In this episode, Pastor Joel shifts gears from the crisis of COVID-19, to a new crisis: The Death of George Floyd and the protests/riots. This specific episode provides a concise and clear explanation of Critical Race Theory/Intersectionality, and how these worldly philosophies are radically shaping the current events in our nation. More episodes on this to follow...

Many of you have reached out with questions regarding the specifics for how Pastor Joel's Church (The Response Church) is responding to the current crisis, as well as the current laws being enforced on churches, especially in the state of California. So in this episode, Pastor Joel shares his church's testimony of the last couple months.

In this episode, Pastor Joel provides clear, biblical criteria for when Christians should rebel against civil authorities. Have your Bibles handy for this episode, as Pastor Joel provides several examples for rebelling against civil authorties from both the Old and New Testament.

In previous episodes, Pastor Joel has presented arguments for why church (the gathering of the saints) is "essential." However, in this episode, Pastor Joel attempts to persuade our listeners that the essential nature of the church is also "unique" to the church, and therefore, can be found nowhere else.

In this episode, Pastor Joel once again addresses the importance of unity. However, charity is not the only method for achieving and preserving unity among believers; the art of persuasion must be used as well.

In this episode, Pastor Joel exegetes Romans 14 (you read that correctly, Romans 14, not Romans 13), and makes a pastoral plea for charity and unity. He also takes a few moments to apologize for moments where he was perhaps too intense in previous episodes.

In this episode, Pastor Joel briefly recaps a biblical case for churches choosing not to gather until the COVID-19 crisis has completely ended, and then proceeds to explain why he still holds his position: Churches should begin gathering carefully.

In this episode, Pastor Joel makes a strong biblical case for churches choosing not to gather until the COVID-19 crisis has completely ended. Many pastors and churches have taken this position, but few have presented a credible argument for this position from the Scripture.

In this episode, Pastor Joel addresses the biblical principal of “Sphere-Sovereignty,” as it relates to the present crisis of COVID-19. Both the civil-state and the church are ministers of God with their own respective “tasks” and “tools.” The question at hand is, “Which ‘minister’ possesses greater jurisdiction in this matter?”

In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, the second greatest commandment, “love thy neighbor as thyself,” is being frequently applied as the biblical backing for why churches should not gather during this season. However, in this episode, Pastor Joel provides an in-depth study on the second greatest commandment in order to discover whether or not it is actually being applied to this present crisis in a biblical manner.