The Church Things Podcast
We're Kerry and Becky Holton, a husband and wife ministry team who advocate for the wellness of the church, its leaders, and its future. On this podcast, we simply share with you the things we're thinking on. The goal? To help us all continue to grow in the areas of life, spirituality, theology, church and mental health. Join us each week, as we write about church wellness in the Growing Steady Newsletter and expand on those conversations in this podcast. Keep growing, friends!
Episodes
212 episodes
#211: More on Term Limits for Church Leaders
This is a follow-up episode to #211, "Term Limits for Church Leaders," in which Kerry and Becky are responding to some of the responses to that previous episode. These are some of the questions discussed in this episode: Does the Bible au...
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#210: Term Limits for Church Leaders
Should church leaders be term limited? Should they be required to resign or retire after reaching a certain age, or of serving a set number of years? In this podcast episode, Kerry and Becky are discussing the pros and cons of estab...
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#209: "Our Church Makes Kids a Priority!"
Becky and Kerry discuss the need for churches to "make kids a priority" in this episode. After interviewing Morgan Ary, Children's Minister for the Homewood Church of Christ in Birmingham, Alabama, they talk about some of the ways churche...
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#208: How to Interest Your Leaders in Casting a Vision for Your Church
In this episode, Kerry and Becky respond to someone who believes their church needs a vision for the future, but whose leaders do not seem interested. What can church leaders and Christians do to interest others in setting goals for the f...
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#207: Takeaways from the Church Things Tour
Join Becky and Kerry as they discuss what they heard from Christians and church leaders on their recent two-week Church Things Tour.
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#206: Responding to Charlie Kirk's Assassination and Other Current Events
When should church leaders and gospel preachers address current events? What current events should they address? In this episode, Kerry and Becky discuss several responses to Charlie Kirk's assassination and offer three principles t...
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#205: Holding Accountable Those Who Cause Division
In this brief episode, Kerry brings out three principles from Titus 3:9-11 that should apply in the church today. What does Paul have to say about people who cause division in the body of Christ? Who were the people Paul may have ha...
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#204: Devoted to Good Works, But Not Saved by Them
Paul writes that Christians should be devoted to good works in his letter to Titus. But, why? What is the relationship between good works and our salvation? Since we are not saved on the basis of what we do, is there anything...
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#203: Baptism and the Holy Spirit
Here, Kerry discusses the two dimensions of the defining moment of conversion from Titus 3:4-7: the "washing of regeneration" and the "renewal of the Holy Spirit."
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#202: Why It Is Important to Understand Grace
In this nine-minute foray into Titus 3:4-7, Kerry answers the questions: What is not the basis of our salvation? What did not prompt God to save us? and Why is it important for us to understand salvation by grace? Also, G.C. Brewer ...
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#201: What God Has Done and Why
In this brief episode we're taking a first look at Titus 3:4-7 and asking these questions: What is Paul doing in this passage? How does this passage function in his train of thought? What has God done? What is the basis of wha...
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#200: A Conversation about Evangelism
In this episode, Susanna Kidwell, member of the Connect 3 Ministries’ team, shares a conversation that ensued when two women with evangelism on their minds approached her at a local park. Reflecting on this encounter, she, Becky, and Kerr...
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#199: Do We Expect Too Much of Our Ministers?
What is the work of a minister? What are the primary roles in which he should be engaged? In this podcast episode, Kerry encourages church leaders and church members to be sensitive to their preacher's busy schedule and to not expec...
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#198: My Bizarre Dream and Blast from the Past
In this podcast, Kerry shares a bizarre dream he had. Is there a lesson to be learned from it and from the recollection of events that occurred over forty-five years ago? You be the judge!
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#197: Titus 2:11-14: Its Function
What is the function of Titus 2:11-14? What role does it play in the flow of Paul's letter to Titus? Join Kerry in his discussion of the real basis of Christian living in this beautiful text from the Apostle Paul!
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#196: Titus 2:11-14: Its Focus
Join Kerry in his discussion of a great passage about Jesus in Paul's letter to Titus. From Titus 2:11-14, he'll answer three questions: Who is Jesus? What did he do? and Why did he do it?
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#195: "Keepers at Home": Does Scripture Prohibit a Christian Mother from Working Outside the Home?
Should a Christian mother work outside the home? In this episode, Kerry and Becky take a look at Paul's admonition to Christian mothers that they be "keepers at home" in Titus 2:4,5. Also, they discuss the occasional nature of the N...
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#194: Why Be Moral?
Why did Paul instruct Titus to teach moral behavior to the Christians on Crete? In this episode, Kerry is considering the implications of the three purpose clauses in Titus 2:5, 8, and 10 and the relationship between evangelism and morali...
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#193: "Sound Doctrine" in Paul's Letter to Titus
This episode is all about Paul's two references to "sound doctrine" in his letter to Titus and what surprised Kerry in his study of Titus 2:1-10.
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#192: Follow-up to Steve Brannan Interview
Kerry and Becky discuss the Steve Brannan interview (episode #191).
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#191: Conversation with Steve Brannan
This is a conversation with Steve Brannan, one of the shepherds of the Homewood Church of Christ in Homewood, Alabama. Here are some of the questions Steve answers: What would you say to men who have been asked to consider accepting the r...
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#190: What Is a False Teacher?
In this 13-minute episode, we are taking a look at Paul's description in Titus 1:10-16 of the false teachers on Crete. We are asking how this text should inform our understanding of the identity of false teachers today. Please consi...
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#189: More on the Role of Elders
According to the Apostle Paul in Titus 1:5-9, elders are not only teachers. They are also overseers and stewards of God. What does this mean? How does it inform their work? Also, what kind of men should elders be? ...
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