The Don’t Knock It Podcast

Next stop: the beloved "love" chapter! This season I am walking through the Apostle Paul's 1st letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians), and I invited one of my best friends back on the show, Adam Terrazas, to discuss the greatest spiritual gift we will ever receive from the Lord: the gift of love. In this episode, we discuss how Paul introduces love as a more excellent way, right in the mi...

Moving right along with chapter 12! This season I am walking through the Apostle Paul’s 1st letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians), and I invited a new friend and brother in the Lord, Renz Ignacio, to help me exposit Paul’s dense introduction to his conversation on the spiritual gifts! In this episode, we discuss the essence of the spiritual gifts from the context in which Paul is writing...

Chapter 11! This season I am walking through the Apostle Paul’s 1st letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians), and I invited a returning guest, Joshua Camper, to help me tackle one of the most, if not THE MOST controversial passage in the New Testament! In this episode, we discuss the cultural relevance of Paul commanding the use of head coverings while women pray and prophesy. Is this comma...

We continue our study through 1 Corinthians with chapter 10! This season I am walking through the Apostle Paul’s 1st letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians), and I invited Brandon, AKA The Rep, to help me conclude Paul’s conversation on Christian liberties. In this episode, we discuss the significance of Paul mentioning Israel at the beginning of chapter 10, and how REMEMBERING who the LOR...

Chapter 9! This season I am walking through the Apostle Paul’s 1st letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians), and I invited my brother in the Lord, JT Smith, to help us unpack chapter 9. In this episode, we discuss how the Apostle Paul brings himself and his apostolic rights/Christian liberties into the spotlight...showing us that church leaders have every right to ask for money from their p...

Moving right along with chapter 7! This season I am walking through the Apostle Paul’s 1st letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians), and I invited my dear friends, Livya and Dario, to help me attack the very lengthy chapter 7. In this episode, we discuss the duties married believers have to each other, as well as the often misinterpreted verse where Paul says “singleness” is a gift. We talk...

Chapter 6! This season I am walking through the Apostle Paul’s 1st letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians), and I invited my soon-to-be-married brother in the Lord, Tommy Pinneri, to help us walk through chapter 6. In this episode, we discuss how believers who take other believers to court harms the body of Christ. This is harmful because they are making God's wisdom look foolish and i...

Chapter 5! This season I am walking through the Apostle Paul’s 1st letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians), and I invited my brother in the Lord and senior pastor, Dave Johnston to help us walk through chapter 5. In this episode, we discuss what it looks like to confront other believers who are in their unrepentant sin, and what it means for the rest of the body of Christ. To the outside w...

Chapter 4! This season I am walking through the Apostle Paul’s 1st letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians), and I invited my friend Matt Kennedy to unpack chapter 4 with me. In this episode, we discuss the incredible privilege of being carriers of the gospel, and how that privilege alone should keep us from dividing over worthless things. After putting ministers of the Gospel in their prop...

Chapter 2! This season I am walking through the Apostle Paul’s 1st letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians), and I invited my brother Vincent Serrano back on the show to walk through chapter 2. In this episode, we discuss how the Holy Spirit and His indwelling in believers, reveals the deep things of God. This ministry of the Holy Spirit is the true power and wisdom behind the message preac...

Welcome to the first episode of Season 5! This season I am walking through the Apostle Paul’s 1st letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians), and I invited my brother in the Lord, Jasen Juarez, to walk through chapter 1 with me. In this episode, we discuss how many believers will create divisions within the Church-body by pledging allegiance to one specific church leader/pastor/teacher and pr...

What gives the Church its heartbeat? Why are churches so different in their style, delivery, and service? Why do churches seem to be so hypocritical and no different than a lot of non-religious communities? What are the ESSENTIAL parts of Christianity, and the effects it should have on the world? How does a 1st century church FAIL tremendously at BEING the Church? What is Church 101? All of this a...

SEASON 4 COMES TO A CLOSE. To formally conclude Season 4, the Hard Sayings of Jesus, I asked my brother in Christ, Joshua Camper, to answer a set of rapid-fire questions and by God’s grace, HE HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK. Here are the questions we cover in the episode: How would you explain the Trinity in one sentence? Is kissing wrong for believers who are dating? How can you discern between the Lord’...

