Gateway Podcast: Recent Episodes
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This week, Pastor Josh and Laura are back to tackle chapter 27 of the Westminster Confession of Faith.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura continue to work through the Westminster Confession of Faith with chapters 25 and 26.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura are back to tackle chapter 24 of the Westminster Confession of Faith.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura are continuing their ongoing conversation of the Westminster Confession of Faith with chapter 23.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura are back to tackle chapter 22 of the Westminster Confession of Faith.
For the final episode of 2024, Pastor Josh and Laura are taking questions from some of the kiddos in our church. These episodes are always a lot of fun.
Pastor Josh and Laura will be taking the month of December off for the holidays, but they'll be back in January 2025 with new episodes.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura sit down to answer questions submitted from our most recent membership class.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura are back to tackle chapter 21 of the Westminster Confession of Faith.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura continue to work through the Westminster Confession of Faith with chapter 20.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura continue in their ongoing discussion of the Westminster Confession of Faith. This week they cover chapter 19.
Pastor Josh and Laura take a break from the Westminster Confession of Faith this week to answer some of your questions.
Pastor Josh and Laura continue in their ongoing discussion of the Westminster Confession of Faith. This week, they're covering chapters 17 and 18.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura continue in their ongoing discussion of The Westminster Confession. This week they tackle chapter 16.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura continue in their ongoing discussion of the Westminster Confession of Faith with chapter 15.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura discuss chapters 13 and 14 in their ongoing series covering the Westminster Confession of Faith.
BONUS EPISODE!
Pastor Josh sits down with Pastor Jeremy Hudson of Fellowship Church in Springfield, Ohio to have a conversation about Springfield, Ohio, a city pushed into the national spotlight. Pastor Justin penned an op-ed picked up by multiple Christian publications, as well as USA Today, to address the reality of the situation in Springfield, and how we can love others.
Pastor Josh and Laura continue in their ongoing series covering the Westminster Confession of Faith. This week they talk about chapters 11 and 12.
Pastor Josh and Laura continue in their ongoing discussion of the Westminster Confession of Faith. These week our team dives into chapters 9 and 10.
Pastor Josh and Laura continue their discussion of the Westminster Confession of Faith. This week they get into chapter 8.
Pastor Josh and Laura are back! This season on the Gateway Church Podcast, Josh and Laura are working their way through the rest of the Westminster Confession of Faith.
This week! The team covers chapter 7 of the WCF.
If you have any questions about sermons or general faith-based inquiries, keep sending those in because Josh and Laura are setting aside some bonus episodes to answer those as well.
The Gateway Church Podcast returns in early September! For now, we have a teaser for what's in store for the new season.
On this week's episode, Pastor Josh and Laura recap all the sermons from the month of May.
Pastor Josh and Laura pickup answering questions submitted by students from Campus Outreach.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura are joined by a special guest to discuss the book, The Great Dechurching by Jim Davis and Michael Graham.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura are joined by some special guests to sit down and answer some questions about the sermons from April.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura continue in their ongoing discussion of the Westminster Confession of Faith.
Pastor Josh and Laura are back! This week Josh and Laura take some time to talk about a new initiative Gateway Church is undertaking to help other EPC congregations who are currently without a head pastor.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura continue in their ongoing discussion of the Westminster Confession of Faith.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura are joined by a guest to have a chat about the sermons from February.
CONTENT WARNING: this episode may not be suitable for younger children, please listen/watch with care.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura are joined by a guest to have a discussion about gender, sex, and pronouns.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura are joined by a guest to chat about our upcoming Go Conference and why you should consider attending.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura continue in their ongoing discussion of the Westminster Confession of Faith.
In the end, hopefully we all feel a little more connected to one another. In this episode of the Stories podcast, Shaun sits down with Scott Austermiller to talk about ministry, baseball cards, and what it's like to lead a 6th grade boys life group.
Last November of 2023, Ohioans voted to legalize recreational marijuana use in the state of Ohio. In this episode, Pastor Josh and Laura sit down to talk about the impact of legalizing marijuana and the local church, as well as how to think biblically about this issue.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura take some time to look back on all the wonderful things they enjoyed about ministry in 2023.
