Not Your Pastors Podcast

Jake has received static filled calls from his old house, Wayne has been visited by a little girl, and Tony gives an update on the woman living at his mom's house. All of these stories and more in our Podcast of Horror 4. Meanwhile back in 1996 Alex and Jason can't believe the youth group has opted out of Jason's Harvest Party to go to a haunted house. What is this world coming too? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

When someone dies by suicide, do they go to hell? In this episode we explore that question through the stories of Andrew Stoecklein, Amy Bleuel, and Matthew Warren, three notable christians who’ve recently died by suicide. We also talk to Steve Austin, author of “Catching Your Breath” and “From a Pastor to a Psych Ward,” about his near death by suicide, as well as therapist and co-host of the CXMH podcast, Robert Vore, on how the church can help. Steve Austin - https://catchingyourbreath.com Robert Vore - https://www.robert-vore.com God’s God This - https://www.godsgotthis.com Connect with NYPP Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @notyourpastors Support us to get access to full length interviews for just 1 dollar a month patreon.com/notyourpastors For a full list of resources used in the making of this episode, please visit: https://www.notyourpastors.com/post/you-have-no-idea-exploring-christian-suicide-w-steve-austin-and-robert-vore --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Jason reveals to Alex that he set up a “left behind” scenario for the youth group which resulted in many tearful conversions to Christ. Alex berates the practice saying that the scare tactic isn’t the best way to lead people to the Lord. Jason disagrees and thus they consult their time machine to peer into the future church to settle the argument. In this episode they interview Zack Hunt author of “Unraptured: How End Times Theology Gets it Wrong" Out now on Amazon Connect with Zack Hunt https://www.facebook.com/zaackhunt/ https://twitter.com/ZaackHunt Connect with NYPP Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @notyourpastors Support us to get access to full length interviews for just 1 dollar a month patreon.com/notyourpastors For a full list of sources used in the making of this podumentary, please visit www.notyourpastors.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Sometimes you just have to change things up! This is our last transmission before we switch show formats. Thank you for your continued support, we hope you like the new format starting May 1st, 2019. In the meantime visit our new website www.notyourpastors.com and sign our guestbook! facebook, twitter, instagram @notyourpastors Support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/notyourpastors Thank You! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Kerri is the daughter of the BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) serial killer, Dennis Rader. From 1974 to 1991 BTK claimed 10 victims. Not only that, he taunted the police and terrorized the citizens of Wichita Kansas through the media releasing photos and evidence of his victims looking for fame and notoriety. But that's not the only way Kerri is choosing to remember him. Her dad lived a double life, and now Kerri lives with PTSD, depression, and anxiety wrestling the good memories of her father and the secret villain that he was. Through the work of God in her life, Kerri has become an advocate for victims of abuse, crime, and trauma, sharing her journey of hope, healing, faith, and forgiveness and we're excited to share it with you! Get her book wherever books are sold! “A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming” Find Kerri on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram | @kerrirawson Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/notyourpastors Twitter, Facebook, Instagram | @notyourpastors Email: notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: Background: “My Mood Always” by Broke For Free Intro: Bringing Down Broadway Break: “Something Elated” by Broke For Free Outro: “Enthusiast” by Tours Music Links http://freemusicarchive.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

After growing up religious and then leaving his faith behind, Pastor Brandon Carleton started to feel like he was throwing the baby out with the bathwater. After years of deconstructing, then reconstructing his beliefs, he began to ask questions like: Is there a way to cut through religious dogma and create authentic community? What would it look like to lead from a position of not having all the answers? What if much of what we are so often taught about the Bible is only one of many ways to interpret the text? This vulnerable and contemplative book offers hope to anyone who has felt excommunicated from a traditional faith system. Through stories of trial and error, Brandon Carleton presents a different approach to faith, pastoring, and ultimately, how to find religion meaningful again. www.meaningfulagain.com Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/notyourpastors Twitter, Facebook, Instagram | @notyourpastors Email: notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: Intro: Bringing Down Broadway Break: “Something Elated” by Broke For Free Outro: “Enthusiast” by Tours --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Christina Spaeth is a Speech-Language Pathologist who works with the birth-to-three population in Racine County, Wisconsin. She regularly encounters parents as they are just beginning their disability journey with their child. Her 27 year old sister also has Angelman Syndrome, a rare genetic syndrome that causes many problems, chiefly a severe cognitive disability. Christina has experienced the good and the bad when it comes to the church and disability. Listen as she gives some enlightening advice to the church on becoming disability inclusive. Below are some links provided by Christina. https://themighty.com/2014/11/when-i-realized-my-older-sister-is-different/ https://themighty.com/2016/02/i-rode-the-short-bus/ https://www.keyministry.org/church4everychild/2018/10/2/be-a-church-that-requires-no-pre-apology Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Email: notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: Intro: Bringing Down Broadway Break: “Something Elated” by Broke For Free Outro: “Enthusiast” by Tours --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Sometimes people are difficult to love, from manipulative drug addicts, to overprotective parents, to that super political uncle everyone seems to have, to your little ones stuck at home on a snow day during a polar vortex. Sometimes people are hard to love, we talk about that from a ministry and family stand point and share some things that have helped us. As always we’d love to hear your input, what’s helped you? Ted Talk on death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbnBe-vXGQM Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

