October 24, 2019

(00:00-10:13): “The Cautionary Tale of Jerry Falwell Jr.: It’s time to remember the qualifications of biblical leadership” writes Mark Galli in Christianity Today. Brian and Ian touch on the character of some church/Christian leaders and how growing a church is not the pastor’s job. (10:13-19:51): Louie Giglio speaks on pain: “Stay, it’s the best way you could glorify the God who made you”. Brian and Ian touch on heartbreak and bearing pain. God is not protecting you FROM the storm, He is protecting you IN the storm. (19:51-29:57): Ian posted on Facebook, “MEN: watching your kids is not babysitting, its called fatherhood.” He and Brian talk about the responses he got and what Ian is trying to get at about parenting. (29:57-38:45): Karl Vaders writes, “10 Questions More Important Than “What Was Your Sunday Attendance?” in Christianity Today. Brian and Ian reflect on this as pastors and say they’ve gotten this question too many times. (38:45-49:17): Beth Moore responded to the John MacArthur backlash from people with a classy Tweet: “Hey, y’all. Let’s cool it on the slander toward JMac et al. Doesn’t honor God. Let’s move on.” Brian and Ian give her accolades on her response as well as talking about how we ought to respond to slander. (49:17-58:52): Dan Ehrman joins us to talk about Lift Conference. He talks about how the shift of focus went from having a big name speaker, to focusing on church leadership in Chicago. The climate of the church in Chicago has struggled, and its important for leaders to route it back into a proactive healing. (58:52-1:08:04): Andy Kiersz and Allana Akhtar write, “Suicide is Gen Z's second-leading cause of death, and it's a worse epidemic than anything millennials faced at that age” in Business Insider. Brian and Ian talk about this staggering statistic and try and tackle the reason why this generation faces such tragedy. (1:08:04-1:16:28): Brian and Ian’s “Weird Stuff We Found on the Internet”: Rub the lotion on your phone? Make sure you have the right getaway car, or you’re going to jail, and don’t eat alcohol...because you can’t? Meanwhile, Christmas is right around the corner (not really) so ask drunk Santa to bring you an inflatable RV.