Podcast: LEADERSHIP

Why the Power of God Gives You Power to Die

Today on the podcast, I share a part of an interview I did earlier this year with the Canadian Church Leaders Network. I expanded upon what I see as one of God’s purposes for pouring out His Spirit – giving us the power to die.

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CNLP 512 | Brian Zahnd on Understanding Deconstruction, Nietzsche, Nihilism and the Alternative to Christianity, and the Oddity of Post-Christian America

Author and pastor, Brian Zahnd, gives an in-depth explanation of the deconstruction that’s happening in Christianity today, a brief history of existentialism, Friedrich Nietzsche and the alternative to Christianity, and the oddity of post-Christian…

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CNLP 511 | Rich Villodas on the New Exodus in Church Attendance, Why Pastors Keep Failing, and the Next Generation of Pastors and Church Attenders

Author and New Life Church Pastor, Rich Villodas, returns to the podcast to talk about the three waves of people leaving the church, why pastors keep failing, what Gen Z and Boomers want from a church and why they don’t match, the next generation of…

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CNLP 510 | Ramit Sethi on How to Stop Fighting About Money, the Power of Invisible Scripts, and Counter-Intuitive Marketing

#1 NYT bestselling author, podcaster and finance expert, Ramit Sethi, explains why so many couples fight about money (and how to end the argument), the power invisible scripts have over our thinking and lives, and why his counter-intuitive approach to…

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Disrupting False Peace as God’s Path to True Peacemaking Pt. 2

For too many years, I thought being a peacemaker was simply being a nice person. Because of this illusion, I spiritualized my conflict avoidance and created a culture in my church where everyone pretended things were ok. This is the definition…

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CNLP 509 | Malcolm Gladwell on His Personal Faith Journey, the Intersection of Church and Politics, and How He Fuels His Curiosity

New York Times bestselling author and Revisionist History host, Malcolm Gladwell, talks about his personal faith journey, his career theory, Jerry Falwell and Chuck Colson and the intersection of church and politics, and how he fuels his curiosity….

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CNLP 508 | Sam Collier on How to Build Momentum in Church Plants, Leaving Hillsong, and the People Who Start with You Will Leave

Story Church founder, Sam Collier, opens up about planting a church during a pandemic, why he started with Hillsong and decided to leave, replanting his church, leading while bleeding and why big church is the new small church. For more on this…

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CNLP 507 | Chris Bail on the Truth about Algorithms and Echo Chambers, the Miserable Social Life of Internet Trolls, and How 6% of Users Generate 73% of Extreme Online Content

Duke University Professor, Chris Bail, discusses what his research revealed about the truth about algorithms, how 6% of social media users generate 73% of extreme content, the miserable social life of internet trolls, why echo chambers aren’t the…

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Disrupting False Peace as God’s Path to True Peacemaking Pt. 1

I spent my early years avoiding conflict. True peacemaking, when understood correctly, actually comes through disrupting false peace. In today’s podcast, I share a sermon that goes deeper into this new understanding. I assure you…it changes everything.

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CNLP 506 | Brian Tome on What 74 Million Americans are Looking for in Church Online, Two Key Reasons Church Leaders Fall from Grace, and Finding the Energy to Rebuild the Church for the Future

Crossroads Church founding pastor, Brian Tome, talks about what’s wrong with church online, what 74 million Americans are looking for in an online church experience, the two things pastors who disqualify themselves from ministry all have in common,…

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