Vox Podcast With Mike Erre

LIVE Questions - God's Plan, Depression, And Waiting On God 1. Does God have a plan for our lives? It seems pretty hopeless to think that we're the victims of other people's free will, or that everything is just up to us. Some people say God has plans and purposes, while others say we have the freedom to choose. Which one is accurate? 2. How do you deal with depression and anxiety? 3. Why does God so often make us wait for things that are really important to us? - Mike Erre Watch LIVE on Facebook, Thursday mornings between 11am-12pm. Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/voxpodcast Follow Mike on Twitter www.twitter.com/mikeerre Follow Andy on Twit

Mike takes some time to share about how he responds to the various forms of criticism he has undergone in his years of ministry and teaching. - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/voxpodcast Follow Mike on Twitter www.twitter.com/mikeerre Follow Andy on Twitter www.twitter.com/Andy_lara Mike Erre participates as VOX Team Leader at VOX Community, a church expression of the VOX Podcast. Learn more about VOX Community at www.voxoc.com. Listen to our Sunday teaching from VOX Community: www.soundcloud.com/voxcommunity

This week we begin a new mini series, "Embarrassed By the Bible". To clarify, no we are not embarrassed by the Bible. What we can say however, is that there is a whole truck load of content written though that cause us some major confusion and deserves a much deeper dive into context. We've received so many questions regarding what the Bible actually says about wives submitting to their husbands. Given our modern day context where women are regarded as leaders and influences, not only professionally but in the home as well, we figured we better explain whats going on in the book of Ephesians. - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/voxpo

1. Hi mike again - thank you for answering my question on your podcast. My question is, what are your thoughts on Rob Bell? With a new book coming out and a successful podcast, Were you a part of the evangelical voice to excommunicate him or do you understand his perspective and theological journey? 2. First of all, I was disheartened by the joke regarding a future podcast about your embarrassment with the Bible, when speaking in the context of the Noah story. That "slippery slope" may cause seekers to doubt the inspired Word of God. But then, when discussing the virtues of the meek from the Sermon on the Mount, you referenced Psalm 37 which is filled with God's righteous judgement towards evil/wicked people. Is that not the Noah story ( the one that embarrasses you), God's destruction of evil/wicked people to allow the meek or righteous to inherit the land? 3. Can you help me understand Matthew 18:8, does judgement last forever? If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away, it is be

Dan Koch, of Depolarize! Podcast and Reconstruct, was kind enough to spend some time with us asking some very good questions about our church, VOX Community, and it's surrounding culture. This episode will also appear on one of his upcoming shows so he spends some time asking Mike some very good questions as well regarding the Eucharist, LGBTQ in the church, and politics in respect to Evangelicalism. We had a ton of fun and we are so grateful to be sharing this work together in the podcast arena. Check out Dan's resources below: Depolarize! Podcast: http://badchristianmedia.com/depolarize Reconstruct Podcast: https://www.reconstructpodcast.com Dan Koch Music : http://dankoch.net Sherwood band: http://sherwoodmusic.net Pacific Gold band: http://www.pacific-gold.com - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-

VOX Podcast LIVE Questions - What was Paul, Trusting God, and Toxic Relationships. 1. On the podcast #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear you said the 12 disciples that turned into the 12 apostles represented the 12 tribes of Israel, so what was Paul then? He's the 13th apostle... maybe Melchizedek (totally guessing here)? High five on the podcast btw! 2. I have heard people say things like "your faith will unlock what God has for you." This doesn't seem to be theologically accurate, but it makes me anxious because there ARE passages in the Bible about how faith pleases God. Do you think it's true that our words/level of faith have an impact on whether our prayers get answered? - How is it possible to trust God when there are so many other "wills" being done on earth? - What do you when you don't hear from God and need to make a big decision? 3. I feel like there is this unspoken spiritual/emotional/psychological pressure or expectation to keep toxic people in our lives because Jesus suffers long with us and so w

In this episode, Mike shares about his recent experiences with anxiety and panic. Also, Mike presents a discussion around what becoming like Jesus looks like based on relational transformation. We also dig into how the Bible informs us of how it should be used and what it's for. - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/voxpodcast Follow Mike on Twitter www.twitter.com/mikeerre Follow Andy on Twitter www.twitter.com/Andy_lara Mike Erre participates as VOX Team Leader at VOX Community, a church expression of the VOX Podcast. Learn more about VOX Community at www.voxoc.com. Listen to our Sunday teaching from VOX Community: www.soundcloud.com

