Find your next conversation.
From puzzling Bible passages to surprising church history, find a conversation worth following—and the friends who enjoy investigating it.
Latest episodes · Explore the series · Search the full library
New here? Start with a short excerpt personally selected by a host. Find your first episode →
LATEST EPISODES
The latest conversations
Pick up with our newest investigations, or choose a series below and start at the beginning.
Here I Stand: Martin Luther Part 3 – Fresh Ground Theology
Want another conversation like this? Keep the show in the app you already use.
Follow a question further.
Some questions take more than one cup. Browse roundtable investigations, Nate and David’s conversations, Nate’s readings, and narrated church history. Each series is labeled so you know what kind of listening experience to expect.
Strange Passages · Rivals to the Kingdom of YHWH · The Lord’s Supper · The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts · The Dark Night of the Soul · The Weekend Cup
Search opens matching collections. Clear the field to return to browsing.
No matching episodes found. Try the full Library.
BIBLE CONVERSATIONS · 7 EPISODES
Strange Passages
ROUNDTABLE / BIBLE CONVERSATIONS
▶ Start listening →Why did Naaman want to take Israel’s dirt home?
Some Bible passages make you stop and read them twice. Explore their setting, compare interpretations, and ask what we might be missing.
Choose any episode below.
SCRIPTURE & THE UNSEEN WORLD · 8 EPISODES
Rivals to the Kingdom of YHWH
ROUNDTABLE
▶ Start listening →Who are the other gods Scripture keeps mentioning?
Trace the Bible’s spiritual conflicts through the serpent, the Watchers, Egypt’s gods, and Israel’s worship. We examine the ancient sources and ask how these passages fit together.
Episodes are listed in listening order.
- The Serpent, the Watchers, and the Divine Council Explained68 min
- Who Are the “Gods” of the Old Testament? The Supernatural Worldview66 min
- How the Old Testament Portrays Rival Gods and Spiritual Powers63 min
See all 8 episodes in this collection
- Ten Plagues Defeated Egypt’s Gods: Exodus Explained55 min
- Exodus Sacred Geography: How Yahweh Conquers Chaos and Claims His People46 min
- Second Coming of Saturn: A Review61 min
- Baal of Peor: Covenant Treason, Divine Council78 min
- The Return of Ancient Gods: How Spiritual Powers Shape Modern Culture58 min
CONVERSATIONS WITH NATE & DAVID · 5 EPISODES
The Lord’s Supper
TWO HOSTS
▶ Start listening →What are Christians sharing when they gather at the table?
Bread, wine, Christ’s presence, and some longstanding disagreements. Nate and David explore communion through Scripture, Christian tradition, and ancient sacred meals.
Episodes are listed in listening order.
- The Eucharist: Presence, Tradition & Mystery38 min
- Communion & the Corinthian Crisis: Paul’s Theology of the Table51 min
- Can Christians Compare the Eucharist With Pagan Rituals?34 min
See all 5 episodes in this collection
CONVERSATIONS WITH NATE & DAVID · 10 EPISODES
The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts
TWO HOSTS
▶ Start listening →Who is the Holy Spirit, and how does he work?
Follow Nate and David from the Old Testament’s breath, wind, and fire to spiritual gifts, the kingdom of God, and the life of the church.
Episodes are listed in listening order.
- Who Is the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament?38 min
- Breath, Wind, Fire: The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament44 min
- How Do the Holy Spirit and the Human Brain Work Together?46 min
See all 10 episodes in this collection
- Are Spiritual Gifts for You—or for the Church?60 min
- What Are Spiritual Gifts For? Building Up the Church54 min
- Is Your View of God Shaped by Your Childhood?50 min
- How Does the Holy Spirit Bring the Kingdom of God?51 min
- Tongues, Prophecy, Healing, and Discernment: Four Gifts Explained60 min
- What Is Spiritual Warfare? The Old Testament View
- What Does the Bible Teach About Demons and the Kingdom of God?60 min
READING & REFLECTION WITH NATE · 20 EPISODES
The Dark Night of the Soul
NARRATED / READING
▶ Start listening →How did John of the Cross understand seasons when God feels absent?
Read alongside Nate as he works through John of the Cross on prayer, spiritual comfort, and learning to love God. From The Distracted Christian.
Episodes are listed in listening order.
- Shadows and Light — Part 127 min
- Shadows and Light — Part 229 min
- The Night of Sense: Unlearning Comfort, Discovering God29 min
See all 20 episodes in this collection
- The Subtle Snare: Battling Spiritual Pride31 min
- The High Cost of Spiritual Highs – The Dangers of Spiritual Greed37 min
- The Shadow Side of Joy – The Chase of Spiritual Luxury35 min
- Is Anger a Sin? A Christian Guide to Anger and Spiritual Growth35 min
- What Is Spiritual Gluttony? When Religious Experience Becomes an Idol
- What Are Spiritual Envy and Spiritual Sloth?38 min
- Why God Removes Spiritual Comfort: The Dark Night of the Soul33 min
- Why God Feels Silent: Letting Go of Spiritual Striving44 min
- What Is the Dark Night of the Senses? St. John of the Cross Explained39 min
- What Is the Dark Night of the Spirit?30 min
- Why God May Feel Absent During Spiritual Growth24 min
- When God’s Light Feels Like Darkness: St. John of the Cross26 min
- Why Prayer Feels Empty: The Dark Night of the Will27 min
- Darkness That Illuminates: St. John of the Cross on the Dark Night26 min
- Dark Night of the Soul and Psalm 63: Love in the Darkness31 min
- Dark Night of the Soul and Loving God?47 min
- Losing God in the Dark Night? Why God Feels Absent52 min
NARRATED CHURCH HISTORY · 18 EPISODES
The Weekend Cup
NARRATED HISTORY
▶ Start listening →How did a frightened student become Martin Luther?
Spend a little time with someone from church history. Follow lives shaped by faith, doubt, conviction, and decisions whose consequences reached far beyond their own time.
Martin Luther · Listen in order.
- The Storm: Martin Luther Part 111 min
- The Monk: Martin Luther Part 215 min
- Here I Stand: Martin Luther Part 315 min
Explore five more lives from church history
Saint Boniface
- Who Was Saint Boniface? The Missionary to Germania6 min
- Why Saint Boniface Cut Down Thor’s Oak
- How Saint Boniface Reformed the Medieval Church6 min
- How Saint Boniface Died—and Why His Mission Still Matters6 min
Saint Drogo
- Who Was Saint Drogo? The Patron Saint of the Lonely and Forgotten8 min
- Why Did Saint Drogo Live Behind a Church Wall?8 min
- Saint Drogo’s Solitude: Faith and Miracles10 min
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Saint Kateri Tekakwitha pt110 min
- Northward to a New Home: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Part 211 min
- A Saint for the Wounded: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Part 313 min
Nate Saint
- Called to the Sky: Nate Saint Part 112 min
- The Jungle Pilot: Nate Saint Part 215 min
- “Operation Auca”: Nate Saint Part 316 min
- Beyond the Spear: Nate Saint Part 416 min