PD and PDubs Unscripted

With PDubs getting ready to head off to Wisconsin for his annual time in the woods for hunting season, he shares about some of the lessons he has learned in the deer stand.

PDubs and PD take a deeper dive into the Aaronic Benediction. They share what they learned at a pastor's conference a few years ago on this great way to end our church services.

PD is joined by Meschac St. Amour to give an update on his ministry in Haiti. Meschac shares about some of the recent groups that have come to help the people in Haiti and shares an update about the medical facility they are looking to have up and running by January 2024.

PDubs and PD discuss an article about 11 different sayings that came originally from the Bible. They have a lot of fun and laughs as they discuss these different sayings. You may be shocked to hear some of them.

PDubs and PD discuss an article from Relevant Magazine about the five most countercultural virtues of Christianity. They have a great conversation talking about this list.

PDubs and PD are joined by Immanuel's interim praise team director, Joe Latuszek. They have a great conversation about planning sermons and connecting it to preparing to play music. Also, they discuss some of the goals of Immanuel's praise team.

PDubs and PD have some fun talking about the different things celebrated on a given day. They also have a little discussion about one hit wonders. And they wrap up by talking about the reason we can have joy each day.

PDubs and PD start looking ahead to the upcoming sermon series in October. The sermon series will be looking to ReEngage with the concept of the One and the RE Campaign. They share about the importance of sharing the Gospel with those who don't know Jesus or walked away from the faith.

On this episode PD is joined by recurring guest, Maggie Walsh (M-Dubs). M-Dubs and PD discuss places in the northwest suburbs of Chicago that are supposedly haunted along with ghosts. This discussion leads into a Lutheran understanding of ghosts and haunted places.

PDubs is back in studio with PD! PDubs and PD discuss memories they had from their experiences with the first day of school growing up. They also talk about the first day of school at Immanuel for the 2023-2024 school year as well as the Bible verse of the school year.

PD is joined by one of his longest friends, Peter Frank. Peter just finished his vicarage (internship) at St. Stephens Lutheran Church in Hickory, NC. Peter shares about his vicarage and what he learned and PD shares stories from his vicarage at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bartlesville, OK.

PD is joined by his good friend an Immanuel alumni, AJ Weller. They discuss the three biggest issues they see facing the church.

Today, PD is joined by Dave Ficken the North American Director of PLI. PD and Dave discuss sharing the gospel message of Jesus with others and some practical ways they have done that. Please note the audio for Dave is a little lower due to he was remote when recording.

On this episode, we discuss the Parable of the Sower and look ahead a little to the Parable of the Weeds. We share some of our own gardening soil and what Jesus is talking about in the Parable of the Sower.

On this episode we discuss on article from Relevant Magazine called, "7 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming Christian." We discuss these 7 different things.

On this week's episode the guys take a deeper dive into Matthew 9:12. They also, share some of their own stories about going to the doctor and hospital.

On this episode we discuss two recent sports press conferences. We first discuss the OU Women's Softball team on the press conference of three of the their players sharing about their faith. The second press conference is Boston Celtics Head Coach, Joe Mazzulla. Joe shares about how there is more then life then basketball.

This week we're joined by John Pejchl. John's joins us to discuss Immanuel's AV team and how to get involved with the team. He also, gets PDubs and PD to have a spirited debate about the Cubs and White Sox.

We're joined by recurring guest, Maggie Walsh. She joins us to talk about Immanuel's 2023 VBS Program, Stellar. They discuss some of the changes this year and Bible Buddies!

We follow up our discussion on Ascension by talking about what took place 10 days later on Pentecost. We share our thoughts on the different aspects of Pentecost.

On this week's episode we take a deeper dive into Ascension Day. We talk about some of the different events surrounding it. We also discuss how Jesus foreshadows what will happen on Pentecost.

PDubs and PD discuss the hymns and songs that are used in worship. The music that is picked to be used in worship have lyrics that fit with the theme of the day. They talk about a couple songs that fit with the text of John 14:1-6.

On this episode we talk about some practical ways we can share our faith with those around us.

On this episode we discuss what it was like going through the Call Day process at Seminary. We share stories about receiving calls to our vicarage congregations and our first calls out of seminary.

Today we discuss how our life of faith with the Holy Spirit guiding us is similar to a GPS. At times we ignore our GPS's and it takes us longer to get where we are going on our trip. When we ignore the Holy Spirit's guidance it takes us longer to become the person God has created us to be.