All Episodes
Beyond Sunday — 403 episodes
Episode 402 What comes after deconstruction?
Episode 401 Lack of Empathy begats sin?
Episode 400 Hard things in the Bible: The Unforgivable Sin
Episode 399 Strange Christian Beliefs that Time Forgot
Episode 398 – Faith at Camp (with special guest Josiah Canto)
Episode 397 So… what did we miss?
Episode 396 Challenging things in the Bible: Luke 16
Episode 395 – Challenging Stuff in the Bible: Isaac and Abraham
Episode 394 – The Casinofication of Church
Episode 393 – Gen Z Wants Justice. Are They Right?
Episode 392 – What If Aliens Are Real?
Episode 391 – Challenging Stuff in the Bible: Reconciling Violence and Forgiveness
Episode 390 – Is Everything A Spiritual Battle?
Episode 389 – What Happens When We Get Jesus Wrong?
Episode 388 – Hope in the Light of Resurrection
Episode 387 – The Church Needs a New Sex Talk
Episode 386 – Challenging Stuff in the Bible: The Theology of the Cross
Episode 385 – Faith and Hope in Politics
Episode 384 – Calling in the Age of AI
Episode 383 – It’s the End of the World as We Know It
Episode 382 – Challenging Stuff in the Bible: The 10th Plague
Episode 381 – Service and Worship
Episode 380 – Performative Redemption
Episode 379 – The Great Omission
Episode 378 – Challenging Parts of the Bible: Romans 13
Episode 377 – Protests in Worship
Episode 376 – The Holiness of Unhappiness
Episode 375 – Spiritual Growth vs Self-Improvement
Episode 374 – An Interview With an Exorcist
Episode 373 – It’s the most wonderful podcast of the year!
Episode 372 – Young Men Are Angry But At The Wrong Thing
Episode 371 – Blaming Women Harms Us All
Episode 370 – Does Faith Require Us to Hustle?
Episode 369 – How Churches Respond to Scandals: And What We Can Learn From It
Episode 368 – How should churches give?
Episode 367 – On Saying Goodbye with Pastor Cassandra
Episode 366 – 9 things to do when you read your Bible
Episode 365 – Finding God in Horror
Episode 364 – Are we scared of demons?
Episode 363 – Manifesting Spirituality…
Episode 363 – Should Churches Discipline their members?
Episode 362 – The only thing we have to fear…
Episode 361 – Darwinism in Christianity
Episode 361 – Is “Hotness” the new Christian prosperity gospel?
Episode 361 – A Reflection on James Dobson
Episode 360 – Barstool Worship
Episode 359 – Is Jesus funny? Finding the humor in faith
Episode 358 – Have we made authenticity an idol?
Episode 357 – Teacher Talk with Sarah Page
Episode 356 – What is with the “Tradwife” movement?
Episode 355 – 5 paths for modern churches
Episode 354 – The Gen Z Worship Wars
Episode 353 – The Injustice of Inconsistency
Episode 352 – The Seven Deadly Sins: Part 4 – Envy and Pride
Episode 351 – Iran: Should Christians support Israel?
Episode 350 – Christians and Protest: Do they belong together?
Episode 349 – Does God Have a Plan? Walking in Faith v. Avoiding Responsibility
Episode 348 – Discipleship: More than just a cruise
Episode 347 – The Seven Deadly Sins: Part 3 – Wrath and Sloth (Kind of)
Episode 346 – The Creed is Back in Town: How the Nicene Creed is making a comeback
Episode 345 – Young Women Are Leaving the Church: How should the Church respond?
Episode 344 – Christians and Conflict: Facing the challenge head on
Episode 343 – The Seven Deadly Sins: Part 2 – Greed and Gluttony
Episode 342 – The Pope’s Legacy: What non-Catholics share with Pope Francis’ teachings
Episode 341 – In Defense of Empathy – Why Christians should care
Episode 340 – The Seven Deadly Sins: Part 1 – Introduction and Lust
Episode 339 – These Are Our Confessions: Why the practice of confession still matters
Episode 338 – $1000 Blessings: Indulgences take on a new name
Episode 337 – Chopping the Church Kitchen: How we gather in the modern church is changing the shape of our buildings
Episode 336 – Misinformation: Our newest sin?
