We discuss whether God expects physically able married couples to bear children, or if it's just a personal choice. Topics include:

- Our culture's hatred of kids
- Whether "Be fruitful and multiply" still applies today
- The benefits of kids
- Advice for those who want children but don't/can't have them

With Will Harrub, Jack Wilkie, and Joe Wilkie

Our resident licensed therapist, Joe Wilkie, leads a discussion of the pros and cons of therapy. Topics include:

- Therapy vs "Therapy Culture"

- How therapy terms get weaponized to excuse sinful behavior

- The right way and wrong way to think about brokenness and weakness

- A debate over whether society would be better or worse off without therapy

With Will Harrub, Jack Wilkie, and Joe Wilkie

We discuss the church's statistical decline and what it could mean for the future. Topics include:

• How the decline of Christendom in Europe gives us a glimpse of what may be headed our way

• What will happen if and when persecution ramps up

• Why the community church model reached so many people, and why we expect it to fail

• Why Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy are seeing a resurgence and what we can learn from them

With Will Harrub, Jack Wilkie, and Joe Wilkie

Every year, more men leave the pulpit. Churches struggle to replace them. Many smaller congregations can't afford to bring someone in even if they wanted. Among those who still preach, some are unqualified.

In short, the church is in a tough spot when it comes to the future of preaching. Is our current system of selecting, training, and hiring to blame? We discuss:

- Who should become a preacher?
- Is there a better way to match preachers with vacant pulpits?
- What are the pros and cons of preaching schools and Christian university Bible degrees programs?
- What can be done about common preacher problems like low pay, the glass house, and constantly uprooting the family?

We discuss these issues and more.

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The role of preacher is a central part of most churches today. But is it supposed to be?

We discuss:
- The Biblical concept of the preacher
- Stereotypical preacher problems
- Are sermons overrated?
- The problem of members disrespecting their ministers
and more!

With Will Harrub, Jack Wilkie, and Joe Wilkie

Not everyone is going to be a preacher, elder, teacher, or missionary... so how can they serve the church? What has God called them to do?

We discuss:

- How we've overrated ministry and church work and underrated other efforts
- What is the end goal of "making disciples?"
- What's true and untrue about "all of life is worship"
- What "priesthood of all believers" means in practical terms
- Is every Christian called to evangelize?
- How the church has misunderstood kingdom work

Summer is usually a church's busiest time of year as VBS, camp, and other events start to fill the calendar. We discuss the pros and cons of these events for spiritual formation. Topics include:

• Have youth and family ministries been sincere but misdirected from the start?

• When camps help young Christians grow into spiritual adulthood, and when they hinder

• The danger of building a walk with God around scheduled spiritual highs

• Is it time to reconsider VBS?

With Will Harrub, Jack Wilkie, and Joe Wilkie

As June begins and the rainbow flags start flying again, we revisit the origins of the LGBT movement and how the decline goes back much farther than we typically think.

We discuss:

- 90's propaganda
- The sexual revolution
- Abortion's role
- The rise of pornography in the 1950s
- How Christians opened the door to it all by forfeiting the family