Pick Up the Mike

Join Lead Pastor Mike Greiner and Executive Pastor Will Land for the Pick Up the Mike Podcast, straight from Harvest Church!

Pick Up the Mike is a religion podcast hosted by Harvest Church, with 126 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Harvest Church hosts Pick Up the Mike, a religion show with 126 episodes published.

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  Episode #121

  Swing Your Sword: A Missionary's Story Living among an Unreached People Group - Episode 121

  Aug 19, 20262h 9m

  Jay Decker grew up as a missionary kid but dreamed of nothing more than a house with a white picket fence back in America. Then his best friend died in front of him at 16, and everything changed. Hear how Jay wanted nothing to do with missions ended up inventing a business cover to reach a people group with no written language, no Bible, and no church - and the photo that arrived years later that changed how he saw his own story. The Weight of Glory by C.S Lewis The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S Lewis ---------------------------------------------------------- Want your question featured on a future episode? Leave a comment or submit it here Check out Harvest's other podcast, @tinatalkspodcast ---------------------------------------------------------- Video Chapters: 0:00 Intro 8:00 Growing up as a missionary kid in Bolivia 14:17 The friend's sudden death that changed his life 24:08 College, choosing a strategic degree, meeting his wife 29:04 What missionary training actually involves 43:03 Choosing a people group in Central Asia 58:03 The humbling reality of raising financial support 1:19:46 Moving to the unreached people group & early hardship 1:35:38 The breakthrough: chronological Bible storytelling and first converts

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  Episode #120

  Romans 6, Kenya & the WNBA - Episode 120

  Aug 12, 20261h 44m

  In this week's episode, Mike and Will dig into Romans 6, wrestling with the question every Christian eventually faces: if grace covers all sin, why not just keep sinning? They break down what it means to be dead to the law but alive in Christ, and preview the "two natures" debate coming in Romans 7. Mike also recaps his mission trip to Kenya, before closing out with a hot take on the Sophie Cunningham/WNBA controversy over trans athletes in women's sports. Episode with Mandy ---------------------------------------------------------- Want your question featured on a future episode? Leave a comment or submit it here Check out Harvest's other podcast, @tinatalkspodcast ----------------------------------------------------------

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  Episode #119

  Who is Josh Oliver? - Episode 119

  Aug 5, 20261h 35m

  With Mike still out of the country, Will invited Josh Oliver on the podcast to share his story. Josh grew up in Ford City, raised by a single dad after his parents' divorced early on. He shares how he made a childhood profession of faith at a VBS Harvest, spent his teen years chasing hockey and parties instead of God, drifted through a rough freshman year college, and found his way back to Christ through the faithfulness of God and other fellow believers in the church. Along the way he met and married his wife Taylor, welcomed their first child into the world, and now he's stepping into a new role leading the Crave youth ministry this fall. Nate's Testimony Episode Will's Testimony Episode Pina's Testimony Episode ---------------------------------------------------------- Want your question featured on a future episode? Leave a comment or submit it here Check out Harvest's other podcast, @ tinatalkspodcast ---------------------------------------------------------- Video Chapters: 0:00 Intro 7:58 Josh's Early Years 28:33 Teen years drifting from faith 32:39 College struggles and academic probation 43:23 The turning point: renewing his mind 1:02:14 Meeting and pursuing his wife Taylor 1:14:35 Serving in kids ministry & stepping into Crave leadership

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  Episode #118

  Meet Redemption's Pastor Fred Neal! - Episode 118

  Jul 29, 20261h 56m

  Fred Neal grew up three feet from Kittanning High School, sleeping to bass-thumping cars and sitting in the back row where "God can't find me back here." Hear how a friend's drug-fueled seizure sent him crying out to God with a kids' Bible in hand — and how that one Sunday led to 16 years on staff at Harvest, alongside his own father. A candid, often funny conversation about trading an engineer's plan for the pulpit and finally stepping out to plant Redemption Church. Bert Jones Podcast - ---------------------------------------------------------- Want your question featured on a future episode? Leave a comment or submit it here Check out Harvest's other podcast, @tinatalkspodcast ---------------------------------------------------------- Video Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:40 Family background & becoming "Fred III" 4:36 Growing up in Kittanning in the '90s 9:06 Church as a kid & drifting away as a teen 19:36 The turning point: getting saved at 16 28:03 Choosing Bible college over engineering 46:00 Coming to Harvest as youth pastor 1:14:01 Reagan's diagnosis & wrestling with suffering 1:25:09 Feeling the call to plant Redemption Church

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  Episode #117

  Bad Theology, Great Country: A Tour of Church Chaos & American Pride - Episode 117

  Jul 22, 20262h 12m

  Mike and Mandy dig into some of the worst preaching trends online right now — from Willow Creek's legacy to a lesbian bishop, a "God is a black woman" panel, and a Lutheran sermon that accuses Jesus of losing his temper. Then a turn toward hope: Conor McGregor's faith, an AI-made short film reviving old-school femininity, and a British history lesson on who actually ended slavery. Finally, a French tourist explains why America's real secret weapon is air conditioning — and a song about the state of the country moves Mandy to tears. ---------------------------------------------------------- Want your question featured on a future episode? Leave a comment or submit it here Check out Harvest's other podcast, @tinatalkspodcast ---------------------------------------------------------- Video Chapters: 0:00 Intro 7:55 Reacting to "God is a Black Woman" Video 12:48 "A Church for All" Diversity Book 16:06 Pastor Albert Tate on Guns & Abortion 18:05 Lutheran Preachers on the Canaanite Woman 30:53 Anglican Church Drag Queen Protest 43:36 James Talarico & Religious Pluralism 53:57 Matt Walsh, Catholics & Culture War Discussion 1:10:18 Pushback: Conor McGregor & Mary Sue AI Videos 1:22:44 Al Mohler on America as a Christian Nation 1:26:48 Slavery History AI Video ("Proud of Us") 1:35:44 World Cup Reactions: Foreigners Praising America 1:46:24 "Sweet Land" AI Song 1:58:20 Spencer Pratt's July 4th Speech 2:06:23 Ending with the French

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