Join Bryan Catherman and Jared Jenkins as they discuss the political gospel. What is the political gospel and what does it look like when Christians make the political process their only hope for joy, peace, and rest? Is engaging in politics bad? Is it commanded by the Bible? What is political nationalism? They answer these questions and more as th…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Jared Jenkins discuss the outdoor gospel, or the “I can find my god in the mountains” gospel. What is this gospel? How do the outdoors go from something Christians can enjoy to an idol? Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss what the Bible says the gospel is. If we’re going to look at what the gospel is not, we must know what it is. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.By Salty Believer Unscripted

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss the American Prosperity Gospel. More American Christians flirt with this than we might want to admit. Josiah grew up in a church with few doctrinal boundaries and the prosperity gospel slipped in with little notice. In addition, the guys lay out five clear quest…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss some things to know in the role of Senior Pastor. Bryan gives his thoughts and advice to Josiah on what is necessary to know and do as a new Lead Pastor. It’s advice, good or bad. Even if you’re not headed to become a Lead Pastor, this advice is stuff everyone in the congregation could be great…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Bryan’s move to Trinity Church in Holdrege, Nebraska and Josiah Walker’s new role as the Lead Pastor at Redeeming Life Church. There are lots of changes coming to both men and changes coming to both churches. What’s ahead? And what’s the future of Salty Believer…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Revelation 19-22, completing the book and this series. How does the end of the book tie back to the beginning? How do these last chapters bookend the entire book of the Bible? Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss a large section of the book of Revelation. In this episode, they take on chapters 8-18. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.By Salty Believer Unscripted

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss what they see and what may be happening in Revelation 6 & 7. It’s a complicated book and now there are scrolls and judgements. What are the seals? Who can stand against this? And also, is it Revelation or Revelations? It is one or many? They answer these questio…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman share their expectations for the 2024 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. With Dr. Jeff Iorg and Dr. Al Mohler contending for different outcomes on a major constitutional matter involving women as pastors, this year may get spicy. Of course, we say that e…

Bryan Catherman, Josiah Walker, and Robbie Tschorn discuss Revelation 4 and 5 in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. These two chapters work together and both Josiah and Robbie have recently preached these chapters. In this discussion, they discuss what they see in these chapters. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com Copyrigh…

In this episode, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman look at Revelation 2:18-29. It’s the letter to Thyatira and it may be the center of a chiasm, which is a literary tool found in Hebrew poetry. As they look at the letter, they’ll see if they think this is a chiasm or not. They’ll also look at the material contained within this letter. Copyright 202…

Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman were invited to tour a Mormon (LDS) temple in Layton, Utah. After watching the recommended LDS video about temples and then touring the temple, they reviewed the video and discussed their tour experience. In those episodes, the issue is the disparity of what they see in Mormon belief and theology compared to the te…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman share their thought after touring the new Mormon Temple in Layton, Utah. These temples are an aspect of worship as part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). Are thy biblical? Are they Christian? What’s it like inside these temples? The guys answer t…

The guys at Salty Believer Unscripted were invited to tour the Layton Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). Prior to the tour, they were asked to watch the Mormon-produced video, “Between Heaven and Earth,” which can be found on YouTube. They watched the video and then discussed it in this episode of Salty Believer Unscri…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they continue in their discussion through the book of Revelation. In this episode, they discuss the letter to Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17) and the letter to Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6). They are still trying to determine if these letters form a chiasm. They note the connections between these two letters but …

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they continue in our series through the book of Revelation. In this episode the topic of discussion is the letter to Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) and the letter to Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13). They are still looking to see if indeed these seven letters are a chiasm. Copyright 2024. For more information, …

Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Revelation 2:1-7 and Revelation 3:14-22 which are Jesus’ letters to Ephesus and Laodicea, respectively. Are there connections between these that may lead us to see a chiasm here? Or are these not connected in a chiasm? What is a chiasm? What is the meaning of these letters? Are there things here we can lear…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Revelation 2 &3, commonly called the Seven Letters to Seven Churches. What are these letters about? What’s the background? Are these future, past, or something else? Are these seven letters to churches today, or just to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardi…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman open to Revelation 1:1-20 and talk about the book. They also had a discussion about how to break up the book, tackle a reading plan through the book, and study well. The book of Revelation doesn’t have to be difficult if we don’t make it harder than it needs to be. We e…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they start a new series, exploring the book of Revelation. Why study this book? What are the typical approaches to this book? What are the pitfalls? In this series, they hope to journey through the book of Revelation in such a way that brings the comfort, joy, and blessing the book should bring. Copyright 2…

Join Josiah Walker, Bryan Catherman, and Robbie the Intern as they discuss and visit the Utah Christian Resource Center. The UCRC has a great deal of information about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (also known as the LDS or Mormon Church), but it’s so much more. There are artifacts, Bibles, a bookstore, and so much more. Copyright…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss the possibility of Dr. Jeff Iorg becoming the SBC Executive Committee President. Can this save the SBC or is it just too late? Is Iorg the right man for the job? Is there still hope? Copyright 2024. More more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.…

Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman share their concluding thoughts after attending a Charles Simeon Trust workshop in Southern California. If you’re thinking about attending, these thoughts might help you decide to go. If you’d like to bless your pastor, find a way to send him to a workshop. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBe…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker, Daniel Catherman, and Bryan Catherman are on-site in Southern California for the Charles Simeon Trust workshop. They share their observations of the leader’s training before the workshop. It was a very long day, but they were still able to sit down for a bit to discuss what they saw. Copy…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they chat with Robert Kinney, the director of the Charles Simeon Trust. In this episode, they ask Robert more questions about the CST Workshops and many are the questions you were thinking to ask but they had little to do with what you need to know about attending a Workshop. Who are some of the heavy-hitte…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they chat with Robert Kinney, the Director of Ministries at the Charles Simeon Trust. Robert joined the conversation to discuss what to expect at a CST Workshop. How do they work? Why attend one? What should first-time participants expect? He answers these questions and many more. Copyright 2024. For more i…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they chat with Brett Ricley about the Charles Simeon Trust workshop. He’s attended two in the past, so the guys wanted to get his take. What will the workshop be like? What should we expect? How did it go for Brett? What would Brett change or improve if he could? Copyright 2024. For more information, please…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss the Charles Simeon Trust workshop. They are headed to a workshop on preaching Epistles, specifically 2 Timothy, and thought they’d podcast their experiences. In this episode, they share what they’re excited about and what’s making them nervous. In the coming episodes, they’ll chat with someone …

You invited someone to a Christmas or Easter service. Maybe they came; maybe they didn’t. Now what? What’s the next step after you’ve invited a friend or co-worker to church? That’s the topic of this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss what might work well as a next step. There are many possibilities.…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they look back at 2023 and look ahead to 2024. What’s coming on the Salty Believer Unscripted podcast? This is their 524th episode so they chat about some past episodes and things Bryan is doing to remember some of the greatest hits. Copyright 2024. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.…

In this Part 2 in a two part interview. Bryan Catherman interviewed Dr. Mark Bradley, the Director of the Northwest Campus of Gateway Seminary. They discuss ministry in the Pacific Northwest, seminary education, and Mark’s outlook for the future that graduating students are entering. They also talk about what he sees in students today. This is Part…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman interviewed Dr. Mark Bradley, the Director of the Northwest Campus of Gateway Seminary. They discuss ministry in the Pacific Northwest, seminary education, and Mark’s outlook for the future that graduating students are entering. They also talk about what he sees in students today. This i…

On this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker discuss ecumenical ministry. Should churches join with non-Christian ministries in the community? Should we lay down our differences and compromise the gospel of Jesus Christ for the sake of community? Everything is done in some way, but who decides which way, and is it…

Now that Josiah Walker has finished seminary, he and Bryan Catherman discuss how a person can get sharp and stay sharp. What do pastors do? What can people with limited time do? How do trained people stay sharp? They answer these and other question in this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted. Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit Salt…

Josiah Walker has graduated seminary with a Master’s Degree from Gateway Seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention. In this episode, Bryan Catherman ask Josiah what was the most valuable. They also talk about the experience. Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.By Salty Believer Unscripted

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Kevin DeYoung’s critique of Doug Wilson’s No Quarter November. “What do you think of Doug Wilson?” is the question that opens DeYoung’s article. The article goes on to examine Wilson’s approach to ministry. This opened the conversation up for Bryan and Josiah to…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they finish up our series, “Stewards of the Bride.” In this episode, they seek to answer the question, “How do I find my place in a local church?” Given what an Elder is, and give what a Deacon is, what does it look like to serve the Bride of Christ in the local church? Copyright 2023. For more information,…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman talk about the role of women in the church. What about women elders? Women deacons (servants)? These are significant questions given the gender-enflamed aspects of culture bleeding into the Church lately. Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit saltybeliever.…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss the qualifications and task of the deacon. Are all servants deacons? Or could it be that there are many classes of servants, and of those classes, deacon is one position within the classes of servants in the church? How should we understand Phoebe as a servant or deacon? This opens up questions…

Join Salty Believer Unscripted as Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss the role of the Pastor as a shepherd. The Pastor is a shepherd and there for, an Elder is a shepherd. What is that? What does it mean? What does it look like? That’s the conversation in this episode as the guys address the question, “What is a Pastor?” Copyright 2023. For m…

On this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss Elders and what an Elder should be, biblically. After identifying the two biblical offices, the next step is to dig into each of those offices. This is a continuing discussion in our series, “Stewards of the Bride.” Copyright 2023. For more information, please v…

Before we can start with the questions What is role of women in the ministry?, Who is a pastor?, or What is deacon?, we need to ask, What is an office and how many are there in the local church? This is the foundational question for this episode Salty Believer Unscripted. Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they seek to unpack and answer the …

On this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker opened the episode with a frustrated question about why the Church is confused by the role of Pastor, women in ministry, offices in the Church, and why the Church seems so broken today. If not the Church as a whole, at least the Church in American seems broken. And if not the Church in Ame…

On this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman discuss 7 warning for Christians as we engage in politics. They specifically looked as these warnings through the lens of specific examples with the recent Republican debate and the Donald Trump interview with Tucker Carlson. How should Christians engage in politics and…

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss the disaster of pride in ministry. From time to time, pastors, professors, authors, and others get puffed up, even to the point of becoming a donkey. Josiah asked Bryan to interaction with the following Martin Luther quote: "If you are highly pleased when someone praises you in the presence of …

Join Josiah Walker and Bryan Catherman as they discuss disaster. Why does the world get so enthralled with disaster? We ask ourselves big questions when disasters happen, and we should, but do we ever take the time to think through the answers? Why are we so intrigued by disasters in the first place? What does the Bible say about disaster. They ans…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Pastors Shawn Dobbins and Mark Whitaker to talk about the role of the typical parishioner in mission work. How does a church create a heart for mission in the entire church rather than in just a small group of folks? Hebron Baptist Church is doing this well and Shawn and Mark share some of what they are…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker talk about the ethics of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). This was a hot topic in recent history but Christians have moved on to the next hot topic. Is IFV a good thing, bad thing, or something in between? What about cloning? What happens to the unused embryos? Are Christi…

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker interact with a quote from Ray Ortlund about the need and importance of church in hard times. Is church more important in hard times and less important in easy times? Are silly churches unimportant in difficult times? Copyright 2023. For more information, please visit S…