This week's Hot Topic looks at the corrosive effects of power and influence. From the HBO documentary "Leaving Neverland," to the charges against R. Kelly to the Harvest church controversy in Illinois, we examine how the human heart is prone to corruption. We're also joined by our friend Gabe Garcia who shares his insightful views on this weeks episode.

This week we tackle the difficult topic of suicide. Recently this has touched our lives and on this episode we discuss how it's affected us and how this and many other difficult topics should be things we're able to talk about more openly in a church context. As Tim Keller says, "Church should be a hospital for sinners and not a museum for saints."

This week our Hot Topic explores the outright heresy of a pastor we found on Youtube. While simultaneously hilarious and disturbing, it's a good onramp to a conversation about how poor representatives of Christ's Church can make for challenging conversations with unbelievers. 

In this weeks episode we discuss where, how and why we seek community. As usual we go off trail and cover a myriad of random topics as well, which include other podcasts, making fun of Dan and the 1970's. 

In this completely meaningless episode, Jared and I explore what entertainment offerings we are enjoying right now. From other podcasts to TV and films we discuss what we like in this...HOT TOPIC! Also, Jared almost chokes twice as he imitates our announcer.

In this weeks episode we're joined by our good friend Aaron Miller, a Pastor at Grace Baptist Church. In this weeks episode we talk to Aaron about certainty in the life of a Christian. Barb also gets a chance for a couple of extra organ solo's this week...get ready for some sweet jazz licks.

Many times even the most crucial parts of our faith become "Christianese" to those who are unbelievers. This week we find out that Bryan doesn't really know what we mean when we talk about the gospel, so we tell him what it is. We also discuss Cats & 7-11 so we've pretty much covered all the bases in this episode.

It would't be a Hot Topic episode without a healthy dose of randomness. This week we discuss everything from Mixed Martial Arts to serving in a homeless shelter...strap in because we're covering a lot of ground in very little time!

This week we speak to comedian Patrick Keane about his ongoing faith journey. Jared and I talk about the science of studying ancient manuscripts to determine the authentic text of the Bible and we also explore what downtown Eden must have been like...buckle up, it's going to be quite a ride!

This week join us as we play Hymn Title or Romance Novel? Also, Dan and Bryan play Stump The Millennial with Jared, and we have an in depth discussion about Evil...Evil Knievel that is.