Hold the Pattern

Dr. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD
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Can you trust the Church to give you the truth? Hold the Pattern is where the hard questions of faith get honest, credible answers. Each week, Dr. Jack Graham, a pastor of fifty years, and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD, a working scholar, sit down with the scholars, pastors, athletes, and cultural voices shaping the moment and dig into what Scripture says. Apologetics, culture, the local church, and what is true anymore: nothing is off the table, and no answer is left vague. This is biblical truth you can hold onto and pass on, carried by two generations who refuse to water it down. The name is our charge, from Paul to Timothy: hold on to the pattern of sound teaching (2 Timothy 1:13). If you believe but hunger for depth, and are tired of not knowing whom to trust, this is your show. New conversations every Monday. Hold the Pattern.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago ·  Video

    Born on the Fifth of July | Tim Lee

    Evangelist Tim Lee lost both legs to a landmine in Vietnam in 1971 and spent eight months on a Philadelphia hospital ward surrounded by bitter men. He chose differently, out loud, and has spent fifty-five years preaching about it. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston take him through the mine, the ward, the pay phone, Romans 8:28, and the loss of his granddaughter. Airs Marine Corps Birthday week. Books Born on the Fifth of July: Recreated in Vietnam by Tim Lee with Bob Hamer, foreword by Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, USMC (Ret.). Lee's account of Vietnam, the hospital, and the ministry that followed. Available at shop.timlee.org.Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic. The Vietnam Marine memoir Lee's title deliberately answers. Adapted into the 1989 film starring Tom Cruise as Kovic.The Last Undercover by Bob Hamer. Lee's co-author's own account of his FBI career. People referenced Corporal Lee Gore, Lee's closest friend in Vietnam, who held his head and prayed out loud at the minefield.Dr. Robert Bailey, the Navy doctor who performed Lee's first surgery on the hospital ship and then, months later, arrived at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital in time to cancel the scheduled hip disarticulation. The two were later reunited publicly in Garland, Texas.Lt. Col. Oliver North, USMC (Ret.), who wrote the foreword to Lee's book.Bob Hamer, Marine officer, Marine Corps lawyer, and FBI agent, who co-wrote the book.Dr. Jerry Falwell Sr., quoted by Graham on preachers, revival, and the Liberty Flames.Organizations Tim Lee Ministries, Garland, Texas:Liberty University, where Lee chairs the Board of Trustees. Note for the CMS: the enrolment figures, the chaplain share, the world's-largest-seminary claim and the world's-largest-Christian-university claim are all stated on air and none is independently sourced. Attribute them to the speaker rather than asserting them on the page until they clear.Prestonwood Baptist Church, where Tim and Connie Lee are membersPrestonwood Veterans Organization, referenced by Johnston in the closeScripture Romans 8:281 John 5:13Luke 5, the man carried to Jesus by his friends1 Peter 4:12Proverbs 29:18Tim Lee Linkshttps://x.com/MarineTimLeehttps://timlee.org/https://shop.timlee.org/products/born-on-the-fifth-of-july-second-edition-copy ★ Support this podcast ★

    Born on the Fifth of July | Tim Lee

  2. Nov 2 ·  Video

    A 9/11 Survivor Says Apathy, Not Terrorism, Is the Real Threat to the Church | Darin Kinder

    25 years after 9/11, former Secret Service agent Darin Kinder tells the full story behind "Bury Me in a Dirty Suit": a burning stairwell, a fire truck he almost hid under, an angel a dying friend says he saw, and the anger it took him two decades to name. Plus: is apathy, not terrorism, the real threat to the Western church? Resources Mentioned Books: "Bury Me in a Dirty Suit: Discovering Man's Valiant Purpose in the Aftermath of 9/11" by Darin Kinder (Streamline Books, 2025), the book this episode is built around.People Referenced: Tim Keller, cited for the line "anger breeds bitterness but righteous anger breeds action."Bill, a friend from Kinder's church life group, since deceased (ALS), whose account of seeing two angels beside Kinder anchors one of the episode's central stories.Websites & Links: darinkinder.comfierce-faith.com ★ Support this podcast ★

    A 9/11 Survivor Says Apathy, Not Terrorism, Is the Real Threat to the Church | Darin Kinder

