The Go To Hell Podcast

Part one of our New Year's special, Colton has thirty questions that allow us to reflect on 2023 and 20 questions looking ahead to 2024. It's a wonderful exercise for everyone to participate in as we end one year and begin another. Beer of the Week: Happy Dad Fruit Punch Hard Seltzer Crow & Wolf Brewing Co. Quarter Mile Kolsch Crow & Wolf Brewing Co. Star Gazer Hazy IPA Crow & Wolf Bre...

Apologies for this late episode. We had the flu this week after recording the episode which prevented us from editing the pod.  Beer of the Week: Stone Brewing Co. Fight On! Pale Ale Music of the Week: The banality of Do They Know It's Christmas? Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus What the X? - How mixing politics with Christianity has damaged the Church Finally, we discuss the Christmas movie classic, It...

Recorded the week of Thanksgiving, we begin by indulging in some cooking talk. We then follow up our review of Good Will Hunting with a discussion about how great secular art and pop culture can inform us to understand broken people and to how to live the best Jesus-centered life. Next, we delve once again into the Israel-Gaza war by pointing out that Israel provided military support to the countr...

We follow up with our review of Good Will Hunting with some fun and interesting facts about the making of the movie. Thanks for listening to the Go To Hell Podcast Show voiceovers are generated using AI licensed via ElevenLabs Show music is Elevated and Upper Room by Kurtz Martin and licensed via Music Vine Please subscribe, rate and review.  Post your comments, questions, criticisms, or an invita...

This is another mega episode... Tim and Colton review the 1997 Academy Award winner Good Will Hunting, written by and starring Matt Damon and Ben Afleck, and co-starring Robin Williams, Minnie Driver, and Stellan Skarsgard. We do our typical in-depth breakdown of the movie's themes, including the generational trauma of family dysfunction and the power of learning a person’s story.  Beer of the Wee...

Tim and Colton tackle two topics. First, Colton raises the question, is there a better way for Israel to deal with Hamas in Gaza? Is what Israel doing a mistake ? Tim referenced an important video by former Naval Seal Jocko Willink that discusses this as well. Yes, we are spending a lot of time dealing with Isreal for a show about Christianity and the Church but we believe what people believe and...

This Thanksgiving Special was recorded as part of a broader, longer episode. Tim and Colton share some of what they are thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! Greg Boyd's I’m Thankful for You Beer of the Week: Altamont Beer Works - Nelson Stash IPA ------------ Thanks for listening to the Go To Hell Podcast Show voiceovers are generated using AI licensed via ElevenLabs Show music is Elevated...

This episode was recorded a few weeks ago but we sat on on it so we could post episodes dealing with the Israel-Gaza crisis. Colton is back and a new dad! So he fills us in on the birth of his daughter and how baby and mom are doing. Tim then complains about Taylor Swift intruding on everything. Go to hell, Taylor! Then we discuss our main topic: 5 Misconceptions About Dechurching in America . An...

Tim & Colton have a mashup podcast that includes the breaking news of beloved actor Matthew Perry’s untimely death. We reflect on Perry and the show that made him famous, Friends. Other discussions include music with Smashing Pumpkins, and why we love live and acoustic versions of many songs. Then we end with a somber discussion about the hatred manifesting itself from the conflict in Israel a...

It's Halloween week so the boys share their weakly held positions on Halloween and scary movies.  Beer of the Week:  Russian River Brewing Pliny the Younger Music of the Week:  Colton - John Denver Tim - Grunge Thanks for listening to the Go To Hell Podcast Show voiceovers are generated using AI licensed via ElevenLabs Show music is Elevated and Upper Room by Kurtz Martin Please subscribe, rate, a...

Tim & Colton felt it was important to share our thoughts about the crisis in Israel. So we sat down for a long, wide-ranging discussion about the issue. The discussion includes: a primer on the history of Zionism and the modern state of Israel; a broader discussion of Israel going back to Abraham, Isaac and Ishmail; end times and Revelation; anti-semitism and Islamaphobia; and how we believe C...

This week, friend of the show, Andy, stops by to guest-host for Colton, who became a new dad with the birth of his baby. Congrats to Colton and his wife!!! Andy has some questions and comments about our recent episode about Satan and demons. We delve deeper into the subject, clarifying and teasing out our thoughts about The Accuser. Beer of the Week: Firestone Walker Brewing Co. & Alvarado Str...

