Reset 31. You’re So Vain

Welcome to Greatheart’s Table. Pull up a chair as we revisit an episode first aired in early 2022. My concern then as now is that as critical as evangelism and kingdom growth and the Great Commission are, none of that trumps the importance of the Great Commandment. We...

154. Minding the (Gospel) Gap

Today we welcome a guest author to the table. Rob Edenfield has been the pastor of Treasure Coast Presbyterian Church in Stuart, Florida, for nearly a decade. He is astute and cares deeply for his people. And like us all, he very much wants to hear and in fact needs...

153. The Pastor as Punching Bag

There is an image from the now ancient TV show Gomer Pyle of a drill sergeant in the face of his recruit berating him for his stupidity, and Gomer, the recruit, is smiling as if this is the sweetest language he’d ever heard.  Without question, pastors are not to...

Reset 30. The *Pastor

One of the most suggestive songs by the band Over the Rhine is titled “All My Favorite People Are Broken.” In a sense, it expresses the heart behind this podcast, that pastors are not immune from brokenness.  But pastors are not supposed to be broken. We think we...

RDC 8B. Mental Illness and the Church

This is part two of our conversation with Dr. Hans Madueme regarding mental illness and the church. In this part we turn to how then the church can care for those suffering from a mental disorder. I’m grateful to Dr. Madueme for his time, and for you for joining us....