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by Dr. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD
Can you trust the Church to give you the truth? Hold the Pattern is where the hard questions of faith get honest, credible answers. Each week, Dr. Jack Graham, a pastor of fifty years, and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD, a working scholar, sit down with the scholars, pastors, athletes, and cultural voices shaping the moment and dig into what Scripture says. Apologetics, culture, the local church, and what is true anymore: nothing is off the table, and no answer is left vague. This is biblical truth you can hold onto and pass on, carried by two generations who refuse to water it down. The name is our charge, from Paul to Timothy: hold on to the pattern of sound teaching (2 Timothy 1:13). If you believe but hunger for depth, and are tired of not knowing whom to trust, this is your show. Hold the Pattern.
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- 6 days ago59 min
Your Life's Not Gonna Be About Baseball | Darryl Strawberry
Four-time World Series champion Darryl Strawberry, author of Another Life, sits down with Dr. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston forty years after his Game 7 home run. He talks about Gary Carter's faith in the 1986 Mets clubhouse, his mother's prayers, coming to Christ in 1991 with no one to disciple him, a heart attack, preaching in prisons and on death row, and a word for parents of prodigals. The Disputable Matter: should Christians bet on sports?Scripture referenced2 Timothy 1:13; Luke 15:11-32 (the prodigal son); Matthew 20:16; John 15:5 (the vine); Philippians 1:21; Romans 11:29; Acts 7:58 to 8:3 (Saul at Stephen's stoning); Hebrews 9:27; Matthew 25:21; Matthew 7:23; Ephesians 4:27; Matthew 7:12 (the golden rule); Romans 14:1.Resources mentionedAnother Life: Discovering the Healing Power of Purpose on My Long Journey from Player to Preacher by Darryl StrawberryStrawberry Ministries: strawberryministries.orgThe books of Billy GrahamDr. Adrian Rogers, quoted by Dr. Graham ★ Support this podcast ★
- 1 weeks ago55 min
Freedom Is Not a Formula | Allen Parr
Allen Parr built a ten-year YouTube ministry teaching Christians to spot false doctrine by knowing the real thing cold, the way a teller spots a counterfeit bill by studying genuine currency. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD run that method against tongues-as-salvation, the prosperity gospel, and Christian manifestation, then turn personal: Parr was single until 40 because of a "soul chain" he did not know he was carrying, and Graham answers the hardest question in the room, why some of the godliest people die young, with his own father's murder at 56.Books:Breaking Through: How Ordinary Believers Experience Extraordinary Freedom, Allen Parr, Nelson Books, 2026Misled: 7 Lies That Distort the Gospel and How to Discern the Truth, Allen ParrPeople referenced:Jennifer Parr, Allen Parr's wife, married in 2015Joshua Broome, friend of Parr's, former pornography-industry performer turned minister; met his wife Hope, they attend Hope Church and lead Hope MinistriesCharlie Kirk, the late Turning Point USA founder, discussed at lengthKathryn Krick, self-styled "Apostle Kathryn Krick," named by Parr as an example of prosperity-gospel and false-prophecy teachingWebsites and links:allenparr.comyoutube.com/@thebeatagpBook - https://link.amazon/B0eS3KuVoTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@allenparrInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/allengparrFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/allengparrX - https://x.com/allengparrLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenparr ★ Support this podcast ★
- 1 weeks ago55 min
What Keeps God at Bay? | Tony Evans
Tony Evans has been saying the same thing for fifty years: God limits his presence to the level of our unity. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD press him on what that costs, and Evans answers with the deacons who told him not to come back, the three-part strategy he hands to churches who mean it, and what he felt holding a Tyndale Bible in white gloves with a curator standing over him. Jack tells the Prestonwood story he has never recorded. Johnston tells the December 2000 story he has never told anywhere, and the man whose cassette tape is in it is sitting across the table.Resources mentionedUnbound, the documentary series in production from The Urban Alternative. Evans says on tape it has grown from one film to three, with additional streaming material, and has roughly a year of filming left. Locations named: England, Ireland, Switzerland, Athens, Ephesus, with Israel still to come.The Tony Evans Study Bible (Holman). Jack brings his copy to the table.Peace of God Bible: Discover and Experience God's Shalom Throughout the Bible, NKJV, Thomas Nelson, by Jeremiah Johnston, PhD.Kingdom Politics: Returning God to Government, Tony Evans, Moody Publishers.Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, ocbfchurch.orgThe Urban Alternative, tonyevans.org2 Timothy 1:13, the show's name and the charge behind it.2 Timothy 2:9, "the word of God is not bound," which is where Unbound gets its title.Psalm 128, Evans's one-passage answer.John 17, Acts 5:32, Acts 28:30-31, Matthew 16, Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 3:10, 1 Peter 3:7, Mark 5, Hebrews 12:2. William Tyndale, and papyrus 64 at Magdalen College, Oxford.Linkshttps://tonyevans.org/https://www.instagram.com/drtonyevans/https://www.youtube.com/user/drtonyevanshttps://www.facebook.com/drtonyevanshttps://x.com/drtonyevans ★ Support this podcast ★
