Methodist Temple UMC
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What is holiness? Dr. Chris Bounds, Professor of Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary joins Pastors Randy and Andy for a deep dive into the concept of human transformation.
Evangelism is not coercive. It is about reminding others of Jesus' promise that he is with us, for us, and loves us. Pastors Randy and Andy talk about how evangelism is relational. Only our love of others earns us the right to share our faith.
What are the implications of the Holy Spirit falling at Pentecost?Pastors Randy and Andy discuss how the Holy Spirit connects heaven to earth and produces joy.
Finding Jesus often begins when we step beyond comfort and trust Christ in the unknown. Reflecting on the Finding Jesus series, Pastors Randy and Andy look back on how faith grows through risk, courage, and awareness of God’s presence in uncertain moments.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
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This week’s conversation takes a question-and-answer format, offering a deeper look at the pastors’ approach to grace, discipleship, scripture, preaching, and service. Along the way, they reflect on Wesleyan theology, the balance between personal faith and social holiness, and the church’s call to serve the poor and marginalized with compassion and purpose.
Main questions discussed: • How do you define the ...
Finding Jesus is not about collecting more information. It is about awakening to a living presence. Pastors Randy and Andy reflects on the Easter series Finding Jesus by tracing how Christ is encountered through home, recognition, hospitality, forgiveness, and grace that meets us in ordinary life. Where does Jesus meet us? How do we move from belief to awareness? How do we live what we say we believe?
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Finding Jesus is not only about what we believe. It is about what we practice. This week's podcast discusses how Christ is revealed through hospitality, compassion, forgiveness, and simple acts of love, from welcoming the stranger to standing alongside those the world often overlooks. Pastor Randy also reflects on his Kairos Prison Ministry experience.
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Finding the risen Christ is not about chasing the spectacular. It is about recognizing holy presence in the ordinary. This reflection asks not only where Jesus is, but how we learn to see him in grief, in grace, and in the people placed before us.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
Episode 130: Reco...
Pastors Randy and Andy talk about what it really means to “find Jesus” during the Easter season, not just by looking back at a historical event, but by becoming aware of Christ’s presence in everyday life right now. Their conversation centers on God’s love, grace, forgiveness, and the idea that faith is less about fear or performance and more about making our home in the presence of God.
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Pastors Randy and Andy reflect on the meaning of Easter as more than a single Sunday. They explore how the resurrection story invites us to find Jesus not only in Scripture, but also in the middle of our brokenness, grief, joy, and everyday lives. The conversation points to a simple but powerful truth: Easter is a season of hope, renewal, and learning to recognize Christ’s presence with us now.
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The prophet Elijah came very close to spiritual burnout. Can you relate? Pastors Randy and Andy share Elijah's (and Gods!) three-part plan for spiritual restoration.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
Episode 127: Spiritual Burnout & Restoration
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Methodist Temple Youth Director Ryan Buxton joins us this week. Ryan talks about how he found himself in a spiritual wilderness during COVID and how he emerged from it.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
Episode 126: Spiritual Wilderness
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When the early church thought of Noah, they did not think of an ark, they thought of Jesus. What does it mean for us to be an ark in the midst of a fearful world.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
Episode 125: Build Your Ark
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It was the Spirit who led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. The devil! What's up with that? Pastors Randy and Andy talk about how the testing of Jesus is the model for our own Lenten Journey.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
Episode 124: Temptation and the Lenten Journey
The gospel in a word is love. And that love certainly includes the way we love God and neighbor. But make no mistake. It begins with God's love for us. Without that there would be no love at all.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
Episode 123: First Love
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Pastors Randy and Andy talk about how racism is not something that is up for political or religious debate. It is wrong across the spectrum. Furthermore, at their baptism, Christians promise, with God's help, to resist evil, injustice and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
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What would it look like if we took the Gospel seriously? Pastors Randy and Andy talk about the prophet Micah who stressed God's desire for justice. In short, we can't be right with God if we are wrong with our neighbors.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
Episode 121: Do Justice
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God is still speaking. Are we still listening? Pastors Randy and Andy talk about how we break down internally when we refuse to hear the voice of Jesus commanding us to love God and neighbor.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
Episode 120: Are We Still Listening
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At the Methodist Temple in Evansville Indiana, the pastors look out over the congregation every Sunday morning and say, "I see Christ in you!" And the people respond, "And also in you!" But why do they say this? That's the topic of this week's episode.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
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Divine joy and human tragedy live side by side in the birth stories of Jesus. Pastors Randy and Andy talk about how lamentation is an important aspect of Christmas that we should not ignore.
The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy
Episode 118: Joy and Lamentation
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