Desiring Brethren

Are C.S. Lewis' classic children's books boring and overrated, or exciting and profound? We ask the question that shall set son against father, daughter against mother, Tanner against Dave. This episode brings not peace, but a sword.

Our good friend Brandon Buttery joins us this episode to talk about his experience leaving the church and how that's opened up his views on youth group, worship music, Jesus, and a whole lot more. Oh yeah, and folk-hero Tom MacPherson randomly drops by to give us one of the most epic rants on dating that you will ever hear!

Our friend and cinephile Brandon Buttery joins us this episode to talk violence in film, while Dave walks alone in his convictions on stylistic violence.

Josh Siewert and Jesse Nakano join the podcast crew for a second episode to talk football, brain injuries, and whether Christians are partly to blame for the concussion crisis.

Things get weird when Jesse Nakano and Josh Siewert join us to talk Bible school dating, but the best kind of weird. We also unexpectedly do a lot of promo for Mount Carmel (Bible College), so hopefully a paycheck is in the mail?

In a second amazing interview, Alejandra 'The Velvet Hammer' Ortiz walk us through the challenges and joys of being a woman in church leadership in Mexico. Enjoy!

Our churches do a lot of short-term mission trips to Mexico, but rarely do we hear from the local church leaders receiving them. In this episode we are joined by Alejandra Ortiz, a staff-member in the Mexican campus ministry Compa, to learn about the unforeseen consequences of short-term missions on the Mexican church and some positive new directions these trips are taking. 

Ding, dong, the witch is dead... hooray?

In this episode, Dave leads Tanner and Jackson into "A Journey Through the Mind," which has us debating bias, experts, and whether all opinions are valuable. In the ever-prescient words of Marty McFly, "this is heavy!"

We celebrate our first anniversary Desiring Brethren style... by talking about how awesome we are, doing a game-show, and then forcing other people to tell us how awesome we are. That's how you make it to #143 on the charts baby!

This episode we discuss some strategies for refuting the devil, the fascination of Christians with board games, and (in a surprising turn of events) Dave drops some fever-dream truth on us!

Hannah Tabert joins the podcast once again to guide us into the seedy underbelly of the fashion industry, where we find the true culprit behind sweat shops and oppression: everyone but me!

On this episode we are joined by the resplendent fashion designer Hannah Tabert, who teaches us that "modest is hottest" is not the final word God has spoken when it comes to fashion and creativity.

Is it possible that Tanner's fever-dream has led the podcast crew to discover a community more holy than Edmonton?! Listen to find out!

This episode we dig deep into the season of Advent (well, 'deep' for we Brethren at least), and Dave controversially stomps on your favourite Christmas hymn!

Need your daily dose of vigilantes, citizen arrest laws, creep catchers, and questioning of police ethics? Look no further than this episode, hosted by the one and only Dave!

With fear and trembling, we tackle the fad of church weight loss programs: are they helping or hurting us?

In this episode Dave and Jackson receive a pleasant surprise, we hear Dave's dying wish, and the podcast nearly gets sued/cursed by John Piper.

This episode, we ask the age-old question: will I glorify God more if I have a beard? We dive into ancient history and modern controversies to discover the truth hidden within the beard, and the lies covered up by the soul patch (poorly, I might add).

Bible Translations! Scandals! Dave is ticked! The ESV stumbles, while the KJV rises once again?! Hot (nerdy) stuff coming your way!