We’re sitting down with Bishop Mike Rinehart to talk about faith, life, the Church, and what it’s like to always walk diagonally.

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Competition is a fact of life. But how far is too far? How little is too little? We’re joining the race to be the BEST podcast on this week’s episode all about competition.

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Every 3 years the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America brings delegates together to discuss and make decisions surrounding issues that are facing the church at a national level. This week the Beyond Sunday Team is exploring some of the statements that were approved at the most recent gathering in Milwaukee, WI. Be sure to let us know what you think about these issues or about the podcast overall!

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The Beyond Sunday Podcast is turning 1 this week! We’re taking sometime to look back on what got us to this point by sharing our favorite podcast moments. Then we’re diving into a conversation about nostalgia and the human tendency to look back on our past and gloss over the struggle and challenge that our past contained.

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Patrick is leading a new class on the writings on the Apostle Paul and this week we’re getting a preview of that conversation!

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Communion may well be the most important thing that we do as the Church that sets us apart as people of faith. This week we’re taking a deep dive into this ancient practice that dates back to Jesus’ last meal with his disciples.

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This week we take a look at some Christians in the workplace, including a police officer suing over the Billy Graham rule, and a University Dean resigning over chick-fil-a. Plus, we’ll look at how a church turned $30,000 into $4 million of debt relief, weird themed birthdays, and weigh in on who’s winning the chicken sandwich war.

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This week we take a look at a church’s big summer programs like VBS and Mission trips and ask “Are these effective?” We’ll also talk about crying at work hear about Patrick’s kidney stones and more.

This week we welcome Pastor David Hanson onto the podcast to talk about the prosperity gospel. We’ll go over some of the history of this movement, why it’s wrong, but also why it can subtly appeal to each of us. Plus what are some weird things churches have been asked to bless.

For 100’s of years Christians were at the forefront of western art, but now it seems like all we have to offer is a God’s Not Dead movie, why is that? Also, can you separate the art from the artist, and what do you do when your favorite actor is accused of sexual assault. Plus is Harry Potter taking the place of the bible for young people? All this and more.

We have a special interview this week with Alicia Nelson. Alicia will tell us her story about her and her son, Spencer. This is a beautiful, powerful, and heartbreaking journey, and continually points to God in the midst of pain.

As Christians, we live in two kingdoms: a Heavenly one and an earthly one. What happens when they com into conflict? Plus a Baptist church has an unusual church sign and we storm area 51.

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How much water does the pastor have to pour if the pastor can pour water?

Should Christians in the United States be paying more and better attention to the persecution of Christians around the world?

All the great debates that we are facing, do we always have to choose a side? Or is there room for us to sit in the middle and say “we can faithfully see both sides of this issue.”

Can we eat meat sacrificed to Roman gods? Or is there a modern version of this question?

Statistically, there is no getting around the fact that we are all coming in contact with individuals who are struggling with addiction. How do we as people of faith respond when people we love are struggling or when we are in need of help ourselves?

It seems like every day there is a new cause that we are all being told we have to choose sides on. Once we choose sides, we have to dedicate ourselves to destroying the arguments for the opposition. But is this the best way forward? Is this the most faithful way to respond to disagreement? Join the Beyond Sunday team as we run head first into our modern Rage Culture and look for a word forward.

Where do we draw the line when it comes to right and wrong?

We’ve all been given gifts. Now we have to figure out what we’re supposed to do with them!