Bible, Bros & Brew

Going to church means attending a building or event, while being the church means living out your identity as a believer — the body of Christ and the temple of God — every day, in every relationship. Scripture (1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 1, 1 Peter 2:9) teaches that believers are not just attendees but living stones built into God's spiritual house. Gathering with other believers still matte...

The church is not a building — it's the body of Christ. According to 1 Corinthians 12:27 and Ephesians 1:22-23, every believer who has accepted Jesus is joined into one living body with Christ as the head. Believers are also called the temple of God in 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, since the Holy Spirit dwells in people, not in walls. The Greek word "ekklesia," translated "church,&quo...

A clergy woman claimed that if Jesus were preaching the Sermon on the Mount today, he might also say "blessed are those who end pregnancies." David McIntyre, Phillip Rich, and Jon Dzyuba push back — not with condemnation, but with Scripture. Psalm 139:13–16 says God knit each person together in the womb. Jeremiah 1:5 says God knew Jeremiah before he was formed. John 10:10 says Jesus came...

Christian artists who build faith-based platforms are held to a higher standard — and Scripture backs that up. This episode of Bible, Bros & Brew digs into why, drawing on Romans 14, First Corinthians 10, Colossians 3, and James 3.  David McIntyre opens with a personal correction and a vulnerable story about a mentor whose hidden sin was eventually exposed — and what grace looks like in the af...

When Christian artists publicly deconstruct their faith or reverse the values their music once proclaimed, listeners are left asking a real question: were they ever telling the truth? In this episode of Bible, Bros & Brew, David McIntyre, Phillip Rich, and Jon Dzyuba react to Avalon's "Testify to Love" being rerecorded with a gay choir, examine the wave of faith deconstruction a...

According to the Public Religion Research Institute and Pew Research, the number one reason people leave the church — cited by 51–67% of respondents — is that they simply stopped believing. Hosts David McIntyre and Phillip Rich of Bible, Bros & Brew argue this is not a programming problem. It's a roots problem — what happens when faith isn't built on consistent, personal engagement w...

In this episode of Bible, Bros & Brew, Dave, Phil, and John continue their React series by responding to a WOKE preacher who claims John 14:6 — "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life" — should be interpreted metaphysically rather than literally. The guys break down the full context of John 14, cross-reference Matthew 10, Matthew 7, and Romans 10, and expose how half-truths and loose...

Theo Vaughn prayed something most Christians are afraid to say out loud — that even as he asked God to help him stop a behavior, he knew part of him was probably going to do it again. He asked God to get into that part of him too. The broken part. The part that doesn’t even want to be fixed. David, Phil, and Jon react to that moment and open up a real conversation about prayer — what it actually i...

What does a spiritually mature Christian actually look like? The Bros have spent weeks unpacking the signs of spiritual immaturity — and now they’re flipping the script. In this episode, David, Phil, and Jon dig into one of the most quoted yet most misunderstood passages in Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1–8. Real, biblical love is patient, sacrificial, not self-seeking — and it’s one of the most pow...

Let’s be honest — nobody wants to think of themselves as spiritually immature. But what if you’ve been saved for years and you’re still sitting in the same place you started? No growth. No depth. Just… stuck. The writer of Hebrews had some pretty pointed things to say about that situation nearly 2,000 years ago, and spoiler alert — it wasn’t a compliment.  In this episode, David, Jon, and Phil pic...

Is being an emotional Christian the same thing as being an immature Christian? Sounds like the same thing — but it’s not. In this episode, David, Phil, and Jon break down what spiritual immaturity actually looks like according to scripture, and why stalled growth is a bigger problem than most believers want to admit. They park the conversation in Hebrews 5:12-14, where the writer calls out believe...

Emotions are a God-given element of the human experience. It's unrealistic to think that you can go through life without feeling anything, but at the same time, being governed by your feelings is a guaranteed recipe for disaster. So what should we do instead? This is where God's Word comes into play. We must strive to develop the habit of consistently deferring to what God says--instead...

Feelings are easier than discipline — and that is exactly why so many Christians end up emotionally led instead of Word-led. If your faith rises and falls based on how you feel on any given day, this episode is for you. David, Phil, and Jon break down the four real reasons believers drift into emotion-led Christianity — from chasing spiritual feelings instead of building spiritual discipline, to c...

Spiritual immaturity is subtle. It does not announce itself. One day you are chasing every new wind of doctrine, falling for signs and wonders, getting moved by whoever speaks with the most confidence — and you do not even realize it is happening. Paul warned us about this in Ephesians 4. He said immature believers get tossed around by every new teaching, by clever lies that sound like truth, by p...

Feelings are easier than discipline. They always have been. If we are really keeping it real, many of us have built our entire faith life on how we feel on any given day. The problem? Feelings lie. They are fickle, they shift with the weather, and Jeremiah 17:9 already warned us that the heart is deceitful above all things. What happens when the emotional high wears off and God feels distant? What...

Everyone hits a low place eventually. The question is not whether discouragement will come — it is whether you have anything solid to stand on when it does. If you are in that place right now, this conversation is for you. David, Jon, and Phil close out the I’m Over It series with one of the most practical and grounding episodes yet. Psalm 46:1 tells us that God is a very present help in times of...

Complaining might be the most socially acceptable bad habit there is. It feels harmless — just venting, just blowing off steam, just being honest about how hard things are. The problem is that Scripture has a lot to say about it, and spoiler alert: God does not view it the way most of us do. David, Jon, and Phil dig into one of the most instructive — and honestly uncomfortable — passages in all of...

It is easy to do. Life gets hard, things do not go the way you planned, and before you know it, you are so locked in on what went wrong that you have completely lost sight of everything that went right. That shift in perspective is more dangerous than most people realize. The Israelites in the wilderness are one of the most relatable — and sobering — examples in all of Scripture. Over and over aga...

Ever feel a slow burn of anger underneath everything — and you cannot even explain where it is coming from? You are not losing your mind. You are probably dealing with something deeper than anger itself. Many mental health professionals consider anger a secondary emotion — a surface reaction to something harder to name underneath, like hurt, fear, disappointment, or grief. The good news is that Sc...

You know the feeling. The fire that used to drive you feels more like smoke. You are still showing up, still going through the motions — but something inside has gone quiet. Spiritual exhaustion is real, it is common, and if you do not deal with it, it will deal with you. David, Phil, and Jon dig into this one straight from Scripture — because here is what is encouraging: the believers in the Bibl...