Off the Pulpit

In this episode, we chat with Sam Bay about his own experience as a pastor's kid, his own blessings and scars, and lessons for the church.

In this episode, we chat about what shame is, how it works, and what we can do as the church to confront it.

In this episode, we explore the phenomena of the midlife crisis, its intersection with our faith in Jesus, and the potential role of the church in navigating this challenging life phase.

In this episode, we chat on spiritual warfare, misconceptions, and how to practically wage war as disciples.

In this episode, we continue our conversation with Christy on her thoughts and wisdom on how our churches can learn, better protect, and combat abuse.

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In this episode, we converse with Christy Ro on her courage, heroism, and uncovering of abuse during a summer mission trip.

This will be a two-part conversation with Christy: PT1 The Trip & PT2 Confronting Abuse in the Asian-American Church.

What can you do when you are lukewarm in your faith? How do you navigate through the wilderness with God? And why does God allow the valleys of our faith? In this episode, we discuss all of the above and more.

In this episode, we chat about the ins and outs of church work/staff culture.

In this episode, we explore the idea of Asian-American worship and delve into the process of discovering our unique voice in worship music.

A tribute to our most formative and helpful shepherd, Timothy Keller.

In this episode, we discuss distinguishing between cultural influences and Scriptural truths concerning heaven and hell.

In this episode, we chat about the Netflix show BEEF and why so many Asian-Americans resonated with the depiction of the church experience.

In this episode, the wives takeover and chat about all things pastor wive life and women in the church.

In this episode, we chat with Pastor Jay Song about how we can build an Asian-American ecclesiology to serve our congregations.

In this episode, we chat with Pastor Duke Kwon about his most recent book Reparations and traversing through the Asian-American church. 

In this episode, we discuss the spiritual epidemic of fallen pastors in our current moment and how the church can respond in health and hope. 

In this episode, we chat about why retreats, why we have so many of them, and what genuine revival looks like. 

In this episode, we chat about how the church organizes itself in America and how eerily similar it is to a business. 

In this episode, we chat about relational pain and difficulty and how to move toward relational repair. 

In this episode, we chat with Pastor Sam Allberry about sex, singleness, and same-sex attraction. 

In this episode, we chat about how many of us (and churches) can become theologically rigid and how we can form theological views based on the Word more than celebrity. 

In this episode, we dive into the gray areas of our faith and life in hopes to find some wisdom through it all.

In this episode, we welcome Andrew Ong to discuss his Ph.D on the future of the Chinese-American church and our own collective thoughts of the Asian-American church moving forward. 

We reflect back on our 50th episode and also discuss the state of the Church. 

In this episode, we chat with Jay Kim, the Lead Pastor of WestGate Church and author of Analog Church & Analog Christian, on the relationship between technology and our discipleship. 

In this episode, we chat with Pastor Ray Ortlund who is the founding pastor of Immanuel Nashville, author of several books & commentaries, and has also been in pastoral ministry for almost 50 years. We chat about his thoughts on church, sin, tribes, and more. 

In this episode, we briefly share our thoughts on the recent Supreme Court decision upending Roe v Wade and how to go about leaving and finding a church.

In this episode, we chat about dealing with your past and how our faith intersects. 

In this episode, we try and process the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas as a Christian and also discuss the recent news regarding the Southern Baptist Convention. 

In this episode, we finally bring out our disagreements (sorta). 

In this episode, we chat about friendship, how it is forged, and why friends are so important for your soul and the church. 

In this episode, we chat with Pastor Mark Sayers (RED Church of Melbourne, Australia) about the war in Ukraine, discipleship, and even church membership. 

In this episode, we chat about how much white evangelicism has influenced our own ministries and churches, the impact, and a possible future. 

In this episode, we reflect on how COVID has shaped and formed the church two years into the pandemic. 

Happy New Year!

In this episode, we chat about theories of change, spiritual formation, and how to strive for transformation over information in our discipleship. 

*We apologize for the sound quality and crying babies in the background!*

In this episode, we chat about vocation, work, calling and how it all ties in the with the Gospel. 

In this episode, we chat about how social media shapes the soul and how discipleship and the smartphone can find a way forward. 

In this episode, we chat about our own thoughts, experiences, and hopes for the intersection of mental health and the church.  

In this (bonus) episode, we chat about the tribes in the church, our own observations, and how the future might play out. 

In this episode, we chat our thoughts on spiritual growth & formation, discipleship in different tribes and some Enneagram action.