Inverted Orthodoxy

In episode #287, Pastors Doug, Kyle, and Blake answer the following: 1. Does Numbers 5:11-31 condone abortion? 2. Would you ever consider doing an episode on each of your backstories and what led you to the church or an “About Doug, Kyle, Blake” episode for each of you speaking? Spotlight the voices on the podcast if you will 3.I keep hearing contrasting notes on whether Christians will be judged...

This week on episode 286, Pastors Doug, Blake and Kyle respond to some AER on the Enneagram and work through the following on our question log: 1. okay, regardless of whether humans as we understand them today have been around for 6,000 years or 100,000 years, if humans did not fall into sin, do you think that our society globally would be as developed technologically as we are today, less develop...

In episode #285, Pastors Doug, Kyle, and Blake discuss the following: 1.How do you feel about the increased used of popular psychology topics within modern preaching? Do you feel it is beginning to replace traditional Biblical teachings? 2.Has sin always existed? Where Jesus rules and reigns In heaven there is no sin, but this sinless realm is out of our reach. On earth in the garden it was made o...

In episode #284 Pastors Doug, Kyle, and Blake discuss the following: Live AER: wait, does Doug not believe in evolution then? Isn’t there much science to prove the theory of evolution at this point? Or are you arguing similar points down to semantics? 1. Do you think modern day church has become a house for the righteous instead of a hospital for the broken? If God came to church, would he like wh...

in episode #283- Pastors Doug, Blake, and Kyle answer the following: 1.Some Garden of Eden questions: 1. What do you think about the idea that God created other humans before the fall? Would this explain where Cain's wife came from? 2. Did 'carrion' animals (vultures, coyotes) or maggots exist in the beginning within the garden or did God create them after the fall?

In episode #282, Pastors Doug, Kyle, and Blake discuss the following: AER - I am offended. I can't believe 2 of you dont like soup! Seriously! Its like a warm hug in a bowl. On a different note - Can you expand what your beliefs around the 5 fold ministry are and how they look today? What would each of you consider to be a personal moral failing that would cause you to step down? What were the bes...

if someone wanted to bring Christmas back to a Christ-centred celebration, what are some practices you would recommend? (I didn’t really mean a “movement” in the political sense, but rather a “moving toward”.) Thank you When the Israelites enter the Promised Land, it seems like there are already a lot of groups of people living there. This tends to lead to the Israelites attacking and defeating th...

Q&A #280 - Are churches doomed? The tangibility of the spiritual realm and more 1. Are brick and mortar churches doomed to exist? I heard a rumour that younger church members are tithing less and less, and with older members not being around to do that forever, will church as we know it fall? And if so, what changes could churches make to remain “relevant” if you will  2. Why do you think that God...

Q&A #279: In this episode Pastors Doug, Kyle, and Blake discuss the following: 1. Do you think Paul's writings have been amplified to become almost more important then Jesus' teachings? Do you see this as problematic and what could we do about it within in the church? 2. Are brick and mortar churches doomed to exist? I heard a rumour that younger church members are tithing less and less, and with...

In episode #278 Pastors Kyle, Blake, and Doug return from Christmas break to discuss the following: 1.If Jesus was on the earth today where do you believe he would go first? What kinds of people would he make apostles of? And who do you believe would oppose him the most? 2.If your government were to become an Authoritarian Christian Theocracy, would it be your duty as a follower of Christ to oppos...

In our Re- release of episode Q&A #225 Pastors Doug, Kyle, and Blake discuss the following: Pastors discuss the following questions from our backlog. 1. Were there human beings before Adam and Eve were created? When Cain was driven away by God into banishment because he murdered Abel, it says in Genesis that he took a wife and had children and then succeeding generations. Thank you 2. Should Chris...

In our Q&A #277 Pastors Doug, Kyle, and Blake discuss the following: Can you explain what a Biblically accurate angel would look like? How does this impact the Christmas story? Should Christians abstain from practices based on other religions? Do you feel there is a benefit in experiencing other forms of spiritual connection, or would this be violating the first commandment? If Jesus was on the ea...

