
Show Notes
What do you do when God gives you news you never wanted? And what can churches learn when a respected ministry collapses? Todd looks at trusting God through suffering, the fallout from G3 Ministries, and how churches can pursue accountability without overreacting.
Segment 1
• Phil Johnson’s cancer has returned—and the prognosis isn’t what anyone hoped to hear.
• How should Christians respond when God gives us circumstances we desperately wish He would change?
• What does it actually look like to trust that God is good even when His plans aren’t ours?
Segment 2
• Phil Johnson once argued that evangelical Christianity may be in even greater need of Reformation than the church was in Luther’s day.
• Could a modern-day Reformation even happen in a culture flooded with Christian influencers and competing voices?
• Todd examines troubling anti-Semitism within some corners of Christian nationalism—and why forgetting history can have dangerous consequences.
Segment 3
• G3 Ministries is gone after another controversy—but Todd believes an innocent pastor’s reputation was unfairly damaged along the way.
• When does legitimate concern cross the line into publicly besmirching a brother?
• What can Christians learn from accusations that Todd says never should have escalated the way they did?
Segment 4
• After another ministry scandal, what can your church actually do to keep its leaders accountable?
• Should pastors have additional safeguards, regular reviews, and greater transparency—or can accountability measures go too far?
• Why no policy or system can completely protect a church when someone is determined to deceive.
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