To kick off the new year, Laura sits down with our 2024 elder candidates, Jim Tomlinson and Ed Gable, so you can get to know them better!
This week Pastor Josh and Laura chat about Josh's recent mission trip to Bangladesh and Hungary where he took part in a pastors conference, visited churches and Bible schools, and missionaries Gateway Church supports.
In this episode of the Stories series, Shaun sits down with someone he's spent a lot of time in the same room with, but doesn't feel like he's every really had the chance to just chat with. Settle in for his conversation with Jay Kiesel.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura are joined by two of our church elders, Matt Heft and Justin Stiles, to discuss the sermons from the month of October.
Surprise! We have a bonus episode this week! After our final Conversations with Leaders for 2023 and a very big announcement on Sunday, some additional questions came in that Pastor Josh and Laura wanted to address immediately. So enjoy our bonus episode for this week!
In this episode, Pastor Josh and Laura discuss a book staff have been reading and discussing this year called Thank You for the Feedback.
In this episode of the Stories series, Shaun sits down with someone a lot of people around Gateway Church probably recognize, but may not know. You've seen him dishing up food at events, leading service projects, and greeting you at the entrance. Settle in for Shaun's conversation with Randy MacDonald.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura begin a new series discussing The Westminster Confession of Faith.
In this episode Shaun sits down with someone most people know as the guitar guy with tattoos and awesome pants, but to others, he’s just Nick. Settle in a conversation with Mr. Nick Fasone.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura are joined by a guest to discuss the latest sermon and answer some questions.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura are joined by two special guests to discuss the most recent sermon and answer some questions.
Episode 5 of the Gateway Church Podcast - Stories Edition. Shaun sits down with Erin Clegg to talk about her well-traveled life as a summer camp counselor, educator, entrepreneur, church volunteer, and sometimes motorcyclist.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura take some time to answer some listener submitted questions.
Just a heads up, Josh and Laura are taking July off and will be back live on Monday, August 7 at 12:00 on both our church Facebook and Youtube pages.
It's VBS week, so Pastor Josh and Laura are answering questions submitted by kids from our congregation.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura are joined by a couple guests to answer some questions and share some thoughts about the most recent sermon.
Episode 4 of the Gateway Church Podcast - Stories Edition. Shaun sits down with longtime Gateway Church member Gale Jones to talk about life, adoption, perseverance, and serving the church well in all seasons.
This week Josh and Laura are joined by a special guest to chat about our current sermon series and maybe dig into one another's nicknames a bit.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura are joined by a special guest to answer some questions.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura chat and answer questions about Josh's latest sermon. A special guests joins as well!
Episode 3 in our special Stories series. In this episode, Shaun sits down with Austin and Jenna Wilson to talk about their life with their two daughters, walking through difficult seasons, and what it means to serve and be served by the church body.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura chat about Sunday's sermon and are joined by a couple guests to answer their questions.
Just a reminder that we’re going to switch to Mondays at noon starting on May 1st!
Josh and Laura are back to chat about the first sermon from our new series and answer some questions from some special guests!
This week Pastor Josh and Laura take some time to answer some questions submitted by our church kids and youth!
This week Pastor Josh and Laura sit down to chat with Josh's mentor, Karl House. Karl will be visiting as a guest teacher on Palm Sunday. Pastor Josh also answers some listener questions.
In this episode of Stories, Shaun sits down with three members of our church who served as a part of the Go team caring for two Afghan families fleeing violence in Afghanistan in 2022. They talk about how this serving opportunity came to be, the challenges, the triumphs, how they prepared themselves, and what impacted them the most as they cared for these people from halfway around the world.
This week Josh and Laura discuss the latest sermon, answer a listener question, and are joined by some special guests who have some questions of their own for Pastor Josh.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura answer questions about his sermon, some listener questions, and are joined by some special guests.
This week Josh and Laura sit down to chat about Josh's most recent sermon, answer some listener questions, and they're joined by a youth life group who have some questions of their own for Pastor Josh.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura answer listener questions and Joe Sherrieb pops in with some questions of his own!
This week Pastor Josh and Laura answer some sermon questions, and they're joined by some special guests!
