EPISODE 26 38:16

David Platt

Pastor Bryan speaks with David Platt about his newest book "Don't Hold Back" and the challenges he's faced at McLean Bible Church in becoming a multiethnic church that reflects the community around them.

Pastor Bryan speaks with David Platt about his newest book "Don't Hold Back" and the challenges he's faced at McLean Bible Church in becoming a multiethnic church that reflects the community around them. 

Resources:

Don't Hold Back

Radical

About Our Guest

David Platt serves as a pastor in metro Washington, D.C. He is the founder of Radical. David received his Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and is the author of Don’t Hold Back, Radical, Follow Me, Counter Culture, Something Needs to Change, Before You Vote, as well as the multiple volumes of the Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary series. Along with his wife and children, he lives in the Washington, D.C. metro area.

EPISODE 25 38:51

Mitchel Lee

Pastor Bryan speaks with Pastor Mitchel Lee of Grace Community Church located in Fulton Maryland. As a Korean immigrant, Mitchel grew up in a Korean church where he thought he would stay as he grew older. However, God called him to Grace Community where he has been for the last eleven years and as lead pastor for the last seven. Mitchel gives us a view of what it's like from an ethnic perspective to lead an increasingly multi-ethnic church along with the blessings and trials that have followed in striving for ethnic unity.

Pastor Bryan speaks with Pastor Mitchel Lee of Grace Community Church located in Fulton Maryland. As a Korean immigrant, Mitchel grew up in a Korean church where he thought he would stay as he grew older. However, God called him to Grace Community where he has been for the last eleven years and as lead pastor for the last seven. Mitchel gives us a view of what it's like from an ethnic perspective to lead an increasingly multi-ethnic church along with the blessings and trials that have followed in striving for ethnic unity.  

About Our Guest

Mitchel is the Lead Pastor of Grace Community Church, a growing multi-ethnic church located between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD. As the son of Korean immigrants, Mitchel grew up in between different worlds, and he has been uniquely called and equipped to be a bridge-builder between the nations and the generations. Mitchel earned his M.Div from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and his M.A. in Exegesis from Wheaton College. His ministry experiences range from preaching and leading ministry in Seoul, South Korea to Maryland, with stops in North Carolina, Virginia, and Chicagoland along the way. Mitchel has spoken at various leadership gatherings from all over the world. He is passionate about helping missionaries, pastors, and other Christian leaders believe the Gospel they preach and experience the goodness and grace of God amidst the challenges and hardships of ministry life.

EPISODE 24 47:30

Jonathan Eig

Pastor Bryan talks to author Jonathan Eig about his new book King: A Life, a biography of Martin Luther King Jr. -- who Jonathan believes may be the most important American ever born. The biography, which took six years of research, gives an intimate, comprehensive look into the life and legacy of MLK and is the first to include the recently declassified FBI documents. In this episode, Pastor Bryan and Jonathan unpack some of these details and discuss Jonathan's belief that "by hallowing [Dr. King] we actually hollow him" and lose sight of him as a human being.

Pastor Bryan talks to author Jonathan Eig about his new book King: A Life, a biography of Martin Luther King Jr. -- who Jonathan believes may be the most important American ever born. The biography, which took six years of research, gives an intimate, comprehensive look into the life and legacy of MLK and is the first to include the recently declassified FBI documents. In this episode, Pastor Bryan and Jonathan unpack some of these details and discuss Jonathan's belief that "by hallowing [Dr. King] we actually hollow him" and lose sight of him as a human being.  

About Our Guest

Jonathan Eig is the bestselling author of six books, including his most recent King: A Life, which The New York Times hailed as a "monumental" new biography of Martin Luther King Jr. Jonathan's previous book, Ali: A Life, won a 2018 PEN America Literary Award and was a finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize. His works have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He served as consulting producer for the PBS series "Muhammad Ali," which was directed by Ken Burns. Esquire magazine named Ali: A Life one of the 25 greatest biographies of all time. Joyce Carol Oates called it "an epic of a biography" that "reads like a novel." Jonathan's first book, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig, reached No. 10 on the New York Times bestseller list and won the Casey Award. His books have been listed among the best of the year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. His fourth book, The Birth of the Pill, will be staged soon as a theatrical production by TimeLine Theatre in Chicago. Jonathan began his writing career at age 16, working for his hometown newspaper, The Rockland County (N.Y.) Journal News, studied journalism at Northwestern University, and went on to work as a reporter for The New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Dallas Morning News, Chicago Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal. He's appeared on the Today Show, NPR's Fresh Air, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. But his greatest claim to fame, according to his parents, is that his name once appeared in a Jeopardy question (which was solved correctly for $200). He lives in Chicago with his wife and children and shares office space with the laundry machines.

EPISODE 23 48:29

Mike Kelsey

Pastor Bryan and Pastor Mike discuss what it's like for Mike to be a part of and teach at McLean Bible Church, a majority white church, and also what steps Mclean has been taking to reach all ethnicities being in one of the most diverse counties in America.

Pastor Bryan and Pastor Mike discuss what it's like for Mike to be a part of and be a Campus Pastor at McLean Bible Church, a majority white church, and also what steps Mclean has been taking to reach all ethnicities being in one of the most diverse counties in America.

RESOURCES

https://mcleanbible.org/

About Our Guest

Mike Kelsey is Campus Pastor at the McLean Bible Church Montgomery County location and a member of the Teaching Team. Previously, Mike served faithfully in other pastoral roles, including Pastor of MBC’s Frontline Silver Spring. Born into a strong lineage of Washington DC pastors that includes both his father and grandfather, Mike grew up with a strong foundation in the Gospel. He is married to his college sweetheart, Ashley, and they have three young children, Ava, Michael III, and Jackson.

EPISODE 22 29:01

David L. Eastman

Pastor Bryan talks with David L. Eastman about his newest book Early North African Christianity and the deep rooted history of Africa being the very center of Christianity.

About Our Guest

David L. Eastman is Joseph Glenn Sherrill Chair of Bible at the McCallie School and Visiting Scholar in the Program in Classical and Mediterranean Studies at Vanderbilt University. He is a social historian of early Christianity. His research interests lie in biblical and post-biblical narratives concerning the apostolic biographies with particular interest in martyrdom narratives. He is the author of Early North African Christianity (2021) The Many Deaths of Peter and Paul (2019) The Ancient Martyrdom Accounts of Peter and Paul (2015) and Paul the Martyr: The Cult of the Apostle in the Latin West (2012).