Reviews

I love the passion and humility of Mike and Tim as they unpack and wrestle with the Bible and how it impacts and challenges the church.

my absolute #1 favorite podcast. i always learn something, am always challenged and encouraged, and come away thinking about the things discussed. so grateful for these guys and the work they’re doing!!!

These guys are tackling heavy duty Jesus stuff. It’s so helpful. Appreciate them so much. Keep up the good work guys.

I need the color pallet now! Blue tones? Yellow tones? We deserve to know!

Listened to the podcast today for the first time and I appreciate the conversation and humor. You are doing what Christians should have been doing all along; wrestling with the scriptures and carrying the conversation forward with humility and an eager willingness to learn and grown in Christ. You have a new fan my Brothers. Keep the convo going.

There is more nuance in theology and politics and this podcast discusses it all. It dives deep into that twisted relationship between politics and religion with Mike Erre and Tim Stafford letting me know I’m not crazy or alone with my frustration. This podcast has interviews with authors and theologians that have challenged me helped grown my understanding of Jesus’s actually teachings.

Thanks for your commitment to calling those in our tribe up to Christ. I’ve been working through so much of this stuff for years and you guys helped put some really important language to it (things like the “Kingdom politic”). You guys are having really critical conversations.

Been listening to the podcast and have absolutely loved the conversations, insight, and approach to the Bible. They almost always have their bases covered with great arguments, information, historical context, quality exegesis, for whatever they’re presenting on or questions their answering. When they are in process and sharing ideas they are fully open about it and converse what they feel in their heart. I wish everyone would be able to hear the prophetic voice of this podcast and find a new hope and outlook in their faith. The team is constantly battling with and addressing the questions and issues that haunt today’s church and world.

It’s not that I dislike the content or disagree with the positions this show presents. What causes me now to roll my eyes when this show is shared is the thread this podcasts presents consistently blaming, shaming, and calling out the church in such wide spread statements. There are some Pastors, some local churches that don’t speak down on the protests for racial equality, who don’t support the Republican Party as a rule, who don’t march on the capital. We do go to the word for instructions in righteousness, we do go to the incredible teachings of Jesus for hope and correction and reproof, we do remind our sphere of influence that we are to love our neighbors as ourself, bless those who persecute us, and share the kingdom as much as opportunity allows. There are some evangelicals who are not podcast material.

I have been listening to this podcast for 3-4 months now, and I look forward to it every week. The depth of knowledge and the unwavering pursuit of truth and a better understanding of who Jesus really was and is, is a challenge and an encouragement to my soul. This world is confusing and sometimes hard to live in, but listening to this podcast makes navigating it a little easier every week.

I found this podcast after they had Skye Jethani on during the Sermon on the Mount series. This series has been so amazing and I’ve gone back to listen to a bunch of earlier episodes, too. I don’t always agree with Mike, but so often I find myself saying “yes!!!” to what he says. I’ve gotten some much needed insights and have really appreciated this podcast.

This is one of my favorite podcasts that I listen to every week. Mike and Tim have such great insight on theology, and I learn so much in my walk with God. They are also very funny and just easy to listen to. I’m also great GIK for the honesty and openness.

After stumbling upon this podcast and literally listening to it three times, I am so grateful to you and the work you do. You have reconfirmed my belief that there are no random coincidences. I thank you thank you thank you! God bless you and the work He has called you to do.

Once again, I’m learning more and diving deeper into the gospel than I have in my prior 61 years. I grew up in the “church “ from the age of 6 months with a father who attended seminary and became a preacher in a very conservative church. I constantly questioned the rigidity of the rules and the Bible, thinking of Father as an angry ruler. Thank you for your in-depth teachings, which, in addition to #holypost podcast have stretched my thinking and totally given me a new relationship with Father. May Father continue to bless your minds and hearts with wisdom to share with all of us.

