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by Arin Nicholson

In a world that is so divided, how do we as people of faith function in it? This podcast is a chance to move past the superficial questions and dig into that second layer of understanding, who God is in our life, and how we can share him with others. Real people, going through real experiences, answer real questions and share their stories.

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  1. The Story of the Juggler With a PHD

    2:01 The Juggler Has a PHD? 5:45 Journeyman Juggler 10:26 The Juggling Show 12:12 Your Deep Gladness & The World's Deep Need 16:27 Juggling in Bethlehem 21:13 What I Want vs. What People Accept 26:24 The Power of a Puppet 31:16 Blossom Where God Has Planted You 43:45 Feedback Loop 49:47 Jesse's...

  2. "Missiology: How the Cross and Culture Connect" w/ Todd Korpi

    1:12 Missiology 10:52 Distrust of Institutions 13:06 Meta & Micro Narratives 20:13 Practical Practice of Faith 25:49 Reclaiming Spirit-Led Services 31:13 Prayer Beyond Prayer 40:00 Culture Shift or Trend? 47:17 Ai Goes to Church

  3. Trends in Missions and the World Today w/ Dr. Rob Shipley (Teach Me Series)

    3:50 Me-Centric 6:51 Tension Between Logic and Spiritually 10:01 A Million Little Miracles by Mark Batterson 20:54 Access to the Gospel 00:27:22 Mission of God 29:35 Lost and Unreached People 37:36 Infinite Number of Relationship Possibilities 43:34 Financial Pressures in the Field 49:57 How to…

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  4. The Man With 2 First Names w/ Joshua George (Story Series)

    4:55 Functioning Alcoholic 9:40 More Traumatic Than Getting Shot At 14:17 World Began To Fall Apart 17:09 The Place With One Stop Light 18:48 The Accident 22:00 The Angel And The Power Grid 24:30 Teen Challenge 28:55 "Josh Don't Screw This Up" 33:00 The Good Part 37:42 The Hurt Of Transparency

  5. From the Cornfield to PSL w/ Chris Davis (Story Series)

    2:42 Kicked Out Of Bible College 9:26 Mom 36 Years Sober 11:33 Jumped At 2AM 14:05 Shotgun Jammed 14:40 The Cornfield 20:30 Starts With Church & Ends With Church 27:00 25% Success Rate 34:26 When Jesus Became Real To You 38:38 Fish In A Barrel

  6. The Tabernacle w/ Zach Adams (Teach Me Series)

    4:15 We Approach God On His Terms 8:02 The Church Within The Tabernacle 13:23 The Outer Court 18:53 Pull The Lever Kronk! 26:03 The Holy Place 29:54 Zach's Challenge 32:26 The Holy of Holies 36:18 The Ark of the Covenant

  7. Finding God on Tik Tok? w/ Briella Edwards (Story Series)

    2:15 Focused Crowds 7:08 Pressures of Reality 10:07 The Car Accident 15:09 Tik Tok Preachers 21:49 The Basics 24:32 First Instinct: Share It 31:03 No Time Wasted 39:13 No Excuses

  8. The Approachable Bible w/ Jacob Snuffer (Teach Me Series)

    4:20 The Bedtime Book 11:20 First Ever Bible Study 14:40 Approach With Openness 18:40 Prince Of Egypt 23:28 The Journey Is Important 25:27 Approach to Comprehend 30:38 Approach With Curiosity

  9. Learning the Bible w/ Mike Montgomery

    It's the final episode of the year for Second Level Questions and today Arin is joined by Pastor Mike Montgomery to talk about understanding the Bible in the eastern context that it was written and how it applies to how we as the church do discipleship today.

