Real Talk

In this episode, Lucas and Tyler reflect on their interviews with Rev. Hendrik Versteeg and Rev. Bruce Parnell and discuss what each of their experiences can teach us about the types of songs we sing in church. They also try out Instagram Live, show off some cool new art courtesy of Reformed Perspective, discuss their upcoming episode on mental health, and reveal a new bonus episode coming soon! 

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This episode is a special one, featuring interviews with two different pastors who've worked in vastly different contexts. Rev Hendrik Versteeg served as missionary in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea for many years. Rev. Bruce Parnell has served as a pastor in a mission plant church in Stillwater, Oklahoma for many years as well. We talked with them about their different mission experiences in the jungles of PNG and the Bible Belt of America and in particular asked them about their music traditions in their respective congregations. We hope this episode is informative for all who listen and can further aide our discussions around Psalms, Hymns, and music within our churches. 

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We go through the feedback we received on our episode with Pastor Al, discuss future episode ideas around the topic of addiction, and reveal some of our exciting upcoming episodes!

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Pastor Al Bezuyen from the Covenant Reformed Church of Toronto joined us in studio to talk about his journey as a recovered alcoholic. We talked about the 12 steps, different organizations and programs like Life Renewal and Celebrate Recovery, how alcohol addiction compares to other addictions, and finally how you can aid addicts in your life or seek help if you find yourself addicted. 

Need help? Check out:

- https://www.celebraterecovery.com/ 

- https://www.aahamilton.org/ 

- http://liferenewal.ca/ 

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Reflecting our interview with Tim Challies, we discuss our episode highlights, review audience feedback, and address questions and comments on Psalm singing, porn culture, church culture, Social Justice, and how to train kids to use social media and the internet responsibly. 

If you're looking for a Christian resource to learn more about Social Justice and Critical Theory, we recommend checking out Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey. She has many episodes with a number of different, well informed guests who discuss this matter in great detail from a Reformed, Biblical perspective. 

To get your copy of Still Thinking by Jason Bouwman, go to https://stillthinkingbook.com/ 

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This is a big one folks - the one and only Tim Challies joined us in the studio! We talked about raising kids with modern technology, the problems of porn culture and how it impacts the family and the church, and what the Bible has to say on sexual and gender identity. Finally, we went over a variety of mailbag questions about the church, Covid19, evangelism and mission, Psalms singing and more!

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Continuing the discussion of the missional church movement, Lucas & Tyler interact with some listener feedback as they further explore the current context of the missional church.

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In this episode, Lucas and Tyler talk with Pastor Ian about his past mission experience in Papua New Guinea, his current calling in East Hamilton, the new approaches some Reformed churches are taking towards mission in what is now a post-Christian and postmodern society, and the challenges, tensions, and blessings that result from that. Tune in folks, you won't want to miss this one! 

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In this episode, Lucas and Tyler discuss some of the highlights from their interview with Andre Schutten in Episode 3, respond to the listener feedback, and consider what questions remain unanswered for the Church during the COVID19 pandemic. 

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In this episode, we talk with André Schutten from ARPA Canada about sphere sovereignty, the tensions that have arisen between the sphere of the Church and the sphere of the State in light of the COVID19 pandemic, and how we can respond as Christians. 

(We're a week early with this podcast but since it's such a hot topic currently, we figured it was best to release as soon as possible. Stay tuned for more episodes, both feedback and interview ones coming in the usual two week increments.) 

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