Average JOES Podcast

why_you_should_read_good_books_and_top_ten_lists_-_050518.mp3File Size: 120664 kbFile Type: mp3Download File

---

In this episode of the Average JOES Podcast, Nathan Brewer, Chris Chambers, Ben Ellis, and Eric Harrough have a conversation about the importance of reading good books in the Christian life. Ben and Eric then give their own top ten lists (Best/most important Christian [and non-Christian] books every Christian should read).

Ben's Top Ten List

1. Mere Christianity
   by CS Lewis
2. The Great Divorce
   by CS Lewis
3. The Cost of Discipleship
   by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4. Life Together
   by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
5. Ethics
   by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
6. The Institutes
   by John Calvin
7. Trilogy
   by Francis Schaeffer
8. No Little People
   by Francis Schaeffer
9. Genesis and Space and Time
   by Francis Schaeffer
10. Christian Manifesto
    by Francis Schaeffer

Eric's Top Ten List

1. Orthodoxy
   by GK Chesterton
2. Beyond Good and Evil
   by Frederick Nietzche
3. Theology of the Body
   by Pope John Paul II
4. Thomas Cranmer
   by Diarmaid MacCulloch
5. Christianity's First Five Thousand Years
   by Diarmaid MacCulloch
6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
   by Douglas Adams
7. The Old Man and the Sea
   by Ernest Hemingway
8. The Lord of the Rings
   by JR Tolkien
9. The Brother's Karamazov
   by Dolstoevsky
10. The Man Who Was Thursday
    ​by GK Chesterton

eric_harrough_-_average_joes_podcast_-_042018.mp3File Size: 84745 kbFile Type: mp3Download File

---

In this episode of the Average JOES Podcast, Nathan Brewer, Ben Ellis, and Chris Chambers have a great conversation with one-time atheist turned lover of Christ, Eric Harrough. Though Eric is still very young, his love of Jesus is evident and his study of God's Word is deep. Eric tells of his journey from atheism to Christianity. He tells of the influence his parents' walk with the Lord had in his personal transformation. He loves of music is very diverse as he enjoys listening to Bach, disco, Lecrae, and Barry White.

dustin_fenison_-_average_joes_podcast_-_042118.mp3File Size: 196180 kbFile Type: mp3Download File

---

In this episode of the Average JOES Podcast, we have a wonderful conversation with Dustin Fenison about his family and his continued walk with Christ. He walks us through his personal testimony including living several years in Albania while his family planted a church, and how that experience was used by God to shape certain aspects of his life even today. He talks about his jobs including: associate pastor at East Somerset Baptist Church, his joy in being a part of the Christian band, ​People of the Earth​, and even his songwriting responsibilities in Nashville.
​Surprised By Hope
​by N.T. Wright The Reason for God
​by Timothy Keller Brothers, We Are Not Professionals
​​by John Piper ​Mere Christianity
​by C.S. Lewis What Trait Have You Seen Derail Christians?
​Fear and Apathy What Characteristic/Trait Should Every Christian Possess?
Confidence in Christ

jonathan_herndon_-_040718_1.mp3File Size: 151383 kbFile Type: mp3Download File

---

In this episode of the Average JOES Podcast, we have a great conversation with Jonathan Herndon, student pastor at Northcliffe Baptist Church in Spring Hill, Florida. He talks about his testimony, his vocation, and much more.
Favorite Preacher:
​Tim McCoy, Ingleside Baptist Church in
​Macon, Georgia
One Characteristic Every Christian Must Possess:
​Faith
One Behavior that Derails more Christians:
​Pride and Haughtiness

easter_and_the_church_and_the_unchurched_-_032718.mp3File Size: 26526 kbFile Type: mp3Download File

---

In this episode of the Average JOES Podcast, Chris Chambers, Ben Ellis, and Nathan Brewer have a short conversation about Easter, why churches have higher attendance on Easter Sundays, and why non-believers feel compelled to attend church on this one day each year. We are joined briefly by Northcliffe Baptist Church's Lead Pastor, Jeff Dye, and Northcliffe's Students Pastor, Jonathan Herndon.