The Gospel Underground Podcast

Show Notes Book Referenced Henry Cloud, Necessary Endings, https://www.harpercollins.com/products/necessary-endings-henry-cloud Poem Referenced The Gate of the Year - info and background, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gate_of_the_Year

Our Guest Today - Steve Garland, Head Wrestling Coach, University of Virginia. “Our program philosophy is nothing complex, but it certainly is something we are proud of. We want our kids to live a focused, disciplined and consistent lifestyle both in and out of the wrestling room. What this means is that we expect them to develop a way of life while they are here, not just a set of improved wrestl...

Books Referenced Summa Theologiae by Thomas Aquinas Question #62 “The Theological Virtues” Faith in the Fire by Gardner C Taylor Faith. Hope. Love. The Christ-Centered Way to Grow in Grace by Mark Jones The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien Scripture Referenced So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. - 1 Corinthians 13:13 8 But since we belong to the...

Our Guest Today Virginia Tech Associate Head Wrestling Coach, Jared Frayer @AirFrayer Coach Jared Frayer joined the VA Teach coaching staff three years ago and has been instrumental in developing the Hokie middle weights with several All Americans and the first national champion in Mekhi Lewis. Coach Frayer was a two time All-American for the University of Oklahoma. After college Frayer was an acc...

Today’s Guest Dr. Abraham Hardee is a father, husband and former Virginia Tech Hokie. Along with being a practicing physician, Abraham B. Hardee, III, DO, PhD, ABOFP is the Associate Chair for Primary Care for Rural and Medically Underserved Populations at The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine. He makes his home in Blacksburg VA and runs high level family and medical game with his with So...

Books Referenced The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff The Summa Theologica, Question 158 - Anger by Thomas Aquinas Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Disappearing Church and Reappearing Church by Mark Sayers Jesus Driven Ministry by Ajith Fernando Links Referenced Jonathan Haidt Is Trying to Heal America’s Divisions The psychologist shares his thoughts on the pa...

Show Notes Links Referenced I Have a Dream, Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm Scripture Referenced * Psalm 81:10 * Luke 22 *1 Corinthians 11:23-26 * Philippians 3:12-14

Our Guest Rob Zimmerman is an engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur who makes his home in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Reid had the privilege of baptizing Rob and his wife Christine when they were members of Jacobs Well, the church we planted, in New Jersey. Rob received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State and a Masters of Business Administration from Arizona State. He is a husband,...

Show Notes Our Guests Andre Davis; Dr. Abraham (aka Billy) Hardee; Willie Pile  Links Referenced Marriage is Good for Us - https://www.city-journal.org/html/why-marriage-good-you-12002.html Marriage is Good for Men though many resist getting married today - https://www.city-journal.org/html/why-marriage-good-you-12002.html Married Fathers are Good for Everyone - particularly kids - https://ww...

Our Guests Head Coach Tony Robie https://hokiesports.com/staff-directory/tony-robie/207 Coach Tony Robie is the Head Coach of the division one wrestling powerhouse, Virginia Tech Hokies. Robie has been the Head Coach for three years after spending 11 years prior as assistant coach, associate head coach. He has coached multiple NCAA All-Americans as well as the first Division 1 national champion fo...

Show Notes Links Referenced Is the Coronavirus Evil? Or is this part of life in the world God made? By Daniel Harrell https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/march-web-only/coronavirus-evil-covid-19-disease-theology.html Book Review - Where is God in a Coronavirus World? By Reid S. Monaghan https://www.powerofchange.org/blog/2020/4/27/book-review-where-is-god-in-a-coronavirus-world Scriptures Re...

Over the last several years the question has been asked, “Reid, what is it you are doing these days?” There is a short and a long answer to this question. The short answer is that he helps strengthen and encourage churches, share the gospel with students, and helps thoughtfully engage others with the good news in our current cultural moment. The longer answer? Well, friends Ryan Baitzel and Steve...