  10. How To Have Better Conversations w/ TJ Denman

    4:01 How To Have Better Conversations 10:13 To Be A Better Talkerer 15:36 5 Ways To Be Interested Instead Of Interesting 32:47 Conversations Abilities Assessment 35:45 Listen To The Lord Better 39:15 Where Are We Getting It Wrong 43:36 Final Takeaway

  11. Is Preaching The Most Important Thing? w/ Ryan Spaulding

    9:32 Successful Communication 19:08 Honesty vs. Authenticity 26:40 Student Leader Quiz 31:33 Caught Up In Structure 39:55 Don't Miss The Point/People 42:19 Lead and Lag Measures 49:01 Second Level Question

  12. Pray Differently w/ Peter Reeves

    2:00 Allow Prayer to Form Me 06:50 Cover Everything in Prayer 11:32 Practical Application of Prayer 17:18 Creating a Habit of Prayer 22:54 You Don't Care Until You Do 27:52 Pursue the Giver of the Gift, Not the Gift 32:18 Prayer

  13. The Importance of Self Assessment w/ Daniel Young

    0:46 You Are The Reason I'm In Counseling 6:06 2 Biggest Barriers to Counseling For Ministry Leaders 9:47 Growth Looks Different 15:20 Evaluate Before Crisis 26:03 The Little Things Aren't Just Little Things 31:48 Somebody Needs To Know If You're Hurting 37:25 Allow People To Serve You 41:41 Who...

  14. Streamlining Next Gen w/ Terry Parkman

    4:30 Streamline of Next Gen 7:17 Redeem What You Can Understand 11:52 Whatever Informs You, Forms You 22:04 Presence over Production 29:22 Input Goals Vs. Output Goals 31:27 Lord of the Rings 35:07 Every Light is a Green Light 44:27 Prayer

  15. The Regrets of Our Faith w/ Katie Buckley

    0:49 Places You've Pooped App 2:36 The Office 6:45 Childhood 20:00 An Encounter With God 22:20 Second Level Question 24:48 Regrets From Highschool 29:55 What Would You Change? 35:37 Instill Values In Your Students 36:50 Last Nugget

  16. The American Bias w/ Mason Murawski

    1:00 Intro 2:49 US Navy Photography 17:24 Travel 26:26 Get Out Of America 31:04 Ireland 32:56 Mission Trips 35:24 Mason's Life 40:25 The Tug 44:00 Is It Better To Know Or To Learn? 49:21 Go Do SOMETHING 53:33 Experience Is The Best Teacher 1:00:19 Last Nugget

  17. The Impact of Expectations w/ Zach Adams

    4:31 Holy Expectations 9:43 Frustration Comes From Unmet Expectations 11:08 Wounded Expectations 24:58 The Linne Between Expectation and Fabrication 31:30 Check the Destination 41:00 Final Nuggets

  18. Managing Silent Frustration w/ Kevin Dawson

    5:00 Possible Resignation 10:16 Righteous & Unrighteous Anger 11:46 Anger Triggers 13:37 Navigating Silent Frustrations 16:20 Bad Breath 25:20 Arin's Middle School Mistake 29:12 The Process Of Moving On 30:10 More Confrontation 35:12 Last Nugget

  19. Living Generously w/ Ben Engle

    0:00 - A Tribute To Ben 7:30 - Generational Generosity 10:30 - Principal's Office 15:20 - Make It Personal 18:10 - Spontaneous Blessing 21:07 - Give The Car Away 31:27 - Contentment First 42:14 - A Final Encouragement From Ben

  20. Church People w/ Kevin Wright

    2:55 Sudo Sanctification 10:00 Real Relationships, Real Things 14:58 Point The Mirror 22:10 Peekers 28:08 Not Everybody Needs To Be A Preacher 35:10 Let Repentance Break Your Heart More Than Scare You

  21. Next Generation Ministers w/ Chris Davis

    5:20 The Fatherless Generation 10:30 Changing Diapers 21:30 SLQ - How Does Fatherlessness Affect How We Interact With Our Faith And Others 28:59 How To Know God As A Father 37:00 A Father's Love 40:00 Existing Together, Intentionally Close 49:50 Church Hurt

