Podcasts by 100 Foot Jesus Podcast

The Last Episode of 100 Foot Jesus from 2022-03-28T18:29:06

Thank you for all the good times. This is our last one and here is why. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Here is the thing about being "good" (a sermon) from 2021-12-28T18:58:58

A sermon from Luke 17

Love Jesus and Do What You Want from 2021-12-20T14:14:34

A way to live your life that is….different --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: h...

Don’t skip December from 2021-12-14T19:26:27

Christmas is busy, it’s obligation after obligation, but what do we do to help that? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Preachers: how to be one and how to understand the one you have from 2021-12-06T14:08:20

I am on year 18 of ministry and I have learned a whole lot of what to do and what not to do. I’ve given hundreds of sermons and I’ve listen to hundreds and hundreds more there’s a few things I’ve l...

God doesn’t have a house. (And some reflection on “Let’s Go Brandon”) from 2021-11-28T20:29:11

Have you heard the phrase “Let’s go Brandon”? You can Google it, be careful though. Is it OK to say? Does it matter if we say it in a church service or at work? When is it OK to disagree with peopl...

Saying thank you when you don’t mean it from 2021-11-22T19:22:55

Thanksgiving is overrated…or is it? What is it for and what is it not for? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

When pastors say ridiculous, offensive, and unbiblical things. from 2021-11-15T19:18:33

Allen Clark is pastor who got semi famous this past year for saying some pretty incredibly outrageous things from the pulpit. Why did this happen how do we prevent it and what is our duty when prea...

Being obsessed with everyone else’s sins. from 2021-11-08T13:59:31

Sin, it’s the worst isn’t it? What do we do with our own and how do we channel that energy into helping other people --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support th...

But what if Marilyn Manson is a Christian? from 2021-11-01T19:42:58

God has a grace that makes no sense sometimes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Soldiers, Athletes and Farmers (a sermon) from 2021-10-25T15:07:05

A sermon from 2 Timothy 2:1-13

Being happy. from 2021-10-18T18:20:05

Life is not always awesome and sometimes, it hurts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

The Church Numbers Game from 2021-10-11T19:24:08

Church numbers. Offering, attendance, what do they mean? What do we do with them? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Your Sins Are Forgiven (a sermon) from 2021-10-04T14:12:45

Mark 2:1-12 is a scripture that isn't about what you think it's about

Politicians and Celebrity Pastors from 2021-09-27T18:27:57

What we won’t be about around here --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://an...

Hello friends and welcome back. from 2021-09-21T18:27:12

After over 9 months away, we are back. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https:...

Episode 67: Listen, I have done my research... from 2021-01-14T14:19:12

Capitol building, Trump, Biden, Jesus, Paul, Wonder Woman 84 and YOU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Episode 66: My theme of 2021 is pain. from 2020-12-29T14:02:18

Suffering is guaranteed for both the Christian and the non-Christian. It can’t be avoided, but, what do we do with it? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support t...

Episode 65: A sermon on being created. from 2020-12-28T15:34

A recent sermon on being Created.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://an...

Episode 64: The Christmas Reason from 2020-12-23T13:58

What is Christmas? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-haf...

Episode 63: The best news we have is God hates sinners from 2020-12-18T20:30:11

What is the gospel? Why is sin so key to it? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: ...

Episode 62: When celebrity pastors fail. from 2020-12-11T16:58:47

So many celebrity mega church church leaders have been in the news for all the wrong reasons the past few years. It hurts to see, but why does it happen? What can we learn? --- Send in a voice m...

Episode 61: How my dog’s favorite bone killed my “WOKENESS” from 2020-12-04T15:35:02

I am not very woke. It isn’t that I don’t want to be, it’s that the Bible doesn’t lead me to be. But, why? And what leads me there? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/mess...

Episode 60:  A Christian's Guide to Fear, Constant Anxiety and Depression from 2020-11-27T15:48:10

Do you feel anxious? Do you hate talking about it? Are you saved and yet still, lost?  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Episode 59: Nobody is a Nobody. from 2020-11-19T15:07:18

We all have value. No matter how depressed, anxious, failing or lonely you feel. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Episode 58: Just being loved (with a special guest co-host) from 2020-11-12T16:13:16

I have been through a lot of changes in my theology over the years one of these things is my views on Calvinism, and the whole concept of “Am good or not?”This brings me to today’s topic of are we ...