VOX LIVE Questions - Gospel of Paul, Wives Submit to Husbands, Satan, and Bible canonization - May 4th, 2017 1. Hi Mike - you spoke in a podcast recently about having a faith based on Paul vs having it build on Jesus and the gospel. Can you expound more on this and the implications of each? 2. Can you explain submission/ the love and respect dichotomy described in Ephesians 5? I want to follow and obey God, but I have seen many poor examples of men abusing their power and women being disrespected in marriages. What does it mean to submit to a husband? Should love and respect go both ways? Does a man actually have the final say? As a single person, marriage doesn't sound that appealing if in the end my opinion isn't as important as a man's. Shouldn't all disagreements be discussed and both parties compromise at times? I would think having a mentality of submission/authority would be detrimental to healthy and functioning relationship. 3. Can God destroy Satan? If so, why hasn't he? If not, why can't he? 4.

In this episode we look at the quotes left under #Things OnlyChristianWomenHear that was trending on Twitter recently. We talk about 4 anchors that help support a Biblical approach for egalitarianism in the church. - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/voxpodcast Follow Mike on Twitter www.twitter.com/mikeerre Follow Andy on Twitter www.twitter.com/Andy_lara Mike Erre participates as VOX Team Leader at VOX Community, a church expression of the VOX Podcast. Learn more about VOX Community at www.voxoc.com. Listen to our Sunday teaching from VOX Community: www.soundcloud.com/voxcommunity

LIVE QUESTIONS - Sabbath, Essential Oils, Free Will, and Marriage. - April 27th, 2017 1. What is your take on keeping the Sabbath day Holy? It is one of the 10 commandments of the "old" covenant and I know Jesus is the "new" covenant, however Jesus said he had not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. I can find scriptural arguments for both sides. 2. I work in an intensive care unit. Why do christians place so much faith in essential oils and so little faith in science? Thanks 3. Do we really have free will? If so how does God know which decision we are going to make? I guess I struggle with the idea of pre-destination. How can we believe in someone being pre-designed to be a murderer, rapist, mental health issues, commit suicide, and any other bad things in the world. Does that mean if someone commits suicide or does something bad they have no choice in the matter. I really struggle this idea. Please help clarify. 4. What do you do when you really want to get married, but it doesn't seem like you'r

LIVE from Villain Studios in Placenta, CA. We discuss the topic of faith deconstruction and it's trending interest. Also, some folks share a little bit about how they've come to question the Christian culture they have been handed. - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/voxpodcast Follow Mike on Twitter www.twitter.com/mikeerre Follow Andy on Twitter www.twitter.com/Andy_lara Mike Erre participates as VOX Team Leader at VOX Community, a church expression of the VOX Podcast. Learn more about VOX Community at www.voxoc.com. Listen to our Sunday teaching from VOX Community: www.soundcloud.com/voxcommunity

Kyle Strobel and Jamin Goggin, authors of the book "The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb: Searching for Jesus’ Path of Power in a Church that Has Abandoned It", join us for a conversation about where God's power comes from. We recorded this conversation a few weeks ago in preparation for a busy Easter week. We hope your Easter was fantastic! Link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Way-Dragon-Lamb-Searching-Abandoned/dp/0718022351 Read about Kyle here: https://www.biola.edu/directory/people/kyle-strobel Read about Jamin here: http://www.metamorpha.com/about/jamin-goggin/ - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/voxpodcast Follow Mi

VOX Podcast LIVE Q&A - Tithing, Apostle Names, and Lust- April 13, 2017 Is tithing strictly an old testament command? I was raised believing you should give at least 10% of your income based on this command. Do you agree? I saw this question in a meme on Facebook but it got me thinking... how did guys with the names Matthew, Mark, Luke and John end up in the Middle East? Hi Mike, I struggle with the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus equates lust and anger to adultery and murder. This seems unreasonable to me. If my spouse were to say "I've had lustful thoughts about a coworker" I would calmly say "ok, let's take steps to avoid that." But if they were to say "I slept with a coworker" I would go through the roof. Similarly, if I were to cut someone off in traffic, I would never equate them giving me the finger to them pulling out a gun and trying to shoot me. I understand that sin begins in the heart, and that is where the issue needs to be met. But this 1 to 1 equation doesn't make any sense to me. Care t

