Pastors Pregame

As we wrap up our Money with a Mission series, we'll talk to Ryan Tew. Ryan is leading a new church plant in Melissa Texas, Highland Baptist Church. We'll talk about how God called him into ministry and what he hopes to see God do through this new church. https://highlandsbc.org/

Lisa talks to Jenny Konvicka from Hope Clinic about the amazing things they are doing to care for under-resourced people in Collin County. https://hopeclinicmckinney.org/  

This week, Aaron Snell from Hope Women's Center joins Lisa to talk about the tremendous work they're doing to help women and men navigate an unplanned pregnancy. We also talk about the abortion landscape in a post-Roe v. Wade world. For pregnancy or post-abortion care visit https://myhope.org/ To volunteer or support Hope https://standwithhope.org/

How should Christians understand the latest attack on Israel and the aftermath? What should our response be? Does this mean we're in the end times? We'll discuss the current conflict from a biblical perspective.

This past Sunday, Bruce made a big announcement that will affect the future of Christ Fellowship. Lisa will talk to him about it on this episode.

In this Halftime Q&A, we answer questions about two sensitive subjects -- masturbation and transgenderism.

We're kicking off our Money With a Mission series by answering a key question: Why should we give?

We're responding to your questions! After our final Love Vs. Sex sermon, you had questions about how to respond to LGBTQ people in the church. We tackle some challenging questions in this Halftime episode.

We're wrapping up our Love Vs. Sex series with your questions, and you sent in some good ones! We'll also give our final thoughts and frustrations with how sex is treated in the culture and in the church.

If the Bible teaches that sex is reserved for marriage, then married people have it made, right? Unfortunately, we know that sex can be complicated for married people. This week, Bruce and Lisa discuss honoring and loving your spouse with your sexuality. We also respond to some of the questions you've been sending in!

We're continuing our series Love Vs Sex. How can we honor our bodies by avoiding sexual sin? Bruce and Lisa also respond to your questions. Have a question for us? We'll be answering more in the next two episodes. You can text them in at (469) 717-6440.

Love Vs. Sex is our new series. How should Christians think about sex in a highly sexualized culture? We'll kick off the series by talking through some basics. We'd love to hear your questions! Text them at (469) 717-6440, and we'll start responding to them next week.

With so many sermons and worship songs available online, do we really need to go to church? Lisa talks to Bruce and worship leaders Will and Crystal Yates about why we do.

Do you really need to be in a small group to grow spiritually? Today Lisa and Bruce talk about the importance of Christian community and discuss some of people's reasons for not joining a group.

This week author and speaker Dr. Jon Trent from Strong Families joins Lisa to talk about blessing others through meaningful conversations and building an attachment to God through engaging him individually.

This week Laurie Wright joins Lisa and Bruce to talk about how we can "bring the vision home."

We're kicking off a new series with special guest Neal Mackey. We're talking about Christ Fellowship's mission to be people helping people find and follow Christ. Is that as intimidating as it sounds? Neal's going to demystify Jesus' Great Commission.

Bruce and Lisa continue last week's discussion of judging and tolerance and get even more practical. When should you approach someone about a concern you have and how do you handle those difficult conversations?

Jesus says, "Do not judge." But he also says, "judge correctly." So which is it? Today Bruce and Lisa discuss judging and tolerance and navigating difficult conversations. How can we be bold in what we believe without being judgmental?

It's another Halftime episode! In their third and final conversation on sexuality and gender, Lisa challenges Bruce with some questions from...TikTok. Resources: Digging Deeper Book Study at CF : Leading a Church in a time of Sexual Questioning by Bruce Miller Other Books: People to be Loved by Preston Sprinkle Embodies by Preston Sprinkle

This is the second of three conversations Bruce and Lisa have on sexuality and gender. In this one, Bruce gives what he believes is a biblical theology of human sexuality. Resources: Leading a Church in a Time of Sexual Questioning by Bruce Miller People to be Loved by Preston Sprinkle Embodies by Preston Sprinkle

Introducing "Halftime," shorter, more topical episodes of Pastors Pregame that you can listen to in about half the time. Lisa and Bruce recorded three short conversations on sexuality and gender. In our first conversation, we defined some terms and discussed how we think Jesus would want us to treat LGBTQ people.

Jaime, Bruce and Lisa are wrapping up the book of James! We'll discuss the last section of the book and then share our biggest personal takeaways from the letter.

Lisa and guest Rafe Wright discuss 1 Corinthians 9 and how we can become all things to all people so that we might win some.

How patient are you? In this episode, Lisa and Bruce talk about James chapter 5 and how to be patient in hard times.