Culture Matters

Lore Ferguson, a Covenant Member, writer, designer and speaker, joins Josh and Matt to discuss singleness, complimentarianism and women in ministry. They explain why The Village doesn't have specific ministries for singles or women (or men), and Lore shares how singles can steward their stage of life, seeing it as a gift, for the sake of the gospel.

Matt and Josh are joined by DFW radio personality and sports analyst, Bob Sturm, to talk about March Madness, from why the tournament is so exciting to who they think is going to win it all to what makes college basketball different than the NBA. They also talk to Bob about being a Christian on a popular sports radio station, as well as his family's journey to adopt a son from Honduras.

In this episode, guest Dr. Russell Moore joins the podcast show to discuss homosexuality, same-sex marriage and how the Church should respond. Dr. Moore serves as president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. The ERLC is dedicated to engaging the culture with the gospel of Jesus Christ and speaking to issues in the public square for the protection of religious liberty and human flourishing. Pastor of Training JT English also returns to guest-host and talk more about Training at The Village.

Josh and Matt talk about the James series, particularly trials and suffering well. They also share some fun discoveries from the series #faithworks hashtag before moving into Lent and what resources are available for it. Next, Josh and Matt attempt to answer the question of how they, as pastors, balance family life and ministry. In closing out, they discuss The Villages mission statement and discipleship.

We discuss violence in the NFL and football, specifically how Christians should react. During Ministry at The Village, JT shares the vision for Training classes and forums at The Village.

We have a discussion about The Village Church's framework for family discipleship. Then we discuss the topic of abortion and the role the Church should play with this important issue. 

This month, Matt and Josh are joined by special guest Anthony Moore, our Fort Worth campus pastor. In Life at The Village, they discuss the season of Advent and preparing for 2015. For Culture and Theology, the men share their favorite and most anticipated movies of the year. At the end, the discussion turns to racial reconciliation and how believers and churches should respond to Ferguson and Eric Garner.

In Life at The Village, Matt and Josh wrap up our A Beautiful Design sermon series and discuss the season of Advent and how to make the most of the holidays this year. For our Culture and Theology segment, they talk about the Brittany Maynard story, Matt's battle with cancer and the sanctity of human life.

In Life at The Village, Matt and Josh discuss A Beautiful Design, why we are doing the fall series and the implications of the Imago Dei. The managing editor of our blog and author of Women of the Word, Jen Wilkin, joins them for Culture and Theology to discuss the current NFL scandal, how the gospel applies to abuse and domestic violence and how churches might respond. Leadership and Ministry looks at our conviction to use multi-site as a strategy for church planting and how that is playing out at our Denton campus.