Well, here it is... the last episode of the Your Sunday Drive podcast. What did we learn over five seasons? What were our hopes for the show and did it succeed? How have we changed? Listen to find out!

We are SO thankful to everyone who's come along with us over the past five seasons. May God bless all of us as we embark on our journeys from here : ) And may they ever, always be journeys towards Him.

Come along for Your Sunday Drive - quick conversation about current events, politics, pop culture and more, from the perspective of a couple of guys trying to follow Jesus.

Hosts: Matt Hill and Nate Polzin. Presented by the Church in Drive of Saginaw, MI, as often as possible. Please visit churchindrive.com and facebook.com/thechurchindrive

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This is it folks: The second to last Your Sunday Drive episode ever!!

What's it about? It's a surprise... But basically we talk a bit about everything. If you've cared up to this point, you'll definitely want to keep caring now. We hope you enjoy : )

Come along for Your Sunday Drive - quick conversation about current events, politics, pop culture and more, from the perspective of a couple of guys trying to follow Jesus.

Hosts: Matt Hill and Nate Polzin. Presented by the Church in Drive of Saginaw, MI, as often as possible. Please visit churchindrive.com and facebook.com/thechurchindrive

Required attributions: Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.com; Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com; Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/; Source images via Google.

After a horrific Hamas terrorist attack, Israel is at war. We talk about the current conflict, trying to give context for "both sides" and examining issues like: how progressives are responding in the US, the role of religion and apocalypticism, how this situation is different from others involving aggrieved people groups (civil rights movement, apartheid, etc.) and more.

Andy Stanley is causing controversy once again after his Unconditional conference, which struck many as "too affirming" on LGBTQ issues. We discuss and go deep on the broader topic, how optics and truth relate re: the faith and evangelism, whether LGBTQ issues in the church could rightly be "don't ask, don't tell," how our own views have evolved, etc.

We also do a bit of general pop culture riffing, involving Calvin & Hobbes, Metallica and the Detroit Lions : )

(The podcast Matt was thinking of that discussed C.S. Lewis' take on metaphysical gender : castbox.fm/vb/601717763 . Discussion starts around 19: )

Come along for Your Sunday Drive - quick conversation about current events, politics, pop culture and more, from the perspective of a couple of guys trying to follow Jesus.

Hosts: Matt Hill and Nate Polzin. Presented by the Church in Drive of Saginaw, MI, as often as possible. Please visit churchindrive.com and facebook.com/thechurchindrive

Required attributions: Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.com; Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com; Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/; Source images via Google.

It's back-to-school time, but also back to politics time, as the 2024 presidential race heats up. Speaking of politics, have you heard "Rich Men North of Richmond?"

Join us as we share our back-to-school musings, along with some early thoughts on campaign 2024 and the current state of politics in general. Then we go deep on the viral, culture-war-talking-point nexus that is Oliver Anthony's "Rich Men North of Richmond." We discuss positives, negatives, controversies, etc., and of course try to determine what the faith has to say about such a song.

Come along for Your Sunday Drive - quick conversation about current events, politics, pop culture and more, from the perspective of a couple of guys trying to follow Jesus.

Hosts: Matt Hill and Nate Polzin. Presented by the Church in Drive of Saginaw, MI, as often as possible. Please visit churchindrive.com and facebook.com/thechurchindrive

Required attributions: Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.com; Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com; Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/; Source images via Google.

Come along as we talk all things AI with a bonafide expert, Steven Krieg, who recently completed a Ph.D. in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning. We go deep on how AI relates to Christianity, asking questions about what it means to be human, positives and negatives of AI, what developments may come in the future, how Skynet is involved and more!
Aside from bringing pop culture into our primary discussion quite a bit, we also spend a few minutes on some current faves, including The Chosen, Jack Ryan, Oppenheimer and The Legend of Zelda.

(No chatbots were harmed in the recording of this episode. If any ask, Matt will take a McChicken, please).

Come along for Your Sunday Drive - quick conversation about current events, politics, pop culture and more, from the perspective of a couple of guys trying to follow Jesus.

Hosts: Matt Hill and Nate Polzin. Presented by the Church in Drive of Saginaw, MI, as often as possible. Please visit churchindrive.com and facebook.com/thechurchindrive

Required attributions: Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.com; Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com; Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/; Source images via Google.

