Salty Believer Unscripted is an unscripted conversation on ministry and the Christian life. Discussions cover theology, Christianity, ministry service, and other biblical topics. Salty Believer Unscripted started in 2012. Find past episodes at SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss the cancel culture within the Christian community. What is cancel culture and how do Christians engage in this behavior and brings it into the culture of Christians? Specifically, is this what happened to Steve Lawson? Is this the story of Alvin Reed? This is the topic of conversation for this week’s episode. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com .
If you could only have one Bible Study resource other than the Bible (and prayer or the Holy Spirit) what resource would you want? That’s the question for this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted? How will Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker answer the question? Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com .
Join Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker as they discuss the “Good Person Gospel.” Moralism is prevalent in Christianity. Having good morals is an outworking of the saving work of Jesus, but those morals are powerless to save a soul from death to life. The Good Person Gospel might be the most detrimental false gospel hurting the Church in America today. What is it? How can we identify it? Where does it differ from the gospel of the Bible? They answer these questions and many more in this episode o...
Join Bryan Catherman and Jared Jenkins as they discuss the political gospel. What is the political gospel and what does it look like when Christians make the political process their only hope for joy, peace, and rest? Is engaging in politics bad? Is it commanded by the Bible? What is political nationalism? They answer these questions and more as they explore the the political gospel. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com ....
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Jared Jenkins discuss the outdoor gospel, or the “I can find my god in the mountains” gospel. What is this gospel? How do the outdoors go from something Christians can enjoy to an idol? Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com .
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss what the Bible says the gospel is. If we’re going to look at what the gospel is not, we must know what it is. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com .
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss the American Prosperity Gospel. More American Christians flirt with this than we might want to admit. Josiah grew up in a church with few doctrinal boundaries and the prosperity gospel slipped in with little notice. In addition, the guys lay out five clear questions to help us evaluate other religions and gospels against the Bible. What is the American Prosperity Gospel and why does it not line up against the...
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss some things to know in the role of Senior Pastor. Bryan gives his thoughts and advice to Josiah on what is necessary to know and do as a new Lead Pastor. It’s advice, good or bad. Even if you’re not headed to become a Lead Pastor, this advice is stuff everyone in the congregation could be greatly blessed to know. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Bryan’s move to Trinity Church in Holdrege, Nebraska and Josiah Walker’s new role as the Lead Pastor at Redeeming Life Church. There are lots of changes coming to both men and changes coming to both churches. What’s ahead? And what’s the future of Salty Believer Unscripted looking like. They discuss these questions and much more. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com ....
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Revelation 19-22, completing the book and this series. How does the end of the book tie back to the beginning? How do these last chapters bookend the entire book of the Bible? Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com .
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss a large section of the book of Revelation. In this episode, they take on chapters 8-18. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com .
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss what they see and what may be happening in Revelation 6 & 7. It’s a complicated book and now there are scrolls and judgements. What are the seals? Who can stand against this? And also, is it Revelation or Revelations? It is one or many? They answer these questions and many others. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com .
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman share their expectations for the 2024 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. With Dr. Jeff Iorg and Dr. Al Mohler contending for different outcomes on a major constitutional matter involving women as pastors, this year may get spicy. Of course, we say that every year. Then everything quickly dies down and not much ever comes of the work during the meeting. What’s going to happen this year? Also, Bryan is ...
Bryan Catherman, Josiah Walker, and Robbie Tschorn discuss Revelation 4 and 5 in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. These two chapters work together and both Josiah and Robbie have recently preached these chapters. In this discussion, they discuss what they see in these chapters. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com Copyright 2024.
In this episode, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman look at Revelation 2:18-29. It’s the letter to Thyatira and it may be the center of a chiasm, which is a literary tool found in Hebrew poetry. As they look at the letter, they’ll see if they think this is a chiasm or not. They’ll also look at the material contained within this letter. Copyright 2024. Find more information about SaltyBeliever.com and more podcasts like this one on the website.
Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman were invited to tour a Mormon (LDS) temple in Layton, Utah. After watching the recommended LDS video about temples and then touring the temple, they reviewed the video and discussed their tour experience. In those episodes, the issue is the disparity of what they see in Mormon belief and theology compared to the teaching of the Bible. After receiving questions, they determined to discuss the five significant differences between Mormonism and biblical Christianit...
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman share their thought after touring the new Mormon Temple in Layton, Utah. These temples are an aspect of worship as part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). Are thy biblical? Are they Christian? What’s it like inside these temples? The guys answer these and other questions. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
The guys at Salty Believer Unscripted were invited to tour the Layton Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). Prior to the tour, they were asked to watch the Mormon-produced video, “Between Heaven and Earth,” which can be found on YouTube. They watched the video and then discussed it in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they continue in their discussion through the book of Revelation. In this episode, they discuss the letter to Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17) and the letter to Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6). They are still trying to determine if these letters form a chiasm. They note the connections between these two letters but more so the connections back to the Old Testament. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they continue in our series through the book of Revelation. In this episode the topic of discussion is the letter to Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) and the letter to Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13). They are still looking to see if indeed these seven letters are a chiasm. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Revelation 2:1-7 and Revelation 3:14-22 which are Jesus’ letters to Ephesus and Laodicea, respectively. Are there connections between these that may lead us to see a chiasm here? Or are these not connected in a chiasm? What is a chiasm? What is the meaning of these letters? Are there things here we can learn from for our churches today? They answer these and other questions in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Copyright 2024. Learn more at Salty...
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Revelation 2 &3, commonly called the Seven Letters to Seven Churches. What are these letters about? What’s the background? Are these future, past, or something else? Are these seven letters to churches today, or just to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea? Are these seven letters a chiasm? This episode deals with these questions and additional introductory material. Cop...
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman open to Revelation 1:1-20 and talk about the book. They also had a discussion about how to break up the book, tackle a reading plan through the book, and study well. The book of Revelation doesn’t have to be difficult if we don’t make it harder than it needs to be. We encourage you to join this study and listen in on the conversation. Copyright 2024. Learn more about Salty Believer Unscripted at SaltyBeliever.com...
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they start a new series, exploring the book of Revelation. Why study this book? What are the typical approaches to this book? What are the pitfalls? In this series, they hope to journey through the book of Revelation in such a way that brings the comfort, joy, and blessing the book should bring. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Josiah Walker, Bryan Catherman, and Robbie the Intern as they discuss and visit the Utah Christian Resource Center. The UCRC has a great deal of information about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (also known as the LDS or Mormon Church), but it’s so much more. There are artifacts, Bibles, a bookstore, and so much more. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss the possibility of Dr. Jeff Iorg becoming the SBC Executive Committee President. Can this save the SBC or is it just too late? Is Iorg the right man for the job? Is there still hope? Copyright 2024. More more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman share their concluding thoughts after attending a Charles Simeon Trust workshop in Southern California. If you’re thinking about attending, these thoughts might help you decide to go. If you’d like to bless your pastor, find a way to send him to a workshop. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker, Daniel Catherman, and Bryan Catherman are on-site in Southern California for the Charles Simeon Trust workshop. They share their observations of the leader’s training before the workshop. It was a very long day, but they were still able to sit down for a bit to discuss what they saw. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they chat with Robert Kinney, the director of the Charles Simeon Trust . In this episode, they ask Robert more questions about the CST Workshops and many are the questions you were thinking to ask but they had little to do with what you need to know about attending a Workshop. Who are some of the heavy-hitters who have instructed at workshops? What’s the craziest things to happen at workshops? What are workshops like in other countries? How many chickens...
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they chat with Robert Kinney, the Director of Ministries at the Charles Simeon Trust. Robert joined the conversation to discuss what to expect at a CST Workshop. How do they work? Why attend one? What should first-time participants expect? He answers these questions and many more. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
