King's Banner Podcast
by Justin Hart
Welcome to King's Banner Podcast. We got tired of the same ole answers when we started looking for help when it came to our walks with God. So together we go deeper than most would on topics that most people have heard or were taught but never fully understood. It is our way of simplifying concepts that we may have over complicated throughout our lives. Bringing theology and life experience into each episode. It is our hope and desire to help you in your Christian walk.
Episodes
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The Leper King’s Stand
A sixteen-year-old king with leprosy rides out against an invading force that should have erased him from history. That’s where we start with Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, the “Leper King,” and the shockingly lopsided Battle of Montgisard, a Crusades story that refuses to fit the modern script about...
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God, Logos, And The Real World
Reality feels normal until you ask one honest question: why is the universe so rational that math works, science works, and your mind can track truth at all? We sit down with Dr. Cody Beard and follow that thread from the Gospel of John and the meaning of Logos to the classic “unmoved mover” idea...
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Godfrey Of Bouillon
A crusader who gives to the poor, prays constantly, fights like a force of nature, and then refuses a crown? We dig into the larger-than-life story of Godfrey of Bouillon and why his life still presses on the modern Church. Along the way, we argue that “examples” are not optional for Christian...
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Genesis 2 Explained From Rest To Marriage
The Garden of Eden is not a children’s story, it’s a blueprint for how reality works. We keep digging into Genesis 2 and follow the text from God’s seventh day rest into the close-up view of humanity’s creation. Along the way we talk about why Sabbath is set apart, why rest is a gift, and why our...
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Genesis And The Battle For Beginnings
Genesis is where arguments about reality go to fight, because whoever owns the beginning gets to reshape everything downstream: meaning, ethics, identity, and even what counts as “good.” We come at the creation account as more than a debate about timelines. We treat it like the foundation stones…
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Ecclesiastes: Finding Meaning in a Seemingly Meaningless World (Repost)
Meaninglessness haunts our hyper-connected yet spiritually adrift world. Why does Solomon, history's wisest and wealthiest king, begin Ecclesiastes with the jarring declaration that everything is "meaningless"? Our exploration of this ancient wisdom reveals a startlingly modern diagnosis of our...
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Rethinking The Crusades
You’ve probably heard the Crusades reduced to a single sentence: “Christianity’s darkest hour.” That slogan is easy to repeat and hard to defend once you lay the timeline on the table. We bring on Jared to rebuild the story from the ground up, starting with what the Crusades actually were and why...
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Listener Questions Part One
“God told me” can be faith or it can be a cover for impulse, fear, and wishful thinking. We get practical and blunt about how to tell the difference, starting where clarity actually lives: the Word of God. If you want to hear God speak, we talk about why reading Scripture in context beats chasing...
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Against The World
Culture keeps moving the goalposts on what “Christian” is supposed to mean, and it leaves a lot of people stuck in the middle. We want a faith that’s real, durable, and recognizable when it costs something, not a label that only works when life is easy. That’s why we’re starting a new sermon…
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Elect Exiles
“Elect exiles” is not a cute phrase, it’s a diagnosis. We open 1 Peter with fresh eyes and realize Peter starts his letter to suffering Christians by telling them something most of us resist: you’re scattered on purpose. If you’ve ever looked at your life and thought, why am I here, why is this...
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Biblical Justice
A father lures his daughter’s rapist to the house and shoots him. A CEO gets killed and people argue about whether it’s “justice.” Cameras go up on street corners and we’re told it’s for “safety.” If you’ve felt the pressure to say, “Fine, I’ll take matters into my own hands,” you’re not alone…
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Grace That Grows Fruit
If grace is free, why does Jesus talk so much about fruit? That question sits underneath a lot of modern Christianity, where “I prayed a prayer” can quietly morph into “so I can live however I want.” We take the parable of the sower (Luke 8, echoed in Matthew and Mark) and follow Jesus’ own...
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Romans 7 Without The Confusion
Romans 7 is one of those chapters people quote when they feel stuck, ashamed, or exhausted: “I keep doing what I hate.” But if we treat that paragraph like the whole story, we end up with a Christian life defined by excuses and defeat. We want better than that, so we open the text, read it...
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If Christianity Isn't Weird Your're Not Doing It Right (Repost)
Have you ever felt like embracing your faith made you stick out like a sore thumb in the eyes of the world? That's where we pick up the conversation as Justin and I return from our break to share the sometimes hilarious, often enlightening journey of living a peculiarly Christian life. From the...
