Salty Believer Unscripted (Audio)

Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss media and the Bible. Specifically, what are we to think when we see biblical material expressed on various media? What should Christians do about The Chosen? How about the King of Kings? The Ten Commandments? What about Disney's Prince of Egypt? Should Christians watch The House of David? And how could we forget Russel Crowe's film, Noah? That's the topic of this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit saltybeliever.com.

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they deal with the question: Should a church have two or more services? Is that actually two churches or is it okay? Not only do they deal with this question, but also what time the service should be, and the day, and many more. How might context shape these questions? Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Josiah Walker, Bryan Catherman, and Daniel the Intern discuss the value of the mid-week Bible study. Have these meetings run their course, or is there still value in doing them? They also answer the question, “What is a Salty Believer Unscripted intern, and what does this intern do?”

Is the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament? What was he doing before Jesus gave him to the disciples? This is the question sent to Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker. So on today's episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, the guys are dealing with a mailbag question. What was the Holy Spirit doing in the Old Testament? How should we think about the continuity of the Bible and the operation of the Holy Spirit before Pentecost? Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

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Should I go to a funeral for an unbeliever? What should I think about celebration of life services compared to traditional funerals? Is this like going to a same-sex wedding? Am I supporting something that I shouldn't be supporting, or is this an opportunity for me to display my faith? How should we think of funerals for nonbelievers? That's the topic of this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss the length of discipleship. How long should I disciple someone? How long should I be discipled? Is there a time that's too short? Is there a time that's too long? Copyright 2025.

When most of us think about discipleship, we quickly think about a program or programming. That's fine. There's nothing wrong with formal discipleship. But what about all the other ways we disciple others that do not fit neatly into formal discipleship plans? This is the topic of this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss the value of both formal and informal discipleship. Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Discipleship is simple obedience in the ordinary. In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker return to the basics, reminding us that discipleship often looks like a consistent, faithful presence in the church's life. They unpack the simplicity and weight of just showing up, investing in relationships, and grounding your walk in the local body of Christ. The key is to have a plan. A simple plan and a complicated plan are still plans. Either way, you need one. Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

The first and most important step in discipleship is to prioritize attending the gathering of the body of Christ. Go to church. Sit under biblical, expositional preaching, sing with the saints, pray corporately, take the Lord's Supper, celebrate baptisms, etc. In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss how discipleship is simplified and how the foundational step is going to church. Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

How do we know we're getting the application correct? On this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss the danger of getting in the weeds with Bible study application and how to stay on safe footing. Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss the two ordinances of the Church: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. What are these? When do these ordinances happen within the local church? Should you take the Lord's Supper if you have not been baptized? How do these things relate to membership? How does this work in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)? What about the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA)? Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

You're feeling called to teach a class but you've never done that before. Or maybe you are feeling a call to ministry. Where do you start? This is the topic of this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss where to start if you're a new Christian, where to start if you've been a Christian for a few years, and even how to get started in any step in your Christian journey. Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

There are many spiritual disciplines. Some might be short-lived, and some may sustain us for the long haul. In this episode, Bryan Catherman met with Kevin Lund, Pastor of Trinity Church, to discuss the disciplines that have been better for him over the years.

Join Bryan Catherman as he discusses missions and shifting trends in mission work with Doug Reed. Doug works with Possibilities Africa and was a pastor for many years. His perspective and experience make him the perfect guest to discuss mission work. Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

You got off to a great start, but now you've hit Leviticus, and your Bible reading plan has crashed and burned. How do you start up again? Start over? Get going, but end late? Read a ton in one day? The better question might be, what is at the heart of your reading plan? Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss what we might do when our Bible reading plan crashes and burns. Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Martin Luther was an anti-semite. He had strong feelings against the Jewish people. Hundreds of years later, Hitler used some of Luther's statements to build a national argument against the Jews. What are we to think about this? What do we do with Luther? That's the topic of this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. What now? What about when a person's theology shifts? What about worship leaders and songwriters with theological issues? Authors? We spend little time thinking about this topic, but the guys take on it in this unscripted conversation. Copyright 2025. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker recommend good books for the man or woman in the pew. What books help people be good churchmen and women? SBU has a new intern (Daniel the Intern), which prompted this conversation. If you're in church and you want to grow in your Christian walk, this episode offers some books other than the Bible to help you. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Most people think hospitality is opening your home to others and eating with them. It's not less than that, but it is so much more. Is hospitable thinking what causes a church to be friendly to new people? Is there a way for those who don't have a home to open up and be hospitable? Is there a more robust way to think about hospitality that may cause us to be better about this thing? These are the questions Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Copyright 2024. Find more information at SaltyBeliever.com.