Programming note: We're taking the next two weeks off for the Super Bowl and Dr. Larry Trotter's visit to guest preach. We'll be back in two weeks.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura talk about what Josh has been reading, Josh's sermon from Sunday, and some listener questions.
This year we're talking to the people in our church whom we call brothers and sisters in a new podcast series titled, Stories. The first episode has been one long in the making as we sit down with one of the elder statesmen of Gateway Church, and someone whom we've talked about a lot on this podcast, Jared McBride. We chat about his life and what it means to serve the church with endurance.
NOTE: There is no video for the Stories episodes.
This week Pastor Josh and Laura sit down to chat about this week's sermon and Pastor Robert pops in to answer a few questions as well!
We return to our regularly scheduled program for 2023! Pastor Josh and Laura sit down to chat about personal quiet time, how to organize your prayer life, and catch us up on what's been happening at the church since our last episode.
Join Pastor Josh and Laura every week at 6:00pm on the church Facebook and Youtube pages and ask your questions live!
This week we have a special guest with us as we continue in our ongoing discussion of the book The Compelling Community.
This week Pastor Josh has a chat with Pastor Kevin Jones of The Gospel Project and Cedarville University to talk about his ministry and his upcoming visit to Gateway Church.
This week Shaun and Lindsay sit down for a chat about the importance of song lyrics in worship music.
This week the team answers some of your questions!
ADVISORY One of our questions today discusses the topic of sexual abuse and may not be suitable for little ears, so if you have kids listening, you may want to hit pause and save it for later. If you're someone for which this topic is particularly sensitive, you may want to skip that portion of the episode. The question comes in around the 15-minute mark.
This week, Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun sit down and continue their ongoing discussion of the book The Compelling Community.
This week, we answer some questions from the kids!
Links: Gateway Church Playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/57vs9j7eug7hrnzbhuclvp6xw?si=e2797650a9644e16
Worshipping as a Family in "Big Church" https://www.gatewayepc.org/gateway-news/2020/6/18/worshipping-as-a-family-in-big-church?rq=Family
This week Shaun and Lindsay sit down to chat about worship albums.
For your listening enjoyment: The Water and the Blood - The Modern Post https://open.spotify.com/album/4knHvp6RD9UwNZ33HqMBhz?si=qR5sAs0cQxKcbzxqKJ2cYQ
God's Highway - Sandra McCracken https://open.spotify.com/album/5JOqqxuTbP7pFyjcPS6v6j?si=pB0VzOctSayuYJWz00WwAw
This week Pastor Josh sits down with fellow EPC Pastor, Aaron Carr, to talk about ministry.
We're back from our summer break and ready to begin what will be an ongoing discussion about a book the staff and elders are reading, The Compelling Community by Mark Dever and Jamie Dunlop. If you don't have the book and want to follow along, we'll drop a link to it below.
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Compelling-Community-Church-Attractive-9Marks/dp/1433543540/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1659973825&sr=8-1
This week Pastor Josh sits down with another EPC pastor, SJ Winter to talk about connectionalism.
There is no video for this episode.
This week on the pod, Laura takes the hosting duties. She's joined by our Local Go Director, Cody Ohnmeiss, as well as two of our friends, Sarah Steiner and Annie Gill, to talk about LifeWise Academy.
This week Shaun and Lindsay sit down for a chit-chat about a song.
Song: Satisfied In You (Psalm 42) by The Sing Team Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYe1zsCpbms Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/48TrmR2aBbWdZGO5yKbPo4?si=7e4a1235076149bd
This week we finish our discussion of the book Emotionally Healthy Discipleship.
In just a few weeks we'll begin discussing the next book the staff and elders are reading, he Compelling Community by Mark Dever and Jamie Dunlop. If you'd like to get a copy so you can read along with us and share your thoughts, go grab a copy using the link below.
https://9marks.myshopify.com/products/the-compelling-community-where-gods-power-makes-a-church-attractive
This week the team sits down to talk about our most recent sermons series, answer questions, and talk about something Josh has recently read.
This week the team continues in their ongoing discussion of the book Emotionally Healthy Discipleship with Chapter 8.
This week Pastor Josh sits down with Scott Manor from Knox Seminary to answer some questions about the formation of the Biblical Canon.
This week, Pastor Josh sits down to chat with Robbie Crouse from Knox Seminary to talk more about Communion.
