What does it mean to be a “worldly person”? The prospect of being labeled "worldly" was very real. It happened for reasons that would surprise you. In this encore episode, we discuss how the word "worldly" was used and how that definition changed over time.

This encore episode is one of our favorites. Mark’s wife, Cindy, joins us to share part of her story. Years after having nothing to do with her dad, she experiences a glorious reconciliation with him. Reconciliation and forgiveness are always possible. There is always hope that relationships can be healed!

In this encore episode, Mark answers the two most common questions people ask him:  What made you stay? What made you leave?

Nobody likes to be rejected. It is also unhappy to be the person who does the rejecting. This week Mark talks about the unnecessary pain that everyone feels when someone leaves the one right church. Mark has had the unique experience of having been the person who rejects family members and has been rejected himself.

In this episode, Mark discusses the fear he experienced as he began to look for another church. He had been told he was in the "right church." How could the next church also be right? Did it need to be? Does every church think it is the right church?

In this episode, we talk about Mark's journey out of the Followers of Christ. As with most journeys, it was not a straight line. It took time and several difficult decisions.

Mark sees spiritual things, the church, and Christ differently than when he was younger. This episode tells the story of his journey of faith, which required him to change his mind and ultimately led him to step out of his church.

This is the episode that started it all. The podcast was almost called, "Don't Be Afraid to Ask Questions."

Good Friday prompted us to talk about the cross of Jesus. The cross is the centerpiece of Christianity because it is there that God dealt with our sin. He reconciled us to himself and defeated the devil. You cannot make too much of the cross.

"You don't need to read the Old Testament." Many of us have heard something like that. In this episode, we discuss some of the benefits of reading the Old Testament. The main benefit is that Jesus makes more sense if you read the Old Testament. In fact, Jesus himself showed as much in Luke 24:27, after he rose from the dead.