Episode 10: Church Friendships: The Loneliness Crisis in Ministry + 10 Resurrection Quotes for Easter Sermons and C.S. Lewis on Do Pets Go to Heaven?! With Dr. Michael Stewart, Pastor Grant Combs and Dr. Chris Smith

Our focus today is on relationships in the church and the loneliness epidemic among pastors and church leaders. Hosted by Dr. Chase Thompson and Dr. Mike Stewart with guests Dr. Chris Smith of the Great Commission Training Institution, and Lighthouse Baptist pastor Grant Combs.  In today's roundtable, we discuss relationships in the church, and hit on some very important questions: Can pastors have deep friendships with church members? How are deep-rooted friendships made? There is a combination of factors that work together to keep pastors isolated…how can pastors and church leaders guard against that?  We will also talk about the loneliness epidemic among pastors, and how most pastors, who are generally men, and don't admit their problems and pains easily, usually just hero-up and pretend like everything is fine when they are starved for deep friendships and relationships. Finally, we will close out with a delicious soda review AND give you a top ten list of best quotes on the Resurrection of Jesus that YOU can use in your Easter sermon this week!