Things That Matter

On this episode of Things That Matter, Pastor Brian Brodersen and Dr. Dominick Hernández discuss the pursuit of higher education and the relevance of Semitic Philology studies to interpreting the Scriptures in today’s post-modern setting. He shares the perspective he gained from studying ancient Semitic Philology, while living in modern Israel, where the minority of the population are religious. Dr. Hernández is currently on staff at Moody Bible Institute and also speaks throughout the year. You can contact Dr. Hernández for speaking information at domshernandez.com.

On this episode of Things That Matter, Pastor Brian Brodersen interviews worship leader and music artist, Matt Redman, known for many popular worship songs such as “The Heart of Worship,” “Blessed Be Your Name,” and “10,000 Reasons.” In this video, Matt shares some great advice to worship leaders, and he expresses a powerful reminder to view worship as an act of reverence, respect and wonder before the Lord.

On this episode of Things That Matter, Pastor Mark Foreman of North Coast Calvary Chapel, focuses on the importance of pastors recognizing that we are all part of one church and cultivating love and unity in the larger body of Christ.

We change things up a bit on this episode of Things That Matter as Pastor Brian Brodersen is interviewed by Kellen Criswell, content manager of CalvaryChapel.com and director of the Calvary Global Network, as they discuss the whole counsel of God. Pastor Brian answers a few questions of what it means, where to find it in the Scriptures and some different approaches to teach the whole counsel of God.

Pastor Mike Chaddick joins Pastor Brian Brodersen on this episode of Things That Matter as they discuss the process of assuming the leadership of an existing church. Pastor Mike was asked to assume a church four years ago in South Orange County called Image Church. Within this discussion, Pastor Mike also shares a few of his personal experiences since he started at Image Church. Don’t miss out on this excellent edition of Things That Matter!

Pastor Brian Brodersen talks with Carl Westerlund, founder of the Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa School of Ministry, and 30-year Calvary Chapel pastor, about the life cycle of local churches, and the need to plant new churches alongside established churches on this episode of Things That Matter!

There are 197 nations in the world, including Taiwan and Serbia, who are not a part of the U.N. Pastor Rick Warren discusses the vision to reach all nations of the world with the gospel message. He discusses the strategy that was created to do so, called the Peace Plan, and explains each part of this strategy on this episode of Things That Matter.

On this episode of Things That Matter, Pastor Rick Warren continues in this second part of his interview. Pastor Rick shares about his book, The Purpose Driven Life, as he explains the writing process of the book, his reaction to the success of the book and his choice to give most of the profit away. He continues by explaining how “purposed” he was to keep his perspective on the Lord and strive to keep the success of the book from affecting him.

On this episode of Things That Matter, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church addresses the controversies that have surrounded his life and ministry such as “Chrislam,” his involvement with the “New Age,” as well as the misconceptions circling His own personal faith in Jesus!

Pastor Brian Brodersen interviews Joel Goldberg, director of Netivah Youth Ministry, based in Israel, on this episode of Things That Matter. Joel grew up in an unique situation of having a Messianic Jewish background in Israel. He expresses the challenges of that situation; however, Joel is also able to see the work that God was doing to prepare him for Netivah that he now directs, geared towards teenagers. Joel provides a great synopsis of the current vibe and feel of Israel, as the society has become more open towards Christianity. Although it is still unpopular for Jews to believe in Jesus, postmodern thought and a greater influence of media has changed the culture of Israel to be more tolerant of different beliefs. While this has affected young people to become more atheistic or agnostic, it has also opened Messianic Jews to share their faith in Jesus more openly. Netivah has been created to support and aid young people, especially as they enter into their service in the Israeli military, as both men and women are required to serve for a time. Please pray for Netivah and pray for Israel!