Headlines with the Pastors
35 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLutheran (LCMS) pastors Jared DeBlieck and David Dunlop discuss news and culture from a Christ-centered worldview. Episodes available via podcast & on YouTube.
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Lutheran Worship and Mental Health
August 25, 2023 19:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBIn your newsfeed and not too far from you right now are people talking about the rise of mental health related issues. You might know too well the sickness, despair, and craving for healing. There's reason to be hopeful because there's real meat on the bones of God's Word and his people's prayers. The Pastors discuss practically what they share with those who are struggling and why in the Liturgy of Lutheran Worship (The Divine Service) all who are in need receive God's care for their body--...
Raising the Next Generation of Christians
August 08, 2023 05:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBIn this episode the Pastors discuss some food for thought: the importance of a Christian education and why their families are switching to homeschool! Check us out on YouTube, Facebook, or our Website!
Downside of Boycott Christianity
May 27, 2023 03:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBIs boycotting the best Christians can offer when engaging in the Culture Wars? In this episode the Pastors consider the fuller effort to reach people under the influence of sinful practices which some businesses are also trying to push with their wide-reaching platforms. Check us out on YouTube, Facebook, or our Website!
Kenyan Starvation Cult Coming for You?
April 28, 2023 08:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBNo it’s not a bad movie it’s a real life drama, playing out in the background of so many other things happening in the world right now. The Kenyan starvation cult is a sobering reminder of the importance to test pastors and all prophetic words, but how do we do that?! The Pastors dive into the draw of cults, and how to test the spirits for truth or error. Check us out on YouTube, Facebook, or our Website!
Disconnect Between Transgender Advertising and Real Christian Advocacy
April 20, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBAdvertisers have a side hustle and it's whatever is trending socially. Today Transgenderism is their newest buzzword. Do they care about transgender people? Who knows? One thing is for sure, they want to sell you something and will use anything and anyone to help them do that! The Church is different, true Christianity isn't about selling you anything, it's about Christ who gave up his life on the cross in order to give us life and salvation. It's about the free gift of our flesh being trans...
We Asked ChatGPT to Act Like a Lutheran Theologian
February 15, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBThe results might surprise you! We asked the popular mainstream AI to act like a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod theologian and list the 5 dangers and 5 benefits of using ChatGPT. Have you used ChatGPT? Check us out on YouTube, Facebook, or our Website!
Respect for Marriage Act and the Marriage of Joseph and Mary
December 24, 2022 16:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBWas the Marriage of Joseph and Mary good? Full of respect? If we want to see an example of what marriage should look like, and how committed it must be, there are few better examples than Joseph and Mary. Does their marriage hold up in the contemporary world? Check us out on YouTube, Facebook, or our Website!
Christian Response to the Outrageous Balenciaga Ad
December 08, 2022 20:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBDoes the recent Balenciaga ad campaign disturb you? Children holding teddy bears in bondage attire as subjects for a photoshoot seem to us as a looking glass into a world gone mad. What say you? Check us out on YouTube, Facebook, or our Website!
Christians Divided Over Christian Nationalism
November 16, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBChristian nationalism is the scapegoat to America's problems. Certainly this is a power play by politicians and media pundits who are making a battlefield maneuver to capture the Christian flag. The question for Christians in this culture war is: are we ready to dig our foxholes or our graves? Do we take up our Cross and follow Jesus or cast another golden calf and worship our leaders? Check us out on YouTube, Facebook, or our Website!
The Boom of Paganism in America
November 02, 2022 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBIt's happening right before our eyes! Slowly secularism is deconstructing Christianity and our culture is letting this happen, even promoting it. Now paganism is on the rise, no doubt stepping in where Christianity has stepped out. The demonic isn't on street corners its in our homes on the tv, in video games, and sneaks into the habits we keep. Check us out on YouTube, Facebook, or our Website!
Why I Left the ELCA and Contemporary Worship
October 20, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBThe Pastors discuss the Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-17), unpacking the Theology of Glory vs. Theology of the Cross. The Pastors also share about turning to God's pure Word, repenting and being humbled under the Truth of God's doctrines. Check us out on YouTube, Facebook, or our Website!
Is Hurricane Ian God's Judgment for Sin?
October 06, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBWhen disaster strikes people both cry out to God or wonder why a God of love would permit such suffering. Today the Pastors discuss this and what Christianity does when faced with the destruction nature can cause. Where do we turn, what hope do we have, how does God turn suffering into peace? Check us out on YouTube, Facebook, or our Website!
