Episodes
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Episode 207 - JM's Sabbatical
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Wednesday May 08, 2024
JM's sabbatical starts on May 13th! We discuss this time of rest and refreshment with him and Ashley. We also take a trip to the Email Corridor and have one more quick Sports Break. Check out the EFCA blog written by our very own Jonathan Haefs about the creation of this podcast!
JM's Album Of The Week: Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
Bradford's Book Club: Reflections on the Psalms by C.S. Lewis
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Episode 206 - Meet A Member: Zac Cook
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
This week we interviewed SVCC member Zac Cook!
JM's Album Of The Week: Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
Bradford's Book Club (Zac's Pick): Keep Your Love On: Connection, Communication & Boundaries by Danny Silk
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Episode 205 - Shades Cinema: Dune: Part Two
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Shades Cinema is back with special guest Grant Premo and we discuss the new Sci-Fi epic Dune: Part Two directed by Denis Villeneuve!
JM's Album Of The Week: Hans Zimmer - Dune: Part Two (OST)
Bradford's Book Club (Grant's Pick): Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Episode 204 - Dr. Robert Smith Jr. Returns!
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Dr. Robert Smith Jr. returns to Midweek for an in-person interview on preaching!
Robert Smith Jr. serves as professor of Christian preaching and holds the Charles T. Carter Baptist Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School. An ordained Baptist minister, he served as pastor of the New Mission Missionary Baptist Church in Cincinnati, OH for twenty years. He earned his PhD while serving as a pastor. He is a contributing editor for a study of Christian ministry in the African American church, Preparing for Christian Ministry, and is co-editor of A Mighty Long Journey. He has written the book, Doctrine That Dances: Bringing Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life (B&H Publishing Group, Nashville: 2008), which was selected as the winner of the 2008 Preaching Book of the Year Award by Preaching magazine and the 2009 Preaching Book of the Year Award by Christianity Today’s preaching.com. Smith has spoken at more than 135 universities, colleges, and seminaries in the United States, Great Britain, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean. He has taught congregations in several countries including Greece, Turkey, Rome, the Holy Land and Switzerland. At Beeson, Smith teaches Christian preaching and other electives in homiletics. He received Beeson Divinity School’s “Teacher of the Year Award” in 2005. He and his wife, Wanda Taylor-Smith, Ph.D., are the parents of four adult children (one in heaven).
JM's Album Of The Week: Khruangbin - A LA SALA
Bradford's Book Club: God's Big Picture Bible Storybook: 140 Connecting Bible Stories of God's Faithful Promises by N.T. Wright
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Episode 203 - Meet A Member: Nate Rubin
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
SVCC member Nate Rubin joins us this week for our ongoing "Meet A Member" series!
JM"s Album Of The Week: Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
Bradford's Book Club (JM's Pick): Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing To Heaven by James Bryan Smith
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Episode 202 - The SVCC Arts Ministry w/ Ami Ross
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Our deacon over the arts ministry, Ami Ross joined us this week to update everyone on the upcoming Art Nights at SVCC and more! We also take a Sports Break and announce some upcoming events at Shades.
JM's Album Of The Week: Tenacious D - ...Baby One More Time (from Kung Fu Panda 4) - Single
Bradford's Book Club: The Ascension Of Christ: Recovering A Neglected Doctrine by Patrick Schreiner
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Episode 201 - Small-Batch Disciplemaking w/ David Sunde
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Grant Premo joins us for the fifth time (congrats Grant!), and leads an interview with our special guest author David Sunde. David discusses his new book Small-Batch Disciplemaking: A Rhythm for Training the Few to Reach the Many. We also take a quick March Madness sports break!
JM's Album Of The Week: Hotline TNT - Cartwheel
Bradford's Book Club: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Episode 200 - We Made It!
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
We made it to 200 episodes! We celebrate and reflect on the podcast and all of the good things happening at SVCC. We also have a sports break and visit the email corridor!
JM's Album Of The Week: Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well
Bradford's Book Club: Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies by N.T. Wright & Michael F. Bird
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Episode 199 - Shades Cinema: The Iron Claw
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
This week, SVCC member and frequent guest Patrick Smith joins Midweek for another installment of Shades Cinema featuring the 2023 biopic The Iron Claw directed by Sean Durkin. We also briefly discuss the 2024 Oscars.
JM's Album Of The Week: Ryan Gosling & Mark Ronson - Ken The EP
Bradford's Book Club: Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire by Preston Sprinkle
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Episode 198 - The Pastor's Kid w/ Barnabas Piper
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
This week we interviewed Barnabas Piper about his book, The Pastor's Kid. Barnabas is a pastor at Immanuel Church in Nashville, an author, and co-hosts The Happy Rant podcast! He also writes regularly for He Reads Truth
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JM's Album Of The Week: Young Oceans - Somehow I Know It's Love
Bradford's Book Club: The Pastor's Kid: What It's Like and How To Help by Barnabas Piper