August 5, 2019

(00:00-10:08): We regretfully must cover and discuss the incidences in El Paso and Dayton from over the weekend. Brian and Ian take time to listen to a pastor’s response to the shootings and weighs in on what we are doing about it as Christians and as a nation. (10:08-19:55): NYC pastor accused of stealing $631K from charities to pay for vacations, bar tabs. Brian and Ian touch on greed and the disease of hypocrisy in the church. (19:55-30:14): Many of you responded to our Facebook post referencing a Jon Acuff Tweet. It touched on Christians owning a $75,000 family SUV versus a $75,000 BMW. We talk about the responses in the comments and respond to it ourselves. (30:14-38:14): What did we preach? Brian and Ian unpack what they spoke on on Sunday. Brian is going through John. Is John preaching perfectionism? Brian thinks it isn’t HOW we should be, it should be how we STRIVE to be. Ian started a new series called “How to Bless Your Neighbor”. (38:14-48:44): Steve Carter posted a blog responding to the latest statement from the new elders of Willow Creek. Brian and Ian read through this brief synopsis of the changing of the Willow guard as well as his reaction to the new elders’ decision to “side-stepped” the women affected by the church’s indecency. (48:14-58:35): Writer Catherine McNiel joins us in studio to talk about her new book “All Shall Be Well”, available tomorrow. Book bio: God made this world of light and darkness, summer and winter, life and death. What does he intend to teach us in these ever-repeating cycles and seasons? Seamlessly weaving biblical truths into everyday life. God meets and transforms you in the mess and abundance of every mundane moment. (58:35-1:09:00): Catherine sticks around to touch on special revelation and the hope of Christ’s movement around us. She also connects gardening to hope, new seasons bring new life, just like new seasons of hope in Christ bring new revelation in the lives of those around us. (1:09:00-1:15:07): Brian and Ian’s “Weird Stuff We Found on the Internet”: Florida mistakened someone's home for a locker room, and apparently cougars don’t like Metallica. Bruce Wayne goes bankrupt and is now forced to fly Spirit Airlines, and Roundup comes up with a better solution than poisoning yards. Meanwhile, there’s a mutant family in Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.