The Broken Vessels Podcast

This is the live stream we did Saturday, August 12th at 6PM EST. My guests, Jennifer Moodie, Marissa Namirr, Sam Powell and Jeffery S. White discussed spiritual abuse and answered listener questions. Guest Information: Jennifer Moodie is a wife and stay at home mom from Wisconsin that came out of the Gothard movement herself and was very detrimentally impacted by it. Her and her husband's stor...

My guest, Timothy Baird, and I discuss the Ordinary Means of Grace for us as Christians within the church context and how lacking these means brings brokenness to us as believers, but how having these means brings hope, healing and comfort in The Gospel of Jesus Christ. Show Notes: Guest: Timothy Baird is a church planter in West Texas working towards planting a soon to be, by God's Grace, GRN chu...

My guest, Jeffrey Scott Perry. and I discuss The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification by Walter Marshall. Jeffrey recently updated this treasure of a book into a more accessible book for people in the 21st century by updating some of the old puritan language. We talk about Marshall's understanding of sanctification and how a misunderstanding, according to Marshall, certainly brought him brokenness...

Brad and I discuss monergistic sanctification. We look at both Scripture and the confessions as well as reformed brothers of old in the conversation. Show Notes: Guest:  Brad Kafer is a brother in Christ that lives in Wisconsin that has been a huge blessing in the Theocast FB Community. He is endeavoring to join Paramount Church in Jacksonville, FL to continue his education under Pastor John Fonvi...

In this episode I talk to Nate Himes, the Director of Counseling at Merci's Refuge, a ministry of Living Alternatives in Champaign, IL, and one of the graduates of Merci's Refuge, Resy Campbell. We discuss what it truly means to be the hands and feet of Christ to the broken, and in particular, broken women that have come through much abuse and trauma in life. Show Notes: Guests:  Nate Hime...

In this special episode I share an excerpt from my church service today that was such a blessing to me and I wanted to share it with you! This is an example of why the means of Grace for our sanctification is so important for us! Please listen and be blessed by God's good word of the Gospel by one our the elders at my church, Troy Napier!! Show Notes: Guests:  Troy Napier is an elder at Reform...

In this episode my guests and I discuss the brokenness patriarchalism brings and what the answer to this ideology is! Show Notes: Guests:  Emily Elizabeth Anderson  is the Founder of Thriving Forward and a Trauma Recovery Advocate for people who have experienced abuse within a Christian environment.  After growing up in a fundamentalist cult for 23 years and experiencing childhood domestic violenc...

In this episode I have the privilege of talking to Emily Elizabeth Anderson of Thriving Forward and who was featured on the "Shiny Happy People" documentary on Amazon Prime. Jennifer Moodie from Ep. 28 also joins us for the conversation. We discuss Bill Gothard, his movement and the tenets of his teachings as well as the brokenness that it brought and continues to bring to not only those...

Brad and I discuss the Galatian Heresy and how we have seen it deseminated in the evangelical world. We talk about its many facets in Lordship Salvation, Final Justification, Federal Vision and The New Perspective on Paul. We hope our take on what we consider to be abhorrent doctrine will be helpful to you as a broken believer seeking to live in the rest we have in Christ! Show Notes: Guest:  Brad...

In this episode of The Broken Vessels Podcast, I have a conversation with Erick Sorensen of 1517 project on the topic of the devotional life of the christian and how we as believers can experience brokenness if we come to the Scriptures without the proper categories, understanding, context and community in our devotional life, but if we have those things in their proper contexts, out devotional li...

In this episode of The Broken Vessels Podcast, I have a conversation with Pastor Ben Harrison, a Pastor in Wales, UK, talking about Christ in The Psalms. We discuss how we see Christ in the Psalms as well as how we can see ourselves in the Psalms appropriately as we look to them to bring us hope and comfort in Christ! Show Notes:  Guest: Ben Harrison is a pastor in Wales, UK and attends Union Theo...

In this episode of The Broken Vessels Podcast, I have a conversation with Dr. Kathryn Butler, M.D., on the topic of Suicide and Suicidal Ideation. We talk about how this brings brokenness to both sufferer's of suicidal ideation, and those that have suffered a loss as a result of a loved one committing suicide. We talk about the ramifications of that but also how The Gospel is a balm to our soul in...

