Churchmen Podcast

Pastor Jerry and Pastor Daron unpack some key biblical truths to keep us encouraged during difficult, confusing times. 

In this episode, Pastors Jerry and Daron encourage shepherds and leaders to be ever watchful in their lives. The devil is seeking to devour, and he would happily find an "innocent" foothold somewhere in your thoughts - where a small entitlement, or perhaps a little discontentment, or the possible tinge of satisfaction as your hard work is finally being rewarded by increased influence... his option...

During this (or any) crisis, around every corner lurks another reason for even strong churchmen to slip into unhelpful speculation, worry, doubt and anxiety. And with every decision or situation, your responses will either provide a biblical salve or a stumbling block.  In this episode, Pastors Jerry and Daron help us regain and maintain altitude by exposing some bad habits that weigh us down, tar...

This time, Pastor Daron takes a deeper look at a chapter of Pastor Jerry's book, Courageous Churchmen,   called Leaders God Resists to get to the bottom of detecting a dangerous character flaw - insecurity. This is a critical discussion about a threat that's worse than a mere crack in a man's armor. On the surface, it may seem hard to detect. However, with the right upgrades to your radar, you wil...

Satan is all about taking down the church, but when personal holiness is well-disciplined, he only has one tactic left. He will try to make your ministry as ineffective as possible. He will send wolves into your flock, and one to your home. When the wolves are outside, your ministry will be either helped or hindered by your wife's response to the trials that arise in your ministry. Your leadership...

You want to be useful. Don't let yourself be blinded and your ministry's usefulness decline into obscurity. 

It was never intended for you to get through your ministry years alone. But cultivating and retaining strong relationships with fellow leaders remains one of the most difficult things a man in ministry can do. Pastor Daron asks Pastor Jerry's perspective on one of the most dynamic types of relationships a leader can and must have.

Some leaders have come to believe that you can be an academic and call yourself a Shepherd. Or you can be a preacher without stepping foot into the pasture. They meant well at the start with motives couched in good-natured intentions and wrapped in lofty theological desires. But on further inspection, we often find serious ties to the fear of man and a distaste for discomfort. The results of these...

Pastor Jerry Wragg and Daron Roberts look at developing leaders. Specifically what to look for, what to watch out for, and how to best encourage a hesitator.  

As shepherds, it can seem like every one of our decisions, admonitions, words of encouragement, methods, sermons, leadership decisions, personality, home life, and just about everything else is constantly under ungracious scrutiny by others. Criticism is a daily encounter from nearly every angle and quite commonly from people who are unqualified to make such judgments.  It's made that much harder...

Pastors Jerry and Daron attempt to assemble a Q.A. of NT Apostles to help us reveal a critical gap in the nuanced and volatile topic of social justice reform.   The podcast is now available on Stitcher, iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts and of course, our website.      

Ministry is messy. The sheep bite! The grassy valleys you envisioned can be scarce, and shepherding often isn't living up to the expectations. You had unquenchable vigor in the barracks, but then the war rages on and you seem to be losing ground. How can you keep focussed when even your own heart is busy manufacturing all manner of distractions, bent on betraying you and the ministry? Meanwhile, t...