Monday Morning Phone Call Podcast

In this episode Waterstone pastors, Larry Renoe and Paul Joslin, discuss the recent presidential election with hopes to provide a pastoral voice and space to process the past two weeks.

Reference:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/november-web-only/trump-election-politics-church-kingdom.html

Waterstone’s Lead Pastor, Larry Renoe, interviews Dr. Scott Klingsmith, who is the Assistant Professor of Intercultural Studies at Denver Seminary and also has over 35 years of missions experience overseas. Scott brings a global perspective to our podcast this episode and the focus of their conversation is on the history of Christians in politics. What has the political engagement of Christians throughout history looked like and how should Christians engage today? They also cover the much debated topic of whether or not America is a Christian nation. We hope this is a helpful discussion as we approach the presidential election in November 2020.  

Today we hear from Waterstone's Lead Pastor, Larry Renoe, and Teaching Pastor, Paul Joslin. Their conversation doesn't tell you WHO to vote for but HOW, and recognizes the tension that we encounter when filling out our ballots. Our voting options at the polls often feel incongruent with our personal beliefs and don't quite reflect our convictions. We like to think of voting and politics as being a space of self-expression, however, our consciences don't always align with our parties and choices. This tension often causes us to feel that our integrity is threatened. So, what should we do? How do we vote? Join us for the conversation. 

We live in a country where our Gospel-identity is challenged by our political system. With heightened cultural stress about an election we find ourselves being weighed down by fear or misplacing our hope in a political candidate. How do we navigate this tension and remain true to our identity in Christ? Paul Joslin, Teaching Pastor at Waterstone Church, and Dr. Mark Young, President of Denver Seminary, take on this important conversation.

What is justice and how is it described in the Bible? In this last episode of Season 1, Paul is joined by Nick Lillo, the founding pastor of Waterstone Community Church.There's a lot of conversation about this topic in our culture today about what justice is, what justice looks like and what justice is supposed to be. Paul and Nick look at the Biblical definition of justice and explore how God called His people to justice throughout Scripture.

The spiritual world is oftentimes described in very vague terms. Perhaps it’s that God’s presence and spiritual beings such as angels and demons cannot be seen that the belief and understanding of their existence is rarely discussed and often misunderstood. In today’s podcast, host Paul Joslin and guest Madison Campbell discuss the spiritual realm and why it’s important within the Christian faith.

It’s hard to listen to a sermon or even share a prayer request with a friend without hearing some phrase that exists within Christian circles, but does not really exist in the world outside of Christianity. Have you ever experienced one of these phrases or terms and wondered, “What does that mean?” Today, pastors Paul Joslin and Elliot Campbell discuss terms, phrases and practices that you've probably heard of, but maybe wondered why and how it came to be.