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Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear — 283 episodes

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Why Getting What You Want Isn’t Enough | The Bullpen with J.D. Greear

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Introducing The Bullpen with J.D. Greear

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Is the Deliberate Pursuit of Ethnic Unity the Same As DEI?

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Is “Voting Blue” the First Sign of Losing Faith?

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WHY Is Gen Z Returning to the Church?

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Are Christians Called to the Culture War?

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Should Pastors Be More Political from the Pulpit?

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BONUS: Which Bible Promises Apply Today?

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Why Does Correct Theology Matter?

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Why Does Everyday Faithfulness Matter?

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Why Does the Existence of Hell Matter?

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Why Does Prayer Matter?

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How Do I Balance Marriage and Tithing?

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Why Does It Matter to Live a Gospel-Centered Life?

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Why Does It Matter? The Virgin Birth

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Are You Committed to Only Preaching Expositionally?

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Why Does It Matter? Purity Before Marriage

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Why Does It Matter? Biblical Authority

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Books of the Year, Part 2

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Books of the Year, Part I

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Should Followers of Jesus Get Plastic Surgery?

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Should Christians Be Concerned about AI?

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Are Denominations Biblical?

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Is It Wrong for Christians to Do Yoga?

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My Marriage Started After an Unbiblical Divorce: What Should We Do?

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How Can I Give Honest Criticism with Grace and Love?

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How Do I Learn to HATE My Sin?

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Will There Really Be No Marriage in Heaven?

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Gospel & Politics: Joseph Backholm

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Gospel & Politics: Neil Shenvi

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Gospel & Politics: Brooke Medina

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Gospel & Politics: Katie McCoy

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Gospel & Politics: Jason Thacker

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Gospel & Politics: Ben Watson

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Gospel & Politics: Ed Stetzer

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Gospel & Politics: Rebecca McLaughlin

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Greatest Hits: Is There Such a Thing as an “Unanswered Prayer?

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Greatest Hits: Why Aren’t YOU a Missionary?

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Greatest Hits: How Do We Live in the World but Not of the World?

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Greatest Hits: Is Marijuana Ever OK for Christians to Use?

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Greatest Hits: What Do You Do if You Find Out About Sexual Abuse Situations?

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Greatest Hits: Public school, private school, or homeschool?

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Greatest Hits: Is It OK to Get Divorced?

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Greatest Hits: If a Child Wanders From the Faith, Is It the Parents’ Fault?

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Greatest Hits: Who or (What) Is a Christian?

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Greatest Hits: Can You Lose Your Salvation?

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Greatest Hits: Can a Christian Be Possessed by a Demon?

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Greatest Hits: How Do You Honor a Toxic Parent?

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Greatest Hits: When Is It Okay to Leave a Church?

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Should Christians Gamble?

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Can Christians Be Depressed?

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Is Cremation Wrong?

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How Should Christians Vote In the 2024 Election?

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Does Modesty Matter?

55

How Do I Share the Gospel With a Staunch Atheist?

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Should Christians Support Israel?

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Spiritual Disciplines Recap + Q&A

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Spiritual Disciplines Ep. 7: Worship

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Spiritual Disciplines Ep. 6: Giving

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Spiritual Disciplines Ep. 5: Fasting

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Spiritual Disciplines Ep. 4: Sabbath

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Spiritual Disciplines Ep. 3: Community

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Spiritual Disciplines Ep. 2: Prayer

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Spiritual Disciplines Ep. 1: Bible Reading

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Should Christians Emulate Taylor Swift?

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Ask the Pastor

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Conclusion: The Lie Revisited

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If I’m Really a Christian, Why Do I Keep on Sinning?

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Why Does God Care so Much About My Sex Life?

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How Should Christians Handle Political Differences?

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How Could a Good God Send People to Hell?

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I Believe in God… Why Do I Still Have So Much Anxiety?

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How Can I Know God’s Will for My Life?