Good preparation for Bible study is essential, but it's not over until the class is done. We have to get the Word of God right, and we have to get it across. How do we go from a good Observation-Interpretation-Application (OIA) study or a good Charles Simeon Trust worksheet pathway to leading a class or preaching a sermon? In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss how to go from preparation to the teaching moment. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss a simple Bible study resource: the O.I.A. Bible study method. In this case, Bryan printed it on a bookmark, and they discussed the value of simplicity in this resource. Are you looking to start a Bible study? Here's an easy way to start. Copyright 2024. For more information about Salty Believer Unscripted, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

On this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss the nuts and bolts of printed Bibles. When picking a Bible, what should we think about the binding, paper quality, number or ribbons, font size, red letter, and even the $300-500 Bibles? Journaling Bibles? What about cross-references? Double or single column? Goat skin? There are many things we don't often discuss when selecting a Bible, but these things are good to consider. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

When you move to a new city, you need to find a new church. This is not always an easy task. How do you do it? What should you look for? What should you avoid? Any tips? This is the topic of this episode's conversation. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

What should we think about the documentary “The Real David Platt?” Is this a controversy we should get sucked into? Is this anything those not at McLean Bible Church should be concerned about? How should Christians think about quarreling documentaries? Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker compared the ESV and CSB Study Bibles. They used them both together for a few weeks, using them to prepare sermons and study side by side. Which one is better? Why? What are the strengths and weaknesses of these two Study Bibles? This is the topic of the conversation. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Do you read a regular devotional? How about a special Christmas devotional? In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss devotionals and how to pick one. They also consider devotionals for Christmas. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker respond to an email offering a critique of the 3 Circles gospel sharing method. It's valid to take a deep look at the method and understand its strengths and weaknesses. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this popular evangelism method? Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.org.

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss the cancel culture within the Christian community. What is cancel culture and how do Christians engage in this behavior and brings it into the culture of Christians? Specifically, is this what happened to Steve Lawson? Is this the story of Alvin Reed? This is the topic of conversation for this week's episode. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

If you could only have one Bible Study resource other than the Bible (and prayer or the Holy Spirit) what resource would you want? That's the question for this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted? How will Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker answer the question? Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Join Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker as they discuss the “Good Person Gospel.” Moralism is prevalent in Christianity. Having good morals is an outworking of the saving work of Jesus, but those morals are powerless to save a soul from death to life. The Good Person Gospel might be the most detrimental false gospel hurting the Church in America today. What is it? How can we identify it? Where does it differ from the gospel of the Bible? They answer these questions and many more in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Join Bryan Catherman and Jared Jenkins as they discuss the political gospel. What is the political gospel and what does it look like when Christians make the political process their only hope for joy, peace, and rest? Is engaging in politics bad? Is it commanded by the Bible? What is political nationalism? They answer these questions and more as they explore the the political gospel. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Jared Jenkins discuss the outdoor gospel, or the “I can find my god in the mountains” gospel. What is this gospel? How do the outdoors go from something Christians can enjoy to an idol? Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss what the Bible says the gospel is. If we're going to look at what the gospel is not, we must know what it is. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss the American Prosperity Gospel. More American Christians flirt with this than we might want to admit. Josiah grew up in a church with few doctrinal boundaries and the prosperity gospel slipped in with little notice. In addition, the guys lay out five clear questions to help us evaluate other religions and gospels against the Bible. What is the American Prosperity Gospel and why does it not line up against the Bible? Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss some things to know in the role of Senior Pastor. Bryan gives his thoughts and advice to Josiah on what is necessary to know and do as a new Lead Pastor. It's advice, good or bad. Even if you're not headed to become a Lead Pastor, this advice is stuff everyone in the congregation could be greatly blessed to know. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Bryan's move to Trinity Church in Holdrege, Nebraska and Josiah Walker's new role as the Lead Pastor at Redeeming Life Church. There are lots of changes coming to both men and changes coming to both churches. What's ahead? And what's the future of Salty Believer Unscripted looking like. They discuss these questions and much more. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Revelation 19-22, completing the book and this series. How does the end of the book tie back to the beginning? How do these last chapters bookend the entire book of the Bible? Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss a large section of the book of Revelation. In this episode, they take on chapters 8-18. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss what they see and what may be happening in Revelation 6 & 7. It's a complicated book and now there are scrolls and judgements. What are the seals? Who can stand against this? And also, is it Revelation or Revelations? It is one or many? They answer these questions and many others. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman share their expectations for the 2024 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. With Dr. Jeff Iorg and Dr. Al Mohler contending for different outcomes on a major constitutional matter involving women as pastors, this year may get spicy. Of course, we say that every year. Then everything quickly dies down and not much ever comes of the work during the meeting. What's going to happen this year? Also, Bryan is leaving the SBC for the EFCA. Will that change is thoughts about the upcoming meeting? Listen to this episode and find out. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com

