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Saying "yes" to God | Red Couch Theology

This episode features a lively discussion between Alex Walton & Andrea Jones about the challenges and joys of preaching, the significance of serving within a church community, and the spiritual growth that comes from embracing new roles and responsibilities.

Why am I not a Better Person? | Red Couch Theology

There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our podcast, “Red Couch Theology – Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron.” We record our podcast live every Thursday at 11am. What can you expect? Pastors Alex, Aaron, and the occasional guest have a casual conversation, diving deeper into ideas related to last Sunday’s teaching.

The Bad News about the Gospel | Red Couch Theology

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast, where we forget to turn on the volume at the beginning. You can tune in to hear a little about some of the disillusionment we often feel around the gospel itself. Is this Christian life as good as we were promised when we signed up for it or what does Christianity actually have to offer us in a middle class western life that feels pretty comfortable along the way? Am I really as blessed as I was expecting? We're going to ask all these questions and wrestle with them. It's a good time. Let's tune in. Ok.

Why does God let bad things happen? | Red Couch Theology

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, I did something very unkind, and I threw a new guest into one of the most complicated subjects in all of theological history, the problem of evil. But Lexi, one of our new staff members was willing to jump in and I told her about it just this morning. And so, hey, you're gonna have to listen in, see how she did just diving into one of the heaviest-hitting theological problems in history. So we're gonna deal with the problem of evil today and we have a guest, Lexi, thanks for joining us.

What's Wrong with the Church | Red Couch Theology

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, we are talking about some of the challenges we find in church leadership. Why is it that Christians are oftentimes the number one reason why people don't wanna be Christians? What's up with that? It's painful. Maybe you've been hurt by the church. We're gonna talk about some of those tensions and how we're not the best at evaluating what good leadership even looks like and how does this affect how we show up as Christians? So, without further ado, let's dive into these very convoluted questions right now.

Why do we Chase Certainty? | Red Couch Theology

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. Hey, this week, we're continuing our series on Doubt. And Alex actually invited us to doubt our doubts to remember that. Yes. Even in the midst of our confusion and our doubts, it's ok to recognize that Christianity is a viable way of being human in the world. It's intellectually honest. There are very, very good reasons for believing it. So we're gonna talk about that, but we also spend a little bit of time on this episode talking about why is it that we chase certainty so much as human beings? So let's dive in.

Are Christians allowed to Doubt? | Red Couch Theology

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. This week, we're talking about our doubt series. In this episode, we talk about the challenge of feeling out but also the freedom that God gives us to cede our doubt as a guidepost on a journey toward him. So, let's dive in.

Deconstruction & Doubt | Red Couch Theology

Hello, hello and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast this week, Alex is out of town, but we have a special guest on our show and I'm gonna let you find out who that is in just a moment, but we actually started to talk about doubt. The series we're about to start at South is a series on doubt. And we have a conversation today about the importance of allowing hard questions and doubt to take place within the church. So we'll talk about that on the show without any further ado. Let's dive right in.

How Resurrection Impacts Our Lives | Red Couch Theology

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, today we had a challenge. Can we talk for an hour about a 25-minute sermon? And the answer is not quite, but it was still a fascinating conversation. We talked about textual criticism. You'll have to listen to know what that means. We talked about the complexity of this particular passage that Alex shared, and we talked about the beautiful power of the resurrection because it's a story that resurrects our stories. Let's tune in.

My Worries have Worries | Red Couch Theology

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. This week, we're gonna be talking about Star Wars and birds, actually, a little bit less about birds and we're gonna be talking about how hard it is to sometimes believe that God's gonna take care of us and that we can trust that. So we're going to dive right in.