Pastor With No Answers: The MIXTAPE Era

While some people call ProGrace.org “Pro-Life Lite,” others label it as teetering on pro-choice.  Angie Weszely and her organization (Pro-Grace) takes heat from both sides, and as you’ll hear in this…

One of the sensei’s of deconstruction, Phil Drysdale, brings history, psychology, and philosophy into the “deconstruction conservation.”  Joey processes how he feels God graciously treats people who …

Christianity Today released episode one of a podcast series that narrates and reflects on the rise and fall of the late Mars Hill Church in Seattle, formerly led by Pastor Mark Driscoll.  

Dr. Tony Jo…

Over the years, Pastor With No Answers has had a big tent,  allowing for a wide array of perspectives, some of which would get your ass canceled by the liberals and others getting you completely canc…

Randy Thomas (former leader at Exodus International) has been a Christian for most of his life.  Early in life, after living as a gay man for years, he was convinced that he could no longer continue …

Every now and then, I give you a message that I had the opportunity to share with the local group of believers I get to be a part of.  In this message, I talk about pain, investigate the blessing tha…

David Zach, professional musician and song-writer (his music is heard throughout this episode), works for a non-profit, The Exodus Road, who are on the front lines of the fight to end human trafficki…

Joey processes his worship of comfort and how he believes more money would make him happier.  Chip Judd, John Mark McMillan and Joey’s therapist chime in to surprisingly validate some of these sentim…

Are Old Testament stories  allegorical?   Is there really no chance of eternal torment?  If a loving God exists (and every one on this episode believes this) what are the chances of dirt naps for all…

Last Sunday, for the Seacoast Church weekend message, Joey and Pricilla joined founding pastor Greg Surratt to tell their story of Joey’s mental health crisis (2019).  Joey implores the church to hum…

Today’s guest, Brant Hansen, wrote a book called “Unoffendable.”  He suggests that the idea of having “righteous anger” is a myth and not biblical.   There's much peace to be found by recognizing the…

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Prolific theologian and author Scot Mcknight, along with his daughter Laura Barringer, recently released a book called “TOV" (TOV means “good”…

I've been reflecting on a lot these last couple of years.  Recently I took the time to think deeply on my time with Bad Christian, a podcast and community I was co-founder of and co-hosted since 2014…

Please, pretty please, no sensitive ears need to tune in on this one.  There's your warning.  The dynamic duo, Josh and Adrian, of the Dirty Rotten Church Kids podcast join us to talk through their j…

One of the few women to translate the Bible, Bonnie Lewis discusses her journey that led to this wonderful masterpiece. The journey was wrought with outside criticism revolving around a female’s auda…

Our guest does not call this suicide, nor labels as euthanasia.  Working with Compassion and Choices, Rev. Madison Shockley advocates for the humane option for the terminally ill to choose the means …

I mean, we’re not really persecuted here in the states, are we?  And any flack the church receives is likely our own fault, right?  Chip Judd and John Mark McMillan discuss with Joey whether Christia…

*This is a brand-new interview.  For you old school listeners, we also interviewed Matt during the making of Small Group the movie.*

It is out now and available everywhere! A filmmaker and his wife mo…

Kicking off the episode is a quick discussion (with Chip Judd) on pastors and suicide.  Is there a correlation between the pastoral role and having mental illness? Joey reflects on his vocation and w…

While I (Joey) personally find very primitive and archaic the belief in a God-ordained predestination of souls, Chris Date's holding to this position  doesn’t lessen the amount of respect I have for …