Weekday Christian: Recent Episodes
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, Pr. Brandon Johns
Today on Weekday Christian we discuss divorce. What does scripture have to say about the subject? Is it a big deal to divorce? Is it a mortal sin? Is it more complex than a simple answer?
In this episode we talk about what vocation is and what God has to do with it. Is all work vocation? What jobs serve God's kingdom? Are there job's that don't?
In this episode, we discuss what does it mean God sacrifices his son, Jesus? Is it a sacrifice if he knows that he will be resurrected? How is it that we think about this sacrifice? What was it all for?
In this episode, we discuss what a soul is according to the bible? What does the bible mean when it talks about the resurrection of the body?
Today we talk about the places the bible talks about ghosts. We discuss if ghosts are biblical. Is there is a difference between angels, demons, and ghosts?
In this episode, we discuss what we thing the best part of church is and share some experiences from our lives.
In this episode we discuss how faith changes our perspective on our lives, community, and the world. We also get around to realizing the our perspective also changes our faith. Join us for the conversation!
We are coming upon the Christian season of Advent. It is a time for contemplation, waiting, and expectation of the promised Savior. How does that help us get through the holidays when we are challenged with life during a pandemic and especially with the coming holidays. We talk about all this and more.
These time are hard. It's hard to stay connected why we have to physically distance. How to we grow our faith and engage with others when we have to do it virtually and in perfect honesty we are tired of virtual. Let's talk about it.
In this episode we discuss what being blessed means from a societal and biblical perspective. What did Jesus mean when he said that those who mourn, poor in spirit, meek and etc are blessed? What does it mean to be blessed? Can we be blessed in a times trouble?
Speaking about politics is difficult. What benefits are there to have the discussion? Does political party matter? How should Christians participate in politics? Or should they?
Everyone has opinions, and not all people think the same. How do we have relationships with people we disagree? Is it important to have relationships with people whose view differ from our own?
Today we explore what the church might look like in the future. Is physical presence important? Can we have virtual communion with depth? What does the future of worship look like? Will everyone come back to the church building when the pandemic is over?
What did Jesus when when he said we are to love our enemies? How do we do it? What does loving our mean? Who are our enemies?
This time of living in a global pandemic can make us weary. How do we make it through this? How do we persevere through difficult times? We explore these question in this episode related to our Christian faith.
Exploration of how God who we believe is all loving can allow the great evil in the world and be all knowing.
In this episode, we discuss what it's like to live in quarantine; how life has changed and ways that we've found joy.
What is communion? What does it do for us? Is it important? How do we think about it in the time of pandemic?
We discuss this week; who is our neighbor? how do we care for our neighbor? what does it look like to care for a neighbor during a pandemic?
What is a prophet in the bible? What do prophets do? Are they like fortune tellers? Do we still have prophets today?
How much does God intervene in our world? Our we being punished with this new virus? Does God punish or bring about disease?
Have you ever listen to the petitions to God in the Lord's Prayer? How does it change you? How does it affect your life or your relationship with God?
This recording was a live video recording that is posted on FaceBook. We talk about many aspects of prayer, specifically about praying out loud and for and with others. How does this type of prayer help us? What does it do?
In this time when people are in fear of medical and economic impacts caused by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus), we wanted to take time to discuss how faith speaks to us in a time of fear? What Scripture has to say about fear is timeless. Scripture helps us to understand the hope we have in Christ in the time of fear.
We explore Lenten practices. We do we do them? Does it matter? What make a Lenten practice good? What's the point?
To dust you were created and to dust you will return? What does that mean? Why does it matter? Do you want to know what Ash Wednesday is about? Is Ash Wednesday important?
Is it okay to talk about Jesus at work? To your friends? How do you have a conversation about your relationship with Jesus?
Does our faith have anything to do with politics? Was does the bible have to say? Should Christians vote? Run for political office?
Is Jesus the only way? The only way to what? What does that mean? What happens to those who don't believe in Jesus?
We've had an epiphany! Have you had an epiphany? The Christian Church has a season of Epiphany. What was the epiphany and what does Jesus have do with it?
