Back Porch with Dale and Jonalyn
This happily married couple of 20 years, both with seminary degrees, deftly side-step the political noise and navigate you back to a more robust and satisfying Christianity.
Episodes
Christians have more important things to do than run around evangelizing and attending services. Dale and Jonalyn explain why Jesus wants to saves us and what we are supposed to be doing.
_________
OUR WORK Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible. Info and sign up here. Visit Jonalyn's shop of recent paintings here. CLASSES eCourses on Thinkific. BOOKS Coffee Shop Conversations: Making the Most of Spiritual Small Talk Ruby Slipper...Join Jonalyn as she shares her practice of prayer.
___
Back Porch Sermon is a supplement to the Back Porch with Dale and Jonalyn podcast: a free, no-nonsense, mid-week teaching for your personal enrichment and reflection. Released Tuesdays.
Let's talk about the Jesus we never hear about. Unpacking a Baptist Church marquee that read, “We preach Jesus Christ, crucified and risen again,” the Finchers prove why it’s easy to skew the Bible and dogpile on those who are trying to get it right. They share their best ways to recalibrate the truth.
Share this one with your friends and talk about it!
_________
OUR WORK Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible. Info and sign up here. V...Dale unpacks the only verse that talks about attending a weekly gathering.
____
Back Porch Sermon is a supplement to the Back Porch with Dale and Jonalyn podcast: a free, no-nonsense, mid-week teaching for your personal enrichment and reflection. Released Tuesdays.
With so many distractions, how do we know where to focus our energies?
The Finchers explain how they keep themselves in shape and the many different ways battles are fought!
Show Notes
Jonalyn's Covid Art Show.
_________
OUR WORK Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible. Info and sign up here. Visit Jonalyn's shop of recent paintings here. CLASSES eCourses on Thinkific. BOOKS Coffee Shop Conversations: Making the Most of Spiritua...Join Jonalyn for this Lectio Divina process of listening to God.
____
Back Porch Sermon is a supplement to the Back Porch with Dale and Jonalyn podcast: a free, no-nonsense, mid-week teaching for your personal enrichment and reflection. Released Tuesdays.
Dale and Jonalyn talk end times: earthquakes, locusts and fear motivation. Find out the connection between climate change advocates and the Pharisees.
Provocative question: What if the climate narrative is pushed so that the world will have another reason to explain away the cataclysmic return of King Jesus?
Show notes:
_________
OUR WORK Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible. Info and sign up here. Visit Jo...Spend time studying God as Dale unpacks what Jesus was like. When you get to know God through Jesus, you’re getting to know God Jewishly. And that's a fascinaging thing that adds so much more meaning to his life, his teaching, and his sacrifice.
___
The start of something new!!! Back Porch with Dale and Jonalyn isn't going anywhere. We will still publish new episodes most Friday mornings.
But thanks to our faithful listeners help...
We've all wondered why we can't hear God's voice when we think we need it most. Why is that? Is it simply God's way? Or is it something in us? Dale and Jonalyn share their boys’ thoughts and then their own. You’ll hear several examples of what hearing from God should and should not look like. You don't want to miss Dale's metaphor of the raining cannon balls.
_________
Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible. Info and sign up here. Vi...Many Christians believe in a polluted version of God as the godfather, looking for favors. Or so insisting that God isn't looking for favors, they demean others into shame. The emphasis always being on unworthiness and not on God's fastastic view of us and invitation for us. Learn about the most damaging abuse of scripture today called "Worm Theology" and how to befriend God without this pollution.
Show Notes:
Find out the five questions we ask of every candidate. Learn the distinction between a good candidate and a good person. And find out why so many evangelical Christians are impotent about politics.
Favorite line: Some issues are not solvable, they’re only good for arousing anxiety so you’ll get to the polls.
Show Notes: Jonlayn's "Saving Lives" gallery show.
_________
Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible. Info and sign up here. ...We have many good reasons to hide. But also many poor ones. But what are they? And when should you come out of hiding? The Finchers talk about why hiding is God’s great mercy and why so many of us hide so well.
Show notes:
_________
Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible. Info and sign up here. Visit Jonalyn's shop of recent paintings here. If you have a topic of question for us or interest in Dale s...Beginning with imagining how we evaluate any law, the Finchers share the careful work it takes to protect the rights of individuals. They answer the question, “What are people for?”
Favorite Line: “We must be free to live for more than our appetites.”
Show notes:
Check out our e-Courses on Thinkific!
_________
Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible. Info and sign up here. Visit Jonalyn's shop of recent paintings here. If you have...This question comes up often when people get to know us, especially since we are committed to Jesus.
The writer of Hebrews says, "Do not forsake assembling together." What does this verse in Hebrews 10 really mean? Dale shares four types of church attendees and Jonalyn explains why the first church actually shows up at Mt. Sinai.
Technical Glitch Warning: Around minute 42 we begin to have microphone difficulties. And they snow up ...
With full time Boat Life ahead for the Finchers, they answer the big why, their plans and their early influences that led them to sailing.
Favorite line: “It is good to remember who we are as humans.”
Make sure you are subscribed to this podcast!
_________
Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible at www.dalefincher.com. If you have a topic of question for us or interest in Dale speaking at your event, email hello@dalefincher.com or h...We explain our approach and philosophy of getting rid of stuff from our past (and even how to sort our parents stuff and help our kids for the future). Six tips for how we let go of so many things.
Favorite line: "We often give memories the wrong meaning."
_________
Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible at www.dalefincher.com. If you have a topic of question for us or interest in Dale speaking at your event, email hello@dalefinche...We are joined by our eight-year-old son who wanted to share tips for making moving easier for parents and kids.
Listen to his philosophy of stuff, including age appropriate chores for kids and time limits. This one is for parents and kids to listen to together.
Favorite Tip: The “Maybe” pile.
Show Notes:
Don't miss Jonalyn’s Virtual Gallery Event
www.jonalynfincher.com/saving-lives
_________
Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible ...Dale explains why he’s so fired up about helping parents teach the Bible. A five-year-project that’s been field-tested with real parents and kids, this new initiative will bring you a realistic and simple way to change Bible study with your family.
_________
Join Teaching Our Kids the Bible at dalefincher.com. If you have a topic of question for us or interest in Dale speaking at your event, email hello@dalefincher.com or hel...This week the Finchers take a question from a listener and talk about life goals and direction. If you have ever asked "Am I doing enough?" and "Am I doing it right?", this one is for you.
Show notes:
Jonalyn's Blog to catch her online "Saving Lives" show announcement.
__________ Get your Stories of Jesus for the Modern Family at dalefincher.com. If you have a topic of question for us or interest in Dale speaking at your eve...How did Christmas become a holiday so many Christians are just trying to survive? We have Good Will Towards Men without the Peace on Earth. Dale explains why family get-togethers are so difficult and Jonalyn gives several tips on how to keep boundaries and relationships intact. Prepare for company and keep Christmas special!
_________
Get your Stories of Jesus for the Modern Family at dalefincher.com. If you have a topic of qu...Popular Podcasts
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Every week comedian and infamous roaster Nikki Glaser provides a fun, fast-paced, and brutally honest look into current pop-culture and her own personal life.
Shootings are not unusual in Belize. Shootings of cops are. When a wealthy woman – part of one of the most powerful families in Belize – is found on a pier late at night, next to a body, it becomes the country’s biggest news story in a generation. New episodes every Monday!
A straightforward look at the day's top news in 20 minutes. Powered by ABC News. Hosted by Brad Mielke.