There is the Wise Person, the Foolish Person, and the Simpleton. Which one's your favorite? Which one are you most like? What does wisdom look like in negative world? What does it mean to have wisdom in this day and age? More like C...

Christians are the kind of people who see judgment as a good thing. It sounds deranged or masochistic, but it’s not. Because Christians come to see how judgment brings cleansing, purification, and restoration with their covenantal G...

Have you ever wondered how many churches are in The Presbyterian Church of the USA? Or how many conjunctions are in the EPC constitution? Or what “CREC” means? Us, neither. But have you wondered what denominations are wo...

This week Peter Chace is officially graduating from seminary! Whoop whoop! Make sure you give him a high five, handshake, or a hug when you see him. Peter and Kyle were on the ordination track, but we’re out of the denomination. Soo...

It means that I can walk away whenever I want. No harm, no foul. I don’t need to explain—it's my decision.  I don’t even need to have good reasons; it's just what I want to do. 

Have you ever wondered why Christians celebrate Easter for so long? And Christmas? We got these periods called "Eastertide" and "Christmastide?" Why? Why doesn't every liturgical event have a "tide?" Be...

Jesus said you can't serve God and Mammon (Matthew 6:24)—you have to pick one. That means that the Christian must make their money serve God. Saints of old have blessed our congregation with riches. But some of those riches have bec...

The Church never stops making Christians, and the Christian never graduates from following Christ. 2, 22, or 92—we all need to keep growing and getting chiseled.  But, in this day and age, we need a particular kind of education. One...

The episode you’ve all been waiting for: everything you wanted to know about church constitutions! All the preambles and policies to eat your heart out. What is a church constitution? Is it necessary for a church? Or is it just help...

“Is that all they do—make coffee, collect communion cups, wash dishes, and serve food? So anyone willing to give a helping hand can be a deacon?” What is a deacon? What does it mean to say that it is an “office?” Is the diaconate a ...

Do you like to sing during Lent? Do you like to play games after confessing your sins? Do you like to fellowship in times of fasting? So do we! This episode introduces and discusses a new Lenten season event we are hosting as a cong...

Got thumos? Well, then, Rise Up, O Men of God! Men—young and old alike—are hungry to bear the weight of responsibility. They desire the courage to mortify sin, resist the lures of Lucifer, and fight the enemy at...

Three dudes walk into an office to podcast about women’s ministry . . . What could go wrong? What is women’s ministry? In addition to Sunday morning worship and Linger Longers, do women need their own Bible s...

In this episode, we host a self-proclaimed “reluctant guest”—our very own Elissa Winkler, Director of Music in Worship. Elissa chats with Pastor Nate, Peter, and I about the recent launch of The Master’s Music Academy here at Beverl...

The landscape of the mission field has changed, and continues to change. Long gone are the days of being a Christian nation and sending evangelists and missionaries “over there” to “far off countries” to “save the lost.” 

Most people nowadays view education like a “GetGo” gas station: “Get in. Get out. Get going.”They see education as going through the motions, getting a degree, and getting on with your life. Sadly, many Christian ...

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”Since we are united in Christ as believers, we need to be in His Word as a church. In this nuts and bolts, brass tacks episode, Pastor...

In Part One, Peter provided a brief lay of the land on the historical and theological front of child communion. In Part Two, he discusses what this means for the church and how this might be applied to our families. In s...

Do your children eat dinner at the table or do they sit on the floor? Would you consider them members of your family or are they guests in your house? Do you give them water to drink but not bread? Or do you ...

Christians should aspire to have their lives changed every day, not just decide to change a few things at the beginning of the year. So what do we do with the cultural practice of New Year’s Resolutions? Should Christians believe in...

Christians celebrate Christ. We celebrate everything that He is and everything He has done. His exaltation, ascension, resurrection, crucifixion, mediation, and even His humiliation and incarnation. There are some Christ...

What is the meaning of Advent? Why do some Christian traditions celebrate it and others don't? Christians believe that the Triune God is the Creator of seasons. Winter and Spring don't come about by accident. He controls the weathe...

Did Judas ruin the Lord’s Supper?Seems like it. The modern Church’s posture toward the Lord’s Supper is like a penitential whipping. We crucify ourselves for our sins as we remember His death. Heads hang low. Smiles are restr...

Wingtip Oxfords need shining.Dishes need washing. Suits need dry cleaning. The Temple needs cleansing. Don't be afraid of reformation in the Church. Join Kyle, Peter, and Pastor Nate as...

Is it okay to get angry? Should Christians get angry? Anger is a God-given emotion. And there are times and circumstances in which the most Christian thing you can do is to get angry. (Christians should never become complacent when ...