The GoodLion Podcast

Brian and Aaron discuss discipleship. What is discipleship? Why do we do it? Why is it important? What are ways we misunderstand it? All these questions and more on today’s GoodLion podcast! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodlionpod.substack.com

Aaron and Brian are taking a few weeks off for the holidays! For now, here's some links to dive deeper into what we do at GoodLion!Show Links:- Join the GoodLion Community on Discord!- Submit questions that you want Brian and Aaron to answer or make content about!- Submit questions specifically about youth ministry!- Visit our website! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodlionpod.substack.com

Aaron and Brian have a holiday hangout and discuss a topic that they know nothing about: Advent! Is it essential to the faith? Is It just "Hipster Christmas?" Or is it something more? Can it help us grow during the season of Christmas and fix our eyes more on Christ? Brian and Aaron intend to find out as they ask both friends and strangers on social media about the true meaning of Advent.Show Links:- Join the GoodLion Community on Discord!- Submit questions that you want Brian and Aaron to answer or make content about!- Submit questions specifically about youth ministry!- Visit our website! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodlionpod.substack.com

On this week's episode, Aaron sits down with Pastor Benjamin Morrison to discuss two articles he wrote for CalvaryChapel.com about the issue of systemic racism. The articles received some pushback due to the tense feelings many people have in this moment around the topic, and so Aaron and Ben take time to flesh out a lot of the common concerns and issues that revolve around the term. It's a lengthy yet interesting discussion that gets to the heart of the issue and how Christians can think critically about it.Benjamin Morrison is the planter and lead pastor of Calvary Chapel Svitlovodsk, Ukraine. He is also the Coordinator for City to City Ukraine and serves as Training Coordinator for City to City Europe.You can read Ben's article's here:PELAGIAN RACISM: A LESSON FROM CHURCH HISTORYPELAGIAN RACISM PART 2: WILL PREACHING THE GOSPEL FIX SYSTEMIC RACISM?You can follow Ben at @ccsvitlovodsk on twitter/insta. Benjamin Morrison on FB.Show Links:- Join the GoodLion Community on Discord!- Submit questions that you want Brian and Aaron to answer or make content about!- Submit questions specifically about youth ministry!- Visit our website! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodlionpod.substack.com

Aaron sits down with Phil Metzger (lead pastor at Calvary San Diego) to talk about the art of "Crossing Cultures." Phil and his family have spent meant years overseas as missionaries and in that time he has learned all about how to communicate and relate to those who see the world differently. The first season of Phil's show is all about racial relations, and so Aaron and Phil discuss the problem of racial blindspots, the need for openness to different points of view, the necessity of reconciliation and forgiveness, and the debate around the "hot button" issue of the phrase "white privilege." Check out Phil's Show here!––––The GoodLion podcast is a show by Aaron Salvato and Brian Higgins, the founders of CGN’s GoodLion Podcast Network. Each episode, their goal is to ask hard questions, push past easy answers and always look to Jesus, the God who is not safe but is very good. Visit GoodLion.io.Show Links:- Join the GoodLion Community on Discord!- Submit questions that you want Brian and Aaron to answer or make content about!- Submit questions specifically about youth ministry!- Visit our website! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodlionpod.substack.com

Aaron & Brian are back together to talk about 5 practical ways to Re-Center ourselves on Jesus (when the world seems crazy.) In all the insanity, loss, and change of 2020, many of us have felt distant from God, or like we've lost our focus on our purpose. Aaron and Brian walk us through these ideas: Return to Scripture Get back into Prayer (and pray purposefully) Less Screen-Time and Phone-Time Meditate on Jesus Serve OthersWhile this episode and discussion is laid back and fun, it packs some deep insights as well! We hope it will help restore your sanity and focus on what Jesus has in store for us in the days to come.Show Links:- Join the GoodLion Community on Discord!- Submit questions that you want Brian and Aaron to answer or make content about!- Submit questions specifically about youth ministry!- Visit our website! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodlionpod.substack.com

As we wait for election results, Aaron wrestles through his own doubts, anxieties, and fears around the effects of political ideologies and parties on both the Church and the world, the uncomfortableness of being "politically homeless", and delivers a message of hope about the reality that "If Jesus is King, that changes everything."Show Links:- Join the GoodLion Community on Discord!- Submit questions that you want Brian and Aaron to answer or make content about!- Submit questions specifically about youth ministry!- Visit our website! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodlionpod.substack.com

The 2020 election is one of the most pervasive and divisive topics in American culture. In this episode, Brian discusses the culture of anxiety surrounding the election, they way Jesus calls His people to live, and gives some practical reminders for Christians.Show Links:- Join the GoodLion Community on Discord!- Submit questions that you want Brian and Aaron to answer or make content about!- Submit questions specifically about youth ministry!- Visit our website! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodlionpod.substack.com

Aaron & Brian take an episode to respond to more questions from listeners about doubts and faith. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodlionpod.substack.com

Aaron invites pastor and author Dominic Done onto the show to discuss questions about faith and doubt. Question asked: 1. What has been your biggest crisis of faith and how did you overcome it?2. Growing up in the faith can cause a lot of doubts when you start to grow older because you can feel like your faith isn’t YOURS. How can “Church born Christians” combat these feelings?3. How should members of the church address so many young people walking away from the faith when they are on their own?4. When will that difficulty disappear? When will it spontaneously not be difficult to believe in something you can't see?5. Is it Blasphemous to doubt or wrestle with questions that God IS who he says He is?6. Q: Is ALL faith good? Is ALL religion relevant?All this and more in today's episode! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodlionpod.substack.com