Bryan Catherman, Josiah Walker, and Robbie Tschorn discuss Revelation 4 and 5 in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. These two chapters work together and both Josiah and Robbie have recently preached these chapters. In this discussion, they discuss what they see in these chapters. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com Copyright 2024.

In this episode, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman look at Revelation 2:18-29. It's the letter to Thyatira and it may be the center of a chiasm, which is a literary tool found in Hebrew poetry. As they look at the letter, they'll see if they think this is a chiasm or not. They'll also look at the material contained within this letter. Copyright 2024. Find more information about SaltyBeliever.com and more podcasts like this one on the website.

Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman were invited to tour a Mormon (LDS) temple in Layton, Utah. After watching the recommended LDS video about temples and then touring the temple, they reviewed the video and discussed their tour experience. In those episodes, the issue is the disparity of what they see in Mormon belief and theology compared to the teaching of the Bible. After receiving questions, they determined to discuss the five significant differences between Mormonism and biblical Christianity. In this episode, they share why they believe the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints does not align with historical, biblical Christianity. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman share their thought after touring the new Mormon Temple in Layton, Utah. These temples are an aspect of worship as part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). Are thy biblical? Are they Christian? What's it like inside these temples? The guys answer these and other questions. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

The guys at Salty Believer Unscripted were invited to tour the Layton Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). Prior to the tour, they were asked to watch the Mormon-produced video, “Between Heaven and Earth,” which can be found on YouTube. They watched the video and then discussed it in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they continue in their discussion through the book of Revelation. In this episode, they discuss the letter to Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17) and the letter to Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6). They are still trying to determine if these letters form a chiasm. They note the connections between these two letters but more so the connections back to the Old Testament. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they continue in our series through the book of Revelation. In this episode the topic of discussion is the letter to Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) and the letter to Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13). They are still looking to see if indeed these seven letters are a chiasm. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Revelation 2:1-7 and Revelation 3:14-22 which are Jesus' letters to Ephesus and Laodicea, respectively. Are there connections between these that may lead us to see a chiasm here? Or are these not connected in a chiasm? What is a chiasm? What is the meaning of these letters? Are there things here we can learn from for our churches today? They answer these and other questions in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Copyright 2024. Learn more at SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Revelation 2 &3, commonly called the Seven Letters to Seven Churches. What are these letters about? What's the background? Are these future, past, or something else? Are these seven letters to churches today, or just to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea? Are these seven letters a chiasm? This episode deals with these questions and additional introductory material. Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman open to Revelation 1:1-20 and talk about the book. They also had a discussion about how to break up the book, tackle a reading plan through the book, and study well. The book of Revelation doesn't have to be difficult if we don't make it harder than it needs to be. We encourage you to join this study and listen in on the conversation. Copyright 2024. Learn more about Salty Believer Unscripted at SaltyBeliever.com

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they start a new series, exploring the book of Revelation. Why study this book? What are the typical approaches to this book? What are the pitfalls? In this series, they hope to journey through the book of Revelation in such a way that brings the comfort, joy, and blessing the book should bring. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.