If we are serious about changing the culture within the church, then we must begin to change the narrative that leaders tell. If the only stories we are telling through social media are who is preaching, what you’re preaching, and how amazing everything was on Sunday, then we will continue to get and BE what we continue to highlight.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar is joined by author and missional strategist, Brad Brisco. They discuss how the types of stories we’re commonly telling about our churches are having damaging consequences. It’s time to change all that!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• How silly our stories about our church sound and look online.
• How many of our stories betray a deep sense of consumerism.
• Why changing the narratives we tell will reshape the Church itself.
• Ways to discover and discern what God is already doing, and then tell those stories.

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“Just stop it!” doesn’t really work when it comes to changing sinful actions, habits, or thoughts in our lives (or in others). And perhaps what you’ve been taught about sin and repentance is all wrong…

Today on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we talk about where sin really comes from and how we can move away from our particular brand of sin and find freedom. What if all sin is actually a symptom of something else?

Not many Christians think of themselves as unbelievers. We normally use the term to describe people who are not yet followers of Jesus. But there are many things about God that we all still do not believe. Often there’s a large gap between what we say we believe in our head, and what we truly believe in our heart. This is where sin comes from.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• A radical heart-level perspective on sin and repentance.
• How and why God looks at the heart–not at your actions.
• Four eternal truths about God, when not fully believed, lead to every human sin.
• A way to stop sinning by changing what you believe to be true (powerful!)

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Most of us carry a definition of justice we picked up somewhere along the way — and it usually looks like payback. Someone wrongs you, someone wrongs others, and justice means they get what’s coming to them. But what if that version of justice has almost nothing to do with what God actually means by the word?

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’re going to dig into what the Bible actually means by mercy and justice — and why they’re not opposites. You’ll discover how God’s justice is really about restoration, and what it looks like to participate in that restorative work in the lives of people around you.

In This Episode You’ll Learn: 

• The biblical definitions of mercy and justice that will change how you see both
• What actually produces a love of mercy in your own heart
• How God’s restorative justice is bigger than any weekend service project
• Where to start engaging real injustice — locally and globally

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Gossip is everywhere — in our friendships, our workplaces, even our churches. We’ve all been on both ends of it. And most of us have drifted into it without realizing until after. It’s so normal it barely registers anymore. But it’s doing real damage to the people around us and to us.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’re going to unpack what gossip actually is — and the definition will probably surprise you. You’ll discover why it’s genuinely dangerous, how to recognize it in the moment, and three ways to crush it before it spreads. This one could change how you listen to every conversation.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• A definition of gossip that instantly changes how you hear conversations
• Seven real reasons gossip is more destructive than you’ve been told
• Three practical moves to crush gossip before it takes hold
• How sticking up for the absent person builds surprising, lasting trust

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Most of us grew up with a gospel that was mainly about the afterlife. Avoid hell. Get to heaven. Manage sin in the meantime. But quietly, you start to wonder — is this it? Is this all Jesus came to give us? It’s a fair question, and the answer might surprise you.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’re going to unpack what it looks like to live with a bigger gospel — one that has something real to say about your marriage, your money, your identity, and your Tuesday afternoon. We call this Gospel Fluency. And it changes everything.

In This Episode You’ll Learn: 

• Why the gospel is good news for right now — not just the afterlife
• A simple 4-question process for applying the gospel to any situation
• How what you believe about God shapes how you see yourself
• What it looks like when discipleship becomes naturally good news

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