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To Be The Church — 522 episodes
344. Tyler Wrote His Eulogy
417. Husbands, Love Your Wives as Christ Loved The Church
499. The 4 C's of Christian Leadership
518. Men, Time To Wake Up
521. Are Catholics Christians?
520. When To Tell Your Pastor They Are Wrong?
519. I Feel Invisible At Church
517. Can Women Be Pastors? What Does That Mean?
516. Baptism, Membership, Communion: Why They Matter
515. Should Your Pastor Be Your Therapist?
514. How To Go To Church (On Easter and Always)
513. The Not So Normal Church
512. How Expository Preachers Break Down a Book of the Bible
511. Pastors With Day Jobs: Serving as a Volunteer Elder
510. The Church in 2056
509. Volunteer Pastors: The Role Marketplace Elders Play
508. Loving the People Who Cheer for the Wrong Team
507. Current Events in Church On Sunday
506. Context, Genre, and Reading the Bible Faithfully
505. Christian Myths & Hobbyhorses
504. Your Pastor Gets Paid?
503. Evangelism Isn’t the Problem... We Are
502. Why Conflict Isn’t Always Bad for the Church
501. The Christian Idolizing Entertainment
500. Parents Who Make Kids Sports Their Top Priority
498. Planting a Church in Portland, Oregon?
497. After Charlie Kirk’s Death: How Should the Church Respond?
496. Restful Habits: What a Sabbatical Can Teach Us
495. When the Holy Spirit Wrecks Your Set List
494. Jesus’ Body Wasn’t Broken
493. A Call to Gospel Men
492. What We Wish We Knew Before Going into Ministry
491. What Chick-fil-A Can Teach You About Leadership
490. Our Church Doesn't Have Community for You
489. Why Weekly Communion? And Other Questions About Our Liturgy
488. Why Did Jesus Tell Demons to Shut Up?
487. Baptism and the Holy Spirit: What's the Connection?
486. Baptism: A Hill to Die On?
485. Everyone’s Playing—Should Christians Be?
484. We’ve Got Some Explaining to Do…
483. Are Lent and Ash Wednesday Biblical?
482. Preaching to Pastors vs. Preaching to the Church
481. No Gospel at All: When Hymns Turn Secular
480. Do We Care What Songwriters Say, or Just What They Sing?
479. Did Jesus Show Up At Jericho?
478. How Not to Misuse Old Testament Texts in Preaching & Music
477. Religion in America: Donald Trump & Bishop Budde's "Plea"
476. Preaching The Old Testament Correctly
475. Today is Quitter's Day: New Years Resolutions at TBTC
474. Married Christians Commanded To Have Children
473. What Does My Pastor Do All Day?!
472. How To Do Youth Ministry In A Very Large Church
471. Business Practices In The Church
470. Abortion and Cultural Conversation
469. Pastors Equipping Their Churches Politically
468. Election Season And The Local Church
467. Politics Fulfilling Our Spiritual Needs
466. Ben Got a New Plate
465. This Song Seemed Fine Until You Hear The End
464. Five Interdependent Churches: With Kenan Stolz
463. Don't Use Your Cell Phone On Friday
462. The Divine Council, Spiritual Beings, Earthly Rules
461. Christians, Lazy Days, Sabbath, and Too Much Work
460. Christians's Expectations of Their Government
459. Healthy Churches Partnering Together: The Family Of Churches
458. Trump & Christians: Taking Bible Verses Out of Context
457. Apocrypha Books, Did Protestant Christians Remove Them?
456. Ideal Marriage Ceremony, Pastor or Anyone?
455. Victims, Your Comments, and Hobby Lobby
454. Biblical Baptism: Who, Where, When, And How
453. "Victims Of The Accept Jesus Heresy"
