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The Jim Bradford Podcast
A Weekly podcast of conversations with Pastor Jim Bradford. Each conversation focuses on life, faith, and leadership. We hope it helps you grow as a whole person and to minister out of a real depth of spirituality. Hosted by Chase Replogle.
Episodes
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What about aliens?
For centuries, Christian apologetics has focused on familiar questions about faith, science, and the existence of God. But the questions people are asking are…
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Why does God allow suffering?
Today, Pastor Jim and I are discussing the reality of suffering. For many people, the presence of pain, suffering, and evil in the world presents a significant…
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Can we trust the scriptures?
Our apologetics series continues this week as we sit down with Pastor Jim to explore the reliability of Scripture. Following last week's discussion on the…
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Does God really exist?
Pastor Jim has long made apologetics a regular part of his preaching at Central Assembly. In this four-week series, he returns to some familiar questions and…
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Perspectives on Israel with Wave Nunnally and Yoav Rotem
Pastor Jim and I reference our trips to Israel all the time. It's a place we both love, and one that's been largely closed to visitors these last few years. We…
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What are your book recommendations for discipleship?
Today we’re talking about book recommendations for new believers, but the conversation quickly expands into a broader discussion about reading itself. What…
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Do you ever feel like your sermons repeat themselves?
Anyone who preaches regularly faces the temptation to return to what they already know. Sometimes repetition is unavoidable. Other times, it may be a sign that…
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How are you using AI in your preaching?
This isn't the first time we've discussed AI on the podcast, but things are changing fast. Nearly everyone, pastors included, has seen the advice and marketing…
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If you had only one sermon left to preach?
We're taking a few weeks to talk about preaching, and this week we have a great question from a listener that takes us into a conversation on preaching themes…
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How can we lead more generous lives and churches?
While the scriptures often direct our attention to how we spend money and our motivations for generosity, the topic can be uncomfortable for some people. In…
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How can I stay focused with so many distractions?
We live in an age of distraction. From our phones to twenty-four-hour news cycles, there's always something competing for our attention. It affects us as…
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What lessons did you learn in helping lead the Assemblies of God?
For more than 9 years, Pastor Jim served as the General Secretary of the Assemblies of God. In today's episode, we look back on that time and discuss lessons…
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Celebrating America and Praying for its Future
This weekend, as our nation celebrates its 250th year, Pastor Jim explores what it means to be patriotic, why we can be grateful for this nation, and how we…
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Is it okay for a Christian to be ambitious?
There are those who see ambition as only a virtue and others who see it as pure vice. Is it good to be ambitious, or is it a dangerous self-obsession? Perhaps…
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When to Speak and When to Stay Silent
Surrounded by conflicts and controversy, there can be a lot of pressure to speak, whether you're a Christian in a workplace or a pastor speaking to a…
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Are we in a season of spiritual awakening?
Many are reporting on an unexpected spiritual awakening in our culture. More people are exploring the Christian faith than before, and more are open to…
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How can you build trust in an age of skepticism?
We increasingly live in an age of skepticism. People do not trust institutions, and often they do not trust the church or pastors. Moral failures and corrupted…
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How to Set the Right Boundaries in Life and Ministry
Today, we’re talking about boundaries. There can be a lot of expectations in life and ministry. How do you know when to say yes and when to say no? Boundaries…
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How To Cultivate and Lead a Multigenerational Church?
For decades, Pastor Jim has led multigenerational churches. Today, serving at Central Assembly, the church is known for its multigenerational approach to…
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How can we cultivate better friendships?
Forming a friendship can be difficult. Life and ministry can be full of loneliness. In today's conversation, Pastor Jim and I discuss the value of…
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Why does the resurrection matter?
At the center of the Christian message is the claim that Jesus rose from the dead. But the gospel makes an even bigger claim. Because of Jesus's resurrection…
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What are the hardest lessons you've learned in ministry?
Ministry is full of both great joys and often great challenges. Today, we're answering listeners' questions about the most challenging lessons of ministry…
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What are you reading and what should I read next?
It's a common adage that leaders are readers. In this week's episode, Pastor Jim and I discuss some of our favorite books and how we stay disciplined in our…
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Keeping Your Faith Through Church Hurt
Too many people are hurt by the church and pastoral abuses. The consequences are real, but the greatest loss is the loss of faith that often follows hurt. In…
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What is the value of studying in the Holy Land?
In today's episodes, we are answering a listener's questions about studying in the Holy Land. Though it has not previously come up on the podcast, it's a topic…
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Serving in One Church for a Long Time
We never know how long God will keep us in one place. God often calls leaders to new work and new places, but there are both benefits and challenges to staying…
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Why Missions Matters to Every Believer
Most churches participate in giving to support missions and missionaries, but in today's episode, we discuss why missions matter to every believer. We all play…
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Finding Courage to Take Risks
Some people seem to be naturally wired to take risks. Others seem more naturally cautious and risk-averse. Is courage just a personality trait? The scriptures…
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Balancing Relationships and Administrative Responsibilities in Ministry
The ministry is about people, but there are also plenty of administrative responsibilities in leading a church. For many pastors, the balance between…
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Recognizing False Teaching
We live in the information age. The internet is full of voices, advice, and increasingly theological teaching and commentary. Every day, we're forced to…
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Raising Children While Serving in Ministry
While you may have a job at a church, our families are also a part of the church community. Sometimes churches can have expectations of the whole ministry…
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What Is The Role of Prophets and Apostles in the Church Today?
