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This is a podcast by a normal pastor at a regular sized church. We discuss issues of faith, doubt, mental health and the life of those who are involved in ministry. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

Matt Hafer


    • Mar 28, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
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    • 84 EPISODES


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    The Last Episode of 100 Foot Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 14:19


    Thank you for all the good times. This is our last one and here is why. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Here is the thing about being "good" (a sermon)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 31:44


    A sermon from Luke 17 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Love Jesus and Do What You Want

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 19:09


    A way to live your life that is….different --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Don't skip December

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 14:53


    Christmas is busy, it's obligation after obligation, but what do we do to help that? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Preachers: how to be one and how to understand the one you have

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 23:06


    I am on year 18 of ministry and I have learned a whole lot of what to do and what not to do. I've given hundreds of sermons and I've listen to hundreds and hundreds more there's a few things I've learned. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    God doesn't have a house. (And some reflection on “Let's Go Brandon”)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 20:10


    Have you heard the phrase “Let's go Brandon”? You can Google it, be careful though. Is it OK to say? Does it matter if we say it in a church service or at work? When is it OK to disagree with people an even bigger question is, how to disagree with people? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Saying thank you when you don't mean it

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 17:03


    Thanksgiving is overrated…or is it? What is it for and what is it not for? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    When pastors say ridiculous, offensive, and unbiblical things.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 17:12


    Allen Clark is pastor who got semi famous this past year for saying some pretty incredibly outrageous things from the pulpit. Why did this happen how do we prevent it and what is our duty when preaching the word of God? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Being obsessed with everyone else's sins.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 18:43


    Sin, it's the worst isn't it? What do we do with our own and how do we channel that energy into helping other people --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    But what if Marilyn Manson is a Christian?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 17:47


    God has a grace that makes no sense sometimes --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Soldiers, Athletes and Farmers (a sermon)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 42:42


    A sermon from 2 Timothy 2:1-13 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message

    Being happy.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 15:38


    Life is not always awesome and sometimes, it hurts. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message

    The Church Numbers Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 19:28


    Church numbers. Offering, attendance, what do they mean? What do we do with them? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message

    Your Sins Are Forgiven (a sermon)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 40:11


    Mark 2:1-12 is a scripture that isn't about what you think it's about --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message

    Politicians and Celebrity Pastors

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 16:29


    What we won't be about around here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message

    Hello friends and welcome back.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 9:18


    After over 9 months away, we are back. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message

    Episode 67: Listen, I have done my research...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 23:12


    Capitol building, Trump, Biden, Jesus, Paul, Wonder Woman 84 and YOU --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 66: My theme of 2021 is pain.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 18:05


    Suffering is guaranteed for both the Christian and the non-Christian. It can’t be avoided, but, what do we do with it? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 65: A sermon on being created.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 33:48


    A recent sermon on being Created.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 64: The Christmas Reason

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 13:29


    What is Christmas? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 63: The best news we have is God hates sinners

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 18:52


    What is the gospel? Why is sin so key to it? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 62: When celebrity pastors fail.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 19:08


    So many celebrity mega church church leaders have been in the news for all the wrong reasons the past few years. It hurts to see, but why does it happen? What can we learn? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 61: How my dog’s favorite bone killed my “WOKENESS”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 21:23


    I am not very woke. It isn’t that I don’t want to be, it’s that the Bible doesn’t lead me to be. But, why? And what leads me there? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 60:  A Christian's Guide to Fear, Constant Anxiety and Depression

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 23:57


    Do you feel anxious? Do you hate talking about it? Are you saved and yet still, lost?  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 59: Nobody is a Nobody.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 20:25


    We all have value. No matter how depressed, anxious, failing or lonely you feel. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 58: Just being loved (with a special guest co-host)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 16:14


    I have been through a lot of changes in my theology over the years one of these things is my views on Calvinism, and the whole concept of “Am good or not?”This brings me to today’s topic of are we good? And if we are what does that mean? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 57: a time capsule into election day

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2020 21:00


    I woke up at 1:30 AM the night of the election in 2020 not being able to sleep and completely grieved over so many things as a follower of Jesus in America. I am not saying you have to feel the way I do at all but this is where my hearts that right now and I had to capture it today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 56: what if you aren’t made for these times?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 24:15


    Do you long for a time that’s not this one? Maybe a time that was simple and there was less hates and there was less divide? The bad news for you is that time never did exist we have always been divided we have always had heat we have always had disagreements at most turns. So with that said if you are not feeling like you were made for the social media, outrage, constantly upset world I have some really good news for you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 55: Moving on and growing up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 21:05


