Nerd Pastors

By popular demand, we're starting a new series on Lord of The Rings!

In today's episode, we nerd out about Fellowship of The Ring...

Parenting gives us the opportunity not only to participate in co-authoring another life with God, but to also enjoy our favorite hobbies with our little creations.

In today's episode we talk about how being a nerd makes Fatherhood extra special...

Timestamps:

1:30 - Finding out the gender of our kids...

5:40 - Meet our kids...

9:36 - Parenting tech and screen time...

18:48 - Nerding out with education...

21:35 - Mother Alexa...

24:00 - What our kids nerd out about...

Anime is one of those treasures that's just mainstream enough for pastors to reference from the stage, and someone in the congregation will understand it.

In today's episode we're joined by Brian Lucas to talk about our favorite anime shows, moments, and what a killer Bible anime would look like...

Timestamps:

1:21 - Meet our guest: Brian Lucas

2:48 - Justin's severe lack of anime watching...

4:00 - Seth's anime experience (this episode was his idea)...

6:21 - Brian's favorite anime...

9:50 - Trying to describe what anime is to Justin...

10:48 - Seth and Brian nerd out about all the animes...

19:50 - Community's homage to anime...

22:45 - The gang talks more about the anime style...

28:20 - What Bible stories would make the best anime? (And then Justin struggles some more to grasp the anime animation style)...

35:47 - Seth reads anime descriptions and Justin and Brian guess the title...

Batter up! The nerdiest sport's season has begun, let's talk about America's pastime.

In today's episode we're joined by Tom Pounder to talk about baseball memories, trading cards, church ball leagues, and more!

Timestamps:

1:15 - Meet our guest: Tom Pounder...

2:48 - Our baseball memories...

9:00 - Why baseball is our favorite sport...

20:05 - What can the church learn from baseball events?

27:27 - Church baseball & softball clubs...

34:33 - Collecting and trading baseball cards...

39:18 - Our favorite players...

45:42 - Baseball stat chaos...

The finale is in, and this time we're not waiting 2 months to talk about it.

In today's episode we're joined by Pastors Tom Pounder and Rey De Armas to talk about the finale and our overall response to WandaVision!

Timestamps:

0:33 - Meet our guests Tom Pounder and Rey De Armas…

1:45 - Our Marvel Backgrounds…

SPOILER DISCUSSION AHEAD

6:48 - Series Finale Thoughts…

10:03 - Let’s talk Vision…

18:20 - The Scarlet Witch is finally here…

27:25 - The Tragedy of Wanda and future fallout…

33:22 - Let's go Monica Rambeau...

39:26 - The fan theories that didn't manifest...

48:44 - Final thoughts and predictions…

In today's episode, our friend Brian Shoberg joins us to talk about our favorite FPS games, memories, and experiences.

Timestamps:

0:46: Meet Brian Shoberg...

1:45: FPS Campaign vs Multiplayer...

6:52: The classes and loadouts we run...

10:05: Our first FPS memories...

17:26: Goldeneye...

21:25: Titanfall 2: A hidden gem...

30:40: Trash talking...

33:04: Halo...

36:51: Bringing back our favorite games...

42:20: Handling video game violence and kids...

Mando, Grogu, Ahsoka, Boba...did everything in season 2 add up to greatness or start another Star Wars dumpster fire?

In today's episode, our friend Jeff Reed joins us to review the highlights (and lowlights) of The Mandalorian: Season 2

Timestamps:

0:52 - Meet our guest: Jeff Reed!

2:42 - Our first thoughts on season 2...

9:23 - Baby Yoda's future...

14:31 - Dat big reveal at the end...

21:30 - The Ahsoka of it all...

24:50 - Our favorite character moments...

30:12 - Did The Mandalorian fix Star Wars?

36:52 - Return of the Boba...

The one that started it all (for most of us)...the Nintendo Entertainment System...

In today's episode, we reminisce our favorite games, losses, frustrations, and experiences with our first Nintendo console...

TIMESTAMPS:

1:05 - Our first experiences with the NES...

6:20 - Playing the NES nowadays...

11:27 - The ol' CRTs...

13:40 - Saving Zelda...

16:02 - Choose your difficulty...

18:05 - Mario...

22:40 - Enter the Double Dragon...

24:33 - Punch Out!

30:45 - TMNT...

34:08 - Tecmo Bowl...

41:02 - Dragon Warrior...

42:27 - Metroid...

46:06 - Gaming with the spouse...

Dungeons & Dragons (DnD) used to stay within the whispers of basements and game rooms...but with increasing popularity, can it be used in church?

In today's episode, we interview Pastor Dale Critchley and discover how he's integrated DnD into his church ministry...

TIMESTAMPS:

2:20 - Meet Dale Critchley

6:05 - Our experiences with DnD...

16:15 - DnD rules explained...

23:52 - Finding DnD groups...

28:08 - How Dale started a DnD church group...

35:45 - The conservative objection to fantasy stories and roleplaying...

47:38 - Most memorable DnD stories...

Everything else in the US is divided...why not us too?

On today's show, we argue controversial nerd opinions across Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and more!

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Timestamps:

1:03 - Meet our guest: Brandon Swain!

4:53 - DC and Marvel are both good...

15:45 - Hermione should've ended up with Harry Potter...

21:18 - All the Star Wars movies are equally good...

29:39 - The "girl power" scene in Avengers: Endgame was cheesy and distracted from the awesome...

36:23 - Korra is the worst Avatar ever...

40:53 - The Schumacher Batman movies are the best Batman movies...

48:04 - The Transformers movies are acceptable, nay, great!

50:15 - Tangled is the best Disney animated movie, better than Frozen...