Karl and Crew

Today, on Karl and Crew, we kicked off a new weekly theme, "Who Are You?" and discussed what's next as a secure follower of Christ.  Being secure in God's love and eternal security doesn't mean a life of wild abandonment.  What do we do?  How do we live?  Our special guest was Dr. Michael Rydelnik, MBI Professor, host of Open Line, and author.  He unpacked one of his blogs called "Now That I'm Secure...".&n...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we concluded our study of David.  The scripture reference was II Samuel, chapters 11 and 12.  We discussed David's fall with Bathsheba and the consequences from this sin.  On this Freedom Friday, we also discussed God's redemptive Grace.  Our special guest was Dr. Winfred Neely, retired Vice President and Academic Dean of Moody Theological Seminary, adjunct professor, pastor, and author....

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly focus on David by discussing the description of David and the complexity of his nature with Dr. Jim Coakley. We turned to 1 Samuel 16 and 17 to deeply analyze David’s characteristics and word choice from his younger years and how it led to his decision-making as an adult. Dr. Jim Coakley is a Bible professor at Moody Bible Institute, a current el...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we dove deeper into the life of King David and discussed his unapologetic form of praise: dance. King David was known for his creative abilities in music, writing, and dance, and when others tried to make him self-conscious about it, he was unbothered. We turned to 2 Samuel 6:21-22 with Dr. Ryan Cook to see David’s persistence, intentionality, and boldness with his prai...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly focus on David as we analyzed his leadership and his inclination to seek the Lord’s counsel. David was placed in a position of power as king, and instead of being led by man or power, he constantly sought the Lord when making decisions. We see this in 1 and 2 Samuel, David sought God from when King Saul was hunting him to when he was on the thron...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we started the week with a focus on David and how God-given ability to minister through music. Music is a form of expression that can communicate a story, event, dialogue, or the gospel. 1 Samuel 16 talks about how David would play music to soothe the troubled King Saul. Our discussion examines how God can use music to minister to us. What’s a song that God has used to ...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we wrapped up our weekly theme of Chivalry with a conversation about the common disconnects in a marital relationship with Shaunti Feldhahn. Shaunti is a best-selling author, podcaster, blogger, and popular speaker. She was formerly an analyst on Wall Street, and she applies her analytical skills to investigating eye-opening and life-changing truths about personal and work re...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme of chivalry by unpacking what a man really is compared to the culture’s definition of a man with Brant Hansen. Brant Hansen is a bestselling author, syndicated radio host, and host of the podcast, The Brant and Sherri Oddcast. He also advocates for healing kids th...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we dove deeper into yesterday's conversation about pursuing Godly manhood. We had Dr. Robert Lewis join the conversation as he shared a strategy for discipling younger men and pursuing Godly manhood. Dr. Lewis has been a pastor, writer, speaker, and visionary for over 40 years. He is also the founder of the Men’s Fraternity ministry, developed its 3-year video curriculu...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme of chivalry with a discussion about how to start pursuing Godly manhood with Dr. Crawford Loritts. Dr. Loritts is the President and Founder of Beyond Our Generation, a ministry that’s dedicated to healing the next generation of Christian leaders. He is a nationally known speaker, author, mentor and the former Senior Pastor of Fellowship Bib...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we kicked off our weekly theme of Chivalry in preparation for Mother’s Day! We discussed the importance of Moms and all that they do. We also had Dr. Gary Rosberg join us to discuss the importance of chivalry and male-to-male encouragement and discipling. Dr. Rosberg is a marriage coach along with his wife, Barb Rosberg. They are also award-winning authors, speakers, an...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we finished the week discussing identity in Christ. As followers of Christ, we cannot conform to the expectations and culture of the world; our identities are found in Him. We turned to John 14:6, which affirms that, as it says, Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one can come to the Father without going through Him. We also turned to 2 Corinthians 5:17, wh...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we celebrated the National Day of Prayer by discussing the importance of prayer. Prayer is an intimate time of communion and conversation with the Lord, and as Christ followers, we should be actively praying. Do you have an active prayer life? We turned to Matthew 6:5-14, which provides us with some guidelines on how to pray properly. We also heard from our listeners about ho...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we discussed how difficult it can be to continue doing good when others are rewarded for doing bad. As followers of Christ, we are called to trust, commit, and abide in the Lord despite what others do, which means doing the right thing. We must cling to Him and play the long game, knowing that He will handle it all in the end. Psalm 37 affirms this because it tells us not to ...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we discussed the goodness of God and how, when we submit to Him, all things happen for good. There is nothing we can do that can keep us from God when we truly lay before His throne, because He can take the bad and turn it for good. Romans 8:28 affirms this as Paul tells us that if we love God and are called according to His purpose, all things will work for good. We also had...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we kicked off the week with a LIVE in-studio audience as we discussed the importance of sharing the Gospel in a sincere and simple way. The Gospel is to be accessible by all, therefore we need to be intentional about the way we share it with others. We should share it in a way that all can understand. We turned to 2 Corinthians 11:3 where Paul expresses concern about believer...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we wrapped up our Resurrection week by discussing the renewal we receive through Christ. When Christ died on the cross, He took our sins with Him, and now we have salvation through Him. We turned to Romans 6:6-7, which says that our old selves were crucified with Jesus on the cross, making us no longer slaves to sin. What have you left at the cross? We also had Rachel Faulkne...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we discussed the importance of walking in truth with the Lord. The enemy will try to plant lies in our heads to discourage and keep us from knowing the truth that God has given us. One of those truths is that we are dead to sin and alive in Christ Jesus our Lord, which is spoken about in Romans 6:11. When we know the truth, we won’t believe the lies that the enemy and t...

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued Resurrection week by discussing identity in Christ. As followers of Christ, we need to have our identity in Him, or else we’ll try to find our identity in other things. We turned to Romans 6:8-10, where the apostle Paul tells us that when Christ died, we died with Him so that we can live with Him now. We have been given new life because of His sacrifice. Th...