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In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker continue their Healthy Church series with a discussion about biblical church membership. Using the fourth of Mark Dever’s Nine Marks of a Healthy Church as a starting point, they discuss why membership matters, what it means to belong to a local church, and why Christians should be committed to one another rather than simply attending church when it is convenient. They also address common objections to membership, the importance of accountability and pastoral oversight, and how a church covenant helps believers commit to loving, serving, encouraging, and correcting one another according to Scripture. They consider Hebrews 10, Hebrews 13, and Romans 12 to show why meaningful membership is foundational to a healthy church. They also give an unsponsored, unsolicited shout-out to Christopher Ash’s Not Old, Not Young, Not Done and Jen Wilkin’s Dust to Dust. Copyright 2026. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker continue their Healthy Church series with a discussion about conversion and evangelism. They discuss why biblical conversion is more than saying a prayer or getting baptized, how genuine conversion produces fruit and a life of following Christ, and why faithful evangelism should lead into ongoing discipleship in the local church. They also consider the danger of giving people false assurance of salvation and why healthy churches should take seriously what it means to repent, believe, and follow Jesus. Copyright 2026. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

What does the gospel have to do with a healthy church? Everything. In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker continue their conversation about healthy churches by looking at gospel doctrine. They discuss how the gospel runs through the whole Bible, shapes our understanding of Scripture, and should inform everything the church believes and does. They also discuss the CSB Connecting Scripture New Testament and why seeing how Scripture interprets Scripture can help Christians better understand the gospel throughout the Bible. Copyright 2026. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker continue their Healthy Church series with a discussion about expositional preaching. Using the first of Mark Dever’s Nine Marks of a Healthy Church as a starting point, they discuss what expositional preaching is, why it matters, and how faithful preaching shapes the health of the local church. They also discuss the difference between expositional and verse-by-verse preaching, the dangers of preaching our favorite topics while neglecting the whole counsel of God, and why preaching should submit to the shape and emphasis of the biblical text. Copyright 2026. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Bryan Catherman and Josiah Walker return to the podcast’s audio-only roots and begin a new series on healthy churches. They talk about what makes a church healthy, who gets to decide, and why Scripture must set the standard rather than a ministry brand, book, or preferred church model. Using the *Nine Marks of a Healthy Church* framework as a starting point, they introduce topics such as expositional preaching, the gospel, conversion and evangelism, membership, discipline, discipleship, leadership, prayer, and missions, while emphasizing that the goal is not to criticize imperfect churches but to help churches grow patiently toward greater biblical faithfulness. Find more podcasts and resources at SaltyBeliever.com.

Key texts: Romans 11:17-32, Genesis 15:13-16, Acts 1:6-8, Revelation 21:1-4. Unsponsored resource shout-out: Bible Talk podcast from 9Marks and Southern Seminary. Topics discussed: modern Israel, Romans 11, partial hardening, the fullness of the Gentiles, “all Israel will be saved,” the olive tree, Gentiles being grafted in, hope for ethnic Jews, modern Israel as a nation-state, prophecy, anti-Semitism, justice for everyone in the region, and why Christian hope rests in Christ rather than political leaders, borders, military power, or prophecy charts. Send questions to [email protected]. Find more resources at saltybeliever.com.

Key texts: Romans 9:1-8, Romans 10:1-4, Romans 11:1-6, Romans 11:25-36. Unsponsored resource shout-out: Three Views on Israel and the Church: Perspectives on Romans 9-11. Topics discussed: Paul’s grief over Israel’s unbelief, God’s promises not failing, physical descent and the children of promise, Israel stumbling over Christ, zeal without saving knowledge, the remnant, and why Romans 9 to 11 matters before talking about modern Israel. Send questions to [email protected]. Find more resources at saltybeliever.com.

Key texts: Ephesians 2:11-22, Galatians 3:16-29, 1 John 2:22-23, 1 Peter 2:4-10. Unsponsored resource shout-out: Reformed Sage. Resources mentioned: Discontinuity to Continuity by Benjamin Merkle and Covenantal and Dispensational Theologies: Four Views on the Continuity of Scripture. Topics discussed: replacement theology, dispensationalism, progressive dispensationalism, covenant theology, progressive covenantalism, continuity and discontinuity, Gentiles being brought near, Abraham’s offspring, faith in Christ, one people of God, and why Romans 9 to 11 needs its own episode. Send questions to [email protected]. Find more resources at saltybeliever.com.

Key texts: Matthew 2:13-15, Hosea 11:1, Matthew 4:1-11, John 1:14, Luke 22:20, Luke 24:44-47. Unsponsored resource shout-out: Biblical Theology by Nick Roark and Robert Cline, from 9Marks. Topics discussed: Jesus as the true Israel, Jesus succeeding where Israel failed, the stained glass illustration, the Davidic kingdom, Jesus as the true temple, questions about rebuilding the temple, the new covenant, and why Christians cannot jump from Abraham to modern Israel while bypassing Christ. Send questions to [email protected]. Find more resources at saltybeliever.com.

Key texts: Jeremiah 31:31-34, Ezekiel 36:22-28, Ezekiel 37:15-28, Psalm 117. Unsponsored resource shout-out: Dig Deeper by Nigel Beynon and Andrew Sach. Topics discussed: exile, covenant failure, prophetic restoration, the new covenant, the law written on the heart, cleansing, new hearts, the Spirit, one people under one King, and the nations in God’s promises. Send questions to [email protected]. Find more resources at saltybeliever.com.

Key texts: Joshua 21:43-45, 2 Samuel 7, 2 Kings 17, 2 Kings 25, Luke 1:32-33. Unsponsored resource shout-out: The Charles Simeon Trust. Resources mentioned: Expository Preaching by David Helm and Listen Up! by Christopher Ash. Topics discussed: the promised land, Joshua’s declaration that God kept his promises, the Davidic covenant, Israel’s covenant failure, the divided kingdom, exile, restoration, and why the Bible’s answer is bigger than a quick political slogan. Send questions to [email protected]. Find more resources at saltybeliever.com.

Key texts: Exodus 19:3-6, Deuteronomy 7:6-11, Psalm 20:7. Unsponsored resource shout-out: In the Year of Our Lord by Sinclair Ferguson. Topics discussed: Israel as God’s chosen people, deliverance before the law, covenant responsibility, holiness, vocation, and why “chosen” does not mean ethnic superiority. Send questions to [email protected]. Find more resources at saltybeliever.com.

Key texts: Genesis 12:1-3, Genesis 15, Genesis 17, Genesis 22:15-18. Unsponsored resource shout-out: Daily Dose of Greek. Resource mentioned: Three Views on Israel and the Church: Perspectives on Romans 9-11. Send questions to [email protected]. Find more resources at saltybeliever.com.

Resource mentioned: Piercing Heaven: Prayers of the Puritans, edited by Robert Elmer.Send questions to [email protected] more resources at saltybeliever.com.

In this episode of Salty Believer Unscripted, Max Dietz and Daniel the Intern join Bryan Catherman to discuss how youth ministry helps train up the next generation of pastors and ministers. Can ministry be more than fun programming for young people? What’s the role of children in discipleship? And what’s Max, a youth minister, doing to come alongside parents in their responsibilities to disciple their children? Copyright 2026. For more information, please visit SaltyBeliever.com.