I have been a listener to the show for about 3.5 years and don’t know why I’ve never reviewed! First learned of Mike Erre at a college ministry conference and was captivated by his beautiful teachings of Jesus. This show has been drastically influential to me in my walk of faith. It’s challenged me to be gracious of different points of view and Mike’s teachings on scripture have opened my eyes to the incredible historical context and meanings behind passages and books of the Bible that we were originally taught to read at face value. I think Mike is a great model of holding things we find difficult in scripture and in the world in tension and has encouraged me to do the same. Tim and Bonnie have been great additions to the show!! It’s always good to have other voices and ideas added to the mix. And as a female listener, Bonnie’s insight and experience were much appreciated. Although, I will never forget Andy Bear <3

Wow, what an interesting and fun podcast. I love the way things are presented and I am asked to think as I listen. I love the humor and real talk. I love the dogged determination to view everything through the lens of Jesus Christ. Thank you for helping me do that. Blessings on all your hard work to bring this podcast to me.

I have listened to the Vox podcast for three years now and have loved the thoughtful perspectives on faith. It has been refreshing to hear people who formerly identified as evangelicals graciously critique the current structures in the modern American church, as well as provide hopeful ways for the church to become more faithful into the future. Any christian who is serious about thinking through difficult issues and reconstructing their faith to reflect biblical and thoughtful values should be listening to the Vox podcast.

In 2009, I had just moved to California and a friend of mine invited me to attend his church. It was a mega church, and I really didn’t expect to be challenged in any way (I was open to being a part of institutional church, but really wasn’t having success finding anything other than the evangelical sinner’s prayer type church or churches that held to fluffy easy “gospel”s). I walked in and rolled my eyes at the smoke, big screens, and rock music atmosphere and had trouble even sitting through the worship music. Then Mike Erre spoke. I felt like I had finally found a “pastor” who was on the journey with me and who was not afraid to ask hard questions. He also had a similar understanding of what the gospel message consists of... which is important to me, as I believe most evangelical churches have dumbed the gospel down to be mental ascent to certain “objective” facts about Jesus and God. Fast forward to 2020, my personal journey has continued to parallel Mike’s in so many ways. We have both been confronted with major character flaws of our own making and have had to reach out in humility for help, our beliefs about scripture and doctrine have changed, our borders defining who is “in” and who is “out have expanded. In some ways I have more traditional views than him and in others I find myself more progressive leaning towards hopeful universalism. Regardless, he continues to challenge me and encourage me in my version of “spiritual homelessness”. I wholeheartedly recommend this podcast. Through years of listening, I’ve laughed through episodes, wept through episodes, and found myself pushed to think critically in ways I hadn’t before. Listen and find Jesus increasingly beautiful, and the Way of Jesus increasingly fulfilling (though not without a cost)!

I love this podcast beyond what words I have and emotions I can describe. These conversations are so important and I hope that Christians and non-Christians can come together and learn!

Great podcast, it has offered some opposing views to what I had believed growing up, which has led to research and learning and growth on my part. Also... Gombis. Good. And the hairstyle rundowns are solid. I’m in your camp on that front Mike.

Genuine and thoughtful conversations! Love this podcast! Highly recommend, has helped me understand God and has strengthened my faith. Thank you!!!

I definitely don’t want to cramp your style and make you do shorter conversations but I really liked that format this week. It was easier for me to get to listen to it all at once and not have to break it into a million pieces and then sometimes never get to finishing it. I always love the conversations and this was so incredibly convicting and helpful

Thanks for your transparency and venerability. Facing the truth about ourselves is very painful. The only way out is through. It is the way of the cross. Please know there are so many of us who love you, are here for you and are cheering you on.

As an evangelical who’s been kicking & screaming for quite some time over how we’re presenting ourselves to the world, I have been so encouraged by your podcast. I know Mike from years back and it’s been refreshing to hear his (& your) perspective again. THANK YOU for giving me hope that I don’t have to completely disassociate from my tribe but that I can wait patiently and watch for the yeast to do its work and to be a part of that working out of the kingdom too. It’s been life and breath to me!