Take & Read Podcast

Season 6, Episode 22 | Pastor Chad interviews his son Truett days after high school graduation as he prepares for college and ROTC, discussing how to stand firm in faith amid new ideas and make faith one’s own. Then, they finish out Titus by unpacking all of chapter 3.

Season 6, Episode 21 | Pastor Chad shares fatherhood lessons on God’s faithfulness, and unpacks Titus 2:11-15, discussing how God’s grace trains us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, and wait for our blessed hope—the appearing of Christ who redeems us to be zealous for good works.

Season 6, Episode 20 | Pastor Chad and Pastor Chazz discuss Titus 2:1-10, unpacking Paul’s instructions on teaching sound doctrine to older men, older women, younger women, younger men, and bondservants so they live self-controlled, reverent, pure lives that adorn the gospel and silence opponents, while sharing stories of new fatherhood, pregnancy cravings (or the surprising lack of them), and intentional marriage from Chazz’s young adult Bible study.

Season 6, Episode 19 | Pastor Chad and Shane Oehler discuss Titus 1:10-16, confronting insubordinate empty talkers and deceivers who upset families for shameful gain, charging Titus to silence them sharply and rebuke those led astray so they may be sound in the faith, while catching up on Holy Mountain and learning to recognize where God is already moving.

Season 6, Episode 18 | Pastor Chad and Pastor Marshall examine Titus 1:5-9, unpacking Paul’s instructions for appointing elders in every town and the essential character qualifications—above reproach, faithful in marriage and family, hospitable, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined—while holding firmly to sound doctrine to instruct and rebuke.

Season 6, Episode 17 | Pastor Chad and Mary Cathryne discuss Titus 1:1-4, as Paul identifies himself as a servant of God and apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that accords with godliness, rooted in the hope of eternal life promised by the God who never lies before the ages began and now manifested through entrusted preaching.

Season 6, Episode 16 | Pastor Chad and Linnea Morris wrap up their study of 1 Timothy with 6:17-21, instructing the rich to reject haughtiness and misplaced hope in uncertain wealth, instead trusting God who richly supplies everything for enjoyment while being generous and rich in good works to store up true treasure, and charging Timothy to guard the entrusted deposit of sound doctrine against irreverent babble and false knowledge.

Season 6, Episode 15 | Pastor Chad welcomes Parker Smith to discuss 1 Timothy 6:11-16, charging the man of God to flee unrighteous cravings and controversies while pursuing righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, and gentleness, fighting the good fight of faith, and keeping the commandment unstained until Christ's appearing, all in light of God's sovereign glory.

The two books mentioned:

The Things of Earth by Joe RigneyThe Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs

Season 6, Episode 14 | Pastor Chad and Pastor Marshall discuss 1 Timothy 6:1-10, addressing how bondservants should honor their masters, warnings against false teachers driven by conceit and controversy, and the great gain of godliness paired with contentment versus the dangers of craving riches.

Season 6, Episode 13 | Video returns as Pastor Chad and Kert Prater discuss 1 Timothy 5:17-25. Together, they highlight double honor for elders who labor in preaching and teaching, protecting elders from unsubstantiated charges while publicly rebuking persistent sin, avoiding hasty ordination or partiality, and keeping oneself pure while observing that both sins and good works eventually become evident.