Keeping Up With The Joneses

Recorded on Fathers Day, we talk about what it means to be a spiritual Father, what it means to be a spiritual son and how we've still got a long way to discover how to celebrate. Also, new beta software from Apple has Alyn all happy and a Boy Named Ben is back in print!

And we're back with tales from abroad. Last week we were in Iceland catching up with old friends and making some new ones. While there, we interviewed our friend Baldur a former pimp and drug dealer who met Jesus and had his life transformed. We also answer a listener's question about sexual sin, which is why this episode is marked explicit (it's not really explicit, but we want to warn you lest you listen to these at work or in the car with kids around!)

Last week we bought a house – this week we sold ours. In all of this God taught us some things about kicking shame to the curb, about embracing opportunities instead of permission and about faith and potassium. Also, we answer a listener's question about inner healing.

We just finished the MORE conference with Chris McClarney and Danny Silk. In this episode we talk through each of Danny's session and pull out some of the stuff that landed on our hearts. Plus a listener's question about when is it okay to say enough is enough with leaders who are disappointing you?

Look, all you need to know about this week's episode is that AJ sings the Canadian national anthem, she viciously attacks Alyn in an unwarranted manner and is in a generally feisty mood. This week we review your feedback to us and answer a listener’s question about the prophetic. There's also no post credit show, much to AJ's disappointment.

In response to listeners' feedback that we have longer episodes and that we answer more listeners' questions here's a new longer length episode with an answer to a listener's question! The orphan spirit is the way of thinking that keeps us trapped so tightly that we can't experience God's best for our life. Find out what it is and how it works in this week's episode of Keeping Up With The Joneses.

With SOSL students graduated we take time to reflect on what it means to learn, what we've learned from watching others learn and share tips on keeping what you got on the mountain top while you're in the valley. But more importantly we want to give $100 to you so you can get life's most important things: donuts, coffee, juice and burgers.

Have you ever stopped before you started? This episode is an encouragement to do that thing you've been too scared to try because you don't think it will work. With 100 episodes to look back on, we share some of the encouragement we've found from God to starting small. Let's face it, we all have to start somewhere. The people you are impressed by right now? They most likely started years ago, with something small. Start today and before you know it, you'll be shocked by what you've made.

This week we're joined by our friend David Campbell. David is one of the national leaders of the Elim Pentecostal church in the UK and oversees 200 pastors. As a pastor of pastors we asked him all sorts of questions about what he's learned in leading people for over 30 years.

In this podcast, the hosts discuss their love for the Bible and their experiences teaching it. They also talk about the challenges of finding a Bible they like, critique layout choices made by publishers, and share their favorite translations. The episode also touches on the topic of leaders and meeting expectations.