Episode 335 – Closer to Home: Talking about College Park High School
Episode 334: What’s the Bible Say About Pre-Destination and Spiritual Warfare?
Episode 333 – Is the Bible Too Hard or Are We Just Lazy?
Episode 332 – Ordo Amoris: How God calls us to love
Episode 331 – The Preacher and The President
Episode 330: Weird Characters in the Bible Part 2
Episode 329 – Let’s Do Life Together: Building Community in the Church
Episode 328 – Vocation: Is Your Job Your True Calling?
Episode 327 – Ugh, This Again?: What to do when you’re bored in Church
Episode 326: Weird Characters in the Bible
Episode 325 – The Christmas Spectacular!
Episode 324 – Baby Jesus Cried: What “incarnation” really looks like
Episode 323 – The Early Church: A model for today?
Episode 322: What’s the Bible Say About All the Other Stuff?
Episode 321 – Thanksgiving Special!
Episode 320 – The 4B Movement: Finding a faithful way forward
Episode 319 – Polarized Church: How to Bridge the Divide
Episode 318: What’s the Bible Say About LGBTQ Issues?
Episode 317 – Let’s Talk: Searching for Conversation in an Age of Disagreement
Episode 316 – Dear God: What Should Prayer Look Like?
Episode 315 – Are You Sure About That?: The Role of Uncertainty in Faith
Episode 314: What’s the Bible Say About Immigration?
Episode 313 – Church Hurt: How Do We Help When We Are The Problem?
Episode 312 – Faith with an Open Hand: Christianity in a Pluralistic Society
Episode 311 – Is There a Political Party of Biblical Values?
Episode 310 – Slander: When and How Christians Should Respond
Episode 309: What’s the Bible Say About Poverty?
Episode 308 – Curious Faith: Can Curiosity Strengthen Our Faith?
Episode 307 – Religion v. Spirituality: Are Men and Women that Different?
Episode 306: What’s the Bible Say About Being The Death Penalty?
Episode 305 – How Dare You!: The Olympics, Faith, and When to be Offended
Episode 304 – Conformity: Everybody’s Doing It
Episode 303 – Toxic Positivity: Not a Superpower
Episode 302: Hurricane Beryl Update
Episode 301: Spiritual Manipulation
Episode 300: What’s the Bible Say About Being A Christian Nation?
Episode 299 – Double Life: Are you more yourself online?
Episode 298 – Me, Myself, and I: Who is worship really for?
Episode 297 – Are Humans Fundamentally Good?: The Pope weighs in and people get angry
Episode 296: What’s the Bible Say About Abortion?
Episode 295 – Metaphor: When A Word Just Won’t Do
Episode 294 – Success: Is it worth it?
Episode 293: Is Christianity a sword or a shield?
Episode 292: What’s the Bible Say About Hell?
Episode 291 – Raunchy Christians: When the lines get a little too blurry
Episode 290 – The New Atheism: The call is coming from inside the house
Episode 289 – Forgiveness: Has Science finally solved it?
Episode 288: What’s the Bible Say About “The Bible”?
Episode 287 – Youth Group: How we can actually pass faith on
Episode 286 – Christian Nationalism: Why its important to know what we mean
Episode 285 – Real Christians: Who gets to decide?
Episode 284 – Pastor Cassandra Takes A Trip: The King’s Embrace
Episode 283 – Beyond Sunday Live: Fasting as Resistance
Episode 282 – Fasting and Feasting: Lent 2024 at Lord of Life
Episode 281 – What’s Your Love Language?: Valentine’s Day Showcase
Episode 280 – Do We Trust Our Pastors?: Not like we used to.
Episode 279 – OOPS!
Episode 278 – Modern Paganism: Closer than you think
Episode 277 – Do You Want To Come To Church With Me?: The challenges and excuses of bringing friends to church
Episode 276 – Inner Peace: Faithful search or selfish demand?
Episode 275 – When 70 Characters Isn’t Enough: The Nuance of Grace
Episode 274 – I Think My Pastor Is Wrong: What do I do now?
Episode 273 – It’s Christmas Time Again!