The bible text only has one meaning... but it’s certainly not black and white! In this episode we share some tips that we’ve picked up along the way to help us interpret the bible. Be it what our mentors taught us, the John MacArthur sermons we inhaled, or the latest Rob Bell book, we use it all and want to help you on your way! Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

What age did you start going to church or your relationship with God? What age should you? Was it positive or damaging? What about our kids? What’s the age of accountability? We talk about all that and more! Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Happy New Year! lets talk about sin! Jason had a sick holiday while Alex did some reorganizing with Marie Kondo and lusting after AquaMan. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

To Santa or not to Santa? Jason’s family does Santa, his kids believe and great reveal is around the corner. Alex’s family doesn’t do Santa. Is it a good idea or bad? We share some Saint Nick history and listeners chime in with their Santa stories in this Christmas Special! Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Remember that one time when everything went wrong all at once and you had no money and thought God must be angry with you? We do and we talk about it. Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

If scientists could use Crispr to genetically edit babies to be morally perfect and obedient to biblical law, would there still be a need or point for Jesus? Alex and Jason discuss with input from listeners. Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Bow your heads, close your eyes, and let God have it. It may just be the best decision you’ve ever made. It’s also kinda biblical. Alex and Jason pray this episode will encourage and grow your relationship with Jesus. Amen! Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Jason’s Dad comes back on the show to share stories of weird creatures he encountered while working in the mines in Kentucky. He also shares what may have been a demonic attack on a pastor friend. Meanwhile, Alex may have gone off the deep end. Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Zachary King, a former satanist, claims to have participated in 146 abortions, been to Bohemian Grove 18 times, and was high wizard for from 1987-2000 meeting presidents, rock stars, kings and queens all over the globe. After leaving his satanic coven, he had a mystical experience meeting the mother Mary and Jesus leading to his Catholic conversion. Since converting, Zachary has helped shut down 35 abortion clinics. Visit his ministry online at www.allsaintsministry.org for more information. Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Has the world (and life in general) been finger-stirring your lemonade lately? We interview Brandon about his latest book “Beauty in the Wreckage: Finding Peace in the Age of Outrage” and discuss the meaning of Shalom. It’s not a 10-step self-help book, and neither is this podcast, but we hope it helps! Get “Beauty in the Wreckage” here: http://a.co/d/73q62vx Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Jason says 5 years ago he would have considered himself today not a Christian for using musical instruments in worship. Alex says he’s been denounced for not using a KJV and then again for not using a NKJV. So What is it? Are we still Christians? We don’t even know anymore but we’re going to try and answer it. Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

“God didn’t leave us a manual he left us Emmanuel.” Author Keith Giles returns to talk about his new book Jesus Unbound: Liberating the Word of God from the Bible. Buy Keith’s book - Jesus Unbound http://a.co/d/cpvvF6s Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

What did we do over the summer? Well, well, well, listen and find out! We also discuss sabbaticals and if/how often pastors should take them. Sabbaticals seem like a no-brainer, but you'd be surprised by the outcry. Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit our patreon page for details, or e-mail us at notyourpastorspodcast@gmail.com Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

We're on sabpodical but here's a long talk on racism with our friend Justin, who has a black and a white parent and has experience racism on all sides. We hope you enjoy his story and our shallow dive into deep topics. Regular, weekly episodes will resume in September, Lord willing! Twitter | @NYPastors Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Music: www.bensound.com, freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

