The Central Seminary Podcast

About The Central Seminary Podcast

The Central Seminary Podcast is a ministry of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Plymouth, Minnesota. This podcast will discuss biblical and theological issues relating to life and ministry as we interview the professors of Central Seminary as well as various alumni, pastors, and authors.

Publisher

The Central Seminary Podcast

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Mar 2022

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

91 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Ep. 86 - The Pastor and His Books: Building a Reading Life with Dr. Kevin Bauder

   In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Kevin Bauder to talk about the place of books in a pastor's life. Dr. Bauder shares how he fell in love with reading and why he has kept a reading log since seminary. He also explains the category rotation that kept him reading a book a week as a pastor, and how he has moved from a print library to Kindle and Logos. Along the way, we discuss how he uses commentaries and systematic theologies in sermon preparation, the books that shaped modern conservative thought, and practical encouragement for pastors and Sunday school teachers who want to grow as readers.

2. 

   28 Aug 2026

   Ep. 85 - Cultivating Friendship, Part 2: The Seeds of Biblical Friendship with Jon Pratt & Greg Deckert

   In this episode, we sit down again with Dr. Jon Pratt and Greg Deckert, who spent most of their adult years in different churches: Jon on staff at Eden Baptist in Burnsville for seventeen years, and Greg at Fourth Baptist, building friendships from scratch in each church. Jon and Greg discuss how friendships are actually built within a local church. We cover the difference between joining a small group and making a friend, why pastors need friends in their own congregations, and what to do if you are new somewhere and feel like you do not know anyone.

3. 

   13 Aug 2026

   Ep. 84 - Cultivating Friendship, Part 1: The Fruit of Biblical Friendship with Jon Pratt & Greg Deckert

   In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Jon Pratt and Greg Deckert, friends for over 50 years, as they take us back to Owatonna, Minnesota, where two faculty families arrived at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, and their sons met at Vacation Bible School. Jon and Greg share the fruit of a friendship that ran through the same schools from grade school through Pillsbury, and into an apartment they shared during Jon's first year of seminary and Greg's first year of law school. We talk about accountability that was never scheduled and how the friendship held together through a move to Dallas in the years before email. Books mentioned in this episode: A Light on the Hill by Caleb Morell (Crossway, 2025) The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur C. Brooks (Penguin, 2026) The Desecration of Man by Carl R. Trueman (Sentinel, 2026) Not Old, Not Young, Not Done by Christopher Ash (The Good Book Company, 2025)

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

18 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

61

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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