Scripture Referenced 1 Timothy 4:7,8; Joshua 1:9 Our Guests on Today’s Show Mr. Mike Demarco Social - @motives_miked You Tube - https://youtu.be/UoUMWleDEZU Web - motiveslife.com Mr. Willie Pile Social - @itrainfasst and @ill_will_35 itrainfasst.com A Quick and Easy Garage Quarantine from Mike DeMarco https://twitter.com/ruathletics/status/1250091754046529537?s=21

Recommended Audiobooks from Reid Favorites Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown Unbroken and Sea Biscuit by Lauren Hillanbrand The Devil in White City by Erik Larson Recommended Creative Non Fiction - Works of Erik Larson, Ben McIntrye, and Candice Maillard History and Biography - Works of Roger Crowley, David McCullough, and The Roosevelt Trilogy by Edmund Morris History of Technology - Becomin...

Scripture Referenced 1 Peter 5:6-11 - https://www.esv.org/1+Peter+5/

Links Referenced * Streetlights - Spoken Scripture App * The Daily Liturgy Podcast Daily readings from OT, NT and Psalms and prayers of confession and gospel hope * CBR Journal - Community Bible Reading Journal * Daily Dose of Greek and Daily Dose of Hebrew * The Boredom Box from Professor Puzzle Book Referenced * The Songs of Jesus - A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms by Timothy and Kathy Ke...

Show Notes Family's and Technology in Times of Pandemic http://www.powerofchange.org/blog/2020/3/22/tech-at-home-pandemic Family Worship Guide http://www.powerofchange.org/s/Home-Team-A-Power-of-Change-Family-Worship-Resource-572j.pdf Can Science Explain Every Thing? by John Lennox https://www.amazon.com/Science-Explain-Everything-John-Lennox-ebook/dp/B07JJGN4GT/

Show Notes Books Referenced  Knowing God by JI Packer https://www.amazon.com/Knowing-God-J-I-Packer-ebook/dp/B006NZ66RC ) Running Scared by Ed Welch  https://www.amazon.com/Running-Scared-Fear-Worry-Rest/dp/0978556755 Links Referenced  We Don’t Want a Relationships Pandemic by Robert Hall https://ifstudies.org/blog/avoiding-a-relationship-pandemic JI Packer - 6 Things to Tell Yourse...

SHOW NOTES Books Referenced Is Belief in God good, bad, or irrelevant? A Professor and a Punk discuss science, religion, naturalism and Christianity edited by Preston Jones. Reasonable Faith - Christian Truth and Apologetics by William Lane Craig iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That...

Links Referenced  Middle Age Misery Peaks at 47.2 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-13/middle-age-misery-peaks-at-age-of-47-2-economist-says “ Three Decades Ago, American Lost It’s Religion. Why? ” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/atheism-fastest-growing-religion-us/598843/ "This is Water" by James Foster Wallace  https://jamesclear.com/great-speeches/this-...

SHOW NOTES   Related Scriptures  Genesis 1, Genesis 3, John 1, Revelation 21 Romans 12:1,2 Quotations This life’s dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see with, not through, the eye. William Blake,  http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/8661 And my haunting instinct that somehow good was not merely a tool to be...

Show Notes Reid's Top 10ish reads of 2019 http://www.powerofchange.org/blog/2020/1/8/best-reads-from-2019 Jesse's Favorites for 2019 (link coming soon) Non-Fiction * On Reading Well * Disruptive Witness * Deep Work * All That’s Good * Tools of Titans * Edwards the Mentor * Atomic Habits * Given Fiction * The Road * Norse Mythology * Book of Sorrows * Brothers Karamazov * The Death of Ivan Ilych Sc...

Links Referenced Episode 29 - You Just Got Schooled https://www.gospelunderground.org/podcast/2018/10/4/episode-29-you-just-got-schooled College Admissions Scandal in 2019 - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/us/college-admissions-cheating-scandal.html Fit for College Most Important - https://qz.com/1571524/the-us-college-admissions-scandal-shows-that-parents-overlook-their-kids-best-interests/ Th...

Other Episodes Referenced Episode 10 - A Christmas Tradition A description of a Christmas letter tradition with kids Episode 23 - Man Up! A look at the state of young men in our culture Relevant Scriptures Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good hprecepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only on...

In or Out CSB Bible - https://csbible.com Kamala Harris Drops from the Race -https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/us/politics/kamala-harris-campaign-drops-out.html Main Topic - Quitting Social Media Digital Minimalism https://www.calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism/ Cal Newport’s Web Site - https://www.calnewport.com