A Church Without Walls

On this special Independence 250 Day episode, I want to explore some of the religious language around the founding of our nation, which is part of Christian Nationalism associated with Making America Great Again. Proponents claim that our founders were Christians and created America as an explicitly Christian country. Others call this the founding myth, and that, while our founders may have had so...

Maybe you've heard what we refer to as "the Gospel," condensed into some version of "Jesus died so you could be forgiven and go to heaven someday." But, is that the Gospel? Is what we call salvation primarily about whether we end up in heaven as opposed to hell? If this is how it has been framed for you, you may be surprised to learn that Jesus never talked about it like t...

"Theology has real-life consequences." So writes Brian Zahnd in a recent Substack article where he talks about Christian Zionism and the support of the violence of Israel against Palestinians. Last season and a few episodes ago, we dipped into topics surrounding the unconditional Christian support for Israel. It is all tied to Christian Zionism, which is the child of Dispensationalism an...

Over the past year, I've had the opportunity to accompany people in prayer as they forgive those who have wronged them. The level of transformation and freedom I am witnessing has been breathtaking. I have watched people go from bondage and darkness to light, joy and life. This isn't a new topic for us, but it is a new season where God is helping people break through some of the things t...

What has God been speaking to you in this season? Can you look back and make some connections between different points of contact where the Spirit has been moving in you? As I reflect on a recent encounter with the love of the Father, I find myself making connections to the word God gave me for 2026.

When you look around you, have you heard people ask (or wondered yourself) if we are in the "end times"? Where does this idea come from? You may be surprised to find that the version of this theological framework is relatively new by Church history standards - only 150 years - and is part of what is called Dispensationalism. Let's explore and see if what we are being told is consist...

There has been a lot of religious rhetoric with the outbreak of military action against Iran, as well as from Sec. Def. Pete Hegseth. As followers of Jesus, who told us to love our enemies, who laid his life down for his enemies (us!), how are we to think of the language being used to support military action? Let's explore.

My friend and mentor, Bob Ekblad, recently wrote an article on the Church in North America and its support of the agendas and actions being promoted by the present administration. Bob quotes Romans 2, where Paul writes that "the name of God is blasphemed among the nations because of you," and directs this prophetic critique toward the American Church and ties it to idolatry. Ready or not...

After more than three years, we are back with Willow Weston, as she talks about her book, "Collide, Running Into Healing When Life Hands You Hurt." Willow shares about how Jesus met her when she was hiding in the closet with her pain and brought her out into healing. This book is a permission slip for people to name their pain and begin courageously saying Yes to letting God heal it. Joi...

"The God of the Universe wants me alive!" This realization changed everything for my friend, Caleb Epps. Join us as he tells his amazing story of the powerful work Jesus did in him and is doing through him as he lives from a place of being desperate for God to show up.

In this episode, I share a family story of restoration. I'm not going to tell you more, so I don't give it away. But I believe God wants to restore what has been lost in families in this season. Get ready for a miracle!

The end of the year offers us the opportunity for a calendar-specific spiritual exercise of the year-end examen. The examen is a relatively simple practice, often done daily or weekly, to pause and take note of God's presence throughout the day, as well as where we missed Him. The year-end examen offers the opportunity to reflect with Jesus on 2025, and be in conversation with Him about the y...

Meet my friend, Bethany Dearborn Hiser. We've known each other for a long time and worked together for several years at Tierra Nueva. It was there that she experienced burnout and began her journey into healing and belovedness, learning to sit beneath God's gaze of love. As you hear her share about her journey, I know you will receive, as well. If you'd like to give a year-end gift...

It is Advent, when we celebrate the  arrival of Jesus. John sees about him that "the Word became flesh and tabernacled  among us." Today we explore how the tabernacle and the Temple were the place where heaven and earth met, how this is true of Jesus, and (spoiler alert) that it is true of each of us! If you'd like to support the work of Church Without Walls with a year-end donation...

I'm excited to have Aidan on today as he shares his journey from a bored church kid obsessed with football to a passionate lover of Jesus obsessed with telling others about Him. Get ready to, as Aidan likes to say, get lit.  If you'd like to make a year-end gift to support this podcast, please visit www.church-withoutwalls.org/donate. All donations are tax-deductible. Thank you!

We are joined by my friend Wendy Bents Patterson as she returns from her seventh trip to Brazil with Global Awakening. Wendy has prayed for and witnessed the Holy Spirit perform amazing healings on these trips, and she shares testimonies, as well as the five-step prayer model they use. You will be encouraged and equipped! Check out my new book on the Holy Spirit:  A Longing for More: Deeper, Wider...

What are your thoughts or even practices when it comes to Sabbath? Join me on this journey of exploration with my friend, Brian Steele, as he takes us back to what we were created for - delighting in God and experiencing his delight. We already practice all sorts of disciplines that are driven by what we value. What if we stepped into the discipline of delight? Enjoy this refreshingly new invitati...

What does prayer look like for you these days? How do you pray about global and national things? Are you overwhelmed? Have you stopped praying altogether? Romans 8:26-28 tells us that "the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought..." Do you feel like you don't know how to pray as you ought? You qualify! The Spirit wants to help. But it may not look...

Welcome back to part two of my conversation with Eric Stelter about hearing God and stepping out in risk. Eric lays a great foundation for hearing God, telling us to "get empty," to live in the expectancy of God speaking, and to commit ourselves to 100% obey what God is telling us to do! He tells us to practice in the little things to train ourselves to be ready when the big stuff comes....

Welcome to Season 4! Along the way, I want to share and explore some of the more "out there" ways the Holy Spirit leads us. I want to start with a story of my own about how the Holy Spirit led me to give up alcohol. Here we go! If you'd like to partner with me to help support this podcast, you can go to  www.church-withoutwalls.org and click on donate.  All donations are tax-deducti...

I get to talk again with my friend, Eric. We had him on this podcast two years ago after his brush with death (literally). Eric is the person I think of whenever people ask what it looks like to hear God, engage with the Holy Spirit, and follow Jesus outside of a formal ministry context. Eric uses the term "blue collar mystic" to describe what it looks like for him. A mystic is simply so...

I hear people say that they want our country's laws and values to be influenced by Christianity, by what the Bible says. Well, let's take a look at that. What might the Bible (and Jesus!) have to say about the bills being passed by Congress and the laws being broken by ICE? If you'd like to help make this podcast possible, please consider donating to support our work at  https://app...

Have you ever wondered why Christians and the United States has such a strong tie with Israel? What are we to make of that amid all that is happening in the Middle East, and especially Gaza? Let's explore a bit of this with Bob Ekblad and see how it gets tied into "end times" thinking that isn't as biblical as we might think.

Is there a revival going on among young people? What does that even mean? Join me in my conversation with my friend, Derek Archer, and hear what the Spirit is doing among a group of young people who are seeking Jesus first.

It's been said that we are all angry with God to some degree for not being good on our terms. Do you feel that? What are we to do with anger toward a perfect Being? Let's explore. If you'd like to partner with me to help make this podcast happen, go to  www.church-withoutwalls.org/donate All gifts are tax-deductible. Thank you!