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Why Isn’t God Answering My Prayers?

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How Could God Have Ordained the Old Testament Conquests?

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If God is Really in Control, Why is There so Much Evil and Suffering?

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How Can I Discover My Purpose on Earth?

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What Are the Most Important Practices in a Christian’s Life?

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How Can I Know for Sure I’ll Go to Heaven?

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12 Truths and a Lie Trailer

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Why Does James Say We’re Justified by Works?

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What Is the Occult? Is It Real?

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What Does It Look Like to Live Ready for Jesus’ Return?

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What’s Going to Happen in the “End Times?”

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If God Draws People to Faith, Why Has God Not Drawn My Lost Family Member?

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Is It Ever OK to Lie?

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How Do I Tell Someone of Another Religion They’re Wrong?

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What Stands in the Way of Ethnic Unity?

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What Does It Mean to be “Poor in Spirit?”

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How Should a Believer Handle Guilt from Sinning?

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How Do You Find a Good Church?

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How Does the Church Achieve Diversity?

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Why Is It Important to Go to Church In Person?

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What Gives You Hope About the Direction of the SBC?

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How Should We Think About Disfellowshipping Churches in the SBC That Have Women as Pastors?

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What Does It Mean That the Sins of the Fathers Are Visited on the 3rd and 4th Generation?

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Why Does God Seem Cruel In Some Parts of the Bible?

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Were Men Like King David Really Great Men of Faith?

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Why Does the Bible Say Women Must Be Silent In the Church?

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Is It OK for Christians to Use IVF?

101

Does Charismatic Worship Go Too Far?

102

Should I Get a Divorce If I’m Miserable in My Marriage?

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How Do You Handle It When a Christian Leader Falls?

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Should Evangelicals Participate in Lent?

105

How Do We Know If Revival is Real?

106

What Is the Difference Between Being Religious and Being Spiritual?

107

Is Downplaying the Sinfulness of Homosexuality Necessary to Reach the Next Generation?

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Can Anyone Actually Know They Will Go to Heaven?

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If God Is Real, Why Doesn’t Everybody Believe in Him?

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How Do We Even Know There’s a God?

111

What Is Christianity, In a Sentence?

112

Should Christians Watch Game of Thrones? (Or Anything With Nudity?)

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What Does It Mean Practically to Follow Jesus?

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How Can I Know Where God Is Moving?

115

What Do the Best Friendships Do?

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Can You Be Active In Church and Still Go to Hell?

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Should Christians Support Gay Marriage?

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Should Christian Parents Buy Lots of Gifts for their Children at Christmas?

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Should Christians Have Big Families?

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How Do You Handle Marital Fights? Part 2

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How Do You Handle Marital Fights?

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What Would You Say to the Parent of a Wayward Teen?

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How Do I Parent a Teenager?

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What Counsel Would You Give Young Christians About Dating? Part 2

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What Counsel Would You Give Young Christians About Dating? Part 1

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What Are the Biggest Obstacles Christians Face in Marriage? Part 2

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What Are the Biggest Obstacles Christians Face in Marriage?

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How Do I Deal With Criticism?

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What Do I Do If There’s a Sin I Can’t Shake?

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What If God Is Using Your Pain to Bring You Closer to Him?

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What Does Waiting on God Actually Look Like?

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What Does Faith Look Like in a Season of Suffering?

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Should Christians Listen to Secular Music?

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Should You List Your Own Pronouns + Do You Regret Saying the Bible “Whispers” About Sexual Sin?

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Did Jesus Give Peter the Ability to Forgive Sins?

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AMA Live, Part 3: Should Churches Sacrifice Doctrine to Appeal to More People?

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AMA Live, Part 2: How Much Should You Dwell On Your Sin?

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AMA Live, Part 1: How Do You Have Faith in Something That You Can’t Prove Exists?

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Is Christianity Just Wishful Thinking?

