Everyday Reformation

What happened to the productive household? In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Pastor Brandon Scroggins and Nick Carter unpack the biblical, historical, and practical vision of the home—not as a place of consumption, but as a center of dominion, discipleship, and joyful work under Christ’s lordship.

We trace how the Industrial Revolution, modern feminism, and cultural consumerism dismantled the household—and how Christian families can begin to rebuild it from the ground up.

This is not a call to nostalgia. It’s a call to obedience.

📚 Recommended Resources

Teach Them to Work by Mary Beeke

Durable Trades by Rory Groves

The Household and the War for the Cosmos by C.R. Wiley

Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey (Chapter on home/family)

Why are men leaving the church—and what does worship have to do with it?

For decades, churches have watched men quietly disengage from congregational life. Not because faith demands too much—but because, in many cases, worship demands too little.

In this episode of Everyday Reformation, we tackle a hard but necessary question:

From concert-style evangelical services to emotionally driven, consumer-oriented music, much of modern worship trains men to be spectators rather than participants. But worship is never neutral. What the church sings shapes what men love, what they fear, and what they’re willing to sacrifice for.

Joined by Pastor Brandon Scroggins and music leader Matt, we explore how recovering psalm-singing, robust hymns, and historically grounded worship is forming strong, dependable men—and reshaping the culture of the local church.

This conversation moves from diagnosis to prescription, contrasting:

Concert Christianity vs. congregational worship

Effeminate sentimentality vs. ordered strength

King Alfred’s War Song and Psalm 23—warfare and shepherding held together

This episode isn’t about musical preference.

Churches don’t drift because they stop caring. They drift because they stay busy without clear direction.

In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter is joined by Pastor Brandon Scroggins to examine why movement is not the same as mission—and how churches, families, and men can lose their way even while remaining active, committed, and sincere.

This conversation explores the difference between activity and alignment, why repeated vision matters, and how clear direction forms habits that shape people over time. Drawing from Scripture, pastoral experience, and real church life, Brandon explains why churches must resist both complacency and the constant chase for novelty, and instead anchor themselves in durable convictions and ordinary faithfulness.

Along the way, they discuss:

Why churches experience mission drift even when attendance and activity remain high

How habits and repeated direction form church culture over time

The role of Scripture, discipleship, and shared convictions in sustaining faithfulness

How suffering and pressure reveal whether a church’s framework can actually hold

Practical counsel for families and men seeking clarity, maturity, and perseverance

The episode closes with a powerful reminder that perseverance is not ultimately grounded in our grip on God—but in His grip on us.

Same mission. Same Lord. Same Word.

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What does it mean to be a man in a culture that doesn’t even know what a woman is?

In this episode, Associate Pastor Brent Madding joins Brandon and Nick to tackle one of the most urgent crises of our time: the collapse of biblical manhood and womanhood. From the created order in Genesis to the redemptive model of Christ, Brent lays out God’s design for masculinity, femininity, and dominion—starting in the home and extending to the church and culture.

You’ll learn the 3 W’s of biblical manhood (Work, Word, Wife), how passivity and tyranny distort male leadership, and why biblical masculinity is the antidote to feminism—not by swinging back to macho posturing, but by modeling fortitude, gravitas, and meekness after Christ Himself.

🔗 Referenced Sermon:

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What He Must Be If He Wants to Marry My Daughter – Voddie Baucham

Raising Men, Not Boys – Mike Fabarez

It’s Good to Be a Man – Michael Foster

Masculine Christianity – Zachary M. Garris

0:00 – What is the most pressing issue of our day?

The war on Christmas isn’t about trees or slogans—it’s about whether the baby in the manger is truly God.

In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins take listeners back to the year 325 AD, when the church stood at a crossroads. The question was simple—but explosive: Is Jesus truly God, or merely the greatest of created beings?

At the Council of Nicaea, scarred pastors who had survived persecution gathered to defend the truth of Christ’s deity. What emerged was the Nicene Creed—a confession forged in crisis, declaring that Jesus Christ is “true God from true God, begotten, not made.”

