ccdelco Podcast with Bob Guaglione

Abdu Murray joins Pastor Bob to delve into the profoundtheme of "Embracing Truth in a Post-Truth World." Together, they explore the spiritual armor described in Ephesians 6, focusing on the belt of truth and how it fortifies us against the deceptions of the enemy. Abdu shares insights from his journey and writings, offering us a fresh perspective on truth and spiritual warfare.

Every generation of the church wonders if its future will be in good hands when they are gone. In today's podcast, Pastor Bob has a conversation about the church's future with Grant Skeldon, Next Gen Director of THINQ, a thought and communications ministry.

Pastor Bob and Pastor Austin Medley delve into the intersection of Christianity and politics, emphasizing that Christians are citizens of both their nation and the Kingdom of Heaven. They explore how to engage in politics while remaining united with fellow believers, grounded firmly in the Gospel.

In this week's Cultivate Series podcast, Pastor Bob and Pastor Austin discuss cultivating empathy in a world desensitized to pain and suffering. Drawing from Galatians 6:2, they explore how Christians can bear one another's burdens and live out empathy because of their relationship with Christ.

In this week's Cultivate Series podcast Pastor Bob and Pastor Austin discuss cultivating generosity in a relatable intergenerational conversation about the unspeakable joy we receive when we partner with God as He invites us to participate in the work He's doing in our world.  

In this week's Cultivate Series podcast Pastor Bob and Anna Walker-Roberts discuss cultivating wisdom to live the life God wants us to live, one that produces the fruits of our faith.   

For those desiring to go deeper into our Sunday sermon series, Cultivate, Anna Walker-Roberts and I discuss some of the practices that have drawn us closer to God, share resources that have inspired us, and discuss the complexities of navigating life with God. 

Over the last decade and a half, we've witnessed the scandal and fall of leaders in the evangelical community. Virtually every stream of Christianity has experienced the shock, pain, betrayal, and anger that results when a leader falls. The obvious question is, “Why does this happen?”  We assume spiritual leaders are above this. In this episode, Pastor Bob sits down with Anna Walker-Roberts to discuss this timely topic and how Christians should respond. 

Pastor Bob has an inspirational discussion with Daniel Macleod, a Gen Z evangelist who has a heart to reach his peers with the Good News of Christ in Nashville, TN.  This discussion will give you hope as you hear how God encounters today's youth.  You can follow Daniel's ministry at JesusMission.global.

We hear many dire statistics today about the state of our public schools and the decline of morals among the younger generation.  In this episode, Pastor Bob speaks with Ryan Ries of the Whosoevers.  Each year Ryan and his team visit over 100 schools nationwide holding large assemblies on school property and seeing countless decisions for Christ.  Listen in and be inspired!

In this episode, Pastor Bob has a practical discussion with Brad Lomenick about God's calling for your life by using the gifts He's given you.  They discuss vocational calling in relation to giftings and what assignments (profession) can come out of your calling.  Learning your gifts is key to understanding your calling and your assignment.  How do you know what you're called to do with your life? What if you're in a job or profession that you don't like?  Feeling stuck?  How do you get unstuck?  Tune in to hear this useful and inspiring conversation between Bob and Brad. Brad is a leadership consultant, speaker, and author of The Catalyst Leader andH3 Leadership, Be Humble, Stay Hungry and Always Hustle.  He writes about leadership, the next generation, creativity, innovation, social media, teamwork, and personal growth.

In this episode, Pastor Bob celebrates 40 years of marriage to his bride, Monica, and shares their experience on remaining anchored in love. Joining him is Marionne Tucker, a member of ccdelco and the founder of a ministry called "His Glory Revealed." Regardless of your relationship status, you'll gain valuable insights on the topics of love, marriage, trust, and relationships. Each year, Marionne and Ed Tucker's ministry hosts an international marriage conference to inspire, encourage, and equip couples everywhere. This year, she interviewed Pastor Bob to expound on this year's theme "Anchored in Love." You can view the full conference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1xARbgZw1Y

Today, Pastor Bob is joined by Rebekah Lyons. Rebekah is an author, conference speaker, and co-founder of THINQ, an organization that equips Christians to have conversations on the intersection of faith and culture. In the interview, she and Pastor Bob share compelling insights from lessons they've both learned in the area of anxiety and depression. Rebekah will be our upcoming speaker for the second annual Greater Philadelphia Women's Conference alongside Ann Voskamp. Grab your tickets at ccdelco.com/women to hear Rebekah in person!