This week we answer your questions! Mostly about communion. And then we let Pastor Josh talk about what he's read that's been helpful.
This week Shaun and Lindsay sit down to chat about a worship song they both agree is incredible and delightful. Enjoy!
This week we're in chapter 7 of our ongoing discussion of the book Emotionally Healthy Discipleship.
This week, Pastor Josh sits down to have a conversation with Dr. Tim Sansbury of Knox Seminary.
This week we're hitting the highlights from a sermon by H.B. Charles Jr.
If you'd like to listen to the sermon first, hit the link below.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPLX1ahrZJc
This week, we're continuing in our ongoing discussion of the book Emotionally Healthy Discipleship.
This week, Lindsay and Shaun sit down to have a little shop talk about worship philosophy, and a song discussion. There was also an interesting conversation about carbonated water, sweet tea, and simple syrup, but in the interest of time it was cut out of this episode.
NOTE: We will post the video from this episode when we are able.
This week we sit down to answer a couple questions and get into what Josh has been reading.
NOTE: The video for this episode is not yet available. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
This week the team gets together to share some impressions about the recent EPC Midwest Presbytery meeting Gateway hosted, and some fun questions. This is not your normal episode. Enjoy!
This week the team is together to continue in their book discussion for Emotionally Healthy Discipleship.
Our apologies for the weird buzz at times during the recording.
This week, we're doing something new on the pod: Shaun and Lindsay Norman sit down for a song discussion.
The Gateway Church Podcast hits the century mark! To celebrate, we're getting back to our roots and answering a listener question, and also expanding a little bit to discuss something Pastor Josh read and wanted to share.
Thanks for joining us for 100 episodes, we're looking forward to the next one hundred!
We're back! The first episode of 2022 Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun sit down to kick things off with a discussion about a sermon from Louie Giglio. If you haven't listened to the sermon before, you can hit the link below to catch up if you want before joining the discussion.
The Global God Who Gives the Great Commission - Louie Giglio https://youtu.be/zLjVZkEsazE
It's the Christmas Spectacular episode! This year Shaun, Lindsay, and Carsten are having a movie draft for all things Christmas and you get to help decide who the winner is! Be sure to visit our social media channels or hit the website link below to cast your vote. We hope you have as much fun as we did and hopefully you find some fun ideas in the draft to help bolster your Christmas cheer.
This is our last episode of 2021, so thanks for listening this year. We'll be back in 2022 with new episodes. Until then, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
The last episode of 2021 for Josh, Laura, and Shaun. The gang gets together for a little Q&A!
This week we jump into chapter 4 of our ongoing book discussion of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship.
This week Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun sit down to discuss a Matt Chandler sermon from a Desiring God conference. It's worth taking the time to watch/listen to the sermon before getting into this episode. A link to the sermon is in the show notes.
Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM7nHMOvKpg&t=1889s
This week Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun sit down for a Q&A episode.
NOTE: No video for the last few episodes of 2021, sorry for any inconvenience.
This week Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun sit down to discuss chapter 3 of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship.
This week, Josh sits down with two friends from the EPC to talk about life and ministry.
This week, the trio sits down to talk to discuss a classic John Piper sermon. If you haven't had a chance to listen to the sermon yet, we highly recommend it!
Sermon Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XajXpH908Yg
This week, we're talking about the difficult topic of divorce. This discussion was sparked by a sermon Pastor Josh preached on the topic, so if you haven't watched/listened to it yet, you may want to go back and check that one out.
Also, next week we're going to be discussing a John Piper sermon. Here's a link in case you want to watch it in advance of the episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XajXpH908Yg
This week the gang is back together to discuss Chapter One from our staff/elder book study on Emotionally Healthy Discipleship.
This week, Laura is joined by Kidway Director Becca Green and Keri Harpst, a volunteer leading our new Kingdom Kids programming.
This week, Pastor Josh and Laura are joined by two of our church elders to discuss the process of preaching at Gateway Church.
This week we're joined by a special guest to lay the groundwork for a series of podcast episodes we're going to be doing through the remainder of the year.
Summer vacation is over and we're back! This week, right before all the kiddos head back to school, we're taking their questions. They sent in some really good questions and it was fun answering them. If you're middle or high school student at Gateway, we'd love to hear your questions, so send those in and we'll do an episode in the future for your questions.