We quit giving to the church, and here is what happened. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Jonathan Leeman is the editorial director at 9Marks, a ministry that helps church leaders build healthy churches. He teaches theology at several seminaries and has written a number of books on the church. He is also a research fellow with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. He has degrees in political science and English, a master of science in political theory, a master of divinity, and a doctorate in political theology. And now he Joins Alex and Jason in their Flint MI makeshift basement podcast studio to talk about his new book “How the Nations Rage” and why the church is so politically divided these days. Some reasons are obvious, some, not so much. This was an awesome and fun conversation, we hope you enjoy! Buy a Copy of “How the Nations Rage” today! - http://a.co/3Evrnoi Follow Jonathan on Twitter @@JonathanDLeeman Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

From Phil, I don't have much in the way of a bio, except that I'm a yooper from Marquette, MI, I write at thephilbritton.com, and you can find me on twitter @thephilbritton Not Your Pastor's Pulpit is a collection of raw, honest, sermons and stories from you the listener intended to broaden our picture of Jesus. If you'd like to submit a sermon or story please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for our guidelines and submission info. Music provided by sosaveme Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Alex’s wife Shauna joins us in the basement and we have a very honest conversation about being a foster parent. Alex and Shauna havn’t been at this long, they are not professionals, but their first three weeks of fostering have been full of ups and downs and unforeseen emotions. This is their story, from the time they decided to apply to the night they received their first two children. We hope you enjoy this conversation, and if you have an input or advice for the Reimen’s please send it our way! Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Have you ever felt called to ministry? Yeah, you probably weren’t. Jamie was a missionary in Costa Rica and she was terrible at it… so was everyone else, but that wasn’t the story churches were getting back home in their monthly newsletters! Jamie has since gone on to be a voice in the wilderness boldly asking people to think critically before supporting that vacationing missionary with no qualifications to be in ministry. In this episode Jess (Jason’s wife) fills in for Alex as he and his wife welcome a foster child into their care. In his absence, we talk about missions, calls to ministry, puberty and... periods. It gets real. Learn more about Jamie! https://theveryworstmissionary.com/ Buy her new book: http://a.co/2zB33hz Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Movie guru Ernesto from the Redrum Theatre Podcast joins us to talk about how much he loves movies… all movies. The trouble is, is he’s also a pastor, what kind of movies is it ok for him to watch? What kind of movies are ok for us to watch? What about the children!? Will somebody think of the children!? We also discuss consuming art from terrible people. We hope you enjoy this discussion. Thanks to the Covert Nerd podcast for the topic. You can find both RedRum Theatre and Covert Nerd on iTunes. Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

With Netflix releasing the documentary Flint Town, we thought it would the perfect time to re-release our interview with Ernesto and Tony who grew up in Flint, left Flint, and have since returned to Flint. This interview was recorded last year, on the same day Trump gave his inauguration speech. Flint is our podcasting home. It’s where Alex lives, it's where we record, it’s where Jason grew up on the weekends with his Dad. This city is special to us. Over the next several months we’ll periodically throw out our opinion on the Flint Town documentary and its impact on the city. We hope you enjoy this re-release, and we hope Ernesto and Tony’s story telling make you laugh as much as it did us! Check out the Redrum Theatre podcast www.redrumtheatre.com , and if you’re in the Flint area, stop in at Flint City Church www.flintcitychurch.com Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

THE END IS NEAR! At least here is what happens when you mix modern day conspiracies with the biblical evangelical eschatology… Once Johnny B Good-christian reaches that last remote people group with the gospel, the Christian population is going to slip into an alternate dimension with Jesus. Meanwhile, chaos will erupt on earth, earthquakes are going to shake apart the neglected and tortured floating ball. As people are trying to cope with the dramatic climate change, a secret post-Nazi government with a human/robot hybrid army will come on the clouds and cease the remaining population and take them by storm. The whole world will succumb to a single seemingly nice dude who provides goods and services for his followers so long as they identify with him by taking his number. As he’s sitting upon his giant commerce empire the inhabitants of earth will be forced into the labor of cleaning up the disaster of all that left behind laundry and rebuilding a mock temple so he can have one final throwdown with God. It will take 7 years, and then he’ll be destroyed by Jesus, and the earth and all who have ever lived, will live happily ever after. We hope you enjoyed the show! Let us know about our favorite conspiracies, for super shady links to poor rabbit hole information, please visit our website. If you like this episode support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/, http://www.purple-planet.com, and Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

