Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In today's Experiential Preaching episode, I sit down to talk about my recent sermon on the Spiritual Discipline of taking Communion with regular intentionality. Though I do not have much to say on how I lead Communion or distributed the elements, because I find those logistical conversations tedious, I spend most …

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. Today, we return to our ongoing series Experiential Preaching where I talk about a sermon I recently preached and what element I used to bring the congregation into the sermon in the moment. Today's message was out of 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 with the focus on prayer. In the episode, I talk about how I preached a sh…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. Today's episode is a rebroadcast of the Deconstructing Discipleship from the Discipleship Methods series. Back in January, I preached a series on Spiritual Disciplines, and one of the sermons was on dsicipleship. With the importance of understanding what discipleship is, I thought it would be helpful for us to go b…

The concluding episode of our "Whole Church Job Fair" series presents a compelling dialogue between Joshua Noel and Brandon Knight, who serves as a "Ninja Coach" at the YMCA. The primary focus of this discussion is to explore the relevance of theological topics typically debated within ecclesiastical and academic circles to the everyday experiences…

Welcome to My Seminary Life. In today's final epsidoe of Fish FryDays, I sit down on this Good Friday to briefly reflect on the totality of the cross; the totality of death. Death is an all consuming thing, like burnt offerings, or even new life. The vine and its branches are so intwined it's hard to tell when one starts and the other ends. Being u…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life, and to another edition of Fish FryDays. In today's episode, I share the abridged version of a recent sermon I preached on Luke 3:7-14 on John the Baptist's call to repent by loving your neighbor. Here I breakdown that spiritual priviledge and abuse of authority do not look like people who worship and believe in Yah…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life and another edition of Fish FryDays. In today's devotional, we circle back to the concept of being content and seeking a glorious God by having nothing. I reflect on Matthew 5:1-3 and a quote from AW Tozer on that verse. I also bring up the spiritual benefit of minimalism and how Lent is more than just fasting but a…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life and to another edition of Fish FryDays. In today's episode, I briefly share my reflections on knowing God, making Him known, enjoying God, fearing God, keeping His commands, and enjoying life. I also wrestle with the question of what if the gospel isn't supposed to be centered around sin but around the opportunity t…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In this week's edition of Fish FryDay's I sit down to talk about being content. Fasting is an acknowledgement of our contentment with our situations as they are. Being content does not necessarily mean being happy. Being content however does show our contentment in God, the giver of all good things, and shows our d…

Happy (early) Saint Patrick's Day! Welcome back to My Seminary Life. Today, for our Fish FryDay devotional, we are taking a look at Rend Collective's newest song "The Prayer of Saint Patrick" inspired by The Prayer/Breastplate of Saint Patrick. After briefly recapping the history of Rend Collective and their recent campaign to "Make Rend Folk Again…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life, and welcome back to Fish FryDays. In this year's edition of Fish FryDays, I will be bringing you all devotional style episodes to move us through the Lenten season. In today's episode, I breakdown the wilderness, chosen suffering, and knowing God; three things that when they are strung together may ruffle some Chri…

What is joy? Welscome back to My Seminary Life. In today's episode, I conclude our trilogy of CS Lewis episodes talking about how he understood the concept of joy. As I prepare, and partially rewrite, my sermon on Psalm 30, and with the Lenten season of introspection and grief ahead of us, I thought it would be good to set out to better understand …

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. On today's show, we continue looking at the life of CS Lewis with a brief review of the film The Most Reluctant Convert from The Fellowship of Performing Arts. The film chronicles CS Lewis' life journey from Atheism to Christianity and all the stops along the way as told in his own book Surprised by Joy. In the rev…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. Today, we are beginning a run of episodes revolving around CS Lewis. After briefly recapping my current sermon series On Faith: What Does it Mean to Believe? I talk about CS Lewis and his conversion to believing in Jesus. I discuss my difficulties with his conversion story while trying to root out the weeds of my o…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. Today is a special presentation of the show called ReOrientation. Orientation is a special day where new students are given a preview of what their new academic life will be like. Here on ReOrientation, we put aside the intelectualism and the ranting and raving to focus on Jesus, His Kingdom, the gospel, and the Wo…

Is there an ethical way to be thankful? Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In today's Rabbit Trail, I recap my thankfulness sermons from November and ask the big question, can thankfulness continue to be thankfulness if you get something out of it? After recapping my sermons on Luke 18:9-14 and Psalm 138, I work it out defending the idea that having…

This is a rebroadcast of the episode You Should Read Aesop Fables Producer Cooper stops into the studio to have a discussion on Aesop Fables, these ancient short stories that teach moral lessons. In the episode I discuss why Aesop Fables should still be a part of rearing children, how not all Fables are appropriate for today's audience, and I compa…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In today's episode, I am joined by KFM Broadcasting's Joe Dea for the annual Holiday Party episode. This year's theme, new year resolutions. Here we discuss the allure of resolutions, from losing weight to reading the entire Bible in a year, how resolutions fall short of the relational aspect of our faith, and how …

