The Potter's Clay Podcast

Listen to "Tough Text Phil 4:13" on Spreaker. Syler... and his addiction to premium Bibles... folks, this guy is over the top! Here's his new Bible. You can find this Bible here:  https://evangelicalbible.com/product/crossway-esv-heirloom-study-bible-goatskin-dark-blue-preorder/ In some regard, Philippians 4:13 isn't really that difficult or tough, but it gets abused over and over again. Context is key when you teach. Context is key whenever you teach the Scriptures. The bible isn't written to bring you the most joy, it is about God's faithfulness and His glory! Let's face it youth pastors/leaders/volunteers... we are often guilty of having a great idea THEN finding a verse or two to back up our point. That is a flawed view of study and teaching. We want more than a verse tattooed on the body or written on a poster. We want to walk our students through the text of Scripture. That way all the topics whether more flowery or less flowery. ...

Listen to "Summer Planning" on Spreaker. Just a note about the blog. It doesn't always keep up with the podcast... sometimes weeks get so crazy it is just hard to pull it all off. Keep checking and at some point it will get caught up. We promise. Summer is coming! What do you have in the books for Summer 2019? Camps? Trips? For us everything slows down a lot. It is our time to let the kids go and live out what we have  taught over the last winter and it is also a time to begin teaching prep for the next season. Matthew's crew did a soft start last August and started "for real" in September. That was a really bad idea. It was a communication nightmare and pushing a double kick-off was kinda weird. Don't do it, start ONCE! If you have a solid conference/denominational camp, do you use it? It can be a great resource for you. Take advantage of the "easy" things set up for you. While there, you can take the time to connect with othe...

Listen to "Spiritual Heros" on Spreaker. Who is a Sunday school teacher or church volunteer who had a massive impact in your life? It is good to have people to follow. People have an impact in your life, embrace it! Always test everything with the Scriptures, but follow and learn from someone. Syler and Matthew's number ONE! The Pastor at the small church where Syler got saved. He was a man committed to faithful ministry in a little Baptist Church in Delta, Utah. The man didn't have a massive church but loved his congregation and teaches them the Scriptures. Not only did he preach it, but he LIVED IT. Matthew learned a lot from his dad. His dad was always willing to share what he believed whether people cared or not. As a model his dad would consistently read the Bible early in the morning and led family devotions later at night. Though Matthew didn't interact in those moments they were noted and had an impact later on as maturity set in....

Listen to "Ministry Resolution" on Spreaker. Hey all, we are working to update the blog for all the podcasts that happened before we did the website. This may take us awhile! Sorry if it creates and inconvenience. Much Grace, Matthew and Syler

Listen to "Holiday Craziness" on Spreaker. Hey all, we are doing our best to back fill information to the podcasts that happened prior to the website. With busy lives, that takes awhile. We are sorry for the inconvenience.  Take the time to listen to the podcast then swing back later to see if we got it done! Much Grace, Matthew and Syler

Listen to "What are the holidays and should we celebrate them?" on Spreaker. Hey all, we are working to get the blogs updated for all the episodes that happened before we had this website. Currently, this one has not been caught up! Sorry! Please listen to the podcast and come back another time and we will have it done. Much Grace, Matthew and Syler

Listen to "Surviving the Holidays" on Spreaker. Hey all, we are working hard to update all these older podcast blogs. We haven't gotten to this one yet. Sorry! Please take time to listen to the podcast and check back for information mentioned in the show. Much Grace, Matthew and Syler

Listen to "Friends, are they important?" on Spreaker. Hey all, we are still trying to back fill some of these blogs as we did not start our podcast with a website! Sorry for the inconvenience but we have not gotten to this one yet. Please listen to our podcast and check back later to get links to things we referenced and other information. Much Grace, Matthew and Syler

Listen to "Gospel centered Teaching" on Spreaker. Hey all, we are trying to catch up on the older podcasts. As of now, we haven't gotten to this one. Please check it out and we will try to fill in resources with time. Much Grace,  Matthew and Syler