Episode 272 – Beyond Sunday Live! (Perfection)
Episode 271 – Advent-ies Unite: Learning patience in a world of NOW
Episode 270 – Books of the Bible Series: Is Christmas in the Bible?
Episode 269 – Accountability: Christian Surveillance or Spiritual Discipline?
Episode 268 – Waiting is the Hardest Part
Episode 267 – Loneliness: How the Church should build true community
Episode 266 – All the Single Ladies: What the Church gets wrong about being single
Episode 265 – Who Runs the World? Girls!
Episode 264 – Is the Mega Church Era Coming to an End?: What happened and what is still to come
Episode 263 – Religious Trauma: Can the Church offer healing for it’s own faults?
Episode 262 – Is Everyone Out To Get Me?: How attending worship affects our ability to trust others
Episode 261 – Books of the Bible Series: What’s the Bible actually say about money and giving?
Episode 260 – Evangelism: What we get wrong and what we should do about it
Episode 259 – Is Jesus Too Woke? Many “Christians” think so
Episode 258 – Hospitality: Is HGTV stopping us from welcoming others?
Episode 256 – Searching for Rhythm: Moving beyond the work/life balance
Episode 255 – What’s Going On With Men? Part 2
Episode 254 – What’s Going On With Men? Part 1
Episode 253 – Books of the Bible Series: Is it in the Bible? Purgatory, Dragons, and Guardian Angels
Episode 252 – Time For An Attitude Shift: The most damaging attitude in our churches
Episode 251 – Can you disagree without being divided?
Episode 250 – I Wish I Had Known: Christian truths that should be right up front
Episode 249 – Open the Doors and…Where are All the People?: Does the Church need a building?
Episode 247 – Pride Month: Reconciling in Christ? What’s That?
Episode 246 – Pride Month: Do Christian Groups Belong at Pride Festivals?
Episode 245 – Turning our Lives Towards Others: Why is it so hard to start the practice of seriving?
Episode 244 – Books of the Bible Series: Is the Trinity in the Bible?
Episode 243 – And Knowing is Half the Battle: Following Jesus with our head and our heart
Episode 242 – Christianity without Love: Is that even a thing?
Episode 241 – What does the office teach us about faith
Episode 240 – Does God want us to be nice?
Episode 239 – Books of the Bible Series: Is the movie as good as the Book?
Episode 238 – Faith and Film: Science Fiction
Episode 237 – Does Our Ego Keep Us From God?
Episode 236 – Is That a Fact Pastor?: When opinions become facts of faith
Episode 235 – Books of the Bible Series: What about those “other” books? An introduction to the Deuterocanon
Episode 234 – Does More Education Mean Less Faith? Probably Not
Episode 233 – The State of Theology…Kind of
Episode 232 – The Power of Silence: Turning Off the Noise to Listen to God
Episode 231 – Books of the Bible Series: Paul’s Letters – Romans
Episode 230 – The Asbury Revival
Episode 229 – Mental Health and Faith: Why are Christians not taking mental health seriously?
Episode 228: The State of the Union…But Not Really
Episode 227 – Books of the Bible Series: Paul’s Letters – Timothy and Titus
Episode 226: Is Your Pastor a Robot?: What A.I. means for the future of the Church
Episode 225: Weird Stories About Sex…from the Bible
Episode 224: Is Fear Essential for Faith?
Episode 223 – Can You Read the Bible Wrong? Yes…
Episode 222 – Books of the Bible Series: Paul’s Letters – Colossians
Episode 221- Another Year!
Episode 220- Christmas Spectacular!
Episode 219 – Unreliable Narrators: Who to believe when everyone is lying
Episode 214 – Books of the Bible Series: Paul’s Letters – Philippians
Episode 217 – Safety Vs. Peace
Episode 216 – Thanksgiving Spectacular: How to be thankful when others are suffering
Episode 215 – Serving the Poor: Are we doing more harm than good?
Episode 214 – Books of the Bible Series: Paul’s Letters – Ephesians
Episode 213 – Is Jesus on Brand?: Thoughts on the He Gets Us campaign
Episode 212 – What’s the Deal with Cults?
Episode 211 – Kids These Days: What do teenagers think about faith?
Episode 210 – Books of the Bible Series: Paul’s Letters – 1 Corinthians
Episode 209 – Whoops
Episode 208 – “In God We Trust”: Does God want our public displays of faith?
