Theology in the Dirt

We continue with our Sermon on the Mount series this week by diving into Matthew 5:31-32 discussing marriage and divorce as part of our 22 commands. We had a great conversation covering a lot of things so we hope you enjoy. Be sure to email us at theologyinthedirt@gmail.com with any feedback, questions, and/or topic suggestions. Also follow us on social media. We are so grateful for all of you!

We continue with the Sermon On the Mount this week by discussing the 3rd of 22 command given by Jesus. While this section in Matthew 5:26-30 deals primarily with lust, we focus more on rooting out sin quickly in our lives, why we need to do that and the consequences if we don't. Great discussion and hope you enjoy!

We continue our series of 22 commands from the Sermon on the Mount with this week's episode focusing in on Rupture and Repair, or making right what we have wronged. This comes from Matthew 5:21-26. We missed Jon this week, but he should return next week. Hope you enjoy! If so, please share and rate and review and as always, we'd love to hear from you at theologyinthedirt@gmail.com any ques...

We are incredibly excited to begin a new series on the podcast where we will be digging deep into the Sermon on the Mount discussing 22 commands that Jesus gives. Today we start toward the end of the sermon and talk about what it means to hear and obey the Lord from Matthew 7:24-27. We'll also discuss Matthew 6:33 some as well since it is the core of the entire sermon Jesus gives. We hope you enjo...

Happy New Year! We are absolutely excited not just about this episode, but about the content coming your way in 2025. Today we breakdown the differences between having a Kingdom framework instead of a church framework. We'll discuss KDSC, which is our church's DNA at Three Rivers and how we practically execute this framework. Hope you enjoy! We'd love to hear from you. Email us at theologyinthedir...

No new episode this week, but with it being Christmas, we felt it would be fun to throw it back to our Top Ten Christmas movies bonus episode from last year. Which list do you like best? What are your favorites? Hope you enjoy!

We had such a great time on this topic last episode that we decided to unpack a lot more and dive deeper into taking our minds captive from 2 Corinthians 10 and it is a fantastic discussion once again that we hope will enlighten and encourage you. Let us know what you think! Don't forget to email us at theologyinthedirt@gmail.com with any Bible, life, theology, or other questions you might want us...

This week we dive into what Paul means when he takes about taking thoughts captive in 2 Corinthians 10:5. We'll talk about the context, but also how we can apply that to our own lives and then what are the ramifications for pastors and church leaders as well. Great discussion that could spark a Part 2. Hope you enjoy! As always, be sure to follow us on social media and email us at theologyinthedir...

This week we take a look at the Neurocycle, what that is, how it can impact and help you navigate and control your emotions and thoughts and much more. We'll also look at how this applies to our theology and living more like Jesus. Hope you enjoy! Email us at theologyinthedirt@gmail.com with any questions, feedback, and/or topic suggestions. Please share the podcast with others and if you are enjo...

With Jon Palmer joining in, we take time to discuss a difficult topic for parents and how we protect our children from early trauma. We'll dive into attachment theory and babies and talk through teenagers as well. We hope it's an enlightening and encouraging episode, but also one that challenges you. As always, be sure to give us a five star rating if you like the podcast, leave a review, share wi...

This week we wanted to discuss the new GlocalNet Church Starting Hub we launched earlier this month and why our 2024 Your Best Gift campaign is going toward that. We hope enjoy the episode and if you want to give toward this amazing cause, please go to www.threeriversc.org/give and then on the next screen, choose Your Best Gift on the dropdown box. Don't forget to hit us up on Instagram, Facebook,...

This episode is one of our favorites already as we talk about the providence of God. We'll discuss its definition and linguistic roots, what it's not, Biblical examples, real life examples, Gospel connections, and much more in this episode of TID. Thanks for stopping by! As always, we'd love to hear from you. Feel free to email us at theologyinthedirt@gmail.com with any questions, comments, topic...

