Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! We finish the tribute by talking with Clay Gentry, who preaches for the Jackson Heights church of Christ in Columbia, TN. Until recently, Clay shared a pulpit there with Matt. Clay brings us up to date regarding Matt’s battle with ALS and the example of courage in the face of adversity that Matt and his wife Lauren continue to set. Make sure you stick around to the end for the greatest Matt Bassford story I have ever heard. Hal Hammons serves as preacher and shepherd for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is
Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! This is the second of three conversations I had recently with friends of Matt. In this part Steve Wolfgang, preacher for the Downers Grove church in the Chicago area, joins to talk about what Matt would likely consider his magnum opus. It’s a book entitled “Worshiping With the Psalms,” and it allows us to easily sing our way through all 150 of the Psalms. A link to the book is provided in the show notes. https://www.amazon.com/Worshiping-Psalms-Matthew-W-Bassford/dp/1584275448 Click here or visit a brotherhood bookstore to pick up a co
Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! We begin Season 5 with one of the most special episodes I’ve done to date. Matt Bassford is a preacher, a writer, and a dear friend. In my judgment, he has had as much or more of an impact for the cause of Christ as anyone I know. In part 1, I talk to Tim Jennings, preacher at the Castleberry church of Christ in Fort Worth, Texas, about Matt’s contributions to the hymns we sing and how we sing them. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heaven podcast
Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! This is the second part of my conversation with Matt and Jenn Schmidt, the co-hosts of the Intimate Covenant podcast. Find out more about their work at intimatecovenant.com. Check out the first segment if you have not done so already. Here we will discuss lessons in marriage preparation from the Shulammite, and what might be gained from teaching some new tricks to old dogs like me. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heaven podcast. You are encourag
Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! This is part 1 of my conversation with Matt and Jenn Schmidt. My guests this month are Matt and Jenn Schmidt, the cohosts of the Intimate Covenant podcast. Matt and Jenn are all about having more and better sex in a covenant relationship between one man and one woman, joined by God, defined by the Bible. Find out more at intimatecovenant.com In the first segment we discuss the marriage bed and how to keep it clean. The conversation is candid, but still appropriate for younger ears; in fact, Matt and Jenn would argue that younger ears n
Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! If you missed the first part of my conversation with Matt Bassford and Keith Stonehart, please do yourself a favor and check it out. We covered the role suffering has played in their own lives and the lessons they have drawn from it. We begin the second part by discussing the (mostly) well-intentioned doctors who killed my favorite president. We close with advice for how we can exercise reasonable preparation without living in fear. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the hos
Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! Life in Christ is still life on earth. And that means hardship — sometimes beyond what we think ourselves capable of bearing. And in that moment, we can lean into God or run away from God. My guests this week have chosen the former, and we are all the richer for it. Matt Bassford, well-known hymnist, is the preacher for the Jackson Heights church of Christ in Columbia, Tennessee. Keith Stonehart preaches for the Fultondale church of Christ in Fultondale Alabama. Their perspective on suffering will inspire you to praise God for His bles
Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! I’ve been preaching … about tolerance. We have fits tolerating pain and ill treatment in this life; why do we find it so easy to tolerate sin? I’ve been reading … Matthew, the first of the four gospel accounts. Matthew is all about the kingdom of heaven. And it’s like no kingdom you’ve ever seen before. I’ve been hearing … about the 1619 project and the role slavery has played in creating the America we know today. Is Jesus the problem? Is Jesus the solution? I say, none of the above. I’ve been playing … Riverboat, in which you farm yo