Jimmys Table

Pentecostal Preacher T.D. Jakes "The Potters House" Denver church location recently closed to become an exclusively online church. This got me asking some questions about the way we do church, which is often built around the platform of a single charismatic preacher of one man with a band. In this podcast, I ask some questions about how we think about and do church....

Is God really on our side? Does God got our back in everything we do? And if God's not on our side, then whose side is God really on? In today's podcast, I talk with author Joshua Opperman about his latest book, which challenges the conventional wisdom that God's on our side...

What will you say on your deathbed, assuming you have the chance? In today's podcast, I want to examine the recent deathbed confession of a bank robber named Thomas Rendele, and how his confession can inform the way we live our lives.

I'm not a big fan of New Year's resolutions. 80% of people who make New Year's resolutions will fail. Why is this? In my latest podcast, I talk about how you can make meaningful changes in your life, that last longer than February...

The Christmas holiday season can be hard. Our sense of joy is threatened by things that grieve us. In my latest podcast, I talk about joy, how it differs from happiness, and how joy is a gift from God by which we can fight back against the dark forces that threaten our existence...

Santa has a "naughty or nice" list. We all fall on it somewhere, right? What does this list and Santa's classification of naughty and nice say about us and our ethical standards? And is a third category needed? In my latest podcast...

Christmas can be a hard time of year for many. There's the temptation to have an Ebenezer Scrooge "Bah Humbug" attitude about the holiday. In this podcast, I talk about why we need to embrace the Christmas season, just like we would any other season of life...

Being recently separated, I find myself in the awful predicament of cooking for one person. Cooking for one presents a number of challenges, and in this podcast, I provide some practical tips on cooking just for yourself.

Our true wealth isn't measured by the size of our bank accounts, but by the meaningful network of connections we make in life. In this podcast, I talk about the importance of the relationships we make, and how we can form deeper and richer community.

Sometimes we just don't feel like we measure up, and lack a personal sense of confidence. Where does confidence come from, and how can we become more confident? In this podcast, I talk about growing in confidence...

Why is the global supply chain broken, and how will this impact Christmas in 2021? And what are some practical alternative ways you can celebrate Christmas without any presents? In this podcast I explore these issues...

Do you have a favorite "life verse" in the Scripture, that really just seems to speak to you and comes to define your life? In today's podcast, I define what a life verse is, what one looks like, and how you can find a life verse. I also talk about my life verse, and how deeply it has impacted by life, and how it has helped me navigate the trials of life...

We all want to be happy, right? But what if the pursuit of happiness is a foolish quest? While we often seek out happiness, I think God calls us to seek out something better than happiness. In today's podcast, I talk about an alternative to the pursuit of happiness....

Since the Garden of Eden, we've all had this propensity to hide behind fig leaves. Living transparently, is not something we do all that well. In today's podcast, I talk about the need for us to live boldly, open, and transparent lives....

When dealing with grief, there is this temptation to reinterpret our joyful moments from the past in a negative light, and to permanently shut the door on something that was once a source of joy to us. In today's podcast, I talk about choosing to continue to remember the joyful moments of life for what they really were....

A discussion of the movie "The Eyes Of Tammy Faye," and the lessons the controversial ministry of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker offer contemporary Christianity.

When suffering profound loss, thinking and dreaming about the future is the furthest thing from your mind. In this week's podcast, I talk about how I'm facing my future, while living through hard times...

Recently my world was rocked when my wife of nearly 8 years told me she wanted to separate and get a divorce. In today's podcast, I talk about the spiritual and emotional journey I've been on, as I process this very unexpected event in my life...

"Now hiring!" signs are everywhere these days. Retail stores, restaurants, and those in the hospitality industry just can't find enough people to employ. They are getting desperate. So desperate, in fact, one retail manager tried to hire me and my wife, on the spot, while we were recently shopping....

Have you ever noticed that as you get older, while you may age on the outside, on the inside you still feel as young as you once were? In this podcast, I explore this phenomenon associated with aging, where we always feel young, even as our bodies age...