Episode 57: a time capsule into election day from 2020-11-04T14:18:12

I woke up at 1:30 AM the night of the election in 2020 not being able to sleep and completely grieved over so many things as a follower of Jesus in America. I am not saying you have to feel the way...

Episode 56: what if you aren’t made for these times? from 2020-10-28T13:14:32

Do you long for a time that’s not this one? Maybe a time that was simple and there was less hates and there was less divide? The bad news for you is that time never did exist we have always been di...

Episode 55: Moving on and growing up from 2020-10-22T13:35:54

Many of us grow up in the church and we know that God loves us that we’re not supposed to judge and we have this basic understanding of the Bible is probably true, and that’s good isn’t it? Maybe j...

Episode 54: The goal was never the American dream from 2020-10-15T14:23:21

We all have dreams we all have ideas of what the world would look like if we accomplished those dreams. But is that what we need is getting more money, more fame, being better looking the ultimate ...

Episode 53: Cussing in front of your pastor from 2020-10-08T14:35:43

I have these conversations with people I just met all the time and man its fun, up until they find out I am a pastor and then...it gets weird.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mat...

Episode 52: Why the presidential debate is who we are from 2020-10-01T13:52:55

Two old rich white men verbally assaulted each other and embarrassed a nation on a Tuesday night in September 2020.  What is more surprising, that it happened or that we were surprised that it happ...

Episode 51: A Prize Fight In The Desert and what it says about us from 2020-09-24T13:44:48

Read Matthew 4, its not just a fun Halloween story to tell your buddies, it is a real historical event and its happening to use every single day.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/...

Episode 50: Taking Sides (the time I preached on homosexuality and got everyone angry) from 2020-09-16T13:56:16

Politics, religion, sports, movies. We take sides and destroy the opposition. Why? And even better, how do we stop? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this...

Episode 49: The Most Dangerous Thing A Christian Can Do from 2020-09-10T14:29:50

There is one thing a believer can do that is like playing with a lit stick of dynamite. This right here is it.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this pod...

Episode 48: Dads, Let's Talk Mental Health and Self-Care from 2020-09-03T13:35:31

Men hate to talk about their weakness, which is in fact a HUGE weakness. Guys, lets chat about how to take care of us.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support ...

Episode 47: America's Number 1 "god" from 2020-08-26T13:37:37

We all have idols we worship and this one is our biggest. 

(at least that's my OPINION.)

Episode 46: The "Woke" Christian movement. from 2020-08-19T15:35:01

Church at the moment has a big old divide politically and socially.  Is that bad? What is "woke"? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Episode 45: This STUPID Clipboard. (Why carrying burdens is the hardest and best thing about the Christian life) from 2020-08-12T17:15:14

I have this clipboard and COVID time ruined. It hurts. I have people in my life I love that are hurting. It hurts. Life can be one big OUCH.  So what do we do? --- Send in a voice message: https...

Episode 44: Why we love heroes (the night my son sort of met a Pro Wrestler) from 2020-08-06T20:49:35

Romantic comedies where the geek gets the girl. Iron Man kills Thanos. Ronald Reagan strikes down the commies. We love heroes, but why? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/...

Episode 43: Take The Stairs from 2020-07-30T15:35:38

Politics are Satanic and divide, we in the church need to get to know people and meet them where they are. Experience stuff.  Discuss stuff.  Love people.  --- Send in a voice message: https://a...

Episode 42: How not working for a church showed me I love the church from 2020-07-21T14:48:27

I once quit full-time ministry and got a regular job. I got to choose what church to attend and volunteer for what I wanted to volunteer for, it was healing and it was awesome. And, It taught me to...

Episode 41: How the public school system, media and culture teach us that people are not people. from 2020-07-15T14:56:31

Racism. Politics. The "haves" and the "have-nots"  Are we just animals getting what we get with an ever changing system of morals or is there something much, much more? --- Send in a voice messa...

Episode 40: A Tale of Two Goats from 2020-07-09T17:18:16

The Gospel, what is it? What does the Old Testament tell us? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Episode 39: How I got into church planting for all the wrong reasons from 2020-07-02T15:54

This is the hardest thing I have ever recorded or said publicly.  It is not flattering for me as a leader, a Christian, a dad or a husband. I pray it is a big help to others whether you are plantin...

Episode 38: A sermon on repentance. from 2020-06-26T12:18:22

I am not sure there is a more controversial word in the english language than "REPENT". It gives us an uneasy feeling.  Is it a bad thing though? Is it a burden or is it a gift? --- Send in a vo...

