The Bible, the Border, and the State of Maine | The Pastor's Office Ep. 11 (w/ Guest Jon Fetherston)

Pastors Warn: AI Wants to Replace Your Relationship With God | The Pastor's Office

In this episode of The Pastor's Office Podcast, Pastor Travis sits down with Pastor Dom Veilleux of Calvary Chapel New Heart in Bangor, Maine to tackle one of the most urgent spiritual questions of our generation: Is artificial intelligence replacing our relationship with God?From a $1.99 AI Jesus chatbot to Barna research showing 1 in 3 American evangelical Christians now trust AI spiritual advice as much as their pastor's — the cultural shift is already here. But what does the Bible actually say about it?Pastor Dom unpacks the biblical pattern of "the artificial" — from fig leaves in Genesis to the Antichrist himself — and introduces a concept every Christian needs to hear: artificial righteousness. Along the way, Adam and Dom dive into Revelation 13, the false prophet giving breath to the image of the beast, the rise of artificial general intelligence (AGI), and how end-times prophecy is unfolding in real time.This is not a fear-based AI conversation. It's a biblical worldview conversation about technology, discernment, and what it actually means to walk with God in an age of counterfeits.🔑 In This Episode:- Why AI is the spiritual conversation the Church is missing- The biblical pattern of "the artificial" from Genesis to Revelation- Is AI the Mark of the Beast? A pastor's honest answer- The Barna stat every Christian needs to hear- Reacting to the $1.99 AI Jesus chatbot- Yuval Noah Harari on AI writing "a new Bible"- What is artificial righteousness — and why it matters more than AI- The Babylon connection: large language models and the one-world system- How to use AI as a tool without making it an idol📖 Scripture Referenced:Genesis 3, Genesis 6, Genesis 11, Exodus 20, Isaiah 14, Daniel 12, Matthew 13, Romans 13, 2 Timothy 2-4, Hebrews 10, Revelation 13🎙️ Guest: Pastor Dom VeilleuxIf this episode encouraged you, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone wrestling with these questions. Your support helps us reach more believers with biblical truth in a culture full of counterfeits.🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every Friday💬 Drop your thoughts in the comments — we read them📩 Share this episode with a friend who needs it#ThePastorsOffice #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Bible #Christianity #EndTimes #BiblicalWorldview #Pastor #ChristianPodcast #Jesus #HolySpirit #Revelation #Antichrist #ChristianApologetics

He Put a Knife to My Throat — Now We're Both Pastors | The Pastor's Office Ep. 16

In December 2013, on a freezing night in a Bangor dope house, a man put a serrated knife to Pastor Travis Carey's throat and robbed him of everything he had. That man was Aaron Davis. It was Travis's birthday.Seven years later, Aaron walked through the doors of the church Travis had just planted in Greater Portland — holding his six-week-old son and searching for freedom. What happened between those two moments is a story so unlikely that, in their own words, most people simply don't believe it.In this episode of The Pastor's Office, Travis sits down with Pastor Aaron Davis of Calvary Chapel Lewiston for one of the most remarkable testimonies of God's grace you'll ever hear. Aaron opens up about growing up biracial and fatherless in rural Bradford, Maine; the abandonment and identity crisis that shaped him; the OxyContin epidemic that swept through small-town New England; and the loss of his fiancée Nicole, who was executed in a drug deal gone wrong in 2012. He shares the years of addiction, dealing, and prison that followed — and the moment, while erasing Travis's stolen phone, that he saw text after text from a discipleship program pleading with Travis to come back to the Lord. God used those messages, meant for someone else, to break through the darkness.From a relapse and a dog dying in his arms in the New Mexico desert, to suicidal despair during the COVID lockdowns, to a full surrender to Christ and a miraculous deliverance from Suboxone — Aaron's journey leads him through Calvary Residential Discipleship and ultimately to planting a church in one of Maine's hardest cities.In the second half, Travis and Aaron turn to the theme that ties their whole story together: identity. They discuss how the enemy and the culture push us to define ourselves by skin color, gender, or background — and how the gospel goes far deeper. The conversation engages the national conversation around race and identity politics, including reactions to Charlie Kirk, clips from Pastor John Amanchukwu, and the Austin Metcalf / Karmelo Anthony case, before landing on the truth that there is one race — the human race — made in the image of God.This is a story of forgiveness, brotherhood, and a redemption only God could have written.Guest: Pastor Aaron Davis — Calvary Chapel LewistonHost: Pastor Travis Carey — Calvary Chapel Greater Portland⚪️ People & ministries referenced: Pastor Ken Graves (Calvary Chapel Bangor) • Seven Oaks / Calvary Residential Discipleship • U-Turn for Christ • Will Cass • Pastor John Amanchukwu • Charlie Kirk • Steve Robinson & Jon Fetherston (The Maine Wire)⚪️ Scripture referenced: Deuteronomy 30:19 • Exodus 3 • John 1 • Acts 17:26 • Genesis 32 (Jacob/Israel) • 1 Corinthians 11:1🎧 Listen on Spotify | 📺 Watch full episodes on YouTube: @calvarychapelgreaterportland🔔 Like, subscribe, and follow to see the gospel go into the social media square. Grace and peace to you.

