Brewing with Jim

This week's questions: What do I do if I think a teacher doesn't like me? Do you remember what you spent your first paycheck on? What was it, or what could it have been? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to kno...

This week's questions: I don't know ASL, but how do I welcome and become friends with a new member of my church who is deaf? Do you collect anything? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most about. We are...

This week's questions: How can Christians "turn the other cheek" without being exploited? What's something about yourself today that your younger self would never believe is true? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the...

This week's questions: Why are there so many Christian denominations? If you could ask God a question today and then return to your normal life, what would it be? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most...

This week's questions: Can our prayers actually change God's mind? When's the last time you were way out of your comfort zone? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most about. We are excited to bring you a...

This week's questions: How do we deal with stress/burnout in life? What was your experience like in school? What kind of student were you? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most about. We are excited to...

This week's questions: Do I have to go to college? (Is college worth it?) What's one question in life that you would love to have an answer to? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most about. We are excit...

This week's questions: Is it normal to grow distant from my parents as an adult? Was life more fun for you as a kid or as an adult? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most about. We are excited to bring...

This week's questions: How do I break a cycle of repeating the same sin over and over? If I gave you the chance to write anyone in the world a thank you card right now, who would it be addressed to, and what (generally) would it say? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine...

This week's questions: Can Christians use personality tests (like the Enneagram)? What's the most beautiful landmark or site you've ever visited? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most about. We are exc...

This week's questions: How do you handle failures/rejections in healthy ways? Impromptu Follow-Up: How do you reject others well? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most about. We are excited to bring yo...

This week's questions: Of all the religions in the world, why believe in Christianity? If you were suddenly granted an enormous amount of money, how would you spend the next 1-2 days adjusting your life? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talki...

This week's questions: What is different about a Christian education? If you could have dinner with any three people, living or deceased, who would they be and why? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know mos...

This week's questions: How do pastors set boundaries on their time while still fulfilling their duties? What is something expensive but definitely "worth it?" Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know...

This week's questions: Is it wrong for Christians to be rich or successful? When in life would you say that you "peaked?" Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most about. We are excited to bring...

This week's questions: What version of the Bible do you recommend people read? When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most about. We are excited...

This week's questions: How do you tell someone who's satisfied with their life that they need Jesus? If NASA were to announce today that they have confirmed the existence of aliens, what does that change about the way you live? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conve...

This week's questions: Should students be allowed to use AI to help do their homework? Think of the sermons you've delivered throughout your career. Do you have one or more that stand out and you felt were particularly powerful? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conv...

This week's questions: Should Christians ever participate in "hustle culture?" What's a misconception people tend to have about you? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most about. We are excite...

This week's questions: Should pastors ever "get political" from the pulpit? If you could relive any day of your life, which day would you choose and why? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most...

This week's questions: Is it vain to pray for financial security? If you had to compete in any Olympic event today, which do you think you'd perform the best at? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most a...

This summer, Brewing with Jim will briefly shift from new recordings to a series of favorite episodes from the show’s backlog while Jim recovers from knee replacement surgery. New episodes will return later in the summer, but listeners can still expect weekly Tuesday releases featuring meaningful conversations from the past two and a half years of the podcast. Listeners are also invited to email q...

This week's questions: Why does God answer some prayers and not others? In what situations or contexts do you feel the closest to God? Silence? Prayer? In Nature? etc. Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know...

This week's questions: What's the point of homework? What's something about your wife that has always made you smile since? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking points the students want to know most about. We are excited to bring you a sh...

This week's questions: Should I join the military? If you had to ascribe "chapter titles" to the different phases of your life, what do you think they would be called? Which are you in now? Brewing with Jim focuses on giving biblical and experiential perspectives to life’s hard questions. We survey the students at CVCS and do our best to create a genuine conversation around the talking p...