Things You Don't Hear in Church

When it comes to dating in the Christian world you usually hear two different opinions.   1. Date and find someone   2. Pray and wait for God to bring you someone.   Both parties are convinced their way is more Biblical and the best way to find someone. Today we look at these topics and the scriptures to find some clarity.    Enjoy! Got any questions or topics you’d like t...

Sam Smith at the 2023 Grammys had an overtly demonic performance of his song "unholy." - Shocker right?    Today Ethan and Derry discuss this performance and respond with some thoughts on how the Christian should respond.    Enjoy! Got any questions or topics you’d like to hear about? You can email us at  thingsyoudonthearinchurchpod@gmail.com Like our content? Consider he...

MaryB Safrit is host of the Unsuitable Podcast and singleness coach. She helps individuals ask and answer the tough questions like “Why am I not married yet?” “Is something wrong with me if I’m never married?” and “How can I thrive in community as a single person?”    She joins us today to discuss these questions! Enjoy!   More from MaryB Safrit   Instagram: https://www.instagr...

Art Thomas is a pastor, author, speaker, and traveling evangelist primarily focused on teaching Christians how to operate in the spiritual gifts. He is also the president of Wildfire Ministries International—a global ministry that seeks to spread the gospel to difficult regions, train pastors, plant churches, build orphanages, and more. He has spoken on every continent except Antarctica in 20 diff...

Sydney Nguyen is a Christian Tiktoker who went from Catholic to New Age and then into Protestant Christianity. She joins us today to share her story and discuss the dangers of the New Age.  Enjoy! Sydney's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sydneynguyen_ Got any questions or topics you’d like to hear about? You can email us at  thingsyoudonthearinchurchpod@gmail.com Like our content? Consid...

Dr. David Falk is a professional egyptologist who runs a youtube channel called "Ancient Egypt and the Bible". He joins us today to talk about the Exodus and if it really happened, when he thinks it happened, and why it all matters. Surprisingly, the issue of the exodus is incredibly contentious and triggering in the realm of scholarship. You have some scholars say it happened earlier around 1400...

Pieter Valk is the founder and director of Equip which trains church leaders to help gay people thrive in Church while following Biblical sexual ethics. He is also a writer and speaker with published work in Christianity Today. He has been on Preston Sprinkle's Theology in the Raw and other podcasts sharing his story and shedding light on what it looks like to live a fulfilled life in Christ while...

Tate Medina has been on our show twice before to discuss friendships with Atheists and pro-life views, and defend his position against an atheist in debate form.  He joins us today to steel-man the protestant view of the Pope and explains what and why Catholics believe what they do about the Pope. If you're protestant it's likely you don't have the most accurate view and he joins us today to...

Rebellion is a tricky topic. The Bible says it's wrong, but how far does that go? If we are in a country with an evil and oppressive leader, are Christians supposed to submit to that? If our boss is abusive should we still submit to them because they're our leader? Should a woman submit to her husband even if her husband is evil and wants her and the kids to do evil things?  See, this topic v...

If you've never heard of Bayesian Analysis or don't know what it is, don't worry, Ethan didn't know what it was either. That's why we have this show!   Bayesian Analysis is a tool used to help measure the probability of any given thing. It can be used for simple problem-solving like "Who ate my pizza?" as well as more complex issues like "Is there a God?"   Today we learn from Exploring...

Also known as The Tentative Apologist, Dr. Randal Rauser is a Canadian theologian and philosopher, author, and overall deep thinker. He joins us today to discuss "progressive" scholarship. As information becomes more readily available in our times, so does access to Biblical scholarship. As people get into Biblical scholarship they are met with the often confronting facts that scholars seem to hol...

We have had this show for just around 3 years now and have enjoyed it so much. In this episode, we reflect on what we've changed our minds about and have grown in through conversations on the podcast.  We talk about Hell, Eschatology, Catholocism, Inerrancy, and other topics that have influenced our thinking. Enjoy! Got any questions or topics you’d like to hear about? You can email us at thingsyo...

Maria Daughtry has been in ministry for 15 years speaking on the subject of The Holy Spirit. Along with this, she has had quite a bit of experience with spiritual warfare and has learned a bit about how it works. She comes today with some thought-provoking opinions and experiences. This was a super fun conversation that will challenge and empower you in your Christian walk! Enjoy!  Got any questio...

