Mere Christians

Mere Christians

Jordan Raynor

How does the gospel influence the work of Mere Christians—those of us who aren’t pastors or religious professionals, but who work as entrepreneurs, baristas, and accountants? That’s the question this podcast explores every week as Jordan Raynor interviews guests across the widest variety of vocations.

47 minutes 27 seconds

Justin Mathews (Manager at PwC)
The dangers of feeling entitled to a calling, how to think “Who Not How” in prayers for your work, and a simple way of thinking about “sowing eternity into the world.”
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13 November 2024, 5:00 am
42 minutes 32 seconds

Vineet Rajan (CEO of Forte)
How Forte is providing “soul care as a service” for some of the world’s largest companies, how to practically stop working for love and start working from love, and why we should praise God for giving us more than we can handle.
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6 November 2024, 5:00 am
47 minutes 35 seconds

Jeremy Swafford (CFO at Southeast Restoration)
How to cultivate humility and a Jesus-like others-obsession, why multiple pastors have quit ministry to work at Southeast, and the spiritual benefits of sticking with a job for many years.
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30 October 2024, 4:00 am
45 minutes 3 seconds

Dr. Gisela Kreglinger (Vintner + Theologian)
Why the wine industry is in trouble and why Christians should be the ones to help, how to show everyday hospitality to those you work with, and how the gospel can shape not just your work but also the work of others that you consume.
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23 October 2024, 4:00 am
39 minutes 27 seconds

Ricky Dickson (Fmr. CEO of Blue Bell Creameries)
Ricky’s spiritual disciplines during the listeria crisis at Blue Bell, how to accept critical feedback humbly and winsomely, and how a college paper on Blue Bell landed him his career.
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16 October 2024, 4:00 am
37 minutes 53 seconds

Shane Kimbrough (Astronaut)
How Shane discerned whether to pivot or persevere after 4 rejections from NASA, how “asking the right questions in the right way” led to NASA approving him reading Scripture from the ISS, and why he counts “consistency” during his time on earth as “worship."
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9 October 2024, 4:00 am
37 minutes 25 seconds

Jena Viviano Dunay (Founder of Recruit the Employer)
5 things Christian leaders can do to fire their neighbors as themselves, the spiritual and business benefits of investing in employees after you lay them off, and the sign I hung in my office to help me stop working like an orphan.
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2 October 2024, 4:00 am
34 minutes 6 seconds

William Winchester (COO of Berg Mill Supply)
William’s biblically informed vision of “zero waste” on the New Earth, the new question I’d encourage anyone to ask when making vocational decisions, and why William chose to work as an employee rather than an entrepreneur.
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25 September 2024, 4:00 am
28 minutes 10 seconds

Ruth Chou Simons (Author of Now and Not Yet)
How to be content with what you have and strive for what’s next at the same time, the 4 questions Ruth asks to help her see her circumstances the way God does, and how she is currently processing the disappointing slowdown in her once rapidly growing business
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18 September 2024, 4:00 am
30 minutes 48 seconds

Stephen Bargatze (Magician)
What it means to Stephen that Satan had no idea what Nate Bargatze would become, how magic can create awe and wonder that leads to belief in God, and the gospel-centered mental shift he credits for the salvation of his mom on her deathbed.
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11 September 2024, 4:00 am
44 minutes 40 seconds

Mike Sharrow (CEO of C12)
The dangers in the Church’s culture of giving, what Christian peer groups might have looked like in the first century, and how to create “mini Bema Seat moments” to judge your work before God does.
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4 September 2024, 4:00 am
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