Stay ConnectedDeepen your friendship with God through informative conversation and personal spiritual disciplines. Each episode focuses on a different topic and how we can approach it from a spiritual growth perspective. Whether it’s talking about relationships, the Bible, prayer, cultural issues, anxiety, or anything else related to your life, this podcast looks at how we can live as disciples of Jesus. Episodes feature conversations with authors, professors, or pastors.
Hosted by Jason Wieland.
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Saddleback Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland is joined by Bayside Church Teaching Pastor/Rapper Brannon Shortt. Storytelling is one of the oldest and most-used forms of communication in human history. We use stories to teach lessons to little kids (think Aesop’s fables or fairy tales) and we continue to learn from stories as adults (think of the great works of literature, film, music).
Another place we often hear stories is during church. We don’t just hear or read the stories from the Bible, but preachers often incorporate stories into their sermons as a way to highlight a point or provide context for what they are teaching. Today’s guest, Brannon Shortt, is a preacher, rapper, and candlemaker. Brannon was a pastor at Saddleback Church before moving to Northern California where he now serves as a Teaching Pastor at Bayside Church and recently released a new album titled The Attic under his musical artist name, BShortt. In this conversation, Brannon and Jason talk about the power of story and how we can share our faith in many different ways.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
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Bshortt on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vSAVAyGtzVOK4TyHrwUGQ
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Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland is joined by Dr. Carmen Joy Imes to discuss her new book, Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters. What does it mean to be human? This question is something that everybody wrestles with at different points of life. In this conversation, Jason and Dr. Imes discuss what being God’s image means; the connection between creation and vocation; what Genesis, the Wisdom literature, and the New Testament say about this; the power of beloved community, and what we can do to live out a life made in God’s image.
Dr. Carmen Joy Imes (PhD, Wheaton) is associate professor of Old Testament at Biola University. She is the author of Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters, Bearing YHWH’S Name at Sinai, and the editor of Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
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Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters
Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters
Just Discipleship: Biblical Justice in an Unjust Worldby Michael J. Rhodes
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Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
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Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland is joined by Dr. Douglas Groothuis to talk about his new book, World Religions in Seven Sentences. The conversation discusses why Christians should learn about other world religions, and then looks a three religions or thoughts discussed in the book, Atheism, Judaism, and Islam. The episode also discusses the rise of “Apathy-ism” and the growing movement of people who don’t want to give any time or energy into thinking about spiritual matters at all.
Dr. Douglas Groothuis is professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary. He is the author of numerous books, including Christian Apologetics, Philosophy in Seven Sentences, and others.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
World Religions in Seven Sentences
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
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Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland is joined by Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Brandon Bathauer and Linda Tokar for a Books of the Bible Draft. It’s the time of year when many people do their fantasy football drafts. Here on Doable Discipleship, we draft too – just in a different way. In 2022 we did a People of the Bible Draft and this year we set our sights on the Books of the Bible. The premise: Which 5 books of the Bible would you want if you were stranded on a deserted island. The twist: this year we introduce categories. Each person has to draft 1 book from each of the following categories: Old Testament (non-prophet), Major Prophet, Minor Prophet, Gospel, and New Testament (non-Gospel). Once a book is selected, it cannot be chosen by another person. This is a really fun episode that takes a good look at some of your favorite books of the Bible.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
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Doable Discipleship – The People of the Bible Draft
Know Your Bibleby Paul Kent
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Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
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Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland is joined by Dr. Jim Papandrea, author of the book How Christianity Saved Civilization . . . And Must Do So Again. The conversation discusses different ways in which Christianity revolutionized the ancient world and how we should consider Christianity’s role in the modern world.
Dr. Jim Papandrea is Professor of Church History and Historical Theology. He is on the faculty of the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and a senior fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
How Christianity Saved Civilization . . . And Must Do So Again
Doable Discipleship – Why the Story of the Church Matters
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
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Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland is joined by Dr. John Mark Reynolds to discuss the connection between ancient philosophy, reading the great books, and Christianity. They discusses why Christians should care about philosophy, what we mean when we say “The Western Canon” of literature, the power of work that lasts, and how people can get started learning more about these topics.
Dr. Reynolds is the President of the Saint Constantine School, a Senior Fellow in the humanities at The Kings College and a Fellow of the Center for Science and Culture at The Discovery Institute. He is the former provost of Houston Baptist University. He is the founder and director of the Torrey Honors Institute, the Socratic, great books-centered honors program at Biola University.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
When Athens Met Jerusalem: An Introduction to Classical and Christian Thought
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
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Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland is joined by Jesus Revolution writer/director Jon Erwin to talk about the hit film. They discuss how Jon decides what stories he wants to tell through film, how he thinks about crafting experiences, what the success of Jesus Revolution tells us about culture and faith-based films, the opportunity we have to tell stories and to share biblical truth in a mass-market environment, and the conversation ends with a fun rapid-fire segment about the cast of Jesus Revolution.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
https://jesusrevolution.movie/
Saddleback Church At the Movie Series
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland is joined by Saddleback Lake Forest Ministry Pastor Jacob Wilson to talk about what it means to be shaped by God. They discuss SHAPE as an acrostic, look more at the theology of shape and the difference between calling and shape, and have a broader conversation around what it means to do work in the kingdom of God.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
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SHAPE by Erik Rees
Discover Your Purposeat a Saddleback Campus Near You
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
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Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland is joined by Saddleback Mission Pastor Julie Chung to answer the question, What Are We Getting Wrong About Work? Julie earned her doctoral degree from Fuller Seminary in the field of faith, work, economics, and vocation. This episode looks at work as seen in Genesis and work as seen through redemption culture. They talk about the difference between current societal values and God’s economy, the role of identity, and some tips for living a more integrated faith and work life.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
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Every Good Endeavor by Tim Keller
Doable Discipleship Podcast - What Does the Bible Say About Work?
Found Podcast - Three Stories of Work
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor is joined by Dr. Kutter Callaway to discuss theology and film. Movies have a powerful and interesting way of capturing our attention, our emotions, and our thought life. What does this say about us? And how does this relate to our relationship with God? This conversation looks to answer these questions along with talking about common religious themes and motifs in movies, the need to be discerning against heresy in film, and the power of emotion and what it says about being made in the image of God.
Kutter Callaway is the William K. Brehm Chair of Worship, Theology, and the Arts, as well as associate dean of the Center for Advanced Theological Studies, and associate professor of theology and culture. He is actively engaged in writing and speaking on the interaction between theology and culture—particularly film, television, and online media—in both academic and popular forums.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
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