452. What Does Making A Joyful Noise Have To Do With Our Sunday Gathering?
451. Can We Seek After God, or Does He Seek Us?
450. Reacting to Ben's Preaching Schedule and a Few Instagram Posts
449. Should Christians Watch The Chosen?
448. The Veil Was Torn, The Earth Shook and Others Were Raised From The Dead?
447. Churches And Their Sunday Song Selection
446. Once You Are Saved, Do You Have To Keep Being Saved?
445. Would You Phone In A Sermon?
444. Preaching for Good Friday and Easter
443. Expositional Preaching & a Strange Visitor at the Church Office
442. The 2024 Election is Here
441. Does God Intentionally Cause Harm?
440. Must I Be Baptized?
439. Our Statement of Faith
438. God Told Me the 49ers Would Win the Super Bowl
437. Start With Your Calling... Not That Calling
436. AI In The Church
435. What Is Biblical Masculinity?
434. Elements Of A Christian Worldview
433. Why Doesn't God Save Everyone?
432. Church Hurt: Who's to Blame?
431. Small Church vs. Big Church
430. Is the Internet Making Us Dumber?
429. Pastors, Friendship, and Acts 29
428. Sermon Series And Community Group Study Guides
427. Internship, Vocational Ministry, and The Class of 2024
426. Lyrical Analysis Is Back!
425. Preaching To Teenagers
424. Style vs. Substance In The Church
423. Are Current Bible Translations Legit?
422. Casting Out Demons in a Church Gathering
421. Christianity vs. Islam: The Spread of these Religions
420. Tyler is Back & Church Community
419. Church Denominations and Prophecy
418. Cannabis and the Christian: Should Christians Smoke Marijuana?
416. Does God Really Love ME?!
415. Ben is Back!
414. Sabbaticals: The Ones They Leave Behind
413. Fasting, False Teachers, Tim Keller, and More
412. The Joy of Having Summer Interns
411. Biblical Tithe and Get Your Money Back Guaranteed
410. The Call to Ministry: Feels, Affirmation, & Fruit
409. Is It Always a Sin To Lie?
408. To Be a Pastor's Kid (PK)
407. Summer, Interns, and Andrew All By Himself
406. Ministry Growth, Development, and Change
405. Choosing Our Curriculum
404. The Gradual Shift... Local Churches and Denominations
403. Discernment & Andrew's Bobblehead
402. Rapid Fire
401. Another AI Sermon, the Antichrist, & Hermeneutics
400. The Easter Hangover
399. Why we Don't Scream "Help"
398. A.I. Sermons and the Comment Section
397. Dr. Andrew Murch
396. The Article That Broke the Internet
395. The Rapture, the Millennium, and the End Times
394. Why no altar calls?
393. Where does the New Testament tell us to tithe and be members of a church?
392. Homeschooling, Extra-Curricular's, Witness, & Guarding our Kids
391. Immigration & Ben’s Egg Intake
390. It’s Recommendation Time
389. What Should Happen in the Sunday Morning Gathering?
388. Core Values of a Church Staff
387. Does God have Regrets?
386. My Church Didn't Gather on Christmas!
385. Kirk Cameron and America’s Covenant with God?
384. Should the Church Have a Political Committee?
383. Ten Years at a Local Church (Part 2)
382. Ten Years at a Local Church (Part 1)
381. Tyler is Thankful
380. Is Retirement Biblical?
379. Can we speak Jesus over things?
378. Is the separation of church and state Biblical?
377. Christians & Halloween
376. Should the church sing this song?
375. Introducing NGC University!
374. The Church and a Consumer Mentality
373. Discussing Cultural Moments in Church Gatherings
372. 10 Reasons the Bible Teaches Flat Earth?