The FBI Showed Up at His Door When He Was 14 | The Pastor’s Office Ep. 15

On this episode of The Pastor's Office, Pastor Corey Kilgus shares one of the most radical testimonies of God's grace you'll ever hear.Corey grew up in a home shattered by addiction — both of his parents were heroin and methamphetamine addicts. He ran away from home at 11, starving and angry. At 14, the FBI showed up at his door: his father was robbing banks. After a very public trial, his dad was sent to San Quentin, where a little old lady visiting the prison led him to Christ through the pages of Lamentations.But Corey was still far from God. What followed was years of blackout drinking, drugs, dozens of street fights, multiple stints in jail, solitary confinement, and a recovery program he learned to game while still using. He had tried every "well" the world had to offer — and came up empty every time.Then one night, drunk and reckless, a single phone call with an old friend who had just met Jesus changed everything. Corey got on his knees and prayed a simple, desperate prayer — and woke up a different man. The desire for the old life was gone.In this conversation, Corey walks through:⚪️ His childhood and the FBI knock that changed his life⚪️ His father's jailhouse conversion in San Quentin⚪️ The night he was born again — and didn't even know it⚪️ How the Word of God revealed Christ to him before he ever set foot in a church⚪️ Meeting and marrying Danielle (he bought the wedding rings before they'd ever had a real conversation)⚪️ God's call to the mission field through Romans 10:14–15⚪️ Selling everything, living in a tent and a shed, and buying a one-way ticket to Peru⚪️ Planting a thriving church in Trujillo — a city two previous church plants had failed to reach⚪️ How God has grown that work into a Bible college, an elementary school, and missionaries serving across eight South American nations through Gospel South AmericaThis is a story about the power of God's Word to transform a life that everyone — including Corey — had written off. As he puts it: "It's the grace of God and the power of the gospel that can change a person.""If you continue in my word… you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." — John 8:31–32🌎 Learn more about Pastor Corey's ministry: Gospel South America and Calvary TrujilloIf this episode encouraged you, like, subscribe, and share it with someone who needs to hear that no life is too far gone for God.#Testimony #Christianity #Gospel #Missions #CalvaryChapel #ThePastorsOffice #Jesus #Faith #Salvation #GospelSouthAmerica