This week the crew is back together to have a discussion about Because He Loves Me, by Elyse Fitzpatrick. Thanks to everyone who read along with us and submitted questions and thoughts!
Note: We're taking the month of July off for summer vacation, we'll be back with new episodes in August.
This week, Pastor Josh sits down with the stated clerk of the EPC, Jeff Jeremiah, to discuss life and ministry.
This week our Local Go Director, Cody O, sits down again with some of our local ministry partners to discuss the issue of poverty and how their ministries help those in need.
This week we take some time to glean some insights from our most recent church survey. And Josh shares his shady method for how to cajole someone into discipling you.
This week, Pastor Josh sits down with another EPC pastor, Scott McKee, to talk ministry and life.
This week, our Local Go Director, Cody O, takes over to have a discussion with some of our local ministry partners!
This week we answer questions from kids! Yes, some of our Kidway kiddos submitted questions for Pastor Josh to answer, and that's what we're tackling this week. Thanks to all the kids who submitted questions, we really appreciate them and look forward to answering more in the future!
BONUS EPISODE! Josh, Laura, and Shaun finally got around to the book discussion episode they've been promising for a couple months. Happy FriYAY!
This week our Go Director, Kelly, sits down with some special guests to talk about Ramadan and how we can minister to our Muslim neighbors and friends.
Here we go! Part two of our discussion on predestination. Thanks for hanging in there with us.
Settle in because this week's episode is a loooooooong one! We had some questions come in about predestination, and it's a complex topic so we thought it would be helpful to spend a lot of time in scripture. So here is part one of our two-part discussion on predestination. We'll be back next week with part two.
Pastor Robert joins the pod this week to talk about our equip classes: what they are, how they came about, and what our summer slate of classes looks like!
This week Pastor Josh plays host to fellow EPC pastor and friend, Pastor Rob Hock from Southport Pres in Indianapolis, Indiana to talk about ministry, pastoring, and the Christian faith.
This week Shaun and Laura are joined by two Kidway directors to talk about details for our 2021 VBS plans.
This week, Pastor Josh answers a couple listener questions and we welcome our Youth Director, Adam, on the pod to talk about social media apps.
This week Pastor Josh plays host to fellow EPC pastor and friend, Pastor Steve Brown from North Oaks Church in Michigan, to talk about church leadership and ministry.
This week Josh plays host to Pastor Robert and Dr. Scott Manor, the president of Knox Theological Seminary to discuss our vision to raise up the next generation of pastors and ministry leaders here at Gateway, how seminary fits into that vision, and our partnership with Knox Seminary.
This week, we discuss the book The Dangerous Duty of Delight by John Piper! Thank you to everyone who read along with us and submitted your questions/comments.
We had so much fun chatting with campus worship leaders, Jon and Lindsay, that we invited a couple more of our worship leaders, Ben Ruetz and Heidi Jolliff, on to have another chat about worship.
This week we answer a couple of listener questions and take some time to walk through the Gateway Church 2020 Ministry Review. We have a lot of be grateful for in a challenging year.
You can view the 2020 Ministry Review on our website. https://www.gatewayepc.org/give
Laura and Shaun gave Pastor Josh the boot this week so Gateway's youth ministry directors, Emily and Adam, could come on and talk about the state of youth ministry.
This week Captain Josh Hanson walks us through some questions about COVID vaccines and the end times, capitalizing pronouns for God in written word, and a few others. We also have a few article links for you that the Captain references in the episode this week. Enjoy!
Capitalizing Pronouns In Reference to God https://blog.logos.com/2017/06/stop-capitalizing-pronouns-referring-god/
https://www.gotquestions.org/capitalizing-pronouns-God.html
Mark of the Beast and COVID https://academic.logos.com/covid-19-and-the-mark-of-the-beast/
https://academic.logos.com/the-covid-vaccine-has-666-written-all-over-it-and-why-that-doesnt-matter-according-to-revelation/
The first episode of 2021 and we're starting things off on the right foot with a special guest to talk about church elders and what they would say they do here.
