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Welcome to Everyday Reformation, where we apply the rich truths of God’s Word to everyday life. We believe Christ is Lord over all—family, church, and the public square. Join us as we explore how biblical theology shapes everyday life for God’s glory.

  1. 19h ago

    Tyrannical Men Crush. Passive Men Abandon. | Sins of Men

    A tyrannical man abuses responsibility. A passive man abandons it. Both failures leave a household carrying the consequences. In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins confront several sins to which men are especially vulnerable: tyranny, passivity, blame-shifting, and the failure to govern their own appetites. Beginning with Adam’s failure in Genesis, they examine the difference between firm biblical leadership and harsh domination, why passivity is often mistaken for gentleness, and how a man can accept responsibility without assuming personal guilt for every sin committed under his care. The conversation also turns inward. A man cannot credibly call his household to order while refusing to govern himself. Sexual immorality, pornography, anger, selfish ambition, food, drink, sports, hunting, and recreation can all become masters of the man who was called to live under the lordship of Christ. The Christian alternative is neither domination nor retreat. It is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility. If you recognize tyranny, passivity, or undisciplined appetite in yourself, begin with one thing: confess it, repent before those affected, establish accountability, and resume the duty God has placed before you. The question is not whether your household feels your weight. It will. The question is whether it feels the weight of sacrificial responsibility under Christ. Build men. Order homes. Honor Christ.

  2. Sep 29

    The Psalms Modern Christians Don’t Want to Sing

    Can Christians love their enemies and still sing, “O LORD, God of vengeance, shine forth”? The imprecatory Psalms contain some of the strongest language in Scripture—prayers for God to judge evil, defeat wickedness, protect His people, and vindicate His name. Yet many Christians are uncomfortable singing them at all. In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter is joined by Pastor Brandon Scroggins and RBC music leader Matt Shaeffer to ask why God placed these words in the hymnbook of His people—and what they teach Christians about righteous anger, justice, mercy, personal vengeance, and the character of God. We also respond to a question raised after our previous worship episode: when Psalm 98 says to “sing a new song,” does that mean the church should move beyond singing the Psalms? We are not arguing for exclusive Psalmody. We are asking why the inspired Psalter has become almost completely absent from many churches. Can we pray for God to save His enemies and judge them? Who actually qualifies as an enemy in the imprecatory Psalms? What do we do with the difficult language of Psalm 137? And how can these Psalms teach Christians to hate evil without becoming consumed by hatred themselves? Beginning in October, Reformation Baptist Church will begin singing imprecatory Psalms together. This conversation explains why. The goal is not a more angry church, but a more biblical church—one that can love enemies without making peace with evil, seek justice without taking vengeance into its own hands, and trust Jesus Christ as both merciful Savior and righteous King. Build men. Order homes. Honor Christ. #ImprecatoryPsalms #Psalm94 #ChristianWorship #ReformedTheology #BiblicalWorship #EverydayReformation

  3. Sep 22

    If Men Are Coming Back, Is the Church Ready?

    Are young men returning to church—and are churches prepared to disciple them? Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins examine church attendance, biblical masculinity, and the responsibility to form men into faithful followers of Jesus Christ. Returning to their earlier episode, “Why Men Are Leaving the Church—and What Our Worship Is Teaching Them,” Nick and Brandon address listeners who reported men coming back. They discuss findings from Gallup, Barna, Pew Research Center, and PRRI, explaining why signs of religious interest do not establish a nationwide Christian revival. The central question is what happens after a man walks through the church doors. What distinguishes cultural reaction from repentance and faith? How should churches respond to men seeking meaning, reverence, doctrine, and responsibility? In this episode: • Revival versus reaction—and why lasting spiritual fruit matters • The appeal of masculinity movements and historic church traditions • Why Christian formation begins with Christ, conversion, and Scripture • Six marks of mature Christian men: submission to biblical authority, self-control, responsibility, sacrificial household leadership, commitment to the local church, and generational faithfulness • How preaching, worship, prayer, and the ordinary life of the church shape believers • Older men’s responsibility to mentor younger men through real relationships • Practical steps toward Scripture, Christian fellowship, and faithful service For younger men seeking direction and older men with wisdom to share, the charge is concrete: become known in a faithful local church, take responsibility, and help another man grow. Everyday Reformation is a Christian podcast bringing Reformed Baptist convictions to discipleship, fatherhood, worship, work, and everyday faithfulness. Subscribe or follow Everyday Reformation for more conversations rooted in Scripture and centered on Christ.

  4. Sep 15

    The Crusades: The 400 Years They Don’t Tell You About

    Were the Crusades really a sudden, unprovoked act of Christian aggression—or does that version of history begin the story centuries too late? In this follow-up to our 9/11 episode, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins go back before 1095 to examine the Christian world that existed before Islam and the centuries of conflict, conquest, and cultural change that preceded the First Crusade. Nicaea. Constantinople. Ephesus. Chalcedon. Antioch. Jerusalem. Alexandria. North Africa. These were not obscure territories on the edge of Christian history. They were some of the great centers of the early church—the places where Christians worshiped, theologians wrote, church councils met, and foundational doctrines concerning Jesus Christ were defended and articulated. Then the map changed. Following the rise of Islam in the seventh century, large portions of the historic Christian world came under Islamic political rule. By the time Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade in 1095, Christians and Muslims had already been encountering one another for more than four centuries. That history matters. In this episode, we examine what happened before the Crusades, why modern Christians often begin the story too late, and how to acknowledge the sins and atrocities committed by Crusaders without pretending the Crusades appeared from nowhere. We also ask a larger question: What happens when a civilization assumes its Christian inheritance will preserve itself? The ancient churches of the Middle East and North Africa remind us that possessing churches, creeds, theologians, and centuries of Christian history does not guarantee a Christian future. Faith must be believed, taught, practiced, defended, built upon, and faithfully handed to the next generation. This episode is not an exercise in medieval nostalgia. It is a conversation about history, Christian responsibility, cultural inheritance, and the duty of Christians today to preserve the good deposit entrusted to them.

