Reconciling Grace Christian Podcast

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) reflects on the secular occasions that are recognized in the church's worship services. (These secular occasions can be the 4th of July, Memorial Day, Mother's and Father's Day etc...) The panel centers on the reality of keeping these secular occasions God centered in the church's worship services. Come and...

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses the implications of the Holy Spirit in the Christian's faith walk as it relates to the Pentecost Celebration. We challenge you to pray in the Holy Spirit as you walk in your Christian faith. Come and listen to what we had to say about Pentecost and the Christian faith walk.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses the role of social media as it relates to gossip and "busy bodying". This discussion is built around I Thessalonians 4:11-11.. Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. (NLT translation.) So come and watch...

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses plans to stop political violence even when you disagree with people. We are all made in God's image (Genesis 1:27) and need to value each other as God's image bearers. Thus dehumanization needs to be addressed in our culture by the Christian faith driven by the Bible. Come and take a listen on...

Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi, Jason Rensner and Don MacDonald) discusses how fellowship with other Christian denominations could work and not work. Come and listen how the panel dealt with this topic.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi, Jason Rensner and Don MacDonald) reflect on how worrying is a daily action that can weaken our faith walks in Christ. The goal of our Christian faith walks is to trust in the providing power of our God on a moment by moment basis. We, as a panel, noted what Scriptures to use as we strive to trust the Lord's provisions in our lives.

The Reconciling Grace Panel-(Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) share their ministry stories and how that relates to the denomination that each of us are called to serve in. (We have Lutheran, Reformed, Baptist and Nazarene represented in this panel.) Then we discuss the call to ministry and how that relates to the cause of Christ.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Don MacDonald Jason Rensner and Pete Vecchi) has a discussion that involved these questions as well..."What is judgement?" "What happens when we die?" "What is Sin?" -all these questions are connected to the reality of hell.....So come and take a listen to this podcast on hell.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Don MacDonald and Pete Vecchi) spends sometime on why we should approach our Christian faith walk like that of a well trained athlete. The Bible has many references to athletic symbolism as it relates to our Christian faith walks. Come and listen to this podcast and grow in your Christian faith walk. (This podcast was recorded around the Super Bowl of 2026...

The Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi, Jason Rensnser and Don MacDonald) reflected on the protest that took place at Cities Church, St. Paul, Mn-on Sunday, January 18th,2026. The discussion acknowledged the difficulties present in dealing with such an intrusion into a worship service and the opportunities that are present in such a difficult situation. So come and take a listen of...

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses the reality of evil in relationship to Job -especially as it relates to Satan and God's conversation which points to the reality that Satan wants not only to hurt us but God too. Come and experience this podcast!

The Reconciling Grace panel (Pete Vecchi, Jason Rensner and Don MacDonald) discusses the observation that much of the Christian faith walk involves the discipline of waiting. We are especially waiting for Christ to come again to claim all his children! So come and see or listen to this podcast and discover what we can do during our waiting time.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) have a discussion which was taken Luke 20:27-40-which involves a widow who had been married 7 times in the same family line and there were no heirs from these marital unions. She passes away-which husband is she married to in heaven? Come and take a listen and see how the Reconciling Grace Panel handles this he...

The reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discuss the need to start with church when working on your mental health plan. We agreed that mental health professionals, in many cases, are needed when dealing mental health needs-but we also emphasized that church should also be an intimate part of the mental health team. (We noted that during the holiday se...

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses the topic of "Current Events and the Pulpit-Part 2". The heart of this topic is how much do we discuss current events in the life of the church, so that the gospel is proclaimed.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses the topic of "Current Events and the Pulpit-Part 1". The heart of this topic is how much do we discuss current events in the life of the church, so that the gospel is proclaimed.

The Reconciling Grace panel (Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses how we can remove hate from our culture as it relates to our Christian faith walks. (This topic is in response to many violent actions in our culture....Such as the death Charlie Kirk, Colorado High School shooting...) So come and encounter our reflections on this discussion.

The Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses the topic of God's revelation in our lives..Have you ever had anyone walk up to you and say..."God Told Me to tell you this......" Come and take a view or listen to how we discussed this statement.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Jason Rensner, Josh Cougle, Don MacDonald and Pete Vecchi) discusses this through the Biblical text of Micah 6:8- We all strive to show the tension between these two words in the life of the church and Christians.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Don MacDonald and Pete Vecchi) discusses "Why Do We Do Reconciling Grace?" We do expound upon words like "Reconciling" and "Grace" as it relates to this podcast. Come and see (video) and listen to this podcast.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Don MacDonald and Pete Vecchi) will discuss how Christians should handle transitions in life. We especially draw to attention Ecclesiastes 3 and these transitions. Come and take a listen!

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) are picking up on a conversation that began with the discussion of "On Line Ministry-yes or no" -The discussion is why we worship the way we do and how does this center ourselves in the presence of God the Father. So come and take a listen to this great conversation on worship.

Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses the concern that on line church take us away from the church that God intended us for. Is this right? Yes or No-come and take a listen and see what we think about this concern.

The Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner, Don MacDonald and Pete Vecchi) discuss what's it like when pastors fellowship together. We in particularly began the time with Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron,     so one person sharpens another. So come and take a listen as we discuss this topic as it relates to our daily walks!

Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDoanld) discuss living in the time of TMI (Too Much Information) How do we as Christians sift all this information so that we are not distracted from our walks in Christ? Come and listen to our perspectives on this podcast.