Before we close out 2020, we're reposting our Christmas Spectacular episode from 2019. We talk about Santa Claus in this episode, so if you're a parent who does the Santa thing and you have kids near you... might want to wait until later to listen to this one. So, again, this is a rebroadcast of our episode from last year. We hope it's still helpful for you this year. Take care. See you in 2021.
Today, Shaun sits down with two of our campus worship leaders to talk shop about leading worship. This is our last episode of 2020, we'll be back in January 2021 with new episodes!
This week we talk about the American Revolution in light of being under authority, the Eucharist, and Guinness World Record attempts.
Today we have a special guest on to talk about tithing and church finance! Everyone's favorite topics!
This week Pastor Josh is back! And he's here to talk about bible-based journaling and how helpful it's been in helping him reflect more deeply on God's word.
It's Election Day! But, sorry, we're not talking politics. Laura and Shaun are joined by former Gateway Church pastor Craig Cramer to talk about life and ministry in Florida and a few trips down Memory Lane.
This week our Local Go Director, Cody O., joins us to give an update on how things are going with local outreach since the COVID lockdown and what the road ahead looks like as well.
Disclaimer: We are still participating in Angel Tree as Gateway Church, but we have already gotten enough families since the recording of this podcast to bless all of the children involved. There will no longer be a name pickup on November 8.
This week we're talking about Heaven. There are a few listener questions at the front end of the episode, but the rest is all about Randy Alcorn's book, Heaven.
Pastor Josh is back this week and we get into some listener questions, most notably about the Enneagram.
Last week we had a special guest, this week we have TWO (2) special guests. That's right, friends, Pastor Josh is out and the special guests are in to talk about mental health and the church. We hope this episode is helpful and hopeful.
This week Gateway Church's founding pastor, Ben Borsay, joins us on the podcast to talk about retirement and offer some wisdom. We also get a thorough rundown on what Ben's been reading lately.
SURPRISE! We're coming in with another episode this week! In this one, we get into a book Josh recently read that he hopes others will find helpful.
This week we get into Greek words and Revelation; what it means to have "dominion" over creation; keeping no record of wrong; and a few other topics of interest.
Josh is back and there's more bear talk! The team also gets into some listener questions about church leadership, suffering, and the mark of the beast.
This week we have another special guest with us as we talk about kids in worship! This is a subject a lot of parents wrestle with, so we hope this will be encouraging and helpful to all the parents listening. There is also a fairly robust discussion about bears, so if you're into bear-talk, this is your episode.
This week, Shaun finally notches a win over Pastor Josh, and then it's all downhill from there. The team delves into some heavy topics such as how Christians should approach voting and politics; tolerance and "calling" out others; and how couples and believers who interpret God's Word in different ways when it comes to social, economic, and political issues can grow and avoid division.
Today, in addition to answering some listener questions, we have a special guest on to walk us through the work of a church deacon!
This week we're getting back to listener questions! On tap we have topics like what gets preached from the pulpit, church discipline, and a few others.
It's also worth mentioning that we're moving our release dates to Tuesdays! So be on the lookout for new episodes every Tuesday.
Welcome back, everyone! We're back with a new episode this week after a very looooong pandemic hiatus. This week Pastor Josh clarifies some things and we talk about the process of reopening. Shaun also tries to convince everyone to delete their Facebook accounts.
Whelp, COVID-19 is here so we're all social distancing and this has obviously impacted churches in significant ways, our's is no exception. This week the team gets together to talk about how we're reacting to all things coronavirus. They also talk how to get help if you need it, or how to help out if you are able. And, just to be super upfront with everyone... we're going on what will hopefully be a brief hiatus as we pivot to meet the immediate needs of our church and our community. As we gain a better picture of what the day-to-day needs of our church look like, we'll let you know when new episodes are coming. Until then, love your neighbor and stay safe.
Pastor Josh is out, but no worries because Laura and Shaun are joined today by a couple guests. Here's a good opportunity for everyone to get to know some of our ministry partners and the work they're doing. Fun segment about robots and Shaun's mic gets a little wonky right near the end!
The gang is back together this week! Josh, Laura, and Shaun sit down to have a chat about a book the elders are reading right now, Faith For Exiles by David Kinnamon and Mark Matlock. Some really interesting statistics and insights about building resilient faith in future generations. Hope you enjoy!