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Jonah Beyond The Fish
Everybody knows the whale story. Almost nobody wrestles with the real offense of Jonah: God’s mercy lands on the people Jonah cannot stand, and it exposes how quickly religious comfort can turn into spiritual blindness. We sit down and talk through why Jonah is “incredibly well known, almost…
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Judges: Strange stories
Start with a simple question: how does a nation forget its King? We walk through Judges like a crime scene, tagging the small compromises that compound into cultural collapse—then we watch God work anyway, often through people we wouldn’t pick. It’s raw, uncomfortable, and surprisingly hopeful.…
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Head Coverings And Christian Hierarchy
Some Bible passages don’t get ignored because they’re unclear, but because they collide with modern instincts about power, identity, and authority. We go straight into two of the most avoided texts, 1 Corinthians 11 on head coverings and 1 Timothy 2:15 on “saved through childbearing,” and we ask...
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So I Wrote a Book... "Burn" by Justin Hart
A lot of people aren’t losing their faith in one dramatic moment, they’re just drifting into a quiet, bored, overly safe Christianity. We sit down to talk about Burn, a new book Justin wrote as a practical field guide for anyone coming back to church after years away and anyone who’s still…
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Marriage, June, and the Banners We Fly
Marriage can be blissful, brutal, and forming all at the same time and that tension is exactly where we start. Justin and I talk candidly about what marriage feels like on the ground, then zoom out to ask a sharper question: what happens to a culture when it keeps redefining love, freedom, and…
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Why We Aren't Catholics
Catholicism is having a comeback moment, and we get why. When church starts to feel like entertainment, a liturgy shaped by centuries can feel like oxygen: reverence, structure, tradition, and a sense of history bigger than your own timeline. But a hunger for roots can’t be the same thing as a...
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Community: Back to Basics
Church potlucks get a bad rap, and honestly, sometimes they deserve it. But a cramped fellowship hall and a shaky casserole table can reveal something we’re starving for: real, embodied Christian community where people actually know each other, share life, and grow up together. We start with the...
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Body Soul Spirit
A lot of people think the Christian life is mainly about trying harder. We don’t buy that, and this conversation with Pastor Justin explains why: if you don’t understand what a person is, you’ll misdiagnose what’s wrong. We walk through biblical anthropology and the trichotomy of body, soul, and...
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Calling Out with Colossians
Jesus doesn’t share the throne, and Colossians refuses to let us pretend otherwise. Justin and Casey talk about why we chose Colossians as a foundational series for our church season, especially in a place where “Christian” can get blended with politics, tradition, or just being a good person. We...
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Bible Study That Actually Changes You
You can read the Bible for years and still slide past it like it’s background noise. We feel that tension and we name it: if we’re rushed, we’ll keep living on the same “highlighted” verses while whole books stay closed, confusing, or easy to dismiss. So we slow down and talk about what it looks...
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The Screwtape Letters Part Three
The devil’s best work usually isn’t a headline scandal, it’s the slow drift that makes you shrug at what should wake you up. We wrap our third and final Screwtape Letters conversation by going after the “small” habits that quietly harden a soul: flippancy that turns every serious topic into a…
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The Screwtape Letters Part Two
“Respectable sins” are the ones that don’t get you kicked out of polite company. They’re the habits you can defend, laugh off, and even baptize with Christian language, while they quietly erode your joy, your witness, and your love for God. We keep digging into C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters...
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The Screwtape Letters Part One
If you think spiritual warfare only shows up in dramatic moments, C.S. Lewis would disagree and so do we. This conversation starts with a big announcement: we’re planting a church in Tyler, Texas, and reintroducing the show as the King’s Banner Podcast. From there, we open The Screwtape Letters…
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Saul And The Cost Of Self-Rule
Saul is one of the most unsettling characters in 1 Samuel because he has real moments of clarity, real victories, and real encounters with the Spirit of God and still ends up unraveling. We unpack why Israel’s demand for a king “like the nations” sets the whole tragedy in motion, and how Saul...
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Fiction, Faith, And The Fight For Truth
What if the books on your nightstand are shaping your soul more than your to-do list ever could? We open with the reality of spiritual warfare, then trace how stories train our desires, sharpen our conscience, and equip us to stand firm when culture bends truth out of shape. This isn’t an...
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False Teaching
Where do we draw the real borders of the Christian faith—and how do we stop calling every disagreement “heresy”? We open with a simple map: some doctrines are state lines where family can differ, while others are national borders that define the gospel itself. From there, we get practical about...
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Calvinism Part Two
Start with the question we often dodge: if God truly reigns over everything, where do our choices fit—and what hope do we have when life breaks? We dig into sovereignty without slogans, defining it as God’s comprehensive rule over outcomes and the very means that lead to them. From prophecies...
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Calvinism Part One
What if salvation begins with God moving toward us, not us inching toward Him? We take a straight path through TULIP—total depravity, unconditional election, definite atonement, irresistible grace, and the perseverance of the saints—and show how each point rises from Scripture and fits together…
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Accountability Beyond Therapy
Tired of “accountability” that feels like a soft therapy session or a harsh scolding that changes nothing? We dig into a better way: covenantal community where discipleship, not policing, drives real transformation. Drawing from Scripture and lived experience, we make the case that growth thrives...
