#297 Pastoring in an Age of Skepticism, with John Joseph (Pastor Series Pt. 3)

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Alisa Childers

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 March 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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I'm joined today by my Pastor, John Joseph. Pastor John shares his story of growing up in Maryland in a nominal Catholic home, then pursuing a life of promiscuity, partying, drugs, alcohol, and drug dealing. John shares about how God led him to study apologetics, which convinced him that Christianity is true, which led him to discover the gospel, repent, and believe. He has a heart for the skeptic and the sufferer and I'm so excited to share his powerful story with you!------------------------------------------------------------------This video is sponsored by:GOOD RANCHERSGood Meat DeliveredGo to www.goodranchers.com/alisa for more information.Use my code: ALISASPERO NATURAL GOODSHelping you find where beauty and function meet throughthoughtfully-crafted, restorative recipes.Go to www.speronaturalgoods.com for more information.Use my code: ALISASEVEN WEEKS COFFEETaste the Coffee that is Saving Lives.Go to www.sevenweekscoffee.com for more information.Use my code: ALISAFOUNDATION WORLDVIEWFoundation Worldview creates curriculum series that will empower your child to thinkBiblically in a deceptive world. Go to www.foundationworldview.com for more information! Use my code: ALISA--------------------------------------------------------------------To Purchase the new CD, “Beauty from the Ash”, go to www.alisachilders.com/musicThere you can get the CD, backing tracks, string charts, rhythm charts and stems.Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/alisachildersTo order “Another Gospel”: www.alisachilders.com/another-gospel/To order “Live Your Truth": www.alisachilders.com/live-your-truth-and-other-lies/To order “The Deconstruction of Christianity”: https://alisachilders.com/the-deconstruction-of-christianity/For Alisa's Merch: https://alisachilders.creator-spring.comTo see what gear Alisa uses to record her podcast, go to:https://kit.co/alisachildersPotential Sponsors: https://alisachilders.com/sponsor-request-form/Product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission.

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0:00.0	Battling with drugs and alcohols, it's a weird beast because some of it is I'm pursuing
0:08.4	joy that I think it's going to give me.
0:11.9	But then once you start going down that trail and you start making the mistakes that most
0:18.8	people tend to make when they abuse drugs and
0:20.8	alcohol, it very quickly becomes about covering shame and dealing with guilt. And I loathe myself
0:28.1	and I need something to help me feel better.
0:42.5	Well, thanks so much for joining us today for the Elisa Childers podcast.
0:47.7	I'm Elisa Childers, and it's always my goal to equip Christians to identify the core beliefs of historic Christianity, discern its counterfeits, and proclaim the gospel with
0:52.3	clarity, kindness, and truth.
0:53.5	And today is going to be a beautiful episode of proclaiming the gospel. If you tuned in last week, you got to
1:01.4	watch my conversation with Jay Strother, who has been my family's pastor for the past eight years.
1:07.4	And then he was moved to a different campus within our network of churches,
1:11.7	which brought us a new pastor who you're going to meet today, John Joseph. And Mike and I are just
1:18.2	so, we just love John Joseph. We love his story. He's an amazing Bible teacher. And today we're
1:24.6	going to really focus on the story of how Jesus saved him out of some
1:28.8	really dark stuff. And it's so encouraging because especially in a culture of deconstruction,
1:33.6	just to be reminded that Jesus is still saving people out of all sorts of different environments.
1:40.1	And I hope that this story will be very encouraging for you today. And it's also just exciting to
1:45.9	introduce you to my pastor. So we're going to get to that conversation in just a moment. But first,
1:50.8	a couple of updates. If you've been following along with our Deliverance Ministry series,
1:55.4	I want to let you know that we are going to be releasing episode three, hopefully next week,
2:00.0	maybe the week after, Lord
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