Various and Sundry Podcast

Episode 196 - Jets lose, Self-control, and George Brett

Join the conversation as Matt and John talk about a suspect Jet's lose, the virtue of self-control, and George Brett.
 
0:00- intro 
2:17- sports
18:52- self control 
34:55- today in sports 
44:07- one thing 

Episode 195 - OSU beats Notre Dame, Knowledge, and Ed Reulbach

Join the conversation as Matt and John talk about the highs and lows of football, knowledge and Ed Reulbach. 
0:00- intro
3:45- sports
20:48-knowledge
38:18- Today in sports
44:50- one thing

Episode 194 - OSU dominates, Virtue and Excellence, and Greg Louganis

Join the conversation as Matt and John talk about Various and Sundry topics such as... OSU, Achilles, Virtue, Excellence, and of course Greg Louganis 
 
0:00- Intro
3:55- Sports
22:33- Virtue
39:40- Today in sports
43:38- One thing

Episode 193 - NFL Week 1, Faith, and Andre Agassi

Join the conversation as Matt and John talk about football, Faith, and Andre Agassi
 
0:00- intro
2:55- sports
20:35- faith 
39:45- today in sports history 
45:05- one thing
Our commentary on 2nd Peter  https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/commentary/2-peter/
 
Perry Glanzer  https://christianscholars.com/faith-needs-to-seek-excellence-and-then-understanding-the-uniqueness-of-christian-education/ 

Episode 192 - OSU underwhelms, The Goodness of Work, and Jerry Rice

Join Matt, John, and their special guest OSU football correspondent as they talk Hard Knocks, OSU football, the goodness of work, Jerry Rice, and one thing they liked.
0:00 Intro
2:40 Intro to the Sports segment
4:29 John's update on Hard Knocks
9:45 Matt and his son Jake discuss OSU's season opener
21:16 The goodness of work
41:43 This day in sports history
45:52 One thing we liked

Episode 191 - Preseason Football, The State of Seminary Education in the US, and the Athens Marathon

Join the conversation as Matt and John talk about football, seminary education, and Athens Marathon
 
0:00- Intro
4:37-sports
16:15- seminary ed
39:03- this day in sports
42:15- one thing 
https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/seminary-education-in-2022
 

Episode 190 - Preseason Football, Spiritual Mentors, and Justin Gatlin

Join the conversation as Matt and John talk about football, mentors, Justin Gatlin. 
 
0:00- Intro and general banter
8:38- Sports
17:45- Spiritual mentors
42:25- this day in sports
45:37- one thing

Episode 189 - Jets on Hard Knocks, Why Gen X is not returning to Church, and Masanori Murakami

Join the conversation as Matt and John do a deep dive on Hard Knocks, Gen X not returning to church, and Masanori Murakami
0:00-  Intro
6:05- sports
15:35-Gen X not going to church
40:55- this day in sports
46:30- one thing

Episode 188 - College Football Chaos, What if Churches Ask for More and Nobody Says Yes, and a Finnish Quinella

Join the conversation as Matt and John talk about College Football shuffle, Churches ask for more and get nothing, and a Finnish Quinella (of course). 
0:00- Intro
3:35- sports
16:30- what if churches ask for more and nobody says yes
36:20-this day in sports
40:37- one thing
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/august-web-only/jake-meador-atlantic-great-dechurching-us-attendance-stats.html

Episode 187 -Sports Update, The Misunderstood Reason Why Americans Stop Going to Church, and Cal Ripken Jr

Join the conversation as Matt and John talk about all the sports, why Americans stop going to church and Cal Ripken Jr. 
 
0:00- Intro
7:46- sports
16:07- reason why Americans have stopped going to Church
41:35- today in sports
46:00- one thing 
 
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/christian-church-communitiy-participation-drop/674843/