The Vision For Life Podcast will be taking a six-week break, but return on July 29, 2026 for Season Six!

In this episode of The Vision for Life Podcast, Hunter and Autumn discuss how the church can faithfully support and care for its single members without diminishing God’s good design for marriage and family. Whether single by choice or circumstance, single people within church communities often feel marginalized and unseen because they exist outside the cultural norm of the nuclear family. Hunter and Autumn consider Connor Wood’s article “Working With (Not Against) the Nuclear Family” and ask how churches can cultivate support and spiritual family.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Working With (Not Against) the Nuclear Family by Connor Wood

Statement on Human Sexuality by PCA

In a culture where doubt and “messy authenticity” are often treated as the marks of mature faith, this conversation asks whether Scripture presents something different: not the absence of struggle, but the pursuit of strong faith in a trustworthy Savior. Hunter and Autumn discuss the idea that honesty and confession are meant to lead us toward transformation and what Jesus actually says about faith that grows, perseveres, and endures.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

“Why We Don’t Talk About Strong Faith Anymore” by Hunter Beaumont for Renaissance Faith

In today’s episode, Dave and Autumn respond to this question, submitted by a listener: I've been intrigued in the last few years to see an increasing amount of dialogue in left-leaning media around polyamory and non-monogamy as viable, if complicated, lifestyle choices. In the last few years, Somerville, MA (next door to Cambridge, MA) passed legislation to recognize polyamorous families. Setting aside the political implications of all this for a moment, it occurs to me that as discussions around polyamory become more mainstream, Christians will likely need to wrestle with the polygamy of OT patriarchs. Would you be able to discuss how Christians have historically understood the polygamy in the OT and how that understanding might inform how we think about rising polyamory in our culture?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Lindy West Thought She Couldn’t Handle Polyamory. She Was Wrong. by Anna Martin

A Massachusetts City Decides to Recognize Polyamorous Relationships by Ellen Barry

Autumn and Dave sit down with Dr. Wenig for further discussion on what it means to be Protestant. As interest in church history rises and some Christians turn to Catholicism and Orthodox denominations for a sense of historical rootedness and continuity, Protestantism faces common critiques of its ahistorical, fragmented, and overly individualistic nature. Do those claims hold up? Today’s conversation considers authority, unity, and catholicity, and what it looks like for the church to be both rooted in the apostolic faith and continually reformed by the Word of God.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

What It Means To Be Protestant by Gavin Ortlund

The Quest for God by Paul Johnson

In the final Spring Book Club episode, Hunter and Autumn discuss chapters 21–22 of Knowing God by J. I. Packer, acknowledging the reality of inward trials and the sufficiency of God in the midst of them. Packer challenges the expectation of an easy Christian life, showing how God uses weakness, struggle, and uncertainty to deepen our dependence on Him and reveal His grace as truly enough. Packer anchors the final chapter of the book in Romans 8, considering what it means to live with confidence that if God is for us, nothing can ultimately stand against us.

In our sixth Spring Book Club episode, Hunter and Autumn cover chapters 18–20 of Knowing God by J. I. Packer. In these chapters, Packer writes of the heart of the gospel and what it means to belong to God. Christ’s substitutionary work satisfies God’s justice and permits all who accept his atoning sacrifice to be adopted as sons and daughters. Packer calls adoption the highest privilege the gospel offers—bringing warmth, security, and intimacy to the Christian life.

In this episode, Dave and Autumn discuss Protestant identity, tracing its roots in the Reformation and the call to be a church “always reforming” in light of Scripture. They examine core convictions like sola scriptura and sola fide, the rejection of institutional exclusivism, and the Reformers’ vision for “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church” shaped by both truth and mission.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

What It Means To Be Protestant by Gavin Ortlund

The Missionary Movement in Christian History by Andrew Walls

A growing interest in religion among Gen Z, alongside rising church attendance across the United States and Western Europe, is capturing the attention of researchers, journalists, and church leaders alike. Dave and Autumn explore how this trend is playing out locally in Denver, highlighting renewed curiosity around Protestantism, Catholicism, and historic expressions of worship. Together, they reflect on what this moment might mean for the church and its witness.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt

Honestly with Bari Weiss

Maiden, Mother, Matriarch with Louise Perry

In this episode, Hunter and Autumn consider the Supreme Court’s decision in Chiles v. Salazar and what it means for counselors, parents, and the future of conversion therapy—an umbrella term for therapies aimed at changing sexual orientation or gender identity. Using recent reporting from WORLD and Colorado Public Radio, they discuss the competing claims at the heart of the case—free speech versus harm—and ask questions about desire, identity, and the roles of counsel and the gospel in helping people pursue God’s good design.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Former state lawmaker ‘devastated’ and ‘disgusted’ as Supreme Court overturns Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy - CPR News

Counselors feel new freedom after Chiles ruling - WORLD mag

Supreme Court overturns Colorado ban on conversion therapy - Rocky Mountain PBS

Is God Anti-Gay? by Sam Allberry