Seventeen hundred years later, the same error has returned.

Drawing on church history, Scripture, and the Ligonier State of Theology survey, this episode shows why Nicaea still matters—for the church, for Christian households, and for how we celebrate Christmas today.

This is not academic trivia.

If this episode strengthened your faith or helped you see Christmas more clearly, share it with your family, your church, or someone who needs a bigger Christ.

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May we be the church reformed,

Christians are generous. We give to churches, charities, schools, and causes that claim to do good. But far too often, our money ends up strengthening institutions that openly oppose Christ, catechize our children into the world’s values, and undermine the very civilization the church is called to build.

In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter sits down with Pastor Brandon Scroggins to expand on the theology of 2 Corinthians 8–9 and press it into everyday life. This is not a sermon recap — it’s a hard look at economic allegiance, Christian spending, localism with discernment, and how faithful households can take dominion with their dollars.

We explore:

Why generosity includes spending, not just tithes and offerings

How Christians unknowingly fund their enemies

The problem with uncritical localism

Why “conservative” doesn’t always mean “Christian”

How households, not governments, build Christian culture

What it looks like to create parallel Christian economies

How generational faithfulness shapes the future

This episode is for Christians who believe Jesus Christ is Lord over all — including money — and who want their giving, spending, and stewardship to reflect that confession.

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In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins unpack Voddie Baucham’s powerful framework for manhood — the billfold, the ballfield, and the bedroom.

They expose how the world measures men by money, performance, and pleasure — and how Christ redeems each realm for dominion, stewardship, and covenant faithfulness. Drawing from Scripture and It’s Good to Be a Man by Michael Foster, this conversation calls men to repent, rebuild, and lead households that reflect the glory of God.

If you want to understand what biblical masculinity looks like in real life — in your wallet, your work, and your marriage — this one’s for you.

00:00 – Intro: “Men are praised for softness and mocked for strength.”

As the world turns up the cheer for Christmas, many believers quietly walk through deep valleys of sadness, anxiety, and depression—especially during the winter and holiday season. In this sobering and hope-filled episode, Brandon and Nick confront the “dark secret of the church”—the unspoken reality of depression among the saints.

Rooted in Psalm 42, the hosts draw from Scripture, church history, and pastoral experience to give comfort and clarity to those who are suffering, and practical counsel for walking in the light when the soul is cast down.

This is not self-help. This is not fluff. This is the real, reformed, Christ-centered conversation the church needs.

00:00 – Intro: Why Christians feel conflicted during the holidays

Psalm 42:11 (ESV) – "Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God."

James 1

Romans 8:28

Psalm 23

Job

2 Corinthians 4

Every Thanksgiving we remember turkey, football, and family but behind the sanitized Hallmark version lies a covenant people who risked everything to build a Christian community under Christ’s lordship. In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick and Pastor Brandon dig into the real story of the Pilgrims, the myth of neutrality, and the modern cultural war over the term Christian Nationalist.

Were the Pilgrims the first Christian nationalists?

This episode brings Scripture, covenant theology, and church history straight to the Thanksgiving table — with urgency, clarity, and some humor along the way.

Most Christians don’t think about legacy planning until it’s too late. In this powerful episode, attorney Samuel Johnson joins Brandon Scroggins and Nick Carter to walk through biblical wealth building, estate and legacy planning, child custody, trusts, Christian business formation, and how to protect your assets for future generations.

Raised on a farm in Michigan and now leading a legal practice in Alabama, Samuel shares his inspiring journey—from logger and denture craftsman to law school and clerking for a Supreme Court justice. With clarity and conviction, he shows why dominion-minded Christians must plan ahead—not just for their own security, but for the flourishing of their household and future generations.

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📚 Topics Covered in This Episode:

Christian estate planning

Biblical wealth and dominion

Trusts for Christian education

Guardianship for children

How to start a business legally

Leaving an inheritance for your children’s children

Avoiding probate court

Godly manhood and generational thinking

Scripture-driven financial planning

Covenant theology applied to legacy

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