Show overview
The Blue Banter has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 79 episodes. That works out to roughly 80 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 57 min and 1h 6m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is still active — the most recent episode landed 3 months ago, though releases have slowed compared with earlier in the run. The busiest year was 2023, with 36 episodes published. Published by Aaron Murray.
From the publisher
What is The Blue Banter? The Blue Banter is a podcast dreamed up by two friends and young pastors who have hearts not only for their local congregations but for the broader church and for other young pastors. In an effort to foster greater love and knowledge and to be not simply theological Presbyterians but practical Presbyterians we plan to conduct interviews with each and every current RP Pastor. Questions will range from the theological to the practical, from the serious to the humorous. Ever wonder what other pastors are preaching on? How do pastors prepare their sermons? What do pastors do during the week? What books would they recommend? How would they describe their congregation? What do they think the biggest threat facing the church today is? What kind of music do they listen to? These are the kinds of questions you will hear asked and answered on The Blue Banter from each and every pastor in the RPCNA. We hope you’ll join us in getting to know the pastors and the congregations in the RPCNA. If you have a question you’d like us to ask the pastor we have on the podcast, or you would like to suggest we have your pastor on the podcast, you can email us at [email protected]
Latest Episodes
View all 79 episodesEp 79Martin Montieth
Ep 78Don Prichard
Ep 77Ministry Year Three
Ep 76Stephen Mulder
Ep 75Jon Sturm
Ep 74Jonathan Kruis
Ep 73Blue Banter Miscellanies
1. What is the Summer schedule for pastors like? 2. Are anonymous social media accounts biblical, unbiblical, or somewhere in between? 3. What are the benefits and dangers of allegory? Is it ever appropriate to interpret Scripture allegorically? 4. Why is the apocrypha not Scripture?
Ep 72Robert Kelbe
Ep 71Blue Banter Miscellanies
1. Question about Systematic Theologies? 2. How do you prepare and lead a Bible study? 3. Best argument for infant baptism? 4. What class would you retake at RPTS if you could? 5. Theological mystery question(s)
Ep 70Matthew Everhard (Adjunct professor at RPTS)
Ep 69Jerry Foltz
Ep 68David Mikucki
David is a member of the Westminster R.P. church in Denver Colorado as well as the the co-founder of the online Bible study tool "Relight." https://relight.app Relight tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2N-vh1Bh0I
Ep 67Trace Turner
Ep 66Jeff Stivason
Book recommendations of grief: - "A Grief Observed" by C.S. Lewis - "Grieving, Hope, and Solace" by Al Martin - "Grieving" by James White
Ep 65Ministry: Year Two
Ep 64Vince Scavo
Ep 63Listener Questions: Blue Banter Miscellanies
1. Fun mystery question 2. Should pastors drive nice cars? How should Christians be thinking about savings, giving generously, retirement, treasure in heaven, etc? 3. Why do people need to be a part of a church? Is church membership important? 4. What is your favorite moment from church history? 5. Who is on your Mount Rushmore of preachers? 6. Theological mystery question
Ep 62Kit Swartz
Ep 61Frank Smith
Ep 60Listener Questions: Blue Banter Miscellanies
1. Fun mystery question 2. What is one thing you'd like to see "reformed" in the RPCNA (whether an official position held by the church or just something that is prevalent and unspoken)? 3. What is Sheol and what is Abraham's Bosom? Where do people go when they die? Does that differ from the OT to NT? 4. How do you respond to criticism as a pastor, specifically about your preaching (not constructive feedback). 5. How do you respond to someone who says that you have to take David's writings with a grain of salt. I've heard this come up a few times recently. Usually you hear the objections go something like, "David may have been called a man after God's own heart, but he also lived very inconsistently with scripture (murder, adultery, polygamy, etc..). He also writes passages that seem to contradict other portions of scripture (probably a reference to imprecatory psalms), and while he laments, his theology isn't always correct because it's an expression of his grief, etc... 6. Theological mystery question