Punk rocker turned Washington pastor Josh Dies has released a new book called "Death to Deconstruction" which dropped yesterday. This book dives into his story of growing up in the South surrounded by toxic fundamentalism and how and why he didn't deconstruct.  Today he joins us to talk about what deconstruction is, why people do it and share some powerful and controversial views on the subject. ...

Reyn Harpole, also known as the Youth Pastor with Gages on Tiktok has a following of 164,000 and is passionate about helping youth find freedom in Christ. He joins us today to talk about the LGBTQIA+ community finding Jesus and the questions they're facing, the underestimated impact p0rn has on children even as young as 7, and how technology has caused intense anxiety in kids in ways we've never s...

Today we have Jared Montana from YOLT Christian Podcast to discuss the top 5 arguments against Christianity that he's come across in his ministry. YOLT is a TikTok page, Christian merch line, and podcast that means You Only Live Twice. Among running a successful Tiktok and podcast Jared has also written a book called Drawing Near that helps people answer those tough questions in Christianity. &nbs...

Dustin Rauser is a youth pastor and TikToker from California. He joins us today to talk about reaching Gen Z with the gospel and how the pandemic changed so much in the church, specifically youth groups.  Gen Z is a generation that craves true intimacy and community. God is ready to meet them in powerful ways and we believe he will. We as the older generation need to know this as it is our re...

Zane Nicks is a YWAM school leader of the Fire & Fragrance DTS in YWAM Kona. He's been involved with YWAM Kona for 6 years and has seen over a thousand young people changed by the Lord. Today we discuss what it means to experience the Lord and have an "encounter with God." Is an encounter with God always a crazy spiritual moment or is it just a small leading of peace? Or is it somewhere in the mid...

Tate Medina returns to the show to talk with Kyle LaPoure about the ethics of abortion and if it should be legal.  This is a conversation regarding why or why not abortion should be legal, not on the morality of abortion.    It was a great conversation and we had a lot of fun talking with them even about such a triggering topic.    Check out more of Tate's content here: ht...

Marcelle Cooper from Project 215 joins us today to discuss the need for Biblical literacy in the Christian's life. Everyone should know how to read the Bible and apply it, not just your pastor.    You can find Marcelle's links below:  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@studyproject215 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/studyproject215/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9KhoG...

Christian McCartney is a stand-up comedian and Tiktoker who has amassed a following of four million people. He joins us today to talk about comedy and Christianity and how and where the two intersect.  So much of comedy is funny because it is poking fun at an idea, individual, or thing. As Christians, it can be hard to do this in a way that is God-honoring. Christian McCartney talks to us abo...

Robin Schultz is a pastor who has accumulated quite the following through his wise and thoughtful teachings on Tiktok. Today he joins us to talk about how suffering is intimately tied to the Christian life and how should we think about and deal with suffering.  Find him on... Tiktok at https://www.tiktok.com/@violinrobin?_t=8VdIFl1dgmh&_r=1 Instagram: https://instagram.com/violinrobin?igshid=YmMyM...

Shia Lebeouf, Eminem, Matthew McConaughey, and other big-name celebrities seem to be coming back to Jesus. This could mean a number of things that we get into in this episode. Still, one thing is for sure - The shallow spirituality of "I'm not religious, I'm spiritual" jargon is showing its true colors of fake and nonfulfilling.  Jesus is the only one who can give our souls what we need and it see...

Today we have TikTok influencer and apologist BigJonSteel on to share his testimony and help us understand how Christian’s can overcome depression and anxiety. BigJonSteel also does a lot of YouTube and TikTok lives where he defends the faith against live challenges! Find him on YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCbzKGqM0UJZptpxq_zCqGXg TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bigjonsteel?lang=en&is_fro...

Jesus told us to make disciples of all nations and yet it seems like we focus more on making converts. Today we talk to Bearded Disciple about what it means to be a disciple and how we can teach people to be disciples. Bearded Disciple runs a podcast, and is an influencer on TikTok and Instagram all aimed at helping people do apologetics. He's been a Bible teacher, has gone to Bible school, and cu...