Best Seedbed Podcasts (2025)

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From Dumpsite to Seedbed 24:03

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Rooted in Jeremiah 31 and Christ the King Sunday, we reflect on a God who doesn’t abandon abandoned places. A God who hops fences, returns after rejection, and keeps planting hope where others see waste. This is not the king of culture wars, influence, or perfection—but the king who washes feet, gathers the dismissed, restores soil, and renews live…

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When God Delights in Helping Us 15:23

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Unity and peace are not things we earn or create, but that we receive from God and share in the keeping of.By Seedbed

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Breaking the Cycle 16:10

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Simply put: the kingdom of God is where God is King.By Seedbed

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Moving from Results to Communion 14:32

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Peace is not found in the absence of anxiety, but in the presence of God.By Seedbed

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One Way To Help 18:27

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In this week’s sermon, “One Way to Help,” Rev. Emily McGinley begins with a story of a walk through the Tenderloin with the San Francisco Night Ministry and a simple truth offered there: “People fall on hard times and it’s not their fault. This is one way for me to help.” From that moment, we turn to John the Baptist—accidental spiritual icon—calli…

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How to Survive an Invasion 15:51

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Not if something bad happens, but when something bad happens, He will be our peace.By Seedbed

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Mary's Song 12:11

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Remembering the big picture grounds us in a grander and greater narrative than we could ever imagine.By Seedbed

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Look in Both Directions 14:04

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Advent also invites us to look ahead, to anchor our hope in Christ’s return and the restoration He will bring.By Seedbed

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Groaning to Glory 17:53

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Christian hope is not aimless optimism. It is the hope we were saved into, a hope that gives us the strength to wait patiently for what we do not yet see.By Seedbed

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The Sermon on the Mount with Rich Villodas | Wake-Up Call Conversations 49:07

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Rich Villodas has been a friend of Seedbed since speaking at our New Room Conference in 2021. His books explore living life in the footsteps of Jesus as we see him in the Gospels. This discussion between J. D. and Rich centers around the Sermon on the Mount and its profound impact on their lives and ministries. They explore themes such as the impor…

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Waiting Well 20:23

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This season of waiting invites us to embrace the tension between our joy in what we have received already and our hope for what is yet to come.By Seedbed

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Our Own Part in the Story 19:11

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Faith in God’s promises does not mean the absence of questions.By Seedbed

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Bill Kierce 1:14:54

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Bill Kierce has served ten years as an itinerant evangelist, 22 years as pastor of a local church, 5 years as a congregational consultant, and is now serving as the President of the Francis Asbury Society. He has a whole lot of education in organizational leadership, including a PhD in that area of study from Eastern University. Bill’s heart now is…

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It's Time to Wake Up! 14:59

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Waking up requires us to pause, to ask the hard questions, and to make room for the light to break in.By Seedbed

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Clearing the Way for Hope 17:48

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In this week’s message, our Pastoral Resident, Amelia Hamiter, explores with us what it means to find hope in the shadow of empire. Scripture reminds us that while dominant powers insist on telling us who matters, what’s required, and which stories are “real,” God disrupts that narrative in the most unexpected way—not through palaces or positions o…

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Welcome to Jesus. An Invitation. 21:44

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Following Jesus does not mean an easy life; however, it does lead to a life of power and purpose, joy in the face of suffering, and profound, even world-changing, love for God and people.By Seedbed

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Can We Chat a Minute? 21:31

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Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.By Seedbed

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The Book of JesUS—The Great Gospelling Adventure of Life 22:56

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As Jesus was and is, so we are and shall become—words becoming flesh.By Seedbed

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Breathgiving and Breathtaking 16:45

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Abba Father, thank you for your Son, Jesus, who breathes into us the breath of life—the Holy Spirit.By Seedbed

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Beth Felker Jones 1:08:42

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Beth Felker Jones (PhD, Duke University) teaches theology at Northern Seminary, and loves to write for the church and the academy. She lives in the Chicagoland area with her husband Brian, four kids, two dogs, and Dwight, her theology cat. She was on The Art of Holiness a couple of years ago to talk about her really great work, Practicing Christian…

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What is Advent? - Ben Witherington | Wake-Up Call Conversations 42:51

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In this episode of the Wake Up Call Conversations podcast, host JD Walt engages in a profound discussion with Dr. Ben Witherington III, a renowned New Testament scholar, about the historical and spiritual significance of Advent and Christmas. The conversation delves into the real themes of Advent, contrasting the often commercialized holiday season…

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The Difference Between Respectable and Respect 17:15

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Because they broke ranks with respectable religion and associated themselves with a crucified Messiah, they will live in the eternal respect of the risen Lord (and ours).By Seedbed

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The Right Side of History Is the Side of the Truth? 20:54

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Truth has a side. We find it by listening to his voice.By Seedbed

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Why Unity Is Overrated and What Is Better 20:14