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In today's episode, I walk through the first half of the year talking about what is planned to happen, including the return of Fish FryDays in March-April. As for the remainder of the year, I forecast what I am hoping to do, including a return to one of our favorite theologians here ont eh show, Dietrich Bonhoeffer…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In today's episode we are wrapping up Hymns of Christmas as we complete our journey through the birth of Jesus guided by our favorite Christmas hymns. Today's guides are Silent Night & Oh Holy Night. After recapping and taking a brief look at Isaiah 9:6, I talk about this important aspect to the good news of Christ…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In today's episode, we continue our journey through the birth of Jesus guided by our favorite Christmas hymns. Hymns of Christmas continues with our guides Joy to the World & Oh Come All Ye Faithful as we look at Luke 2:16-20 and discuss how we are given a testimony to declare of God's faithfulness. I also talk abo…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. Our journey through the birth of Jesus guided by our favorite Christmas hymns continues on with the most well known section on the birth of Jesus, when the angels appear to the shepherds. Our guides for this edition of Hymns of Christmas include a folk song that no ones where it came from, a song that the author's …

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. Today in our journey through the birth of Jesus, our guide is Oh Little Town of Bethlehem & Once, in Royal David's City as we reflect on hymns of arrival. Last week on Hymns of Christmas, we looked at Micah 5:2-6, this week we jump some 800 years later to Luke 2:1-7 to see the fulfillment of Micah's prophecy that t…

Let's talk Hymns of Longing. Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In today's episode, I introduce our new series Hymns of Christmas; we will be journeying through the birth of Jesus guided by our favorite Christmas hymns. Today, we start with Israel's longing for the Messiah, which began all the way back in the Garden. I walk through Micah 5:2-6 to sh…

What is Experiential Preaching? What's a Pie and Praise Fellowship? Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In today's episode, I explain what my concept of Experiential Preaching is, how it is different from manufacturing an emotional response or doing a big stunt in the name of being memorable, and I think it could help in moving us away from a consume…

This is a rebroadcast from our series On the Writings of CS Lewis Today we take an honest look at what Lewis wrote about grief, embarrassment, shame, and suffering. Facebook & Instagram: @myseminarylifepod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/mslpod Shop: https://my-seminary-life-store.creator-spring.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MySeminaryLi…

This episode is a rebroadcast. We live in a new world, and the church needs to be ready to minister in this new world. In this episode, I reflect on Bob Whitesel's book "Growing the Post-Pandemic Church" to see what he thought ministry was going to be like beyond 2020. What adjustments would the church need to make to keep ministry alive and meet t…

How long, to sing this song? Welcome back to My Seminary Life. This week on the show we have another addition of Rabbit Trail. This week I kick things off by recapping my latest sermon on Psalm 40:1-3 as the first part of my series on Processing Grief. Then I launch into the story of the composition and recording of one of U2's more religious songs…

How do you stir up another believer to love and good works when they are freaking annoying! This week on the show we have another Rabbit Trail. After reviewing my recent sermon on Hebrews 10:19-25, I sit down to answer the question, "how do I stir up someone to love and good works when they are so freaking annoying?" We all have "that person" in ou…

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In today's Rabbit Trail, I recap my recent sermon on Joshua 1:1-9, look at its relationship to helping us transition in leadership, and ask the question, "why do we gender verses?" Down this rabbit trail, I look at a couple passages that we specifically assign to men or women, I rant about how it's just culturally …

Is there a right way to fear God? Welcome back to My Seminary Life, and the start of a new series called Rabbit Trail. In this series, I will take you down a path that I wanted to go down in a recent sermon I preached but couldn't make it fit in my notes. In my recent sermon on Hebrews 11:1-3, I mention how there is a proper way to fear God. Here i…

This episode is a reposting from My Seminary Life with Brandon Knight. This episode is an interview Brandon did with Nathan Drake about modernizing some hymns for lent. Use the link below to see the original posting and the show's description: https://my-seminary-life.captivate.fm/episode/onemorething-hymns-of-lent-featuring-nathan-drake/ Mentioned…

This is a music podcast with no rhyme, no rhythm, and no reason! But really it's a podcast about community! We have no host, no schedule, and no format! This is a place for the leaders of the Anazao Podcast Network to discuss music and we would like to invite you to lead episodes of this show as well! Let us know if YOU would like to create an epis…

What is a Kung Fu Pizza Party? Welcome to the very first episode of Kung Fu Pizza Party! In this episode, I your host Brandon Knight, walk you through a brief history of my training in the martial arts, some of my influences from the Kung Fu movie cinema world, and explain what my vision for this show will be. I also tell the origin story of the na…

