AVAIL Podcast

Churches are wildly unprepared for one of the most common and unfortunate events that erupt in every church—scandal. On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, we sit down with church crisis prevention and management expert Phil Cooke. Phil discusses the prevalence of scandal within the church, the devastation left in its wake, and then equips ministry leaders and pastors with the knowledge to do something about it.

In this episode of the AVAIL podcast, Paul Godin, author of Uncut Gems, discusses what many leaders in the marketplace have been missing: they are looking outside of their organization for their diamonds when their diamonds may be right under their noses. Paul describes the process of surveying, excavating, shaping, setting, and reproducing your human capital to build a people-centered organization.

The calling of a pastor is weighty but remarkably fulfilling when Jesus takes the reins! On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, Pastors TJ and Shayla McCormick join us to discuss their journey as lead pastors and church planters. They impart wisdom on how to successfully co-lead a church, capitalize on differences and strengths, and aim to please Jesus above all in the process.

If God is so loving, then why do we see a version of Him that seems to suggest otherwise? Today’s guest on the AVAIL podcast, Dr. Hester, provides the answer to this question—when we interpret God through the lens of our experiences, we worship a God who looks more like us and less like Jesus. Dr. Hester gives us a glimpse into his new book The Rorschach God as a call to ministry leaders to present the God found in the image of Christ.

Reading new content can change the way you do something, but heartful content can change who you are. On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, we interview Four Rivers Media author coach Megan Adelson. Megan shares the secret sauce to freeing readers from their deepest fears—raw, unadulterated vulnerability—and her approach in coaching authors through the process.

God designed us to flourish, but are we? On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, Dr. Wayne Hammond answers this question, citing ineffective clinical approaches, baked-in mindsets that diminish personal value, and disproportionate attention placed on our weaknesses over our God-given strengths. Dr. Hammond shares his own observations of why so many are falling rather than flourishing, and how we can flip the script.

Recently, we’ve seen a rising number of Christian leaders taking the entertainment industry by storm. On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, we sit down with Todd Hoffman to discuss two of his television shows, Gold Rush and Hoffman Family Gold. Hoffman shares the heart behind his shows as a tool for building the Kingdom of God through raw authenticity.

Our search to be and become “enough” is a tireless chase, one that we will never find and that Jesus died on the cross to fulfill. On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, Pastor Ben Daily discusses the heart of the gospel in his new book Enough. He discredits our cultural obsession with “do more to get more; get more to be happy” and reminds us that “enough” will never be found in a lifestyle; it’s something we already have in our Savior.

Leader-led decisions get us into trouble, but Holy Spirit-led decisions—or Deisensus-led leadership—always make us to prosper. We are joined by Dr. Ron Crum on today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, a long-time pastor and ministry leader who has learned the consequences of man-led decision-making and the life-changing shift of allowing the Holy Spirit to go ahead of you. Inspired from Acts 15:28, “It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us,” Dr. Crum’s message is clear: God’s will is made known when our decisions are informed by Scripture and the guidance of the Holy Spirit!

Effective discipleship methods within the church have rapidly declined and the consequences are far-reaching. We learn more about this culture crisis in today’s Church and how Catalyst Bible College aims to pick up the slack from Dr. Mark Merrill on today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast. Dr. Merrill discusses the leadership deficit prevalent in the Church today, how inadequate discipleship has discouraged people from answering the call of God on their lives, and what we, as leaders, can do about it!