- 1 weeks ago1h 2m
Three Home Runs and a Dropped Elbow | Jim Sundberg
Rangers Hall of Fame catcher Jim Sundberg won six Gold Gloves and a World Series. His father's coaching never let up, so he swore he would never do the same to his own son, and then learned what the opposite cost. Dr. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston talk with him about sports parenting, faith on the road, the armor of God in catcher's gear, and whether your child should play select sports.Scripture referencedEphesians 6:10-18 (the armor of God)Ephesians 6:16, (fiery darts)Galatians 5:22-23 (the fruit of the Spirit)2 Timothy 1:13-14Proverbs 22:6 ("train up a child")Romans 14:1 (the source of The Disputable Matter's name)Resources mentionedHow to Win at Sports Parenting, Jim and Janet SundbergEquipped to Win!: Suiting Up in the Armor of God for Spiritual Maturity, Jim Sundberg (2022)Legacy Playbook: 50 Days of Encouragement to Pass on What Matters Most, Jim Sundberg (2020)The Late Great Planet Earth, Hal Lindsey, the book he was reading in Toronto in 1977Seasons in Hell, Mike Shropshire, on the 1973 to 1975 RangersBible Study Fellowship (BSF)The Brief, the weekly briefing from Jeremiah Johnston, PhD and the Christian Thinkers SocietyPower Living, the weekly email from Dr. Jack Graham and PowerPoint MinistriesJim Sundberg linksWebsite - https://jimsundberg.comBook - https://link.amazon/B05XiRF63X - https://x.com/backstop10Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JimSundbergSpeaks/ ★ Support this podcast ★
- 1 weeks ago1h 3m
Nobody Had Ever Lost Control of a Spacecraft | Butch Wilmore
Butch Wilmore was flying a Boeing Starliner 300 meters from the space station when the fourth of eight aft thrusters failed, and no crewed spacecraft in history had ever lost that much control. He tells Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD what went through his mind, which was not a prayer for rescue but a calculation: dock or we may not get home. Eight days became 284. What he built his answer on, then and since, is Philippians 4, a Saturday-morning simulator nobody made him book, and a conviction that the aurora is a visible picture of God's protection of this planet.Books:Stuck in Space: An Astronaut's Hope Through the Unexpected, Butch Wilmore, The Heirloom Press, 2026Life's Emergency Procedures: A Pocket Checklist for Life, with Craig "Z" ZiembaA devotional on the heavens, in manuscript. Wilmore says he used Psalm 8:3-4 in it two days before this recording.Scripture cited on air:2 Timothy 1:13, the show's nameJohn 3:27, Wilmore's stated favoritePsalm 8:3-4, read aloud from Johnston's BiblePsalm 19:1, Romans 1, Genesis 1:1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 12 Corinthians 11 and Philippians 4, on contentmentIsaiah 45:18, 2 Peter 3Romans 14:1, the Disputable Matter framePeople and places referenced:Suni Williams, his Starliner crewmate, also a Navy test pilotProvidence Baptist Church, Pasadena, Texas, where he has been an elder 15 yearsDeanna Wilmore, his wifeJames Van Allen and Explorer 1Stan Barrett, stunt driver, a Graham acquaintanceGeorge Beverly Shea, "The Wonder of It All"Links:butchwilmore.comx.com/butch_wilmoreinstagram.com/astro_butch ★ Support this podcast ★
- 2 weeks ago1 min
Introducing Hold the Pattern
Introducing Hold the Pattern, a new weekly podcast from PowerPoint Ministries.Starting Monday, October 19, Dr. Jack Graham and Dr. Jeremiah Johnston sit down with a different guest each week — astronauts, archaeologists, theologians, athletes, pastors — for honest conversations on faith, culture, and clear thinking.Faith, thinking, and the patterns that hold us together.Trailer is live at holdthepattern.org. ★ Support this podcast ★
About Hold the Pattern
Can you trust the Church to give you the truth? Hold the Pattern is where the hard questions of faith get honest, credible answers. Each week, Dr. Jack Graham, a pastor of fifty years, and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD, a working scholar, sit down with the scholars, pastors, athletes, and cultural voices shaping the moment and dig into what Scripture says. Apologetics, culture, the local church, and what is true anymore: nothing is off the table, and no answer is left vague. This is biblical truth you can hold onto and pass on, carried by two generations who refuse to water it down. The name is our charge, from Paul to Timothy: hold on to the pattern of sound teaching (2 Timothy 1:13). If you believe but hunger for depth, and are tired of not knowing whom to trust, this is your show. Hold the Pattern.
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