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1086 | More Joy Than Guilt: Dismantling Purity Culture with Christ with Jonny Lehmann and Isaac Hayes

July 19, 2026

Is "purity culture" actually biblical, or did it just leave a generation of young Christians with unnecessary trauma and spiritual burnout?In a high-pressure culture that constantly demands perfection, it’s easy to confuse God’s discipline with His punishment. We often treat sin like a series of isolated mistakes we can manage, rather than recognizing it as a deeper condition that we cannot fix on our own. When the church swaps the Gospel for a checklist of moralism, anxiety wins an...

1085 | Vocation, Burnout, and Mental Health with Pastors Chris & Tony Pflughoeft

July 13, 2026

Can you quit your job for your mental health, or is that giving up on the place God put you?In a culture that tells you to find your identity in your career while simultaneously burning you to the ground, young Christians are often left stuck in the middle. We easily confuse the burdens of a toxic workplace with the cross Christ called us to bear.In this episode, host Charlie Ungemach sits down with twin brothers, WELS pastors, and co-hosts of the Double Portion podcast: Pastor Chris Pflughoe...

1084 - Chad Bird | Finding Christ in the Old Testament

July 05, 2026

Many Christians secretly struggle to reconcile the God of the Old Testament with the Jesus of the New Testament. We moralize the stories, skip the violent passages, and treat the text like a checklist of dos and don'ts rather than a testimony of our Savior.Today, Chad Bird (Scholar in Residence at 1517) joins host Charlie Ungemach to tear down the wall between the Testaments. We dig into the raw, uncomfortable, and "hidden" places of the Hebrew Scriptures—from the trauma of the ...