In this episode, Pastor Bob Guaglione and Anna Walker Roberts kick off Season 4!

In this episode, Pastor Bob sat down with Adam Bruckner, founder of Helping Hands Rescue Mission in Northern Liberties, to discuss the numerous challenges of ministering in the Philadelphia area and the strategy to see transformation through the love of Jesus. Over the last 15 years, ccdelco has partnered with Helping Hands in a variety of ways, to reach the urban poor. As a bonus, Adam shares his journey from atheist and professional soccer player to becoming a follower of Jesus and a missionary to the inner city.

Today's episode is from a live recording of a "Skeptics Night" with Abdu Murray from Calvary Chapel Delaware County's extension campus in Ardmore, PA. It was a night to come and bring questions on culture, faith, religion, and life. In this episode, you'll hear questions on the topics of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, marriage, singleness, transgenderism and the bible, and more. Abdu Murray is the president of Embrace the Truth, an apologetics organization that answers questions about the Christian faith. Abdu grew up in an Muslim family, earned a law degree from Michigan University, encountered Jesus and became a Christian apologist. He has authored books like More Than A White Man's Religion: Why the Gospel Has Never Been Merely White, Male-Centered, or Just Another Religion, Seeing Jesus From the East: A Fresh Look at History's Most Influential Figure, and Saving Truth: Finding Meaning and Clarity in a Post Truth World.

In this episode, Pastor Bob sits down with Amir Tsarfati, an Israeli public figure, author, Bible teacher, and Middle East news correspondent and commentator, for an deeper discussion into Amir's life. Amir's unique perspective growing up in the Middle East but becoming a Messianic Jew provides interesting insights on the comfort of American Christianity and where we put our faith in. Note: This episode was recorded before the October 2023 war in Israel.

This episode will absolutely fuel you faith! Pastor Bob has an inspiring conversation with Michael Ramsden, evangelist, apologist, and bible teacher. Together, they discuss the condition of the world, explore the gift of evangelism and what actually changes a human heart, and share some incredible testimonies of what God is up to overseas.

With the unexpected box office success of the movie Jesus Revolution, Pastor Bob walks us through the history of the Calvary Chapel Movement. Joining Pastor Bob on this episode is Paul Clark, who was at the center of the Jesus Music movement and a pioneer in contemporary Christian Music, now called CCM. Click here to listen to Paul's Music.

Joining Pastor Bob on today's podcast is Jo Vitale, author and speaker, as they discuss the history of women's equality. Jo holds a PhD in Old Testament History from Oxford University and has a passion to see women flourish in all stages of life.

In today's podcast, Pastor Bob Guaglione is joined by Anna Walker Roberts to continue the conversation about his New Year's Day message on personal and spiritual growth for 2023. They discuss some of the habits and techniques he has learned and applied over the years that help chart a vision for a productive new year. We encourage you to listen to this message at any point of 2023 to help you reset and redefine your vision for the year.

In today's episode, Pastor Bob looks at the enduring, worldwide celebration of Christmas. More songs have been sung, books have been written, poems have been recited, and paintings have been painted about this singular event than any other event in history. Why?  

In this week's episode, Pastor Bob takes a look at something we've all been excited to see at some point in our lives: The rainbow. It's a natural phenomenon that scientists couldn't explain for years but has kept humanity in amazement. However, the earliest recorded account of a rainbow available to man is found in the bible. It tells of God's promise to not judge the earth in the same way again through the Noahic Covenant, but rather provide Himself as the sacrifice to save humanity through the man of Jesus Christ. Rainbows represent the grace, the unmerited favor, that God has lavished upon mankind.

The Bible is the bestselling book each year and of all time. It is the single greatest preserved artifact of antiquity. It transcends both eastern and western cultures. In today's episode, Abdu Murray and Mike Guaglione join Pastor Bob Guaglione as they talk about the beauty, preservation, application of the Bible and why the Bible is a reason to believe in God.

What occurred on May 14th, 1948 was a modern day miracle. Throughout all of history, no other nation has ever ceased to be a nation and come back. In this episode, Bob Guaglione uncovers Israel's return as a recognized nationstate as his 8th reason for belief in God. We'll cover Jewish history, prophecy, Zionist movements, and Biblical references that all point towards evidence of God's involvement. As Israel continues to make newspaper headlines and continues to be a hot topic in the intersection of politics, religion, and history, we encourage you to think more about the God of Israel, the story of the Jewish people, and what that means for us today.