  3. Oct 26 ·  Video

    Your Life's Not Gonna Be About Baseball | Darryl Strawberry

    Four-time World Series champion Darryl Strawberry, author of Another Life, sits down with Dr. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston forty years after his Game 7 home run. He talks about Gary Carter's faith in the 1986 Mets clubhouse, his mother's prayers, coming to Christ in 1991 with no one to disciple him, a heart attack, preaching in prisons and on death row, and a word for parents of prodigals. The Disputable Matter: should Christians bet on sports? Scripture referenced 2 Timothy 1:13; Luke 15:11-32 (the prodigal son); Matthew 20:16; John 15:5 (the vine); Philippians 1:21; Romans 11:29; Acts 7:58 to 8:3 (Saul at Stephen's stoning); Hebrews 9:27; Matthew 25:21; Matthew 7:23; Ephesians 4:27; Matthew 7:12 (the golden rule); Romans 14:1. Resources mentioned Another Life: Discovering the Healing Power of Purpose on My Long Journey from Player to Preacher by Darryl StrawberryStrawberry Ministries: strawberryministries.orgThe books of Billy GrahamDr. Adrian Rogers, quoted by Dr. Graham ★ Support this podcast ★

    Your Life's Not Gonna Be About Baseball | Darryl Strawberry

  4. Oct 19 ·  Video

    Freedom Is Not a Formula | Allen Parr

    Allen Parr built a ten-year YouTube ministry teaching Christians to spot false doctrine by knowing the real thing cold, the way a teller spots a counterfeit bill by studying genuine currency. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD run that method against tongues-as-salvation, the prosperity gospel, and Christian manifestation, then turn personal: Parr was single until 40 because of a "soul chain" he did not know he was carrying, and Graham answers the hardest question in the room, why some of the godliest people die young, with his own father's murder at 56. Books: Breaking Through: How Ordinary Believers Experience Extraordinary Freedom, Allen Parr, Nelson Books, 2026Misled: 7 Lies That Distort the Gospel and How to Discern the Truth, Allen ParrPeople referenced: Jennifer Parr, Allen Parr's wife, married in 2015Joshua Broome, friend of Parr's, former pornography-industry performer turned minister; met his wife Hope, they attend Hope Church and lead Hope MinistriesCharlie Kirk, the late Turning Point USA founder, discussed at lengthKathryn Krick, self-styled "Apostle Kathryn Krick," named by Parr as an example of prosperity-gospel and false-prophecy teachingWebsites and links: allenparr.comyoutube.com/@thebeatagpBook - https://link.amazon/B0eS3KuVoTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@allenparrInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/allengparrFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/allengparrX - https://x.com/allengparrLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenparr ★ Support this podcast ★

    Freedom Is Not a Formula | Allen Parr

  5. Oct 19 ·  Video

    What Keeps God at Bay? | Tony Evans

    Tony Evans has been saying the same thing for fifty years: God limits his presence to the level of our unity. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD press him on what that costs, and Evans answers with the deacons who told him not to come back, the three-part strategy he hands to churches who mean it, and what he felt holding a Tyndale Bible in white gloves with a curator standing over him. Jack tells the Prestonwood story he has never recorded. Johnston tells the December 2000 story he has never told anywhere, and the man whose cassette tape is in it is sitting across the table. Resources mentioned Unbound, the documentary series in production from The Urban Alternative. Evans says on tape it has grown from one film to three, with additional streaming material, and has roughly a year of filming left. Locations named: England, Ireland, Switzerland, Athens, Ephesus, with Israel still to come.The Tony Evans Study Bible (Holman). Jack brings his copy to the table.Peace of God Bible: Discover and Experience God's Shalom Throughout the Bible, NKJV, Thomas Nelson, by Jeremiah Johnston, PhD.Kingdom Politics: Returning God to Government, Tony Evans, Moody Publishers.Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, ocbfchurch.orgThe Urban Alternative, tonyevans.org2 Timothy 1:13, the show's name and the charge behind it.2 Timothy 2:9, "the word of God is not bound," which is where Unbound gets its title.Psalm 128, Evans's one-passage answer.John 17, Acts 5:32, Acts 28:30-31, Matthew 16, Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 3:10, 1 Peter 3:7, Mark 5, Hebrews 12:2. William Tyndale, and papyrus 64 at Magdalen College, Oxford.Links https://tonyevans.org/https://www.instagram.com/drtonyevans/https://www.youtube.com/user/drtonyevanshttps://www.facebook.com/drtonyevanshttps://x.com/drtonyevans ★ Support this podcast ★

