Every Square Inch Podcast

It’s difficult for some to reconcile God‘s goodness with his justice. In this episode, Robert shows us how scripture affirms these two attributes of God and supports the claim that Jesus is ultimately good. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to give to this cause.

In the second episode on the beauty of Jesus, Robert argues that Jesus is not merely one beautiful thing among many, but the source, standard, and fulfillment of all beauty. From the beauty of the temple to the beauty of Christ’s life, resurrection, and sacrificial love on the cross, Robert shows how Jesus answers our deepest longing to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord.  • • • MEDICAL DEBT RE...

In the first of two episodes on the beauty of Jesus, Robert explores the significance of beauty as a transcendental. We tend to view beauty as something enjoyable to experience, but not necessary to our existence. But Robert explains that beauty is necessary to life and even points to the life we were made to live, which is offered in Jesus, who is the fullness of beauty in the flesh. • • • MEDICA...

In this episode, Robert argues that Jesus is ultimate truth manifested as observable truth. By his resurrection, Jesus meets the demands of both religious faith and enlightenment doubt. If Jesus is risen, then Jesus is true; and if Jesus is true, everything we want to be true is true.  • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to gi...

In this episode, Robert explores humanity’s search for truth, beauty, and goodness, and argues that these transcendent longings find their fulfillment in Jesus, the Logos made flesh. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to give to this cause.

What if the real question isn’t whether you’ll consider Jesus—but how you’ll consider Him? In Part 2 of his “Reconsider Christianity” series, Robert argues that you can’t actually escape considering Christ. Even in a post-Christian moment, Jesus remains unavoidable. He challenges listeners to lay down the baggage of both Christian culture and post-Christian culture and to consider Jesus on His own...

What happens to faith in Christ when Christianity becomes a dominant influence of a particular culture? In the first episode of this new series, called “Reconsider Christianity,” Robert walks through what happened when Jesus came back to his hometown, and invites all of us to give fresh eyes to faith in Jesus without the baggage of cultural Christianity. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click he...

For the final episode of 2025, Robert gives us an update on the medical debt campaign and invites us to participate in an exciting year-end giving challenge to eliminate the debt of Kentucky neighbors. Listen to the episode introducing our Medical Debt Relief Campaign on Spotify or Apple Podcasts . • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign a...

In the final episode of the series on manhood, Robert encourages men to redirect their self-improvement energy away from their own interests and towards the interests of others, and he closes the series with a few final words of reflection. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to give to this cause.

After laying out the first remedy to toxic manhood (being resourced by Christ’s blessing), Robert shares his second and third components of redeemed masculinity: it’s formed it by Christ’s power, and defined by Christ’s humility. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to give to this cause.

The “fragile male ego” is a common cultural trope, and there is truth to it. In this week’s episode, Robert shares the first of four remedies to toxic manhood: fighting insecurity with the blessing of our Heavenly Father. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to give to this cause.

It’s common to hear about the failures of the Christian project throughout history, but in this episode, Robert takes a look at the ways the Christian ethic of masculinity has brought about positive, meaningful change to our world. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to give to this cause.

A natural and good response to the atrocities of men laid out in the previous episode is to push back against those evils. But, in this episode, Robert explores how that pushback has gone too far and helped create an anti-masculine sentiment in our society. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to give to this cause.

If God designed masculinity to be beautiful, where did it go wrong? Well, as you’ll see in this episode, it’s gone wrong many times over the course of history. But as Robert walks through this history of fallen masculinity, you’ll also see glimmers of redemption and hope through Christ and his Church. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaig...

We’ve looked at the theoretical uniqueness of men in the Bible, but what about the theological design of masculinity? In this week’s episode, Robert unpacks several places in the Bible where God’s design for the role of men is laid out and why this design is so beautiful within the covenant of marriage. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campa...

What makes a man a man? In this week’s episode, Robert defines Biblical masculinity through a theoretical lens by contrasting the difference between “real men” and “good men” as defined by our culture. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to give to this cause.

In our last episode, Robert argued for a gender Venn diagram where the genders have attributes that are shared and attributes that are unique. This episode goes deeper into clarifying why his argument for uniqueness does not mean that their attributes are mutually exclusive. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to give to this cause...

The beautiful mystery of gender is not only how we are different but also how we are all alike. In this week’s episode, Robert focuses on the overlapping piece of the gender Venn diagram and how God has made both genders gloriously similar. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to give to this cause.

“Men, where have you gone?” This recent New York Times headline highlights the cultural moment that this podcast series seeks to speak into. As we begin this new series on masculinity, Robert shares some personal stories that shed light on how our culture views manhood and gives a quick peak into where this series will be going.  • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more abo...

In this special episode of Every Square Inch, Robert interviews two friends from the United Kingdom to discuss some recently published data about a revival of Christianity among the youth of their country. They discuss how they’ve seen these trends in their personal ministry and how they minister specifically to these young Christians. And finally, they discuss the role masculinity plays in these...

Robert shares his story of learning about the medical debt crisis in Kentucky, why he’s starting a campaign to solve it, and how it’s possible that the impact of small donations can be multiplied into $150 million of debt forgiveness. • • • MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF CAMPAIGN Click here to learn more about our Medical Debt Relief Campaign and to give to this cause.

Doubt and uncertainty about your own faith is not uncommon in Christians, nor is it new. But in this episode, Robert unpacks the unique way that those in our modern culture struggle with assurance, and shares some ways to combat the lies we believe. • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to...

Sports betting is creating lots of new revenue in the state of Kentucky, but at what cost? In this week’s episode, Robert addresses the noble root lying underneath gambling addiction, and how to help redirect those affected by gambling addiction. • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to ou...

A common question Robert receives from Christians is about repenting from sin and how to do so in a genuine way. In this week’s episode, he looks to John Owen’s dense essay The Mortification of Sin and shares some practical ways to apply Owen’s essay and scripture to our lives. Give to Doug & Masha via MTW https://www.mtw.org/missionaries/details/doug-and-masha-shepherd

The season of Christmas reminds us that God came to Earth through a virgin birth. But why did he choose to arrive as a newborn baby, when he could have skipped all those (seemingly) unnecessary years of growing up? In this week’s episode, Robert dives into the topic of incarnation and shares why we should rejoice at the thought of Jesus as a child, a baby, asleep on the hay. • • • Want to support...