In this week's episode, Pastor Bob explores the genius of marriage. And not just any idea of marriage, but the idea defined by the Bible, the oldest record of a covenant relationship or union. The genius of marriage leads to strong families that become strong communities, churches, and, therefore, strong nations. He explains the unique account of how the institution of marriage was created—before law, or any other institution, or even worship, there was marriage. Book references from this episode are from The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier and Better Off Financially by Linda J. Waite and Maggie Gallagher.

In conjunction with the Easter holiday we all just celebrated, Pastor Bob tackles his next reason of belief in God—the most supreme reason in his opinion—the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In this episode, we'll explore evidence that Christianity is a historical faith and that we are living in the ripples of the weekend that quite literally changed the world.

We interact with this reason on a daily basis. Water is life giving. Water is essential. Water is beautiful. Water is perplexing. When you get into the nitty gritty of it, the intricate details and cruciality of water point to us towards design and a Creator. In this episode, you'll hear clips from Michael Denton on his work, "The Wonder of Water" and Eric Metaxas, NYT Bestselling Author and contributor various cable networks. His newest book, "Is Atheism Dead?" reveals that over the last 60 years, science has been pointing us towards existence of God, not away.

In this episode, Pastor Bob unpacks his next reason to believe: atheist conversions. We will look at four former atheists who are now prominent proponents for the gospel in the fields of science, cosmology, literature, and journalism. Joining Pastor Bob is NYT bestselling author Lee Strobel, picking back up in a conversation regarding his own conversion.

Man is an incurable predictor. Everything from the weather to Presidential elections to sporting events, we seek to predict end results before they occur. In this episode, Pastor Bob explores a prediction that's from a prophetic book of the Bible called Daniel that predicted the outcome of world dominating empires and shows us that there is a God who is moving history forward. (Also, more on the Bible being a reason for God coming down the road.) We've brought in an expert in Bible prophecy, Joe Focht, Bible teacher and Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Philadelphia to give some insight on the 70 Weeks of Daniel. If you liked what you heard, you can check out Joe's entire teaching library here. Join us this entire season for “Reasons I Believe”—where Pastor Bob Guaglione will present the evidence of why he absolutely, positively believes in God. Share this episode with friends and family to spark their curiosity of the Christian faith.

In this week's episode, Pastor Bob Guaglione talks about the spirit, soul, and body from his gleanings in Victoria Sweet's book, “God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine." Joining him is David Sherry, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The two discuss souls, the body's intelligent design, near death experiences, and more to prove further evidence that there absolutely, positively is a God. Join us this entire season for “Reasons I Believe”—where Pastor Bob Guaglione will present the evidence of why he absolutely, positively believes in God. Share this episode with friends and family to spark their curiosity of the Christian faith.

Who would've guessed you could find reasons to believe in God from a beekeeper? In this season's inaugural episode, Pastor Bob is joined by Jeremy Ham from the Old Florida Bee Company to explore how the mysterious science of honeybees points to the wonderful design God has put into the universe. We hope you discover there's a God to be known, He loves us, and has given ample evidence in the world we live. Want to support Jeremy and grab some honey? Check out the links below! https://oldfloridabee.com/ https://www.fruitwoodorchardshoney.com/ Join us this entire season for “Reasons I Believe”—where Pastor Bob Guaglione will present the evidence of why he absolutely, positively believes in God. Share this episode with friends and family to spark their curiosity of the Christian faith.

This is no ordinary episode! We're celebrating the completion of our first season of the ccdelco podcast. Anna and Taylor recap what it's like behind the scenes, discuss their favorite moments interviewing Pastor Bob, and look ahead to what next season has in store. We want to hear from you! DM us at @ccdelco on Facebook or Instagram or send us an email at video@ccdelco.com to let us know what topics are interesting to you. Here's to what God has this next season!

In this episode, Pastor Bob and Anna Walker-Roberts sit down and discuss the Holy Spirit and His role in the church. Jesus said in John 16:7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you." It's important that we understand who the Holy Spirit is and how to interact with Him in our lives.

As we continue exploring various spiritual disciplines, Pastor Bob Guaglione and Taylor McCahan have a discussion about the privilege of prayer. In its simplicity, prayer is how we communicate with God; it can be personal and intimate or it can be corporate and unifying. In this episode, we dive into the heart of prayer, identify some guardrails, and encourage everyone listening to embrace the source of Jesus' strength and the only practice that the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to do.