Christian Compassion or Contempt for Migrants
September 20, 2022 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBMigrants to Martha's Vineyard shouldn't be what it takes to get the ball rolling on the crisis at the Mexico-American border, but here we are! How do Christians think through the border issues, seek to be merciful to migrants, but also critical of the strain it causes border towns and American citizens? Let's think on this together in today's episode.
Why Should Christians Care About California's Rolling Power Outages? | Headlines with the Pastors, E22
September 13, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBWhat's more polluted, the earth or politicians? The Pastors visit the timely topic of climate change and specifically the stewardship of God's earth. How do we do that without turning the gift of this world into an idol?
We The People | Roe v Wade Deep Dive Special Episode | Headlines with the Pastors, E21
July 04, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBWhat do you get when anti-constitutionalists want abortion to be constitutional, even though abortion is anti-constitutional? Insanity, you get insanity! This Deep Dive Special Edition of Headlines with the Pastors takes a closer look at the overruling of Roe v Wade. Almost 50 years ago the highest court in the United States, the Supreme Court, federally permitted the right to abortions. Now there's so many questions. Can the Church to comment on abortion? How did the SCOTUS make their deci...
Has Google Created a Living Artificial Intelligence? | Headlines with the Pastors, E20
June 20, 2022 10:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBIs it alive, has Google opened the pandora's box of artificial intelligence? In the near future will robots pray with us, march in protests alongside us or maybe even against us? Today on the show we explore the brave new world of artificial intelligence.
Why Can't Nancy Pelosi Take Communion? Closed Communion Explained | Headlines with the Pastors, E19
May 24, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBWHAT is Closed Communion and WHO receives communion Worthily, that is, Faithfully. Today on Headlines with the Pastors we tackle the big question: If you’re a politician can’t you just tell your religion what to do?
Billboard Music Awards and News are the SAME Thing! | Headlines with the Pastors, E18
May 17, 2022 05:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBCelebrity, Sports, and Music, Oh My! Jesus says that “In this world you will have tribulation” but have we lost the magnitude of His warning? When so much of what we consume is entertainment, has the church become numb to real news and weak to wage cultural wars?
People Leaving Hillsong, Pop Christianity, & Culture Wars Behind | Headlines with the Pastors, E17
April 25, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBHillsong Hypepriests and Culture Wars in Christ’s Crosshairs. We ask the Lutheran question: What Does This MEME? Finally, the Christian Life Between the Sundays: how the ordinary is extraordinary…What Does That Mean?
Elon Musk's Shares in Twitter Cyberculture & Holy Week | Headlines with the Pastors, E16
April 12, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBElon Musk buys Twitter shares that cause some scares, but can he resurrect that wretched wreck? And now that Holy Week is here the march to the cross draws near, we discuss the week of Christ’s Passion and the true Resurrection.
Biology 101: Turning Red Movie Review & SCOTUS Nominee on Woman | Headlines with the Pastors, E15
March 28, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBIs Turning Red, just a movie we’re reviewing or the theme of the Supreme Court nominee who can’t or won’t define what a woman is? Sadly, it’s both! Thankfully we have the Christian Life Between the Sundays to set our hearts on Jesus' way, truth, and life.
It "Don't Say Gay" Okay? and the Myth v. Mission of Saint Patrick | Headlines with the Pastors, E14
March 15, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBCritics call it the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, but it doesn’t say that, so today we sort fact from friction under Florida jurisdiction. Next, we belly up to some St Patrick’s Day traditions looking at the lore and luck of the patron saint of Ireland. And finally, the Christian Life between the Sundays.
Ukraine War and Ash Wednesday, Peace & Penitence | Headlines with the Pastors, E13
March 01, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBFROM the resolve of the Christian Church in war-torn Ukraine, as ashes burn there TO Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent in the midst of uncertain times, the pastors discuss peace and penitence. And finally, as always, a look at the Christian Life Between the Sundays: the Transfiguration of Jesus to the Temptations of Jesus.
Today's Sports Betting & Considering Early Marriage or Not | Headlines with the Pastors, E12
February 15, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBIs cheapening sport on the rise with gambling industries spelling demise? We talk about the Super Bowl highs and lows. Next, there's a new study out that makes it clear that young adult marriage is nothing to fear. Then, the Christian Life Between the Sundays, where Jesus preaches blessings and woes, even forgiveness to all your foes.
Joe Rogan Apology and the Unapologetic Winter Olympics | Headlines with the Pastors, E11
February 08, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBFrom “Going Rogue,” Joe Rogan’s Firestorm of Controversy to “Getting Iced” at the Winter Olympics, China’s Human Rights Cover Up. And, finally, we look at the Christian Life Between the Sundays: Jesus calls his disciples into the throes, and proclaims blessings and woes with excellent prose!
