Episodes

June 19, 2019

17. Can Fallen Pastors Be Restored?

Welcome to episode 17 of The UnSunday Show. I've listened to two different podcasts over the last couple of weeks that asked the question, "Can fallen pastors be restored?" One was from a former mega-church pastor who had an ...

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June 5, 2019

16. Bringing Moses to Church

Welcome to episode 16 of The UnSunday Show! I'm taking a short break in this episode from my interaction with Jon Zen's book because I'm recovering from pneumonia and I don't have much of a voice right now. So instead, I'm br...

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May 9, 2019

15. The Clergy/Laity System Is Not Neutral

Welcome to episode 15 of The UnSunday Show. In this episode I continue my interaction with Jon Zens' book, A Church Building Every 1/2 Mile: What Makes American Christianity Tick? as I look closer at the top-down authority st...

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May 1, 2019

14. Captain and Commander?

Welcome to episode 14 of the UnSunday Show! In this episode, I continue my interaction with Jon Zens' book entitled, A Church Building Every 1/2 Mile: What Makes American Christianity Tick? In Section 5 of the book, which is ...

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April 18, 2019

13. One Body, Many Members

Welcome to episode 13 of The UnSunday Show . I finally bought a book that I first saw in 2008. It's called A Church Building Every 1/2 Mile by Jon Zens. It's subtitled, What Makes American Christianity Tick? I think the title...

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April 11, 2019

12. Leaving Religion, Finding Ekklesia: A Conversation With Rocky Gle…

Welcome to episode 12 of the UnSunday Show! I caught two of my friends at a weak moment and they both agreed to come on the show and talk with me about their individual journeys out of the institutional church. My conversatio...

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April 4, 2019

11. Community and Accountability

Welcome to episode 11 of The UnSunday Show. Let's talk about community and accountability. Most of us think community and accountability are two sides of the same coin, or that one (accountability) is necessary for the other ...

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March 28, 2019

10. Dying Daily and Carrying Crosses

Welcome to episode 10 of The UnSunday Show. We've reached double-digits! In this episode I talk about two phrases in scripture that religion has successfully convinced us are spiritual disciplines: dying daily and bearing our...

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March 21, 2019

09. If We Confess Our Sins

Welcome to episode 9 of The UnSunday Show. Let's talk about 1 John 1:9 and the confession of sins. This passage says, " If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unright...

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March 14, 2019

08. Our Journey Out Of The Institutional Church

Welcome to episode 8 of The UnSunday Show. My wife joins me in this episode from our old Ekklesia Podcast as we talk about our journey out of the institutional church and the events and circumstances surrounding it. We both h...

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March 7, 2019

07. Preaching and Preachers

Welcome to episode 7 of the UnSunday Show. "Preach the word" were Paul's words to Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:2. This short phrase presents two concepts that I talk about in this episode by asking the questions, what is preaching ...

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March 3, 2019

06. Rethinking Formal Church Membership

Welcome to episode 6 of the UnSunday Show! This is a bonus episode, published outside of my normal Thursday posts. If you like what's going on here, please share it with a friend. In this episode, I talk about formal church m...

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Feb. 28, 2019

05. Pastors and Pulpits

Welcome to episode 5 of the UnSunday Show. " Wherever the pulpit is going, that's where the church is going ." That statement appeared in my Twitter feed not long ago. Unfortunately, it's true. In our modern-day top-down hier...

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Feb. 21, 2019

04. Leaders and Leadership

Welcome to episode 4 of The UnSunday Show. Let's talk about leaders and leadership. I believe we read our 21st century model of institutional Christianity back into Scripture when we talk about leaders and leadership. I belie...

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Feb. 14, 2019

03. Let's Talk About The Clergy/Laity Distinction

Welcome to episode 3 of the new UnSunday Show! This episode is an episode from my old Ekklesia Podcast that I brought over to share with you. We hear it all the time and it's used in so many ways that we don't think to questi...

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Feb. 7, 2019

02. What Is a Pastor?

Welcome to episode 2 of this newly launched UnSunday Show! In this episode, I begin taking a look at pastors. What does the New Testament say about pastors? What is an elder? What is a bishop? What is an overseer? The New Tes...

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Jan. 31, 2019

01. Introduction to the Show

Welcome to episode 1 of The UnSunday Show with Mike Adams. This episode is an introduction to The UnSunday Show and an introduction of yours truly. I present some topics to you in this first episode that we will return to ove...

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