Episode 37: A sermon on suffering. from 2020-06-18T16:05:12

Monday we posted a bonus episode that contained a sermon and it blew up pretty big, at least to our show's standards and seeing this decided to post a sermon that deals with suffering which could n...

Bonus Episode: A sermon on racism from 2020-06-15T15:19:23

A couple weeks ago I spoke on racism at our church and someone said "hey, you should put that up on the podcast" 

so, I said "okie dokie"

Here it is. 

Episode 36: My busted up Buick reminds me a lot of my sin. from 2020-06-11T15:25:46

Crappy cars and Psalm 139 have a whole lot to teach us. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Episode 35: Black Lives Do Matter from 2020-06-04T17:09:17

I apologize before you listen to this episode. I am sure I will offend many and confuse most. This episode has no real show notes, its just my story and my experiences. I am sorry for all involved,...

Episode 34: So what is false teaching? from 2020-05-28T14:34:31

False teachers, are you one? Am I one? What do we do about it? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Episode 33: Why Michael Jordan is "MY" GOAT from 2020-05-21T15:23:22

This one is for the families and the sports fans --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Episode 32: What the Coronavirus took from us from 2020-05-14T15:16:25

This pandemic has taken away a lot, here are some things that we may not realize.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: Listen

Episode 31: The Starving Baker: Why So Many Pastors Struggle With Depression, Anxiety and Knowing They Are Loved from 2020-05-07T16:51:02

Let's talk pastors and church hurt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message Support this podcast: https://an...

Episode 30: Why 100 Foot Jesus Part 2 from 2020-04-30T14:30:04

On this episode I introduce pretty much who I am and why we do this show. The state of things and why we market the way we do.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/message ...

Episode 29: Lies Christian Parents Tell Their Kids from 2020-04-24T14:57:58

On this episode I am joined by a couple of my kids and we discuss some lies Christian parents tell their own kids (even if they don't mean to) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt...

Episode 28: God's Will is....whatever. (With two of my kids as co-hosts) from 2020-04-16T16:43:05

My daughter Marley and son Finn hop on to join me on this special episode answering a listener question: "What is God's Will for my life?" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-haf...

Episode 27: A Father you can talk to (with my son as a co-host) from 2020-04-09T15:14:36

On this episode I am joined by my son, Finn and we read some Bible and talk about God being a dad you can talk to. Enjoy and give the boy a shout out. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor...

Episode 26: Does it matter if preaching is Biblical? from 2020-04-02T14:14:02

On what is probably our most requested topic on the podcast I go through biblical preaching vs good teaching, boring preaching vs verse by verse and yes, recommend and warn against some of the more...

Episode 25: The time I went to traffic court and met a man named Gregory from 2020-03-26T23:22:15

On this episode we talk about the time I went to traffic court and met a man named Gregory. He was unique and had a story to tell  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/messa...

Episode 24: Community, Mean Religious People and You. from 2020-03-19T14:16:55

On this episode we talk about being lost and what Jesus teaches about it. We talk about where people come in when it comes to helping us and hopefully support you guys through a difficult time.  -...

Episode 23: DARE didn't keep kids off drugs, your pastor taught things you didn't do, so what now? (plus a special annoucement) from 2020-03-12T12:01:38

DARE didn't keep kids off drugs. "Stranger danger" classes didn't keep kids safe. The bible teaching in your church didn't cause people to change their lifestyle, so what now? --- Send in a voic...

Episode 22: Why you are bored (where did the adventure go?) from 2020-03-03T13:49:31

Remember when you were a kid and you could play with toys for hours? Remember making a cardboard box into a spaceship or dollhouse? Then you got to school and got excited for new teachers, trips? T...

Episode 21: The time Ed Sheeran came to Portsmouth Ohio (and other stories that we MUST READ) from 2020-02-27T19:41:51

The truth matters, right? The things we say, the things we post, the people or candidates we support, it all matters. The thing is, if we claim to value the truth we need to back that up.  In our s...

Episode 20: Who Led you here? (reflecting on the death of one of my best friends from 2020-02-20T14:58:28

This week one of my best friends, Donald Craft passed away suddenly. It hurts, I love this guy. It made me reflect so much on how he helped lead me to where I am and makes me wonder, who led you? ...

