Table Talk with Tyrell

Tyrell is officially no longer the host of Table Talk in Radio Pulpit, but in an outgoing guest appearance, Tyrell joins new host, Mark Penrith, to discuss leadership development within the context of the local church. Among other things, the two talked about humility as a key characteristic of a servant leader, using Christ’s language ... Read more

Episode 97: Questions and Answers This week is a significant milestone in the life of the podcast. It is the last week that the show will be broadcast on Radio Pulpit as a weekly talk show. For his last run on Radio Pulpit, Tyrell once again tackles questions submitted by Table Talk listeners. How should ... Read more

Hugo Lategan is the retired pastor of Northcliff Union Church in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hugo served as Tyrell’s childhood pastor. In this week’s episode, Tyrell sits with Hugo to discuss life and ministry in general and to reminisce about their past experiences. Find Table Talk with Tyrell on the web. Follow the program on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Listen ... Read more

Last week, Tyrell sat with fellow elders, Mpumelelo Kunene and Michael Rogers, to discuss the legacy of Heritage Baptist Church. This week, they continue that discussion. Find Table Talk with Tyrell on the web. Follow the program on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Listen live every Friday at 9:00 AM (SAST) on Radio Pulpit 675AM and Cape Pulpit 729AM. Follow ... Read more

For ten years, Tyrell has been pastoring Heritage Baptist Church, a church in Melville, Johannesburg. God used Tyrell and fellow pastor, Michael Rogers, to plant the church ten years ago. In this week’s episode, Tyrell, Michael, and fellow pastor Lelo Kunene talk about their experiences and the lessons they’ve learned in planting and pastoring Heritage ... Read more

Discipling is integral to the Christian life and local church ministry. As Christians, we all have the God-given responsibility to make disciples. What does discipling look like? In what context might it take place? How do we practically become involved in this vital aspect of the Christian life? In this episode, Tyrell is joined by ... Read more

Theological training is essential to effective church ministry. Sound theological training is crucial in the African context. Thankfully, institutions like Mukhanyo Theological College in South Africa aim to provide such sound education for the African context. In this episode, Isaac Maleke and Tebogo Mogale from Mukhanyo sit with Tyrell to discuss theological education in Africa. ... Read more

John Calvin is perhaps best known for the system of teaching given his name (Calvinism), which is popularly encapsulated into five points: total depravity; unconditional election; limited atonement; irresistible grace; and perseverance of the saints. In this week’s episode, Tyrell is joined again by Mark Penrith from Crystal Park Baptist Church as they discuss the ... Read more

The Protestant Reformation was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in particular to papal authority. In this episode, Tyrell is joined by Mark Penrith, pastor of Crystal Park Baptist Church in Benoni, South Africa, to discuss the history and theology ... Read more

It’s probably fair to say that 2020 threw everyone for a spin. Nobody anticipated the tumultuous year it has been. If we are not careful, tumultuous times like this can easily kill churches and ministries. In this week’s episode, Desmond Henry from the Luis Palau Association returns to talk with Tyrell about how to your ... Read more

What does the Bible say about lobola? Can a Christian celebrate the Day of the Oath? What is the covenant code? Did Saul lose his salvation? Can a Christian be demon possessed? What is the mark of Cain? In this week’s episode, Tyrell is back to answer questions on a variety of Bible-related themes. Listen ... Read more

Russell Berger is a Christian thinker and host of the Defend and Confirm podcast, in which he discusses various matters related to church life and theology. In this episode, Tyrell has a general conversation with Russell about his life and Christian ministry. Follow Russell on Twitter. Find Table Talk with Tyrell on the web. Follow the ... Read more

Why do so many of our relationships suffer from alienation, indifference, and even hostility? Author Sam Crabtree believes that often at the heart of these breakdowns is a lack of affirmation. He observes that God grants mercy to those who refresh others, and in life that people tend to be influenced by those who praise ... Read more