  22. Is Worship Spiritual Manipulation? w/Josh Wesley

    1:17 Growing up in CHURCH 2:55 SLQ: Is Worship Spiritual Manipulation? 7:39 Pied Piper vs. Worship Leader 14:19 Treasure Box 20:46 Music Facts 25:50 Worship As The Spirit Leads 30:20 Manipulation Needs Initiation 36:45 We Need To Come Up With The Words 42:34 It's Not Your Job

  23. Making Room For The Holy Spirit w/ Pastor Frank Potter

    00:55 What Does District Superintendent Mean? 3:12 Where Is The Church Swinging And Missing? 00:05:24 Revival vs. Awakening 7:04 Church and Politics 13:00 Meeting The Need 14:12 Living Righteous 17:23 Transfer Growth 18:30 Parenting Fight 21:40 Youth Alive Toolbox 22:58 "GPS Self-Assessment"…

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  24. "What is Missing?" Debrief with Guest Host, Seth Campbell Season 3 Ep. 3

    00:18 INTRO 2:08 WHY REVISIT MENTAL HEALTH? 3:20 PSYCHOLOGY: STUDY OF GOD CLIP 3:46 BREAKDOWN 6:03 PERSEVERANCE 10:38 SECOND LEVEL QUESTION: THEOLOGY & PRACTICE CLIP 11:41 BREAKDOWN 16:00 STRUGGLE & PRAISE 20:41 COMMERCIAL 22:20 LET YOUR HEART-BREAK 22:45 BREAKDOWN 24:43 EMPATHY BRINGS…

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  25. The Most Important W/ Ben Rainey

    Hello from Second Level Questions, we apologize in advance for the sound issues during this episode. This is a great conversation with Pastor Ben Rainey and we hope you enjoy it. 1:00 What's in a Name 2:44 Basketball 5:14 Ben's Job 7:32 Written for the Worst 9:07 Age-Gap 12:37 Life Cycle 17:42…

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  26. Meet the Team!

    Show Notes: 1:54 Jonathan's Post Office Adventure 3:59 The Youth Alive Gal 5:22 The Other Youth Alive Guy 7:35 Share Faith Better 8:33 Ways to Connect 10:14 Outro

  27. Gen. SeXYZ with Jeff Grenell

    Show Notes: Wresting the Sex Issue 1:46 Solid Theology 4:52 Truth & Relationship 8:20 The Public Arena 11:37 Second Level Question 16:00 Secularization of the Church 18:32 COMMERCIAL 25:18 Pigeon Hole to Inclusive 26:20 Talk Better 32:45 Change the Stats 36:40 Prayer 42.38 Follow Jeff Grenell...

  28. November Spotlight: Lost & Found w/ Jeffrey Tasker

    Intros 2:05 Makeup for the Stars 4:20 Not Fun Anymore 10 :22 Crazy Life Concoction 12:33 What's in the Gap? 20:43 The Identity Thing 26:24 Commercial Break 37:06 No Longer a Secret 41:17 Until Today 49:34 "1997" 52:45 The Moment 57:15 Connect through Story 1:02:56 Shatter the Silence 1:03:50…

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  29. Throwback Thursday - Youth Con 21' 30 Sec Interviews

    Thanks for listening in to SLQ, We hope you enjoy this throwback podcast. Season 3 podcast guests are being booked now. Releasing in February 2023

  30. Lead(er);ship Part Two w/ Arin Nicholson

    Part Two: Challenge 00:15 A New Position 00:53 Leader As Identity 5:15 New Look? 9:38 "Thus Sayeth the Lord" 12:22 Generational Responsability 14:29 It's Not About You 17:10 Language 19:03 Be Ok Building Relationship 23:45 The Nugget 27:05 We would like to thank Lisa Potter and Women Who Lead for...