Pastor Josh is out this week, but no worries Laura and Shaun are joined by a special guest from North Main to give us an update on how things are going at that campus.
Laura is back this week! It's a good thing too, because the team jumps into some fairly light topics like why bad things happen. They also discuss the shift from one theological position to another, and the potential to shift back. Enjoy!
This week a couple of special guests join the podcast! Cody Ohnmeiss and Matt Ginter join Pastor Josh and Shaun to talk about what life in college ministries looks like.
There is no video content this week. We apologize for any inconvenience.
This week the team chats a little more about the annual ministry review and Josh's reading habits. How has Josh read almost 20 books so far in 2020, you ask? Josh shares some insights while Shaun takes issue with how Josh tabulates his book reading statistics and he thinks you should as well. Nevertheless, reading is important and the team talks about why.
In this episode we talk about what campus pastors do around here and the annual church ministry review before moving on to answer questions about why we should want to serve God, and the issue of doubt. And soup. We talk about soup.
2019 Gateway Church Ministry Review: https://www.gatewayepc.org/give
On the slate for this week the team takes a couple questions and discusses the State of the Bible 2019 study from the Barna Group and American Bible Society. The study produced some encouraging insights and some... not so encouraging insights, but we hope it's a helpful discussion that encourages us all to crack open our Bibles because there is work to be done! Also, Shaun butchers a Charles H. Spurgeon quote right out of the gate and it's so bad we're providing the quote here in the show notes. Enjoy!
"A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.” -Charles H. Spurgeon
First episode of 2020, we made it! Good job, everyone, really great effort! This week, the team sits down to catch up after the holidays and answer some questions. This episode features some questions about teaching through books of the Bible; interpretation and biblical truth; and word choice in Josh's sermon. And if you're a big fan of jigsaw puzzles, Josh and Laura have an extended chat about jigsaw puzzle strategy. Thanks for joining us. We're excited to be back!
It's the final episode of 2019 and it just so happens to be our CHRISTMAS PODCAST SPECTACULAR!!! So buckle in because Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun tackle your questions about Christmas! This episode is a MUST LISTEN for Laura's *story alone.
We're so very thankful to everyone who sent in questions or tuned in on a weekly basis. Thanks for all the support and feedback, we're excited about what's coming up on the podcast in 2020. And, even though we're taking December off, you can still send in your questions and we'll tackle them when we return next year.
We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We'll talk to you in 2020.
*Disclaimer: we do address a certain jolly old elf who dresses in red, so if you have little ears around you... may want to hit pause or put your headphones on for that section.
A whole host of good topics on tap for this week! Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun tackle questions related to women in leadership; when to be silent in prayer; empathy for introversion; and expectations during the worship service.
Next week we're recording our final episode of 2019! We'll be back in January 2020, but before we go on break we're having our first ever Christmas Podcast Spectacular! If you have any questions about Christmas/Advent, please send those in and we'll try to address them in next week's episode. Also, if you have an awkward gift that wasn't a part of a white elephant gift exchange, send those into us as well; we'd love to hear about them! Josh shares a good one in the beginning of this episode.
Also, while we're on break, don't stop sending in your questions. We always get questions that we just don't have time for in a given week, so we hold onto those questions and try to get to them sooner or later. So, don't think that since we're on break you can't send in questions, because you totally can and we'll try to get after them in 2020!
This week the team answers questions about our approach to "Special Sundays" as well as how we experience both the perceived and actual changes we go through as a church. Shaun also lets Josh and Laura have the final word this time around.
Some questions about a particular topic have come in over the last few weeks, so we're switching things up this week! Josh and Shaun ask the questions, Laura provides the answers and the insights! Josh also gives us an update on the Hanson Haircut Watch situation.
This week Pastor Robert joins the group to answer a question from his sermon in Romans 7, and the team talks about how to approach Halloween and other Christian holidays.
This week the team tackles questions regarding a wide range of topics such as personal piety, gambling, why some people in the Bible lived so long, God and the doctor, and how to respond when people say God is evil.
You came up big this week! You sent in a lot of fantastic questions and Josh, Laura, and Shaun do their best to tackle several questions about Paul's teaching in Romans 6, and some questions about how we, as Christians, work through shame and guilt both personally and with others.
This Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun answer some lingering questions about baptism and continue to dial up the pressure on Kelly to listen to the podcast.
This week Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun chat about Josh's Four Boxes of Piety and Justice. Lots of good suggestions there. That's it... that's the summary.
This week Shaun and Josh are under the weather and Laura gets to deal with it. The team tackles questions related to who's chosen, and how to address "What the Greek actually means..." scenarios.
Well, we kept things under one hour this week. This week, Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun talk about Systematic Theology books, pop-Christian book authors, and take some time to reflect on the feedback from last week's episode. Shaun butchers a few analogies as well.
We did it! We recorded our longest podcast yet! Get ready for Josh, Laura, and Shaun to talk about...
(whispers) infant baptism.
Quite a few questions came in about this one, so not only did we record a long podcast episode about it, we also have some resources that are incredibly useful to read through as you study on the topic.
Booklets: Baptism by Francis Schaeffer Why Do We Baptize Infants? By Chapell
Books: Understanding Four Views on Baptism by Paul E. Engle (editor) Jesus Loves the Little Children by Daniel R. Hyde Baptism by Guy M. Richard Word, Water, and Spirit by J.V. Fesko
Video: Should We Baptize Infants? shorturl.at/eosLO
Should Baptism Be Spontaneous? shorturl.at/eIMOW
You'll want to buckle in this week, because Pastor Josh essentially preaches a sermon on faith and suffering. The team also gives the Lightning Round another go, which is mostly successful this time around. Pastor Josh also mentions Paul David Tripp's book called Suffering. You can check it out here: https://www.paultripp.com/suffering
This week Josh, Laura, and Shaun attempt to bring back the Lightning Round to cover a wide range of topics including how sermon subjects are determined; if Shaun takes song request for Sunday mornings; raising your hands during worship; devices in church; and a few others. They basically end up abandoning the Lightning Round concept almost immediately.
We have a BONUS episode this week! No video for this one, though. It's audio-only though, so our apologies to all the video podcast watchers. A couple of hopeful young podcasters take over our cold opening and a special guest sits down with Pastor Josh, Laura, and Shaun to discuss some listener submitted questions. Special guests galore on this episode!
Our new Associate Pastor, Robert Tansill, drops by to talk a little bit about his life and his role at Gateway. And he also gets to see what Shaun puts up with every week on the podcast. Good times for everyone.
This week, Josh, Laura, and Shaun (after he finally figures out which episode they are recording) welcome a special guest to talk about scripture memorization and family discipleship.
In this episode, Josh, Laura, and Shaun answer a question about the Ten Commandments and OT Laws and how they affect us today, and a question asking Josh for some pastoral observations about our own congregation. They also somehow manage to spend a few minutes discussing Shaun's irrational fear of the Ebola virus.
On this week's episode Josh, Laura, and Shaun discuss commentaries and resources for helping us study the Bible well. They also take a point out of Josh's sermon from last week about God's protection and... things get real for a few minutes. Enjoy!
This week Josh and Laura complain that last week's episode was too long and Shaun admits he knows very little about new Associate Pastor, Robert. They also break down kids taking communion and the "our" in the creation story. Keep sending in your questions!
You asked for it, and here it is. This week we give you the full video podcast as Shaun, Laura and Josh Discuss last weekend's sermon, your questions and other unrelated antics. For links to subscribe on your favorite podcast service or to check out old episodes visit our webite. www.gatewayepc.org/podcast
This week the team tackles Jesus in disguise; God's triumph over Satan; why a trickster like Jacob gets a such a grand title; and the new sermon series Finding Jesus Pt. II. Josh also drops a couple of sermonettes and tensions ride high when Josh and Laura hatch another scheme to troll Shaun. Tune in for Episode 4 of the Gateway Podcast!
On this week's episode, Josh and Laura abandon the script –much to Shaun's dismay– and special guest Mike Barnhart joins the group to discuss life after Gateway and what he's been up to since becoming the new Head Pastor of Princetown Church.
Shaun, Pastor Josh, and Laura discuss some of the questions that have come in recently. For the sermon mentioned in the answer to the second question see: https://www.gatewayepc.org/finding-jesus
Shaun, Pastor Josh, and Laura discuss some of the questions that have come in recently and reveal the name of the podcast.