Pastor's Concerning Trends | Brand New Podcast

Pastor Shannon has been keeping a list, and this whole episode turns into concerning trends. Some are harmless, like grandparents going by names like Hot Dog and Gagu, fourth graders doing NFL draft photo shoots, and needing four streaming services to watch one football game. Some are not.

The back half gets serious. There's a growing crowd online telling Christians they don't need to read their Bible every day, don't need to tithe, don't need to go to church, don't need a wedding to be married, and can drink however they want because the Bible doesn't specifically say otherwise. Pastor Shannon walks through why "it doesn't explicitly say" isn't the same as "it doesn't teach," with a lot of scripture along the way. By his own count, 74 more verses than he had time for.

Also in this one: why McDonald's is really a real estate company, the NFL getting booed in Brazil, the church critic who went dumpster diving, and a Greek word study that ends with "pneumonia."

Chapters

0:00 Intro

0:55 Vision versus management, and why brands go average

6:24 McDonald's is a real estate company

8:24 KFC buffets and Pizza Hut thin crust

12:03 The 23 flavors of Dr Pepper

15:50 Concerning trends

20:10 Dish Network and streaming prices

22:34 The NFL in Brazil

24:47 Weird grandparent names

33:09 Bad trends in college football

41:01 Apple, Nike, and products you can't buy

45:35 AI graphics everywhere

46:11 Fourth graders doing NFL draft photo shoots

48:43 Authenticity, steroids, and lying

51:19 People bashing churches and pastors

59:14 Do you have to read your Bible every day

1:01:01 Does the Bible teach tithing

1:04:14 Do you have to go to church to be a Christian

1:11:02 Do you need a wedding to be married

1:20:26 Does the Bible say not to drink

1:37:59 Tithing in spices

1:41:58 Is God's presence a feeling

1:45:50 Closing prayer

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