In this episode we talk with Michael Wear, former Obama White House Staffer and Author of the book "Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House about the Future of Faith in America". Michael is also a Christian, a Democrat, and is full of articulation about how we should approach politics as followers of Jesus and how much of a role they should play in the identity of our daily lives. Learn more about Michael Wear at www.michaelwear.com Buy Michael's book, Reclaiming Hope: https://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-Hope-Lessons-Learned-America/dp/071808232X?ie=UT&ref_=sr_1_1&s=books - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/voxpod

VOX Podcast Facebook LIVE Q&A - April 6 2017 What is your take on the Mike Pence reference to the Billy Graham rule in his political and personal life? - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/voxpodcast Follow Mike on Twitter www.twitter.com/mikeerre Follow Andy on Twitter www.twitter.com/Andy_lara Mike Erre participates as VOX Team Leader at VOX Community, a church expression of the VOX Podcast. Learn more about VOX Community at www.voxoc.com. Listen to our Sunday teaching from VOX Community: www.soundcloud.com/voxcommunity

In this episode we take a look at how the Bible handles aging in contrast to our modern culture. - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/voxpodcast Follow Mike on Twitter www.twitter.com/mikeerre Follow Andy on Twitter www.twitter.com/Andy_lara Mike Erre participates as VOX Team Leader at VOX Community, a church expression of the VOX Podcast. Learn more about VOX Community at www.voxoc.com. Listen to our Sunday teaching from VOX Community: www.soundcloud.com/voxcommunity

VOX Podcast LIVE Questions from Facebook Live March 30th, 2017 1. I am curious. What do you say to a parent whose son committed suicide and this has produced real sorrow and anxiety re whether their child will go to heaven or not. 2. Does God speak to us? If so, how do we discern His voice? 3. I have always heard masturbation is wrong because it causes a person to lust and so I was always scared to do it. I recently discovered the benefits of it and I literally do not think of sex at all. Why is it wrong to want to feel pleasure? 4. I hear a lot about how Eve was the first sinner, yet the Bible states over and over that it was Adam. My belief is that because Adam was right there and watched his wife be deceived and did nothing, that his passiveness and lack of concern in protecting her from deception was the first sin. I think this shows us our responsibility in warning others when we see them being deceived. Thoughts? Tune in to Facebook LIVE on Thursday mornings around 1130AM and say hello or ask a qu

This week we have the very special guest, John Mark Comer, pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, OR. John Mark spends some time with us discussing the reality of an angry God. We also spend sometime discussing Star Wars theories. If that's your thing. John Mark has a new book, "God Has a Name" arriving on shelves March 28th. Information below! Official Website: https://johnmarkcomer.com/ John Mark on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnmarkcomer/?hl=en John Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnmarkcomer?lang=en Get his book: https://www.amazon.com/God-Name-John-Mark-Comer/dp/0310344204 - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Invest in and support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.f

Join us LIVE on Facebook on Thursday mornings, answering questions from VOX Community and submissions to hello@voxpodcast.com, or in the comments during the LIVE Q&A. VOX Podcast Facebook LIVE Q&A March 23, 2017 1. Is there a way to become a cool/wise/urban teaching pastor like Mike Erre, Tim Mackie, John Mark Comer, Francis Chan & Dave Lomas without paying thousands of dollars at a seminary school? 2. Are you really a follower of Jesus, if you don't follow Jesus' teachings? Or rather, if you don't live your life with love, like Jesus did, are you really a follower of Jesus? For instance, will you go to heaven only if you are a follower of Jesus? If you say you believe in Jesus, but don't live as his witness through Love are you saved? 3. So you say the church exists to love and serve the world, not to sit in judgment of it, how should the church respond to sin within the church? In my experience, we judge not only those on the outside but are really good about judging those inside too. 4. Wh

On Tuesday March 21, 2017 we will join the voices of hundreds of thousands of others observing World Down Syndrome Day. Today's episode is a an interview with Heather Avis who joined us last year, and has since written a book called The Lucky Few which, is available everywhere books are sold on March 21st. We discuss parenting, watching our kids reorient the source of our joy, and touch on some controversial issues regarding a culture that is working hard in the science and medical field to end Down Syndrome. You can read Heather's blog at www.heatheravis.com You can Pre-Order/Buy the book at www.luckyfewbook.com Follow her family's journey around adoption and Down Syndrome at www.instagram.com/macymakesmyday Follow Andy's daughter Sunflower on Instagram: www.instagram.com/hooray4sunny *Also check out the new segment coming soon in your feed! We will now be on Facebook late Thursday mornings answering questions that have been submitted to us via email and also via text from VOX Community. LIKE us and jum