Hello, hello, and welcome to another Red Couch Theology podcast episode. Hey, we have Dan Elliott on the show this week because he preached this last week's sermon. And he and I had such a blast. We actually just walked verse by verse through this little letter to the church in Smyrna in the Book of Revelation. And he gave me such amazing insight into this text. We talk about the city of Satan. We talk about what's up with these 10 days. We talk about all sorts of curiosities here. And I think I...
Sep 26, 2024•56 min•Ep. 126
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. Hey, this week I invited a guest on our show because Alex is traveling and I didn't even give her any time to prep. I invited her this morning to join us on the show, and you'll just have to see how well she does. I'm not even gonna tell you who it is. You'll get that in just a moment here. But we talk about,, the letter to the church in Ephesus and I think we had a great conversation. You're gonna have to judge for yoursel...
Sep 19, 2024•53 min•Ep. 125
Well, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week we are diving in the deep end on our revelation series and hey, I'm proud of Alex. And I, because I feel like we actually covered a lot of ground in this episode. We dove right into the text itself. We talk about principles of interpretation. We talk about the weirdness of this particular genre, and then we dove into what we think this book is actually supposed to be pointing at for us. And so, without ...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 124
Hello. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. This week we're talking about community. Again, we're actually concluding the community series. We have a guest on the show who actually brought the message to Sean Switzer. He's our student director and he shared with us about the sacrifices that are required in order to enter into community. But then he makes a case that it's not even a sacrifice at all. You're gonna have to tune in and listen to how he comes to tha...
Sep 12, 2024•58 min•Ep. 123
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. This week we're continuing in our community series and we talk a little bit about prophecy because Alex talked about the book of Ezekiel. And we talk a little bit about how to interpret prophecy. Why is it complicated and that sort of thing? But then we also talk about the beauty of this passage that invites us into becoming rivers of life. And what does that look like for South? Let's tune in.
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 122
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, we're talking about some of the nerdy things that Alex discovered in this passage of Exodus; well, it started in Exodus. It jumps to Genesis, and then it jumps even further back into the beginning. Genesis. It's all over the place, but it's so fascinating. And Alex shares a little bit about his lament from Sunday where he wished that he'd had some time to get to some more of the heartbeat behind the passage....
Aug 22, 2024•49 min•Ep. 121
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. Hey, this week, we get to talk a little bit about one of my favorite subjects: the nature of scripture. And how do we know what hills to die on and all that sort of thing? And then is there something that should, should separate us in our unity in the church or are there things that we should just let go and all of that kind of complexity? That's what we're talking about this week on the show. And it fascinated me. I hope i...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 120
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. Hey, this week we have a guest on our show because Kevin Butcher brought the message last Sunday, and let me tell you, Alex, myself, and Kevin were in the room. We were the three preachers for the series, and we sort of just went through almost the whole series and talked about the heart of the father and why we struggle with that, the love of God, and all these things. And,, I think it was pretty good. I'm a little biased....
Aug 08, 2024•49 min•Ep. 119
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. Hey, I invited a guest to host the show this week on the podcast, and I'm super excited. I won't even tell you who it is now because you'll get to meet him in just a moment. But he did a great job because he let me talk a lot. So, you're gonna have to listen to this. We're talking about the prodigal son story about the elder brother. And I think that if you've been following Jesus for a lot of years, you probably have some ...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 118
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, we're starting a conversation about our newest series of the Prodigal Son story. And if you've heard this story much of your life, or if you've been around this story for much of your life, I'd encourage you to tune in because even Alex and I are discovering new things about this story and finding ways that it, it's messing with our heads. We get to talk a lot about that today. Personally, I think this may b...
Jul 25, 2024•56 min•Ep. 117
Hello, hello and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast this week, Alex and I are back together and the podcast I think worked. So that's exciting. We talk about the end of the sermon on the Mount series which Alex brought us to the authority of Jesus and the way he spoke. And we also talked a little bit about politics. We talked about all sorts of exciting things. We addressed some questions that were posed by you all about miracles. And so, yeah, there are lots of things ...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 116
There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our podcast, “Red Couch Theology – Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron.” We record our podcast live every Thursday at 11am. What can you expect? Pastors Alex, Aaron, and the occasional guest have a casual conversation, diving deeper into ideas related to last Sunday’s teaching. Send in your questions at redcouchtheology.com.
Jul 11, 2024•48 min•Ep. 115
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. Sometimes, on the show, I'm just completely surprised by where the conversation goes, and I start getting really convicted and learning stuff that I wish I didn't have to know. And all of those sorts of, this was one of those episodes. So, if you want to find out why you have to listen, I'm not telling you anything more. Let's tune in.
Jun 27, 2024•58 min•Ep. 114
Hello, Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. This week, we're diving back into the sermon on the Mount proper and I'm super excited because we're gonna review this really interesting passage that offers us some tension, some confusion, some curiosity. It says, don't judge, but also don't cast your pearls before pigs. What's up with that? Why do those sound so in conflict with each other? And we're going to answer all the questions you could possibly have about ...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 113
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, we have our guest preacher from this past Sunday. Rob Karch is joining us remotely and will share more of what was on his heart from Sunday's message. And I think he was really sort of frustrated, he couldn't share more on Sunday, but today he shares a lot more about what are the actual implications of the Kingdom of God on us as a church and in us as a nation. It's pretty interesting. So, let's dive right in....
