Send us a text Dating. It can often feel like a minefield in the Christian world. Be careful how you approach it, or you'll end up in a heap of trouble. Whether you decide to "Kiss it Goodbye" or dig in and embrace it, there is a lot to consider when you are in the dating game. –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Website • Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianAFPodcast BE A MONTHLY SUPPORT...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Send us a text Today we're talking all things HOMESCHOOL with our friend, Hudson! Both he and Jesse were homeschooled as kids, so we wanted to have a little conversation about their experiences, if they wish they'd gone to public school, and their thoughts on homeschooling their own kids. There are, of course, lots of other tangents and stories throughout because that's what we do best! –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Website • Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] S...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Send us a text It's 5th-week Tuesday! That means we go off-grid and talk about whatever we want. This week we are going to be talking about stories that we PROBABLY shouldn't be sharing as church leaders... hopefully, we don't regret this one... Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianAFPodcast BE A MONTHLY SUPPORTER https://www.buzzsprout.com/1019536/support LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Website • Facebook • Instagram Email: [email protected]...
Jun 29, 2021•46 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Send us a text Another Tuesday, another episode of Christian AF! Today, we're talking politics, faith, social media, and beer with our friend, Scott! Follow the random thoughts of Scott Mooney via his blog The Intelligent Idiot https://www.theintelligentidiot.com/ –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Website • Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianAFPodcast BE A MONTHLY SUPPORTER https://www...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Send us a text Happy pride month once again! Today in the studio we welcome Jesse's sisters-in-law, Tania & Chelsea. We dig a little into Tania's past church experiences, her early inclinations of being " goth " (gay), whether or not being gay is a sin, and what sin ACTUALLY is. –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA www.christianafpodcast.com Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianAFPodcas...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Send us a text What a treat for your Tuesday! A Christian movie review, just for you, from the Christian AF crew! In today's episode, we're giving an epic review of the new-ish tween movie on Netflix called "A Week Away" and talking all things church camp. –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA www.christianafpodcast.com Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianAFPodcast BE A MONTHLY SUPPORTER ht...
May 18, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Send us a text Have you ever left a church? How about been fired from a church? Immediately cut off from all communication and relationships you've built for years, sometimes even decades. Hopes and dreams left behind and unfinished. Fondly (or not so fondly) remembered by a community you once were a part of... It can often feel like you've died without actually dying. This is the eulogy of Scott Nelson. –––––––– Scott Nelson is called to help the church in North America discover new missional f...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Send us a text Our conversation about hell got us thinking we should follow it up with addressing ideas about HEAVEN. Do we go there when we die? If so, who gets to go? are there different "levels of heaven" for those that have done more work to better the Kingdom of God? All these questions and more will be left unanswered this week! –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA www.christianafpodcast.com Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DR...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 29
Send us a text Beelzebub, the devil, the deuce, the Great Deceiver, the Father of Lies, the Prince of Darkness, Old Mr. Grim, El Diablo and bogey... whatever you call it (him), most of us have a very real image of what we have come to know as "Satan". Red dude, with a pointy tail and horns, dancing in a pit of fire on the skulls of those that have denied God. Where does this imagery come from? Is he even real? Is he a person, fallen angel, spirit...? Today we talk all things Satan! Hop on in thi...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Send us a text We all know Easter is one of the top two holidays in the church. We can picture the fancy dresses, the brunches, the pastel colors, the creepy bunny that hides things in your house. But what does Easter actually mean when it comes to our faith? Can we call ourselves Christians if we don't believe in the resurrection? That's what we're trying to tackle today - did He/didn't He/does it matter?! –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA www.christianafpodcast.com Facebook • Instagram • Twitter...
Mar 30, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Send us a text Leading/organizing a church is no small task. It comes with a lot of expectations, feelings, and obligations that are often self imposed. Today we discuss things that scare us about "organizing" a church... –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA www.christianafpodcast.com Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianAFPodcast BE A MONTHLY SUPPORTER https://www.buzzsprout.com/1019536/su...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Send us a text Modern church buildings. They leave a little lacking compared to the buildings of yore. Where's the architecture, art, reverence... it seems these things have been lost through the spread of various denominations over the course of hundreds of years. Is it necessary? Wasteful? Gaudy? Marvelous? We discuss this and more as we jump into our first "by request" topic written in from listener Norm! –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA www.christianafpodcast.com Facebook • Instagram • Twitte...
Mar 02, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Send us a text Scandal, deceit, lies, lust! No... we aren't talking about your favorite harlequin romance novel; today we are talking about pastors! It seems we hear about it all the time these days: a pastor's rise to God-like stardom only to fall tragically to the guise of a hefty sex scandal. Why does this tragic tale keep becoming a reality? Are there better ways to handle these situations or to avoid them all together? Today we discuss pastors gone wild ! –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA www...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Send us a text Guilt, they say, is the thief of life... or at least that's one of the first quotes we came across on google. Guilt is often a good thing oddly enough. It warns us when we need to step back and do a little self-searching and maybe grow from a situation. Unfortunately, it's also often used in manipulative ways to persuade people into a way of belief. We all feel an overwhelming sense of guilt from time to time, especially in the church. SO... what do we do with that guilt? How do w...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Send us a text It's that constant nagging question in the back of so many Christians' minds... what if Christianity might be wrong? Am I blindly following a pointless religion? What if Jesus really was just some liar that got all of these people to buy into his scheme? IF it is wrong, what does that mean for me ...? –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA www.christianafpodcast.com Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.pay...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Send us a text 2020... what is there to say really? It's been quite the year. Jen, Jesse, and Evan attempt a 2020 recap, but (unsurprisingly) things quickly fall apart. Join us as we kick off the new year talking about everything from the movie Tenet to "the poor man's Alex Trebek". –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA www.christianafpodcast.com Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianAFPodcas...
