Pilgrims Talk is a discipleship podcast created specifically for the members at Castleview Church, and visitors are welcome! Here we'll discuss various issues of importance to our congregation, our community, and our pursuit of the faithful Christian life. Looking for our sermons podcast? Search for Castleview Church. God has provided for his church some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ (Ephesian 4:11–12). Learn more at Castleview.org
Pastor Gus interviews KJ Drake, Academic Dean and Associate Professor of Historical Theology at Indianapolis Theological Seminary. Get to know Dr. Drake and be reminded about the importance of knowing the history of God's people.
Listen to our Adult Bible Class on Discipleship and the Local Church with guest teacher Mark Dever
Don't Waste Your Life Together: God's Plan for You and Our Church (5 episodes) Episode 5 of 5 You might ask, “Where does the church fit into my life?” The better question is to ask, “How do I fit into the church?” In this class we will explore and apply Castleview's mission and vision: “We are a family of God's adopted children, committed to Jesus and to one another. We aim to glorify God by making disciples of Jesus Christ by his word and through his church to the ends of the earth.” You will be reminded of how and why we live life together as God's family, especially taking time to consider the specific ways we apply God's word to how we do membership, missions, and member care. You will understand God's vision for our life together as a local church and the significant role you have in it. This class is taught by Nathan Lugbill, Gus Pritchard, and Kelly Wright.
Don't Waste Your Life Together: God's Plan for You and Our Church (5 episodes) Episode 4 of 5 You might ask, “Where does the church fit into my life?” The better question is to ask, “How do I fit into the church?” In this class we will explore and apply Castleview's mission and vision: “We are a family of God's adopted children, committed to Jesus and to one another. We aim to glorify God by making disciples of Jesus Christ by his word and through his church to the ends of the earth.” You will be reminded of how and why we live life together as God's family, especially taking time to consider the specific ways we apply God's word to how we do membership, missions, and member care. You will understand God's vision for our life together as a local church and the significant role you have in it. This class is taught by Nathan Lugbill, Gus Pritchard, and Kelly Wright.
Don't Waste Your Life Together: God's Plan for You and Our Church Episode 3 of 6 (sadly, we experienced a recording failure during episode 2) You might ask, “Where does the church fit into my life?” The better question is to ask, “How do I fit into the church?” In this class we will explore and apply Castleview's mission and vision: “We are a family of God's adopted children, committed to Jesus and to one another. We aim to glorify God by making disciples of Jesus Christ by his word and through his church to the ends of the earth.” You will be reminded of how and why we live life together as God's family, especially taking time to consider the specific ways we apply God's word to how we do membership, missions, and member care. You will understand God's vision for our life together as a local church and the significant role you have in it. This class is taught by Nathan Lugbill, Gus Pritchard, and Kelly Wright.
Don't Waste Your Life Together: God's Plan for You and Our Church Episode 1 of 6 You might ask, “Where does the church fit into my life?” The better question is to ask, “How do I fit into the church?” In this class we will explore and apply Castleview's mission and vision: “We are a family of God's adopted children, committed to Jesus and to one another. We aim to glorify God by making disciples of Jesus Christ by his word and through his church to the ends of the earth.” You will be reminded of how and why we live life together as God's family, especially taking time to consider the specific ways we apply God's word to how we do membership, missions, and member care. You will understand God's vision for our life together as a local church and the significant role you have in it. This class is taught by Nathan Lugbill, Gus Pritchard, and Kelly Wright.
