Carey Nieuwhof

When Control Goes Toxic: Lysa TerKeurst on Why You Keep Trying to Control the Narrative

2.4K views · 1d ago · 1:19:11

You keep rescuing people who never asked to be saved, and calling it ministry. Lysa TerKeurst joins me to unpack why control so often disguises itself as concern, why you should stop trying to control the narrative, and how to know when your desire to control has gone toxic.

7 Sermon Series on AI Your Church Needs

2K views · 2d ago · 11:28

Your people are being discipled by AI, and most churches aren’t saying a word about it. Practicing Christians trust AI more than non-practicing Christians and far more than pastors when it comes to mental health, meaning and purpose, and spiritual growth (Barna). The average person spends about 49 hours a week on screens and roughly 30 minutes listening to a sermon. If you aren’t preaching about AI, the algorithm is doing the discipling for you.

Why Most Leaders Fail (And How to Last in the Long Run) with Andy Stanley

11K views · 1w ago · 1:12:09

Guest: Andy Stanley

Andy Stanley offers some piercing insights on the dangerous side of leadership: how leaders get off course, what happens when you develop a court or entourage that adores you but won't tell you the truth, why resisting being 'special' is so important, and how to leverage the gift of leadership well so you last in the long run.

Philip Anthony Mitchell: Why I Almost Quit Ministry

8.4K views · 1w ago · 1:37:31

Guest: Philip Anthony Mitchell

Philip Anthony Mitchell has the number-one book in the world, but only a few years ago, he nearly quit and nearly ended his life. In a deeply candid interview, he opens up about jealousy, depression, preaching that lands, and leading when your church stalls or explodes. Then he answers his critics head-on.

The Real Reason Pastors Burn Out (It’s Not What You Think)

6.8K views · 2w ago · 1:15:35

Chuck DeGroat has spent years helping pastors after the crisis hits. In this conversation, he explains why shame does more damage than fear, what your nervous system is trying to tell you before you burn out or hit a crisis in ministry, and why spiritual disciplines alone won't save you. If you're a young leader or starting to the see the cracks in ministry, listen closely.

The New AI Discipleship Crisis

3.1K views · 2w ago · 6:45

We're facing a new AI discipleship crisis — and almost nobody is preparing for it. AI answers instantly. God, as you know, sometimes doesn't answer at all. That gap between instant AI answers and God's silence is becoming one of the biggest discipleship crises the church has ever faced.

📖 Mentioned book: AI and the Future Church

The Dark Side of Growing a Church: Why Critics Are Wrong

4.2K views · 3w ago · 1:12:34

Andrew Hopper saw his church plant grow to 1000 in two years, and almost nobody understood how hard that actually was. Especially when you planted at 28 years-old. In this conversation, he tackles church growth critics and he opens up about the tightrope of leading crazy growth in public.

What the Church Growth Movement Got Wrong (And Right)

5.1K views · 3w ago · 1:44:23

Jimmy Mellado unpacks what the church growth movement got right and wrong from the 90s through 2010s, why concentrated power without governance breaks leaders, the ingredients that go into moral failure, and what scale costs a pastor.

When You Want to Quit: Finding Hope in Your Hardest Season

7.3K views · 4w ago · 1:48:46

John Ortberg, Ann Voskamp, and Toni Nieuwhof get personal about the questions faith doesn't answer easily: what they'd believe if they weren't Christians, why suffering isolates us, wanting to quit, and what Dallas Willard told John about painful seasons.