Salty Believer Unscripted
Salty Believer Unscripted is an unscripted conversation on ministry and the Christian life. Discussions cover theology, Christianity, ministry service, and other biblical topics. Salty Believer Unscripted started in 2012. Find past episodes at SaltyBeliever.com.
Episodes
How do you know who to disciple? How do you know when to stop discipling someone? How do you know when you’re making progress? When are we done? In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman talk about how to access a disciple and the discipleship process. Copyright 2026. Find more information at SaltyBeliever.com.
How do we bring young people into the life of the Church? Kirk Galster, Josiah Walker, and Bryan Catherman discuss a challenging topic. Should the church include children in aspects of the worship gathering, such as collecting the offering, serving on the worship team, and leading in other ways? Should little kids become members? It's more than just including children ...
Learning to listen to sermons does’t just happen by showing up, and the next generation needs to learn how to listen to sermons. It’s by listening to sermons with the desire to grow and think critically, week by week, over many years, that people learn and grow. In this episode, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss the idea of preaching as discipleship and traini...
As we consider what's needed to train the next generation of Christians, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss one-on-one discipleship. Why is one-on-one discipleship important? How do we do one-on-one discipleship? What might be the pushback? Why don't we do it? They discuss these questions and share some tools they use for one-on-one discipleship. Find more video...
There seems to be a boost of young men becoming Christians and engaging with the local church. Is it true? With the significance of generational differences, how are the Boomers and Gen-X generation going to train the Millennials and Zoomers (Gen-Z and Gen-A) if there are more young men coming to church? In this Salty Believer Unscripted series, Bryan Catherman and Jos...
How can a church incorporate a creed, confession, or catechism in weekly gatherings and services? Should they? Before dealing with the primary question, we must define the terms. What is a creed? What is a confession? What’s the difference? What is a catechism? How can we use these things in our spiritual journey? How do they help us grow? How can they be used in weekl...
Bryan Catherman is taking a journey through John as a YouTube, simple, 5-minute daily Bible study. He and Josiah Walker discuss what’s behind it, why do it, and how it works on this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Find the Journey Through John on the SaltyBeliever.com Youtube channel. (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyBUHemqv16QgYd4FM9YJVku3t0JFfYKU&si=j1...
Daniel, the intern, has been serving behind the scenes of Salty Believer Unscripted. We’re not really sure what a podcast intern does, but Salty Believer Unscripted has had a long, wonderful line of interns. As we do our part to help raise up the next generation of ministers, we have an intern, and sometimes we challenge said intern to do things beyond their comfort zo...
This episode deals with change. For one, the podcast has added video and brought about change. Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker are talking about change. Change is constant in life, so it seems we would do well to learn how to deal with change, especially in church. Copyright 2026. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
How do we form better spiritual habits? How do we stick to them? How do we achieve our Bible reading goals? What stops us? How do we say no to bad habits and yes to good habits? This is the conversation in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. For more information and resources, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.
In this video, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman share the devotional materials they find helpful. What are their daily habits to grow closer to God? That's the question they answer. It may help you. To learn more, visit SaltyBeliever.com.
In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss their year going through Kevin DeYoung’s book, Daily Doctrine: A One-Year Guide to Systematic Theology (Crossway, 2024). After reading it, they review it. Would they recommend it to others? Their answer might surprise you. Why did they end up disappointed?
Does social media help or hurt real, meaningful community? It was intended to help, but has it accomplished what we thought it would do? Has the effort to make money come at the cost of real community? Is it causing depression and anxiety? Have we lost the idea of what community really is, and now long for something we already had? What is the cost? Doom scrolling is a...
Is “The Age of Disclosure” something we should pay attention to and freak out, or is it just high-level clickbait? It costs $20 to stream. Is it worth it? Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker don’t know, but they do know that this isn't the first time Christians have freaked out over a documentary. In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, the guys discuss what Chris...
Bryan Catherman has journeyed through the Book of Luke at Trinity Church, and Josiah Walker is just getting started at Redeeming Life Church. What should we think and do as we get started in this book? How do we study it? How should we break it down? Anyone preaching through this book is thinking about these things, but those sitting under the preaching in Luke should ...
The Tyson beef packing plant in Lexington is closing in January, and nearly 3,000 people will be out of work in a town of 10,000 people. What’s happening on the ground there? How should Christians respond? That’s the topic of this special edition of Salty Believer Unscripted. Join the discussion with Josiah Walker, Bryan Catherman, and Kirk Galster. Copyright 2025. For...
Even the Christian book sellers get crazy on Black Friday. They are in the business to sell books. In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman talk about books, book publishers, and those who sell Christian books. They also consider those who tend to offer huge Black Friday sales. Reformation Trust, 10 of Those, ChristianBook.com, Cr...
When it comes to a Sunday morning service, what are the kinds of aspects that find their way into the liturgy? There are elements that some churches do and others don’t. What’s necessary? What can be dropped? What should be added? What’s required for a biblical church service? These are the questions Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss in this episode of Salty Be...
Some might argue that high liturgy is a more authentic expression of faith and worship. Some might baulk at that assessment. What is authentic? In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss high and low liturgy and where we can find authentic expression, or the lack thereof, in both. Copyright 2025. For more information, please...
Generation Z and Generation Alpha are looking for an authentic expression of faith. Many of them believe they are finding that in churches with high liturgy. Most don’t even know what liturgy is. What is liturgy? Is it bad to be liturgical? Why have some been afraid of more structured, high liturgy? We’re starting a series that walks through a conversation about litur...
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