What in the hell is going on with the Lord’s Supper? Is it called communion? Is it called the Divine Liturgy? The Eucharist? How often should we do it? Does it matter how we take it? All of that really depends on which church you go to, but which one is right? Kenneth Tanner, who is been in ministry at Holy Redeemer in Rochester Hills for 13 years, joins us to share some much needed insight into the mess the church has made of something so pure! He drops some bombs on fear-based-communion-exclusion as he shares with us what the meal is really all about. So come on, join us! Let’s break bread and remember Jesus! Find Kenneth here: On Twitter @kennethtanner http://www.patheos.com/blogs/imagochristi/ http://www.holyredeemer.us/ Got thoughts on this topic, or a crazy story? Reach out to us we’ll read them on the show! Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Grow up in church? How many times have you been baptized? Sprinkled? Dunked? What’s baptism for? Is baptism essential for salvation? Why do some people choose never to get baptized? And why in the world was Jesus baptized? Was it for the remission or forgiveness of his sins? Jason has actually had the privilege to visit the baptism of site of Jesus... both of them! (follow us on Instagram to see pictures). It seems the deeper we submerge our heads under the topic of baptism the more crazy it gets! The guys try to clear up some confusion around the church practice as they also share their preaching and teaching fails on the subject. What’s your baptism story? We’d love to hear it and read it on an upcoming show! Reach out to us on one of or social media outlets or shoot us an e-mail. Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Our First ever return speaker! Holly B is one of the of cohosts of the Method Theology podcast, a pod by two millennial creatives just trying to figure out how to love Jesus and people more. Check out the ladies of Method Theology on iTunes, Stitcher, and Twitter (@MethodTheology) and email Holly at HollyB@MethodTheology.com. Not Your Pastor's Pulpit is a collection of raw, honest, sermons and stories from you the listener intended to broaden our picture of Jesus. If you'd like to submit a sermon or story please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for our guidelines and submission info. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

We’re joined by Justin Dillon who we should have been paying $35 an hour for therapy as he helped us find the meaning of life! A professional musician turned filmmaker and social entrepreneur, Justin Dillon is founder and CEO of Made in a Free World, an award-winning platform that brings together consumers, organizations, and businesses to disrupt the $150 billion business of human trafficking. Justin’s leadership as a “practitioner of change” has awakened a global movement of more than 30 million, improved laws, and freed thousands of slaves. He has advised the United Nations, the U.S. State Department, the White House, the Vatican, Fortune 500 companies, and more on issues of innovation and social justice. He is the director of influential films—with voices such as Cornel West, Questlove, Amber Valletta and Nicholas Kristof—including Call+Response and Common Dreams for CNN. Justin has been featured by the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, Fast Company, Vogue, Huffington Post, CNN, CBS, FOX, MSNBC,NPR, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Rolling Stone, and more. His work has received many high-profile accolades including a Cannes Lion Award and a SXSW Interactive Innovation Award. Book | A Selfish Plan to Change the World http://a.co/0wx2nBZ Website | https://madeinafreeworld.com Support us on Patreon! | www.patreon.com/nypp Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://www.bensound.com, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ Intro/Outro music Bringing Down Broadway --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

From Billie, I'm 25 years old, a housewife and active volunteer. I was raised atheist and I was in a very dark place when Jesus saved me. Literally saved my life, because I didn't believe life was worth living before I got to know him. Check out Billie’s blog @ http://www.spiritualsoupforthewanderingsoul.tumblr.com/ Not Your Pastor's Pulpit is a collection of raw, honest, sermons and stories from you the listener intended to broaden our picture of Jesus. If you'd like to submit a sermon or story please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for our guidelines and submission info. Music provided by sosaveme Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Joy Beth Smith is a managing editor with Christianity Today and releasing her new book “Party of One” this week! She comes on the show and enlightens us on the church’s failing when it comes to interacting with single people. She rightly points out how the church is steeped in the idolatry of marriage both in doctrine and in practice, and how the prosperity gospel is still alive and terrible in the single world. Joy Beth also has a bold and powerful call to the unmarried: Don’t wait until marriage! While Party of One may be written for single women in the church who are desiring marriage, it’s full of insight for the married and how we can minister to one another despite our marital status. This interview was a blast, we hope you enjoy! Grab a copy of “Party Of One” today! Available through Nelson publishing, Amazon (http://a.co/ffgx3Wt), or wherever fine books are sold! We love your thoughts and feedback! Get a hold of us, and we’ll share it on the show! Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://www.bensound.com, https://thebelltree.bandcamp.com/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