371. Is Male Headship a Result of the Fall?
370. How to Spot a Deconstructionist
369. Tim Smith on Mars Hill, Worship, and Why the Church Still Matters (Part 2)
368. Tim Smith on Mars Hill, Worship, and Why the Church Still Matters (Part 1)
367. Ministry to Young Adults
366. Breaking Curses With Your Words
365. How to Engage Christians with Opposite Worldviews
364. Cage-Stage Calvinism?
363. Is This Quote Christian?
362.Preparing Young Christians for the Real World
361. Is Everyone Who's Wrong a False Teacher?
360. Does God Talk to Us?
359. Politicians Poorly Using the Bible
358. Should Christians Stop Supporting Disney?
357. Jesus in Hell & Being Shamed by Preaching
356. Does God ever speak to us audibly? or... The jibber-jabbers and the heebie-jeebies.
355. SCOTUS Leak Explained
354. Finding Your Fit
353. Do Wolves Know They're Wolves?
352. Baby or Bathwater?
351. Megachurch Exposed
350. The Importance of Baptism
349. Are Bible Translations Interpretations?
348. Tim Tebow's Evangelism Strategy
347. Are Mormons Christians?
346. Ben's Hidden Talent & the Diery Farts of the Enemy
345. Should Christians Be Pro-Israel?
343. Is Footprints in the Sand Biblical?
342. Stephen Colbert & Christian Witness in the Public Square
341. What's the deal with communion?
340. Everything Youth Conference
339. Prescriptive vs. Descriptive and the House Church Movement
338. Pastor's Spit, Teenage Dating, and Geriatric Guitar Solos
337. God's Sovereignty, Cain's Wife, & Explicit Youth Group Names
336. Do All Christians Have the Holy Spirit?
335. Is Left Wing Media Any Worse Than the Right?
334. Your Best Life Now! The Board Game
333. Christians & the Enneagram
332. Circumcising Our Money
331. "Let's Go Brandon!"
330. Lyrical Analysis & the Goodness of God
329. Funeral Singers & Tyler's First Screen Name
328. Did everything change in 2016?
327. Gender, Pronouns, & God's Design (Part 2)
326. Gender, Pronouns, & God's Design (Part 1)
325. Is Mars Hill actually dead?
324. We're Hiring a New Music Minister
323. What if my church doesn't preach the Bible?
322. Finding Credibility in a World of Bias
321. What does Martin Luther have to say about COVID?
320. Life, Liberty, and Mask Mandates
319. Mars Hill & the People of the PNW
318. The Christian & Afghanistan
317. Sin, Story, and Andrew says “naked” 47 times
316. Mandates & the Book of Judges
315. Welcome Back, Andrew!
314. The Reason for Youth Camps
313. The Secrets of Self-Control with Drew Dyck
312. Does my church need deacons?
311. Finding Connection and Community in the Digital Age
310. Patriotism, Idolatry, and the USA Bible
309. Poverty & Compassion (Part 2)
Episode 308: Poverty & Compassion (Part 1)
Episode 307: What do elders do?
Episode 306: The Diet of the Wise with Brett McCracken
Episode 305: Reconciling Divided Christians
Episode 304: "Porneia" & Divorce (Part 2)
Episode 303: "Porneia" & Divorce (Part 1)
Episode 302: Homogenized Milk & Globalized Churches
Episode 301: Why do pastors need sabbaticals?
Episode 300: Is it loving to wear a mask?
Episode 299: To Stream, Or Not To Stream
Episode 298: Forgive & Forget
Episode 297: True, Clear, and Compelling
Episode 296: New Role, Same Church
Episode 295: The Gospel-Driven Church with Jared C. Wilson
Episode 294: What's the best Bible translation?
Episode 293: Did he really just preach that?
Episode 292: What Should We Expect from Our Pastors?
Episode 291: Don't Put This on a Mug
Episode 290: Origin Stories & Musical Worship
Episode 289: Does the Bible Contradict Itself?
Episode 288: The Gospel: Proclaimed to be Heard
Episode 287: Michelle Obama's Dress
Episode 286: Gavin Ortlund & Theological Triage
Episode 285: Sermon Series Study Guides (Re-release)
Episode 284: Theologically Homeless
Episode 283: Esther: A Sex Slave? And What About the Crusades?
Episode 282: QAnon & Leaving Your Church
Episode 281: Jesus Christ Superspreader
Episode 280: Is this how we fight our battles?
Episode 279: Leadership vs. Preaching
Episode 278: Our Mission In Christ with Andy Ziesemer
Episode 277: Election Results & Commiting to a Church
Episode 276: The 2020 Election
Episode 275: Transitioning Well in Ministry
Episode 274: Andrew Cries Over a Bethel Song
Episode 273: Twitter, Tweets, and TBTC
Episode 272: The End Times, Jesus' Return, and 2020
Episode 271: Do we really need to gather?
Episode 270: A Little Taste of The Church Scattered Podcast
Episode 269: I count everything as loss...
Episode 268: Middle School & The Gospel
Episode 267: Justice & the Deuce
Episode 266: Wisdom & Church Mergers
Episode 265: Silence is Violence
Episode 264: Worship Fails with Tyler & Max
Episode 263: Race, Justice, and Our Response
Episode 262: Should Christians Right Injustices?