140

When Should I Not Take Communion?

141

If You Were Baptized As a Baby, Should You Be Re-Baptized?

142

Can a Christian Support Abortion?

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Should a church be disfellowshipped if they have a woman as a pastor?

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What Is Love?

145

Should We Still Have Denominations?

146

Can a Christian Be a Socialist? Part 2

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Can a Christian Be a Socialist? Part 1

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In Light of the Sexual Abuse Report, Why Remain In the SBC?

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What Do We Preach When We Take Communion?

150

Do Jewish People Go to Heaven? What About Sincere People of Other Religions?

151

What Are the Most Essential Traits of a Multiplying Leader?

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What Does It Mean to “Be Fruitful and Multiply?” How Does It Apply to the Single & Infertile?

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How Do I Know Where the Holy Spirit Is Leading Me?

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How Important Is Correct Doctrine?

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Should I Get Married or Not?

156

Is Gambling Morally Wrong?

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What’s Your “Go To” Way to Share the Gospel?

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Why Is Church Discipline the Loving Thing to Do?

159

Does the Bible Teach That Men Shouldn’t Have Long Hair?

160

What About Bible Verses That (Seem to) Imply You Can Lose Your Salvation?

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Can You Lose Your Salvation?

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How Can I Trust Christians When So Many Are Hypocritical?

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Should Christians Be Colorblind?

164

How Does God See Me If I Am Divorced?

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Is It OK to Get Divorced?

166

How Do You Honor a Toxic Parent?

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If a Child Wanders From the Faith, Is It the Parents’ Fault?

168

What’s the Deal With Nicolas Cage?

169

How Should We Live in the World but Not of the World?

170

Can a Christian Be Possessed by a Demon?

171

Do You Partner in Ministry With People You Disagree With?

172

What Is an “Idol?”

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How Can You Believe in a Virgin Birth? (With Rebecca McLaughlin)

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Can We Take the Gospels Seriously? (With Rebecca McLaughlin)

175

Where Is the Devil at Work Today?

176

What Do Transparency and Accountability Look Like at The Summit Church?

177

Who (or What) Is a Christian?

178

Is Christian Celebrity All Bad?

179

Is There Such a Thing as “Unanswered Prayer”?

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How Do You Set Up Your Own Prayer Life?

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Can We Change God’s Mind in Prayer?

182

What is the Best Bible Translation? And What’s the Difference?

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Is the Loss of Cultural Christianity a Good or Bad Thing?

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Is Personal Suffering Still a Primary Objection People Have to Christianity? A Conversation With Rebecca McLaughlin, Part 4

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What Does a Faithful Christian Witness Look Like in a Politically Polarized Time? A Conversation With Rebecca McLaughlin, Part 3

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Where Are Christians More Shaped By Our Culture Than the Bible? A Conversation With Rebecca McLaughlin, Part 2

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How has defending faith changed in our current culture? A Conversation with Rebecca McLaughlin, Part 1

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Who Are the Three Most Influential Women in Your Life?

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Do women have a place in church leadership?

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Are churches too focused on the weekend service? With special guest Will Mancini

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Is every man called to be a leader?

192

How do you know you’re growing as a disciple of Jesus?

193

What Does It Mean to Be Pro-Life?

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How do you answer pro-choice arguments?

195

Are the Morals of the Bible Culturally Regressive?

196

How Should Christians Have Conversations About CRT?

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What Should Christians Know About CRT?

198

Re-Broadcast: Can Christians believe in evolution?

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Is it wrong to ask God for success?

200

May Christians With Same-Sex Attraction Have Non-Sexual Romantic Relationships?

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Is it Christian to support the 2nd amendment?

202

What is original sin and how is it fair?

203

What if There’s More to the Christmas Story than You Thought?

204

Why is the Summit multi-site? Is multi-site biblical?

205

What’s your favorite sermon you’ve ever preached?