    What Keeps God at Bay? | Tony Evans

  6. Oct 19 ·  Video

    Three Home Runs and a Dropped Elbow | Jim Sundberg

    Rangers Hall of Fame catcher Jim Sundberg won six Gold Gloves and a World Series. His father's coaching never let up, so he swore he would never do the same to his own son, and then learned what the opposite cost. Dr. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston talk with him about sports parenting, faith on the road, the armor of God in catcher's gear, and whether your child should play select sports. Scripture referenced Ephesians 6:10-18 (the armor of God)Ephesians 6:16, (fiery darts)Galatians 5:22-23 (the fruit of the Spirit)2 Timothy 1:13-14Proverbs 22:6 ("train up a child")Romans 14:1 (the source of The Disputable Matter's name)Resources mentioned How to Win at Sports Parenting, Jim and Janet SundbergEquipped to Win!: Suiting Up in the Armor of God for Spiritual Maturity, Jim Sundberg (2022)Legacy Playbook: 50 Days of Encouragement to Pass on What Matters Most, Jim Sundberg (2020)The Late Great Planet Earth, Hal Lindsey, the book he was reading in Toronto in 1977Seasons in Hell, Mike Shropshire, on the 1973 to 1975 RangersBible Study Fellowship (BSF)The Brief, the weekly briefing from Jeremiah Johnston, PhD and the Christian Thinkers SocietyPower Living, the weekly email from Dr. Jack Graham and PowerPoint MinistriesJim Sundberg links Website - https://jimsundberg.comBook - https://link.amazon/B05XiRF63X - https://x.com/backstop10Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JimSundbergSpeaks/ ★ Support this podcast ★

    Three Home Runs and a Dropped Elbow | Jim Sundberg

  7. Oct 19 ·  Video

    Nobody Had Ever Lost Control of a Spacecraft | Butch Wilmore

    Butch Wilmore was flying a Boeing Starliner 300 meters from the space station when the fourth of eight aft thrusters failed, and no crewed spacecraft in history had ever lost that much control. He tells Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD what went through his mind, which was not a prayer for rescue but a calculation: dock or we may not get home. Eight days became 284. What he built his answer on, then and since, is Philippians 4, a Saturday-morning simulator nobody made him book, and a conviction that the aurora is a visible picture of God's protection of this planet. Books: Stuck in Space: An Astronaut's Hope Through the Unexpected, Butch Wilmore, The Heirloom Press, 2026Life's Emergency Procedures: A Pocket Checklist for Life, with Craig "Z" ZiembaA devotional on the heavens, in manuscript. Wilmore says he used Psalm 8:3-4 in it two days before this recording.Scripture cited on air: 2 Timothy 1:13, the show's nameJohn 3:27, Wilmore's stated favoritePsalm 8:3-4, read aloud from Johnston's BiblePsalm 19:1, Romans 1, Genesis 1:1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 12 Corinthians 11 and Philippians 4, on contentmentIsaiah 45:18, 2 Peter 3Romans 14:1, the Disputable Matter framePeople and places referenced: Suni Williams, his Starliner crewmate, also a Navy test pilotProvidence Baptist Church, Pasadena, Texas, where he has been an elder 15 yearsDeanna Wilmore, his wifeJames Van Allen and Explorer 1Stan Barrett, stunt driver, a Graham acquaintanceGeorge Beverly Shea, "The Wonder of It All"Links: butchwilmore.comx.com/butch_wilmoreinstagram.com/astro_butch ★ Support this podcast ★

    Nobody Had Ever Lost Control of a Spacecraft | Butch Wilmore

  8. Oct 16 ·  Video

    Introducing Hold the Pattern

    Introducing Hold the Pattern, a new weekly podcast from PowerPoint Ministries. Starting Monday, October 19, Dr. Jack Graham and Dr. Jeremiah Johnston sit down with a different guest each week — astronauts, archaeologists, theologians, athletes, pastors — for honest conversations on faith, culture, and clear thinking. Faith, thinking, and the patterns that hold us together. Trailer is live at holdthepattern.org. ★ Support this podcast ★

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Can you trust the Church to give you the truth? Hold the Pattern is where the hard questions of faith get honest, credible answers. Each week, Dr. Jack Graham, a pastor of fifty years, and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD, a working scholar, sit down with the scholars, pastors, athletes, and cultural voices shaping the moment and dig into what Scripture says. Apologetics, culture, the local church, and what is true anymore: nothing is off the table, and no answer is left vague. This is biblical truth you can hold onto and pass on, carried by two generations who refuse to water it down. The name is our charge, from Paul to Timothy: hold on to the pattern of sound teaching (2 Timothy 1:13). If you believe but hunger for depth, and are tired of not knowing whom to trust, this is your show. New conversations every Monday. Hold the Pattern.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 PowerPoint Ministries
  • Show Website
    Hold the Pattern

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