This week we talk spiritual burnout, and when to take a step back from involvement for a season of rest.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction and the ups and downs of life
09:17 - Is there a time to step back from church work?
16:21 - Historic practices of rest
24:46 - What changed during the COVID years
33:13 - When the church calendar gets to be too much
38:08 - Why church work is often the first thing to get cut from the schedule
51:35 - Does the Bible tell us not to take these seasons of rest?

With Will Harrub, Jack Wilkie, and Joe Wilkie

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This week, we discuss a viral tweet that claimed that the strongest of Christians are people who watch Disney, celebrate Halloween, drink alcohol, and wear bikinis, and what it says about an all-too-common view of freedom in Christ.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro, and the tweet that inspired the episode
08:27 - Pitting Jesus against discernment
16:28 - Why heaven isn't all that matters
26:12 - The attitude problem behind "you can't bind that"
33:40 - The issues: boycotts, Halloween, swimwear, etc.
58:01 - How can churches discuss these issues?

With Will Harrub, Jack Wilkie, and Joe Wilkie

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Marco Arroyo from In Between Sundays join's Jack to discuss why we haven't joined in the trends to convert to Roman Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro and the current religious landscape
04:37 - Our issues with Roman Catholicism
10:47 - Our issues with Eastern Orthodoxy
17:47 - Sola Scriptura vs. church tradition
27:17 - Do church councils solve doctrinal division?
39:51 - Infant baptism
43:53 - Do "household baptisms" in Scripture inidicate infant baptism?
53:01 - The fruits of RC and EO: mass production of nominal members

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