Episodes

  • Throwback Podcast -- The Word Made Flesh John 1:1-4, 14

    Throwback Podcast -- The Word Made Flesh John 1:1-4, 14
    Dec 23 2025
    From our vault, our Christmas podcast from 2022, where we discuss the miracle of the incarnation as spelled out by the opening of John's gospel. What we get is the essential message of Christmas: God's entry into history as a finite human being to offer all those who accept him the right to become "children of God." We also talk about the implications of believing the Gospel and ways to make Christ the true center of Christmas.
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    54 mins
  • Podcast 387 -- To Us a Child Is Born Isaiah 9:2-7, 11:1-10

    Podcast 387 -- To Us a Child Is Born Isaiah 9:2-7, 11:1-10
    Dec 9 2025
    We look at two major Messianic prophesies from Isaiah and the picture they present not just of a divine savior, but of a new Kingdom and Creation that he will inaugurate. Take a breather from the Christmas rush and join us as we explore the significance of Advent and its promises.
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    55 mins
  • Podcast 386 -- How To Be The Christian In Your Family During the Holidays Without Losing Your Mind Galatians 5:22-25

    Podcast 386 -- How To Be The Christian In Your Family During the Holidays Without Losing Your Mind Galatians 5:22-25
    Nov 25 2025
    More family rifts occur during the holidays than any other time of year. Pressures of expectations, traditions, not to mention politics, resentments and old patterns all build. We agree it's not the best environment for growth of spiritual fruit, yet we want to try to at least set a good example--which, of course, only creates more pressure. We set up three hypothetical scenarios: the Opinionated Parent, the Tipsy Aunt and the Handsy Uncle, and discuss addressing each in a way that exhibits Christ yet avoids a destructive break-off. Is it possible? When your no means no, is there a cost of discipleship?
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    56 mins
  • Podcast 385 -- Water and the Spirit John 3:3-5, Romans 6:2-4

    Podcast 385 -- Water and the Spirit John 3:3-5, Romans 6:2-4
    Nov 18 2025
    After eight years of podcasting from a Baptist church, the fellows finally take up the topic of baptism. Whether it’s immersion or sprinkling, infant or adult, all denominations treat baptism as a significant event to be respected and celebrated. We talk about baptism’s meaning and tradition, how it connects with growth of one’s faith and whether or not it should be required for church membership. We also discover that there have been four, and maybe even five, baptisms among the three panelists this week. Shall we gather at the river?
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    1 hr
  • Podcast 384 – Missio Dei 1 Peter 4:10-11, 1 Corinthians 1:25-29

    Podcast 384 – Missio Dei 1 Peter 4:10-11, 1 Corinthians 1:25-29
    Nov 11 2025
    The fellows are joined by Melody Slaton, Pastor for Mission and Outreach at Sugar Land Baptist Church, for a discussion of ways church mission programs can engage in both material and spiritual poverty alleviation in ways that foster ongoing faith partnerships and long-term sustainability. God is already working in poor and disenfranchised communities, wherever they are. Informed by the foundational book When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, we talk about ways North American Christians can show the example of Christ whether in short-term field trips or day-to-day ministering to local neighborhoods.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Podcast 383 – Jesus and Christopher Nolan: The Chosen Season 5

    Podcast 383 – Jesus and Christopher Nolan: The Chosen Season 5
    Nov 4 2025
    It’s time for our deep dive into Season 5 of The Chosen. We have the Last Supper told in reverse; apocalyptic visions and prophesies; passive-aggressive political backbiting in high places; not to mention a chaotic temple-clearing. Join us as we dissect the drama, the wit and the poignancy of Dallas Jenkins’ retelling of the first Passion Week from Palm Sunday to Gethsemane.
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • Podcast 382 -- Disciple Fantasy Draft Luke 9:23-25

    Podcast 382 -- Disciple Fantasy Draft Luke 9:23-25
    Oct 28 2025
    Following up on our prophets draft in Podcast 366, we select our favorite disciples of Jesus, drawing from the gospels, Acts and the letters. It's a surprisingly large board generates some surprising picks. Who'd be on your team?
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    57 mins
  • Podcast 381 -- Adultery Without Sex Ephesians 5:25, Exodus 20:14, Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

    Podcast 381 -- Adultery Without Sex Ephesians 5:25, Exodus 20:14, Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
    Oct 21 2025
    Do emotional affairs and parasocial online relationships break the Sixth Commandment? Does adultery require a physical betrayal, or are there other intimacy boundaries in Christian marriage that are just as sinful to cross? We go way back in our archive and follow up on Podcasts 110 and 111 on David and Bathsheba, but this we boldly (and anachronistically) reimagine the story to give contemporary overtones David’s fall into temptations of the flesh and spirit. And in true No Church Answers! spirit, Robert, the Professor, promises (at 31:30) a free copy of The Men We Need by Brant Hansen to any listener who claims, with details, to have covered this topic in a Sunday School class.
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    1 hr and 11 mins