In this week's episode, Pastor Jeff, Dave, and Josh discuss "authenticity" and the cultural versus biblical views of the term.

A Skeptic's Guide to Prophecy

In this week's episode, Pastors Jeff and Dave discuss the topic of prophecy, what it is and how it's used today.

APC CommunicationsMarch 15, 2023prophesy, prophecy, god, holy spirit, speak, prophet, talking, word, gift, encouragement, life, prophetic, pastor, love, people, pray, believer, person, encouraging, church

Why Isn't Everyone Healed When We Pray?

In this week's episode, Pastors Jeff and Dave interview Evangelist Johannes Amritzer and discuss one of the most complicated and personal theological questions.

APC CommunicationsMarch 1, 2023healing, god, healed, jesus, faith, pray, years, festivals, africa, church, preach, people, love, sick, ministry, embassy, gospel, miracles, grace, salvation

Has Christianity Been Good For The World?

The big question in our culture right now is not ‘is Christianity true?’ It is actually more a question of whether Christianity has been a source of good for the world, or has it been repressive, limiting and destructive.

APC CommunicationsFebruary 16, 2023people, christianity, church, jesus, slavery, world, christians, book, christian, city, give, today, pastor, years, hospitals, universities, series, good, john dickerson, god

Why Has The Church Gone Silent On Hell? Pt. 2

In this week's episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave continue the discussion from last episode, this time discussing heaven, how it's talked about in the church and how it has changed over the years.

APC CommunicationsFebruary 1, 2023god, hell, heaven, place, world, life, talk, live, podcast, eternity, jesus, bible, sin, church, people, die, today, condition, describe, death

Why Has The Church Gone Silent On Hell?

In this week's episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave discuss hell, how it's talked about in the church and how it's changed throughout the years.

APC CommunicationsJanuary 19, 2023god, hell, heaven, place, world, life, talk, live, podcast, eternity, jesus, bible, sin, church, people, die, today, condition, describe, death

Are Demons Actually Real?

In this week's episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave are joined by special guest Fiore Londino as they discuss demons and if demonic activity still happens today.

APC CommunicationsDecember 22, 2022people, demon, sos, life, trips, experience, festival, demonic, bible, jesus, stories, years, pray, flailing, god, manifest, allison, happen, preach, give

The Coddling Of The American Soul

In this week's episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave discuss how the western church is setting up the next generation for failure and what that looks like.

APC CommunicationsNovember 30, 2022bible, church, people, read, word, coddling, podcast, talking, life, scripture, god, feel, jesus, life group leaders, work, ideas, book, group, disciples, american

Apostles, Prophets, and Other Forbidden Words and Phrases

In this week's episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave discuss the five ministry gifts and why this topic tends to make people feel uncomfortable.

APC CommunicationsNovember 16, 2022church, gift, pastor, call, god, word, function, prophet, apostolic, apostle, equip, prophetic, give, people, talk, ministry, evangelist, title, office, designed

Work-Life Balance, Soul Health, and Sabbath

Last week, Pastor Jeff and Dave talked about the concept of “Quiet Quitting”. After receiving some questions and comments on this issue, the discussion on this continues as Pastor Jeff and Dave dive deeper into this concept, and discuss how to gain a healthy work-life balance.

APC CommunicationsNovember 2, 2022sabbath, life, boundaries, replenish, day, work, healthy, rest, god, talk, pastor, soul, hurry, good, practice, idea, quitting, health, live, solitude

Quiet Quitting

Recently a study showed that fifty percent of Americans have fallen into something known as “Quiet Quitting”. In this week’s episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave talk about this phenomenon, and how it affects character and mental health.

APC CommunicationsOctober 19, 2022life, work, coasting, quitting, work life balance, quiet, day, job, employer, generation, healthy, workaholism, boundaries, live, good steward, god, spend, investing, family, part

What's So Wrong With The Prosperity Gospel?

One of the most dangerous things about teaching the Bible is when something is taught in an imbalanced, inaccurate, or dangerous way. So what about the 'prosperity gospel'? What is it? Is it dangerous? What should we think about it? Pastors Jeff and Dave talk about the tension and how we should approach a healthy view of faith.

APC CommunicationsOctober 5, 2022suffering, prosperity gospel, god, prosperity, faith, gospel, life, jesus, live, sickness, curse, teaching, people, healing, ministry, perfect, part, give, paul, joel

False Prophets, Fake Christians, and the Failure of Modern Discipleship

In this week’s episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave discuss the Western Church, whether it is doing a good job in making disciples, and answering the question: What does it take to make a disciple?

APC CommunicationsSeptember 21, 2022people, jesus, church, discipleship, life, disciples, pastor, challenge, wolf, community, call, put, methodology, talking, dream, christianity, teaching, working, truth, happened

Jerk Pastors and How to Ethically Leave Your Church

In this week’s episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave discuss how to know when to leave your church and exit properly.

APC CommunicationsAugust 31, 2022church, pastor, people, pandemic, moses, god, leave, talk, podcast, rebellion, feel, cora, good, moment, preach, call, pittsburgh, messaging, listening, love

Toxicity of Ministry Metrics

In this week’s episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave discuss how the Church should view attendance numbers and measurements and answer the question: How does God view numbers?

APC CommunicationsAugust 17, 2022god, talking, church, pastor, context, people, measure, feel, fruitfulness, goal, fruitful, ministry, leader, success, years, life, podcast, numbers, measurements, question

Gateway To The Supernatural

In this week’s episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave discuss the supernatural and how Baptism in the Holy Spirit can open the door for God to use people in amazing ways.

Stranger Things, Dungeons & Dragons, And All Things Demonic

In this week’s episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave discuss some of the media that have become popular in our culture today, and what we should and shouldn’t be concerned about from a spiritual perspective.

APC CommunicationsJuly 20, 2022demonic, demons, people, holy spirit, devil, entertainment, conscience, harassed, jesus, powers, stranger, possessed, pokemon, happen, watch, season, play, pray, guess, danger

Should The Church Take Stances On Public Issues?

In this week’s episode, Pastor Jeff and Pastor Dave are joined again by Pastor Josh Leake to discuss how the church should approach socio-political issues and how they should be handled.

The Problem With Masculinity

In this week’s episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave are joined by special guest Josh Leake to discuss toxic masculinity, stereotypes, and how we should define masculinity.

APC CommunicationsJune 22, 2022men, masculinity, dad, talk, women, feel, josh, conversation, strength, masculine, strong, conference, stereotypical, podcast, toxic, man, good, people, femininity, god

Catholics, Christians, and Cults

The most recent religious demographic for Pittsburgh shows that 33% of the population have declared themselves Catholic, but are they Christians? For this week's episode, Pastor Jeff and Dave discuss the differences in religions and identify their standpoint on the matter.