Pastoral Perspectives

Episode 42: When You Feel Like No One Truly Understands Your Pain

"People just don't get it." "They have no idea how hard this really is." "No one truly understands my pain." How should suffering Christians process and sort through these kinds of thoughts biblically?

Episode 41: Pornography: Examining and Overcoming

Use of pornography is a sin that often goes under-addressed in the church. In this episode, we talk about the nature of the sin, how Christians must engage in warfare against it, and how we can overcome it by the grace of God and the power of the Spirit.

Episode 40: Rethinking Spiritual Maturity

What does it mean to be spiritually mature? What does it look like? How does the Bible describe a mature Christian? In this episode, we look at some key biblical aspects of true maturity as the introduction to a series that will challenge various counterfeit models of spiritual maturity.   Document Referenced in the Episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oxSb4tV-9keaE2ApqQ0EVeVz1i0QkDIPFsk3ZjozBjI/edit?usp=sharing

Episode 39: How Should Christians Think About UFOs/UAPs?

The topic of UFOs and UAPs has become prevalent online and even in the news lately, with the US government making some previously classified reports available to the public. We figured we should spend a little time talking about how Christians should think about these things.

Episode 38: Children's Ministry: What's Our Philosophy?

Every church has some philosophy on how to minister to the children of members and attendees. How do we think about this at VBC? We discuss our philosophy in this episode.