In this episode, Pastor Bob sits down with former U.S. Navy SEAL, Chad Williams. Ever wonder what takes place in SEAL training? Chad shares some interesting insights into what it looks like and how God uses adversity and trials to shape us for what He has ahead of us. Listen or watch below to hear more about Chad's testimony and how he gave his life to Christ.

In today's podcast, Pastor Bob is joined by Dr. Alveda King, niece of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Alveda is the host of her own TV show “Alveda King's House” on Fox, plus she's an author, singer, and has devoted much of her time fighting for the rights of the unborn. Listen as she and Pastor Bob talk about faith, politics, and the current racial tension we see in America today.

All of the spiritual disciplines whether it be bible reading, prayer, generosity, or fasting are so that we can know God; that we can be in relationship with Him. In this podcast, Pastor Bob talks about the non-negotiable importance of ingesting the Word of God for the Christian while also sharing his wisdom of how to approach reading scripture.

In today's podcast Pastor Bob sits down with his pastor, Joe Focht of Calvary Chapel Philadelphia. Joe pioneered the Calvary movement on the east coast and shares key insights on the Jesus revival of the '60s, our present cultural movement, and the need for a new generation of church leaders.

In this episode, Pastor Bob sits down with Lee Strobel. Lee is a former atheist and journalist for the Chicago Tribune. His investigation into the claims of Christianity led to his book The Case for Christ which is a NYT bestseller and has sold millions of copies.

The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of the Christian faith. In this episode, Pastor Bob looks at the weekend that changed the world forever, exploring its historical accuracy as well as its ripples through time.

Don't let the title scare you away! Take a listen to a discussion between Mike Guaglione and Anna Walker-Roberts about spiritual disciplines. The end goal is not to become more disciplined; the end goal is to cultivate a relationship with your Creator and to find love and to learn to adore the things that God has called us to.

In today's podcast, Pastor Bob sits down to talk with apologist Ken Ham about the controversy that surrounds Genesis 1-11 and the various views concerning the origins of life on planet earth. Ken has authored over 30 books on creationism and is the founder of the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter experience in the greater Cincinnati area.

The average American spends over 35% of their waking hours at work. We know the Bible has everything to say how we should live this life, and work is a huge part of that. Pastor Bob explains the theology of work that runs through the entire Bible, yet is counter to everything we see in the world. So whether you're working your dream job or feel stuck at work, there's something for you in this episode.

In this podcast, Mike Guaglione and Anna Walker-Roberts talk about whether the times we are living in are actually unprecedented and consider church, politics, and technology through the lens of the gospel.

Do you want to crush 2021? Do you want to fulfill all your God given potential? Research has proven that desire for change and transformation is not enough. In this podcast, Pastor Bob will discuss a practical and biblical approach to achieving all of the goals you set for 2021.

Christmas season tends to be a mixed bag for those in celebration. In this episode, Taylor McCahan, our Communications Director, talks with Senior Pastor Bob Guaglione about the origins of Christmas and what it means to celebrate "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year."

Jesus knew the weight of His words when He said, "Where your treasure is, there will be your heart also." Our resources are driven by our values; so, in a culture full of consumerism and a commercialized holiday season, will you rise above in radical generosity? In sacrificial giving? Mike Guaglione and Anna Walker-Roberts have an insightful conversation about God's economy and the blessing it is to put your money where your mouth is.

The Philadelphia area is one of the most densely populated Catholic areas in the United States. Protestants tend to have many questions about Catholic beliefs: worship of Mary, saints, purgatory, etc. Likewise, many Catholics have similar questions about what Protestants believe. Pastor Bob was raised Catholic, attended twelve years of private school and has taught the Bible for over 27 years. We think his keen insights may answer questions presented by both groups.

Pastor Bob Guaglione and Anna Walker-Roberts talk about the documentary that swept the Christian world in 2018 — and Pastor Bob's experience getting saved in the Prosperity Movement forty years ago. And they don't shy away from much in this convo: they're talking healing, riches, wealth, and more.

The 2020 election is being lauded as one of the biggest elections, and obviously we don't want to talk politics but — here we go. Pastor Bob and Taylor discuss the history of nations, how Christians should engage, and how our ultimate hope is in Jesus Christ.