Local CEOs Radio
by Joshua Shelton
Welcome to Local CEO’s Radio where we get up close and personal with what it’s like to be a Local CEO. A Local CEO is someone who has started or runs a local business, non profit or online business or someone who wants to. Let’s dive into the marketing strategies, challenges and story of the Local CEO.
Episodes
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Crushed And Overwhelmed
Have you ever felt crushed and overwhelmed? In this episode, Josh shares how we felt this way recently and what he felt like God told him in that situation. Listen now! Want to sign up for our free group on Skool called Theology 101? Join here free now:...
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Don't Fool Yourself
“Cultural Christianity” has been popularized across much of the Western world. It was also popularized in the Corinthian church in Bible times. Let’s talk about how Paul addresses it. Listen now! Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Trust
Have you ever had trouble seeing what God was doing in your current season or circumstance? If so, you’re not alone. Listen now as we look at Romans 11 to encourage us for living from a place of trusting God with our plans. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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The Punisher Or The Father
As Christians, should we still fear punishment from God when we sin? Or should we not have a care in the world when we do? In this episode, we explore whether there is a difference between God’s punishment and His discipline, what that looks like and what it means for us. Get full access to…
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Eyes Glued
In this episode, we talk about what Proverbs says about the difference between how a sensible person lives versus how a foolish person lives. This one matters in 2025. Listen now! Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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A Cure For Spiritual Pride
Have you ever felt like God owed you something? Or that you were the sole source of your success? In today’s episode, we look at how John the Baptist in the Bible handled his success in ministry and overcame his pride. Listen now! Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Unless The Lord Builds The House
Have you ever felt like you were fighting against God? Or that you’ve lost your peace? In today’s episode, Josh tells the story of how God transformed his perspective and approach to business over the past few years and how that helped him regain his peace. Get full access to WisdomU at...
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The Connection Between Holiness And Truth
In today’s episode, we talk about the interesting connection between holiness and truth. Do we need truth to walk in real holiness? Let’s take a look at John 17. Listen now! Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Zoe Life
In John 20:31, it says “But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have LIFE by the power of his name.” What it is talking about when the Bible says “we will have LIFE” when we believe that Jesus is…
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What Are We Feeding On?
In today’s episode, we discuss the difference between what a wise person feeds on and what a foolish person feeds on. The difference can make or break us. Listen now to learn more. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Why Jesus Divinity Is So Important
A lot of people believe Jesus was a good guy, but is that enough? Do we need to believe Jesus was any more than a good teacher? In today’s episode, we explore what Jesus Himself had to say about it. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Airtight Integrity
In today’s episode, we look at what a famous prophet in the Bible can teach us about integrity. Listen now! Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Even When We Don't See It
There’s a popular Christian worship song that goes something like this: “Even when we don’t see it…He never stops, never stops…never stops working”… Is it true that God never stops working? In today’s episode, we look at something Jesus says about it in John 5:17. Listen now! Get full access to...
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What A True Worshipper Looks Like
In today’s episode, we talk about what Jesus called a true worshipper. Is it someone on a stage with a mic? Do we have to be in a certain location to worship God? Let’s find out in John 4. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Guilt: Should Christians Feel It?
In today’s episode, we talk about whether Christians should still feel guilt as we look at Proverbs 14:9. It’s a tricky subject that can make a big difference in how we walk as a Christian. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Prayer and Temptation
In today’s episode, we look at what Jesus taught about prayer and temptation in Luke 22. Listen now. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Rest For Our Souls
In today’s episode, we talk about where to find rest for our souls. Is it in getting cool new things, success, relationships or is it in something deeper? Listen now. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Kingdom Stewardship
In Luke 19, Jesus is asked what the kingdom of God is like. In a surprising answer, He tells a parable about stewardship that is both empowering and cautionary. Listen now. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Duty
Today, we discuss a lesson Jesus taught us in Luke 17 about what our attitude should be when we do the right thing. Listen now. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Does God Like Chaos?
In today’s episode, we talk about an attribute of God that we don’t talk about very often. We hear about the peace of God, but is there more to His peace than what we usually think? Listen now. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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A Beginners Guide To Hearing From God
My pastor recently shared something about how to know if we’re hearing from God that I had never heard, and I wish I had heard it earlier. As I thought about it, almost every time I’ve ever heard from God it fit within what he said. How do we know if we’re really hearing from God? I think this is...
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Calvinism or Armenian: Where Do You Stand?