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Finding Fulfillment in God's Wisdom: Trusting His Plan Amidst Chaos
[email protected] Verse Reference: 1 Corinthians 25-27 Isaiah 55 Is it possible that what society deems as foolish is actually the key to a more meaningful life? Join us as we explore the stark contrast between worldly wisdom and godly wisdom, and uncover how living out Christian faith, often...
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Into The Dark With Jonah
What if boredom in your faith is a symptom of quiet disobedience? We dig into Jonah’s flight from Nineveh to expose how comfort, brand safety, and clean optics can sabotage real ministry to the poor, the broken, and the hostile. From moving a struggling family and sharing the gospel mid U-Haul to...
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Building Meaningful Community Within Diverse Church Models (Repost)
[email protected] What does the biblical pattern of God working through imperfect individuals mean for our expectations of church leaders? Join us as we examine the unrealistic standards set for spiritual guides and grapple with the paradox of human fallibility and divine purpose. We confront...
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Kingdom Work, Daily Grind
What if the most spiritual thing you do this week is build something that lasts? We dive straight into a gutsy thesis: God is glorified not only by private devotion but by public fruitfulness—by redeemed people building enduring work, institutions, and cultures under the lordship of Christ....
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A Christmas Devo
Ever wonder why a season meant for joy can feel so heavy? We go back to Luke 2 and find a nativity that’s anything but quiet: census chaos, dangerous politics, terrified shepherds, a closed-door town, and two young parents walking by faith when nothing felt ideal. Instead of chasing a flawless...
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Masculinity
Forget the hot takes on manhood. We’re after something deeper: a vision of masculinity that can carry real weight at home, in the church, and in a culture that often feels like modern Corinth. Justin and Michael weave story and Scripture to challenge passive niceness and chest-thumping control,...
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Patience
Feeling the whiplash between “we have victory in Christ” and a steady diet of cultural doom? We tackle that tension head-on and chart a different way: peace and patience anchored in truth, expressed through responsibility, and aimed at real change. Rather than treating faith as a bunker, we talk...
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Dating and Relationships
What if the church is great at events but weak at community—and young adult ministry is stuck in the middle? We open with a hard look at crowd-driven models that produce energy without mentorship, then pivot to what actually changes lives: hospitality, accountability, and intergenerational…
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Singleness and the Church
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Apostasy
Betrayal hurts more when it happens in the trenches. We take a hard look at apostasy—not as a catchall insult, but as the sobering reality of switching sides—through the lenses of Hebrews 6 and 10, Judas and Demas, and the everyday choices that reveal whether we love Jesus or just the glow of...
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The Judeo-Christian Fallacy
What if the phrase you’ve been taught to cherish—“Judeo-Christian”—actually blurs the gospel more than it clarifies it? We take on one of the most charged topics in the church today: how to think biblically about Israel, the Church, and the unfolding promise of God without caving to political...
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Faithfulness
What if the win isn’t a bigger platform but a life that can untie from the dock with a clear conscience? We sit down with East Texas pastor and church planter Teddy Sorrels to trace the narrow path of faithfulness in a world obsessed with celebrity metrics and seeker pragmatism. Anchored in 2...
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The Book of Joshua and the Great Commision (Repost)
[email protected] Our conversation takes a deep dive into evangelism, obedience, and the divine orchestration of Scripture, casting a new light on the stories you thought you knew. Discover with us how the journey of Joshua and the Israelites reflects our modern spiritual endeavors and how…
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Toxic Nostalgia
Nostalgia feels warm and safe, but it can quietly steal your future. We sat down to examine why “back then” can look so much brighter than “right now,” and how to honor meaningful memories without getting trapped by them. From worship setlists and Halo midnight releases to Ezra’s rebuilt temple…
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Work Ethic
What if work isn’t a grind to escape but a gift to offer? We dive into a deeper vision of labor—how Genesis reframes effort as worship, why comfort is a lousy north star, and how faithfulness over time produces fruit you can actually taste. Along the way, we talk about attention—the hours…
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Desperation
What if “desperation for God” isn’t panic, but a holy ache that reshapes how you live, love, and obey? We get honest about the ways fear sneaks into prayer, why gratitude changes the room, and how fixing our eyes on Jesus turns wave-management into real faith. Along the way, we pull from David’s...
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Worship Is Warfare
What if worship isn’t a feeling but an allegiance—one that reshapes your heart, your habits, and how you spend your time and money? We dive into the sweeping call to love God with heart, soul, and strength and unpack how that plays out in ordinary life: parenting through interruptions, singing…
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About this show
Welcome to King's Banner Podcast. We got tired of the same ole answers when we started looking for help when it came to our walks with God. So together we go deeper than most would on topics that most people have heard or were taught but never fully understood. It is our way of simplifying concepts that we may have over complicated throughout our lives. Bringing theology and life experience into each episode. It is our hope and desire to help you in your Christian walk.
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Justin Hart
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