First, we mourn the passing of another musical giant, Jimmy Buffett. Seriously, this is getting to be too much. The Godfather of Island Country (not beach bum soft rock… go to hell NPR), he was both ubiquitous and underappreciated.  Then Tim and Colton discuss two articles that deal with the de-churching in America. Why are Middle-Aged Americans not going back to church? Is the American over-sched...

After a long discussion about the greatness of the late Robbie Robertson and The Band, Tim & Colton discuss the Devil, Beelzebub, Lucifer, Baphomet, Mephistopheles... Satan. Who is Satan? What is Satan? What are proper, healthy understandings of Satan and his demonic minions? What are some unhealthy perceptions of The Accuser and Father of Lies?  Beer of the Week 1852 Brew Co. Unite & Stre...

In this first part of a mega episode, Tim talks about the Netflix documentary Wham!, about the 1980's pop sensation Wham! The doc is a fascinating insight into the duo of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley that topped the charts and made young girls swoon in the mid-80s. With it comes important lessons. Tim & Colton discuss: The ridiculous postmodern fetish to sexualize close, meaningful relat...

Tim and Colton take the week off from Christianity and church talk and this will either be the least or most listened to Go To Hell podcast. It’s an indulgent, detailed, marathon of a telling of our Inaugural San Diego Beer Marathon™ where Tim and Colton, joined by our friends Erik and Nolan, visited 18 San Diego breweries in 48 hours. Oh, we consumed much more than 18 beers in that time. We detai...

In our previous episode, we discussed the Spirit and how we should follow it to initiate change. Tim and Colton delve deeper into the Spirit and prayer and get personal, admitting that the spiritual side of our faith is our weakness. Is it your weakness too? (29:13) Beer of the Week (12:35) Wayfinder Beer Original Cold IPA Music of the Week (14:29) Tim - Doves Colton - Maroon 5 The importance of l...

Tim and Colton had the honor of sitting in with folks at the Jesus Collective and discussing what Jesus-centered leadership looks like when transitioning from a Bounded Set to a Centered Set culture. (00:26:08) In this episode, we bring that discussion to the podcast. This is not a podcast just for pastors and church leaders. We distill the discussion down to us as individuals as we try to live a...

It's our 50th episode and it's gold, Jerry, Gold! We're joined by superlistener and sometimes guest Andy Flores. We first discuss whether today's popular music has less literary lyrics. (00:14:09) Mercy Street: When Rock and Roll made you read books We then do a deep dive into what the heck Calvinism, Arminianism, and Anabaptism are and how these theological perspectives differ. To the average Jes...

Consumerism is arguably the World's current religion and reshaped society. Unfortunately, it has also infected the church. We explore the how and why of Consumerism and the Church and what can be done to thwart it.  (00:09:00) Consumerism: The new religion? How materialism has reshaped society Consumerism and the Church: Reclaiming the Gospel From Our Culture’s Most Powerful Religion Beer of the W...

This week's main discussion of the week centers on women in leadership in the Church, reading from 1 Timothy 2:11-15, Romans 16, Luke 8:1–3 and Galatians 3:28. These verses require honest readers of the Bible contextualize what it means to have women as leaders in church. That leads to a broader discussion about how we as Christians should contextualize the Bible in our post-modern world with issu...

On this post-July 4th episode the guys discuss: Reflections on Independence Day (with a follow-up on Memorial Day) (14:00) Two Excellent Books on America’s Founding and its Founders (31:13) by friend, author and professor Gregg Frazer God against the Revolution: The Loyalist Clergy's Case against the American Revolution The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders: Reason, Revelation, and Revolutio...

RIP Tim’s friend and colleague Chris Elise . You’ll be missed, brother. Next, Tim & Colton share the Jesus Collective’s   “ Markers for a Jesus-Centred Transformation ”. “Phyllis Tickle once suggested that every 500 years or so, Christianity goes through an upheaval. These upheavals happen because the old answers no longer hold true for a large number of people, and the church at large has to...

No, those two topics aren’t related. Recorded just after Memorial Day, Tim and Colton nevertheless give their thoughts on how churches should best honor the holiday. That is followed up with a brief discussion about the mission of the Go To Hell Podcast, which is to focus on a Jesus-centered faith; and the work of the Jesus Collective which is endeavoring to spread that message as well. They wrap...

What was supposed to be a Hot Topic turned into an epic two-hour Go To Hell pod with a discussion on the supposed orthodoxy of Christian worship music; our problems with today’s popular Christian music; and an unapologetic lovefest for the best Christian band of all time… U2. John MacArthur’s narrow view of worship music: https://archangel16.livejournal.com/136445.html Beer of the Week  Stone Brew...