Pillar & Ground

Guest host Aaron Tolson, pastor of youth ministry at LMPC, is joined by his wife Lisa and their dear friends Jonathan and Jamie Johnson from Church of the First Born for this Connections episode. These four ministry leaders share the story of how their friendship began and continues to grow. They share great insights into how to form meaningful cross-cultural relationships.

Special Guests: Jonathan Johnson, Jaime Johnson, and Lisa Tolson
Host: Aaron Tolson
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar & Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Host Brian Salter, lead pastor at LMPC, offers teaching and resources about addressing the topic of sexuality with your children at any age.

BOOKS:
Simple Truths by Mary Flo Ridley
God Made Babies: Helping Parents Answer the Baby Question (ages 4-8) by Justin & Lindsey Holcomb
God Made All of Me: A Book to Help Children Protect Their Bodies by Justin & Lindsey Holcomb
God Made Me in His Image: Helping Children Appreciate Their Bodies by Justin & Lindsey Holcomb
God Made Boys and Girls: Helping Children Understand the Gift of Gender by Marty Machowski

ONLINE RESOURCES:
Birds & Bees - equipping course for parents by Mary Flo Ridley
Things to Consider When Answering the Baby Question by Justin & Lindsey Holcomb
Internet Safety 101 from Enough is Enough
Growing Wireless (online safety) from CTIA
Fight the New Drug (educating on the harmful effects of porn)

Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar & Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Host Brian Salter, lead pastor at LMPC, invites Dr. John Wingard, member and ruling elder at LMPC, for a discussion about the topic of our Christian witness in the face of sexual confusion in our culture.

Sam Allberry: Jesus & Sexuality (at LMPC, September 14, 2022)
PCA Report on Human Sexuality (General Assembly, May 2020)
Report on the 49th General Assembly of the PCA (Brian references Overture 29)

Special Guest: Dr. John Wingard
Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar & Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Host Brian Salter, lead pastor at LMPC, continues teaching from the Westminster Confession of Faith.

WCF
Truths We Confess by RC Sproul
Confessing the Faith - A reader’s guide to the Westminster Confession of Faith by Chad Van Dixhorn
Designed for Dignity by Richard Pratt
321: The Story of God, the World and You by Glen Scrivener

Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar & Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Wil Nettleton, pastor of mission & worship at LMPC, hosts a Connections episode talking with Brian Salter, lead pastor, about the upcoming Serve the City opportunity on Saturday, October 29. Brian shares historical background and LMPC's philosophy of Home Missions, including the formation of strategic partnerships with local ministries. Most importantly, Brian shares why we should serve our city.

Current LMPC home missions strategic partners are:
Amani ya Juu
Church of the First Born
Hope for the Inner City
Metanoia Prison Ministries - Walker State Prison (Pillar & Ground - episode 1)
Widows Harvest (Pillar & Ground - episode 54)

Co-Hosts: Wil Nettleton and Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar & Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Host Brian Salter, lead pastor at LMPC, continues teaching from the Westminster Confession of Faith.

WCF
Truths We Confess by RC Sproul
Confessing the Faith - A reader’s guide to the Westminster Confession of Faith by Chad Van Dixhorn
Designed for Dignity by Richard Pratt
321: The Story of God, the World and You by Glen Scrivener

Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar & Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Host Wil Nettleton, pastor of mission & worship at LMPC, presents a Connections episode featuring Widows Harvest Ministries, an LMPC-supported strategic partner ministry based in Chattanooga.

Widows Harvest Ministries founder and director Andy Mendonsa shares the 35-year history and the vision of this ministry to widows and by widows, with an emphasis on the role of prayer. He is joined by Judy Pepper, LMPC member, WHM board member, and "volunteer extraordinaire," sharing her own reflections on LMPC's participation in this ministry.

Widows Harvest Ministries website

Special Guests: Judy Pepper and Andy Mendonsa
Host: Wil Nettleton
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar & Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Brian Salter, lead pastor at LMPC, continues his series on the Westminster Confession of Faith.

The End for which God Created the World by Jonathan Edwards
The PCA Creation Study Committee Report, 2000
The Non-Negotiable Beliefs about Creation (video) - Tim Keller, Russell Moore, Ligon Duncan for The Gospel Coalition (TGC)

Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar & Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Host Brian Salter, lead pastor at LMPC, is joined by Christy Gambrell to address the question: "How do we read and apply biblical narratives?" Christy holds an MA in exegetical theology and an MA in counseling from Covenant Theological Seminary.

She and her husband are members of LMPC, having returned after some years away. Christy was also formerly a member of the youth group at LMPC and served as a youth intern at LMPC when she was a student at Covenant College.
 
"How Should We Apply Biblical Narratives?" by Christy Gambrell, article for The Gospel Coalition (TGC)
The Bible Project website
How to Read Biblical Narrative - 6 episodes from The Bible Project

Special Guest: Christy Gambrell
Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar & Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected]. 

Brian Salter, lead pastor at LMPC, continues his series on the Westminster Confession of Faith.

WCF
Confessing the Faith - A reader’s guide to the Westminster Confession of Faith by Chad Van Dixhorn
Truths We Confess by R.C. Sproul
The Doctrines of Grace: Rediscovering the Evangelical Gospel by Philip Graham Ryken and James Montgomery Boice

Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

To contact Pillar & Ground or to submit a question that you would like to hear addressed on a future episode, please email [email protected].