Every day, opportunities abound for Christians to share their faith. In this week’s episode, Tyrell and Desmond Henry, director of Global Network of Evangelists at the Luis Palau Association, discuss what it means to have no regrets in sharing the gospel by making most of every opportunity. Find Table Talk with Tyrell on the web. Follow ... Read more

Should war be avoided if possible? Should war only be undertaken if all efforts to resolve an issue by peaceful means have failed? Is war a result of failure to live by God’s standards? In this episode, Tyrell and his guest, Andrew Whitman, a chaplain in the Canadian Armed Forces, discuss a Christian attitude toward ... Read more

Tyrell is back for another round of questions and answers. How do you speak about hell to another Christian who rejects its existence? Was Junia a female apostle in authority? What is sexual orientation and how should Christians react to it? Tyrell addresses these and other listener-submitted questions in this episode. Find Table Talk with ... Read more

For most of 2020, churches in South Africa, and across the world, have had to adjust to a new normal. But church lockdown must eventually give way to church post-lockdown. What will that look like? What lessons must we learn from lockdown that will persist long after restrictions are lifted? In today’s episode, Tyrell and ... Read more Episode 82: Church Post-Lockdown

Richard Baxter was vicar of Kidderminster from 1647 to 1661. J. I. Packer describes him as “the most outstanding pastor, evangelist and writer on practical and devotional themes that Puritanism produced.” His ministry transformed the people of Kidderminster from “an ignorant, rude and revelling people” to a godly, worshipping community. In his classic work, The ... Read more Episode 81: The Reformed Pastor

Humility was a defining character quality of Jesus Christ and is a virtue in the life of the Christian. Humility is a particularly important character quality in the life of the evangelist. In this episode, Tyrell is joined by returning guest Des Henry from the Luis Palau Association to talk about humility as it relates ... Read more Episode 80: Humility

Christians instinctively know that there lies upon us the responsibility to share our faith with others, but evangelism is sadly a lacking discipline in too many Christian lives and churches. This week, Tyrell is joined again by Tommie van der Walt from Imprint as they talk all things evangelism. Find Table Talk with Tyrell on ... Read more Episode 79: Evangelism

“Most Christian men want to grow. The problem is that good intentions seldom get fulfilled. Distractions keep getting in the way of discipleship. We help struggling guys build a lifestyle of putting Christ first.” These are the words of Joe Barnard from Cross Training Ministries, who joins Tyrell in this episode to discuss the need ... Read more Episode 78: Training Men in Godliness

Tyrell is once again guestless in this episode, answering questions submitted by Table Talk listeners. How important is meaningful church membership? What does the Bible teach about election and predestination? And will Tyrell ever find enough friends so he doesn’t have to fly solo so much? Listen for the answers to these and other questions. ... Read more Episode 77: Questions and Answers

Both the Old and the New Testaments instruct God’s people to be holy as he is holy. What does it mean that God is holy? What does it mean that Christians are called to be holy as God is holy? In this episode, Tyrell and his guest, Desmond Henry from the Luis Palau Association, discuss ... Read more Episode 76: Holiness

Many parents find themselves educating from home during the pandemic and are perhaps finding themselves in over their head. In this episode, Tyrell and his guests, Michelle and Evan Cantrell, talk about the practicalities of homeschooling. Michelle is wife to Tim Cantrell, pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Honeydew, and Evan is their eldest son. ... Read more Episode 75: Help! I’m Homeschooling

Church planting is a topic of much discussion amongst churches and pastors but what about church revitalisation? How can healthy churches come alongside struggling churches and help them grow to better health? Mark Penrith, pastor of Crystal Park Baptist Church in Benoni, has experience in this regard and joins Tyrell on this week’s episode of ... Read more Episode 74: Church Revitalisation

Difficulties, dangers, disease, death, or divisions don’t deter any but Chocolate Soldiers from executing God’s will. When someone says there is a lion in the way, the real Christian promptly replies, “That’s hardly enough inducement for me; I want a bear or two besides to make it worth my while to go.” Reading the words ... Read more Episode 73: The Chocolate Soldier

