Podcast 136: What Is It Like Being a Minister?
It’s not just giving a sermon once a week! Today we welcome to the studio our own pastor, Mr. John Strain, and ask him to help all of us understand some of what it’s like being a pastor in the field.
Wallace Smith is the Executive Editor of Living Church of God publications, husband to a Beautiful Wife, and father of four male humans. He understands that mathematics is the most poetic and passionate of all human subjects, and you will not convince him otherwise, but he hopes you will not hold that against him and will read what he writes, anyway.
It’s not just giving a sermon once a week! Today we welcome to the studio our own pastor, Mr. John Strain, and ask him to help all of us understand some of what it’s like being a pastor in the field.
It looks like Mr. Jonathan McNair and Mr. Rod McNair now have their “Brother to Brother” podcast on the Living Education YouTube channel! Check out the episode below, where they talk about what goes into selecting a Feast site.
God wants us to obey His commands even when they are difficult to obey. And, in a broken world, even the Fifth Commandment—to honor our father and mother—can present real challenges. Today, we discuss some of those challenges and how to approach them. Also, in this episode we highlight a fantastic sermon in which Mr. […]
If life seems good, we might be tempted to think we’d like Christ’s return to come later instead of ASAP, maybe after we’ve “lived” a little more. But with a little perspective, it becomes clear: We have every reason to pray with sincere conviction, “Your kingdom come!” Join us as we talk about it.
It’s easy to think of Jesus Christ’s commission to do the Work of God and reach the world with the truth as something other people do. But it isn’t! It’s something you and I—and all in God’s Church—play a role in. So, today, we discuss seven very real ways you can help with God’s Work—ways […]
What an unexpected treat! Mr. Jonathan McNair just passed along the video below that he received from the 2024 Living Youth Camp in the Philippines. Looks like everyone had a blast. It’s amazing how similar the camps can seem, even though they take place in so many different places in the world. Enjoy!
If you did not believe that the Bible was the inspired word of God, would you still have cause to believe in Jesus’ resurrection? It was a real question for the Gentiles to whom Paul preached, who were unfamiliar with the Bible, and it’s a real question for many today. But if we are open […]