The Bread and Banter Podcast

In this episode, we sit down with Phil VanderWeide to talk spiritual warfare, demonic oppression, and what Christians get wrong about Satan. We get into everything from possession and horror movies to deer genders and teleportation in the Bible. Enjoy!

CHAPTERS:

0:00 Intro / Banter

15:03 What Is Spiritual Warfare?

20:24 What’s Really Happening Behind the Scenes?

23:50 Satan Is Not God’s Rival

28:51 Can Satan Be Everywhere at Once?

34:20 Philip Teleported? The Bible Gets Weird

41:41 Oppression vs Possession

44:46 Why Would God Allow Spiritual Warfare?

50:59 How to Know If Someone Is Spiritually Oppressed

58:00 Exorcisms, Deliverance, and What Protestants Believe

1:02:19 It’s in Our Phones: The Spiritual Warfare We Miss

1:10:09 The Temptation Patterns Satan Keeps Reusing

1:14:08 Horror Movies, Death, and Opening Spiritual Doors

1:31:55 Mental Health or Demonic Oppression?

1:41:55 What to Do If You Feel Spiritually Attacked

Business inquiries: [email protected]

#faith #spiritualwarfare #spirituality #podcast #breadnbanter

In this episode, we sit down with Asher Donahue to talk about how Christians should approach skeptics, the problem of evil, and what it actually means to be born again. We get into everything from church hurt and LGBTQ conversations to awkward moments with strangers and reading on the treadmill. Enjoy!

CHAPTERS:

0:53 Intro / Meet Asher

3:15 How Should Christians Approach Skeptics?

10:45 What If Someone Is Actively Anti-Christian?

12:58 How Do You Talk to Non-Believing Family Members?

15:34 What If They Say They’re Christian but There’s No Fruit?

17:30 How Do You Talk to Someone With Church Hurt?

20:10 How Do You Talk to the LGBTQ Community? 24:42 What About Christians Who Affirm LGBTQ Theology?

31:26 How Should Christians Talk About Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice?

36:04 If God Is Good, Why Is There Evil?

43:39 How Do You Respond to Suicide?

46:19 How Could a Good God Send People to Hell?

48:47 How Does God Decide Who Gets Saved?

50:01 Does Geography Predict Belief? 55:13 What Does “Born Again” Actually Mean?

57:15 How Do You Explain Sin to a Skeptic?

58:43 When Should You End the Conversation?

1:00:10 Look for the “No’s”

1:05:35 Does Science Explain Everything?

1:16:16 What’s the Best Argument for God’s Existence?

1:19:54 Banter Begins / The Art of Locking In

1:26:45 Awkward Moments With Strangers

1:31:36 Reading on the Treadmill / Closing

Business inquiries: [email protected]

In this episode, we sit down with Zach Foust to talk Christian Zionism, the Scofield Reference Bible, and whether Christians actually have to support Israel. We get into everything from church history and evangelical politics to Delaware chickens and Joe Biden falling off his bike. Enjoy.

SOURCE DOCUMENT ►  / https://docs.google.com/document/d/1spG1uAI4i91yFvyEGizt3bAlipQ_NxVYSFAVEvDeif0/edit?usp=sharing

CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL ►  /   hhttps://www.youtube.com/@breadnbanterpod

ADD US ON INSTAGRAM ►  /   https://www.instagram.com/breadnbanterpod

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro/Disclaimer

03:19 Zach Foust’s Rise From Real Estate to Asking Questions

07:28 The Moment Zach Started Questioning the System

13:07 How Zach Found His Way Back to Christ

16:10 Following the Money to Israel

19:08 Why Criticizing Israel Isn’t Antisemitism

19:53 Greater Israel and the War No One Wants to Explain

25:38 Does the Bible Actually Say Christians Must Support Israel?

28:39 The Abraham Argument Christians Get Wrong

32:49 Dispensationalism and the End-Times Israel Obsession

35:09 Where Did “Judeo-Christian Values” Come From?

45:06 What the Historic Church Actually Believed About Israel

48:15 How Christianity Got Hijacked for Politics

50:40 The Scofield Bible Footnotes That Changed Everything

55:21 The 1967 Bible Revision Most Christians Never Heard About

57:33 Why So Many Evangelicals Think Israel Is Prophecy

58:20 John Hagee and the Theology Behind the Movement

1:02:17 The Pro-Life Question Christians Avoid

1:21:17 Why Israel Needs American Evangelicals

1:25:01 Why Don’t Christians Treat Israel Like a Mission Field?

1:30:50 What Christian Support for Israel Is Actually Defending

1:40:55 The Christians in the Holy Land Nobody Talks About

1:46:32 Is Israel Really Just Defending Itself?

1:48:58 The “Only Democracy” Argument

1:55:30 What Should Christians Do With This Information?

2:02:43 Scripture or Cap?

2:08:15 Scrapple, Delaware, and Biden’s Bike

In this episode, we sit down with author and speaker Shelby Abbott to talk Christian dating, being unequally yoked, and what people get most wrong about relationships. We get into everything from standards and lust to soulmates and unorthodox rizz. Enjoy.