  5. Sep 8

    25 Years After 9/11: Did We Ever Understand Islam?

    Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, an entire generation remembers exactly where they were when America changed. Another generation knows 9/11 only as history. But did we ever really understand what we were watching? In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins look beyond the memories of 9/11 to the deeper questions surrounding Islam, Sharia, public life, assimilation, Christian civilization, and the future of America. The conversation explores why Islam is once again part of the American political and cultural discussion, why there is no truly neutral public square, and what Christians should understand about the relationship between religious belief and social order. Nick and Brandon also examine the responsibility Christians bear for preserving and rebuilding a civilization shaped by biblical truth, faithful households, strong churches, Christian institutions, and public responsibility. The episode closes by looking back beyond 9/11 itself to the much older history between Christianity and Islam—and sets up the next episode on the Crusades and the centuries of history that came before 1095. This is not simply a retrospective on September 11. It is a conversation about why it still matters now.

  6. Sep 1

    Christian Freedom Has Two Ditches

    Christians often fall into one of two ditches. On one side is legalism—using the law, rules, or outward performance in ways God never intended. On the other side is licentiousness—turning Christian freedom into an excuse for self-indulgence and lawlessness. But Galatians presents another way: Christian liberty through a life led by the Holy Spirit. Pastor Brent Madding returns to Everyday Reformation to join Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins for a wide-ranging conversation about the book of Galatians, the proper purpose of God’s law, sanctification, Christian freedom, and what it actually means to walk by the Spirit. Along the way, they wrestle with important questions: What is legalism—and what is it not? What does licentiousness look like in the life of a Christian? Can the law produce holiness, or does the power for sanctification come through the Holy Spirit? What role should God’s law play in the believer’s life? How can Christians exercise freedom without being mastered by it? And how should husbands and fathers teach their families to live with biblical conviction without creating either Pharisees or rebels? The conversation eventually moves from theological categories into practical decision-making: Is this liberty spiritually helpful? Could it master me? Will it hinder my Christian race? Could it cause a weaker brother to stumble? Does it violate my conscience? The answer to legalism is not lawlessness. And the answer to lawlessness is not another pile of man-made rules. The Christian is called to know Christ, walk by the Spirit, live in love, and learn to use the freedom Christ has given responsibly. Guest: Pastor Brent Madding, pastor of Solid Rock Baptist Church in Kentucky and deputy sheriff. If this conversation is helpful, share it with another man who is seeking to lead his household faithfully under Christ. Everyday Reformation exists to take the many truths of God’s Word and apply them to all of God’s world—from the family and the church to the public square. Jesus Christ is Lord over all.

  7. Aug 25

    100 Episodes Later: 10 Convictions We Believe More Than Ever

    After 100 episodes, Nick Carter and Pastor Brandon Scroggins look back—not at favorite moments or milestones, but at the convictions that have become more deeply rooted through the life of Everyday Reformation. They walk through ten core beliefs that define the podcast: Christ’s lordship over all of life, the authority of Scripture, the necessity of the local church, the formative power of worship, the God-given order of the household, faithful masculinity, local responsibility, Christian construction, ordinary obedience, and generational faithfulness. Along the way, they discuss how theology moves from orthodoxy to orthopraxy, why Christians must resist compartmentalizing faith, why localism is ultimately about stewardship, why criticism must eventually give way to construction, and why extraordinary fruit is often the result of ordinary obedience compounded over decades. Episode 100 is not primarily about looking back. It is about asking what the next hundred episodes should build upon.

  8. Aug 18

    A Good Christian Father Isn’t Enough

    What does faithful Christian fatherhood actually look like in the ordinary grind of family life? In this episode of Everyday Reformation, Brandon Scroggins and Nick Carter sit down with Dylan Heartsill to hear the story of how God began reshaping his understanding of marriage, fatherhood, family worship, church life, and biblical responsibility. Dylan grew up in church, attended Christian school, knew the Bible, and by most outward standards was already a committed Christian husband and father. But as he began examining Scripture more carefully, reading men such as Voddie Baucham and Scott Brown, and learning from faithful men around him, he became convinced that there was a difference between simply being a good Christian man and deliberately taking responsibility for the spiritual culture of his household. That conviction led to repentance, practical changes in parenting, the establishment of regular family worship, a deeper investment in his wife and children, and eventually a move toward a church community where other families were pursuing many of the same convictions. This is not the story of a celebrity Christian or an extraordinary platform. It is the story of ordinary faithfulness: a husband learning to lead, a wife faithfully helping her husband, young children being trained in worship, and a household slowly being shaped by the Word of God. The conversation also explores the difficulty of family worship with young children, biblical discipline, homeschooling, the importance of older and more mature men, choosing a local church, and why consistent obedience often produces fruit that is difficult to see from day to day. Because as the father goes, so goes the family. As the family goes, so goes the church. And from faithful homes, the effects can reach far beyond the front porch. Everyday Reformation exists to apply the truths of God’s Word to all of God’s world—from the family and the church to the public square—under the lordship of Jesus Christ.

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