The Jim Bradford Podcast
A Weekly podcast of conversations with Pastor Jim Bradford. Each conversation focuses on life, faith, and leadership. We hope it helps you grow as a whole person and to minister out of a real depth of spirituality. Hosted by Chase Replogle.
Episodes
219 episodes
Recognizing False Teaching
We live in the information age. The internet is full of voices, advice, and increasingly theological teaching and commentary. Every day, we're forced to evaluate what is true and who is worth listening to. In our conversation today, Pastor Jim ...
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Episode 219
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32:35
Raising Children While Serving in Ministry
While you may have a job at a church, our families are also a part of the church community. Sometimes churches can have expectations of the whole ministry family. And sometimes growing up in the pastor's home can come with both benefits and cha...
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Episode 218
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31:02
What Is The Role of Prophets and Apostles in the Church Today?
As we continue taking you’re listener questions, today we have a question about the role of prophets and apostles in the modern church. From the New Apostolic Reformation to online YouTubers who claim to be prophets, there seems to be a growing...
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Episode 217
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36:12
Dealing with Loss and Disappointment in Ministry
Today, we have a question from a listener about the experience of loss in ministry. It doesn't take long serving in ministry to face disappointment and loss. As a pastor, we are asked to lead through death but also through conflict, division, a...
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Episode 216
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36:14
Advancements in Science and Faith
While Pastor Jim spends most of his time preaching the Bible and leading a church, he still keeps up with his love of science. In today's episode, we talk about what advancements in science have him excited and how he continues to find the inte...
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Episode 215
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31:42
Staying Healthy in Life and Ministry
We're continuing our study, taking questions from listeners, and today we have a question about staying healthy for ministry. Pastor Jim and I look at the topic of health, fitness, and pursuing longevity. We discuss how we have both failed and ...
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Episode 214
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34:07
Can you be humble and confident?
Is it possible to be both humble and confident, or does confidence lead to pride? In today's episode, we continue answering listener questions as we discuss the relationship between humility and confidence. If you've listened to previous episod...
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Episode 213
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30:33
Is Everything that Happens God's Will?
In today's episode, we're answering a question about God's will and how we should think about God's will when we face loss, suffering, and challenges. If God is sovereign, does that mean that everything that happens is his will? How can we trus...
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Episode 212
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35:05
Leading People in the Holy Spirit
Over the last few weeks, we have been answering questions about the Holy Spirit. Though leadership is often a discussed topic in the church, we rarely talk about how to lead a church in the things of the Spirit. In today's conversation, we're t...
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Episode 211
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34:10
What's the Purpose of the Gifts of the Spirit?
In today's episode, we answer a listener's question about the proper function and purpose of the gifts of the Spirit. It's not surprising that there is often confusion and misuse of the Spirit's gifts. It also happened in the earliest churches,...
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Episode 210
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29:44
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Today, we have a listener's question about the meaning of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Jim and I explore how the Bible presents this baptism, why it's often misunderstood, and how believers today should seek the baptism of the Spirit....
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Episode 209
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36:26
Is it Biblical for Women to Lead in the Church?
In today's episode, we're discussing questions about women in ministry. While we've talked about this question before, we hope this episode will pull together all of the various biblical passages and cultural questions, offering clarity on what...
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Episode 208
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41:12
When You're Ready to be a Lead Pastor
Today we're discussing another listener's question. "How do you know when you're ready to be a lead pastor?" Pastoring requires a lot of responsibility and experience. Pastor Jim and I discuss our own transitions and what Pastor Jim has observe...
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Episode 207
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33:11
Understanding and Engaging Culture
The world around us is changing fast. Christians aren't called to live isolated from the world. We're supposed to be in the world but different from it. In our conversation today, Pastor Jim and I are exploring how to recognize the changing tre...
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Episode 206
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28:36
How to Prepare a Sermon
We're in a short series answering listener questions. Today, we have a question about preparing a sermon. Pastor Jim and I explore how we go about studying a passage, preparing a sermon, and how new tools like AI are helping us study. We hope i...
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Episode 205
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40:22
How Should Pastors Handle Power and Authority
As part of our current series answering listener questions, we discuss how churches and pastors should think about power and authority. Authority is a hot topic in our culture and is often misused in our churches. We ask what scripture has to s...
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Episode 204
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38:35
Finding Your Voice in Preaching
As we continue our series answering your questions, today we're talking preaching. One of the challenges of preaching can be finding your own voice. It's easy to sound like the preachers you listen to. In our conversation today, Pastor Jim disc...
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37:46
How to Know If God is Calling You to a New Place of Ministry
For many, transitions are a part of a lifetime of ministry, but how do you know when what you're feeling is your own restlessness vs a genuine call from God? In today's conversation, we're going to explore how to recognize God's call to a new p...
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Episode 202
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28:52
Why We Are Still Assemblies of God?
We're starting a new series answering listener questions. Special thanks to those who submitted questions. In today's episode, we talk about how we became Assemblies of God credential holders and what keeps us in the AG. We'll discuss some of t...
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Episode 201
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43:51
Should We Seek to Offend Others?
In today's episode, we're wrapping up our conversations through the book A Sharp Compassion. If Jesus was willing to risk offending people, should we seek to offend people like Jesus did? How should we think about hard words and hard conversati...
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Episode 200
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35:14
Learning to Imitate Christ
As we continue our look at the book A Sharp Compassion, we unpack what it really means to follow Jesus. We've talked about how insecurity and imitation of this world draw us into offense, but in our conversation today, we'll discover h...
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Episode 199
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33:51
Our Culture's Spirit of Accusation
In our conversation on A Sharp Compassion, we have been looking at what we've called the mechanism of offense, the complex series of emotions and desires that lead from insecurity to offense. In today's episode, we're looking at the final step ...
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Episode 198
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31:03
Our Need for Affirmation
Over the past few episodes, we've been talking about the mechanism of offense. How insecurity creates idols and leads us into imitation. That imitation leaves us more insecure and desperate for affirmation. In today's episode, we're taking a lo...
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Episode 197
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33:17