Episode 207 – Searching for Repentance: The NFL, Sexual Assault, and The Church’s Response
Episode 206 – Helper: It doesn’t mean what you think it means
Episode 205 – Books of the Bible Series: Paul’s Letters – Galatians
Episode 204 – Student Loans: Rejoicing with those who are set free
Episode 203 – Heroes in Our Own Minds: Who should be the hero in our story of faith?
Episode 202- Faith Conversations Series: Special Guest Cassandra Nagle
Episode 201 – Should we take the Bible literally?
Episode 200 – Books of the Bible Series: Revelation
Episode 199 – Now That’s What I Call Music! Worship Edition
Episode 198 – Proverbs 31: An Alternate Understanding of the “Ideal Wife”
Episode 197 – Respect: What do we do when we disagree with authority?
Episode 196 – Books of the Bible Series: Acts Part 2
Episode 195 – The Dating Game: Does God want you to find “The One”?
Episode 194 – We have a Diversity Problem: What is the Church supposed to look like?
Episode 193 – Did Jesus Use Sarcasm?: Why we miss humor in Biblical stories
Episode 192 – Books of the Bible Series: Acts Part 1
Episode 191 – Uvalde: Responding to Tragedy
Episode 190 – Unsolved Mysteries: Bible Stories that Leave Us With More Questions Than Answers
Episode 189 – Anxiety: We’ve All Got It
Episode 188 – Satanic Panic and Feeding Migrants
Episode 187 – Books of the Bible Series: John and the Crucifixion
Episode 186 – What Are We Missing?: The things people outside church want churches to know
Episode 185 – Should I Stay Or Should I Go: When should you stay in your church?
Episode 184 – Here Comes the Easter Bunny: A Case for Holy Week
Episode 183 – Books of the Bible Series: Luke and Parables
Episode 182 – Can You do Faith Alone?
Episode 181 – A Call to Love: A Christian Conversation about Transgender Issues (Part 2)
Episode 180 – A Call to Love: A Christian Conversation about Transgender Issues (Part 1)
Episode 179 – An Eye for an Eye? Or Turn the Other Cheek?: A Christian Response to War
Episode 178 – Women in Prison: A Faith Response to Cruel Prison Practices
Episode 177 – The Problem with Evil: How our view of good and evil can shape our faith
Episode 176 – Colbert on Faith: How do we share our faith in the public sphere?
Episode 175 – Books of the Bible Series: Matthew and the Teachings of Jesus
Episode 174 – Sweet Emotion: Why its ok to be sad sometimes
Episode 173 – Can I Pray Here?: Religious Liberty in the United States
Episode 172: A Year in Review
Episode 171- Faith Conversations Series: Special Guest Carrie Kessler
Episode 170- Books of the Bible Series: Mark and Miracles
Episode 169 – The 3rd Day of Christmas Episode: Christmas Movie Extravaganza
Episode 168 – The Christmas Episode: Mary did you know?
Episode 167 – Deconstructing Faith
Episode 166 – Books of the Bible Series: Introduction to the Gospels
Episode 165 – Why are Single Women Leaving the Church?
Episode 164 – Worshipping the Golden Pages: Have We Turned the Bible into an Idol?
Episode 163 – Daily Bread: Relying on God when our needs are met
Episode 162 – What’s Really Important to the Church? Young people tell the Church what’s important to them
Episode 161- Books of the Bible Series: Lamentations and Song of Songs
Episode 160 – Why do so many Horror Movies contain Religious Themes?
Episode 159 – Is Empathy a Sin? Spoiler: It’s Not!
Episode 158 – Criminal Justice: Is vengeance a part of our faith?
Episode 157- Books of the Bible Series: Proverbs and Ecclesiastes
Episode 156 – Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: Why do we idolize charisma over faithfulness?
Episode 155 – Atheism: The New Moral Goalposts?
Episode 154 – Holy or Hollywood?: Some Lesser Known Stories from the Bible
Episode 153- Books of the Bible Series: Psalms
Episode 152 – Complementarianism: Does God assign different roles to men and women?
