Take & Read Podcast

Season 6, Episode 27 | Pastor Chad reconnects with longtime friend Mike Tiland of WorldView Academy, discussing the recent loss of Mike’s mom to cancer, lessons on bold gospel clarity in grief and family life, and the importance of remembering Christ amid personal and ministry challenges, while continuing their conversation in the pastoral epistles series.

Season 6, Episode 26 | Pastor Chad and Dr. Ryan Stephens discuss the challenges of parenting older kids and keeping the family grounded in the Lord amid competing activities, while taking and reading 2 Timothy 2:1-7 together.

Season 6, Episode 25 | Pastor Chad welcomes Parker Smith back to discuss the humbling realities of fatherhood revealing selfishness and the challenge of consistent time in the Word with a newborn, while they unpack 2 Timothy 1:12-18.

Season 6, Episode 24 | Pastor Chad interviews his son Titus about his new role counseling kids at Camp Agape and sharing the gospel, then they unpack 2 Timothy 1:8-11.

Season 6, Episode 23 | Pastor Chad welcomes Linnea Morris to discuss her upcoming Israel trip amid repeated flight cancellations and the practice of open-handed trust, while they launch into 2 Timothy 1:1-7.

Season 6, Episode 22 | Pastor Chad interviews his son Truett days after high school graduation as he prepares for college and ROTC, discussing how to stand firm in faith amid new ideas and make faith one’s own. Then, they finish out Titus by unpacking all of chapter 3.

Season 6, Episode 21 | Pastor Chad shares fatherhood lessons on God’s faithfulness, and unpacks Titus 2:11-15, discussing how God’s grace trains us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, and wait for our blessed hope—the appearing of Christ who redeems us to be zealous for good works.

Season 6, Episode 20 | Pastor Chad and Pastor Chazz discuss Titus 2:1-10, unpacking Paul’s instructions on teaching sound doctrine to older men, older women, younger women, younger men, and bondservants so they live self-controlled, reverent, pure lives that adorn the gospel and silence opponents, while sharing stories of new fatherhood, pregnancy cravings (or the surprising lack of them), and int...

Season 6, Episode 19 | Pastor Chad and Shane Oehler discuss Titus 1:10-16, confronting insubordinate empty talkers and deceivers who upset families for shameful gain, charging Titus to silence them sharply and rebuke those led astray so they may be sound in the faith, while catching up on Holy Mountain and learning to recognize where God is already moving.

Season 6, Episode 18 | Pastor Chad and Pastor Marshall examine Titus 1:5-9, unpacking Paul’s instructions for appointing elders in every town and the essential character qualifications—above reproach, faithful in marriage and family, hospitable, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined—while holding firmly to sound doctrine to instruct and rebuke.

Season 6, Episode 17 | Pastor Chad and Mary Cathryne discuss Titus 1:1-4, as Paul identifies himself as a servant of God and apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that accords with godliness, rooted in the hope of eternal life promised by the God who never lies before the ages began and now manifested through entrusted preaching.

Season 6, Episode 16 | Pastor Chad and Linnea Morris wrap up their study of 1 Timothy with 6:17-21, instructing the rich to reject haughtiness and misplaced hope in uncertain wealth, instead trusting God who richly supplies everything for enjoyment while being generous and rich in good works to store up true treasure, and charging Timothy to guard the entrusted deposit of sound doctrine against ir...

Season 6, Episode 15 | Pastor Chad welcomes Parker Smith to discuss 1 Timothy 6:11-16, charging the man of God to flee unrighteous cravings and controversies while pursuing righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, and gentleness, fighting the good fight of faith, and keeping the commandment unstained until Christ's appearing, all in light of God's sovereign glory. The two book...

Season 6, Episode 14 | Pastor Chad and Pastor Marshall discuss 1 Timothy 6:1-10, addressing how bondservants should honor their masters, warnings against false teachers driven by conceit and controversy, and the great gain of godliness paired with contentment versus the dangers of craving riches.

Season 6, Episode 13 | Video returns as Pastor Chad and Kert Prater discuss 1 Timothy 5:17-25. Together, they highlight double honor for elders who labor in preaching and teaching, protecting elders from unsubstantiated charges while publicly rebuking persistent sin, avoiding hasty ordination or partiality, and keeping oneself pure while observing that both sins and good works eventually become ev...

Season 6, Episode 12 | Pastor Chad and Pastor Chazz discuss 1 Timothy 5:9-25, addressing the enrollment of widows, warnings for younger widows, family responsibilities, honoring faithful elders, handling accusations, and the call to purity in life and doctrine.

Season 6, Episode 11 | Pastor Chad and Shane Oehler discuss 1 Timothy 5:1-8, focusing on treating church members like family with respect and purity, honoring true widows, and the responsibility of families to care for their own to avoid burdening the church.

Season 6, Episode 10 | Pastor Chad reconnects with Linnea Morris to unpack 1 Timothy 4:6-16, emphasizing godly training's eternal value over physical, sound doctrine nourishment, dismissing profane tales, and striving in hope for the universal Savior.

Season 6, Episode 9 | Pastor Chad sits down with his daughter Jayne to explore 1 Timothy 4:1-5, highlighting the Spirit's warning of departing from faith through deceitful spirits and demonic teachings, false restrictions on marriage and foods, and the goodness of God's creation when received with thanksgiving and prayer.

Season 6, Episode 8 | Pastor Chad brings in his youngest son Titus to take and read 1 Timothy 3:8-16, outlining deacons' dignified requirements, faithful service testing, women's blameless conduct, the household of God's supportive role, and the great mystery of godliness revealed through Christ's incarnation, vindication, and global proclamation.

Season 6, Episode 7 | Pastor Chad invites his son Truett Warren for a thoughtful examination of 1 Timothy 3:1-7, covering the overseer's noble aspiration, essential traits such as irreproachability, monogamous fidelity, self-control, respectability, hospitable teaching, gentle leadership, well-managed household, and avoiding arrogance or recent conversion pitfalls.

Season 6, Episode 6 | Tyler Smith joins Pastor Chad for an engaging breakdown of 1 Timothy 2:9-15. Together they explore Paul's call for women's modest adornment through good deeds, quiet learning in submission, and salvation linked to childbearing amid continued faith, love, and holiness.

Season 6, Episode 5 | Pastor Chad sits down with Linnea Morris to navigate 1 Timothy 2:1-8, stressing urgent prayers for everyone including authorities, godly quiet lives, universal salvation through Christ's mediation, men lifting holy hands free of wrath, and women focusing on good works over outward adornment.

Season 6, Episode 4 | Preaching to his congregation at East Haven Baptist Church, Pastor Chad delves into 1 Timothy 1:18-20, drawing parallels to cancer through false teaching's destructive spread, urging the waging of good warfare by holding faith and conscience, and highlighting consequences like shipwrecked lives while prioritizing prayer, unity, and God's design for leadership.

Season 6, Episode 3 | Pastor Chad teams up with Chazz Upton for a deep dive into 1 Timothy 1:12-17, highlighting Paul's gratitude for Christ's empowering mercy, his past as foremost sinner turned believer, infinite patience as a pattern for others, and overflowing grace leading to eternal praise.