Bespoken

Doubt often has several layers - some that are very much on the surface - wrestling with Biblical promises, and some that go very deep to the core of God's existence. In this series, Jay and Ryan discuss the various layers of doubt and where it can and can't go in the Christian walk. Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Depression is a stigmatized term in the church. And yet, in the context of the Bible, we see language all over the place that seems to reference the reality of depression, especially in the Psalms. In Psalm 42, the psalmist is looking at his own soul asking, "Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?"In this final episode, Jay and Ryan address where personal sin has a common role with individuals struggling with depression . Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Depression is a stigmatized term in the church. And yet, in the context of the Bible, we see language all over the place that seems to reference the reality of depression, especially in the Psalms. In Psalm 42, the psalmist is looking at his own soul asking, "Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?"In this episode, Jay and Ryan discuss three common origins of depression and the typical treatment prescribed for each of those types. Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Depression is a stigmatized term in the church. And yet, in the context of the Bible, we see language all over the place that seems to reference the reality of depression, especially in the Psalms. In Psalm 42, the psalmist is looking at his own soul asking, "Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?"For the next 3 weeks, we'll be looking deeper at depression and attempt to define what it is, why it happens, and where to turn for help when you find your self feeling downcast and discouraged.Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're honored to host gifted teacher and author, Rebecca Stevenson, for Part 4 of a 4-part series on the subject of "How to Wait on God" after her recent book published on the same subject, "WAIT: Thoughts and Practice in Waiting on God." We live in a broken world, and as such, we will each experience times of lack, want, or need; times of frustration and dissatisfaction, and even pain. In these periods of our lives, we need to learn to wait on the Lord. Welcome to Bespoken Summer Break! Throughout the summer, while Jay and Ryan are on hiatus, you'll hear from several different leaders/teachers from CHBC on various topics. Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're honored to host gifted teacher and author, Rebecca Stevenson, for Part 3 of a 4-part series on the subject of "How to Wait on God" after her recent book published on the same subject, "WAIT: Thoughts and Practice in Waiting on God." We live in a broken world, and as such, we will each experience times of lack, want, or need; times of frustration and dissatisfaction, and even pain. In these periods of our lives, we need to learn to wait on the Lord. Welcome to Bespoken Summer Break! Throughout the summer, while Jay and Ryan are on hiatus, you'll hear from several different leaders/teachers from CHBC on various topics. Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're honored to host gifted teacher and author, Rebecca Stevenson, for Part 2 of a 4-part series on the subject of "How to Wait on God" after her recent book published on the same subject, "WAIT: Thoughts and Practice in Waiting on God." We live in a broken world, and as such, we will each experience times of lack, want, or need; times of frustration and dissatisfaction, and even pain. In these periods of our lives, we need to learn to wait on the Lord. Welcome to Bespoken Summer Break! Throughout the summer, while Jay and Ryan are on hiatus, you'll hear from several different leaders/teachers from CHBC on various topics. Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the next 4 weeks, we're honored to host Rebecca Stevenson on the subject of "How to Wait on God" after her recent book published on the same subject, "WAIT: Thoughts and Practice in Waiting on God." We live in a broken world, and as such, we will each experience times of lack, want, or need; times of frustration and dissatisfaction, and even pain. In these periods of our lives, we need to learn to wait on the Lord. Welcome to Bespoken Summer Break! Throughout the summer, while Jay and Ryan are on hiatus, you'll hear from several different leaders/teachers from CHBC on various topics. Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jesus did not come to be your leadership guru. He came to die on the cross, for the sins of his people and in your place. Yet, he did lead. And we can learn from how he led. The more we follow Jesus, the more ‘perfect’ we can be in emulating and taking on the characteristics of a good leader. And when we lead like Jesus, we leave a legacy that is shaped around Jesus.Welcome to Bespoken Summer Break! Throughout the summer, while Jay and Ryan are on hiatus, you'll hear from several different leaders/teachers from CHBC on various topics. Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Take 5 strangers - who don't know each other from Adam - and put them at a table around a good meal, relationships will naturally begin to happen. Food is simply one of those things that creates community in and of itself. Food is one of the church's greatest tools for ministry and evangelism!Welcome to Bespoken Summer Break! Throughout the summer, while Jay and Ryan are on hiatus, you'll hear from several different leaders/teachers from CHBC on various topics. Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Bespoken Summer Break! Throughout the summer, while Jay and Ryan are on hiatus, you'll hear from several different leaders/teachers from CHBC on various topics. For our second part in our series on the theology of food, Mark Hampton (College Minister) looks closer at how deeply embedded food is to who we are as people.Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Bespoken Summer Break! Throughout the summer, while Jay and Ryan are on hiatus, you'll hear from several different leaders/teachers from CHBC on various topics. For the next 3 weeks, Mark Hampton (College Minister) will be going through a mini-series on the theology of food, our identity with food, and some practical applications about how we as Christians should approach food in a healthy and sustainable way.Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Bespoken Summer Break! Throughout the summer, while Jay and Ryan are on hiatus, you'll hear from several different leaders/teachers from CHBC on various topics. In this episode, Pastor Eric McKiddie finishes off a two-part series on the significance of God's words vs our own.Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Bespoken Summer Break! Throughout the summer, while Jay and Ryan are on hiatus, you'll hear from several different leaders/teachers from CHBC on various topics. Starting this episode, Pastor Eric McKiddie kicks off a two-part series on the significance of God's words vs our own.Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pastor Jay and Ryan invite their wives to join them for our final episode on gender roles and complementarianism. In this episode, Rebecca Thomas and Laura McKee discuss the biblical roles of husband and wife and some of the contemporary implications for both roles. Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pastor Jay and a special female guest discuss complementarianism and what it means for women in church leadership. Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Following part 1 of our series on gender roles and the debate between complementarian and egalitarian views, Pastor Jay addresses some of the common misunderstandings and questions about complementarianism and implications at Chapel Hill Bible Church. Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Whether it be in the church, the home, or in the marketplace, there's a wide array of opinions on just how equal or different men and women are. Obviously, there are physiological differences between male and female, but what about their roles? In this episode, Pastor Jay outlines the Bible's definition of male and female, particularly in the context of marriage.Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christian or not, suffering remains an inevitable result of living in this world. Human beings often find themselves asking “why?” any time they encounter a terminal illness, a child with birth defects, unjust imprisonment, or any other such tragedy. In today's episode, Ryan interviews Pastor Matt Smith on what the Bible has to say about suffering and how Christians are called to act when disaster strikes.Matt Smith - Pastor of Discipleship and Training at Chapel Hill Bible Church - recommends a book by Dr. Tim Keller on the subject for further study, "Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering."Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the first two parts of our series, we light covered some of the typical reasons given by thoughtful, academically-oriented people as to why they don't think Christianity is valid. In today's episode, we'll highlight the one and only biblical reason to deny the lordship of Jesus.Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.