Welcome to the Practically Pastoring Hot Takes Episode — the one where we unintentionally roast half of evangelicalism and guarantee Andrew never gets invited to another conference again.

From At-the-Movies sermons, to canceling church the Sunday after Christmas, to whether bad coffee means you hate visitors… this might be the most unhinged—and honest—episode we’ve ever recorded.



Grab your headphones, brace yourself, and enjoy the chaos.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – The intro that might get us all fired

00:35 – Hot Take #1: At-the-Movies (We said what we said)

05:10 – Is the seeker-sensitive era dead?

09:26 – Conference ad read (but actually funny)

10:42 – Hot Take #2: Canceling the Sunday after Christmas

19:36 – Why “Sabbath Sunday” might be missing the point

20:45 – Hot Take #3: Your livestream probably needs help

27:22 – Why live-stream views don’t count as attendance

30:11 – Hot Take #4: Multi-site churches & accidental celebrity culture

37:11 – When a campus pastor becomes a hostage

38:32 – Hot Take #5: “We’re just being faithful…” or are we lazy?

45:16 – Church revitalization and marketing

46:19 – Lightning Round Hot Takes

47:00 – Kids in service

48:52 – Women on stage

49:57 – Delegation or insecurity?

52:47 – The real story behind “church hurt”

56:26 – The most divisive issue of all: church coffee

01:00:00 – Frank’s wife Cori gets dragged into the show again

01:01:12 – Conference invite + chaos outro

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