M&M Redesign Backlash and Russia Ukraine Conflict | Headlines with the Pastors, E10
February 01, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBIt can’t be true! M&M times 2: Woke Makeovers for M&M candies and Minnie Mouse! The Pastors also take on the latest Russian percussion with Ukraine but looking at how Jesus prepared us for Wars and Rumors of Wars. Finally, Jesus calls out demons and disciples in our church readings, what does that mean for the Christian Life Between the Sundays?
Megan Fox Machine Gun Kelly Drink Blood and Roe v. Wade | Headlines with the Pastors, E9
January 25, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBThe Pastors discuss the engagement of Megan Fox and MG Kelly, celebrated by drinking each other's blood. Then, a look at the highest court in the land, reflecting on Roe v. Wade and the March for Life, and finally the Christian life lived between the Sundays.
Betty White's Religion and the Religious Right of January Sixth | Headlines with the Pastors, E8
January 11, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBDo all actors go to heaven? The Pastors take on the church of Betty White and the spiritual not religious of Hollywood. Then, Jared and David REACT, to the REACTION of Reformed Christianity, REACTING to the US Capital protesters on January 6th, REACTING to the 2020 National Election. Is it all just an OVERREACTION? Finally, the Pastors unpack at the Christian life lived between the Sundays!
New Year Resolutions Old Year Problems | Headlines with the Pastors, E7
January 05, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBThe Pastors look at pulling the shade on New Years Resolutions in favor of Godly aspirations. Then, more seriously they address the Jeffery Epstein connected madam Maxwell who was recently convicted of sex trafficking while also unpacking how Christ can heal the wounds of sexual violence and violation. Finally, a look at the Christian life lived between the Sundays, from the Father's Temple to the Baptismal enlightenment of Epiphany.
Build Back Better Burger-Bill Butchered, Nickin' the Santa Claus | Headlines with the Pastors, E6
December 21, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBPart two of the highly controversial Build Back Better bill kicks the can…for now, the Myth of Santa Clause and the Legend of Saint Nicholas, we laugh thru some ridiculous Christmas headlines concerning cream cheese and arson, before looking at the Christian life lived between the Sundays—it’s our Christmas show and you’re invited!
Where's God? Latest Supreme Court Abortion Ruling & Deadly Tornado Path | Headlines with the Pastors, E5
December 14, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBThe Pastors look at the Supreme Court’s latest abortion ruling and wonder, what's the future of Roe v. Wade? Then, the devastating tornados, how does the Christian see God in the midst of natural disasters, do we blame God? Finally, the Christian life between the Sundays: navigating doubt with the full assurance of God's Grace.
The Rittenhouse Ripple Effect, Cyber Monday, and Advent Preparations | Headlines with the Pastors Ep. 04
November 30, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBThe Rittenhouse ripple effect is a manufactured reality that the Christian must take note of as media perpetuates cultural thought and people imitate what is perceived as justice. The pastors also briefly chat about Christian mindfulness in holiday shopping and what ringing in the new Church Year— in the season of Advent— is all about!
HWTP Ep3: Kyle Rittenhouse Guilty or Not | SpaceX Pros and Cons
November 16, 2021 03:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBToday the pastors talk about the Kyle Rittenhouse trial and take from it important lessons for the Christian. Then, into the atmosphere to discuss how a SpaceX Astronaut proclaims the glory of docking with the International Space Station, which makes should make us wonder, what glories should the Christian praise? And finally, the Pastors look at the Christian life lived between the Sundays, and how our End Times theology encourages us to endure in Jesus with hope!
HWTP Ep2: Two Kingdoms, One Lord, and a Zero Credit Score
November 09, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBIn today's episode, the pastors discuss recent supply chain issues from God's view that work is one of his first beautiful gifts to us. Afterward, they take a look at the recent elections that flooded the headlines, giving a Christian guiding perspective through the Two Kingdom Theology principle. Lastly, the listener hears about their life between the Sundays and what Word of God is in store for them as they prepare to return to the House of the Lord. All credit goes to Christ, his kingdom ...
HWTP Ep1: Should Christians Enter the Metaverse?
November 01, 2021 20:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBOur first episode has the pastors, Jared DeBlieck and David Dunlop, unpacking what this podcast is all about, addressing Facebook's Metaverse, or should we say Meta's Metaverse, and ends looking at the reality of life often overshadowed by celebrity.