    Many of us grow up in the church and we know that God loves us that we’re not supposed to judge and we have this basic understanding of the Bible is probably true, and that’s good isn’t it? Maybe just maybe God wants so much more for us in our growth today we talk a bit about politics today we talk a bit about social justice we talk a whole lot about Jesus. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 54: The goal was never the American dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 18:23


    We all have dreams we all have ideas of what the world would look like if we accomplished those dreams. But is that what we need is getting more money, more fame, being better looking the ultimate goal? If you leave the church is more people more money better services better lights all those things is that the goal? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 53: Cussing in front of your pastor

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 25:33


    I have these conversations with people I just met all the time and man its fun, up until they find out I am a pastor and then...it gets weird.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 52: Why the presidential debate is who we are

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 23:03


    Two old rich white men verbally assaulted each other and embarrassed a nation on a Tuesday night in September 2020.  What is more surprising, that it happened or that we were surprised that it happened? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 51: A Prize Fight In The Desert and what it says about us

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 26:36


    Read Matthew 4, its not just a fun Halloween story to tell your buddies, it is a real historical event and its happening to use every single day.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 50: Taking Sides (the time I preached on homosexuality and got everyone angry)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 24:03


    Politics, religion, sports, movies. We take sides and destroy the opposition. Why? And even better, how do we stop? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 49: The Most Dangerous Thing A Christian Can Do

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 29:06


    There is one thing a believer can do that is like playing with a lit stick of dynamite. This right here is it.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 48: Dads, Let's Talk Mental Health and Self-Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 26:36


    Men hate to talk about their weakness, which is in fact a HUGE weakness. Guys, lets chat about how to take care of us.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 47: America's Number 1 "god"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 25:42


    We all have idols we worship and this one is our biggest. (at least that's my OPINION.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 46: The "Woke" Christian movement.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 22:04


    Church at the moment has a big old divide politically and socially.  Is that bad? What is "woke"? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 45: This STUPID Clipboard. (Why carrying burdens is the hardest and best thing about the Christian life)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 19:23


    I have this clipboard and COVID time ruined. It hurts. I have people in my life I love that are hurting. It hurts. Life can be one big OUCH.  So what do we do? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 44: Why we love heroes (the night my son sort of met a Pro Wrestler)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2020 20:58


    Romantic comedies where the geek gets the girl. Iron Man kills Thanos. Ronald Reagan strikes down the commies. We love heroes, but why? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 43: Take The Stairs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 21:49


    Politics are Satanic and divide, we in the church need to get to know people and meet them where they are. Experience stuff.  Discuss stuff.  Love people.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 42: How not working for a church showed me I love the church

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 23:48


    I once quit full-time ministry and got a regular job. I got to choose what church to attend and volunteer for what I wanted to volunteer for, it was healing and it was awesome. And, It taught me to love the church.  Here is my story.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 41: How the public school system, media and culture teach us that people are not people.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 25:48


    Racism. Politics. The "haves" and the "have-nots"  Are we just animals getting what we get with an ever changing system of morals or is there something much, much more? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 40: A Tale of Two Goats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 44:53


    The Gospel, what is it? What does the Old Testament tell us? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 39: How I got into church planting for all the wrong reasons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 28:42


    This is the hardest thing I have ever recorded or said publicly.  It is not flattering for me as a leader, a Christian, a dad or a husband. I pray it is a big help to others whether you are planting a church, considering planting a church or just trying to keep what is important the main thing.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 38: A sermon on repentance.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 42:44


    I am not sure there is a more controversial word in the english language than "REPENT". It gives us an uneasy feeling.  Is it a bad thing though? Is it a burden or is it a gift? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 37: A sermon on suffering.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 46:20


    Monday we posted a bonus episode that contained a sermon and it blew up pretty big, at least to our show's standards and seeing this decided to post a sermon that deals with suffering which could not be more relevant to the times we are in right now.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Bonus Episode: A sermon on racism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 34:50


    A couple weeks ago I spoke on racism at our church and someone said "hey, you should put that up on the podcast" so, I said "okie dokie" Here it is. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 36: My busted up Buick reminds me a lot of my sin.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 26:26


    Crappy cars and Psalm 139 have a whole lot to teach us. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 35: Black Lives Do Matter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 24:11


    I apologize before you listen to this episode. I am sure I will offend many and confuse most. This episode has no real show notes, its just my story and my experiences. I am sorry for all involved, but, it is time for a change.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

    Episode 34: So what is false teaching?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 28:43


    False teachers, are you one? Am I one? What do we do about it? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/support

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