Episode 261: Loving Your Neighbor & Leading Well
Episode 260: Are These Songs True, Clear, and Compelling? (Part 2)
Episode 259: Are These Songs True, Clear, and Compelling? (Part 1)
Episode 258: Should Politics Affect Local Church Leadership?
Episode 257: Racism, The Church, and Where We Go From Here
Episode 256: Deconversion, Enlightenment, and Orthodoxy
Episode 255: Living in Exile
Episode 254: Conspiracy Theories & Christians
Episode 253: The Issues that Really Matter
Episode 252: Public Policy, Party Affiliation, and Global Pandemic
Episode 251: Binging Movies & Sermon Prep
Episode 250: New Articles, Judgment, & Practicing the Recorder
Episode 249: New TBTC Podcasts
Episode 248: Facebook Questions and the Weather
Episode 247: Should We Just Continue Gathering?
Episode 246: Coronavirus & Local Churches (Part 3)
Episode 245: Coronavirus & Local Churches (Part 2)
Episode 244: Coronavirus & Local Churches (Part 1)
Episode 243: Ministry in the Digital Age
Episode 242: Should the Church Sing Hillsong & Bethel Songs?
Episode 241: Is This Celebrity Pastor Legit?
Special Episode: Super Bowl Recap
Episode 240: Sermon Series Study Guides
Episode 239: Be a Part of God's Plan...or Else
Episode 238: Superbowl LIV & Ministry Development
Episode 237: The Church Shopping Question Nobody is Asking
Episode 236: Seminary Classes & Church Elders
Episode 235: Calling the Cops on a Youth Leader
Episode 234: The DISC Assessment for Churches (Part 2)
Episode 233: The DISC Assessment for Churches (Part 1)
Episode 232: Worship at the White House
Episode 231: Allegory & Warming Up for Eternity
Episode 230: Put Pants On & Go To Church
Episode 229: Thanksgiving Throwback
Episode 228: Development and Learning New Skills
Episode 227: Rethink Communication
Episode 226: Once Saved, Always Saved?
Episode 225: Called to Ministry (Part 2)
Episode 224: Called to Ministry (Part 1)
Episode 223: The One Where We Reference The Simpsons and South Park
Episode 222: Choosing Missions Organizations
Episode 221: Pride & Sexual Purity
Episode 220: Lyrical Analysis & Being Too Picky
Episode 219: Did God Create Evil?
Episode 218: Mark Driscoll & Benny Hinn
Episode 217: The Executive Pastor of Ministries
Episode 216: Band, You're Here for Us
Episode 215: Is it Biblical to Pay a Church Staff? (Part 2)
Episode 214: Is it Biblical to Pay a Church Staff? (Part 1)
Episode 213: Context (The 6 C's)
Episode 212: Introducing the Six C's
Episode 211: That's a Total God Thing
Episode 210: Ministry in the Summer
Episode 209: The Battle Hymn of The Republic
Episode 208: Does the Bible Condone Slavery?
Episode 207: When to Leave Your Church (Part 2)
Episode 206: When to Leave Your Church (Part 1)
Episode 205: Hallelujah Here Below
Episode 204: Praying for Trump
Episode 203: Anonymous Comments & Church Elders
Episode 202: KJV or Bust
Episode 201: The Pendulum Effect
Episode 200: #TBTC200
Episode 199: The Clarensau Journals
Episode 198: Pastors’ Kids and Shallow Songs
Episode 197: Who’s Coming to Your Church on Easter?
Episode 196: Preachers and Sneakers
Episode 195: Things That Must Go
Episode 194: Planning Easter Sunday
Episode 193: Doctrinal Distinctives
Episode 192: The Preaching Exposed Podcast
Episode 191: Team Leadership and Nasty Emails
Episode 190: Local Church Volunteers
Episode 189: Local Church Leadership
Episode 188: Drawing Lines with Christian Authors
Episode 187: The Yoga Episode
Episode 186: Introducing Ben Potloff
Episode 185: Discovering God’s Will
Episode 184: Leading Musical Worship
Episode 183: Affirmation & Encouragement
Episode 182: First of 2019
Episode 181: Christmas Throwback
Episode 180: Let’s Make America Great Again
Episode 179: I Am a Victim…of Email Scams
Episode 178: Special Dinners for Top Givers (Part 2)
Episode 177: Special Dinners for Top Givers
Episode 176: Best of To Be The Church
Episode 175: My Pastor Signs My Paycheck
Episode 174: Jesus Can’t Do What?!