Jan 05, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Send us a text The virgin birth... it's got to be one of the harder-to-believe aspects of the Christian faith. Is it REALLY that important for Mary to have been a virgin? How does that affect Christianity as a whole if she wasn't? Could she have actually had sex and Jesus still been who he said he was? Today we ask the age-old question: "Mary, did you smash?" –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA www.christianafpodcast.com Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] Support the ...
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 20
Send us a text Conspiracy theories are everywhere. Did Epstein really kill himself? Do the Clintons have people killed? Is Tom Hanks part of a celebrity sex trafficking ring? What about aliens, Hitler, 911, secret societies, QAnon... The list goes on and on... Today we discuss why people are so obsessed with these theories and get ourselves on a few tangents while we're at it because that's what we do best! –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Website • Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: christian...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 19
Send us a text End times. Armageddon. The Rapture. The Apocalypse. Whatever you want to call it, has that time come? Is 2020 the end of the world as we know it? In today's episode, we're talking all things end times. Why do Christians like to talk about when the world will end? Should we look to the book of Revelation for answers? Does it really matter? Hint...it doesn't. –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Website • Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] Support the show...
Nov 17, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Send us a text On the precipice of the next election, it seems we can't get away from arguments these days... politics, racism, vaccinations, abortion, Trump, Biden... There are so many things that divide us that it's very unlikely we'll ever see an end to ANY debate. So why do we bother? Should we keep standing on our soapboxes and continue screaming until we're blue in the face? Should we double down on "cancel culture"? Is there such a thing as kind and respectful debating? The Christian AF h...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us a text Happy Halloween Christian AF'ers (if you're even allowed to celebrate this satanic night)! Speaking of Satan, have you ever experienced something that could be classified as paranormal or unexplainable? Was it ghosts? Demons? Spirits? Unfortunately, "the church" has often done a poor job teaching how to deal with these situations. This week, we sit down with Raphael Gonzalez from the Maybe It's Spiritual podcast and dig into some of these happenings! Raphael's podcast, Maybe It's ...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 16
Send us a text Have you ever left a church or thought about it? Do you think your reason was justified? Are there ANY good reasons to walk away from a church community? Today, we're tackling this monster of a topic in true Christian AF fashion...with beer and wine. –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Website • Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianAFPodcast BE A MONTHLY SUPPORTER https://ww...
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 15
Send us a text Today we talk with Political Science Professor (and pastor) Ryan Burge from Eastern Illinois University about COVID, politics, and how they relate to the church . During this episode, you will also hear our live reactions as news breaks about Ryan's "black swan event": the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. There's a ton to unpack in this episode so grab a beer and get ready for some good conversation. Follow Ryan Burge on Twitter: @ryanburge Read his work on Religion in Public : relig...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 14
Send us a text Today we talk with author Colin Kerr about his book Faith Hope Love: The Essentials of Christianity for the Curious, Confused, and Skeptical . Faith Hope Love finally fills a much-needed niche in contemporary theological literature. Colin offers an introduction to the Christian faith that is both academic enough for educational use and accessible enough for Millennials and Gen Z-ers to explore for themselves. Colin pastors Parkside Church in Charleston, South Carolina. You can pur...
Sep 15, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 13
Send us a text Growing up in the church I was taught that the secular world is a vast, engulfing world full of darkness that will... " suck the livin' Jesus right out of your very heart! "... or something of that nature... As Christians, we fall hard into the idea of being in the world, but not of it , so much so that we tend to forget to be IN THE WORLD. We separate things into two categories "Christian" and "secular". We do our very best to follow Jesus, not the world, and live a good Christia...
Sep 01, 2020•48 min•Ep. 12
Send us a text Today we talk with the one and only Shane Claiborne! Author of The Irresistible Revolution , Red Letter Revolution , Common Prayer , Beating Guns, and so many more... Shane has been a major influence on all of us and much of the way we went about building the culture of our church. We are beyond excited to pick his brain and get a little insight to his views on social injustice, gun control, systemic racism, and so much more! See more from Shane at these links: SHANE CLAIBORNE Web...
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 11
Send us a text Bears mauling children, people turning to salt pillars, death by ark! SMITE SMITE SMITE! What's the deal with God doing all this horrible stuff to people? Isn't God a loving God? This week we unpack some odd stories in the bible, talk about Hitler, and drink a potentially dangerous unreleased beer. –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Website • Facebook • Instagram Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianAFPo...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 10
Send us a text Women. They have made great strides in today's culture claiming their place in the business world, outside of the traditional roles of "housewife"; but what is their role when it comes to leadership in the church? Many people still believe women should "stay home" and "be lead by the man of the house". Today the crew talks about "lady pastors" and why people have issues with women in church leadership. –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Website • Facebook • Instagram Email: christian...
Jul 21, 2020•51 min•Ep. 9
Send us a text America... land of the free, home of the brave, and all that jazz! Music, food, sports, business... America has some great attributes, but do we have too much pride in this country of ours? In the wake of July 4th, the Christian AF crew discuss patriotism in the church and whether or not it belongs. –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Website • Facebook • Instagram Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianAFP...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 8
Send us a text Welcome, all you paramecium brains! Today we discuss the always fun topic of evolution (or not)! Where the hell did we come from? Big bang, Adam and Eve, Monkeys, Lilith?!? So many options so little time! –––––––– LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA Website • Facebook • Instagram Email: [email protected] Support the show –––––––– BUY US A DRINK https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChristianAFPodcast BE A MONTHLY SUPPORTER https://www.buzzsprout.com/1019536/support LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA ...
Jun 30, 2020•59 min•Ep. 7