Episode 151 – Slow Down: What we can learn from things that take time
Episode 150 – What are We Talking About?: Questions to ask ourselves before hard conversations
Episode 149 – Just Do It: What happens when we try to push through pain?
Episode 148 – Books of the Bible Series: Isaiah
Episode 147 – The Power of Friendship
Episode 146 – There’s Something in Your Eye: A Brief Guide to Righteous Judgment
Episode 145 – Hope in All Times
Episode 144 – Books of the Bible Series: Ezra and Nehemiah
Episode 143 – What’s the deal with denominations?
Episode 142 – This is a Football: Back to the Fundamentals of Faith
Episode 141 – Government Faith: Does support of the state make our faith stronger?
Episode 140 – Books of the Bible Series: Daniel
Episode 139 – Modern Faith Part 4: Is that pew too soft or too hard?
Episode 138 – Modern Faith Part 3: Should we be saving souls or saving society?
Episode 137 – Modern Faith Part 2: Should Christianity be easy or hard?
Episode 136 – Modern Faith Part 1: What is the Greatest Threat to our Faith?
Episode 135 – Books of the Bible Series: Kings and Chronicles
Episode 134 – The Conviction of Derek Chauvin: How does our faith call us to respond?
Episode 133 – Vaccinated Faith: How should Christians respond to the COVID Vaccines?
Episode 132 – Resurrection Hope
Episode 131 – Books of the Bible Series: 2 Samuel
Episode 130 – Who Sinned?: How do we respond to violence committed by Christians?
Episode 129 – Forgiveness: The Myths and the Hard Truths
Episode 128 – Faith as Story Part 2
Episode 127 – Potayto Potahto: Why we believe what we believe
Episode 126 – Books of the Bible Series: 1 Samuel
Episode 125 – Bless Your Heart: Is Southern Culture Hurting Christianity?
Episode 124 – Is this Real Life?: Lessons from WandaVision
Episode 123 – Books of the Bible Series: Joshua and Judges
Episode 122 – Mercy v. Righteousness: Lessons from The Mandalorian
Episode 121 – Faith and Insurrection?
Episode 120 – Church in the Post-Covid Era
Episode 119 – Books of the Bible Series: Jonah
Episode 118 – Feel Good Stories
Episode 117 – With Angelic Host Proclaim
Episode 116 – The Hot Pastor Problem
Episode 115 – Books of the Bible Series: Ruth and Esther
Episode 114 – Men in Church
Episode 113 – Prophets: What do we do with them now?
Episode 112 – Follow-ship
Episode 111 – Election Special II: What now?
Episode 110 – Books of the Bible Series: Job
Episode 109 – Election Special: Why do Christians disagree on so much?
Episode 108 – Faith as Story
Episode 107 – Justice: Maybe Not What You Think (Part 2)
Episode 106 – Books of the Bible Series: Deuteronomy
Episode 105 – Christian Nationalism
Episode 104 – Culture Wars
Episode 103 – Justice: Maybe Not What You Think (Part 1)
Episode 102- Books of the Bible Series: Numbers – The Book You Never Knew You Needed
Episode 101 – Qanon
Episode 100 – 100th Episode Spectacular
Episode 99 – Keeping the “fun” in “Fundamentalism”
Episode 98 – Cognitive Dissonance
Episode 97 – Books of the Bible Series: Leviticus – The Book We Love to Misuse
Episode 96 – Back to School?
Episode 95 – Cancel Culture
Episode 94 – Freedom
Episode 93 – Books of the Bible Series: Exodus
Episode 92 – The Bible and Systemic Injustice (Part 2)
Episode 91 – The Bible and Systemic Injustice
Episode 90 – Mental Health In a Pandemic World (with special guest Kat Nazaroff)
Episode 89 – Racism and Faith Revisited (with special guest Scott Mack)
Episode 88 – Books of the Bible Series: Genesis
Episode 87 – Beyond Sunday Quarantine Edition: Apocalypse Now?