Episode 173: Organizational Leadership
Episode 172: Happy Halloween?
Episode 171: To Be The Church 101
Episode 170: Is This Song Worth It?
Episode 169: Avoiding Burnout in Ministry
Episode 168: Praying with Mormons
Episode 167: Anonymous Comments are Back! Pt. 2
Bonus Episode: Anonymous Comments are Back! (Episode 166)
Episode 165: Learning from Someone You Disagree With
Episode 164: I Don’t Want to be a Lead Pastor
Episode 163: Affecting Change as a New Pastor
Episode 162: Quitting Church and MultiChurch Youth Ministry
Episode 161: Choosing Songs, Redeeming Moments
Episode 160: Peeing Your Pants
Episode 159: Moral Failings
Episode 158: Kicking It with Savannah
Episode 157: Chris Pratt
Episode 156: God and Country
Episode 155: Immigration
Episode 154: Young, Restless, and Uninformed
Episode 153: One Preacher, Two Locations
Episode 152: Toilets, Reviews, and Uneducated Pastors
Episode 151: God Told Me vs. It Is Written
Episode 150: Cory, Chad, and Andy
Episode 149: The Gospel and The Gifts
Episode 148: TV Sermon Series & Spiritual Songs
Episode 147: Lyrical Analysis
Episode 146: Talking with Your Kids about Gay Family Members
Episode 145: Responding to Parkland & the Job of a Pastor
Episode 144: Is God’s Love Reckless?
Episode 143: Prophetic Personality Quiz
Episode 142: Big News!
Episode 141: I Have a Peace About This
Episode 140: We are Standing on Holy Ground?
Episode 139: Does Jesus have a Naughty List?
Episode 138: Almost Tweeted
Episode 137: Top Books of 2017
Episode 136: Congregational Songs & Sunday Stage Presence
Episode 135: Give the People What They Want (at Christmas)
Episode 134: The Reasons for TBTC
Episode 133: God’s Love Is Reckless?
Episode 132: Just a Little Poor Theology
Episode 131: Biblical Preaching & Creation
Episode 130: Netflix & Sunday Night Services
Episode 129: Preaching the Old Testament & God’s Presence
Episode 128: Productivity and Feeling Called to Ministry
Episode 127: Looking For a Church Job
Episode 126: The Presence of God
Episode 125: Sensitive Issues on Social Media
Episode 124: Church Members & Change
Episode 123: To Be The Church Returns
Episode 122: This Summer at TBTC
Episode 121: The Church Music Matters Podcast
Episode 120: The Cinema Stories Podcast
Episode 119: New Podcasts & Staff Transitions
Episode 118: Jeff Vanderstelt, Author of GOSPEL FLUENCY
Episode 117: The Assistants Take Over
Episode 116: From the Street to the Table
Episode 115: The Sacred and the Secular
Episode 114: Preston Sprinkle on Go
Episode 113: The Pronoun Question
Episode 112: Barnabas Piper on The Curious Christian
Episode 111: The Fire Alarm
Episode 110: 9 Marks Conference Recap: Part 2
Episode 109: 9 Marks Conference Recap: Part 1
Episode 108: How Much Money Does My Pastor Make?
Episode 107: Underground Missionary: Part 2
Episode 106: God Told Me That You Should Listen To This Podcast
Episode 105: Uncool Youth Ministry and Facebook Pastors
Episode 104: Tell Your Mom She’s A Heretic
Episode 103: Questions with Drew, and Michael’s here too
Episode 102: Street Corner Preachers & Blank Checks in God’s Name
Episode 101: Millennial Pastor Voice & Jesus as our Worship Leader?
Episode 100: Refugees, America, and the Role of the Christian
Episode 99: Bob Kauflin on True Worshipers
Episode 98: God Wants Me To Be Happy
Episode 97: Reformed in an Arminian Denomination?