“Doc” Randy Johnson returns to the show to share how people can know for sure they are “saved” or loved by God. We talk about how the legalistic church often sows seeds of doubt in the believer whether they intend to or not. For additional quotes and bible verses on this topic, please visit our website! Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://www.bensound.com, https://thebelltree.bandcamp.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Jaime and Bri from the podcast “That One Time I Was Abducted By Aliens” come on the show to talk about… well… that one time they were abducted by aliens. They also confirm something for Jason that he thought might be true, but wasn’t sure. We talk angels and demons and… well… aliens in this interview that didn’t last nearly long enough. Are aliens angels or demons? Or are they just aliens? What do they want with us? Why do they contact us? What is their message? Jaime and Bri have answers! Dust off that aluminum foil hat, buckle up, and enjoy the ride. Subscribe to That One Time I was Abducted By Aliens on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, or your favorite podcast app. Follow them! Instagram | @thatonetimeiwasabducted Facebook | @thatonetimeiwasabducted Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: https://thebelltree.bandcamp.com Alien Skit Music: http://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

I'm Cari, wife, mom, disciple of Jesus, runner of stupid long distances, and aspiring author. You can find me at http://carijehlik.com , in the twitterverse @CariJehlikAuth, https://www.facebook.com/carijehlikauthor, and https://www.instagram.com/carijehlikauthor/ Not Your Pastor's Pulpit is a collection of raw, honest, sermons and stories from you the listener intended to broaden our picture of Jesus. If you'd like to submit a sermon or story please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for our guidelines and submission info. Music provided by sosaveme Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Buckle up. Jed from Church and Other Drugs joins us to talk about the Nephilim. That’s right, those hybrid human-demon giants that brought on the flood in Genesis six might still be around today! Or maybe not? Who knows! There are a thousand theories out there and we try to touch on them all. If nothing more, this is a wild intro into legend of the Nephilim and the book of Enoch. Check out Church and Other Drugs! www.churchandotherdrugs.com Twitter | @COtherdrugs Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music: Commercial break “Holocaust of the Giants” by Rasputina Feedback: https://www.bensound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Ever buy something and regret it? Ever walk aimlessly down the aisles of stores, picking up items, admiring them, and then placing them back on the self? Ever search online for a new church wondering if it will fulfill all your needs and wants? We have! In this episode we discuss consumerism from a Christian perspective and share our failures and… more failures. We fail a lot at this, but hopefully together we can find some comfort, and ultimately purchase less. Book - A Selfish Plan to Change the World - by Justin Dillon - http://a.co/blrLn9p Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Background music by https://www.bensound.com and https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

*caution episode contains swears, think of the children!* Sarah Fader, CEO of Stigma Fighters who has appeared in The New York Times, Psychology Today, The Atlantic and The Huffington Post where she writes candidly about mental health issues, joins Alex and Jason for a third time, upgrading her status from “return guest” to “Friend of the Show,” to talk about seasonal depression. Her new book “The Depression Relief Workbook” is available Jan 9th and in this episode Sarah provides some tips for getting through the winter season! If you our a loved one experiences seasonal depression, this episode is for you! Also Alex and Jason harken back to in older episode and have Sarah also interpret some new dreams. Twitter | @TheSarahFader Get The Depression Relief Workbook! - http://amzn.to/2zXtc2n Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Chris Herr and Brian Gorecki have been best friends since grade school and have been making metal for nearly 20 years. Their band “Bringing Down Broadway” is back and ready to thrash! We join these childhood friends at North Tower Studio as they share their story and announce their return! Also… Alex is in the band, probably should include that. Join us on Monday, Dec 18th at 8pm, as we do our first ever Facebook live podcast! Follow on Facebook @NotYourPastor Facebook @BringingDownBroadway Twitter @BDBband Instagram @bdbband Facebook @northtowerstudio Twitter @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook @NotYourPastor Instagram @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music courtesy of Bringing Down Broadway Feedback music by Lee Rosevere --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Jason meets Alex’s dysfunctional family and therapist Hillary McBride comes on the show to give you some practical tips for surviving your Thanksgiving and family get-togethers. Get Hillary’s new book! http://tinyurl.com/mothersdaughtersbodyimage Connect with us! Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

