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Who Owns the Pastors' Sermons?

*Join us for Doreancon 2026! https://www.doreancon.org/* Sam Rainer — church leadership author and president of Church Answers — posted that pastors, not churches, should own the intellectual property of their sermons, and put the answer f...

R.C. Sproul Sermons Are Now Free. Why Not Everything Else?

*Join us for Doreancon 2026! https://www.doreancon.org/* Ligonier Ministries just made R.C. Sproul's teaching library free in their app. Conley and Andrew ask the simple questions: wh...

The Ads Barely Helped — But That's Not the Real Issue

*Join us for Doreancon 2026! https://www.doreancon.org/* Andrew and Conley respond to a short from Brady Shearer on whether churches should monetize their YouTube channels, where the advice was...

Should You Copyright Christian Teaching?

Can we truly say we are "freely giving" when our ministry materials come with a copyright page full of legal restrictions? Through a friendly role-play scenario, Andrew Case, acting as "Bill Mounce" from BiblicalTrainin...

Is the Holy Spirit for Sale? The "Expertise" Loophole

In this video, we explore the historical and biblical concept of simony, which is the act of purchasing or selling spiritual goods or gifts with money. Drawing from the command in Matthew 10:8 t...

Mike Winger Is Right & Wrong on This

This video is a response to some Mike Winger videos in which he tells his audience he isn't profiting from his series on corruption in the charismatic movement. Conley and Andrew discuss whether accepting money would compromis...

The Monster John Piper Doesn’t See in the Bible Publishing Industrial Complex

In a 2008 podcast, John Piper discusses whether it is appropriate to sell the Bible for profit and explains the role copyright can play in protect...

Post Debate Analysis and First Q&A - From the Conference on the Stewardship of Scripture

This was the post-debate analysis and first Q&A session at #doreancon 2025 on "The Stewardship of Scripture" at Silicon Vall...

Why most Bible apps have very few translations

SIGN THE STATEMENT: https://copy.church/statement Jon explains how Bible organizations make it difficult to gain access to Bible translations, resulting in very few apps including many translations. Especial...

Bible Translation: Who’s Holding It Back?

What if I told you that one of the largest, most well-known Bible translation organizations is actually hindering the Bible translation movement? Sound far-fetched? Let me tell you a story. For context, a lot of people...

Is it ok to BUY JESUS?

I want to share a story with you about an interaction I had with Crossway Books. *We love the people at Crossway and believe they are well-meaning in all they do. Let’s not confuse ministry with media. What does it say when a Christian publisher leverages...

What everyone's missing about the G3 Josh Buice scandal

More developments have occurred with G3 Ministries as the president of the org, Josh Buice, has resigned due to using anonymous accounts to slander various Christian leaders. Consequently, t...

The G3 Conference Scandal & What We Can Learn

What can we learn from the G3 Ministries debacle that briefly announced at special VIP pass to mingle with the speakers for $977? Although G3 later retracted it because of backlash, Conley points out the true b...

The First Hymn - Has it really been given to the church?

A newly revived ancient Christian hymn, brought to life by John Dickson’s The First Hymn project and reimagined by Chris Tomlin and Ben Fielding, has been presented as a "gift to the churc...

Does Canon Pay the Bills Biblically?

A common misconception regarding most Christian ministries is that, if you simply ask them for free access to some ministry content they produce, they’ll give it quickly and happily, especially to missionaries or the needy in ot...

"It seemed really twisted" - ads & ministry

Andrew reacts to Michelle Wilson talking about how she came to the conviction not to monetize her YouTube channel with ads. She turns to Scripture as her guide and comes to a conclusion that reflects the heart of C...

Is Bible Project's Funding Biblical?

Although we disagree with Bible Project on some key theological issues and their stance on intellectual property, we are encouraged by the example they have set in freely giving ministry through the biblical support model. God h...

Is It Ever OK to Peddle God's Word? Reacting to Mike Winger on 2 Corinthians 2:17

Mike Winger says that he would never peddle God's Word to enrich himself, but would he do it to pay the bills? Is it ok to sell Jesus as l...

Pay to talk to an AI version of your pastor!

Megachurch pastor launches paid AI chatbot of himself for 1-on-1 conversations and prayer. Conley reacts. Source: https://notthebee.com/article/south-carolina-megachurch-pastor-launches-an-ai-chatbot-of-himself-...

Truth for Sale - the sad irony about this book that no one noticed

In this video we discuss the irony of Megan Basham's new book "Shepherds for Sale" being sold for profit. While the book exposes the dangers of progressive agendas infi...

The Elephant in the Sanctuary - Exposing the Jesus Trade's Inconsistencies

Let's chat! Here's the video with the skit I'm talking about: https://youtu.be/XKf6-PZ6PB8 It’s super crucial for all believers to be as consistent a...