CHAPTERS:

0:00 Intro / meet Shelby Abbott

6:24 What most Christians get wrong about dating

8:59 Are your standards too high?

13:17 How to know if you’re settling

16:44 Should Christians date non-believers?

20:55 What “unequally yoked” actually means

23:06 Already dating a nonbeliever? Should you break up?

28:52 What does “biblical dating” actually look like?

38:39 How to stop idolizing your partner 51:35 How far is too far?

55:20 Should you date someone you’re not attracted to?

59:29 If you struggle with lust, should you wait to date?

1:12:09 When do you know it’s time to marry or move on?

1:13:12 Are soulmates real?

1:19:23 Is compatibility actually real?

1:20:27 Arranged marriage?

1:22:50 Does the Bible endorse polygamy?

1:24:46 Did Paul say singleness is better than marriage?

1:30:23 Dating advice for post-college Christians

1:35:36 How to deal with loneliness

1:41:05 Banter begins / secondhand embarrassment

1:45:25 “Gay energy”

1:50:13 Worst Christian rizz / wild Cru story

1:55:30 Closing

Business inquiries: [email protected]

In this episode, we sit down with Jack Smith to talk church history, the Protestant/Catholic divide, and why so many young Christians are suddenly interested in Rome and Orthodoxy. We get into everything from Marian dogmas and Sola Scriptura to Venmo etiquette and clapping when planes land.

CHECK OUT JACK ON SUBSTACK ► / https://substack.com/@theprecisetheologians?r=3v81q1&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=stories&shareImageVariant=light 

CHAPTERS:

0:00 Cold open / church history teaser

1:30 Intro / meet Jack

12:59 “To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant”

18:10 Why is it important to learn about church history?

23:53 The history, importance, and different views of the Eucharist

33:52 Eucharistic miracles

38:13 Marian apparitions

44:57 Assumption of Mary

46:20 The main reason Jack is not Catholic

47:27 Why remain Protestant over Catholicism?

52:42 How do Catholics view salvation?

1:00:48 Do Catholics think Protestants are going to heaven?

1:05:22 Can Catholics / Orthodox go to heaven?

1:08:53 Sola Scriptura

1:17:00 Do Protestants just follow their own interpretation of Scripture?

1:18:54 Why do Catholics have more books in the Bible?

1:23:42 Did Martin Luther take books out of the Bible?

1:25:13 How did we get the Bible?

1:30:17 Are Christians really just following Paul?

1:34:39 Answering questions from Catholic audience members

1:46:01 UNFATHOMABLE Venmo Requests (banter begins)

1:49:24 Clapping when planes land

1:51:29 Andrés’ LUDACRIS DoorDash story

1:55:19 Michael’s favorite basketball ball handling drill

1:57:07 Typical British snarky comments

1:59:23 Boys take on “cultural commentary”

2:02:40 Closing / shameless plugs

Business inquiries: [email protected] 

In this episode, we sit down with Tanner Maddocks, founder of Agape Energy, to talk faith, building a brand in real time, and what happens when a “Christian energy drink” goes viral before it even exists. We get into car crashes, controversy, and barking at significant others in public. Enjoy.

CHAPTERS:

0:01:06 Meet Tanner and why Agape exists

In this episode of Bread and Banter, we sit down with a pastor to ask him Christianity's toughest questions and doubts. We cover everything from the Protestant/Catholic divide and slavery in the Bible to dating app shenanigans and rage-baiting your doctor. ENJOY!

EMAIL JT YOUR DOUBTS/QUESTIONS: [email protected]

Business inquiries: [email protected]

CHAPTERS

00:00:00 – Intro + meet Jared (JT)

00:07:22 – JT is basically a professional UFC fighter...

00:11:12 – Opening prayer before the questions

00:13:08 – Why are there so many denominations?

00:20:18 – Why stay Protestant in 2026?

00:25:58 – How does hell fit a loving God?

00:32:17 – What about people who never hear about Jesus?

00:44:51 – If geography predicts belief, why Christianity?

00:52:24 – Does the Bible endorse slavery?

01:00:14 – Can you be moral without God?

01:01:57 – What is the strongest argument for God?

01:04:58 – Banter begins...dating apps GONE WRONG 01:11:05 – Two Pentecostal pastors on a plane

01:13:14 – Doctor said don’t call me 'bro'

01:22:51 – Hit up JT with your doubts and questions!

Welcome to Bread and Banter! In our first-ever episode, we share our testimonies, dive deep into lust and how to overcome it, and enjoy some time bonding over our immigrant parents and their “friendly racism.”

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:41 – What Bread and Banter is about

00:02:13 – How we met and why it clicked

00:04:33 – Andrés’ testimony from cult to Christ

00:20:44 – Michael’s testimony faith through loss

00:36:43 – Lust as validation and surrendering it

00:44:29 – Porn rewires your brain and your soul

00:52:22 – Beating lust when you’re bored and alone

01:06:26 – Banter hotline kicks off

01:07:35 – Immigrant dads and accidental racism

01:10:19 – The wild purity group confession

01:14:56 – Spirit Airlines behavior you can’t unsee

01:22:45 – Closing thoughts and send your stories

Business inquiries: [email protected]