The Wicket Gate: Recent Episodes
Michael Carlisle and Zack Ruder
Conversations about how to live the Christian life faithfully. Though safety is assured the journey is full of danger at every turn.
In this episode, Zack and Mike discuss how Christians should think about time management to make the most of their lives.
Do you commune with God? How regularly? In this episode, the guys spend time talking about prayer as a way to commune with God through all of life’s seasons. They also spend time talking about how fasting was and is used to deepen our prayer lives and help us relate to God in more intimate ways.
As the church takes this season to focus on the Spiritual Disciplines, the guys seek to answer possible critics. They do so by looking at the necessity and value of discipline as presented in Scripture and experienced in life.
It’s been a long time coming but the guys are back for a second season. In this episode, we catch up with the guys and get some clues into their direction for this season.
In this episode the guys take a look at how we understand the relationship between God and Man in Soteriology. Fast forward to the 10 min mark if you want to skip the joking in the beginning.
Rom 1:18-20, Rom 2:1, Rom 2:14-15, Rom 3:4, 3:26-31, Is 43:7
In this episode the guys are joined by “Tricky Trav “ to have a conversation about the Ordo Salutis. The scriptures below have helped to frame their conversation. Their hope is that you would be blessed by thinking through the outworking of Gods redemptive plan.
2 Thess 2:13, Eph 1:3-4, Rom 10:14-15, John 3:3-8 , James 1:18, 1 Pet 1:23, Rom 5:1-10, Rom 8:15, 1 Thes 5:23-24, 1 John 2:19, 1 Corinth 15:12-14, Rom 8:23-25
In this episode Mike sits down with three women who have learned to fight for faithfulness through the loss of children and barrenness . Their conversation is framed by the book of Job and their common experience.
In this episode Michael and Zack continue to talk about the difficult conversation Christians have been having throughout 2020. They encourage you to spend some time reading from the biblical sources below. May you be encouraged and blessed.
- 1 Chronicles 16:35
- Psalm 22:25-31
- Isaiah 60
- John 18:36
- Acts 2:42
- Romans 12:18
- Romans 13 and 14
- 1 Corinthians 2:8
- 1 Corinthians 10:24
- Galatians 6:2
- Philippians 3:20
- Hebrews 10:24-25
- Hebrews 11:16, 12:28
- 1 Peter 2
Late much…….. This episode was recorded back in March and is just now hitting the air waves. Though some of the quips may be out of date the meat of the conversation is still timely. In this episode the guys outline a new series focusing on Soteriology.
In this episode Zack and Mike spend some time looking at the book of Job. Their conversation seeks a biblical perspective on suffering and sorrow. They encourage you to dedicate some time to discover the timeless truths found in the book of Job.
In this episode Michael and Zack continue to talk about the difficult conversation Christians have been having throughout 2020. They encourage you to spend some time reading from the biblical sources below. May you be encouraged and blessed.
- 1 Chronicles 16:35
- Psalm 22:25-31
- Isaiah 60
- John 18:36
- Acts 2:42
- Romans 12:18
- Romans 13 and 14
- 1 Corinthians 2:8
- 1 Corinthians 10:24
- Galatians 6:2
- Philippians 3:20
- Hebrews 10:24-25
- Hebrews 11:16, 12:28
- 1 Peter 2
In this episode, Zack and Mike take the principles set out in the last episode and apply them to one of the many challenging conversations that Christians have engaged in this year.
In addition to the principles from the last episode, they have provided the following passages as essential to the topic handled in this episode:
- Exodus 20:5
- Numbers 14:18
- Deuteronomy 24:16
- Joshua 7
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Isaiah 45:7-9
- Jeremiah 31:29-34
- Ezekiel 18:19-20
- Acts 10:34-48
- 2 Corinthians 6
- Ephesians 4:6
- Colossians 1:16-17
- Colossians 3:1-11
- Philemon
- James 2:1-17
- James 4:4
In this episode, Zack and Mike set out to establish helpful principles for Christian engagement in culture. Church history has revealed this area as a " limp" or a visible disability for Christians as they look to live faithful, God exalting lives. The principles established in this episode seek to establish a common foundation upon which further conversations about can be built upon.
In the pilot episode of “The Wicket Gate Podcast,” Mike and Zack spend time talking about where our church has been and where the church is now. Through this reflective conversation, they find a beautiful picture of how God has blessed the ministry of the Village Church Columbus by providing His people with a singular, everlasting joy and union with Jesus Christ. Though difficult times are sure to come, it is God's faithfulness and joy in Christ that sustains His people and produces fruit to His glory. They welcome you to join them in thinking about how God works through the faults of His people to achieve His work in the world.