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.
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss the landmines in the theology of prayer, angels, demons, and Satan. Where are the debates? What are the commonly held wrong beliefs? Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
What are the landmines in the theology of creation? They are many! They have greatly divided churches. There are even entire ministries dedicated to the issues and landmines in the theology of creation. In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, the guys discuss all the debates and challenges of the creation account, what the Bible says about it, and the disagreements within the Christian Church. Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman come to realize they can’t cover Systematic Theology as it should be in a 20-minute podcast format. Therefore, they are making a course correction, adjusting now to look at the landmines and the stuff of controversy. Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
What happens when popular Pastors at churches built around their ministries are ready to retire? What if the church is built around a celebrity? Is this the end for the church? How does the next guy step into big shoes? Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker as they discuss persuasion with Robert Kinney. Robert is the Director of Ministries with Charles Simeon Trust. He’s also an Anglican minister in Vienna, Austria. He joined us on Salty Believer Unscripted to discuss the necessity of persuasion in preaching. Why is argument and a structure with an argument necessary for any sermon? What are the strengths and weaknesses Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss persuasion with Robert Kinney. Robert is the Director of Ministries with Charles Simeon Trust. He’s also an Anglican minister in Vienna, Austria. He joined us on Salty Believer Unscripted to discuss the necessity of persuasion in preaching. Why is argument and a structure with an argument necessary for any sermon? Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss a listener’s question about the tension between our political arguments and the gospel. How do we keep the gospel first when the world around us is rallying political arguments in light of tragedy. The context comes on the heals of another school shooting. How should the Christian engage with his or her co-workers, friends, and neighbors? Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com....
Josiah Walker asked Bryan Catherman about what’s “off” with all these sponsored adds from churches inviting people to church? Is the reason for the local church for Jesus to fix our earthly problems or is there something more? We know about the prosperity gospel about health and wealth, what is the soft prosperity gospel? Is Jesus’ main purpose not about making me happy? Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Jeremy Meeks joined Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker to talk about the Chicago Course, a program through the Charles Simeon Trust. What is the Chicago Course? Why enroll in the Chicago course? What if a person can’t pack up and live in Chicago for a year? Jeremy answers these questions and a host of others. Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker asks Bryan Catherman for a good preaching resource for guys who have preached a few sermons but are ready to start sharpening the peaching saw. He recommends Charles Simeon Trust ( https://simeontrust.org/) and explains how he’s finds it so beneficial to good preaching. Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss Bryan’s one (or maybe two) recommendations for guys who are called to preach and just getting started. What should he do? Is there a book or class? Where does a guy start? Josiah ask for Bryan’s top recommendation for a guy just getting started. Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker as they discuss how to preach the Silent Years. This is a particularly difficult task because it is important but comes from the lack of a Text. Is it possible to preach this section of the biblical narrative? Should we preach it? And if so, how? Copyright 2023.
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as Josiah asks Bryan the question: “If I want to learn to preach, where do I start?” In this episode, Bryan offers some suggests for his favorite resources for preaching. He also shares some tips and ideas. Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Josiah Walker is halfway through this seminary eduction at Gateway Seminary. He stated at the teaching site, the Salt Lake School of Theology but his pace outpaced their pace so he shifted to on-line classes from Gateway. He’s halfway through the program so we sat down to chat with him about how it’s going. Bryan Catherman interviews Josiah in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Copy 2022. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker as they discuss Matt Smethurst’s book, Deacons: How they Serve and Strengthen the Church . This book is part of the 9Marks series, Building Healthy Churches. Copyright 2022. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss what happens when we learn more about the Christmas story from our decorations and traditions than from the Bible. Who are the Magi? When did they find Jesus? How many of them were there? They answer these questions and many more. Copyright 2022. For more info, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss advent. What is it? Why should Christians celebrate it, or should they not? Where did it come from? Copyright 2022. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman on Salty Believer Unscripted as they discuss parables. How do we interpret them? What does the parable of the dishonest manager mean? What does it mean to be faithful with a little? These seem simple but at times they stump us; how should we approach the parables of the Bible? Copyright 2022. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss the Trinity. What is the Trinity? What does the Bible have to say about it? Is it even in the Bible? This is the fifth episode in our series, “Systematic Theology.” Copyright 2022. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
What is the role of politics in the Church? How should pastors handle this? What is good and what’s not good during an election? And what about praying for leaders when they show up at a service? In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss their take on church and politics.
Who is God? What is he like? Can we know him? What can we know? In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss the question, “What is God Like?” This episode of Salty Believer Unscripted is part of a series called Systematic Theology. Copyright 2022. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss the Bible, other books like the apocrypha, and how we know we have the right books in our Bible. This episode of Salty Believer Unscripted is part of a series called Systematic Theology. Copyright 2022. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman ask the question, where do we start when doing systematic theology. This is part of a series called Systematic Theology. Do we start with God or start with God’s Word. The Bible is God’s revelation to us, but do we start with the document or the God who wrote it? Copyright 2022. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com
Eric Johnson, author of Introducing Christianity to Mormons: A Practical and Comparative Guide to What the Bible Teaches , met with Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman to discuss how he uses a Mormon book to witness to Mormons. The Miracle of Forgiveness is a book written by former LDS President and Prophet, Spencer W. Kimball. In it, Kimball is clear about what Mormons believe. Johnson explains how that differs from the biblical gospel and how he has conversations with people about it. Copyright ...
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss systematic theology. In this episode, they address the question, “What is Systematic Theology?” They also discuss other approaches to theology and many books on the topic of systematic theology. In this series, “Systematic Theology,” they’ll be using Wayne Grudem’s book, “Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know” as a road map. This road map, however, won’t prevent them from pulling in many other resources or rabbit trail...
Join Bryan Catherman, Josiah Walker, and Robbie Tschorn as they discuss the new book, Introducing Christianity to Mormons with the author, Eric Johnson. This book is a practical and comparative guide to What the Bible teaches. It is published by Harvest house Publishers, 2022. In this episode, Eric discusses the book, why it was written, and the best way to benefit from his work. Copyright 2022. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Bryan Catherman, Josiah Walker, and Robbie Tschorn as they discuss the new book, Introducing Christianity to Mormons with the author, Eric Johnson. This book is a practical and comparative guide to What the Bible teaches. It is published by Harvest house Publishers, 2022. In this episode, Eric discusses the book, why it was written, and the best way to benefit from his work. Copyright 2022. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
Join Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker as they discuss the pros and cons of bi-vocational ministry compared to vocational ministry. Josiah served as a bi-vocational pastor for many years but has recently made the jump to full-time, vocational ministry. After 7 months, the guys discussed what he’s learned. Copyright 2022. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com
Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they talk about Kevin DeYoung’s newest project— The Biggest Story Bible Storybook . This episode of Salty Believer Unscripted is part of a series called Tools for Better Bible Study. In this and the previous episode, they discuss how the right children’s Bibles help adults study the Bible and teach it to their children.
