There are a lot of opinions on the intersection of faith and politics. What should the church teach or insist on? What is the greatest hope we have for a better world?

In this random musings episode, Josh and John talk about weddings from the insiders perspective, and why knowing Jesus is more than just about using his name.

It is not easy to follow the words of Jesus to love your enemies. Josh and John, after talking about a bunch of topics, get to a question of how we deal with those being opposed to us.

Josh and John talk about a theological understanding of paganism. John is working on a position paper and is not ready to share his position yet, so Josh pushes him to share it anyway.

Quinn and Jamie Strahl tell their story of faith and the tragic loss of their first child Heidi. Their ministry, Heidi Saint James, seeks to help families going through this tragedy in many different ways. If you would like to support their ministry you can find out more at heidisaintjames.com

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Often times one of the great criticisms leveled at the church is that it can function like a big business. The prosperity gospel gives credence to these criticisms but what about other churches. John and Josh speak about their own experience with church and money.

In this episode John discusses the difficult reality of losing a pet. Josh seems to have something against cats. We discuss the scriptural understanding of whether animals will be in heaven or not.

In this special birthday episode (It's Joshs birthday!) Henderson joins us for an awesome conversation about respecting the authority of the pastor versus being manipulated by wolves in sheep's clothing. How can we tell? I don't know that we answer it, but we give it a good try (that's that private education).