Steve Hartland

A Conversation with Matt Papa, Getty Music Songwriter (Here in Concert Oct. 7) — Grounded Episode 85

August 20th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  42 mins 43 secs

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Steve and Jason sit down to interview Matt Papa, a Christian hymn-minded Songwriter who collaborates with the Gettys and has several hymns that are sung church wide.

Matt will be in person for a concert at our Church in Joppa, Maryland on Oct. 7th, tickets can be purchased here:

https://www.shazam.com/event/f560cc31-4990-497e-894f-77881b421471

An Epidemic of Abusive Wives — Grounded Episode 84

August 13th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  54 mins 26 secs

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Ever wondered why marriage is going down, even among churches? Today, we have a very special guest, Dr. David Edgington, who is going to shed some light on this disturbing trend.

What's Really Wrong with the Modern Church? — Grounded Episode 83

August 6th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  25 mins 23 secs

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Steve gives us a run down of what he thinks is wrong with the modern church.

How Should Christians Think About Israel? — Grounded Episode 82

July 30th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  11 mins 46 secs

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Is Israel actually God's people? Listen as Steve shows us the answer, straight from the Bible.

Bully Pastors and Bully Pulpits — Grounded Episode 81

July 23rd, 2025  |  Season 2  |  31 mins 45 secs

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Ever heard of a "Bully Pulpit"? Steve will be tackling that in today's Grounded episode, he read the book so you don't have to. Let's be mindful of this topic as a church, to point out when a pastor has just gone plain too far.

What's Up With the Southern Baptist Convention? — Grounded Ep. 80

July 16th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  56 mins 34 secs

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Steve sits down once again with Michael Clary, this time to discuss all things Southern Baptist Convention. What are the good, the bad and the ugly of what has been going on, and how should we, as individual Christians and churches think about the SBC?

The Ditches of Self-Denial and Matieralism — Grounded Ep. 79

July 9th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  26 mins 21 secs

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Do Christians waver and fall into materialism? You bet they do! What about self-denial? While not as common for the American Church, these are two ways of handling wealth that we need to understand. And Steve is covering them both in this podcast, chock full of many Bible passages!

Weird or Right? Reformed Traditions Analyzed — Grounded Episode 77

July 2nd, 2025  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 37 secs

bible, christian, christian podcast, church, reformed, tradition, worship

Do we sometimes let traditions cloud our judgement? Steve and Jason sit down to talk about this very thing. Are we following the Bible or have we fabricated our form?

What's the deal with Reformed Theology? — Grounded Episode 77

June 25th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  50 mins 35 secs

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Steve and Matthew discuss Reformed Theology, Calvanism, and why they might get a bad rap.

The Chosen and Pictures of Jesus — Grounded Episode 76

June 18th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  17 mins 2 secs

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Are pictures and films depicting Jesus, like The Chosen, okay for Christians to watch? Steve gets into the nit and grit of the debate and brings scripture to bear on this. Christian liberty, legalism, or lie?

Modern Applications of the Sufficiency of Scripture (Sam Waldron Interview) – Grounded Episode 75

June 11th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  37 mins 43 secs

christian, christian growth, christian podcast, covenant baptist theological seminary, doctrine, sam waldron, sola scriptura, sufficiency of scripture, theology, theology podcast

Dr. Sam Waldron and Pastor Steve talk all things Sufficiency of Scripture!

Scott Aniol on Christian Nationalism, Youth Group, & Women's Ministry — Ep. 74

June 4th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  34 mins 45 secs

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Dr. Scott Aniol and Pastor Steve riff on Christian Nationalism, Worship, Youth and Women's Ministry issues, there's a lot to glean from this episode!

What God's Providence Means For You - Grounded Ep. 73

May 28th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  32 mins 29 secs

bible, christian, god, jesus, providence, theology

Do you think of your life as being under the providence of God?

Pastor Steve wants to help you to see that it is, from crucial passages straight from the Bible.

Virgil Walker responds to Josh Buice's resignation & A Biblical Theology of Climate Change - Interview - Grounded Ep. 72

May 21st, 2025  |  Season 2  |  29 mins 27 secs

bible, christian, christian podcast, climate change, g3 ministries, josh buice, theology, virgil walker

Virgil Walker is on the podcast today to talk about his book on climate change as well as he gives us a statement about the recent controversy going on over at G3.

7 Pitfalls to Avoid Regarding Josh Buice of G3 - Grounded Episode 71

May 16th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  18 mins 16 secs

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Steve talks about the recent resignation of Josh Buice and what we can learn from his mistakes.

Christians are Getting Gentleness Wrong (Chase Davis Interview) - Grounded Ep. 70

May 14th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  45 mins 12 secs

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Chase Davis is with us again to discuss his article, "Meek Not Weak."

Biblical Masculinity, Servant Leadership, Chase and Steve go over the misunderstandings of our day and more!