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 112
This episode features a lively discussion between Alex Walton & Andrea Jones about the challenges and joys of preaching, the significance of serving within a church community, and the spiritual growth that comes from embracing new roles and responsibilities.
Jun 06, 2024•43 min•Ep. 111
There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our podcast, “Red Couch Theology – Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron.” We record our podcast live every Thursday at 11am. What can you expect? Pastors Alex, Aaron, and the occasional guest have a casual conversation, diving deeper into ideas related to last Sunday’s teaching.
May 30, 2024•49 min•Ep. 110
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast, where we forget to turn on the volume at the beginning. You can tune in to hear a little about some of the disillusionment we often feel around the gospel itself. Is this Christian life as good as we were promised when we signed up for it or what does Christianity actually have to offer us in a middle class western life that feels pretty comfortable along the way? Am I really as blessed as I was expecting? We're going to as...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 109
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, I did something very unkind, and I threw a new guest into one of the most complicated subjects in all of theological history, the problem of evil. But Lexi, one of our new staff members was willing to jump in and I told her about it just this morning. And so, hey, you're gonna have to listen in, see how she did just diving into one of the heaviest-hitting theological problems in history. So we're gonna deal ...
May 09, 2024•57 min•Ep. 108
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, we are talking about some of the challenges we find in church leadership. Why is it that Christians are oftentimes the number one reason why people don't wanna be Christians? What's up with that? It's painful. Maybe you've been hurt by the church. We're gonna talk about some of those tensions and how we're not the best at evaluating what good leadership even looks like and how does this affect how we show up...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 107
Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. Hey, this week, we're continuing our series on Doubt. And Alex actually invited us to doubt our doubts to remember that. Yes. Even in the midst of our confusion and our doubts, it's ok to recognize that Christianity is a viable way of being human in the world. It's intellectually honest. There are very, very good reasons for believing it. So we're gonna talk about that, but we also spend a little bit of time on this ...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 106
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. This week, we're talking about our doubt series. In this episode, we talk about the challenge of feeling out but also the freedom that God gives us to cede our doubt as a guidepost on a journey toward him. So, let's dive in.
Apr 18, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 105
Hello, hello and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast this week, Alex is out of town, but we have a special guest on our show and I'm gonna let you find out who that is in just a moment, but we actually started to talk about doubt. The series we're about to start at South is a series on doubt. And we have a conversation today about the importance of allowing hard questions and doubt to take place within the church. So we'll talk about that on the show without any further ...
Apr 11, 2024•48 min•Ep. 104
Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, today we had a challenge. Can we talk for an hour about a 25-minute sermon? And the answer is not quite, but it was still a fascinating conversation. We talked about textual criticism. You'll have to listen to know what that means. We talked about the complexity of this particular passage that Alex shared, and we talked about the beautiful power of the resurrection because it's a story that resurrects our storie...
Apr 04, 2024•55 min•Ep. 103
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. This week, we're gonna be talking about Star Wars and birds, actually, a little bit less about birds and we're gonna be talking about how hard it is to sometimes believe that God's gonna take care of us and that we can trust that. So we're going to dive right in.
Mar 28, 2024•57 min•Ep. 102
Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, we talk mostly about economics. and not even that spiritual of economics. We talked about fiat currency and the gold standard and spent a decent chunk of time talking about cryptocurrency. Why did we do that? You're gonna have to listen to find out. So, let's dive in and figure out why economics affects and relates to the Bible.
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 101
Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week we're talking about fasting and Man Alive I was fascinated by this conversation with Alex about fasting. He makes a really interesting case. If you're not interested in fasting, then this episode is probably not for you because he's, he makes a compelling case that fasting is a very neglected spiritual practice that has some unique power. So if you don't want to fast, then maybe you shouldn't listen be...
Mar 21, 2024•47 min•Ep. 100
Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. In this week's episode, we talk about the most delightful things, like temptation and testing and Satan. So why don't you figure out how that's an exciting subject? Actually, I think it's really profound because Alex, I think unlocks some of this part of the Lord's prayer that is often times confusing and challenging for us. Does God actually tempt us? Is that what he's up to behind the scenes? Is he dangling t...
Mar 07, 2024•57 min•Ep. 99
There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our podcast, “Red Couch Theology – Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron.” We record our podcast live every Thursday at 11am. What can you expect? Pastors Alex, Aaron, and the occasional guest have a casual conversation, diving deeper into ideas related to last Sunday’s teaching.
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 98
Well, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, we're continuing in the Lord's prayer. We're in this larger part of the series of the sermon of the Mount but focused on the Lord's Prayer, and we're talking about daily bread, and we're gonna wrestle with, you know, some countries seem like they have more bread than others. Some political systems seem more inclined to produce bread than others. And we're gonna wrestle with all those sorts of things. A...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 97
