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When Financial Security Hijacks Trust in God - Mick Wienholt
Financial peace, debt-free living, and mortgage freedom are common Christian goals—but they can quietly mask an idolatry of control. In this episode, When You Look pod...
Justice and Jesus in a Colonized Church - Joash Thomas
Justice isn’t optional in the Christian faith—it’s central. But too often, the Western Church has treated justice as a distraction rather than a demand. Joash Thomas, ...
What Church Practices Are REALLY Teaching - Jake Doberenz
Jake Doberenz, host of Christianity Without Compromise, explains how every element of church life—from stage lighting to service structure—communicates theology, often...
Left Out of the Family-Centered Church - Kate Boyd
Kate Boyd, author of An Untidy Faith, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host Jake Doberenz to discuss how American churches have idolized the nuclear family. ...
Religious Certainty and Being the Only Ones Saved - Scot Loyd
What if we’re not the only true Christians? Scot Loyd, pastor, evangelist, and college professor turned oral historian, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host...
A Christian Veteran Challenges Militarism - Joshua Schuettenhelm
Why is the American church so obsessed with the military? Joshua Schuettenhelm, Iraq War veteran and author of Dogmatic Uncertainty, is on Christianity Without Comprom...
Should Christians Do Politics? - SOLO Episode
Episode Summary:Jake Doberenz is back with a solo episode of Christianity Without Compromise to challenge the idol of politics. Jake lays out a theological case for st...
Trying to Control God Undermines Real Faith - Constance Hastings
Constance Hastings, mental health counselor and author of The Trouble with Jesus: Considerations Before You Walk Away, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host ...
Church Attendance Doesn't Replace Christian Living - Michael J. Clemens
Michael J. Clemens, author of Why Aren’t Christians More Like Jesus?, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host Jake Doberenz to discuss the idol of “churchianit...
When Spiritual Formulas Distract Us from Jesus - Christy Lynne Wood
Christy Lynne Wood, author of Religious Rebels, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host Jake Doberenz to discuss how an overemphasis on spiritual formulas dist...
Sin Shouldn’t Define Christian Identity - James Early
James Early, prison minister and host of The Bible Speaks to You podcast, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host Jake Doberenz to discuss the idol of sin-base...
Why "Crotch Christianity" Misses the Gospel - SOLO Episode
Jake Doberenz, host of Christianity Without Compromise, addresses the cultural idol of overemphasizing sexual ethics in Christian identity. Challenging what Skye Jetha...
No King but Christ and Rethinking the State - Craig Harguess
Craig Harguess, host of the Bad Roman Podcast, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host Jake Doberenz to discuss why Christians must reject the idol of the stat...
How Church Culture Can Turn Leaders Into Idols - David Ruybalid
David Ruybalid, trauma-informed pastor, writer, and co-founder of the Religious Trauma Network, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host Jake Doberenz to discus...
Why Church Size Doesn’t Measure Success - Justin Belt
In this conversation on the Christianity Without Compromise podcast, host Jake Doberenz interviews church planter Justin Belt about challenging the modern obsession wi...
The Sermon on the Mount is Serious - Jake Doberenz
In this solo episode of the Smashing Idols podcast, host Jake Doberenz unpacks the cultural and theological habit of sidestepping Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the...
Faith is More than Belief - Kevin Sweeney
Kevin Sweeney, writer and former pastor, in on Christianity Without Compromise (formerly, the Smashing Idols podcast) with host Jake Doberenz to explore about moving b...
Having a Voluntary Faith - Cody Cook
In this conversation on the Christianity Without Compromise podcast (formerly Smashing Idols), host Jake Doberenz interviews theologian and author Cody Cook about the ...
Breaking Free from Complacency - Kate Battistelli
In this conversation on the Smashing Idols podcast, host Jake Doberenz interviews Kate Battistelli about confronting the idol of complacency and rediscovering identity...
Why I'm Not a Creationist Anymore - Jake Doberenz
In this solo conversation on the Christianity Without Compromise podcast (formerly Smashing Idols), host Jake Doberenz reflects on how his early passion for scripture ...