Episode 86 – Beyond Sunday Quarantine Edition: Racism and Faith
Episode 85 – Beyond Sunday Quarantine Edition: No Pain No Gain
Episode 84 – Beyond Sunday Quarantine Edition: How to Read the Bible
Episode 83 – Beyond Sunday Quarantine Edition: Hulk Theology
Episode 82 – Beyond Sunday Quarantine Edition: Worship in Quarantine
Episode 81 – Beyond Sunday Quarantine Edition: ESPN and Schools
Episode 80 – Beyond Sunday Quarantine Edition: Holy Week
Episode 79 – Beyond Sunday Quarantine Edition: Pantry Essentials
Episode 78 – Beyond Sunday Quarantine Edition: Spiritual Hand Washing
Episode 77 – Is your church hurting your faith?
Episode 76 – Should we run from the Corona Virus?
Episode 75 – Sabbath
Episode 74 – Faith and Reparations
Episode 73 – The National Prayer Breakfast
Episode 72 – Is Religion a Mental Health Disorder?
Episode 71 – Does Your Church Need Older People? (Spoiler: Yes!)
Episode 70- Burnout
Episode 69 – Two Popes
Episode 68 – Hope in Death
Episode 67 – Preach it!
Episode 66 – Feelin’ Good in the New Year
Episode 65 – 2nd Annual Christmas Special!
Episode 64 – Faith and Culture Series: Part 8 – Refugees and Racism
Episode 63 – Faith and Culture Series: Part 7 – Politicians and Faith
Episode 62 – Faith and Culture Series: Part 6 – Chick-Fil-A and Faith
Episode 61 – Thanksgiving!
Episode 60 – Faith and Culture Series: Part 5 – Immigration and Refugees
Episode 59 – Faith and Culture Series: Part 4 – Woke Culture
Episode 58 – Faith and Culture Series: Part 3 – Kanye, Biden, and Jesus…Oh My!
Episode 57 – Faith and Culture Series: Part 2
Episode 56 – Faith and Culture Series: Part 1 – Faith and LGBTQ Rights
Episode 55 – An Interview with Bishop Mike
Episode 54 – This Podcast is Better than Yours
Episode 53 – ELCA Social Statements
Episode 52 – The Anniversary Special: Is Nostalgia Dangerous?
Episode 51 – Paul Behaving Badly
Episode 50 – Communion: Sacraments Part 2
Episode 49 – The Billy Graham rule goes to court
Episode 48 – Should churches do VBS?
Episode 47 – Prosperity Gospel
Episode 46 – Is Christian Art Bad?
Episode 45 – Hope in Pain: Alicia and Spencer’s Story
Episode 44 – Two Kingdoms
Episode 43 – Baptism!
Episode 42 – Are you being persecuted?
Episode 41 – Yea…I don’t care about that.
Episode 40 – Are you going to eat that?
Episode 39 – Addiction and Faith
Episode 38 – Are we stuck in a Rage Culture?
Episode 37 – Is it ever ok to lie?
Episode 36 – Stew-ward-ship
Episode 35 – God as Parent
Episode 34 – The Early Church
Episode 33 – Women in Ministry: The First Witnesses to the Resurrection
Episode 32 – Workin’ 9-5!
Episode 31 – Heaven and Hell
Episode 30 – Pot Luck!
Episode 29 – Holy Week
Episode 28 – What to do with the Old Testament?
Episode 27 – Everyday Spirituality
Episode 26 – Snowplow Parenting
Episode 25 – Millennial Faith
Episode 24 – Sex and Faith
Episode 23 – Lent
Episode 22 – The Bible (with special guest The Bible Besties!)
Episode 21 – Valentine’s Day Special!
Episode 20 – Soul Force (Interview with Reesheda Graham-Washington and Shawn Casselberry)
Episode 19 – Why Church? Part 2
Episode 18 – Why Church? Part 1
Episode 17 – Christian Cliches
Episode 16 – Camp Life!
Episode 15 – #ChurchToo
Episode 14 – New Year’s Resolutions!
Episode 13 – Christmas! It’s Not Just December 25th!
Episode 12 – Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time!
Episode 11 – Sharing Faith
Episode 10 – Advent is Coming
Episode 9 – Faith Diets
Episode 8 – Thanksgiving Gobble Gobble
Episode 7 – Identity
Episode 6 – Beyond the Movies!
Episode 5 – Halloween!
Episode 4 – Race and Culture
Episode 3 – Technology and Faith
Episode 2 – The Measure of Effectiveness
Episode 1 – Mystery v. Certainty