There’s an ancient book full of secrets.

It talks about a new commandment: that we love one another.

A man named John recorded this secret 2,000 years ago.

Join host Brad Pauquette as he shares this secret straight from the ancient book it was recorded in.

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The year is 2008. Melissa and I are in Fontainebleau, Louisiana at the Abita Brewery after a tour.

You see, we had done something really inadvisable. We had decided to take Jesus at his word. When Jesus said, “Sell all your possessions and give to the poor,” and stuff like that, we thought we should give that a try.

We had vague, mostly unrealized ideas about doing ministry on the road, and we just went wherever. We slept in the car in Walmart parking lots or camped at cheap state campgrounds. We stayed with friends and family when it worked.

Throughout our lives, we’ve always heard people say that. I wish I could do that.

Can I tell you a secret? We’re not that special.

There are no actual qualifications for being crazy.

Most people don’t do the things the world calls crazy because they have a really good reason. We decline the life God is calling us into because we have an excuse. A big but.

Join host Brad Pauquette as he shares what keeps us from pursuing God’s call on our lives and how to get over our big buts.

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The apostles didn’t start out to create a community. They devoted themselves to prayer, they waited on the Holy Spirit, and community happened.

A community based primarily on providing community is a fragile thing.

As soon as the community stops doing community like you wanted, as soon as you’re not feeling it, why not leave? Just like a burger restaurant that doesn’t have burgers, why wouldn’t you leave? It would be reasonable (wise even!) to leave.

Join host Brad Pauquette as he shares his thoughts on community and why it can often be so fragile.

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Brad Pauquette sat down with Alli Prince to talk about her newest book, Lawless, and to answer a tough question: Did we go too far?

Lawless is a collection of fourteen short stories inspired by the book of Judges. Judges, as it turns out, has some dicey content.

Brad and Alli talk about the production of the book, Alli’s development as a writing apprentice through the project, and the implications of books like this one.

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