The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast

Chad Robichaux has held a lot of titles: Special Operations Marine, police officer, Mixed Martial Arts World Champion, to name a few. But his most important titles have been PTSD survivor, husband, and father. After coming to Christ, Chad and his wife, Kathy, founded Mighty Oaks Warrior Programs, which ministers to active and former military personnel battle divorce, suicide, and PTSD.

Pastor Derwin Gray, also known as the Evangelical Linebacker, talks about creating multiethnic, multicultural churches that can tutor the culture on how to love people across barriers. 

Have we missed the manhood Jesus exemplified in his personhood? Mark Batterson offers the insights he's learned about manhood by leading other men, raising a family, and studying Jesus's life.

Carolyn Custis James discusses the lenses we bring to Scripture which make it difficult to understand essential things like God's intention for gender and relationships. Carolyn's work equips men and women to join forces against a common enemy instead of struggling with one another.

In the Western church, we tend to gravitate toward the New Testament. But we miss the deep richness of God's word and intention when we don't understand Jesus and his teachings with the context of the Old Testament. When we miss Jesus like this, we miss other things as well, including his approach to discipleship.

Steve Adams is the director of children's ministry at Saddleback Church. Steve knows how to lead and how to follow—two essential skills every leader needs.

C.H. Spurgeon expert, Dr. Christian George, discusses the unique hallmarks of the man we call the Prince of Preachers. Among other topics: What would Spurgeon think of the modern church's celebrity pastors?

The Institute for Bible Reading's Glenn Paauw discusses the ways our modern era has developed Bible traditions that take us away from God's original intention for the Scriptures. 

Glenn Paauw and Paul Caminiti of the Institute for Bible Reading address the growing problem of Bible illiteracy in the church and how to reverse the trend. You may be surprised to learn Bible illiteracy is not a new, post-modern problem, but rather started developing some 500 years ago. 

Adam Weber, leader of the fastest-growing United Methodist Church in the U.S., talks about how pastors can address their insecurities and reach out for the help they need while leading a congregation.