Podcasts
Our podcasts create space to ponder the sacred, opportunity to consider the mystery and love of God, and provocation to slow down, to think deeply, and to be stirred and inspired to bountifully live.
Pearl Church Sermons
Our weekly sermon podcast, updated each Sunday afternoon, provides easy access to teaching from our pastoral team.
Recent Episodes
Story & Table
Story & Table exists to make connections between the stories that we tell and the tables that our stories sustain. Through a lens that is intentionally non-violent and non-dominion, Mike Roth explores an ecology of Christian language that sets loving tables, around which humans are freed and inspired to flourish.
Season One
In this final episode of Season One, Mike explains that today’s Christian storytelling on the afterlife is primarily the result of church history, not biblical interpretation. He then traces the evolution of Christian thought on the afterlife to tell a more honest story, that’s capable of setting a more loving table.
In this episode, Mike articulates two vastly different stories of salvation. The first, is a confusing and tragic salvation capable of great harm. The second, is a sensible and truly good salvation capable of making all things new.
In this episode, Mike articulates two vastly different stories of salvation. The first, is a confusing and tragic salvation capable of great harm. The second, is a sensible and truly good salvation capable of making all things new.
In this episode, Mike dives into the Bible story, considering its inciting incident and climax. Depending on interpretation, the Bible story can be a horrifying tragedy or an enlivening comedy.
In this episode, Mike tells two stories about the Bible’s formation, which drastically influence how we understand and read the Bible.
In this episode, Mike tells two gospel stories while teasing out the vastly different tables that each story nurtures and sustains.