206

What Do I Do if I’m Just Not Getting a Lot Out of My Quiet Time?

207

What do you think about the death penalty?

208

How Are You Processing the Presidential Election?

209

How can my gifts and resources be leveraged for the Great Commission?

210

What’s on your bucket list? And why are you against it?

211

J.D., why aren’t you a missionary since you spend so much time talking about missions?

212

How should Christians respond to the protests happening across the country?

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What Are the Three Most Important Things for a New Believer to Do Immediately?

214

Why Are You a Southern Baptist, Anyway?

215

Do All the Promises of God Still Apply to Me?

216

How Should We Think About Preserving Life vs. Stimulating the Economy?

217

Is it ever right to see coronavirus as evidence of specific judgment from God?

218

Is church online really church?

219

What does the cancellation of the SBC Annual Meeting mean for you?

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Should you send your kids to public school, private school, or home school?

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What if I don’t feel like God is answering my prayers?

222

How should Christians respond to the coronavirus?

223

Isn’t missions just Western imperialism?

224

Should Christians Be Concerned About Climate Change?

225

When is it okay to leave a church?

226

How does cold call evangelism fit into the church right now?

227

Can Christians speak in tongues?

228

Is the United States “exceptional”?

229

Why do I feel so burned out in ministry?

230

Can Christians believe in evolution?

231

Is anxiety/depression a spiritual issue?

232

Can Christians be rich and live wealthy lifestyles?

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Can Christians believe in aliens?

234

When talking with a transgender person, which pronoun should you use?

235

Why doesn’t the Bible condemn slavery?

236

Is Masturbation a Sin?

237

Is Marijuana Ever OK for Christians to Use?

238

Leadership Series: A Praying Life

239

Leadership Series: Disciple Making Values

240

Leadership Series: Work and Rest

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Leadership Series: Learning from “Creativity, Inc.”

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What Do You Do if You Find Out About Sexual Abuse Situations? — Re-Broadcast

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What Is the Greatest Need in the American Church? — Re-Broadcast

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Aren’t Short-term Mission Trips a Big Waste of Money?

245

What Do You Do if You Find Out About Sexual Abuse Situations?

246

What Is the Greatest Need in the American Church?

247

Is Faith a Gift of God?

248

What Would You Say to an Atheist?

249

Should I expect to feel satisfied by my job?

250

Do you do family devotions? What are some examples of family discipleship?

251

What’s your best advice for newlyweds?

252

How do you persevere in ministry in times of heavy criticism?

253

How do you read when you’re so busy?

254

Do miracles still happen?

255

What Do You Wish Every Worship Leader Knew About Their Ministry?

256

Who Are Your Biggest Preaching Influences?

257

Is Church Membership in the Bible?

258

How Should Christians Engage with Social Media?

259

What Should Male Leadership Look Like?

260

What Three People (Dead or Alive) Would You Want to Have Lunch With?

261

How Should Christians Think About the Sabbath?

262

Is the Bible’s Language About Hell Literal or Figurative?

263

How Should We Respond to a Police Shooting?

264

Is white privilege real?

265

Should we stop saying, “The Bible says so …?”

266

What’s the First Step in Creating a Sending Culture in a Church?

267

How do you guide kids who are exploring their sexual identity?

268

What Are Your New Year’s Resolutions?

269

Is the Old Testament Still Relevant?

270

How Do You Read a Book?

271

Is It Okay to Teach Your Kids About Santa Claus?

272

How do you prepare for sermons?

273

What do you do when you find yourself in a toxic friendship?

274

Do all religions lead to God?

275

Would you attend a homosexual wedding?

276

Should I kiss before marriage?

277

How do I distinguish God’s calling on my life?

278

How Should We Respond When a Pastor Falls to Moral Failure?

279

How Do You Structure Your Quiet Time?

280

How Should Christians Think About Politics Today?

281

Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?

282

Pastor J.D., Are You a Calvinist?

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