  31. Lead(er);ship Part One w/ Arin Nicholson

    Intros Elevator Pitch 2:40 How are kids today "different" 4:50 Wrestle with the Term 7:16 Confirming Thoughts 11:15 Servant Baby Thoughts 13:57 Credentials 17:00 Reality 19:30 Elevating 25:00 Change the Language 27:40 More Harm Than Good 30:30 Leadership as Identity 38:50 Your Going To Be Ok…

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  32. "BONUS". The One With The Principal w/ John Mazziott

    Hey SLQ fans here is a "BONUS" episode! We wanted to share a big win about one of our Youth Pastors, John Mazziott, connecting with a Principal in his community!

  33. Trends In Youth Ministry w/ Michael Schmitt

    Adoptive Student Ministry 4:15 Let Kids Serve 7:44 Secret Singers 11:43 Don't Turn Away The Questions 15:33 Messy Ministry 19:08 Core Values In Student Ministry 34:30 Final Nugget 43:28 Prayer 44:11 Debrief 45:31

  34. Vale La Pena w/ Don Biggs

    The Back Story :55 Balance the context 5:10 Second Level Question - Why is it Hard? 6:45 Most Opportunity for Student Impact 9:40 Bu Your Love 14:20 No Pressure 18:38 Most Opportunity for Leaders 22:25 2 specific ways 28:50 Love a gift or skill 30:25 Final Nugget 34:44 Prayer 36:56

  35. Mental Break or Breakdown w/ John & Kristen Miller

    22 to 1000 0:50 Need for Connection 4:00 Softball Matters 6:47 The Concept of Emotional Health 7:57 Susceptible to Pace 12:42 Convo on Burnout 16:18 SLQ - The Pull between Leadership & Pastoring 19:30 How to Measure 24:38 Season of Shifting 25:52 What is the Shift 26:17 Pace Shift 29:38 So Pastor...

  36. The Journey to Becoming Me w/ Jimmy Roderick

    The beginning 2:35 Proximity 8:00 Story Wrap-up 10:55 Boy Meets Girl 16:48 Act Two: Do you 19:50 Roller Coasters 21:16 Pain's Posture 29:00 Arin's thought 33:25 Takeaway 36:40 Prayer 39:24 Debrief - 40:05 [email protected] FB @jimmy.roderick.3

  37. Sex_pectations w/ Kim Webb

    Intro: Purity Culture 2:15 Sex Conversation 5:40 Passionate Because 10:20 "Trigger Warning" 11:24 Now You're Married 14:50 Teen Factors 17:55 Masculine vs. Feminine Perception 23:30 Everything is Sexualized 28:10 A 40yr Old Virgin, Why? 30:42 Energy goes Somewhere 36:20 Own It 40:00 Check Your...

  38. Amish: Are They on to Something w/ Ben Trimmer

    Words 0.00 Tech: Cool or Scary 3:47 To Far 9:37 14:55 Intros Digital Front Door 17:55 Meta What? 19:49 New or Vibe of Olde? 22:00 Are the Amish on to Something? 25:35 Pivot to Missional Content 30:30 Conviction 37:09 Avoid Lull 41:50 Final Words 43:55 Prayer 48:48

  39. Is Mental Health a real thing? w/ Dr. David DeMatsers

    Intro Let's Talk Mental Health 3:05 Is Mental Health a Real Thing? 6:04 Thinking Affects How We Decide 15:20 Mental Health based On Actions 22:40 ADHD is it a Thing? 28:25 Accuracy in Understanding our Children 34:40 Bridging the Gap 38:11 Mental Health Standard Lower 39:57 God's Plan In This…

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  40. Why Can't I Speak in Tongues /w Kyle Hogan

    Kyle Fun Facts 1:03 The Little Box 1:47 Question Mark? 6:00 Moment to Pause 9:00 … Story Continued 12:22 Backed into Surrender 15:34 The Moment 18:00 Alone 21:06 SLQ: Why didn't you speak in tongues? 23:22 People Who Want it, Why don't they get it? 27:37 Don't Try Harder; Surrender 28:30 Pay It...