In this episode of "Along The Broken Road" with The Broken Vessels Podcast, I talk about my recent experience of being reminded of God's sovereignty and His care and control of my life and all of His children's lives. He is our Good Shepherd and He loves us and guides us by His grace to follow the paths He has for us! Trust Him! Show notes : Scripture Reference: James 1:2-4 Broke...

In this episode of The Broken Vessels Podcast, I have a conversation with Gretchen Ronnevik of 1517 project on the topic of Spiritual Disciplines referencing her book on this subject, "Ragged". We talk about how a wrong understanding of the disciplines can bring brokenness to our lives and how a right understanding can actually make practicing the disciplines a joy as we seek to grow clo...

Welcome to our first episode of "Theology for The Broken Church with Josh and Brad"! Brad Kafer and I discuss the proper interpretation of the passage in Matthew 7:13-27 as our main text. We talk about other texts as well and we discuss how people like C.H. Spurgeon, B.B. Warfield, and Martin Lloyd Jones saw and interpreted these issues. Show Notes: Guest: Brad Kafer is a brother in Chri...

I'm on my own this podcast talking about how I believe we as believers should disagree with others in a biblical way. I understand we have all faced the brokenness of life, but if we return to the wisdom of the world in dealing with it, we are not proclaiming Christ. Let's proclaim our Savior by being like Him and being who we are in Him! Show Notes: Scripture References:  1 Corinthians 2:1-16; Ro...

My guest, Jared Michael Hiller, and I discuss the difficulties of being broken by being disabled, but how Christ and the comfort of the Gospel brings hope to those that struggle with disabilities in the church. We also talk about the need for awareness to treat our brother's and sister's in Christ with disabilities in a kind a gracious way. Show Notes : Jared Michael Hiller is a friend and...

My guest, Pastor Mike Abendroth, and I talk about Gospel Assurance and the need that every believer has for it. We also discuss how a lack of it brings brokenness to our lives. We also discuss his book about this topic and what brought him to compile this treasure! Show Notes : Pastor Mike Abendroth's passion is preaching the Bible in a verse-by-verse fashion and training other men to do the s...

In this episode of "Along The Broken Road" with The Broken Vessels Podcast, I talk about suicide particularly of a believer and I also read some liturgies from Every Moment Holy, Vol. 2 as comfort, Show notes : Every Moment Holy Vol. 2: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Every-Moment-Holy-II-Hardcover/dp/1951872053/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?hvadid=604609652288&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9014286&hvnetw=g&am...

My guest and I talk about his life throughout different church contexts and how God brought him along in his faith and understanding of the Gospel of Grace in Jesus Christ! We also announce the launch of "Theology for The Broken Church" with The Broken Vessels Podcast, a once a month episode of BVP with Brad and I working through different topics we see in the church today that are detri...

My guests, Kerry Baldwin of Mereliberty.com, Dare to Think Podcast and The Reformed Libertarians Podcast, and her co-host, Gregory Baus, discuss the topic of Christian Nationalism. We talk about the ideology as well as its implications to us as believers and how it causes brokenness in the church and in our lives individually. Show Notes:   Kerry Baldwin is an independent researcher and writer wit...

In this episode of "Along The Broken Road" with The Broken Vessels Podcast, I talk about our weaknesses as believers and the idea of moral therapeutic deism. Show notes : Broken Vessels Podcast Contact : Email : brokenvesselspod@gmail.com FB Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/796906071459681/

My guests and I continue our discussion on biblical counseling. We talk about how biblical counseling done in the wrong way can bring brokenness to our lives and we discuss a better paradigm for counseling those that are in need of healthy counseling. And as always, we point you to the Gospel and Christ's love for you! Show notes : Guests :  Jeffery S. White  has been in the Gospel ministry in...

In this episode of "Along The Broken Road" with The Broken Vessels Podcast, I share my own personal experiences and assessments of "biblical" counseling. Show notes : Broken Vessels Podcast Contact : Email : brokenvesselspod@gmail.com FB Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/796906071459681/

My guests and I discuss definitions of biblical counseling as well as discuss the history, characteristics and markers of the biblical counseling movement. Show notes : Guests : Jeffery S. White has been in the Gospel ministry in one form or another since 1986, so over 36 years. For the first 32 of these years, he served in various pastoral, denominational, and church planting roles. Then for 3 ye...