Episode 19: Save your receipts from 2020-02-13T18:54:14

What is life about? When you take a step back and look at it, at the end of your life, what did you accomplish? What is important? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafer/messa...

Episode 18: Hey there, why are you hiding? from 2020-02-06T18:48:19

On this episode we talk about why we hide who we are. Is it not so draining to pretend? And with Jesus, did He hide? Some would say yes.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-hafe...

Episode 17: The story of my cancer scare in 2019. from 2020-01-30T20:08:21

In 2019 I have a health situation that controlled any environment I was in and went to the doctor and heard some pretty scary words. This is the short telling of that story.  --- Send in a voice...

Episode 16: Adulting from 2020-01-23T14:02:47

Advice for adulting.  ‪ 1. You get a job make yourself impossible to replace. ‪ 2. Stay in your lane. Do not have an opinion about everyone and everything.‬ ‪3. Consider others better than yourself...

Episode 15: When I feel far from God from 2020-01-16T21:05:08

On this episode we chat about the times we feel far from God. What do we do? We list 4 questions to ask yourself that might bring out the "why" and then what you do about it.  --- Send in a voic...

Episode 14: The point of Youth Ministry from 2020-01-09T20:58:49

On this episode we discuss what is the point of youth ministry. Is a babysitting for teens? Is it a chance for dorky dudes in jean shorts to feel important? Is it a reason to parent kids that aren'...

Episode 13: Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Donald Trump, Liberals, White Power and why none of us seem to be happy from 2019-12-30T12:23:34

On this episode I discuss our ever present issue with contentment and being satisfied. We hop on seem geek and political issues and land on the human condition. 

Episode 12: Kenny from 2019-12-23T14:30

This episode is a tribute to my grandfather, Kenny Rapp. 

Episode 11: My ministry mid-life crisis (what is a win in the church?) from 2019-12-16T13:00

On this episode I share about the little mid-life crisis I am going through and what God has been teaching me. What is an actual win in the American church? Lots of people? Lots of money? Baptisms?...

Episode 10: What do I say to my kids about Santa Claus? from 2019-12-09T15:10:19

On this Christmasy episode, I talk about what to say to your kids about Santa Claus. 4 practical questions to ask yourself before you create any worldview when it comes to the jolly old elf.&nbs...

Episode 9:The Hardest Thing About Youth Ministry (The Anxiety Episode) from 2019-12-02T14:49:50

On this episode we talk about anxiety and depression in our youth today and what in the world do we do about it. 

Episode 8: Is God mad at you? from 2019-11-25T14:31:28

On this episode I answer listener questions on if God is mad at you, talk about our fear of police dissect a bit of the God of the Old and New Testament

Episode 7: Rob Bell, Yahoo! Answers and the time I discovered I was an atheist pastor from 2019-11-18T14:10:41

In this episode I talk about my love for Rob Bell, my dealing with doubt and the lessons I learned from reading stuff from atheists all day long. 

Episode 6: Kanye, Bieber, Google Earth and Crooked Pastors (How we deal with sin) from 2019-11-11T13:47:43

On this episode we talk about the dreaded word in Christianity...SIN. We talk about how we talk about celebrities and the reason its okay to judge people. 

Episode 5: Why I Got Into Ministry For All The Wrong Reasons from 2019-11-04T12:48:53

On this episode we talk about why I got into full time ministry, my biggest warnings for anyone who is in or wants to be in ministry and ways you can encourage your pastor as well.  --- Send in...

Episode 4: The One About Having a Miscarriage (with a special guest co-host) from 2019-10-28T00:15:30

On this episode my my, Emily Hafer, joins the show and we tell a bit about our relationship and focus heavily on the time we lost our babies to miscarriage. If you have gone through this or know...

Episode 3: Why Bible College Is For Everyone (My Life is Full of Hypocrites) from 2019-10-21T13:18:23

On this episode we discuss my time in Bible college, the good, the bad, the, well, bad. We go over what the Christian life is actually like and why pretending is killing us. 

Episode 2: Watching Your Crush Dance from 2019-10-14T12:42:02

On this episode we talk about my salvation story. The idea that a pastor has sin struggles or maybe ever had sin that needed to be forgiven probably bothers some people but its a very real thing. I...

Episode 1: Why 100 Foot Jesus from 2019-10-08T19:41:39

In this episode we describe what the title 100 Foot Jesus means. What is Matt’s story of why he got into ministry and what this podcast will even be about. --- Send in a voice message: https://a...