In this episode, Alex and Jason try to cope with what happened in Sutherland Springs. We talk about church security, guns and whether Christians should carry. We talk about evil and suffering, and how God will redeem it all for His glory. Reach out to us and let us know your thoughts. Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music by the Bell Tree and Lee Rosevere --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Death: it's the only guarantee in life, but it wasn't supposed to be that way. Mankind wasn't designed to die, mankind was designed to live forever. Death is such a part of life that it's hard to picture life without death. In fact, death has such a hold on us, that your view of it, determines how you live your life. Some work hard to leave something for their offspring. Some enjoy every last moment while they can. Some give up because they find no point to life.  Enter in Jesus, a man who died, and three days later rose from the grave. Showing mankind for all of history that there is victory over death. Death doesn't have the final say, their is something after it, life continues. His story is so profound that His legend has transcended generation after generation for over 2,000 years. Til this day, believers in the resurrection still gather on Sunday morning to cling together in remembrance and in hope of His story, and that in and of itself is miraculous.  Listen in as Alex and Jason discuss death and frankly make a lot of mistakes while speaking because they both stayed up too late watching Stranger Things 2 the night before. Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com If you’d like to contribute a sermon to our Pulpit project, please visit www.notyourpastorspodcast.com/pulpit for details. Music by the Bell Tree and Lee Rosevere --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Podcast of Horrors part 2 is here! In this episode Michael J Baysinger from the Inglorious Pasterds and Tony Moreno from the RedRum Theatre join us to share some ghost stories. Did they see ghosts? Or demons? We set out to answer that question! Listen to the Inglorious Pasterds and RedRum Theatre. Find them on Twitter @PasterdsPodcast @RedRumTheatre @mjbaysinger @chicolove24 Twitter | @NYPastors Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com Music: http://www.purple-planet.com The Bell Tree, Lee Rosevere --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Brian Eichelberger, front man of The Sing Team and former Mars Hill music producer joins us to talk about "Sing On!" the latest release from the The Sing Team. Brian shares with us how he got into music, his role at Mars Hill Church, as well as working with Citizens and Saints and Kings Kaleidoscope, and we talk about... nature? Yes, nature, also Squatches. Listen, enjoy, and grab a copy of "Sing On!" today! (see links below) Get Sing On! On Itunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sing-on/id1274203176 Order Vinyl and CDs! www.thesingteam.com https://twitter.com/TheSingTeam https://www.facebook.com/TheSingTeam/ Twitter | @NYPastors #NYPPulpit Facebook | @NotYourPastor Instagram | @NYPP Web | www.notyourpastorspodcast.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

Sarah grew up in church, her family served and participated in nearly every church function, she was heavily involved in youth group, she sang in the choir, her boyfriend attended christian school, and a month after she turned 18, Sarah had an abortion. In this interview Sarah tells us about her abortion, her decision, her depression, her recovery, and God's unmatched forgiveness. We hope this interview finds and encourages those who need to hear it, please share. Interact with us on Twitter @NYPastors, or Facebook and Instagram Recommendations from Sarah: http://someonecaresministries.com http://hopeafterabortion.com http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/articles/hopehealing.htm http://surrenderingthesecret.com http://www.rachelsvineyard.org --- The resources on this site are extensive and very helpful. They have a hotline: Rachel's Vineyard: 877 HOPE 4 ME (877-467-3463) - National Hotline for Abortion Recovery: 866-482-LIFE (866-482-5433) Support Nick Cotton in "Real Men Wear Pink" of Flint MI http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/MakingStridesAgainstBreastCancer/MSABCCY17LS?px=46399517&pg=personal&fr_id=85076 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

We took a break and rumors about our where-abouts swirled. Swirled like the red and white blend of a peppermint sucking candy. Murmurs turned into Rumors turned into full out conspiracies, and that's what we talk about in this episode. The first episode of season three is here! Is Hitler still alive? Who really killed JFK?  what's up with the Denver airport? What's going on with C.E.R.N.? Where is Jesus' body? We talk about all of that in more, in our season 3 debut! It's good to be back! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message

We were (and still are) on a break! We'll be back in October ready to roll! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notyourpastors/message