For the tenth and LAST episode of Season 4 titled "The Hard Sayings of Jesus,” I am joined by one of the coolest and creative brothers around, Aaron Kajumba, to help us unpack our tenth hard saying of Jesus: Be perfect, as your Father in heaven is perfect. In this episode, we tackle the common issue of Christian "imperfection," as we pursue a PERFECT Creator; One commands His followers to be perfe...

For the ninth episode of Season 4 titled "The Hard Sayings of Jesus,” I am joined by my brother in Christ, Matthew Merricks, to help us unpack our ninth hard saying of Jesus: You must hate your family to follow Me. In this episode, we share how God used us to minister to one another within the game of baseball and mentorship. We praise God for allowing us to meet, and reminisce on the lessons we b...

For the eighth episode of Season 4 titled "The Hard Sayings of Jesus,” I am joined by my brother in Christ, Adam Terrazas, to help us unpack our eighth hard saying of Jesus: sell all of your possessions. In this episode, we reminisce on the sovereign hand of God in how we met, and how that interaction came at such an opportune time in Adam’s life. Tune in to Episode 32 to gain insight on how the s...

For the seventh episode of Season 4 titled "The Hard Sayings of Jesus,” I am once again joined by my brother in Christ, Joshua Camper, to help us unpack our seventh hard saying of Jesus: fear Him who destroys body & soul in hell. In this episode, we tackle two of the most difficult doctrines in the Christian faith: the fear of the Lord and hell. I knew that once I asked Joshua to address this part...

For the sixth episode of Season 4 titled "The Hard Sayings of Jesus", I am joined by a wonderful friend and fellow brother in the family of God, Andres Estrella, to help us unpack our sixth hard saying of Jesus: let the dead bury their own dead. The grief that someone experiences through the process of arranging funeral services is inexplicably enormous. With that being said, why would the loving...

Now that we're halfway through Season 4, I thought it would be the perfect time to introduce two new features that I'll be incorporating into the podcast: video and Spotify subscriptions! As you can tell from this episode (if you listen to podcasts on Spotify), there is now video available! In addition to the new video format, there is now a way you can contribute to the podcast's growth by subscr...

For the fifth episode of Season 4 titled "The Hard Sayings of Jesus", I am joined by a faithful brother, Vincent Serrano to help us unpack our fifth hard saying of Jesus: he is guilty of an eternal sin.  If you grew up Christian or around Christians, you have heard (hopefully) of the surpassing love of Jesus and His eternal forgiveness of sins. It is one of the foundational truths of the Christian...

For the fourth episode of Season 4 titled "The Hard Sayings of Jesus", I am joined by my good friend Tommy Pinneri to help us unpack our fourth hard saying of Jesus: pluck out your eye, and cut off your hand.  So many things keep us from being/doing exactly what God has called us to be/do. Oftentimes that’s the case because we refuse to do away with our sins and what causes us to sin. Yet with Jes...

For the third episode of Season 4 titled "The Hard Sayings of Jesus", some of my dearest friends (Dario, Livya, and Sarah) join the podcast to help us unpack our third hard saying of Jesus: I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.  But doesn’t this seem like a contraction? Isn’t Jesus the “Prince of Peace?” Didn’t He say “blessed are the peacemakers?” Why would Jesus promote division within a f...

For the second episode of Season 4 titled "The Hard Sayings of Jesus", my brother in Christ and pastor, Dave Johnston, joins the podcast to help us unpack our second hard saying of Jesus: eat My flesh & drink my blood. Was Jesus really commanding us to eat His body and drink His blood? If not, why did some of His disciples walk away after He said it? (John 6:66). This saying is difficult to accept...

For the first episode of Season 4 titled "The Hard Sayings of Jesus", my brother in Christ, Joshua Camper, joins the podcast to help us unpack our first hard saying: depart from Me, I never knew you. Many of us have heard these words preached to evoke fear in us to obey…but was its only purpose to frighten believers? To scare us into obeying a God we never come to truly know? This is one of the mo...

SEASON 4 coming at the end of January! In this episode I sit down with my wife Karalyn to introduce the theme and topics of season 4 of the Don’t Knock It Podcast. Listed below are the “hard sayings of Jesus” that I will tackle together with some special guests: Ep. 25 - “Depart from Me, I never knew you.” Matthew 7:22-23 Ep. 26 - “Eat My flesh and drink My blood.” John 6:53-56 Ep. 27 - “I came to...