, Christian friends continued to speak Scripture into he...

After the recent podcasts on the fall of Mars Hill came out, how are we to prevent the same thing from happening in our own churches? Continuing his conversation with pastor Jordan Bird, a former Acts 29 church intern, Brody and Jordan discuss how we’re to grow our ministries in a way that honors the Lord and keeps them from falling. Let’s be repentant people who lean into Christ and focus our min...

Brody recently sat down with Jordan Bird, a former intern with an Acts 29 church, to reflect on the ministry at Mars Hill.  They also discuss the recent podcasts that have been published on it. Jordan was a young and inspiring pastor who was impacted by Mark Driscoll and his ministry. Listen to hear Brody and Jordan discuss what Mark did right and wrong, and what we can learn from his fall from mi...

Abigail is an example of Christ.  In 1 Samuel 25, she confronted David and 400 of his men to spare the lives of the men in her town. In this episode, Brody walks through what we can learn from her act of bravery and how she points us to the Lord. Abigail approaches David in humility and boldness as she asks to let all the guilt of her husband fall onto her.  She displays deep faith that mirrors Ch...

We are always giving our attention to something.  But, what if the Lord is speaking to us and we’re not paying attention? We need to be disciplined about taking time in our lives to pause. The culture around us presses us toward non-stop busyness, so Brody and Jon discussed the importance of solitude and boredom in the life of a believer.  It takes discipline to walk close to the Lord. Let’s be mo...

Culture today wants to control what you believe.  There is continual pressure to stop walking with Jesus and to start following the world. We’re asked to believe the narrative society is writing, or be labeled as hateful. But the Word of God is sufficient and authoritative. Scripture gives a clear definition of sexuality and marriage. We’re to love people well by speaking the Truth unapologeticall...

What is driving Christians to fall away from the faith? Today we’re seeing believers either abandoning the Christian faith or redefining the parameters of it. Something is always driving this. The problem is idolatry. We’re either exalting ourselves or items to a position that only God can hold. There is always an action or change of lifestyle that comes with deconstruction.  Continuing the conver...

What runs people down the path of progressive Christianity?  We’re seeing believers today wanting to decide the parameters of their faith with what they hold firm to in the Bible and what they won’t. This type of faith allows people to live the way they want to. But this is not real faith.  In this episode, Brody sat down with Jon Rouleau, a friend who was born and raised in California, to discuss...

A lot of things that happen in David’s life are consequences of his actions. While God forgives us for our sins, there may be consequences that linger. Don’t live in shame and guilt over these things, but walk in freedom. Let’s think before we speak and post. Let’s care about others more than we care about ourselves, but care about our holiness more than anything. Be assets and people that the Lor...

Ask yourself, “How do I become an asset in advancing the kingdom, guarding my holiness, and pursuing the Lord?”  We can look at David’s life and learn principles that push us towards repentance and dependency on the Lord. There were patterns in David’s life that didn't get dealt with and ultimately led him to turn away from the Lord. He needed to address those patterns that lead to sinful and...

Brody sat down with Yuri Kreyman, a Pastor in Denver, CO, to discuss what is going on in Ukraine and how believers can be praying for the church there. Yuri is Russian by birth and the congregation he shepherds are mostly Ukrainians and Russians. Listen to how his church is responding to what is going on in Ukraine.  Let’s be faithful to be informed and pray for what is going on overseas. Places t...

Believers, we can handle the hardships differently because we have hope in Christ. We don’t respond the same way the world does.  Brody sat down with Avery Primm, an Institute student at Snowbird, to share her story about how the Lord saved her. The Lord took her out of a cultural Christian mindset and gave her a passion to pursue Him daily.  Resources: Romans 8 Romans 7 Galatians 5 Summer Staff A...

Jesus is never random. He is always on mission. When Jesus goes to Jericho, it’s to meet and save Zacchaeus. Zaccheaus was hated by the people around him because of his job. He lived a comfortable life—but he didn’t have joy. He was seeking Jesus but he couldn’t get to Him because of his own limitations. Zacchaeus couldn’t save himself because of his own sin.  We cannot save ourselves. We aren’t s...

Don’t let your past control you. In this episode, Brody walks through how we can move from our past, grow in grace, and live in victory. When we have baggage, God can handle it. He has a plan and a purpose for you. Resources: Genesis 12 Hebrews 11 Sermon by Cam Triggs: Resolute   P.S. If you liked this episode, we’d love to hear your feedback! Please leave us a review on Apple or Spotify and help...

Pastoral and counseling roles are ordained by God, but can be destructive if not approached correctly. True BIblical counseling is patient and steadfast. It is the fruit of the Spirit being walked out. Counter-biblical counseling can produce good feelings in the moment, but the Gospel is our only hope for the human heart. We need to invite others into our struggles while maintaining complete depen...