What is Black Ecclesia Interpretation? This is the finale to our Camp My Seminary Life series on Hermeneutics as I review "Reading While Black" by Esau McCaulley. In this episode, i breakdown some of the main portions of the book, talk about McCaulley's approach to Black Ecclesia Interpretation, and what it was like for me as a white man to read a …

The Summer Camp series on Hermeneutics is back with episode four of five with an introductory look at Biclical Criticism. In this episode, I discuss briefly what Literary Criticism and Historical Criticism is, how they can positively play a role in our Hermeneutical process, and some of the paths that people take to arrive at conclusions that I mys…

In this episode, I explain what's with the long delay to finish the Hermeneutics series, where my recent struggles with my mental health has taken me, and what's next for the show. Facebook & Instagram: @myseminarylifepod Contact: [email protected] Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/mslpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MySeminaryLife S…

Welcome to day three of Camp My Seminary Life, campers! Today, we have a guest counselor here to speak to us about Heremeneutics. Joshau Noel, the host of Systematic Geekology, Dummy 4 Theology, and The Whole Church Podcast, has three reasons why he thinks Hermeneutics is important. Hermeneutics has played a role in his life story, feeds his quest …

Welcome back campers! Here on day two of Camp My Seminary Life I sit down to paint a better picture of what the hermeneutical process looks like by walking you all through my process. Whenever I sit down to write a sermon or Bible lesson, this is what it looks like for me to study and interpret a passage of Scripture. Shop: https://my-seminary-life…

Welcome to camp! Camp My Seminary Life begins this week on the beautiful shores of Lake Tolien. This year for our first ever summer camp we are looking at the topic of Hermeneutics. This is an essential subject for both pastors and believers of all kinds. In this first episode, I address the question, "What is Hermeneutics?" In understanding the im…

It is the final day of Summer School! In this episode, I sit down to discuss one of the other current cults, Twin Flames Universe. Listen as I unpack what a twin flame and the Mirror Exercise is, discuss the controversial practic they have of assigning genders, and I give my thoughts on how we sometimes over-complicate the concept of "the will of G…

We are on Day 4 of our Summer School series and we are going to focus more on current cults that we need to be aware of as they are currently operating. Today's focus is on 7M and Shekinah Church lead by Robert Shinn. In this episode, my wife Claire joins the show to review Netflix's most recent documentary "Dancing for the Devil" and talk about th…

Mormons. We're talking about Mormons today. The Summer School series on Cults rolls on with Day 3 covering one of the most reconizable cults out there, what is commonly referred to as Mormons. In the episode, I walk through a brief history of the Mormon Church proper, talk a little bit about some of the differences between other smaller Mormon grou…

Who are the Witnesses of the WMC? As our Summer School series on Cults continues, I am once again joined by author Christian Ashley of the Let Nothing Move You podcast to discuss a time when he was approached by followers of Mother God. Christian and I discuss the complicated history of the Church of God in South Korea before it was relaunced into …

Welcome to Summer School! All this week we will be exploring the topic of cults and looking to answer the big question, "Could I really run into someone who is a part of a cult?" The answer may surprise you with this episode. For Day 1 of Summer School, we're looking at the genre of UFO Cults; cults that have extraterestrials worked into their doct…

Schoolz Out! As we wrap up the "school year" it's time to unwind with an enjoyable film. Here today from Systematic Theology, Christian Ashley rejoins the show to run it back as we discuss 300: Rise of an Empre. Last fall during the Ancient Greece series, Christian and I talked about 300 as a way to discuss the long lasting impact of the Spartans o…

What place does awe and wonder have in apologetics and between faith and science? In this episode, as we bring Apologetics 201 to an end, Pastor Will Rose stops in to talk about his passion for finding harmony and equiping the church on topics related to faith and science. Pastor Will tells us about his recent trip to the BioLogos Faith and Science…

Talking is hard. In this week's edition of Apologetics 201, I sit down to talk about the basics of engaging in conversation with someone who may be in a cult. From understanding the basic definition of what a cult is, to the need for having tact and love when talking to someone, this episode is geared towards engaging broadly with anyone who is of …

Christian Science has been around for a while, but what is it exactly? In this week's episode, we explore the shared history between Mind Science and Christian Science as Apologetics 201 continues. We look at what makes Christian Science "Christian" and "Scientific" especially with how it understands the concept of atonement. I talk about the simil…

There's more than one way to interpret Genesis 1. As Apologetics 201 continues, I am joined by Joe Dea of Happy Dea Ministries and author Christian Ashley to discuss the six major creation views. In this episode, we breakdown Six Day Creationism, Evolution, Gap Theory, Day/Age Theory, and others in an attempt to help people understand that there is…