Acceptable Words

On our last episode of The Monday Morning Megaphone, my wife brought up the sermon that I preached at the 2019 Spring Meeting of the Arkansas Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. I thought I would take this opportunity to share that sermon with you. I was very honored to have been pastor of a church that was willing to host the presbytery meeting at this time, and I was even more honored to have been asked to preach at this meeting. This was a timely message that the Lord gave me, and I pray that this will be heard as a cry for the authority of Scripture in the life of the Church. 

I sit down with my wife, Brittany, and we talk about why Halloween is so special to us personally. We also share what costumes we wore the last time we went trick or treating, and talk about why "the young people just love pepperoni pizza." Join us for our yearly Halloween special. 

Nate Willcutt joins me in my office to talk about a recent article where Christianity Today actually had to clarify that Dr. Charles Stanley of InTouch Ministries IS NOT selling his own brand of CBD oil and gummies. We discussed the benefits and drawbacks of marijuana, CBD oil, gummies, and the like. Then, we somehow got off Albert Mohler and his need to talk about the beef between Burger King and Chick-Fil-A while overlooking the fact that the SBC is completely disintegrating from the inside out. 

Intro Music: "Lady Liberty" by Cletus Got Shot

What happens when a Cumberland Presbyterian, a Pentecostal, and a Methodist all get together in the same room to talk about authentic revival, signs, wonders, and gifts of the Spirit? Well, listen to this episode and you'll find out. In this episode, Chance Snyder comes on to the podcast not as a guest, but a co-host and together we interview my longtime friend, Robert Willis to talk about Dr. Carolyn Tennent's 10 Principles of Genuine Revival. 



Intro Music: "Lady Liberty" by Cletus Got Shot

In this episode, I got to hang out with David Russell, the minister at River Park Church of Christ in Russellville, Arkansas. We spent the better part of the show talking about how his road to ministry from growing up in the churches of Christ, attending OCU, spending 20 years in the Navy, and coming to land where he's serving now in Russellville. We close out the show with some questions from Pod Decks! You don't want to miss this show. It's out longest one yet, but don't let that stop you! Join us for this fascinating story of David Russell's road to ministry. 

Intro Music: "Lady Liberty" by Cletus Got Shot

Brittany and I stopped in at Drew Brent's office at Alethes Realty and we chatted about his career in media, his love for professional wrestling, and how good God has been to him and wife through their recent trials. Drew speaks about God healing his wife and we talk about our opinions on how the Church should interact with the political climate in our day. We close out the show asking some random questions pulled straight from the PodDecks. 

Intro Music: "Lady Liberty" by Cletus Got Shot

On this episode, Chance Snyder joins me for a LONG discussion that begins with some Q&A courtesy of PodDecks and we move into how G.K. Chesterton has a lot to offer the Church today. We close the show by talking about Chesterton's eschatological vision and how that sharing in that vision can give us hope for the future in a world gone mad. 

Highlights:

- Plugs for Cult-y Crimes & Criminal Minds and next week’s episode

- Unofficial plug for PodDecks

- What will people who look back on us 50 years from now be shocked and appalled by?

- If you could undo one moment in time, what would it be?

- We discuss how people underrate anime soundtracks.

- What’s a nickname that you have that you hate?

- Back in high school, what’s the weirdest thing that might be found in your locker?

- Introduction to and basis of Chesterton’s Orthodoxy

- Philippians 4:8 as the foundation for progress and conservation

- Chesterton’s sense of humor

- Chesterton’s arguments against being progressive and being conservative

- Chesterton’s views on reform.

- Finding joy and stability in having a routine

- The dangers of living for novelty and the “new”

- The problems with the branded/marketed version of evangelical Christian churches

- Plug for Dallas Willard is My Homeboy group on Facebook

- Chance reads what Dallas Willard has to say about intention and discipleship from the intro to The Divine Conspiracy

- We talk about how biblical illiteracy is at an all time high in America

- Life doesn’t make sense outside of Christ

- Comparison between atheism and Orwell’s 1984

- Chesterton shows how we need consequences in life

- Comparisons between the German political, philosophical, and theological landscape and America’s political, philosophical, and theological landscape today

- We discuss how the media generated a lot of rage and Trump was able to come in and co-opt that rage to his advantage

- We discuss how both political parties are trying to make a “sacrificial lamb” of the other one

- Chesterton’s vision of the end and how that vision can and should inform our hope for the future in a world steeped in chaos.

Resources:

G.K. Chesterton Collection on Kindle for $1.99

"The Divine Conspiracy" by Dallas Willard

"Joy at the End of the Tether" by Douglas Wilson

Intro Music: "Lady Liberty" by Cletus Got Shot

I didn't really have anything planned for this week so I just had my wife come into the office with me and let me rant about how SJWism is creeping into the church and how it's affecting everything we do and even how we look at Scripture. I literally spent 47 and a half minutes ranting about this stuff. Do I provide any practical solutions? Yeah, read the Bible, preach the Bible and don't hold back. Not practical enough for you? Too bad. I don't have anything for you. 

I sat down with Micah T. Williams, the minister at the Dover Church of Christ in Dover, Arkansas. We talked about his testimony, his call to ministry, and his upcoming transition to the 7th and Mueller Church of Christ in Paragould, Arkansas. Have you ever wondered what it's like for a pastor to leave his hometown and go out to a new city and a new church? Listen and you'll find out.



Highlights:

- Micah shares his upbringing and his testimony.

- We talk about how pastors need other pastors.

- We talk about eschatology.

- The Second Great Awakening giving birth to both the Restoration Movement and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church

- Premillenial eschatology perpetuated by TBN and Daystar before the advent of the internet and social media.

- Micah talks about how The Call of Abraham in Genesis spoke to him.

- Micah talks about how his YouTube channel got started.

- We talk about how each of our church's handled the pandemic and not being able to meet in-person for worship.

- Micah talks about his gameplan going into 7th and Mueller.

- We talk about the interview process at different churches.

- We talk about what it's like going into a church.

- Sometimes godly success looks like worldly failure.

- We close the show talking about how preaching against sin is necessary in the pastor's ministry.

Micah T. William's YouTube Channel



Intro Music: "Lady Liberty" by Cletus Got Shot

Nate Willcutt dropped into my office for a visit and we talked about his work and ministry a First Freewill Baptist Church of Paris. We spoke about our support for women in ministry and talked about what we've been preaching in our churches as well as our preaching plans for the future. Join us as we lose all of our Reformed followers with this episode!



Highlights:

- Plug for our new podcast, Cult-y Crimes and Criminal Minds

- Nate talks about the women's conference at his church and letting a woman preach

- We talk about how sometimes Marthas get valued more than Marys

- I say that Todd Friel a trash human being

- Nate and I share some resources for folks who want to look into the issue of Women in Ministry

- Nate talks about the importance of preaching through books of the Bible

- Nate talks about how much he enjoys his Rocketbook.



Resources:

Cult-y Crimes and Criminal Minds

First Freewill Baptist Church of Paris

The Cumberland Podcast - (The Encounter)

Let Her Lead - Brady Boyd

Shall Woman Preach? - Louisa M. Woosley 

How I Changed My Mind About Women in Leadership - Various Authors

Women in Ministry - Craig Keener

Why women should be church leaders and preachers // Ask NT Wright anything

Intro Music: "Lady Liberty" by Cletus Got Shot



(Also, if you hear the podcast and think “Is that a child I hear in the background?” Your ears aren’t deceiving you. Our wives were busy keeping Nate and his wife’s 3 year old daughter entertained in the next room, and I don’t have a soundproof office.)