The South African climate has highlighted in recent times the tremendous problem of gender-based violence in our country. How should Christians think about this? What does God’s word reveal to us about this terrible scourge? Tyrell talks about this issue in this episode of Table Talk. Find Table Talk with Tyrell on the web. Follow the ... Read more Episode 72: Gender-Based Violence

As Christian leaders far too many of us bow out due to discouragement and frustration or blow out due to sin that ravages our lives, or burn out due to fatigue and unhealthy ministry patterns. In this episode, Tyrell engages with returning guest Desmond Henry from the Luis Palau Association to discuss fostering a healthy ... Read more Episode 71: A Devotional Life

Tyrell is alone in the pound seat again this week answering questions submitted by his loyal listeners. Find Table Talk with Tyrell on the web. Follow the program on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Listen live every Friday at 9:00 AM (SAST) on Radio Pulpit 675AM and Cape Pulpit 729AM. Follow Tyrell on Twitter or read some of his musings on his blog. ... Read more Episode 70: Questions and Answers

What does it mean, biblically speaking, to act like a man? Following their conversation in Episode 65 on raising boys, Tyrell is joined again by Tommie van der Walt from Imprint to talk further about what the Bible teaches about masculinity. Find Table Talk with Tyrell on the web. Follow the program on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Listen live ... Read more Episode 69: Masculinity

We rightly think of evangelism as sharing the gospel message with unbelievers, but our sharing of the gospel is powerless without the power of God. The Bible reveals that God’s power for evangelism is available through prayer. In this episode, Tyrell and his returning guest, Desmond Henry from the Luis Palau Association, talk about the ... Read more Episode 68: Prayer in Evangelism

With South African lockdown restrictions, many parents are finding themselves involved, to one degree or another, with some form of home-schooling setup. Home-schooling has been ridiculed and misunderstood, embraced and promoted. In this episode, Tyrell and his guest, Leadership Resources International’s Jeff Gage, who has long been closely involved in home-schooling and home-schooling co-ops, discuss ... Read more Episode 67: Home-Schooling

The Old Testament historical books are not always favourite stomping grounds for Christian readers, but these books teach us valuable lessons about the character and kingdom of God. In this episode, Tyrell sits down with three preaching pastors—Trent Eayrs from Kloof Baptist Church; Angus McKee from Muldersdrift Union Church; and Clinton Stone from Honeyridge Baptist ... Read more Episode 66: 1 Samuel

How do we build our sons to be tough but not arrogant, mannered but not soft, imaginative but not lazy, bold but not hollow? Using Douglas Wilson’s book, Future Men Tyrell and his guest, Tommie van der Walt from Imprint, discuss the responsibilities and challenges of raising strong, virtuous sons, contrary to the effeminacy and ... Read more Episode 65: Masculinity

How do we wrestle with assurance of faith? What is the Great Disappointment? What does the Bible says about persistence? How can we overcome disappointment? What does Tyrell think of replacement theology? In this episode, Tyrell once again flies solo as he grapples with listener-submitted questions. Find Table Talk with Tyrell on the web. Follow the ... Read more Episode 64: Questions and Answers

In today’s show, Tyrell and return guest, Desmond Henry of the Luis Palau Association discuss evangelism in a quarantine/lockdown society. In a time in which in-person interaction has been severely limited, what options do Christians have in terms of continuing to spread the gospel? How can we best utilise technology to further online evangelism as ... Read more Episode 63: Online Evangelism

In today’s show, Tyrell and Conrad Mbewe, pastor-teacher at Kabwata Baptist Church in Lusaka, Zambia and Chancellor of African Christian University discuss a shift that Conrad has noted in certain areas of ministry in which pastors have started to look more like witchdoctors or sorcerers, promising all sorts of temporal deliverances rather than preaching the ... Read more Episode 62: The Shepherd and the Sorcerer

One of the great weaknesses of modern evangelism is that it fundamentally misrepresents God, man and the nature of sin. The Scriptures are clear that man is dead in sin. This doesn’t mean he’s not physically alive, but it does mean he is only capable of choosing according to his sinful nature. The words used ... Read more Episode 61: The Complete Gospel

