pastorbytes with Pastor Jason Bruns

Personality what ?

One of Americas self help fads is the "Enneagram" personality assessment. These kinds of assessments: Myers-Briggs, aptitude career test(Gary Smalley) have been around for a long time and have been called: progressive, necessary, useless, and even satanic. What should Christians think about these assessments? In this podcast you will hear advantages and disadvantages to these personality tests. 

Spiritual Growth

Have you ever wondered, where am I going? What is the goal in the Christian life? What is spiritual growth? In this episode, you will learn the answers to these questions and be able to identify what spiritual growth looks like. 

Anxiety

Anxiety is a term our society has thrown around loosely. In this episode you will learn some practical steps to help yourself and others overcome anxiety. 5 steps: Identify,don't suppress, address, make a decision, and remembering what grandmother said can all be helpful tools in overcoming anxiety. Listen to this episode and learn these 5 steps.   

The Communication Code in Marriage

This episode gives a basic understanding of how men and women communicate. Listen close and hear some common pit falls that we can fall into when communicating with one another. 

Depression Part 3

In this final episode you will hear some practical advice on overcoming depression. 

Depression Part 2

This is the second podcast of a 2 part series. Pastor Jason digs a little deeper into some of the causes of depression.   

Depression Part 1

Depression is a very real struggle in our society. In this episode (Part 1 of 3) Pastor Jason will discuss some personal and social causes to this epidemic. 

"What in the World"

The question was asked "How come people say that "nature" or the "earth" has been good to me?" This podcast confronts multiple theories in opposition to Christianity. Pastor Jason gives an overview of multiple theories that contradict the bible.

Addictions

Addictions effect everyone, and the bible has the answer. In this podcast you will hear the bible model and recovery steps to help overcome addictive behavior. 

Thinking

The ability to think and reason was God's gift to us, and separates from all other living things. In this podcast you will hear the biblical view of thinking.