Coffee, Theology and Jesus

Tim interviewed Ken Fish, founder of Orbis Ministries, to discuss the supernatural aspects of the Christian faith focusing on the spiritual gifts often referred to as the “charismatic gifts of the Spirit.” Tim asks questions about Ken’s personal story, Ken’s view of the supernatural gifts, and the large amount of prophets claiming Trump will ultimately […]

This week Rob and Tim had the pleasure of having Jemar Tisby on the podcast. Jemar is the New York Times Bestselling author of The Color of Compromise and president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective where he writes about race, religion, politics, and culture. He is also cohost of the Pass the Mic podcast. Jemar […]

This week, we FINALLY had someone on our podcast that has a tie to the coffee industry! Tim interviewed Mitch Reaume, the Founder & CEO of “Fight For Something”. They discussed the idea of “Social Business” and how the mission of Mitch’s business is to see social business go from being a niche to a […]

This week Tim interviews Ben Cremer: native of Boise, ID, Lead Pastor at Euclid Avenue Church of the Nazarene, and co-founder of A Plain Account. Ben is a lover of history (world, American, and church) and the topics covered in this interview have a profound impact on the current events of our world and in […]

This week Tim and Jordan get together to have a response to the insurrection at the US Capitol and the appearance of Jesus banners and Christian flags during the events. As always, we are mostly concerned with the Christian and Church culture and how we are reflecting Jesus to the world. So you can imagine […]

This week Tim and Jordan had John Mark McMillan on the show! He is probably best known for the famous song “How He Loves” but has had a career in music that includes many studio and live albums, countless tours, and a profound impact on music. We discuss the worship music industry, the meaning and […]

This week the whole CTJ Hosting Crew is back (Tim, Jordan, and Rob) for the final episode of 2020. We wanted to just reflect on this year and recap things we’ve seen, learned, experienced, and even failed at. Join us for a year end recap as we all wave goodbye to 2020. Please follow us:IG: […]

BethanyKids is a compassionate Christian mission transforming the lives of African children with surgical conditions and disabilities through pediatric surgery, rehabilitation, public education, spiritual ministry and training health professionals. This week, Tim interviewed Peter Lublink, the Executive Director of BethanyKids. Peter explained what BethanyKids is about and how it operates which lead the conversation into how […]

This week Tim interviewed Dr. David Gushee and essentially covered two topics including American Evangelicalism and their entanglement with the Republican Party and LGBTQ affirmation and inclusion in the church. Rob and Jordan do join Tim after the interview to briefly discuss their thoughts of the interview. While we understand these are both topics that […]

This week we (Tim and Rob) had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Randy Richards, known as E. Randolph Richards as an author. Randy has authored and co-authored many books and articles but we concentrate on his two books “Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes” and “Misreading Scripture With Individualist Eyes” in this interview. We discuss how […]

This week Tim interviewed Chris Haw, a theology professor at the University of Scranton, speaker, and author of the books From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart (2012) and Jesus for President (2008)–and a forthcoming Monotheism, Intolerance, and the Path to Pluralistic Politics, with Cambridge University Press (2021). He discussed environmentalism, evangelicalism, Catholicism, and more while going through a bit of […]

We have had a busy few weeks behind the scenes trying to get more content together.  Tim and I had the opportunity to have Mike on – who manages the Instagram account Christians Who Curse Sometimes.  We apologize for some of the audio issues we experienced early in the show but we seemed to get […]

Well 2020 has been an interesting year to say the least, but at least it was an election year to calm things down a bit.  In this episode, the whole gang is back on the podcast to discuss the 2020 presidential election, the political divide, Christianity in politics, and more.  We do our best to […]

This week, Tim and Rob have a conversation surrounding Sean Feucht and his #letusworship movement.  While we do discuss Sean and these protest worship services we use this example to talk about how our theology impacts how we live out the Christian faith.  We talk about protesting, government restrictions, facemasks, and persecution. Let’s join the […]

We’ve made it to Episode 70, and this week we have our friend Olivia back on the podcast.  Tim and Jordan have a conversation with Olivia regarding her experience with John Crist, the Christian comedian.  This story leads into the bigger discussion of cancel culture, failure in church leadership, women in the church, and celebrity […]

This is episode #69 and this week we have on special guest Olivia Vinson to discuss the stigma of mental health in Christianity.  Olivia presents us with some shocking statistics as we talk through the culture surrounding mental health in Christianity.  While we are not experts in this field, we talk through some of the […]

Continuing our series on Racism in the Church – we were so glad to have special guest Dorion Morgan this week.  Dorion is a pastor at Restoration Station Christian Fellowship but is also a practicing lawyer so we had him on to discuss his perspective from both a pastor and a lawyer on the racism […]

This week we are starting a series of podcasts dedicated to racism.  Honestly, with the events of 2020, we have all been taking a serious look in the mirror and wondering, “how can I do better?”  We all agreed that one way would be to start a series on the topic focusing on racism in […]

This episode is all about calling out Christianity as a breeding ground for conspiracy theories.  Why are we so easily sucked into a mindset of current events that most would label as conspiracy or folklore?  Are there legitimate theological reasons or are we just a bunch of whackos that have found each other?  We discuss […]

Here in Episode #64, we are a month into quarantine due to COVID-19, and again we were live on Facebook discussing “Church Essentials.”  Considering the changes that have specifically happened to local churches due to the pandemic, we discuss what lessons we should be learning, what changes will continue after the pandemic ends, and how […]

Thanks for tuning in to episode #63, where we discuss one of Tim’s favorite topics… President Trump and the Evangelical Right.  We first lay the groundwork on where we all fall on the political spectrum and then discuss the evangelical base’s support of President Trump.  As Christians we are to hold one another accountable to […]

Episode #62 was another FB Live podcast where we tackled the Christian Response to COVID 19, the Corona Virus.  We get into all aspects of this topic including the shift in church culture, who to believe, government distrust, how to appropriately react, what loving your neighbor looks like, and so much more.  We are really […]

This is episode #61, where we had a bit of a new experience.  This episode was recorded near the beginning of the Corona Virus pandemic while we were all adjusting to the new normal.  How did we decide to fill up some time?  By trying something new and going live on Facebook.  The topic started […]