Grounded with Steve Hartland

Here's the basic principle - men and women are different. Neither one is better or worse, they're just different. This episode is to help you to understand the ways in which they are different. 1 - This may help you to understand the other half of the human race. 2 - If you're married, to understand your husband or wife. (1 Peter - dwell with according to understanding). 3 - This will contribute t...

Steve tackles this timely topic from what the Bible has to say regarding Israel. (Timestamp Notes) 01:27 - Question: Is the Israel war of prophetic significance? 01:51 - Remember, we as Christians can differ on this - Rom. 14 02:34 - My position is... Rom. 11 03:31 - What God has done is this: Abrahamic covenant 04:58 - National Israel was (past-tense) chosen as God’s people. 06:53 - Israel broke...

Steve takes us through a two-part series on such a controversial (though it shouldn't be) issue. Men and Women, our culture says that the sexes are basically the same, but is this actually so? Controversial #Controversy #Podcast #ChristianPodcast #Theology #Doctrine #Church #Christian

Is Masculinity Toxic? In today's episode, Steve interviews Nancy Pearcey, who is the author of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, as well as Love Thy Body, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and Total Truth. She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. She has been quoted in The New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted a...

God's Good Design, written by Michael Clary, is an excellent observation of what the Bible has to say about our identity as men and women. We are similar, yet the differences between us matter, and are profound by the Bible's standards. Michael helps to explain some of the concepts of his book. These two pastors sit down to discuss current, controversial issues to the church , our very lives and r...

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Pastor Steve discusses a tender topic in the church at large: How do you manage the relationships that you have with your Pastors?

Steve and Matt discuss a variety of church and pastoring topics.

Bearable Bible Passages (Learning about Bears in the Bible...?) - Grounded Ep. 23 Where did Steve come up with the idea for this episode? It probably won't make sense to you until part way, but give it a chance! We hope that today's episode will both be intriguing and also challenging to your understanding of the Bible, God, and yes, bears. Begin Show Notes: Bears in the Bible Why? B/c just read t...

Taylor Wallace and Steve Hartland sit down to discuss a controversial topic, are there sins that are more specific to women versus men? And if so, what are they and what can we do about them? This is the follow-up episode to Grounded episode 21, The Sins of Men. We hope Grounded has been helpful for your Christian walk, please consider sharing it with others! Grounded Podcast Team

Is it really necessary to do a whole episode on sins that men are more prone to commit? Pastor Steve and guest Steve Peck think so, and tackle as many as they can in an hour (with minimal sidetracking). So, is it alright to imply that there are sins that men are more likely to fall prey to? Begin Show Notes: Lust of the flesh, eyes. 1 Jn 2:16 a. Who made sex? b. Is sex one of those pre-fall “good...

Pastor Tom Ascol sits down to talk with Steve about the affairs of the church of today. They also spend some time on the ministry that Tom was one of the people involved in its beginnings, Founders Ministries. Begin Show Notes: Guest - Tom Ascol, M.Div and Ph. D degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Senior Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida, where he has served...

Pastor Steve sits down with fellow Pastor Jason Wallace to talk about worship. What should we consider when it comes to our worship, as the Church of Jesus Christ? Begin Show notes: 1) Evaluation of current Christian worship music. 2) What should we be aiming for? Why? 3) You’re our music/worship guy. What are the challenges in your position? 4) If you could change anything in Christian worship mu...

Pastor and author Erik Reed sits down to discuss his book and some other topics with Pastor Steve. Erik's book, Hold the Line, goes over the importance of standing strong with our Christian convictions in the midst of the cultural confusion around us. Begin Show Notes - Why’d you write Hold the Line? Address what problem? How’s reception been? (Endorsements - Joe Rigney, Megan Basham). General - d...

Pastor Steve and Dr. Sam Waldron sit down to discuss a controversial topic in our age, does the Bible really have some imperatives that are different for men and women in the context of the church setting? (Beginning of Show Notes) My guest is: Sam Waldron (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the president of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary and a pastor of Grace Reformed Bapti...

Pastor Steve sits down with Aaron M. Renn to discuss the shift in the cultural climate and what it might mean for the Church now and some of the patterns from the recent past. We hope you enjoyed last week's Bonus Episode, Interpersonal Relationships! (Episode 15) It is our goal for this interview about Negative World to come out close enough to our previous release of the interview with James Woo...

Pastor Steve goes over 3 important principles from the Bible on how best to resolve interpersonal relationship issues, you'll want to lean in and learn from this one!

James Wood and Steve sit down to discuss trend in winsome approaches to engaging with non-Christians. Is there perhaps a better way in the future, since previous models don't appear to be as effective in our cultural moment? Begin Show Notes: What is "Third-Way Winsomeness"? Why was this method popular? (Timothy Keller) How should pastors approach this topic? Should we just (and only) be nice to o...

Steve goes over an answer to a question from someone in our church, what is the unpardonable sin? What happens if someone commits suicide? Lean in and learn the answer to these difficult questions on today's Grounded! - Begin Show Notes - Grounded #13 - The Unpardonable Sin and Suicide A sin that leads to death? (1 Jn 5:16-17) Other examples (1 Jn 3:14-15) How did the Pharasees and scribes fit in?...

Pastor Steve discusses with us the unique challenges that Christian women in the higher wealth distribution of the world face. Begin Show Notes - The state of things in the world - Factfulness (Hanz Rosling / Bill Gates) The Curse (Genesis 3:16) The dangers of pregnancy and other things concerning health. Technology, specific to improving the average woman’s condition. How should we process life t...

Pastor Steve takes us through the important question: Do we have the right Bible? This is the matter of Canonicity of the Bible. Our prayer is that Grounded would bolster your Christian learning and put some concrete in your soul! Begin Show Notes - 1) How do we know we’ve got the right books in the Bible? 2) The Old Testament Canon. 3) No contention until the time of the ref. (Martin Luther) 4) T...

Pastor Steve shares a much needed message about the providence of God, how He is involved in everything and why we should put our trust in Him. Begin Show Notes - 1) Are God and the devil evenly matched? 2) How is providence helpful, even when we're dying? 3) Why is God's providence important? 4) What God's providence is not. (Fatalism, Stoical fate, Astrological, Opportunism) 5) Definition of God...

In this episode, Pastor Steve talks about the folly of going too far with being concerned about your audience in preaching, he refers to this as "rebranding" the faith. We hope this gives some more foundational concrete for your soul! Begin Show Notes - 1) Rebranding definition 2) What can we learn from Paul's preaching? (2 Cor 4:2-3, Acts 20:20-31) 3) David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Knowing the Times -...

Pastors Steve and Jason talk about Christmas at Cornerstone, what's coming up for Steve's preaching and a multitude of other things. Begin Show Notes - (1) A brief Jason biography (ministry background, position, etc.) (2) Measuring successes. (3) Favorite events. (4) Scriptures that stood out this year. (5) Some of Jason's challenges. (6) Sharing traditions. (7) Reasons against Christmas. (8) Outr...

Two pastors sit down and talk about what's gone wrong with the family in America and in the church. Begin Show Notes - (1) The social importance of the family. (2) How does individualism oppose the family? (3) The family as the basic unit of humanity. (4) The family's traditional functions. (5) Patriarchy, why is it so and what are the implications of it? (6) Why are fathers important? The downfal...