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The Father puts all the freight and weight of his love for the world on his Son. Jesus puts all the freight and weight of the world’s faith on his followers’ love for each other.By Seedbed

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How to Become a Friend of Jesus 17:14

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This is what the disciples of Jesus do. They put down pretense, confess their ignorance, and ask one another questions in order to grow in their faith and understanding.By Seedbed

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The Most Winsome Word of the Gospel: Abide 22:04

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I have called you friends.By Seedbed

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How to Do the Greater Things of Jesus 19:29

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We will finally see greater things when we learn the ways of greater love.By Seedbed

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When Washing Feet Is More Than Washing Feet 20:38

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What holds you back from pouring your very best into the most menial and ordinary acts?By Seedbed

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Love Goes First - Andrew Forrest | Wake-Up Call Conversations 49:47

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In this very first episode of Wake-Up Call Conversations, J. D. Walt speaks with Andrew Forrest, the senior pastor at Asbury Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The discussion centers around Andrew's new book, "Love Goes First," which explores the concept of reaching out to others in an age of anxiety and division. Andrew shares personal stories and insight…

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One Seed. Many Seeds. Be the Seed. 19:21

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To be the seed means to surrender your life to Jesus and all the glorious purposes for which God made you in the first place.By Seedbed

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Jason Vickers and Ryan Barnett 1:22:36

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Dr. Jason Vickers serves as professor of Christian theology and the Wesley Endowed Chair of Christian Theology at Truett Seminary, on the campus of Baylor University in Texas. He serves as a member of the Discipleship, Doctrine, and Just Ministry Commission of the Global Methodist Church. Ryan Barnett is an ordained elder in the GMC. Today, he serv…

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The Bigger Problem Behind All Our Big Problems 21:06

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Our biggest problem is not sin; it’s our broken ability to trust.By Seedbed

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Does Jesus Talk to You? 17:57

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I find the more I actually expect to hear from Jesus, the more I hear from him.By Seedbed

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Liturgies for Resisting Empire | Kat Armas 39:36

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Kat Armas, a Cuban American write, speaker and theologian, generously preached this past Sunday - reading a story and answering questions from her new book "Liturgies for Resisting Empire." Armas holds a ThM from Vanderbilt Divinity School and dual MDiv and MAT degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary, where she received the Frederick Buechner Awar…

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From Bad Karma to Amazing Grace: Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People? 21:10

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Every broken place in every broken life holds the possibility for the glorious works of God to be put on display.By Seedbed

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The Problem with Religious Lawyers 21:09

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The gospel does not do away with justice and judgment; rather, it crushes condemnation.By Seedbed

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Jesus Asking: Is Anyone Thirsty? 22:33

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When Jesus comes into your life he becomes the endless source of eternal life that actually springs up from within you and then flows out of you to others.By Seedbed

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On Seeing the Signs and Missing the Sign 18:48

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We want Jesus to help us more than we want Jesus to have us.By Seedbed

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Jesus Asking: Do You Want To Get Well? 20:03

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Some of the sickest, most disabled, most devastatingly handicapped people I have ever known are some of the deepest wells of living water I have ever seen.By Seedbed

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Kenneth Collins 1:14:08

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Dr. Ken Collins has been a professor at Asbury Theological Seminary since 1995 (which means he got there the same year I did). He has written and taught extensively on all facets of Wesleyan theology. His The Theology of John Wesley: Holy Love and the Shape of Grace was ground-breaking and established Collins as a preeminent theologian in the field…

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Jesus and the Basket of Deplorables 16:14

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In the eyes of God, there are no deplorables, only wayward sons and daughters.By Seedbed

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The Prison of a Good Reputation 16:57

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Why do we choose to be admired at the expense of being known?By Seedbed

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Where the Wine Never Runs Out 17:06

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What about your own notion of abundance must diminish in order for you to begin to grasp the abundance Jesus offers?By Seedbed

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God Is Jesus 20:11

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God is Jesus.By Seedbed

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When Our Hopes Blind Us to Our Hope 23:19

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He has come to walk us home.By Seedbed

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Bill Arnold 1:06:06

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Dr. Arnold is the Paul S. Amos Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary. He joined the faculty of Asbury my freshman year, so we have grown up at Asbury together. He has written extensively on the Old Testament and ancient Near Eastern Culture. Look for his excellent book, Introduction to the Old Testament, if you wa…

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Down with No Kings; up with One King (Wake-Up Call Session with Chris Tomlin) 18:18

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The Bible is clear: God never intended his people to have a king. He would be their King.By Seedbed

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How Far Can You Throw a Rock? 20:43

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Jesus didn't run away from pain. He ran into peace.By Seedbed

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The Secret of Breakthrough Generosity 22:56

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But the minute money becomes about God through faith we are practically delivered from the idolatry of money into the mind-blowing economy of Jesus.By Seedbed