The Shop Podcast

We're kicking off a new series through the Book of Daniel titled God Over All. In chapter one, Daniel and his friends are brought to Babylon, where the Babylonians intend to reeducate them. Daniel and his friends set some boundaries in their lives and determine that there are some things that they are unwilling to do. In this sermon, we discuss living in an influential culture and the boundaries w...

A common concern we hear from our crew is that Bible reading has felt like a chore. Shouldn't reading the Bible be more fun? Why does it sometimes feel so boring? Is there something wrong with me?

The 2nd Beatitude inspires today's episode, "Blessed are those that mourn." Much of life is motivated by silliness and entertainment but the Kingdom honors those broken over brokenness. Grab your chocolate milk and let's chat.

Hey, let's chat about setting goals. This is our first episode of 2025 so we thought it would be nice to talk about what our goals are for the year. Thanks for listening!

Are we still supposed to fast? What even is fasting? Why did people stop fasting? How do you fast? We have more questions than we have answers about fasting but listen in as we chat it up.

Prayer is such an interesting thing. Very few people seem to confident in their prayer life but a deep prayer life seems to be a common denominator among those who have had an impact for the Kingdom of God. How can we deepen our prayer life? Let's talk!

Why are there so many Bible translations? Are some translations better than others? Which Bible translation should I read? Let's chat it up!

What is the appropriate fear of God? If He loves us, why should we be afraid?

Sometimes growing up is a little stressful. Let's talk about it.

On today's episode, Jason and Tanner are joined by Josh Garcia to discuss Christianity in America. Josh has a unique perspective, having grown up attending church across Mexico's border. We asked Josh, what are some things you see going on in American Christianity that may cause concern?

We often live in shame over the things we have done. Is that okay? How do we get past that feeling?

We live in a broken world that's trying to bring us down with it. How can we have an impact on the world we live in while protecting ourselves from following the ways of this world?

According to a quick search, Christianity has 45,000 different denominations worldwide. How do we go about navigating that? Which one is best? How do we know what church to go to? That's the topic this week!

If we could go back and change anything, is there anything that we wished we would have done differently or better? That's the question Jason and Tanner are tackling today. Thanks for listening!

We're back!  Listen in to Jason and Tanner's top tips to have the greatest semester of your life!

It's hard not to compare yourselves to others.  Let's talk about the dangers behind constant comparison.

Recently we've developed a mission statement. "The Shop exists to help young adults know and follow Jesus."  That's why we do what we do.  Let's talk about it.

We know you should do everything to the glory of God but how do you honor God while you're at work or school? Let's chat it up!

How do we reconcile the sovereignty of God with the free will of mankind?

Believers have been made new, but the old person still seems to stick around for a while.  What can we do, to be transformed into the image of Christ?

We found a list of the top 20 Christian Questions.  On today's episode, we attempt to answer a few of them!