Pastors Unfiltered
Pastors Unfiltered #51: David Diaz Life Update
May 3, 2024
Join PB and Pastor Tony as they are joined by David Diaz and Jon Plotner to discuss some life updates with David. Do not worry he's not leaving and Ally is not pregnant! 0:00 intro 1:03 sports talk (nfl draft, nba) 5:36 network conference recap 8:01 PB’s room got upgraded 11:05 What is David’s middle name? 12:10 big news 13:16 Jon Plotner new board member 15:45 David Diaz’s transition
Pastors Unfiltered #49: Mark Driscoll vs. John Lindell
Join Dr. Brandon Beals and Pastor Tony Mattar as they discuss the Stronger Men's Conference controversy and leadership lessons we can take from this controversy. They are joined by Pastor David Diaz, who will be taking over PB's spot while he is on his sabbatical. 0:00 Intro 3:43 Twin Win Unfiltered Response 6:17 Lobby Moments 7:41 PB spoke at YTH 9:44 Mark Driscoll vs John Lindell 30:36 7 Leadership Principles from this 32:40 1. There is always more to the story 33:59 2. Devil loves devision 37:15 3. Ask the coulda woulda shoulda 54:10 4. Sigmoid Curve 1:00:54 Dichotomy of the American Church 1:05:58 5. Failure to understand influence 1:12:30 6. Trust Donald Trump 1:17:23 7. This isn’t a big deal 1:20:30 Which side are we on?
Pastors Unfiltered #50: Interview w/ Choco De Jesus
Join PB and his special guest, Choco De Jesus as they talk about all things Chicago sports, church planting and so much more! 0:00 Intro 0:30 John Lindell vs. Mark Driscoll continued 6:37 Lobby Moment 8:20 Choco Intro 15:15 Call of Ministry 19:12 Your Environment 21:30 How Choco met his wife 25:08 Sow everyday 26:19 28:37 School 29:03 Babylon 32:02 Moment of breakthrough 33:25 34:50 abandoned discipleship 38:10 Invaded Cities with missionaries 39:29 Hope for America churches 41:30 Choco’s Favorite Sports Team 44:05 What you’re currently listening to, reading, & doing for fun?
Pastors Unfiltered #48: Why The Venture Internship
April 12, 2024
Join PB in this unfiltered episode talking about the Venture Internship. Pastor Tony is off on another vacation, so PB is joined alongside by Claire Rasar, Venture Internship Director, as well as 2 current interns, Audrey Dayton and Megan Martin. The 4 talk about all things Venture Internship and why it is so important! Join us on this week's episode of Pastors Unfiltered! 0:00 Intro 2:16 Lobby Moment 3:20 - Claire’s intro 5:10 - Megan’s Smokers Voice 6:05 - Audrey Dayton Intro 7:03 - Top 3: What are you reading, listening to and doing for fun 17:40 - what is the venture internship? 19:30 - Greatest benefit of being an intern 20:20 - why should you join the internship? 25:24 - Basic Schedule of an Intern 31:30 - Venture Intern gets you a degree 33:52 - why did you do the Venture Internship? 44:00 - Bible with Di 45:17 - Favorite part of the Internship 49:15 - The Love of Ministry 51:24 - How have you grown during the internship? 55:42 - Do you feel like a different person after doing the internship? 58:20 - what would you say to a high school senior thinking about doing the internship? 1:04:45 - the weight of the internship 1:07:53 - how to get more info about the internship 1:08:48 - Closing
Pastors Unfiltered #47: Sabbatical
2:40 - P Diddy Conspiracy Theory 3:34 - Lobby Moments 5:20 - Seattle Campus Launch 6:45 - Mariners Bet 8:30 - Ai Claire? 10:14 - PB’s Large Announcement 11:09 - Why Pastors take sabbaticals 12:29 - why pastors should take sabbaticals 14:30 - Highs and Lows of being a Pastor 16:58 - Heart of a Pastor * 18:35 - Why do Pastors take sabbatical 32:10 - When and why now? 37:32 - what happens for Venture when they are gone? 39:17 - Worry and concerns about sabbaticals 42:14 - what are PB and Pastor Di doing for fun during Sabbatical 48:32 - what happens to the podcast for 3 months? 51:43 - PB’s heart for the church during the sabbatical
