Everyday Reformation

How do you care for your body when work, family, and the cost of everyday life already demand so much? And where should a Christian begin when the changes he needs to make feel overwhelming? In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins continue the Strength for Service series with an honest conversation about food, exercise, rest, and making practical changes w...

Food is a gift from God. Scripture gives a place to feasting, hospitality, and celebration. So when does enjoying food become the sin of gluttony? The question reaches beyond how much is on your plate or what you weigh. Are you receiving God’s gifts with gratitude and self-control—or allowing your appetites to rule you? Christians can excuse habits that need repentance, but we can also judge someo...

John Knox was not simply a fiery Scottish Reformer. He was a man whose convictions forced him to answer a question Christians still face today: What happens when obedience to God puts you in conflict with powerful people, institutions, or cultural expectations? In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins look beyond the basic history of John Knox to consider w...

The Reformation put three questions before the church: Who has the final word? How is a sinner saved? Who receives the glory? The Five Solas give a clear answer—and those questions still confront us. Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins walk through Scripture alone, grace alone, faith alone, Christ alone, and to God alone be the glory. They also explore TULIP and the sovereignty of God in salv...

Every household is being built—or quietly dismantled. Proverbs 14:1 says that the wisest of women builds her house, while folly tears it down with her own hands. A woman’s influence can steady a man, nurture children, establish a home, and strengthen generations. But when corrupted by sin, that same influence can become discontentment, manipulation, contentiousness, gossip, seduction, and control....

A tyrannical man abuses responsibility. A passive man abandons it. Both failures leave a household carrying the consequences. In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins confront several sins to which men are especially vulnerable: tyranny, passivity, blame-shifting, and the failure to govern their own appetites. Beginning with Adam’s failure in Genesis, they...

Can Christians love their enemies and still sing, “O LORD, God of vengeance, shine forth”? The imprecatory Psalms contain some of the strongest language in Scripture—prayers for God to judge evil, defeat wickedness, protect His people, and vindicate His name. Yet many Christians are uncomfortable singing them at all. In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter is joined by Pastor Brandon...

Are young men returning to church—and are churches prepared to disciple them? Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins examine church attendance, biblical masculinity, and the responsibility to form men into faithful followers of Jesus Christ. Returning to their earlier episode, “Why Men Are Leaving the Church—and What Our Worship Is Teaching Them,” Nick and Brandon address listeners who reported...

Were the Crusades really a sudden, unprovoked act of Christian aggression—or does that version of history begin the story centuries too late? In this follow-up to our 9/11 episode, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins go back before 1095 to examine the Christian world that existed before Islam and the centuries of conflict, conquest, and cultural change that preceded the First Crusade. Nicaea....

Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, an entire generation remembers exactly where they were when America changed. Another generation knows 9/11 only as history. But did we ever really understand what we were watching? In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins look beyond the memories of 9/11 to the deeper questions surrounding Islam, Sharia, public li...

Christians often fall into one of two ditches. On one side is legalism—using the law, rules, or outward performance in ways God never intended. On the other side is licentiousness—turning Christian freedom into an excuse for self-indulgence and lawlessness. But Galatians presents another way: Christian liberty through a life led by the Holy Spirit. Pastor Brent Madding returns to Everyday Reformat...

After 100 episodes, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins look back—not at favorite moments or milestones, but at the convictions that have become more deeply rooted through the life of Everyday Reformation. They walk through ten core beliefs that define the podcast: Christ’s lordship over all of life, the authority of Scripture, the necessity of the local church, the formative power of worship...

What does faithful Christian fatherhood actually look like in the ordinary grind of family life? In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Brandon Scroggins and Nick Carter sit down with Dylan Heartsill to hear the story of how God began reshaping his understanding of marriage, fatherhood, family worship, church life, and biblical responsibility. Dylan grew up in church, attended Christian school,...

Children don’t learn to worship by waiting until they are old enough. They learn to worship by worshiping. In the final episode of our three-part series on preparing the household for worship, Nick and Brandon discuss what it looks like to bring children into the gathered worship of the church—and patiently train them to participate. Beginning with Deuteronomy 31, we trace the biblical pattern of...

Why Most Fathers Never Start Family Worship | Preparing the Household for Worship (Part 2) Many Christian fathers know they should lead their families spiritually. The problem isn't a lack of desire—it's the fear that they aren't qualified. Somewhere along the way, family worship became something many men associated with seminary-trained pastors, perfectly behaved children, and lengthy devotional...

Sunday morning chaos rarely begins on Sunday morning. Christian families prepare for vacations, weddings, sporting events, and work responsibilities—but many arrive at church rushed, frustrated, and spiritually distracted. What would change if we began treating the Lord’s Day as the best day of the week and prepared for it accordingly? In Part One of our series, Preparing the Household for Worship...

Why is Alfred the Great largely forgotten, and what made him truly great? Most people know the names of celebrities, athletes, and politicians. Yet few have heard of Alfred the Great—the only English king ever given the title "the Great." In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins explore the remarkable story of King Alfred, the unlikely ruler who inherited a...

When culture begins to unravel, our instinct is almost always the same: fix politics, fix education, fix the economy, or fix the courts. But throughout Scripture, God tells a very different story. Before He restores a culture, He reforms His church. In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins discuss why the book of Malachi is one of the most important—and mos...

When does a man become truly strong? In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins discuss one of the most powerful passages in Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10. Modern culture tells men that strength comes through success, wealth, influence, and self-sufficiency. The Apostle Paul teaches the exact opposite. Through Paul's thorn in the flesh, we discover that Go...

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, we often remember the Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence, and the Revolutionary War. But what kind of people were capable of building a nation that has endured for nearly 250 years? In this special America 250 episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins explore a forgotten part of America's story—the Christia...

Did pastors help build America? Most Americans know George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but few know the story of the Black Robe Regiment—the pastors who preached biblical principles, shaped public opinion, and helped prepare the colonies for independence. During the American Revolution, British leaders considered churches strategic targets because they understood something many modern Christi...

What does the armory of the man of God look like? In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Brandon Scroggins and Nick Carter unpack 14 weapons every Christian man needs to lead his household, fight spiritual battles, build for future generations, and walk faithfully before Christ. Using the life of King David as a framework, they explore the biblical armory of godly men: the Book, the Altar, the H...

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, many of the stories we've inherited deserve a closer look. Abraham Lincoln is often presented as America's untouchable hero—the Great Emancipator who saved the Union and freed the slaves. But is that the whole story? In this extended Everyday Reformation conversation, Brandon Scroggins, Nick Carter, and Pastor John Huffman examine Lincoln's legacy, the...

Your children are being discipled every day. The question is not whether they will be shaped. The question is by whom and into what. In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Pastor Martin shares how the Lord convicted him as a husband and father to stop outsourcing the spiritual formation of his home and begin leading with greater intentionality. We discuss family worship, spiritual passivity, fat...

Soft men don’t destroy what is good overnight. They simply refuse to defend it. In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins discuss why weak men, passive leadership, and moral neutrality create disorder in homes, churches, communities, and nations. Using the quote, “A civilization is not destroyed by wicked men. It is destroyed by weak men who cannot defend wh...