Eschatology (the doctrine of last things) is one of the most hotly debated subjects in all of theology. The Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24–25; Mark 13; Luke 17) is at the epicentre of this debate with different interpreters reaching very different conclusions. In today’s show, amillennialist Tyrell sits with premillennialist Tim Cantrell (Antioch Bible Church) and ... Read more Episode 60: The Olivet Discourse

South Africa recently entered a national lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Christians around the country have wondered how the church should respond in the light of the lockdown and the pandemic. Tyrell sits with Desmond Henry from the Luis Palau Association to discuss all things coronavirus and Christian hope. Resources mentioned in ... Read more Episode 59: Ambassadors of Hope

Headhunting cannibals who used their victims’ skulls as pillows, the Sawi people of New Guinea seemed to still be living in the Stone Age. Among the Sawi, treachery was more than a way of life; it was an ideal which unnumbered generations of their people had conceived, systematized and perfected. For them, to “fatten with ... Read more Episode 58: Peace Child

The Reformers famously declared that the church, having reformed, should always be reforming. Reformation was not a one-time event at a particular point in church history: God continues to do the work of reformation in the lives of his people and churches today. Brad Evangelista was raised Pentecostal. God graciously rescued him and brought him ... Read more Episode 57: A Reformation Story

In August 1901, William and Edith Blair became missionaries to Korea under the Presbyterian Board of Missions and served in Pyongyang, Korea (now in North Korea) for forty years. During his first term of missionary service, William Blair was at the centre of a great revival in 1907. His account of this and the events ... Read more Episode 56: The Korean Pentecost

The evangelist is the bearer of good news—one who brings good news of peace, happiness, and salvation. But what is the gospel message that the Christian evangelist is called to preach? In this episode of Table Talk, Tyrell is joined again by Desmond Henry of the Luis Palau Association and Gary Patrick Almeida of African ... Read more Episode 55: The Evangelist’s Message

Why does theology not always change us as fast as we think it should? Should we ask God for signs? Why is there so much intolerance within Christianity. Who can go to heaven? Is the Bible complete? Which books make up the Bible? How should we think about modern-day claims to prophecy? Tyrell addresses these ... Read more Episode 54: Questions and Answers

How should we think about house church models versus a more familiar approach to local church worship? How should we think about Valentine’s Day? How can those who are required by their employers to work on the Lord’s Day still honour the day? Which day of the week should we recognise as the Christian Sabbath? ... Read more Episode 53: Questions and Answers

Theological education is an important aspect of disciple-making and church-planting. The question in regards to training really pertains to how much is needed and how it is to be achieved. Where should theological education take place? What place does the local church play in training, and what place do parachurch ministries play in the same? ... Read more Episode 52: Theological Education

What is an evangelist? Should we even use the word “evangelist” or “evangelism”? Who should evangelise? In today’s discussion, Tyrell is joined again by his friend Desmond Henry from the Luis Palau Association to discuss what the Bible teaches about evangelism and how we should think about our responsibility to evangelise and share our faith ... Read more Episode 51: What is an Evangelist?

Christianity makes bold historical claims and it is fair to say that if the claims of Christianity can be proven false the entire faith will be brought into disrepute. How can we know that the Gospel accounts of Jesus Christ and Luke’s accounts of his apostles in Acts are historically reliable? In this episode of ... Read more Episode 50: The Reliability of the Gospel and Acts

At what point does vocational diligence become corrupting idolatry? How would you advise someone who has been exposed to much Christian teaching but still struggles to trust in Christ? Will we pray in heaven? What makes a good sermon? What does it mean to pray without ceasing? Where is heaven? What is the difference between ... Read more Episode 49: Questions and Answers

Episode 48: Through Gates of Splendor On 8 January, 1956, five Christian missionaries were martyred by members of the Huaorani people as they sought to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to the Ecuadorian rain forest. Elisabeth Elliot, wife of Jim, one of the martyred missionaries, tells the story in her book Through Gates ... Read more Episode 48: Through Gates of Splendor