Kingdom Culture Conversations

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Tim Reed has had an impact.  With over forty years of personal and professional investment in youth ministry and youth minister’s Reed’s influence in the state and beyond is considerable.  

Today, Tim and Geoff work through a recent article which critiques both the strengths and weaknesses in contemporary ministry.

Does the GOAT agree?

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Stuart Delony is unabashedly snarky.  In fact, you could call it his trademark.  He's unapologetic.  He's direct.  He uses profanity.  And, he is calling out the inconsistencies within Evangelical Christianity and the American church, distinctions between what Jesus called His church to do and what we actually do.

He's also a former pastor from within Evangelical Christian culture.

That's awkward.

But, is he correct?  And, if he is correct, is he going about it in the right way?

Today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is going to be very interesting!

Stuart Delony founded his blog and podcast--Snarky Faith--and it has grown to have a national reach.  His tagline is "Radio for the Spiritually Disenfranchised" and he's been prominently featured within the documentary, "In God we Trump"--an expose on the American church and its relationship with President Donald Trump.  With trademark snarky-ness as a key element of his communication tact, he can be seen as abrasive but the awkward part of it is, there are times where he may be right.

Or, is he?  Today, you'll hear from Stuart directly and get the chance to decide.

To learn more about Stuart Delony and Snarky Faith, please visit SnarkyFaith.com.

To read the specific blog post that we discuss within the episode, "Culture Wars Distract from Jesus' Call", please follow this link.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Video games are huge.

Approximately 3.26 billion people worldwide play video games.  89.5% of video game sales happen in the digital world.  In 2022, gamers in the US spent $55.5 billion on games.

But, prior to the advent of Bible X, it's been a domain largely avoided by Christendom.

Why?

But now, through one of the most successful video game development Kickstarters, Bible X is bringing the Gospel to the digital realm of video games.

Today, we talk with Eunice Lenk, a community relations and marketing advocate for Bible X which is located in Norway.  In 2024, Bible X is preparing to launch "Gate Zero", a first-player adventure game that takes players into the future (the year 2072AD) in order to take them back to first century Israel.

The hype is real.  The game is legit.

To learn more about Bible X, please follow this link.

To enjoy the playable demo on Steam, please click here.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Talk about awkward moments!  Scott MacIntyre is formerly an American Idol hero contest - his amazing story of persisting through blindness to compete on one of the world's biggest stages is beyond inspiring!

So, he's performing in chapel and as his performance ends, he opens the floor for questions.  Could there have been a more awkward first question?  The student asks, "What do the blind see when they dream?"

The dialog that followed between student and Scott was jaw-dropping.  As it turns out, the question wasn't awkward.  Rather, it was a springboard for a beautiful conversation...

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Don't even ask.

Because we won't be able to tell you.

Joy Watson and Henrietta Jordan are literally on the frontlines of Christian ed, in countries so inhospitable to Christianity they cannot be mentioned on the podcast.

But, although we won't be able to assuage your curiosity, we can tell you that they stories they relay regarding the transformational impact of Biblical worldview through Christian education within the lives of students that need it desperately is flat-out inspiring.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Lifeway Research, the marketing and data arm of Lifeway Publishers, has just published what they have identified as the top trends - both good and bad - in ministry within 2025.

The list is very interesting but it becomes even more interesting when we consider it through the eyes of one of the valley's most dominant youth pastors, John Spooner from Pure Heart Church.  John, who married Samantha, a NCS alum, is spearheading both Junior High and Senior High at a church that works exceptionally hard to speak to the needs of those experiencing brokenness.

For more info on the Lifeway survey and the trends, follow this link.

To get more information on the amazing youth ministry at Pure Heart Church, please follow this link.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Lifeway Research, the marketing and data arm of Lifeway Publishers, has just published what they have identified as the top trends - both good and bad - in ministry within 2025.

The list is very interesting but it becomes even more interesting when we consider it through the eyes of one of the valley's most dominant youth pastors, John Spooner from Pure Heart Church.  John, who married Samantha, a NCS alum, is spearheading both Junior High and Senior High at a church that works exceptionally hard to speak to the needs of those experiencing brokenness.

For more info on the Lifeway survey and the trends, follow this link.

To get more information on the amazing youth ministry at Pure Heart Church, please follow this link.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Today, G has the chance to get real with Johnathon Tews, the youth pastor from his own church, Open Door Fellowship.  As you listen, you'll hear how the conversation gets very real, very fast - the product of two men who know each other and are in the same work of ministering to students, invested in the same community of believers.

This Kingdom Culture Conversation starts with practical advices...some wisdom...some insight.

Then, BOOM.  It gets real.  Really good.  Really candid.

And, you really, really need to hear it.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Viral.  Really?  Yes, really.

This past Christmas season, I Witness, the podcast-based audio drama featuring the voices of Northwest Christian students and staff, entered the Apple Podcasts charts in the top 200 for all podcasts and broke into the top 50 "Arts" podcast charts.

Today, we have the chance to sit with both I Witness newbies and returning vets to discuss how season 2 played out.  The return of Miles and Quinn.  The introduction of new explorers to the Elysium.  And, a cliff hanger!  

As well, the group looks forward to Season 3 - "I Witness - Between Two Worlds" -  which will debut on April 23rd.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

"Community engagement" might be bit of an understatement.

Sean and Theresa lead the charge at St. Vincent de Paul - one of the nation's premiere ministries working to minister to the poor and homeless - in terms of pulling volunteers and donors into the mission.  Their job titles each involve the words "community engagement".

But, those simple and benign words belie the fact that their joint impact within the issue perplexing most of our nation might be unparalleled.

But, how did they wind up on this journey and within these positions?

Their stories are stirring...and may very well stir the hearts of any aspiring high school students that are also seeking God's direction...

To learn more about the work of St. Vincent de Paul, please follow this link.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.