In this special episode, we're joined by Jim Bailey, Principal of Hemmeter Elementary School in Saginaw Township, MI.

Listen in for a wide ranging conversation about leadership, and building community and relationships, especially in an educational setting, and even during trying times.

Stick around for a tight ten minutes on our current pop culture faves as well, including The Flash and TMNT!

Come along for Your Sunday Drive - quick conversation about current events, politics, pop culture and more, from the perspective of a couple of guys trying to follow Jesus.

Hosts: Matt Hill and Nate Polzin. Presented by the Church in Drive of Saginaw, MI, as often as possible. Please visit churchindrive.com and facebook.com/thechurchindrive

Required attributions: Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.com; Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com; Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/; Source images via Google.

Influential pastor and author Dr. Charles Stanley has passed away. His son, Andy Stanley, is an influential - and often controversial - figure in his own right. We reflect on Dr. Stanley’s life and discuss Andy Stanley, asking questions about nepotism and legacy, faith heroes and the related dangers, and more along the way.

Then we share some current pop culture faves: The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Lord of the Rings, Dungeons & Dragons, the Resident Evil 4 remake, HBO’s Succession, Netflix’s Beef, Stanley Kubrick. Ending with a rant involving the book of Romans, The Color Purple and loving pop culture (correctly).

Come along for Your Sunday Drive - quick conversation about current events, politics, pop culture and more, from the perspective of a couple of guys trying to follow Jesus.

Hosts: Matt Hill and Nate Polzin. Presented by the Church in Drive of Saginaw, MI, as often as possible. Please visit churchindrive.com and facebook.com/thechurchindrive

Required attributions: Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.com; Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com; Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/; Source images via Google.

A recent controversial article about sex gets pulled from The Gospel Coalition... Why is it that talking about this topic can be so difficult for the church? We take an in-depth look at the article "Sex Won’t Save You (But It Points to the One Who Will)" by Josh Butler, and then use it as a springboard to discuss touchy topics surrounding sex and a Christian view of sex in general.

We also dig into some recent pop culture faves: Minecraft, Hogwarts Legacy and HBO's The Last of Us.

Come along for Your Sunday Drive - quick conversation about current events, politics, pop culture and more, from the perspective of a couple of guys trying to follow Jesus.

Hosts: Matt Hill and Nate Polzin. Presented by the Church in Drive of Saginaw, MI, as often as possible. Please visit churchindrive.com and facebook.com/thechurchindrive

Required attributions: Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.com; Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com; Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/; Source images via Google.

Church attendance continues to decline, yet new research from Barna indicates that Americans are more spiritually open than ever. Huh?

We team up with author, teacher and occasional preacher Kindra Silk Kreislers (kindrasilk.com) to discuss the data and dig deep into the vital question: Given this trend, how do we do evangelism?

Come along for Your Sunday Drive - quick conversation about current events, politics, pop culture and more, from the perspective of a couple of guys trying to follow Jesus.

Hosts: Matt Hill and Nate Polzin. Presented by the Church in Drive of Saginaw, MI, as often as possible. Please visit churchindrive.com and facebook.com/thechurchindrive

Required attributions: Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.com; Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com; Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/; Source images via Google.

So it's 2023. What's new? Nothing, really. Well, except one thing. What is it? What's actually, really, truly new? Find out in this mindbogglingly exiting, fast-paced Season 5 opener.


Topics covered include: McCarthy and the same-old political divisions; how Jesus offers a third way vis-a-vis divisions; how to not let the culture wars steal our joy (a la Trevin Wax) because we're "citizens of Heaven and fight Mordor with the joy of the Shire in our hearts" (a la Tolkien - happy bday, professor!); btw that's at least two French phrases used so far in this description (oui oui!); rewatching Mad Men and the providential, still-small-voice moment involving "The Door" where you can discover the actually, really, truly new thing (spoiler, it involves the gospel and Jesus and all that, as per usual w this podcast :) ); the new Avatar and how some movies really change things; probably other topics come up in there as well, but who's to say really? listen and find out I guess.

Come along for Your Sunday Drive - quick conversation about current events, politics, pop culture and more, from the perspective of a couple of guys trying to follow Jesus.

Hosts: Matt Hill and Nate Polzin. Presented by the Church in Drive of Saginaw, MI, as often as possible. Please visit churchindrive.com and facebook.com/thechurchindrive

Required attributions: Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.com; Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com; Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/; Source images via Google.