  41. Are God's Rules Fair? w/ Seth Campbell

    Story in 30Sec. 1:10 Submission is Hard 4:35 Covenant, Boiled Down 6:42 New Eyes 11:10 In the Room 20:38 Credential: Y or N 25:15 Fair: God Rules 29:18 Preach! 32:45 Debrief 36:55

  42. Lost & Found w/ Jeffrey Tasker

    Intros 2:05 Makeup for the Stars 4:20 Not Fun Anymore 10 :22 Crazy Life Concoction 12:33 What's in the Gap? 20:43 The Identity Thing 26:24 Commercial Break 37:06 No Longer a Secret 41:17 Until Today 49:34 "1997" 52:45 The Moment 57:15 Connect through Story 1:02:56 Shatter the Silence 1:03:50…

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  43. The One with The Ceremony w/ Carla Bailey

    The One with The Ceremony Creating Clarity 37:00 The One with The ILY & Milestones: 3:43 The One with A Moment 6:42 The One with El Salvador 9:00 The One with Clarifying Roles 10:35 The One with Submission 12:28 The One with Learning Ceremony 14:40 The One with Intentional Ceremony 16:13 The One...

  44. Connections Part 2 w/ Caleb Harris

    About me 1:58 Lined Paper 3:27 Don't Say Anything 5:51 I Can't Be What I Was 9:20 Advocate for Students 12:01 The Kick Back 12:43 Truth in the Gray Area 13:55 Common Thread 16:16 The Shift 19:03 Don't Be Afraid to Reach Out 20:35 Prayer 21:33 Post Rewind 22:30 Caleb Harris Warwick AG instagram...

  45. Connections Part 1 w/ Caleb Harris

    Why People should Listen: Top 3. 1:34 Connect to Schools 3:15 The Pivot 6 :27 The Mountaintop 12:20 Highlights 20:06 Recap 24:38

  46. The One with The "L" word w/ Carla Bailey

    The One with a Common Denominator 2:15 The One with The Meet Cute 4:05 The One with Something shared 8:30 The One with Moments that Bond 11:27 The One with The "L" Word 13:25 The One with Condition turned Commitment 22:30 The One with Defined Lines 24:18 The One with The Need for Wisdom 29:32 The...

  47. Friends in Crisis w/ Audrea Gray

    Presence 2:00 min The Moment 5:50 Boxed 9:21 How to Enter 11:45 Express Emotion 14: 21 Preparation 18:40 The Gap 20:19 Funny? 23:00 Strategies 25:40 Known For 30:53 Prayer 42:30

  48. Get Healthy w/ Gary Butler

    Intro's 1:08 Contentment & Self... 3:52 Counterfeits 5:46 Gary's Journey 8:24 Road Blocks 12:45 Pray Your Heart 17:52 Hidden Blocks 18:53 Red Flags 20:40 Other Pointers 26:25 Wait 30:35 Need a Miracle 34:13 Is God Faithful or are We? 37:20 Prayer 41:34

  49. Context is Key: Is the Gospel Fluid w/ Blane Young

    Show Notes What I love about Chi Alpha 1:03 Pastoring the Campus 2:45 How to bring the Gospel in any context 6:13 Methods of presentation 10:38 Gospel 15:24 The Right…17:15 Story 19:55 Weakness 24:20 The Left 27:40 Gospel Nuance 29:45 Whats coming? 36:10 Back to the question. 44:43 Submission…

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  50. How do I know who I'm supposed to be? w/ Dan Herod

    On today's episode Arin and Dan dive deep into some great subjects before answering the second level question. If you want to go directly to the question it is at 48:03. Show notes Who are you? 1:30 When I walk in a room 6:02 Perception vs. Reality 7:20 Renovation 8:55 Tap into how God sees you...

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In a world that is so divided, how do we as people of faith function in it? This podcast is a chance to move past the superficial questions and dig into that second layer of understanding, who God is in our life, and how we can share him with others. Real people, going through real experiences, answer real questions and share their stories.

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