The Bread and Banter Podcast
Bread & Banter is a podcast featuring real conversations, real stories, and real laughs, all centered on Christ. It aims to help listeners live with purpose in a loud world.
Episodes
We Asked Cliffe and Stuart Knechtle Questions Other Christians Won’t | EP.15
In this episode, we sit down with legendary campus apologists Cliffe and Stuart Knechtle to talk what it would actually take for skeptics like Alex O'Connor to believe, the Bible's hardest passages, and 500 years of Christians fighting other Christians. We get into everything from the Eucharist debate that almost got them kicked out of MIT to the real story behind the pose you've seen everywhere o
2 Protestants Vs 1 Orthodox Priest: Is Orthodoxy The One True Church? | EP.14
In this episode, we sit down with Father Jonathan Ivanoff, an Orthodox priest, to talk about church history, icon veneration, and whether Protestants and Catholics are actually saved. We get into everything from the Great Schism and the sacking of Constantinople to why 18,000 people just converted to Orthodoxy and whether a beard is a requirement for holiness. Enjoy!
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Is AI Demonic? Christian Software Engineer Responds | EP.13
In this episode, we sit down with software engineer Will Johannesen to talk about whether AI is dangerous, whether it could ever become conscious, and where Christians should draw the line. We get into everything from Silicon Valley and the Tower of Babel to state-sponsored dairy cover-ups and why white people love board games. Enjoy.
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Why Austin Groft Left Internet Fame to Reach College Students for Jesus | Bread and Banter | EP.12
In this episode, we sit down with Austin Groft to talk Christian content, campus ministry, and bringing the gospel into universities. We get into everything from street interviews and miracle conversions to Bible Bathroom trivia and NBA haircuts. Enjoy.
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Pastor Explains Why He Left Homosexuality for Jesus | Bread and Banter | EP.11
In this episode, we sit down with Mikey Roman to talk about his story, biblical sexuality, and following Jesus when your desires don’t line up with Scripture. We get into everything from being married with kids after a homosexual lifestyle to progressive Christian objections and the meaning of love. Enjoy.
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2 Protestants Vs 1 Catholic Priest: Do Catholics Worship Mary? | Bread and Banter | EP.10
In this episode, we sit down with Monsignor Michael Magee to talk Catholicism, Protestantism, and whether Protestants can be saved. We get into everything from Mary and the saints to purgatory, exorcisms, and why a priest might tell you to run from a tarot card reading. Enjoy.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Opening
1:10 Exorcisms, Tarot Cards, and Spiritual Warfare
5:16 Opening Prayer
5:41 Meeting Monsignor Micha
Why Hundreds of Gen Z Christians Are Worshiping in a Barn | Bread and Banter | EP.9
In this episode, we sit down with Micah Thornton to talk about The Barn, Gen Z revival, and what young believers need to be careful of. We get into everything from ministry and spiritual accountability to Frontier Airlines trauma and Puerto Rican geography. Enjoy!
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro / Banter
4:34 Opening Prayer and Meeting Micah
8:31 Micah’s Story: Growing Up in the Church
10:28 When Faith Bec
What Every Christian Needs to Know About Spiritual Warfare | Bread and Banter | EP.8
In this episode, we sit down with Phil VanderWeide to talk spiritual warfare, demonic oppression, and what Christians get wrong about Satan. We get into everything from possession and horror movies to deer genders and teleportation in the Bible. Enjoy!
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro / Banter
15:03 What Is Spiritual Warfare?
20:24 What’s Really Happening Behind the Scenes?
23:50 Satan Is Not God’s Rival
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If God Is Good, Why Is There Evil? | Bread and Banter | EP.7
In this episode, we sit down with Asher Donahue to talk about how Christians should approach skeptics, the problem of evil, and what it actually means to be born again. We get into everything from church hurt and LGBTQ conversations to awkward moments with strangers and reading on the treadmill. Enjoy!
CHAPTERS:
0:53 Intro / Meet Asher
3:15 How Should Christians Approach Skeptics?
10:45 What If
Do Christians Have to Support Israel? | Bread and Banter | EP.6
In this episode, we sit down with Zach Foust to talk Christian Zionism, the Scofield Reference Bible, and whether Christians actually have to support Israel. We get into everything from church history and evangelical politics to Delaware chickens and Joe Biden falling off his bike. Enjoy.
SOURCE DOCUMENT ► / https://docs.google.com/document/d/1spG1uAI4i91yFvyEGizt3bAlipQ_NxVYSFAVEvDeif0/edit?us
What Most Christians Get Wrong About Dating | Bread and Banter | EP.5
In this episode, we sit down with author and speaker Shelby Abbott to talk Christian dating, being unequally yoked, and what people get most wrong about relationships. We get into everything from standards and lust to soulmates and unorthodox rizz. Enjoy.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro / meet Shelby Abbott
6:24 What most Christians get wrong about dating
8:59 Are your standards too high?
13:17 How to know i
Does Church History Really Make You Catholic? | Bread and Banter | EP.4
In this episode, we sit down with Jack Smith to talk church history, the Protestant/Catholic divide, and why so many young Christians are suddenly interested in Rome and Orthodoxy. We get into everything from Marian dogmas and Sola Scriptura to Venmo etiquette and clapping when planes land.
CHECK OUT JACK ON SUBSTACK ► / https://substack.com/@theprecisetheologians?r=3v81q1&utm_medium=ios&u
The Christian Energy Drink Everyone’s Arguing About | Bread and Banter | EP.3
In this episode, we sit down with Tanner Maddocks, founder of Agape Energy, to talk faith, building a brand in real time, and what happens when a “Christian energy drink” goes viral before it even exists. We get into car crashes, controversy, and barking at significant others in public. Enjoy.
CHAPTERS:
0:01:06 Meet Tanner and why Agape exists
0:04:09 Why “traditional values” are coming back
We Asked a Pastor Christianity’s Toughest Questions | Bread and Banter | EP.2
In this episode of Bread and Banter, we sit down with a pastor to ask him Christianity's toughest questions and doubts. We cover everything from the Protestant/Catholic divide and slavery in the Bible to dating app shenanigans and rage-baiting your doctor. ENJOY!
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00:00:00 – Intro + m
Lust, Purity, and Spirit Airlines Flight Behavior | Bread and Banter | EP.1
Welcome to Bread and Banter! In our first-ever episode, we share our testimonies, dive deep into lust and how to overcome it, and enjoy some time bonding over our immigrant parents and their “friendly racism.”
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:41 – What Bread and Banter is about
00:02:13 – How we met and why it clicked
00:04:33 – Andrés’ testimony from cult to Christ
00:20:44 – Michael’s testimony faith through
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