Gateway Church Podcast

Pastor Josh is out this week, but no worries Laura and Shaun are joined by a special guest from North Main to give us an update on how things are going at that campus.

Laura is back this week! It's a good thing too, because the team jumps into some fairly light topics like why bad things happen. They also discuss the shift from one theological position to another, and the potential to shift back. Enjoy!

This week a couple of special guests join the podcast! Cody Ohnmeiss and Matt Ginter join Pastor Josh and Shaun to talk about what life in college ministries looks like. There is no video content this week. We apologize for any inconvenience.

This week the team chats a little more about the annual ministry review and Josh's reading habits. How has Josh read almost 20 books so far in 2020, you ask? Josh shares some insights while Shaun takes issue with how Josh tabulates his book reading statistics and he thinks you should as well. Nevertheless, reading is important and the team talks about why.

In this episode we talk about what campus pastors do around here and the annual church ministry review before moving on to answer questions about why we should want to serve God, and the issue of doubt. And soup. We talk about soup. 2019 Gateway Church Ministry Review: https://www.gatewayepc.org/give

On the slate for this week the team takes a couple questions and discusses the State of the Bible 2019 study from the Barna Group and American Bible Society. The study produced some encouraging insights and some... not so encouraging insights, but we hope it's a helpful discussion that encourages us all to crack open our Bibles because there is work to be done! Also, Shaun butchers a Charles H. Sp...

First episode of 2020, we made it! Good job, everyone, really great effort! This week, the team sits down to catch up after the holidays and answer some questions. This episode features some questions about teaching through books of the Bible; interpretation and biblical truth; and word choice in Josh's sermon. And if you're a big fan of jigsaw puzzles, Josh and Laura have an extended chat about j...

It's the final episode of 2019 and it just so happens to be our CHRISTMAS PODCAST SPECTACULAR!!! So buckle in because Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun tackle your questions about Christmas! This episode is a MUST LISTEN for Laura's *story alone. We're so very thankful to everyone who sent in questions or tuned in on a weekly basis. Thanks for all the support and feedback, we're excited about what's c...

A whole host of good topics on tap for this week! Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun tackle questions related to women in leadership; when to be silent in prayer; empathy for introversion; and expectations during the worship service. Next week we're recording our final episode of 2019! We'll be back in January 2020, but before we go on break we're having our first ever Christmas Podcast Spectacular! If...

This week the team answers questions about our approach to "Special Sundays" as well as how we experience both the perceived and actual changes we go through as a church. Shaun also lets Josh and Laura have the final word this time around.

Some questions about a particular topic have come in over the last few weeks, so we're switching things up this week! Josh and Shaun ask the questions, Laura provides the answers and the insights! Josh also gives us an update on the Hanson Haircut Watch situation.

This week Pastor Robert joins the group to answer a question from his sermon in Romans 7, and the team talks about how to approach Halloween and other Christian holidays.

This week the team tackles questions regarding a wide range of topics such as personal piety, gambling, why some people in the Bible lived so long, God and the doctor, and how to respond when people say God is evil.

You came up big this week! You sent in a lot of fantastic questions and Josh, Laura, and Shaun do their best to tackle several questions about Paul's teaching in Romans 6, and some questions about how we, as Christians, work through shame and guilt both personally and with others.

This Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun answer some lingering questions about baptism.

This week Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun chat about Josh's Four Boxes of Piety and Justice. Lots of good suggestions there. That's it... that's the summary.

This week Shaun and Josh are under the weather and Laura gets to deal with it. The team tackles questions related to who's chosen, and how to address "What the Greek actually means..." scenarios.

Well, we kept things under one hour this week. This week, Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun talk about Systematic Theology books, pop-Christian book authors, and take some time to reflect on the feedback from last week's episode. Shaun butchers a few analogies as well.

We did it! We recorded our longest podcast yet! Get ready for Josh, Laura, and Shaun to talk about... (whispers) infant baptism. Quite a few questions came in about this one, so not only did we record a long podcast episode about it, we also have some resources that are incredibly useful to read through as you study on the topic. Booklets: Baptism by Francis Schaeffer Why Do We Baptize Infants? By...

You'll want to buckle in this week, because Pastor Josh essentially preaches a sermon on faith and suffering. The team also gives the Lightning Round another go, which is mostly successful this time around. Pastor Josh also mentions Paul David Tripp's book called Suffering. You can check it out here: https://www.paultripp.com/suffering

This week Josh, Laura, and Shaun attempt to bring back the Lightning Round to cover a wide range of topics including how sermon subjects are determined; if Shaun takes song request for Sunday mornings; raising your hands during worship; devices in church; and a few others. They basically end up abandoning the Lightning Round concept almost immediately.

We have a BONUS episode this week! No video for this one, though. It's audio-only though, so our apologies to all the video podcast watchers. A couple of hopeful young podcasters take over our cold opening and a special guest sits down with Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun to discuss some listener submitted questions. Special guests galore on this episode!

Our new Associate Pastor, Robert Tansill, drops by to talk a little bit about his life and his role at Gateway. And he also gets to see what Shaun puts up with every week on the podcast. Good times for everyone.

This week, Josh, Laura, and Shaun (after he finally figures out which episode they are recording) welcome a special guest to talk about scripture memorization and family discipleship.

In this episode, Josh, Laura, and Shaun answer a question about the Ten Commandments and OT Laws and how they affect us today, and a question asking Josh for some pastoral observations about our own congregation. They also somehow manage to spend a few minutes discussing Shaun's irrational fear of the Ebola virus.