Thinking Out Loud with Walt McFadden
Walt McFadden, Pastor of Cityview Church in Minneapolis, is a no-nonsense kind of guy who takes no prisoners when it comes to the Truth. Pastor Walt likes to ‘Think Out Loud’ about the Bible and how it can impact a community through the proper application of Spiritual Principles. You will find an honest response to some of the most difficult questions facing Christians today.
Episodes
Cessationism is an awkward word that defines the belief that the New Testament’s miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit ceased with the Apostolic Age. Pastor Walt thinks out loud and discusses that those miraculous gifts are for today, and that He is still speaking to the Church today and operates in those supernatural gifts from the Holy Spirit.
Pastor Walt McFadden emphasizes the importance of discipleship and personal connections in ministry. He reflects on his journey, realizing the need to prioritize building relationships and instilling a personal relationship with Jesus in young people. Through short-term mission trips, Pastor Walt creates meaningful experiences that deepen connections with individuals, enabling them to see the realities of pastoral life. He advocate...
Pastor Walt continues his discussion on the importance of Israel to the Church. He talks about the theology of Israel, and Israel’s relationship with the Church. Listen and learn about Israel and the Church side-by-side.
Pastor Walt discusses the importance of Israel to the church. He gives an overview of the history of Israel and his perspective on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Does Israel have the right to exist? What is our response as a Christian? What is Israel’s future in relation to the church? Pastor Walt thinks out loud and answers these questions.
Pastor Walt Thinks Out Loud and tells us that preaching does matter … it really does. If we're not preaching the kind of life-giving Christ-honoring Gospel, you can see how Churches can slowly move away from the Biblical standards. Scripture warns us and tells us, do not harden our heart. Once we harden our heart, we separate ourselves from the life of Christ. That's what's happened in the Church today. What does it me...
Pastor Walt continues thinking out loud about Divine Mystery. We live in a world where many things cannot be explained, and when we encounter things that cannot be explained we call them a mystery. Mysteries are just that … mysteries. So, why doesn’t God just make everything clear to us? Humans don’t have the capacity to fully understand the nature of God. God did this intentionally … so that we have all o...
Divine Mystery is something that faith deals with all the time. Pastor Walt helps us understand that He has made everything beautiful in its time, also He has put eternity into our heart, but we cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. So, God has put it in our hearts to think about eternity and God Himself, but we can’t know all the mysteries of God.
Some parents taught their children not to talk about two things … religion and politics. Well, in this episode Pastor Walt talks about both. So, how should Christians handle the discussion of politics? We need to do it in a civil manner, with a balanced and Biblical view.
In this final installment on the topic of manhood, Pastor Walt speaks boldly and unfiltered. He discusses what toxic masculinity is and how it’s evolved in our culture. Men need to be able to say out loud that they are a man, and this gives them confidence to actually be a man. Every man (and woman) can learn something from listening to this series!
In this second installment, Pastor Walt shares that we are in the middle of a war on masculinity and that something ominous is happening to men. He shares what drives him to discuss this issue and his own personal experiences. He explains how and where in the Bible men can learn how to be a man.
In this three-part series, Pastor Walt thinks out loud on the topic of manhood. This generation is losing the concept of what it means to be a man. Men are being stripped of their God given role to teach their sons how to be a man. Men need to know how to be a man, and the Bible teaches men how to be men.
Pastor Walt thinks out loud on the topic of the search for the real Jesus. Some so-called scholars say that the Bible isn’t an actual reflection of Jesus, and the disciple’s teachings of Jesus is an embellished view. So, is the Gospel account of Jesus accurate? Well, listen in and find out!
Pastor Walt continues Thinks Out Loud about discernment. He says that sermons should be like billboards ... they get your attention, and make you want more. What about revival? Revival begins with repentance, without repentance there will be no revival. Repentance really means to change direction, change your mind, change your attitude … it is a course correction. Culture has creeped into the Church. Church hopping is at an ...
Pastor Walt Thinks Out Loud about discernment. There is a distance between the pulpit and the pew today. Most Christians don’t have a Biblical worldview, and they just don’t get it … don’t get what the Kingdom of God really is. Pastor Walt helps us to understand what the role of the Church is in society, and to understand what the Kingdom of God really is. Pastor Walt helps us to learn how to discern the tr...
It’s about time we discussed abortion. In this episode, Pastor Walt discusses the morality of abortion. He shares that evil wants to destroy all human life, and abortion is a means for evil to be stealth in its purpose to destroy all human life. He shares that this isn’t an issue of freedom to choose … this is a moral issue, this is an issue about life.
Pastor Walt continues thinking out loud on the subject of the method and message of the church. He delves deep into this subject, and asks … What is the overall message that we’re hearing? Is it opposed or in line with Jesus’ message?
Is this Thinking Out Loud episode, Pastor Walt discusses the church and its message and its method. So, what is the method? It’s subject to the current trends in society. What is the attraction? Is Jesus the attraction to our churches? What is the message? Are we are making to easy for people to come to faith in Jesus? We are superficial in our faith. Pastor Walt helps us understand that the Gospel is free … but it wil...
We have an epidemic of despair in our culture. People from all walks of life and all ages are experiencing despair. Mental illness is rising in our country, and in some areas suicide rates are higher than homicide rates. Why? Why now? What's the change that people feel in our culture now? In this episode, Pastor Walt thinks out loud and helps us understand what's happening in our culture now that's causing so much despair.
Pastor Walt Thinks Out Loud and tells us if you have no hope you are in despair. God did not intend for us to have no hope, but many people don't have hope. You feel hopeless, nobody cares, nobody is interested in you, you've experienced all kinds of things, all kinds of people, but something is missing in your life. Those in despair have no hope about their marriage, no hope about their children, their health, their finances, thei...
Pastor Walt Thinks Out Loud and asks what is contributing to the lack of hope in the land? Well, most people don’t know why the church exists or what is the purpose of the church. Pastor Walt tells us that the mission of the church is the Great Commission, and intergenerational discipleship is the goal of the church. Many people say there are a number of reasons they don’t go to church. Pastor Walt tells us of a few &he...
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