In today’s episode, we discuss topics like predestination, free will and salvation in circles of Calvinism and Armenian. This is hardly a deep dive on these positions, but a brief overview for anyone new to the topic or who just loves to discuss these topics from both sides. Listen now! Get full...
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Who Are "The Least Of These"?
Matthew 25:31-46 gives a vivid picture about the responsibility believers have for taking care of “the least of these”. It’s often understood and popularized in today’s society to be about helping the poor in society. But is that true? In today’s episode, we explore the question: Who are “the…
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God Is Knowable
Have you ever wondered if God is a distant being, unable to really be known by us? Or can we know Him? Is He someone we can actually interact with, know personally or have a real relationship with? These are great questions. Let’s dive into to see what the Bible says about whether or not we can...
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God Is Not A Force
Sometimes, I feel like I catch myself acting or praying as if God is a force. In reality, He’s a person. I read a passage earlier this week that reminded me of this truth. Listen now to find out what it said. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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The Blind Leading The Blind
In our culture, who’s calling the shots? More importantly, who's calling the shots in our lives? Luke 6:39 says, “He also told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?” Listen now. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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How Do We Know The Bible Is From God And Not Man?
This is part 2 on our mini-series on the authority of Scripture. If you’ve ever wondered what makes the Bible different from other books and why we should live by it, you might enjoy this episode. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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How Do We Know The Bible Is From God And Not Man?
In this 2 part series, we talk about what makes the Bible different from other books and why Christians believe it carries the authority to guide our lives as the very words from God. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Why Jesus Is Different
I asked AI what made Jesus different from other religious leaders. What it said was intriguing. Find out how that ties into what I was reading in Luke 2 the other day. Hope it encourages you. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Assigned
If you’ve ever felt like you lacked purpose, this episode will help you. We may not realize it, but we all have assignments from God for our lives. It’s up to use to work on our assignments. Today, we look at Mark 13 to see what Jesus said about His assignments for His people. Get full access to...
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Some God Stuff Only Happen If We Do This
In Mark 9, we hear a story where the disciples tried to do something they typically could do, but this time they couldn’t do it. Find out what Jesus told them was the reason why they failed and why it matters for us today. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Proof For The Divinity Of Jesus
Most of the world would agree Jesus taught good things. Where there is disagreement for some is whether or not Jesus was divine. Here’s a quick thought I had on something I think gives us the answer. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Peter's Restoration
Peter emphatically denied he even knew Jesus, even calling down curses “if he was lying”. He was. Yet, that’s not the end of his story. Listen to today’s episode to find out more about how Jesus handled Peter’s big failure. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Seek
God doesn’t look for perfect people. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Mankind’s Primary Purpose
What’s mankind’s primary purpose? Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Kingship
Who’s your king? Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Prison Clothes
Today, we look at a story about King Jehoiachan. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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What Does God Value?
Is it the same kinds of things we take value in or is it different? Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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The Final Day Of Judgment
There isn’t much talk about the the final day of judgment in some Christian circles these days. In fact, I never talked about it for a while. Here’s what I’ve learned recently. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Trusting God Like David (And I Got Crocs)
In todays episode, we look at how David trusted God and what it means for us. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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How To Speak To Your Enemies
In this episode, we take an interesting look at how the apostles spoke to one of their enemies and how we can make sense of it in light of Gods love. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Peace And Strength
In this episode, we look at a time that followed intense persecution in the early church and how it might apply to today. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Gloating
In this episode, we define what gloating means and what God has to say about doing it. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Reverence
Ever wondered why we should revere God? There are many reasons, but here’s one that hit me hard today. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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5 Things I’ve Learned About Delegation
Today we look at how the apostles handled a rapidly growing early church and what that can teach us about delegation. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Is God Behind It?
In this episode, we explore the question, “Is God behind what I’m doing?” Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Which Is Right?
Today we examine how two of the apostles handled the fear of man. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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A Simple Explanation Of The Gospel
In todays episode, we look out how Peter described the Gospel to curious ears at an important moment in history. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Spiritual Bread
Are you eating bread spiritually? Jesus calls Himself the Bread of Life. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
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Can One Person Change A Whole Nation?
Sometimes we feel pretty insignificant. Today, we look at a story from the Bible where God used one person to change the face of an entire nation. Get full access to WisdomU at wisdomu.substack.com/subscribe
About this show
Welcome to Local CEO’s Radio where we get up close and personal with what it’s like to be a Local CEO. A Local CEO is someone who has started or runs a local business, non profit or online business or someone who wants to. Let’s dive into the marketing strategies, challenges and story of the Local CEO.
Hosted by
Joshua Shelton