Month: February 2022

Chelsea and I went to a marriage retreat this last weekend. Some of what we heard makes it way into our discussion.We direct this episode mostly toward engaged couples to prepare Biblically for marriage.We encourage premarital counseling, but show the difference between secular and Biblical questions.If you’re getting close to that wedding day, understand how being married is very different from the single dating stage.We wrap up by looking at marriage advice from older veterans of the craft.Sources Referenced:Sarah Hanlon, “This Was the Most Popular Day to Get Engaged Last Year,” The Knot, June 14, 2020.Maddy Sims, “Here’s the Average Length of Engagement for Couples,” The Know, Updated June 14, 2020.“What to Know About Premarital Counseling,” The Knot, Updated Nov

Scott Distler, pastor of Gaylord E-Free Church joins me to talk about his book The Cave: When Ministry Becomes Misery.Pastor Scott shares his testimony of how his apparent ministry success quickly turned into misery through betrayal.After the prophet Elijah scored a miraculous victory against the prophets of Baal, he soon found himself hiding in a cave asking God to end his life.This “cave” experience is what Pastor Scott wants to help us recognize and endure with humility and faith.Scott DistlerScott Distler is the lead pastor at Gaylord E-Free Church (a multi-campus church with campuses in Gaylord and Sault, Michigan). He holds a Pastoral Ministries degree and a Masters in Religion from Liberty University. Scott has served a role of pastor

My wife Chelsea returns to co-host with me for this Valentines Day episode.What is love?Dictionaries describe it as a “feeling,” “affection,” “passion,” or “desire.”These are all well and good, but do they fully describe what love is?The Bible has a lot to say about love that doesn’t quite fit these terms.We see how the Bible defines love asCommandedSacrificialSelflessUnconditionalThe world often gets the cart before the horse. Feelings aren’t necessarily the source of commitment. Rather, commitment properly produces feelings.Sources Cited:Merriam-Webster, s.v. “love,” accessed February 12, 2022, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love.Dictionary.com, s.v. “love,” accessed February 12, 2022, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/love.Scriptures Cited:Matthew 22:35-401 John 4:10-11Ephesians 5:2,25,32John 15:131 Corinthians 13:4-7Romans 5:8Luke 6:27Proverbs 10:12

We are continuing and finally concluding a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero (in this case a super villain) will represent each of these ideas.This is part 3 of 3 of “Is Jesus Like Doctor Octopus?”In this episode we cover two takeaways from the monothelite controversy that matter to us today:Monothelitism compromises substitutionary atonement (Heb 2:14-18; 4:15; 5:7-9).The barrage of anathemas against Pope Honorius I who was complicit in the error refutes the Roman Catholic dogma of papal infallibility.Sources Consulted:“Third Council of Constantinople,” New Advent, Accessed February 6, 2022.Philip Schaff, ed., “The Sentence Against the Monothelites.” Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Accessed February 6,