Whole & Holy: The Bethel Seminary Podcast

All Christians agree that prayer is important. But often Christ-followers and churches settle for too little when it comes to prayer. Bethel Seminary dean Dr. Peter Vogt and Justin Jeppesen of Strategic Renewal discuss how prayer can revitalize a church and provide some ways to go about that.

 

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Strategic Renewal

Email for Justin (if interested in learning more):

justinj@strategicrenewal.com

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Interested in learning more about Bethel Seminary programs? We have 7 degree programs and 3 certificates. You belong at Bethel Seminary! Contact us at 651-635-8000 or seminary-admissions@bethel.edu.

This episode features Kaycee Stanley, CEO of the Reel Hope Project. This project seeks to connect kids in the foster care system with their forever families. Seminary dean Peter Vogt and Kaycee Stanley discuss how the church can support these kids and the importance of doing so.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Reel Hope Project

Empowered to Connect

Embrace Family

 

Check out Bethel Seminary's program Seminary for Everyone. Use the discount code SEM45 for $45 off any Seminary for Everyone course!

Interested in learning more about Bethel Seminary programs? We have 7 degree programs and 3 certificates. You belong at Bethel Seminary! Contact us at 651-635-8000 or seminary-admissions@bethel.edu.

Bethel Seminary alum Nick Hall joins Bethel Seminary dean Peter Vogt for a conversation about evangelism and how the church today needs to think about this important aspect of ministry.

Resources mentioned in today's episode:

Pulse

Make Jesus Known

Pulse 100

 

Check out Bethel Seminary's program Seminary for Everyone. Use the discount code SEM45 for $45 off any Seminary for Everyone course!

Interested in learning more about Bethel Seminary programs? We have 7 degree programs and 3 certificates. You belong at Bethel Seminary! Contact us at 651-635-8000 or seminary-admissions@bethel.edu.

Bethel Seminary Dean Dr. Peter Vogt has another conversation with Dr. Chris Watkin, the 2024-25 Bethel Seminary Karlson Scholar. This is a wide ranging discussion about engaging culture, projects Chris is working on and planning, and some reflections on his time as the Bethel Seminary Karlson Scholar.

 

Check out Bethel Seminary's program Seminary for Everyone. Use the discount code SEM45 for $45 off any Seminary for Everyone course!

Interested in learning more about Bethel Seminary programs? We have 7 degree programs and 3 certificates. You belong at Bethel Seminary! Contact us at 651-635-8000 or seminary-admissions@bethel.edu.

 

After an unexpected hiatus, the Whole & Holy podcast is back!

Bethel Seminary Dean Peter Vogt interviews the 2025-26 Bethel Seminary Karlson Scholar Dr. Chris Watkin. Chris is the author of Biblical Critical Theory, the 2024 Christianity Book Award winner.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Chris Watkin, Biblical Critical Theory

Augustine, City of God

John Stott and John Wyatt, Issues Facing Christians Today

Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, Nudge 

Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics

Tim Keller, Making Sense of God: Finding God in the Modern World

Dick Lucas

 

Check out Bethel Seminary's program Seminary for Everyone. Use the discount code SEM45 for $45 off any Seminary for Everyone course!

Interested in learning more about Bethel Seminary programs? We have 7 degree programs and 3 certificates. You belong at Bethel Seminary! Contact us at 651-635-8000 or seminary-admissions@bethel.edu.

 

Rev. Jeff Sanders, a pastor and licensed marriage and family therapist, talks to seminary dean Dr. Peter Vogt about resilience in ministry and how to cultivate the habits leading to it.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Burns, B., Chapman, T., and Guthrie, D. Resilient Ministry: What Pastors Told us about Surviving and Thriving (2013)

 

Oliver, G., and Olson, D. It's All About Relationships: Emotional & Relational Intelligence (ERQ), 2023

 

"Resilience and Perseverance for Human Flourishing" APA Psychological Trauma, Vol. 14, No. S1, April 2022 (Journal Special Issue)

 

"Developing Resilience in Response to Stress & Trauma" APA Psychological Services, Vol. 19, Supplemental 1, April 2022

 

 

Check out Bethel Seminary's program Seminary for Everyone. Use the discount code SEM45 for $45 off any Seminary for Everyone course!

 

Interested in learning more about Bethel Seminary programs? We have 7 degree programs and 3 certificates. You belong at Bethel Seminary! Contact us at 651-635-8000 or seminary-admissions@bethel.edu.

 

Bethel Seminary dean Dr. Peter Vogt has a second conversation with pastor/theologian Chris Ganski about what artificial intelligence might mean for the church. Part 1 is episode 27.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society

Andy Crouch, The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World.

Craig M. Gay, Modern Technology and the Human Future: A Christian Appraisal

 

Check out Bethel Seminary's program Seminary for Everyone. Use the discount code SEM45 for $45 off any Seminary for Everyone course!

Interested in learning more about Bethel Seminary programs? We have 7 degree programs and 3 certificates. You belong at Bethel Seminary! Contact us at 651-635-8000 or seminary-admissions@bethel.edu.

In this episode, Bethel Seminary Dean has a conversation with Pastor Francis Chan. Listeners submitted questions that Francis Chan addresses.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Send conference

Antioch Church, Waco TX

Crazy Love ministry

Check out Bethel Seminary's program Seminary for Everyone. Use the discount code SEM45 for $45 off any Seminary for Everyone course!

Interested in learning more about Bethel Seminary programs? We have 7 degree programs and 3 certificates. You belong at Bethel Seminary! Contact us at 651-635-8000 or seminary-admissions@bethel.edu.

 

Bethel Seminary dean Dr. Peter Vogt has a conversation with pastor/theologian Chris Ganski about what artificial intelligence might mean for the church. This is the first of two episodes focused on this topic.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

City Reformed Church

Center for Pastor Theologians

 

Check out Bethel Seminary's program Seminary for Everyone. Use the discount code SEM45 for $45 off any Seminary for Everyone course!

Interested in learning more about Bethel Seminary programs? We have 7 degree programs and 3 certificates. You belong at Bethel Seminary! Contact us at 651-635-8000 or seminary-admissions@bethel.edu.

In this episode, Seminary Dean Peter Vogt has a conversation with Heather Flies, Junior High Pastor at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, MN, and the Youth Ministry Advisor for Bethel Seminary's new Master of Arts in Children's, Youth, and Family Ministry program.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Heather Flies, I Want to Talk With My Teen About Girl Stuff

Heather Flies, That's What She Said / That's What He Said

Doug Fields, Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry: A personal and practical guide to starting right

Download Youth Ministry

Bethel Seminary's Children's, Youth, and Family Ministry program

 

Check out Bethel Seminary's program Seminary for Everyone. Use the discount code SEM45 for $45 off any Seminary for Everyone course!

Interested in learning more about Bethel Seminary programs? We have 7 degree programs and 3 certificates. You belong at Bethel Seminary! Contact us at 651-635-8000 or 

seminary-admissions@bethel.edu