Episodes

Saturday Mar 21, 2020
VOR Rewind - Help! The Pastor is Drowning!
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
This week let's look back at the episode that won the 2019 Christian Podcast Community Best Episode Award: Chris and Rich discuss the reasons why pastors often leave churches and how local bodies can correct the problems that lead to this troubling issue.
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Five Reasons Why Pastors Leave the Ministry

Saturday Mar 14, 2020
The Coronavirus Pandemic - Bringing Hope to Those in Fear
Saturday Mar 14, 2020
Saturday Mar 14, 2020
This week, Chris and Rich talk about the Coronavirus Pandemic and the impact it has caused in America. They discuss how Christians can be comforted in this time and how to bring peace to those in fear.
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Friday Mar 06, 2020
VOR Rewind - Is Your Salvation Secure in Christ?
Friday Mar 06, 2020
Friday Mar 06, 2020
This week, look back when Chris and Rich tackled a controversial topic: who is responsible for maintaining your salvation? Must the Christian work to keep himself secure in Christ or are we eternally secure from the day we are redeemed?
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Saturday Feb 29, 2020
The SBC's Fork in the Road - Pt. 2
Saturday Feb 29, 2020
Saturday Feb 29, 2020
This week, Chris and Rich resume their discussion of issues facing the upcoming SBC 2020 Convention. They also discuss how the issues facing the SBC can be resolved. How does this apply to the church at large? Why should we concerned? How can we address these issues in our own churches? Plus, as promised, an update on VOR's standing in the Christian Podcast Community 2019 Awards.
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The SBC's Fork in the Road - Pt. 1

Monday Feb 24, 2020
The SBC's Fork in the Road - Pt.1
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
This week, Rich and Chris discuss various issues facing the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention's 2020 Conference. There are many voices arguing for the future of the denomination and it faces quite possibly the most pivotal moment of our day. Chris and Rich discuss various topics that will be raised and urge the brethren at large to not be complacent about the future of the Southern Baptists.
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VOR Episode - Has Critical Race Theory Invaded the SBC?
Founder Cinedoc - By What Standard?
Just Thinking Episode - Racial Reconciliation
Founder's Article - Interesting Times and Changing Times In the SBC

Saturday Feb 15, 2020
Can "Frozen 2" Tell Us About Man's Desire for God?
Saturday Feb 15, 2020
Saturday Feb 15, 2020
This week, Chris and Rich tackle a TGC article titled "'Into the Unknown' and the Uknown God." Can art and artists really tell us about man's deep longing for God? Or might there be a problem with believing that art is itself without the taint of the fall?
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'Into the Unknown' and the Unknown God

Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Putting Abortion Ahead of the Gospel
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
This week, Rich and Chris discuss President Trump's recent State of the Union Address where he called upon Congress to end late-term abortion. Should Christians rejoice at incremental measures to end abortion? To what extent should we rely on politicians to end this abominable practice? Listener discretion is advised.
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Saturday Feb 01, 2020
Guilty by Association
Saturday Feb 01, 2020
Saturday Feb 01, 2020
He's baaaack! Richard Story has broken through the siege lines of the internet gremlins and is back! He and Chris discuss this week how internet fights continue to be waged, often over associations with persons or ideologies we don't like. How can Christians avoid spiteful confrontations and show charity and love while standing firm in the truth?
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Saturday Jan 25, 2020
VOR Rewind - When the Church Looks Like the World
Saturday Jan 25, 2020
Saturday Jan 25, 2020
This week, Chris and Rich round out their discussion on what is the church. In this episode, they discuss what happens when the professing church abandons its Scripture and imports the thinking of the world.
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Can Social Justice and the Church Coexist?
Southern Baptists floundering against LGBT agenda
The United Methodist Church has appointed a transgender deacon

Saturday Jan 18, 2020
A Word of Comfort in Troubled Times
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
This week, Chris shares scriptural passages that can give Christians comfort in troublesome times.
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