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Satan isn't as creative as you think. Nick and Isaac talk with Christ the Word elder Dave Foulke about what angels and demons really are, what the enemy is after, and why the battle is real but already won. "Glory" album mentioned (can also be found on Apple Music and Spotify): https://everlastingwordband.bandcamp.com/album/glory Join us at the Builders Conference on November 7th! More info here: buildersconferencetoledo.com Are you a female listener? Check out the podcast Unshaken!Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1keI3OGw0MkJurPTR3B2Lf?si=HKdP_fWNQz2cZouVxD1MYQ&utm_source=copy-linkApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1518435724 Email us here: [email protected] Come to church! Info here: christtheword.com Thank you for listening.

Is 10% still the standard, and does it even matter if it goes to your church or somewhere else? Nick and Isaac sit down with Christ the Word deacon and budget committee lead Nate Miklovic to trace tithing from Abraham to Malachi to the New Testament, and dig into the real reasons Christians talk themselves out of it. Are you a male listener? Come to the Builders Conference on November 7th! More info here: buildersconferencetoledo.com Are you a female listener? Check out the podcast Unshaken!Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1keI3OGw0MkJurPTR3B2Lf?si=HKdP_fWNQz2cZouVxD1MYQ&utm_source=copy-linkApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1518435724 Email us here: [email protected] Come to church! Info here: christtheword.com Thank you for listening.

Join us for the Iona Study Center event on Friday, September 18th! More info here: https://ionaevents.carrd.co/ In this episode, ER doctor and church elder Steve Wing joins us to talk vitamins, Big Pharma, GLP-1s, and what it actually means to treat your body as a temple. Dr. Wing’s Sunday School recording (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TNH2x91M0zTaOel3TKrs1?si=8PJ6jM7mQ2Kb_EyFAwaccw&utm_source=copy-link Are you a female listener? Check out the podcast Unshaken! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1keI3OGw0MkJurPTR3B2Lf?si=HKdP_fWNQz2cZouVxD1MYQ&utm_source=copy-linkApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unshaken/id1518435724 Email us here: [email protected] Come to church! Info here: christtheword.com Thank you for listening.

No Mormonism episode this week. Instead, a guest lecture from Iona Study Center: Matt French on why the Sabbath isn't a burden, it's a gift, and why the seven day week has outlasted every empire that tried to kill it. Subscribe to the Iona Study Center Podcast! Links below.Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033CyMwULYJybN2BNwDiWU?si=CFMRHQPiRsCtZEsT-saGwA&utm_source=copy-linkApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/iona-study-center/id6783455330 More information about Iona can be found here: https://ionastudycenter.org/ Send us an email: [email protected] Submit anonymous ideas/feedback here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpQOHT5IltjjSTlg4KdUsNArqqyg1yGJY4wYzTpab0BNjCKQ/viewform Come to church! More info here: christtheword.com Thank you for listening.

Is depression a spiritual problem, a medical one, or both? Dr. Jason Brouwer, a licensed clinical psychologist, sits down with the guys to talk honestly about depression, anxiety, medication, and suicide from a biblical perspective, including what we can tend to get wrong when trying to help. Idea for an episode? Feedback? Thoughts? Submit it here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpQOHT5IltjjSTlg4KdUsNArqqyg1yGJY4wYzTpab0BNjCKQ/viewform Come to church! More info here: christtheword.com Contact us here: [email protected] Thank you for listening.

Nick and Isaac continue their conversation with Jacob and Jules Bartlett in Part 2 of this series on dating. They dig into what it looks like for a man to lead in a relationship, why dating the family matters as much as dating the person, how to navigate physical boundaries and set the tone early as a couple, how to handle conflict well, and how to break up in a way that still honors the other person and the unity of the church. Part 2 of 2. Idea for an episode? Feedback? Thoughts? Submit it here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpQOHT5IltjjSTlg4KdUsNArqqyg1yGJY4wYzTpab0BNjCKQ/viewform Come to church! More info here: christtheword.com Contact us here: [email protected] Thank you for listening.

Nick and Isaac sit down with Jacob and Jules Bartlett, married five and a half years and leading New Life, the church's young adults ministry, for a conversation on dating. They talk through the Bartletts' own story, why so many young men today seem aimless or "floating" instead of pursuing, why that responsibility falls on the man, and why friendship, and an open, involved community, should come before the relationship. Part 1 of 2; Part 2 drops next week. Idea for an episode? Feedback? Thoughts? Submit it here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpQOHT5IltjjSTlg4KdUsNArqqyg1yGJY4wYzTpab0BNjCKQ/viewform Come to church! More info here: christtheword.com Contact us here: [email protected] Thank you for listening.