The Gift of Lament: God's Care for the Afflicted Class 7 of 8 This class will equip Christians to grieve faithfully amid sin and suffering. We will also explore how faithful lament is Christlike and distinct from bitter complaint. And we will consider how the gift of lament helps us to weep with those who weep even when we ourselves are not sorrowful. Taught by Kelly Wright and Mike Evans
The Gift of Lament: God's Care for the Afflicted Class 6 of 8 This class will equip Christians to grieve faithfully amid sin and suffering. We will also explore how faithful lament is Christlike and distinct from bitter complaint. And we will consider how the gift of lament helps us to weep with those who weep even when we ourselves are not sorrowful. Taught by Kelly Wright and Mike Evans
The Gift of Lament: God's Care for the Afflicted Class 5 of 8 This class will equip Christians to grieve faithfully amid sin and suffering. We will also explore how faithful lament is Christlike and distinct from bitter complaint. And we will consider how the gift of lament helps us to weep with those who weep even when we ourselves are not sorrowful. Taught by Kelly Wright and Mike Evans
Join Pastor Gus as he talks with Tony Gordon about his past and future missions work in Uganda.
Listen in to our recording of our Adult Bible Class on Lament (2)
Listen in to our recording of our Adult Bible Class on Lament (2)
Listen in to our recording of our Adult Bible Class on Lament (1)
Join Pastors Gus and Nathan as they discuss issues surrounding cross-cultural adoption and help us to continue thinking biblically about ethnicity. In the show, the pastors mention this lecture recorded for Indianapolis Theological Seminary: The Malleability of Ethnicity (& Race) by Gus Pritchard.
Join Pastor Gus as he interviews Jonathan Worsley, a pastor who's returning to his home country with the hopes of planting a gospel-preaching church.
Listen to a recording of Pastor Nathan's recent Adult Bible Class. What are the marks of true conversion? This question is important to everyone, including Christian parents. This class will look to Scripture to consider: • how daily parenting can prepare children to make sense of the gospel; • how to clearly and simply explain the gospel; • how to evaluate spiritual fruit; • and how to respond to a child's profession of faith.
Listen to a recording of Pastor Nathan's recent Adult Bible Class. What are the marks of true conversion? This question is important to everyone, including Christian parents. This class will look to Scripture to consider: • how daily parenting can prepare children to make sense of the gospel; • how to clearly and simply explain the gospel; • how to evaluate spiritual fruit; • and how to respond to a child's profession of faith.
Listen to a recording of Pastor Nathan's recent Adult Bible Class. What are the marks of true conversion? This question is important to everyone, including Christian parents. This class will look to Scripture to consider: • how daily parenting can prepare children to make sense of the gospel; • how to clearly and simply explain the gospel; • how to evaluate spiritual fruit; • and how to respond to a child's profession of faith.
Listen to a recording of Pastor Nathan's recent Adult Bible Class. What are the marks of true conversion? This question is important to everyone, including Christian parents. This class will look to Scripture to consider: • how daily parenting can prepare children to make sense of the gospel; • how to clearly and simply explain the gospel; • how to evaluate spiritual fruit; • and how to respond to a child's profession of faith.
Listen in to pastor Gus's conversation with Prasoon Goel, a native of Delhi, India, who has returned to that city for the sake of the gospel. Prasoon and his family are working to start a gospel preaching church in this city of tens of millions.
Nathan, Kelly, and Gus share some highlights from the past year as they reflect on church ministry in 2022.
Listen to our Pastoral Interns from Summer 2022 reflect on their time with the staff. Learn how Castleview labors to equip current and future churchmen for the work of the ministry.
In this episode, Pastor Gus is joined by Jeff Strickland, church planting resident at Castleview Church and the soon-to-be pastor of The Fields Church, a forthcoming church plant in Westfield, IN. Listen in as Gus and Jeff discuss Jeff's time at Castleview, The Fields Church, and the joys and challenges of church planting.
Join Pastor Gus as he talks with Cid McNeilly, a long-time member of Castleview Church, to hear what she's excited about at Castleview, some of the books she enjoys reading, and how she's planning for the next season of life. The books and resources mentioned in this episode are: Tim Challies book reviews Caleb Katenbach, Messy Grace Erwin Lutzer, We Will Not be Silenced Nancy Pearcey, Love Thy Body Adam Grant, Think Again Os Guinness, Fools Talk Abigail Dodds, (A)Typical Woman Hannah Anderson, Humble Roots
Listen in to part 2 as Pastor Gus speaks with two elders of Castleview Church about leading in the home, family worship, and discipleship for young children. This is episode 1 of two-part series.
