All Episodes

What do Caleb's kids think about discipleship? How can the local church partner with famlies in discipling their kids?

How to help graduates navigate this big season of transition?

Marriage: Essential Primer for Officiants

Walking through grief and life's transitions

How can a person be forgiven? Is confession too catholic for protestants?

What is the big deal about Holy Week? And how the liturgical calendar keeps us focused on Jesus.

What does Watson to Asbury mean for Methodism? How to make the most of continuing education.

How do Christians respond to disappointment in a distinctly Christian way?

So what do you think about spiritual warfare?

What is the kingdom of God? Reflecting on Dallas Willard, John Ortberg, and the culture of the church.

Do you want to read the Bible this year?

Incarnation: Part 4 Joseph

Incarnation Part 3: Elizabeth

Incarnation Part 2: Mary

Incarnation Pt. 1: Zechariah, Athanasius, and Embodied Ministry

Thanksgiving Podcastapalooza 2024

The GMC has bishops and they're dancing?

How to discern God's call? Guinness reviewed.

What is the purpose of class meetings? Kevin Watson's newest monster book on methodism.

How has stewardship changed post-covid? How to teach in this new reality.

We came, we saw, we convened. GMCGC 2024 recap.

Should the GMC recover holiness doctrine? Tozer reviewed

What are the differences between Calvinist and Wesleyan theology?

Are there any benefits to not sabbathing? Scazerro revisited.

The GMC Convening Conference Cometh.

Does the Fourth Commandment still apply? How does one begin a sabbath practice. Review of 24/6

How do we train for spiritual service and mission? Living Water debriefing.

How can I be saved? What's the story on grace?

Will the redeemed of the Lord say so? Redemption as a major biblical theme and making sense of the Old Testament.

What makes a revival a revival? Will we see another Great Awakening? What can we learn from historic outpourings?

What is the true value of pilgrimage? Long obedience in the Same Direction. Psalms of Ascent

Planting Churches in 2024: A Conversation with Steve Cordle

How to experience continuous improvement in the life of the church? Good to Great. Breaking through plateaus.

Adaptive Leadership during times of change, and how to stay rooted. Canoeing the Mountains reviewed.

Just what does Jesus save us from exactly? How do we practice the presence of God?

Harrison Butker, the masons, and musing on how does a faith community set healthy boundaries? Is it time for the GMC to be "against" things?

What on earth are the epistemic consequences of sin? How to avoid stinking thinking.

30th EPISODE! How does one keep the main thing the main thing in ministry? UMCGC post-mortem.

What are the General Rules? How do we live into them in 2024?

How does a church proceed faithfully on secular holidays? Unsaved Christians

What is Christian Conferencing? Why are Methodists committed to it? General Conference Predictions

What do you do when you wake up in Babylon? How do you live as an exile?

Why is character so important for Christian leaders?

How does God transform us? What if we aren't finding deliverance?

What is the big deal about a bodily resurrection? What was John Wesley's view of Christ's resurrection? Getting Easter right.

What comes to mind when you think about God?

Holy Week Cometh! How to prepare for the World Series of the Church year? Justification.

What is evangelism? How can we share our faith? Prodigal God reviewed.

Why is self-awareness is crucial to spiritual growth? Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

How do we build new habits for spiritual growth? Fasting? As a church!

How to read the Bible devotionally (so that it reads you too)

Are all new ideas bad ideas? Can one be faithful and contextual? Chesterton for the win.

Do we really need music in church? How do you find music leaders? What is the best new hymnal?

Do churches really need the Holy Spirit? What can be said about the third member of the Godhead?

Why do bad things happen to good people? Theodicy, C.S. Lewis, and ministry with the grieving.

Why do we baptize babies? How to contextualize baptism in your congregation? Liturgy of the Ordinary reviewed.

Why is prayer so important in the local church? How do we keep prayer central to our life together?

Prayer-a-van Guided Prayer Liturgy

How do we live slow in a fast-paced world? Is sabbath really necessary for clergy? Ruthless Elimination of Hurry review.

How do you get ready for Christmas Eve? What is the incarnation anyway?

How do you start a small group? Why are we committed to class meetings?

Special Episode: Is God surprised by suffering? Genesis 45. Romans 8

Why is Lament an absolutely essential Christian practice? Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy

How do new leaders get developed in the local church? What have the saints have taught us about leadership? 5Q

How do we create a culture of discipleship? How do we set our kids up to follow Jesus? How do we initiate new members?

How does a Christian think Biblically about Issue 1 in Ohio? How does a preacher teach on sensitive topics? Plus Alistair Begg book review

Why Christianity? Why Global Methodist? Creating Sermon Series.