Pastor Plek's Podcast

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 59: After wrapping up the sermon series on Testing God, Pastor James, Catie Sas, and Lizzie Turk tackle questions sent in for this week's podcast. Questions: What about your son not wanting water made you angry? You mentioned that the situation changed from being about your son to about you. But what were you angry...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 58: Pastor James, Pastor Joseph, and Lizzie Turk answer a lengthy list of questions sent in after this week's sermon. Questions : When is fear/doubt good and when do they become sin? What scripture says that God will withhold blessings if our heart is in the wrong place? What scripture says what we do or how we bel...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 57: After a sermon on tearing down idols, Pastor Joseph, Pastor James, Catie Sas, and Lizzie Turk discuss questions sent in for this week's podcast. Questions: How do we identify idols in our lives? Can we be used by God if we are struggling with idols? You talked about how like Gideon, the first thing we need to d...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 56: Pastor James, Pastor Joseph, Catie, and Lizzie discuss the awkwardness and anxiety we can encounter as Christians. Questions: I want to be bold in my faith and be able to recognize when the Holy Spirit is telling me to speak to someone. I wish I would be able to have the confidence but I feel like I'm still you...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 55: As Pastor Plek is on sabbatical for the month of July, we're continuing to answer questions with Pastor Joseph , Pastor James, Catie Sas, and Lizzie Turk. Questions: Please sell me on how Jesus isn't actually calling us to sell all our possessions and follow him? That's what he did, that's what a...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 54: Pastor Plek, Pastor Joseph Aiken III, and Catie Sas discuss welfare and Christianity in this week's episode. Question: How can we the western church preach sermons about the poor and giving and investing in those that have less…then be so tied into the "pull yourself up by your boot straps," "no...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 53: Pastor Plek and Pastor James Foster tackle several questions in this week's episode. Questions: Can you talk more about the difference between sacrifice and investment? Aren't those synonymous? How is Jesus God / there is only one god? I believe Jesus taught fought and died for his beliefs but I don't...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 52: Join Pastor Plek, Pastor James Foster, Pastor Joseph Aiken III, and special guest Jeshua Alonzo in this week's bonus episode. Question: Sexual immorality is a sin and the Body is the temple of Christ. Does that make Masturbation a sin and is it wrong to get tattoos…? Support the show

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 51: Pastor Plek, Pastor James Foster, and Pastor Joseph Aiken III discuss barns, guns, and government on this week's episode. Questions: - Based on the storage barn parable, what should Christians infer about saving for retirement and investing? - Next time develop the gun images a bit more Support the show

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 50: Pastor Plek is joined this week by Pastor James Foster and Pastor Joseph Aiken as they discuss money management. Questions: What are good ways we can invest in God's kingdom locally, nationally and globally? What if my living and debt take up 80-90% of my income, what do I do then to get to a place where I can...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 49: Pastor Plek discusses the symbols in Revelation with Pastor James Foster in this week's podcast. Questions: So our church sees the millennium or 1000 years in revelation as a literal thousand years. If we are to read that literally why don't we literally read other things in revelation? Such as Satan being...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 48: Join Pastor Plek and Pastor Joseph Aiken as they discuss the two witnesses in Revelation 11. Questions: Are the two witnesses actual people or is it more a picture of the church or a group of people? They have similarities to Moses and Elijah so are they like them? Support the show

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 47: Pastor Plek is joined once again by Pastor Holland Greig of Eastside Community Church as they discuss abortion and the death penalty. Support the show

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 46: On this episode, Pastor Plek and Pastor Holland Greig of Eastside Community Church discuss two views on the book of Revelation. Support the show

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 45: This week Pastor Plek answers many questions regarding God's Will and eschatology. Questions: How do we pray according to God's will when it may not be clear? Why specifically seven of everything? How do we identify the functional saviors in our heart/life and others? Any resources that are helpful? I beli...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 44: Pastor Plek is joined this week by Joni  as they discuss differences in relationships when it comes to parenting and marriage. Support the show

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 43: Pastor Plek discusses leaving and cleaving in various stages of relationships. Question: I would like your perspective on a situation involving a girlfriend and boyfriend, in which the boyfriend would let his mother come between them in their relationship. I don't know if the boyfriend was putting God as #1 in...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 42: Pastor Plek is joined this week by Joni Scott as they discuss how a man should lead in a marriage and a woman's response. Question: What do you do when your husband is leading you in an area that you feel and know he is not called to and doesn't have a heart for? Support the show

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 41: This week Pastor Plek is joined by his wife, Adrienne, as they discuss initiation and response when it comes to marriage and parenting. Support the show

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 40: Listen this week as Pastor Plek answers questions from Sunday's sermon regarding children and parenting wounds. Questions: What should you do when you and your spouse disagree on the number of children you should have?  We've prayed and discussed our reasoning, but are at a stand still. How do I get over m...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 39: Listen this week as Pastor Plek answers a question following our Easter service about Mary not recognizing Jesus after he rose form the grave. Question: I understand the point you are trying to make about Mary being so consumed with "they", but couldn't the reason she doesn't recognize Jesus is b...

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 38: Pastor Plek is chatting with an extra special guest this week... his wife, Adrienne! Listen in as he talks through rapture. Question: Where is "rapture" in the Bible? What scriptures point in that direction? Support the show

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 37: Pastor Plek discusses the value of Revelation. Questions: Why is the book of revelation used to predict the end of the world? Because of all the symbols? I dislike when people do this because no one knows when this will happen. Only God does. Support the show

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 36: Pastor Plek discusses corporate meeting during covid. Question: For christians. How do we reconcile the need for corporate worship with the acceptance of perpetual online attendance in the midst of a seasonal virus? Support the show

Have a question or comment for Pastor Plek or one of his guests. Send it here. 35: Pastor Plek talks about reconciling Revelation with Jesus returning. Question: How do we marry what Jesus said in these two passages with what was peaches today? Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."  (Matthew 16:28, ESV)...