With less than two weeks to the 2024 election, the guys dive into voting, the false strategy of "lesser of two evils", whether or not it's okay not to vote as a Christian, and much more. We hope this encourages and enlightens you as you cast your vote for this election. Let us know your thoughts by leaving a review and/or five star rating. Share the podcast with others to help us grow it and as al...

In honor of it being National Hospitality Week, the guys decided to jump right into the topic of Biblical Hospitality and discuss what it is, Biblical examples, and how we do that as believers. Great discussion this week. As always, be sure to email us at theologyinthedirt@gmail.com with your questions, thoughts, feedback, and topic suggestions. We love hearing from you! Also be sure to share the...

Thanks to another fantastic question from a loyal listener, we talk in this episode about forgiveness, especially when someone hasn't apologized or recognized hurting you, as well as reconciliation. We discuss the differences between the two and what the Bible says and how we interpret those passages on the topic. Enjoy! As always, we want to hear from you. Send your questions, comments, and topic...

We had a blast interviewing our good friends from TRC, Mark and Lauren Estes, to talk all about their experience with fostering and adopting. We dive into their work as house parents working with young people in transition. We talk about how the Lord and others showed up to help them navigate hard times. It's a great discussion we think you'll enjoy! As always, email us at theologyinthedir...

This episode comes as a response to a great question from one of our phenomenal students at TRC who asked why kids/teenagers need to grow up and mature instead of just being kids. This came up after a part of a recent sermon by Mitch who brought this up. We decided to tackle this fantastic question focusing on the adolescence range and talk all about development, maturity, growth, discernment, hav...

In light of the recent tragedy at Appalachee High School, we decided to dive into the difficult topic of school shootings on this episode. We also dive into the mental health aspect including some discussion on trauma, the brain, fight/flight/freeze/fawn response, and much more. We even talk about non-gun school violence and a history of school shootings. It's a great discussion and we hope yo...

This week the guys discuss the concerning trend of consumerism by Christians and from churches that is prevalent in our culture today. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider giving us a 5 star rating and leave a positive review as this helps us reach more people. If you are interested in joining others in supporting this podcast financially each month, please click the link below. Or you...

We jump back into politics this week to talk about what's at stake in the 2024 election and how we as Christians need to respond, think about voting, and what we do about pertinent issues like abortion and life. We'll discuss the various candidates, their stances, and also address some key questions as we all get closer to voting in November in the biggest election of our lifetime thus far...

Thanks to one of our TID faithful listeners who submitted this great question, we break down what it means to be a co-regent with Christ. We'll look at Scripture and examples in history as well as dive deeper into what that means for us now and after Jesus returns. Great discussion today. Hope you enjoy! As always, please send us questions, feedback, and/or topic suggestions to theologyinthedi...

Coming off a great sermon from Exodus 19:1-7, we decided to do a deep dive into what it means to be God's treasured possession and what we have to do to become that based on that passage as well as many others in the Bible. What a great discussion we had with lots of helpful information, strong reminders and promises, and of course some impactful application for you. You can watch or listen to...

Today we follow up with a second part to our Church Hopping episode by interviewing TRC member and TID listener, JonLuke Jenkins. We dive into his experience with having to leave another church, why they chose to attend and stay at Three Rivers, and much more. Hope you enjoy the discussion! Be sure to share the podcast and leave a rating or review if you can. Follow us and engage on social media....

As you probably guessed, we just had to cover the topic of the Opening Ceremony to the 2024 Paris Olympics where they depicted the Last Supper painting. We also dive into the questionable Olympic boxer and our culture's continous desire to deconstruct gender. A lot of great discussion and content in this episode! Please help us by sharing the podcast, follow and engage with us on Instagram and...

Today we discuss church hopping and 7 reasons why people go from church to church. Some of those reasons are legit, but most of the time they are not and we'll talk about the differences in those. We hope you enjoy the episode! As always, please share the podcast. Give us a rating and review as this helps us reach more people. You can email us at theologyinthedirt@gmail.com with any questions,...