Pastors Unfiltered #46: Church Planting w/ Darius Giles
Join Dr. Brandon Beals and Pastor Tony as they talk with Darius Giles about all things pop culture and church planting. 0:00 - Cold open 1:43 - PB’s Mom criticism of the Podcast 3:33 - Passover Recap 7:20 - Royal Family Apology 8:30 - Trevor Noah Recap 11:10 - Lobby Moments/ Yard Signs 12:46 - Fact Checking with Sean 14:03 - Mariner Predictions 19:15 - Darius Giles Introduction 29.15 - Venture’s Support of Darius 33:45 - Darius Prayer* 37:15 - When Jesus cross your path 38:15 - Venture Seattle Plant 39:20 - Navigating Church Planting * 42:16 - Warning of Betrayal 44:13 - Dynamic Duos 47:31 - Reason why Darius lifts weights 49:50 - Trump vs. Biden voices 51:50 - What Darius reading, watching, and doing for fun
Pastors Unfiltered #45: What is Passover
Join Dr. Brandon Beals and Pastor Tony Mattar as they are join with special guest Joshua Tallent as they talk about what is Passover! 2:25 Barkbox 3:30 Samson lives in Wedgewood 7:55 Joshua Tallent intro 8:50 Joshua’s background 10:32 Through the Bible 12:30 Palm Sunday 14:15 Fact Checking about Passover 18:50 history of Easter 21:40 Jewish roots of our faith 22:20 What are we celebrating with Easter 25:02 foreshadowing what Jesus did 26:00 timeline of Jesus Death in correlation with Passover 29:40 Unique rules of Passover 32:22 When God answers prayer 41:39 What are you listening to, what are you reading, what are you doing for fun 44:10 Outro
Pastors Unfiltered #43: Jesus and the Arab World
Dr. Brandon Beals and Pastor Tony are back this week with another episode of Pastors Unfiltered! After a week off and the gen z team derailing the podcast haha, PB and Tony are back with a stellar interview with a missionary couple about what it is like to be missionaries in arab world! 0:00 Intro 2:05 next gen podcast 7:04 lobby moments 10:18 Worship Night Recap 15:02 Jake and Jackie intro 39:12 what missionary is like in the Arab world
Pastors Unfiltered #42: Next Generation Ministries
Join Pastor David, Pastor Johnny, and Pastor Claire as they talk about next generation ministries. 1:26 - Sponsors 2:50 - Lobby Moments 14:20 - Rachel Call In 23:02 - Next Gen. Ministries (Youth, Young Adults, and Internship) 1:05:25 - Books, Podcasts, Fun 1:20:40 - Outro
Pastors Unfiltered #41: Ministry and Comedy ft. Jason Deuman
February 22, 2024
Join Dr. Brandon Beals, Pastor Tony, and Jason Deuman as they talk about how comedy relates to the church. To learn more about Jason Deuman, follow him on Youtube @jdeuman or Instagram http://jason.deuman 0:00 - Intro 7:00 - Sponsors 10:15 - Lobby Moments 19:27 - Jason Deuman
Pastors Unfiltered #40: Easter Preparations
Join Dr. Brandon Beals, Pastor Tony as they talk about Venture's Easter Prepartions and more! Intro 5:40 - Shoutouts 6:40 - New Sound FX 12:25 - Books/ Sermons 22:05 - Easter 30:05 - Marketing and Getting The Word Out 38:05 - Planning 45:00 - Week of Services 54:28 - Seattle Campus Updates 57:25 - Next Week's Podcast 58:35 - Outro
Pastors Unfiltered #36: Takeaways of the Journey with Pastor Christian Lindbeck
0:50 - Pastor Brandon’s Birthday 4:05 - Sponsors 4:30 - Fact Checking with Sean King 8:00 - Lobby Moments 10:32 - Intro Christian 19:05 - Christian’s Favorite Memories 1:02 - Future Events at the Church Reels 22:20 - season to be scrappy 27:00 - pleading with God 35:35 - strive but trust God, ultimately it’s up to Him 48:00 - you need to be on the adventure 50:50 - God and the Holy Spirit get involved in the mundane things
Pastors Unfiltered #35: Looking Ahead to 2024
Join Dr. Brandon Beals, Pastor Tony as they talk about 2024. Intro 2:15 - Sponsors 3:00 - Lobby Moments 7:40 - Fact Checking with Sean King 10:13 - Listen, Read, Fun 21:25 - Seattle Mariners 23:50 - 2024 39:35 - Church Numbers 51:30 - Personal Goals 56:45 - Upcoming Episodes