The Change up - Deconstructing Cultural Topics with a Biblical World View

A global pandemic is rapidly changing the way we see and experience life. Every day brings new information and new restrictions. How are you handling it? Do you feel out of control? Is it harder to distract yourself from the reality? Do you naively think it will all blow over and get back to normal in a few days? Whatever you are feeling in these strange times we pray this episode offers wisdom, h...

Today Pastor Chad grills Josh on a friend he has been sharing the gospel with. The friend has been going to church but never fully understood the gospel. We can all fall into a trap of believing that just because someone is in church they believe everything the church believes, including the gospel. We shouldn't abdicate a call to share the gospel with our neighbor by inviting them to church. Pers...

Are you equipped to make disciples? Maybe the better question is this: Are you ready to take your faith serious? This question is not meant to offend you. It is meant to illuminate what is required to share your faith and make disciples. Which is this: have faith and be a disciple. The questions is also meant to show the urgency of sharing our faith and making disciples. It isn't an optional task...

Prayer can be taught as a physical act of dependence on the Lord. Our prayer life usually amounts to the extent that we believe that God is the one in control. In other words, if we depend on him much, then we pray much. But if we live and operate in our life with an underlying belief that we are in control then our prayer life will usually reflect that too. This all stems from the accepted princi...

Today we look at the main reasons we christians do not share our faith. As we look at the reality of Eternity we can see that there is, and should always be, a urgency on the lost souls of those in our worlds. But we certainly don't act like there are souls on fire all around us! If belief drives action, then what are our beliefs about our neighbors? C.S Lewis (although I can't find the reference...

**Story from The Field*** Today we offer practical advice on reaching others in our own worlds. We do this by looking at a relationship Josh is building and look at some of his motives and actions. Many times we overthink or over-spiritualize evangelism which leads us to being ineffective at reaching the people in our worlds.

Today we discuss a story from "the field" that revolves around Loving the Lord and having a relationship with him even though we can't see him. If possible, How can we increase our love for the Lord? Chad also hits on the process of beginning a new discipleship and the power of good, simple questions. What we believe, affects what we do. So talking about what we do can shed more light on what we b...

We love to talk about cultural topic from the lens of a gospel worldview. But there are times when all the conversations, no matter how true, become a little noisy, like useless chatter. We think these topics are good, and relevant, but not as much as living out the christian life as Christ commanded. We find, that it is in this obedience and commitment to the Great Commission that we even need to...

On this Bonus Episode we hear from Mike Linstead - PRESIDENT + CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS of The Nehemiah Project in Mandeville, LA "From 22 to 25 years old, my story is a typical alcoholic/addict story – in and out of rehab, in and out of jails, in and out of institutions, no friends, no family, I ended up homeless, living under a bridge in San Luis Obispo, California. This was my conditi...

A few quick thoughts on Kanye's conversion and newest album Jesus is King. "We ain't here to argue about his facial feature, we here to turn atheist into believers" -Kanye

We all fall into at least two categories. We are all either under some form of leadership, or leading others. The world certainly has some good things to say about leadership, but so does the Bible. Biblical leadership is counterintuitive. Humility for example, is a trait that we often over look. We may think we want a loud, smart, driving, take charge kinda-guy out in front, but in todays culture...

Lets be honest, the birds and the bees talk that we don't want to have with our kids, really comes from a place of not wanting to have it with ourselves, our spouses, or our closest friends. Today, for 49 minutes, that changes. We internalize our desires. We make up stories about our spouse. We make up stories about ourselves. And we walk around in our marriage with walls the size of mountains. Th...

"Life is war. That's not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of this truth. Prayer is primarily a wartime walkie-talkie for the mission of the church as it advances against the powers of darkness and unbelief." -John Piper Life is war, and conflict can be one of the greatest tools of the enemy. In Matthew 18:15 Jesus explicitly lays out how we s...

Our culture would not be what it is today without the heavy influence of media and entertainment. From Hollywood and the billions spent on the movie industry to Spotify to Netflix and binge-worthy TV shows, Americans spend so much time in front of a screen being entertained. So much of what we watch is good, artful, inspiring, entertaining. It provides a world for the viewer to escape, to imagine,...

We generally care about ourselves more than anything or anyone else. Right or wrong its most definitely human nature. This typically leads us to put a lot of focus on personality tests which essentially attempt to explain how we integrate with the world. Whether in a business setting, personal setting, relational setting. These tests explain who we are in any given environment. It can explain your...

Have you ever broken the law... Probably so. We all do, and we usually justify it by saying we know better than the law. You may not say that specifically, but you believe it deep down. What makes us think we know better then institutions that have been set up for hundreds of years in our culture? And what about that nasty word Discipline? Isn't it terrible? How dare anyone treat us that way! We s...

In this episode Josh shares his journey through the world of Self help and how he discovered it to be empty and unable to answer life's biggest questions. Listen as Pastor Chad uncovers the hidden motives in his quest for becoming a self made man. This helps us understand how we our not the center of the story but rather Christ is.

Biggie knew it, Steve Jobs knew it, King Solomon knew it. Why CAN'T money buy us happiness? And why are suicide rates highest among the most affluent? Wealth was created by MAN and it is a reflection of what our hearts want, but the desire is ultimately for something else entirely. Something that G O D C R E A T E D. Find out what on this episode where Pastor Chad and Josh dive into the Culture of...

Why are we so loyal to certain brands? Why do we fight so hard for what we believe? An endless search for the perfect church, gym, school, political party yet we find conflict regardless? Will the search ever end? Are we looking for a place to belong, ultimate truth, or something else? Something. More. Vital. Tune in as Pastor Chad and Josh discuss the cultural phenomenon of Groupthink and how it...

Why is it so hard to just tell the truth!? White lies. Little lies. Half truths. Masks and deceptions. Tune in as Josh and Pastor Chad explore the difficulty in our culture to be HONEST!. What are we hiding from? What are we afraid of? And how does the gospel allow us the ability stop lying and start glorifying god in our honesty!

Listen in this week as Josh interviews Chad about his background!

Today we get to know the making of the man! Enjoy this background episode of one of our hosts, Josh!

The first time Chad and Josh hop on the airwaves to explain what all this fuss has been about!