Over the last few years, spiritual abusive tendencies in church leaders and church environments have come to light over and over again. Ted Haggard, Hillsong Church, Bobby Houston, Brian Houston, Carl Lentz, Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill, Willow Creek, Bill Hybels, Bob Jones University, The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), John MacArthur, C.J. Mahaney, Sovereign Grace Ministries... just to name a few have are some of the notable and high profile pastors and churches that have come into the light as abusive. Many of these churches and/or leaders have account after account of allegations that they have hidden. Many stories have come out about them silencing victims. Christianity Today’s “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” has brought many conversations around spiritual abuse out into the open. The goal in this episode to to help us understand how common spiritual abuse is in our Christian environments, how to recognize spiritual abuse, and what we can do moving forward. A Few resources mentioned: When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse https://amzn.to/3IMCdyM A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing https://amzn.to/3uSJ8Am Other Links: Zach’s blog: https://www.zachzienka.com David’s blog: https://davidruybalid.wordpress.com

Who were the Old Testament prophets and for can their works be for us today?

Hosted by Zach Zienka and David Ruybalid

Reading the Prophets - Zach Zienka Article

https://zachzienka.com/2019/02/28/reading-the-prophets/

Zach's Blog:

https://zachzienka.com

David's Blog:

davidruybalid.wordpress.com

Over the past few weeks, a few prominent Christian leaders have made announcements that they are losing their faith or have lost it. John Cooper from the band "Skillet" posted his thoughts and they went viral. What can we make of all of this? What does this mean for the church? What do we do when someone close to us is struggling with faith, losing their faith, or has lost their faith?

Zach's Blog:

www.ZachZienka.com

David's Blog:

www.IDoubtIt.online

Other links:

Ted Talk of Joshua Harris Apologizing:

https://youtu.be/D2kV4ngi7J4

Books:

You Lost Me:

https://amzn.to/2KNLfhf

Sticky Faith:

https://amzn.to/2Z8qmCG

Faith and Doubt

https://amzn.to/2Z7CpzZ

Deconstruction, Faith, Doubt

When talking about music, have you ever had someone ask, "Is it a Christian or secular band"? Does God really want us to create these categories where Christians have their own celebrities and goods and services? 

Has anyone ever asked you, "how is your spiritual life"?

What if our view of segmenting life and the things that we can enjoy into "Christian" and "secular" categories has actually done us a disservice? 

David's Blog:

www.IDoubtIt.Online

Zach's Blog:

www.ZachZienka.com

Happy 4th of July!

Sodom, Peace, Prophets, etc. All of these and more mentioned in at blog series by Zach Zienka.

In this episode, we talk about Zach's new blog series on Isaiah and the themes that we see in this book of the Bible.

Read Zach's series here:

https://zachzienka.com

Check out "Wage Peace" T-shirts here:

https://wagepeace.co

What is a prophet?

How do we read the prophets of the Old Testament?

How can studying prophecy help us navigate life & faith here & now?

We will tackle these questions & more in this episode!!!

David Ruybalid's Blog:

www.IDoubtIt.online

Zach Zienka's Blog:

https://zachzienka.com