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Every church has a lean — a drift, a culture, a set of unwritten rules about who really belongs. Tony and Dean dig into how that drift can turn a group of well-meaning Christians into modern-day Pharisees. It's a hard look at the difference between guarding truth and just guarding your tribe. Come for the Matthew 23 gut-punch, stay for the conversation about what it actually looks like to keep the drawbridge down. If you enjoyed this episode, consider liking this video and subsc...

We've all been there — someone gets a little too passionate about their preferences, and suddenly their traditions become everyone else's commandments. In this episode, we dig into what it actually means to be a Pharisee, how it shows up today (music, lighting, dress code, "big Eva" doctrine wars), and why godly zeal so easily curdles into judgment if we're not careful. We talk through Mark 7, the danger of turning Scripture into "Bible binoculars" instead of an x-ray on our own hearts, and ...

In this episode, we trace the 300-year history behind two very different streams of American Christianity — the reformed tradition and the revivalist tradition — and ask an honest question: why do we love one and quietly resent the other? If you enjoyed this episode, consider liking this video and subscribing. If you'd like to watch this episode, click here. If you have any questions or topics you would like us to discuss on the show, message us on Instagram or comment on YouTube. Follow us ...

Word-for-word or thought-for-thought? KJV, NIV, ESV, NASB, NLT — does it actually matter which one you pick up? Tony and Dean get into why there are so many English Bible translations, what "literal" translation really means (and why it's not as simple as you think), the cultural pressure and quiet elitism around which version you use, and the handful of translations they'd actually tell you to avoid. Watch to find out where the line is — and why it might matter less than you've been told. I...

In this episode, Pastor Tony and Dean get honest about one of the most loaded and least talked about questions in ministry — what does the Bible actually require of a pastor's kids, and what happens when they don't meet it? Whether you're a pastor, a parent, or someone who grew up in a ministry home — this one hits different. If you enjoyed this episode, consider liking this video and subscribing. If you'd like to watch this episode, click here. If you have any questions or topics you would...