The Intersection with Dr. Jonathan Beck

A Well Aimed Life

What would you do if a leading psychologist — following data, not religion — concluded that the Hero every culture has ever imagined looks exactly like Jesus Christ? That’s where this conversation begins. In this episode, we work through Paul’s farewell speech on a dock in Miletus and ask the question his life raises: what does a fully aimed life actually look like? From the concept of telos to the tentmaker’s integrity argument to the double-portion prayer — this is a conversation about purpose, work, and what it means to finish well.

The God You've Been Looking For

The world is more spiritually hungry than it has ever been — and more confused about what it's hungry for. In Acts 17, Paul walks into Athens and finds a city full of people reaching in every direction, including an altar built to a god they hadn't yet named. In this conversation, we explore what it looks like to recognize that spiritual hunger in the people around us, why most people come to faith slowly rather than all at once, and what it means to go to where the seeking is happening rather than waiting for seekers to find their way in. Scripture: Acts 17:16–34

God's Larger Plan

God's Larger Plan | The Intersection with Dr. Jonathan Beck What do you do when the door you were sure was the right one closes in your face? In this conversation, we explore a five-verse passage from Acts 16 where Paul hits two dead ends in a row — and discovers that the closed doors weren't obstacles. They were navigation. Drawing on William Ury's concept of going to the balcony, Joseph's story in Genesis 50, and Bill Hybels' challenge to just walk across the room, this episode is for anyone sitting in the in-between — equipped, waiting, and wondering when God is going to point them somewhere. You'll walk away with a new way to read the closed doors in your own life, and a concrete first step toward the person in your life who needs to hear the gospel. Scripture: Acts 16:6–10 · Genesis 50:15–20 · Ephesians 2:10 The Intersection is the content ministry of Dr. Jonathan Beck — pastor — helping people live faithfully at the intersection of faith and life. AI DISCLOSURE: This episode is an AI-generated audio conversation created by Dr. Jonathan Beck as part of his content ministry, The Intersection. The conversation was generated using NotebookLM and is based on Dr. Beck's original sermon manuscript.

Tested, Answered, Lived

What do you do when the cost of faithfulness is real — not theoretical, not someday, but right now? This episode follows Paul and Silas from a public flogging in a Roman forum to a midnight jail cell where they sang instead of ran — and traces the question that broke the surface when they stayed: "What must I do to be saved?" From Pentecost to a desert road to a Philippian jail, that question has never stopped being asked. This conversation explores what it means to live inside the answer. Scripture: Acts 16:16–40 The Intersection is the content ministry of Dr. Jonathan Beck — pastor — helping people live faithfully at the intersection of faith and life. AI DISCLOSURE: This episode is an AI-generated audio conversation created by Dr. Jonathan Beck as part of his content ministry, The Intersection. The conversation was generated using NotebookLM and is based on Dr. Beck's original sermon manuscript.

The Impact of Second Chances

One man quit. Another refused to write him off. This conversation follows the disagreement between Paul and Barnabas over John Mark — and what happened when one person's belief in someone changed everything. Pew to Pavement is the content ministry of Dr. Jonathan Beck — pastor — helping people live faithfully at the intersection of faith and life. AI DISCLOSURE: This episode is an AI-generated audio conversation created by Dr. Jonathan Beck as part of his content ministry at Pew to Pavement. The conversation was generated using NotebookLM and is based on Dr. Beck's original sermon manuscript.