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Ep11: Merry Christmas

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Hope you enjoy this short Christmas episode. I share some fun stories from Christmases past, a personal tale of a family member that passed away, and I even included 2 of the songs I released this year. Merry Christmas! Yakking With Yordy will be back sometime in 2018!

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Ep9: Joel Hanson of PFR

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Ep7: Board Game Designer Seth Van Orden on Faith, Family and Productivity

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Ep6: So You Want To Leave Your Church w/Joe Wenger

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Ep5: Dr Ben Burkholder on Serving in Haiti and the Sacrificial Nature of Christ’s Death on the Cross

This week on the podcast I am joined by Dr. Ben Burkholder to discuss his new book “Bloodless Atonement?” and his recent trip to Haiti. Also in this episode, the news returns with more strange crime stories. As always, thanks for listening. Links for this episode: Buy Ben’s book direct from the publisher: https://goo.gl/NsQDvk Or […]

Ep4: Chris Gwaltney of Gamechurch

This week on the podcast I interview Gamechurch Director Chris Gwaltney. We talk about the games we’ve been playing, the ministry of Gamechurch, and how Christians can do a better job reaching the gaming community. There are a couple minutes in this episode starting around the 12 minute mark where the audio from Skype got […]

Ep3: At The Billy Graham Library

This week I make a trip to the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, NC and tell you all about my experience and range of feelings as I made my way through the library. Listen to the podcast then make sure to take the current poll on the website and help make a future episode of […]

Ep2: Denominational Descriptors w/Duane Mays

I conducted a poll asking people what words came to mind when thinking about various Christian denominations. The results were pretty amazing. Guest host Duane Mays and I break down the results and try and to figure out what “worship javelins’ are. Also we’ve got strange headlines from Pennsylvania involving rabid raccoons and buckets of […]