JC Ministries

Saved, Comfortable, Silent: A Challenge to Passive Faith

This episode imagines the apostles returning to their old lives after meeting Jesus and warns against a Christian faith that stops at being saved and sits silently in church.

It challenges listeners to embrace the shared calling to reach, teach, baptize, and be salt and light—moving from passive attendance to active testimony and discipleship.

Mission Critical: Live Your Faith, Don't Just Feel It

This episode challenges listeners to treat loving God and loving others as mission critical, not optional. It contrasts passive faith with active service, urging Christians to reach out, help those in need, and share the gospel through words and deeds.

Drawing on Matthew 25 and James 2, the speaker warns against distractions and 'dead faith' and encourages practical acts of compassion as the true expression of faith.

Lip Service vs. True Faith: Exposing Christian Hypocrisy

In this episode the speaker reads Galatians 2:13–14 and reflects on Paul openly rebuking Peter for living in contradiction to the gospel, with even Barnabas being led astray.

The message challenges Christians to live authentically as new creations in Christ instead of offering mere lip service, warning that faith should produce visible, lasting change.

Politics and Religion: The Cost of Avoiding Hard Conversations

This episode explores how avoiding conversations about politics and religion has led to polarization, ignorance, and extreme divisions in society.

It calls for relearning civil debate, seeing the other side with compassion, and encourages Christians to read the Bible for themselves to gain clarity and understanding.

You Have No Control

It took me most of my life to realize I was not in control of anything except myself. 

Why Do Bad Things Happen - Part 4

Closing out our discussion on why bad things happen

Why Does God Allow Evil to Exist? - Part 3

Why does God even allow evil to exist in the first place? Because if there was no evil, we would be in Heaven. 

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? - Part 2

This is a hard concept to wrap our heads around - why do bad things happen to good people?