What is baptism and what to Baptist churches believe about baptism? In this episode, pastors Derrick and Micah join us to discuss baptism by immersion and the testimony of scripture that informs our beliefs on baptism. For more information about Blue Valley Church, visit www.bluevalleychurch.org

On the weeks episode of BVC Pastor Speak we discuss the successes and needs of the disability community with Jawanda Mast from the National Down Syndrome Congress. You’ll hear impactful stories and learn how to be an advocate in everyday life. The NDSC can be found at NDSCcenter.org and the Action Alerts can be found on the Policy & Advocacy page.

How do you know if a belief is important enough to fight about? We’ll take a look at primary, secondary, and tertiary beliefs as a part of theological triage. By doing so, we’ll see what’s most important in our lives and how to relate to people with differing beliefs. Denominational splits and church splits have taken place since the early church and it’s important for us to measure our beliefs to see what unites us rather than fight over what separates us on secondary issues. Pastor Derrick Lynch and Aaron Smith discuss health disagreement and focus on primary doctrines in this episode of the Pastor Speak Podcast.

The book mentioned in this episode:

Finding the Right Hills to Die On

https://a.co/d/9fbJ9sj

Author and speaker Caroline Cooper joins Aaron and Tracy to talk about mental health and the church. God taught Caroline a lot through her own mental health journey and study. She writes books, articles, and bible studies to share what she’s learned with the world. 

Why should we forgive others when they’ve wronged us? How many times should we forgive someone? How can I forgive someone who isn’t available? In this episode Pastor Micah Hayes and Minister of Worship Micah Easteridge sit down to discuss what scripture says about forgiveness.

Books mentioned in this podcast,

Habits of the Household, https://a.co/d/79HoCkB

A Big Mess, https://a.co/d/1zcFkgi

Pastors Derrick Lynch and Micah Hayes join us to discuss the Church’s relationship with Israel. We’ll look through scripture to learn about our spiritual relationship with Israel and how we are to minister to the modern nation state of Israel. 

Sermon mentioned in this episode, https://youtu.be/aYJwhqYwlp4

Kevin Pragel and Tracy McElhattan join us for a discussion about salvation in children. We look at misconceptions and how to tackle sharing the gospel with kids. 

The article mentioned in this episode,

https://www.crossway.org/articles/3-misconceptions-parents-might-have-about-their-childrens-salvation/

Pastors Derrick Lynch and Micah Hayes join us to discuss the book of Proverbs. Who were the proverbs written for and what can we learn from them?

Can preschool ministry be an outreach ministry? In today’s episode we’ll answer that question with the help of Tracy McElhattan and Rebecca Glover. Rebecca shares her family’s story on how they came to Blue Valley Church and shows us why Preschool ministry is so important.

A.I. and the future of humanity is an interesting topic. How will artificial intelligence affect ethics, spirituality, religion, and Christianity? We discuss the effects that A.I. is already having on culture and the Church in this special episode of the Pastor Speak Podcast. Pastors Derrick Lynch and Micah Hayes share their thoughts on the A.I. revolution.