Episode 96: The Best Christian Books of 2016… Or Not
Episode 95: Questions From a Recent Bible College Grad
Episode 94: Meeting Santa & Choosing Words
Episode 93: Awkward Conversations at Christmas
Episode 92: Christmas Carols and the Worship Team
Episode 91: No Coffee in the Sanctuary
Episode 90: Thanksgiving with the Ex-Youth Pastors
Episode 89: A Plea For Church Membership
Episode 88: A Week in Haiti
Episode 87: Local Politics Matters
Episode 86: No Fat People on the Worship Team
Episode 85: Those Darn Millennials
Episode 84: Calling Your Pastor’s Baby Ugly
Episode 83: The Pledge of Allegiance
Episode 82: Church Music, Catholic Theology, & Guns
Episode 81: Church DNA
Episode 80: Marijuana & the Christian
Episode 79: Preaching about Adultery
Episode 78: Andrew is an Activist
Episode 77: Keep It To Yourself
Episode 76: The “F” Word (Part Two)
Episode 75: The Importance of Youth Camp
Episode 74: The “F – Bomb” in a Gospel Song
Episode 73: More on Race and the Smoking Parking Lot Guy
Episode 72: The Problem is Sin
Episode 71: My Life Verse
Episode 70: Ex-Youth Pastors Takeover
Episode 69: Atheism in Christian Music
Episode 68: Being the Church in Moscow
Episode 67: Chain Smoking & Church Planting
Episode 66: Liturgy (Part Two)
Episode 65: Liturgy (Part One)
Episode 64: Facebook Live
Episode 63: Donald Trump & Transgender Bathrooms
Episode 62: Heaven’s Gates // Hell’s Flames
Episode 61: Chasing Church Growth
Episode 60: Introducing “Ex-Youth Pastors”
Episode 59: News from The Babylon Bee
Episode 58: Women in the Old Testament
Episode 57: Christian(ese) Dating & Instagramming Salvation
Episode 56: The Attractional Church
Episode 55: Facebook Theology
Episode 54: Praying for the Home Team
Episode 53: Road Trip (Part Two)
Episode 52: Road Trip (Part One)
Episode 51: Preaching & the Prosperity Gospel
Episode 50: Joel Osteen or Fortune Cookie
Episode 49: Tattoos & the Songs We Sing
Episode 48: Reading the Bible Wrong
Episode 47: What’s the Deal with Prophecy?
Episode 46: Bad Youth Group Names
Episode 45: What Does It Look Like to be the Church?
Episode 44: The Christmas Episode
Episode 43: Interns on Equipping
Episode 42: A Listener in Studio
Episode 41: Black (Friday) Sabbath
Episode 40: Healing
Episode 39: New Heavens & New Earth
Episode 38: Global Missions with A Jesus Mission
Episode 37: Predestination
Episode 36: A Clap Offering at the Revival
Episode 35: A Bunch of Books
Episode 34: Alcohol
Episode 33: All 10,080 Minutes
Episode 32: Live Periscope Q&A (Part One)
Episode 31: Sacred or Secular? The Way We View Art
Episode 30: Can You Be a Christian Without the Church?
Episode 29: Being the Church w/ Emmy winner Michael Key
Episode 28: Family and the Gospel
Episode 27: Thinking Out Loud
Episode 26: Chad Gardner of King’s Kaleidoscope
Episode 25: Citizens & Saints’ Zach Bolen
Episode 24: Stephen Miller on Music, Worship, and the Church
Episode 23: Homosexuality, Divorce, & the Bride
Episode 22: Disagreeing with Christian Leaders
Episode 21: Racism in America
Episode 20: The Gospel and Politics
Episode 19: Christ in the Old Testament
Episode 18: No Easy Math
Episode 17: An Underground Missionary
Episode 16: Leadership & the Way Millennials Treat the Church
Episode 15: How We Choose Church Music
Episode 14: Christian or Christianese?
Episode 13: Cussing, Cursing, & Flipping the Bird
Episode 12: When to Leave a Church Part Two
Episode 11: When to Leave a Church Part One
Episode 10: Random Questions with Drew
Episode 9: Pastors, Stop Calling Your Wives Hot
Episode 8: The Church and Art with Scott Erickson
Episode 7: What Does a Pastor Do All Week?
Episode 6: Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart
Episode 5: Eschatology with Gerry Breshears
Episode 4: The Church and Community
Episode 3: The Christian Sexual Ethic
Episode 2: The Role of Music in Church
Episode 1: Expositional Preaching & Andrew’s Face