In our Q&A #276, Pastors Doug, Blake and Kyle discuss the following: Hi there, it seems like the transgender question from a while back has morphed into something larger and broader with questions and comments that you say your team is filtering and deciding what should and what shouldn't make it on to the podcast. Rather than doing that, which could be seen as censorship, why not schedule and hos...

In our Q&A #275, Pastors Doug, Blake and Kyle discuss the following: With the format of the podcast, do you think it’s easier to skirt issues or share half portions? I was thinking about this with the trans question. You gave the speaker a chance to speak their full truth and ask their full question but wouldn’t share the rebuttal opinions.. just wondering if it’s damaging in the long run or if yo...

In our Q&A #274, Pastors Doug, Blake and Kyle discuss the following:

In our Q&A #273, Pastors Doug, Blake and Kyle discuss some AER and the following:

In our Q&A #270, Pastors Doug, Blake and Kyle discuss some AER and the following: 1. Can existentialist ideas belong in the church? This goes largely into the topic of meaning and purpose. Can we create our own meaning through serving Jesus but it’s US who creates it and not Him or is that completely against an attribute of who God is..this maker that takes care of us and ultimately creates us?  2...

In our Q&A #270, Pastors Doug, Blake and Kyle discuss some AER and the following: 1. Can existentialist ideas belong in the church? This goes largely into the topic of meaning and purpose. Can we create our own meaning through serving Jesus but it’s US who creates it and not Him or is that completely against an attribute of who God is..this maker that takes care of us and ultimately creates us?  2...

In our Q&A #270, Pastors Doug, Blake and Kyle discuss the following: 1.If you could use 1 verse or passage of scripture to sum up the entire message of the Bible, what would it be and why? 2.If you could go anywhere and do anything what would be your dream vacation? 3. “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millsto...

In our Q&A #269, Pastors Blake and Kyle discuss the following: 1. In Matt 16:4, I read that “evil and unfaithful people ask for a sign”. Is this true even today? If I ask for a sign, am I evil and unfaithful? 2. What does it actually mean to take the lords name in vain? 3.Matthew 6 talks about storing up your treasures in Heaven. All the commentaries I've read talk about doing all the things the s...

In our Q&A #268, Pastors Doug, Blake and Kyle discuss the following: 1. My wife and I decided to make our family theme for this school year based on Romans 12:2, "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Easy Peasy right??? WRONG! With the constant...

In our Q&A #267, Pastors Doug, Blake and Kyle discuss the following: 1. Is it possible I have a different idea of who Jesus is? I read scriptures where Jesus seems to be “harsh” toward the Pharisees or his disciples . Or scriptures like Mat 12:34and 17:17 I think: is the Jesus I know and experience the same one as this Jesus in the Scripture? I can not recall a time in my life where Jesus was hars...

In our Q&A #266 Pastors Doug and Kyle discuss the following: yy. I’ve noticed that many churches and parachurch organizations make a big deal about having tax exempt status and are sometimes influenced to make changes they may not want to in order to keep that status (sometimes for the better, eg, govt forcing bible schools like Moody to allow people of color to attend). While I understand that fr...

In our Q&A #265, Pastors Doug and Kyle discuss the following: yy. I’ve noticed that many churches and parachurch organizations make a big deal about having tax exempt status and are sometimes influenced to make changes they may not want to in order to keep that status (sometimes for the better, eg, govt forcing bible schools like Moody to allow people of color to attend). While I understand that f...

In our Q&A #264 Pastors Blake and Kyle discuss Boundaries for leaders, Halloween, "the wicked" and more 1. At what point are we drawing unnecessary lines or setting unrealistic boundaries/ expectations for our spiritual leaders? I clearly understand and fully support spiritual leaders stepping down for things like sexual misconduct. When looking at cases like Matt Chandler,however, if he did indee...