Are traditions important? What does Jesus have to say about traditions? Why do we hold so tightly to them? Join us as we sort through thinking about traditions and what part they play in faith.
In this episode we discuss peace and what that looks like in every day life. This discussion of peace involves a lot of talk about violence because that is Pr. Christman's favorite topic. Truly it is helpful to get to the heart of peace by discussing it along side violence.
What does the bible say about angels? Do we become angels when we die? Do angels help us? This time of year as we decorate for our holy days with angels and talk more about them, especially since it was an angel that delivered the message to Mary that she would have the baby Jesus. So we thought that was a good discussion to have. Join the conversation!
Today is the day that we recognize Halloween. This is the day that Christians cooped a pagan festival and made it a holiday that now is mostly celebrated as a secular celebration. The Christian church remembers the Saints that have gone before us, but what is a Saint? Join our discussion to explore this conversation together!
This conversation has a rocky start, but we are full of gratitude for your listening ears. See what I did there? We discuss what it means to have gratitude and how does gratitude play out in our daily lives. What does it do for our relationship with God and others? How does it change our lives?
There is a passage in 1 Corinthians that says our body is a temple. What does this mean? Have you experienced this passage in a good way or bad way? We discuss what it means to each of us and what it means as it is lived out daily (in our opinion anyway).
Does God care what we do with creation? What is the human role in caring for creation? Does it matter what we do to this earth if God is planning a new one?
Should Christians be friendly and generous to strangers? Let's discuss what the Bible has to has about it. Is it different from the Old Testament to the New Testament? What does that look like in our world, especially when we are concerned with safety?
Is all Scripture equal? If it is, how do we reconcile verses that seem to contradict? If it isn't, what do we keep, what do we throw out? Can we throw out Scripture? Is all Scripture useful even if it isn't equal?
Baptism is God's promises given to us through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ coupled with water. Why do we do it? Is it important? What if someone isn't baptized? Who should be baptized and when?
Easter is right around the corner so Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns discuss can it be true that a human came to life after death? What does that mean for us?
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns talk about I'm not so bad, why do I need to confess? What's the purpose of confession? How do we do it? What does God do?
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns explore what Jesus means when he tells us to deny ourselves and take up our Cross daily. What the heck does that mean anyway? How does that connect with Lent? What benefits does it have? How does it affect our faith?
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns discuss miracles. What are miracles? Are they a thing of the past? Do they happen today? Have you experienced a miracle in your own life? What did it look like?
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns wrestle with the idea of a redeemer. What does it man that Jesus is the Redeemer? What is he redeeming us from?
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns talk about the purpose of the church. The church is here to do the work of God, but sometimes it is a difficult organization to be a part of and sometimes it lets us done. In this podcast we talk about the positives and negatives of the church made of humans and how God works through that for the good of our lives, our communities, and our world.
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns talk about what does it mean to us that God came as the human Jesus Christ. God coming as a the person of Jesus Christ and live among us is challenging to comprehend with our rational minds. So we talk about the churchy word Incarnation that is used to describe this event that will occur. Christians celebrate this day and we call it Christmas.
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns talk about faith. Faith is a big subject. Where does faith come from and what does it do for us?
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns discuss covenant. What's the big deal about God's covenants with us? How is it different than the promises we make to each other?
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns explore social justice. When and how are we called to action?
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns wonder about God grace for us and how we share that grace with others. What is grace anyway?
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns discuss what is stewardship and how do we manage the gifts we have been given by God.
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns explore how we wrestle with what is coveting and vanity.
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns have a conversation about how their very different backgrounds lead to a shared community in Christ.
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, and Pr. Brandon Johns explore what it means to grieve with hope.
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, Pr. Brandon Johns discuss what it means to pray without ceasing.
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, Pr. Brandon Johns discuss what is reverence anyway?
Pr. Nathaneil Christman, Pr. Angela Smith, Pr. Brandon Johns discuss how does faith and anxiety live in the same person?