Steve McCoy joins Joe and Jimmy to talk about Santa Claus, Christianity, and kids at Christmas. Are these three anti-Santa? How can we leverage the holidays for discipleship? Plus, Papa Steve gives advice for guiding your kids through the issue of gifts during the holidays? Christmas Sale Get 15% off and free shipping when you buy two or more t-shirts from JOFOSTORE.COM. Get yourself some of the coolest tees available. Or, if you’re the selfless type, buy someone else what will certainly become their favorite t-shirts. Merry Christmas, suckas.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

We got a bonus episode for you all this Sunday! The guys invited Pastor Tom Ascol to come on the podcast to discuss his perspective on the Statement on Social Justice and The Gospel as one of the men behind the controversial statement. What was Tom’s motive and hope for helping to publish this statement? What was the rationale behind asking people to sign the statement? What is something Tom would like opponents of the statement to know about him? In light of how this is playing out so far, if he could go back, would he make any changes or do anything differently regarding the statement? We didn’t bring our brother on the show to pick a fight, but to gain clarity and insight over something we disagree on. Stay tuned, we will offer another interview with someone who is opposed to the statement. For more from Tom be sure to visit Founders.org and check out his book, “Traditional” Theology & the SBC. For all the relevant links and show notes visit www.doctrineanddevotion.com/podcast/ascolSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Joe and Jimmy talk about the danger of “comfortable Christianity.” How is comfort potentially at odds with the nature of the Christian life in the world? Is it fair to compare our desire for worldly comfort to the prosperity gospel? What's the difference between comfortable Christianity, and comforting Christianity? Plus, the guys are reading Covenant Children Today by Alan Conner, and Jimmy is taking off on a lake yacht.   OUR SPONSOR myXP is a ministry committed to solving problems for pastors. We provide the support of an Executive Pastor without the financial burden of employing one full time. We support lead pastors, strengthen systems and steward resources. How does it work? partners get a weekly 60 minute connect with an experienced Executive Pastor to outline current problems/challenges. The XP then goes to work solving these problems, and continues to work behind the scenes strengthening all the relevant systems. Your First Step: check out the website and schedule a FREE initial connect at myxp.church. Act now, and through the month of August you will receive 30% off the first month if you mention Doctrine and Devotion as the way you heard about myXP. This is a savings of $300 for church plants and $420 for existing churches.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands