Episodes
Today’s episode is titled “Think of the End to Motivate the Action.” Today’s sponsor is brought to you by the brand new version of Logos Bible Software. Learn more about it here.  Original article
Published 11/30/18
Today’s episode is titled “Does Premarital Pregnancy Nullify ‘Unequally Yoked’?” Today’s sponsor is brought to you by the brand new version of Logos Bible Software. Learn more about it here.  Original article
Published 11/28/18
Today’s episode is titled “Girl, Wash Your Face.” It is a review of one of 2018’s bestselling non-fiction books–a book that should be of some concern to discerning Christians. Today’s sponsor is church websites by Mere. They are the people and technology behind hundreds of churches as well as ministries like Getty Music, The Village Church, and even Challies.com. They’d love to help your church or ministry with a website that is beautiful, successful, and cost-effective. Visit merechurch.com...
Published 11/26/18
Today’s episode is titled “What Makes the Spiritual Gifts Discussion Different.” It looks at the ongoing debate about the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit and what makes that discussion different from most others. Today’s sponsor is brought to you by the brand new version of Logos Bible Software. Learn more about it here.  Original article
Published 11/23/18
Today’s episode is titled “The Cost of Surrounding Yourself with Negative People.” It interacts with one of the key and concerning statements from one of 2018’s most popular books. Today’s sponsor is church websites by Mere. They are the people and technology behind hundreds of churches as well as ministries like Getty Music, The Village Church, and even Challies.com. They’d love to help your church or ministry with a website that is beautiful, successful, and cost-effective. Visit...
Published 11/21/18
Today’s episode is titled “Give the Lord a Lot to Work With.” It encourages Christians, and especially young Christians, to dedicate themselves to those pursuits that give the Lord a lot to work with. Today’s sponsor is church websites by Mere. They are the people and technology behind hundreds of churches as well as ministries like Getty Music, The Village Church, and even Challies.com. They’d love to help your church or ministry with a website that is beautiful, successful, and...
Published 11/19/18
Today’s episode is titled “The First Two Minutes Matter Most.” It reminds us that the first two minutes offers each Christian a unique opportunity to serve one another. Today’s sponsor is church websites by Mere. They are the people and technology behind hundreds of churches as well as ministries like Getty Music, The Village Church, and even Challies.com. They’d love to help your church or ministry with a website that is beautiful, successful, and cost-effective. Visit merechurch.com to...
Published 11/15/18
Paul and I began The Art of Godliness as an extension of our existing friendship. The conversations we’ve enjoyed as friends, colleagues, and co-elders simply spilled over into the podcast. This episode is perhaps the most obvious indicator of the fun we have as friends. In this eleventh and final episode of series 1 of the podcast, we just have fun. That’s why I’ve labeled it “The Weird One.” I hope you enjoy it! Thanks to this week’s sponsor Logos Mobile Education. Pay them a visit and...
Published 11/29/17
Published 11/29/17
We are nearing the final episode of series 1 of The Art of Godliness podcast! After this week’s episode there will be just one more before we take a built-in break but first we want provide this discussion of social media. This is, once again, our attempt to offer assistance to you as you obey God in leading a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This week’s episode is sponsored by Logos. And here are the kinds of things you can study with Logos Mobile Education from...
Published 11/22/17
We are nearing the final episode of series 1 of The Art of Godliness podcast! After this week’s episode there will be just one more before we take a built-in break but first we want provide this discussion of social media. This is, once again, our attempt to offer assistance to you as you obey God in leading a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This week’s episode is sponsored by Logos. And here are the kinds of …
Published 11/22/17
Welcome to another episode of The Art of Godliness podcast. In this podcast, Paul Martin and I do our utmost to provoke you obey God in leading a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This time around we are discussing the always-important and always-difficult subject of personal devotions. We hope you find it informative and helpful. Our thanks goes to Lexham Press for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about the Lexham Classics series at...
Published 11/15/17
Today I’ve got a new episode of The Art of Godliness for you to listen to. Through this episode (and all the others before and after it) Paul and I hope to provoke you obey God in leading a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This time we focus our thoughts and conversation on entertainment, and especially the entertainment Christians enjoy through pop culture. We hope you find it helpful! Recommended Reading “I Don’t Understand Christians Watching Game of Thrones”...
Published 11/01/17
There is not an individual or a church that has not been impacted at some time or in some way by gossip. The sad fact is that too much of the time we talk too much and about all the wrong things. In this episode of The Art of Godliness, Paul and I discuss the common, ugly, destructive sin of gossip. Give it a listen and see if you find it at all helpful or challenging! After all, the purpose of our podcast is to attempt to think out loud about how to lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and...
Published 10/25/17
There is not an individual or a church that has not been impacted at some time or in some way by gossip. The sad fact is that too much of the time we talk too much and about all the wrong things. In this episode of The Art of Godliness, Paul and I discuss the common, ugly, destructive sin of gossip. Give it a listen and see if you find it at all helpful or challenging!
Published 10/25/17
Today we bring you another episode of The Art of Godliness, the podcast that attempts to think out loud about how to lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. In this week’s episode we discuss the kind of subject that will compel a lot of people to just skip the episode. It may not seem that important to you or may not seem to matter much in your context. Can we ask you to listen anyway? This subject is near and dear to both of us and may be of greater urgency to you...
Published 10/18/17
Today we bring you another episode of The Art of Godliness, the podcast that attempts to think out loud about how to lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. In this week’s episode we discuss the kind of subject that will compel a lot of people to just skip the episode. It may not seem that important to you or may not seem to matter much in your context. Can we ask you to listen anyway? …
Published 10/18/17
Today I bring another episode of The Art of Godliness, the podcast that attempts to think out loud and in public about how to lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. Paul and I discuss the always-controversial topic of music in the church. Isn’t it ironic that music, meant to create unity in the church, is so often a source of division? It shouldn’t be this way! Thanks to this week’s sponsor Logos Mobile Education from Faithlife for making this episode...
Published 10/11/17
Today I bring another episode of The Art of Godliness, the podcast that attempts to think out loud and in public about how to lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. Paul and I discuss the always-controversial topic of music in the church. Isn’t it ironic that music, meant to create unity in the church, is so often a source of division? It shouldn’t be this way! Thanks to this week’s sponsor Logos Mobile Education from Faithlife …
Published 10/11/17
Today I bring you episode 4 of The Art of Godliness podcast, the show that thinks out loud and in public about how to “lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.” In past episodes we have discussed conflict in the church, honoring our parents, and family devotions. Today we turn our attention to scandal in the church. The sad fact is there will always be some degree of scandal among Christians and through the Internet we have greater access to them than ever before. In...
Published 10/04/17
Today I bring you episode 4 of The Art of Godliness podcast, the show that thinks out loud and in public about how to “lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.” In past episodes we have discussed conflict in the church, honoring our parents, and family devotions. Today we turn our attention to scandal in the church. The sad fact is there will always be some degree of scandal among Christians and through the Internet …
Published 10/04/17
Today I bring you episode 3 of The Art of Godliness, the new podcast hosted by myself and my good friend Paul Martin. The purpose of the podcast is to think out loud and in public about how to live a quiet and peaceful life, godly and dignified in every way. In episode 1 we discussed conflict resolution and in episode 2 turned to honoring parents. Now, in episode 3, we turn to family devotions. We discuss what constitutes family devotions, where we find them in the Bible, why we ought to do...
Published 09/27/17