The Problem With Having 7 Pastors | The Pastor's Office Ep. 14

In this episode of the Pastor's Office Podcast, Travis sits down with elder and ministry leader Jordan Cross (Chief of Staff, Great Commission Ministries) to tackle one of the most urgent problems facing the modern church: the rise of consumer Christianity, church shopping, and a generation that's deeply resistant to spiritual authority.Jordan opens up about his own story — the season he ignored his pastor's counsel, moved across the country, and watched his life fall apart. What brought him back? Two words from Pastor Ken Graves in a parking lot.Together, they react to a viral "church shopping" video, unpack the dangerous trend of treating God's church like a Yelp review, and make the case for why submitting to pastoral authority isn't a threat to your freedom — it's the source of it.Then they react.Texas Senate candidate James Talarico — Harvard educated, seminary trained — is on the campaign trail using the Bible to argue that God was non-binary, that homosexuality isn't clearly condemned in Scripture, and that Jesus never spoke to the issue. Travis and Jordan break down exactly where his argument falls apart, why an M.Div. doesn't equal biblical authority, and why this is precisely the moment pastors cannot stay silent. If your congregation can't tell the difference between a man rightly dividing the Word and a politician reverse-engineering it to win votes — that's a pastoral failure.In this episode:⚫️ What actually makes something a church (and what doesn't)⚫️ "Death by committee" — why some church structures can't disciple⚫️ The real problem behind "church hurt"⚫️ Church promiscuity vs. the covenant of marriage⚫️ James Talarico reacted: Seminary degree or Scripture twisting?⚫️ Should pastors endorse candidates and speak on politics?⚫️ The Reformation roots of pastoral authorityReferenced in this episode:⚪️ Pastor Ken Graves — Calvary Chapel Bangor⚪️ Pastor Josh Lawrence — Great Commission Ministries⚪️ 1 Timothy 3:15 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5TRqDe-xlQ&t=195s] | 2 Timothy 4:2 | 1 Thessalonians 5:12 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5TRqDe-xlQ&t=312s] | John 15:1-2

Sex, Shame & Scripture: What the World Teaches About Sex vs. What God Actually Says | Ep. 13

Pastor Travis and his wife Madison bring one of the most candid, biblically honest conversations about sex you'll find anywhere — and they're not tiptoeing around it. From hookup culture to the honeymoon suite, from purity culture wounds to what God actually designed sex to be — this episode covers it all.They even address Alex Cooper and Call Her Daddy — one of the most downloaded podcasts in the world built entirely around sexual freedom, one night stands, and living by your feelings. Travis and Maddi break down exactly what that narrative is selling to young women, why the fairy tale ending looks so convincing on the surface, and what the story always leaves out.The world says sex is freedom. There are no consequences. Sow your wild oats — you can always clean it up later. Purity is damaging.God's Word says something completely different.In this episode Travis and Maddie walk through the 4 seasons every marriage moves through — and what the Bible has to say about sex in each one:🔥 The Pursuit Season — How do you honor God physically while your hormones are raging? Why the lines you draw before the wedding show up inside the marriage. And the one question every dating couple should be asking themselves.🔥 The Passion Season — The honeymoon is green light. But what happens when shame, past trauma, comparison, or a history of promiscuity walks into the room with you? Travis and Maddie get personal.🔥 The Pressure Season — Kids. Careers. Exhaustion. The "touched out" feeling every young mom knows. Why the marriage bed is one of the first things to suffer when life gets full — and exactly how to protect it.🔥 The Persevering Season — Aging, hormonal shifts, physical changes and what it looks like for a husband to truly dwell with his wife with understanding decades into marriage.They also get into:— What pornography actually does to the brain — and to a marriage — long before anyone walks down the aisle— The purity culture conversation — where the church caused real damage, where it was right, and how to hold both— What Paul means in 1 Corinthians 7 about the marriage bed — and why withholding is more serious than most couples realize— The monogamy hormone — what science says actually bonds a husband and wife together over decades— Their own story — drug addiction, promiscuity, rebuilding, and making it to their wedding night by the grace of GodThis episode is for you if you're dating and trying to figure out where the lines are. If you walked into marriage carrying shame or trauma. If you're years into marriage and the intimacy has quietly faded. If you grew up in church and purity culture left more wounds than wisdom. If you're a parent trying to figure out how to have this conversation with your kids before the world does.