As we continue taking you’re listener questions, today we have a question about the role of prophets and apostles in the modern church. From the New Apostolic…
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Dealing with Loss and Disappointment in Ministry
Today, we have a question from a listener about the experience of loss in ministry. It doesn't take long serving in ministry to face disappointment and loss…
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Advancements in Science and Faith
While Pastor Jim spends most of his time preaching the Bible and leading a church, he still keeps up with his love of science. In today's episode, we talk…
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Staying Healthy in Life and Ministry
We're continuing our study, taking questions from listeners, and today we have a question about staying healthy for ministry. Pastor Jim and I look at the…
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Can you be humble and confident?
Is it possible to be both humble and confident, or does confidence lead to pride? In today's episode, we continue answering listener questions as we discuss…
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Is Everything that Happens God's Will?
In today's episode, we're answering a question about God's will and how we should think about God's will when we face loss, suffering, and challenges. If God…
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Leading People in the Holy Spirit
Over the last few weeks, we have been answering questions about the Holy Spirit. Though leadership is often a discussed topic in the church, we rarely talk…
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What's the Purpose of the Gifts of the Spirit?
In today's episode, we answer a listener's question about the proper function and purpose of the gifts of the Spirit. It's not surprising that there is often…
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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Today, we have a listener's question about the meaning of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Jim and I explore how the Bible presents this baptism, why…
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Is it Biblical for Women to Lead in the Church?
In today's episode, we're discussing questions about women in ministry. While we've talked about this question before, we hope this episode will pull together…
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When You're Ready to be a Lead Pastor
Today we're discussing another listener's question. "How do you know when you're ready to be a lead pastor?" Pastoring requires a lot of responsibility and…
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Understanding and Engaging Culture
The world around us is changing fast. Christians aren't called to live isolated from the world. We're supposed to be in the world but different from it. In our…
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How to Prepare a Sermon
We're in a short series answering listener questions. Today, we have a question about preparing a sermon. Pastor Jim and I explore how we go about studying a…
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How Should Pastors Handle Power and Authority
As part of our current series answering listener questions, we discuss how churches and pastors should think about power and authority. Authority is a hot…
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Finding Your Voice in Preaching
As we continue our series answering your questions, today we're talking preaching. One of the challenges of preaching can be finding your own voice. It's easy…
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How to Know If God is Calling You to a New Place of Ministry
For many, transitions are a part of a lifetime of ministry, but how do you know when what you're feeling is your own restlessness vs a genuine call from God?…
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Why We Are Still Assemblies of God?
We're starting a new series answering listener questions. Special thanks to those who submitted questions. In today's episode, we talk about how we became…
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Should We Seek to Offend Others?
In today's episode, we're wrapping up our conversations through the book A Sharp Compassion. If Jesus was willing to risk offending people, should we seek to…
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Learning to Imitate Christ
As we continue our look at the book A Sharp Compassion, we unpack what it really means to follow Jesus. We've talked about how insecurity and imitation of this…
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Our Culture's Spirit of Accusation
In our conversation on A Sharp Compassion, we have been looking at what we've called the mechanism of offense, the complex series of emotions and desires that…
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Our Need for Affirmation
Over the past few episodes, we've been talking about the mechanism of offense. How insecurity creates idols and leads us into imitation. That imitation leaves…
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How You're Drawn into Imitation
As we continue our look at A Sharp Compassion, we come to the topic of imitation. With our attention fixed on an idol, we are drawn to imitating them. We…
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Becoming Obsessed
As we continue our discussion of the book A Sharp Compassion, we take a closer look at the consequences of our insecurity. Wherever there is an insecurity…
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The Consequences of Insecurity
As we continue our discussion of the book A Sharp Compassion, we turn to the topic of insecurity. There is a deep connection between the feeling of offense and…
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The Biblical Idea of Offense
We're continuing our discussion around the topic of offense, based off of Chase's new book, A Sharp Compassion. In today's episode we track the theme of…
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The Hard Words of Jesus
In this episode, we have a special conversation about the hard words of Jesus and how we should think about them in a world that is increasingly sensitive to…
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Those who Came to Worship at Christmas
In the final episode of our Christmas conversations, we take a closer look at the shepherds and the magi who came to worship at the birth of Christ. We discuss…
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A Closer Look at the Real Nativity Scene
We're continuing our December conversations on the birth of Christ by taking a closer look at the scene of the nativity. While most of us have nativity sets in…
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How The Christmas Story Connects the Old and New Testaments
Over the next few weeks, we're taking a closer look at the Christmas story and why it matters to the story of Jesus. In this week's episode, we're looking at…