2018 - Meeting Real Life

Don’t Plant Another Church in Your City.

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 Blog Barna, church, Church Planting, Dechurched, Flint, Grand Rapids, Meeting Real Life, Missions, Unchurched

In the golden age of planting modern and hip congregations, church planting is becoming a business model instead of a commission from God. I grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And there is one thing

Minisode: Expectations

September 16, 2018September 16, 2018 Episodes

Today, some updates on the podcast and some brief thoughts on expectations. Social media: FB – Twitter – Instagram @MRLPodast We want to hear from you! Message us show ideas, questions or anything at all

Episode 3: For The Bible Tells Her So

September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 Episodes Albert Mohler, baptist, christian podcast, complimentarian, Paige Patterson, Podcast, women in ministry

On today’s episode, a compelling story of a pastor called to ministry. There’s just one problem.. she’s a woman. We look at why some Christians think this is not okay, and why there seems to

Evangelicals Should Follow Pope’s Lead on the Death Penalty

August 18, 2018August 18, 2018 Blog Catholic, death penalty, Meeting Real Life, pope Francis, theology

In the beginning of August, Pope Francis made a formal change to the Catechism (formal teaching of Catholic doctrine) that made the death penalty inadmissible in all cases. Here’s what the New York Times had

Minisode: Bill Hybels

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 Episodes

Some thoughts today on Bill Hybels, Willow Creek, and the future of the church in the US. We’re excited to welcome our new sponsor Omega Forge, creator of custom props, artwork and anything you can

Three Issues We Face In The Aftermath of Bill Hybels

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Blog #metoo, Bill Hybels, Global Leadership Summit, Meeting Real Life, Moral failure, Willow Creek

Sunday, after a long day of hanging at the lake with my family, we headed home and settled in to bed. My son woke up and needed to be put back down to bed, something

Neat Little Boxes

August 1, 2018August 2, 2018 Blog, Uncategorized Carly Lewis, Meeting Real Life, Podcast

This week we launched a podcast featuring my old friend from Bible College Mitch Lewis (thanks, Mitch!) During that podcast he talks about hitting the eject button on a lot of his religious framework about

Episode 2: Theodicy!

August 1, 2018August 1, 2018 Episodes

Christian faith is often the establishment of a network of beliefs and worldviews. But what happens when suffering tears this worldview apart? Today story of a tragic murder of a teen girl, and how her

Episode 2 Trailer

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 Episodes

Episode 2 drops August 1st. Make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss it!