Hunter Turner and Luke Nowak join us to talk about Grow Together, Hunter's ministry reaching internationals and refugees in Toledo. They share what it looks like to teach English, build real community, and share the gospel across cultures, and how anyone can get involved, no experience needed. Hunter's ministry website:https://growtogethertoledo.org/ The book Hunter mentioned is Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity's Toughest Challenges by Greg Koukl. Contact us here: [email protected] Come to church! More information here: christtheword.com Thank you for listening.

Two guys who knew nothing about the Crusades read a book about them. Here's what Nick and Isaac learned, and the hard questions it raised. The primary book for this episode is God's Battalions by Rodney Stark. Other books mentioned:  Sword and Scimitar — Raymond Ibrahim The Crusades — Thomas Asbridge Related podcast interview with Raymond Ibrahim (Spotify):https://open.spotify.com/episode/5jX2vG2238GvR3tnuQlody?si=NjrwlVhNQ4SAbwxFwZS5kg&utm_source=copy-link Idea for an episode? Submit it here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpQOHT5IltjjSTlg4KdUsNArqqyg1yGJY4wYzTpab0BNjCKQ/viewform Come to church! More info here: christtheword.com Contact us here: [email protected] Thank you for listening.

Why does the world treat kids as a burden when Scripture calls them a blessing? Associate pastor Jordan Ahrendt and his wife Mackenzie join us to talk big families, the fear of waiting, and why they've never met anyone who regrets having more. Podcast episodes referenced (Spotify links):“Having kids was a mistake” https://open.spotify.com/episode/383vdUpP5mchotWdLoMjQU?si=XKBNbCulQOqnLHzf_h9GoQ&utm_source=copy-linkThe Global Fertility Crisis Is Worse Than You Thinkhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/0BnAg30CTKAHTr26kaOkXW?si=sp8diupOSuG_cTZ3YOONoQ&utm_source=copy-link Idea for an episode? Submit it here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpQOHT5IltjjSTlg4KdUsNArqqyg1yGJY4wYzTpab0BNjCKQ/viewform Come to church! Info here: christtheword.com Contact us via email here: [email protected] Thank you for listening.

Former senior pastor David Bayly joins us to talk honestly about alcohol. We discuss his own history with drunkenness, why rules don't save anyone, and what it really means to drink (or not) to the glory of God. New Yorker article mentioned: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/02/15/drinking-games Have an idea for the show? Submit it here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpQOHT5IltjjSTlg4KdUsNArqqyg1yGJY4wYzTpab0BNjCKQ/viewform Contact us here: [email protected] Come to church! More info here: christtheword.com Thank you for listening.

Is your family truly immersed in the church, or just attending it? Tanner, our children's pastor, and Mike, a longtime elder with 11 kids, bring two very different vantage points to the same challenge: give the church three months of real commitment and see what God does with it. Contact us here: [email protected] Come to church! Info here: christtheword.com Thank you for listening.

Recorded live at Christ the Word’s family camping trip, Isaac and Nick sit down with five men for quick, honest conversations about evangelism — covering fear, gratitude, apologetics, and what it actually looks like to talk about Jesus in everyday life. Contact us here: [email protected] Come to church! Info here: christtheword.com Thank you for listening.

Toledo is known for brain drain — young people leaving for somewhere better. Noah Wing is betting on the ones who stay. He joins Nick, Isaac, and Caleb to talk about a new project aimed at giving those people, especially young men, a place to slow down, read hard things, and figure out what God actually wants them to build with their lives. Links to what Noah’s been building: ionastudycenter.org https://ionajournal.substack.com/p/what-is-iona-study-center?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fabc319f7-1a76-4da1-be15-e6d3cdaf49c7_1076x1593.jpeg&open=false ionajournal.substack.com Contact us here: [email protected] Come to church! Info here: christtheword.com Thank you for listening.

This week on the show, Nick and Isaac sit down with Wesley Townsend to hear how God pursued him through years of drifting. Wesley shares about growing up in Maumee, two attempts at Army Ranger selection, cooking for Green Berets in Africa, and the loss of a close friend that cracked something open in him. He also tells the unlikely story of how a traffic stop in Toledo led him to Christ the Word. A conversation about grief, grace, and what it looks like when God calls someone who wasn’t looking. Iona Study Center info: ionastudycenter.org Ionajournal.substack.com https://www.toledo.com/events/2026/06/18/lectures-discussions/iona-lecture-that-little-point-how-nuance-neuters-our-men-by-lucas-wilson/ Contact us! [email protected] Come to church! christtheword.com Thank you for listening.