Listen in as Pastor Gus speaks with two elders of Castleview Church about leading in the home, family worship, and discipleship for young children. This is episode 1 of two-part series.
Join Pastor Gus as he interview Matt Smethurst on the topics of deacons in the church, and planting new churches. Most recently, Matt is the author of the newest 9Marks books, Deacons: How The Serve and Strengthen the Church. Lord willing, Matt will planting a new church is Richmond, VA later this year.
Castleview had the privilege of helping to support the work done by Imprint in Southern Africa in 2020. Imprint seeks to strengthen the Church in Southern Africa by providing sound theological resources through conferences, training, and publishing. Learn more about Imprint Ministries at their Facebook page or by visiting their website.
Pastors Gus and Nathan use the first "official" podcast of this new channel to discuss the elders' decision to keep the live streaming turned off during Sunday gatherings. Listen in to hear more about the "whys" behind the issues. Don't forget, you can reach out to the church or learn more at Castleview.org.
Listen in as pastors Gus and Nathan discuss financial stewardship with Brad Graber, founder and president of Investing in Truth.
In this episode Gus Pritchard and Dr. Nicholas Piotrowski discuss the importance and eternal fruit of faithful seminaries to the life of local church members. You can learn more about Dr. Piotrowski and Indianapolis Theological Seminary here.
Kelly and Gus have a conversation on emotions, exploring what they are, where they're from, and how they help us pursue Christ. See these other helpful resources mentioned at the end of the episode: Untangling Emotions, Alasdair Groves and Winston Smith True Feelings, Carolyn Mahaney and Nicole Mahaney Running Scared, Ed Welch Good and Angry, David Powlison
Nathan and Gus discuss why it's so important to gather together
With the final episode in this series we have several helpful resources to recommend: John Piper, Bloodlines: https://smile.amazon.com/Bloodlines-Cross-Christian-John-Piper/dp/1433528525/ref=sr_1_1?crid=A0KGDPBEVP9R&dchild=1&keywords=john+piper+bloodlines&qid=1593697554&sprefix=john+piper+bloo%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1 Daniel Hayes, From Every People and Nation: https://smile.amazon.com/Every-People-Nation-Biblical-Theology-ebook/dp/B01D8W4HXC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=hayes+from+every+people+and+nation&qid=1593697617&sr=8-1 Shai Linn, George Floyd and Me: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/george-floyd-and-me/ Mark Dever and Jamie Dunlop, Compelling Community: https://smile.amazon.com/Compelling-Community-Church-Attractive-9Marks/dp/1433543540/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=compelling+community&qid=1593697641&sr=8-1 Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: https://smile.amazon.com/Warmth-Other-Suns-Americas-Migration/dp/0679763880/ref=sr_1_1?crid=CZEQMI19RKEO&dchild=1&keywords=the+warmth+of+other+suns&qid=1593697655&sprefix=the+warmth%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-1 Neil Shenvy, Social Justice, Critical Theory, and Christianity: Are They Compatible? https://youtu.be/E33aunwGQQ4
How should Christians think about race and racism? How do we define such issues biblically? Over the next four weeks, Nathan and Gus will attempt to provide some biblical guidance on these complex and often uncomfortable questions. This is the third of four episodes.
How should Christians think about race and racism? How do we define such issues biblically? Over the next four weeks, Nathan and Gus will attempt to provide some biblical guidance on these complex and often uncomfortable questions. This is the second of four episodes.
How should Christians think about race and racism? How do we define such issues biblically? Over the next four weeks, Nathan and Gus will attempt to provide some biblical guidance on these complex and often uncomfortable questions. Here is the first of four episodes.
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