Author

  1. 230: Dreher - The Christian family is a Survival Strategy for Faith in a Time of Persecution

    book
    12/13/21
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Go Big or Go & Go Home. In this episode, we continue to read Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher, and discuss the importance of nurturing a dissident faith and family in the midst of a godless, unrepentantly evil society.
    230: Dreher - The Christian family is a Survival Strategy for Faith in a Time of Persecution

  2. "Lord Have Mercy" (Episode 248) Featuring Pastor Bob Hiller

    book
    12/12/21
    1 min
    By Bob Hiller
    Pastor Hiller Teaches On Matthew 15:21-28

  3. Pedestals, Personalities, and Nostalgia

    book
    12/10/21
    2 mins
    By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik
    We kept Rev. Tim Koch on for one more episode, as we expand the conversation from "what makes a sermon" from last week, to some of the struggles with both pastors and parishioners.
    Pedestals, Personalities, and Nostalgia

  4. 229: Dreher - Family as an Effective Resistance to Totalitarianism

    book
    12/07/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    It’s Good to Be a Weird Family. In this episode, we continue our discussion about the Benda family in Live Not by Lies. Why is it important to raise weird children? What is the long-term impact of raising children to be Christian dissidents? How can we strengthen children to withstand worldly pressures to conform to normalcy?
    229: Dreher - Family as an Effective Resistance to Totalitarianism

  5. "The Curse Reversed" (Episode 247) Featuring Pastor Darrin Sheek

    book
    12/05/21
    1 min
    By Darrin Sheek
    Pastor Sheek Teaches On Genesis 3:8-15

  6. The Sermon as Food

    book
    12/03/21
    1 min
    By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik
    In a world where sermons can be downloaded from any church at the touch of a button, it's easy to follow "celebrity pastors" pastors who are outside your denomination, pastors who don't even know you.
    The Sermon as Food

  7. "Good News In The Midst Of Chaos" (Episode 246) Featuring Pastor Ron Hodel

    book
    11/28/21
    1 min
    By Ron Hodel
    Pastor Hodel Teaches On Mark 13:24-37

  8. From rock of church to rock of offense

    book
    11/26/21
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    "Take up your cross and follow me" . . . what does this mean?
    From rock of church to rock of offense

  9. 228: Dreher - A Benda Guide to Child-raising

    book
    11/22/21
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    High Noon for Moral Courage. In this episode, we continue our discussion of the Benda family in Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher. How can Christian families utilize books, film, and music to teach faith and moral courage in their children?
    228: Dreher - A Benda Guide to Child-raising

  10. "The Great Witness" (Episode 245) Featuring Pastor Paul Koch

    book
    11/21/21
    1 min
    By Paul Koch
    Pastor Koch Teaches On John 15:26-27 & 16: 4-15

  11. 227: Bonus Debrief on Anger, Hatred, and Miscarriage

    book
    11/17/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    In this bonus episode, we discuss pastoral fatigue, the difficulty in maintaining lies, hatred of what God hates, and the grief of miscarriage.
    227: Bonus Debrief on Anger, Hatred, and Miscarriage

  12. 226: Dreher - Families are Resistance Cells

    book
    11/15/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    We Are Family. In this episode, we discuss families as resistant cells. Families are the foundation of the church and society, and that’s why a totalitarian state must attack the family and replace it. Therefore, what can Christian families, Christian fathers, in particular, do to fight back?
    226: Dreher - Families are Resistance Cells