The Mark Casto Program
by Mark Casto
The Lord’s Table And Radical Mercy | Cole Burks
About this podcast
What if the good news is actually better than you’ve been told?
The Mark Casto Program is a weekly podcast for people who want to take Scripture seriously without being driven by fear, legalism, outrage, or religious sensationalism.
Join author and teacher Mark Casto for thoughtful biblical teaching, honest conversations about American Christianity, and a fresh look at what the life, death, resurrection, and finished work of Jesus actually mean for the way we live today.
We’ll challenge fear-driven Bible prophecy, unhealthy fascination with the demonic, religious systems built on shame and performance, and interpretations of Scripture that seem to produce everything except good news.
But this isn’t a podcast about tearing Christianity down.
It’s about rediscovering what has been there all along.
Together, we’ll dig into Scripture, wrestle with difficult questions, rethink inherited assumptions, and rediscover the gospel of Jesus Christ—and who we have become because of it.
If you’ve ever thought, “Whatever happened to the good news?”—you’re in the right place.
Serious Scripture. Honest questions. Good news.
New episodes weekly.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 83 episodes
- The Lord’s Table And Radical Mercy | Cole Burks · 1 h 26 minSend us Fan Mail The church can be loud and gifted while still leaving people unhealed. That tension is where Mark sits down with Cole Burks, a pastor whose story runs from…
- Agree With God’s Perspective · 1 h 3 minSend us Fan Mail A low view of yourself can feel like humility, but it quietly poisons trust. We dig into Romans 8:28-30 and Hebrews 3–4 to argue that God’s “perfect plan” is not…
- A Camera Does Not Add Justice It Adds An Audience · 17 minSend us Fan Mail A firing squad execution at Fort Hood, livestreamed to your phone, sounds like the ultimate proof that “actions have consequences.” But we cannot stop at the…
- The Cutoff Culture · 54 minSend us Fan Mail 60% of Gen Z adults say they cut off a friend or family member in the last year and most of them still aren’t talking. That’s not just a youth trend, it’s a…
- What If The Bible Ends With Renewal · 32 minSend us Fan Mail Most of us grew up with the same ending: the world burns, the faithful escape, and whatever you build here is basically temporary. Then Revelation 21 drops a…
- Discernment Over Hype | Justin Allen · 1 h 5 minSend us Fan Mail A prophetic word can be accurate and still be unsafe in the wrong hands. Mark sits down with Justin Allen, founder and president of Times and Seasons, to name…
- Unveiled: Decoding 666 · 31 minSend us Fan Mail 666 has been used to scare people for generations, but Revelation frames it as something else entirely: a riddle meant to be solved by the original readers. We…
- Unveiled: Stop Charting Revelation Like A Math Problem · 33 minSend us Fan Mail Revelation has a reputation for panic, charts, and worst case predictions, but that’s not what the text itself is trying to produce. We pick up our “Unveiled”…
- When Did Disagreement Become Disowning | Ryan Johnson · 1 h 24 minSend us Fan Mail A three-letter label is changing how Christians treat each other, and it is bleeding from social media straight into local church life. Mark Casto sits down with…
- From Trauma To Peace | Craig Seawright · 1 h 6 minSend us Fan Mail A pastor can preach the right message and still live in a body that feels under threat. That tension has a cost, and sooner or later it shows up as burnout…
- Unveiled: The Lion And The Lamb · 32 minSend us Fan Mail John expects a lion and gets a Lamb, and that one unexpected turn changes everything. We walk through Revelation 4 and 5 and slow down long enough to actually…
- Unveiled: The Book Of Revelation Is About Jesus · 50 minSend us Fan Mail 666 has been used to scare people for generations, but Revelation frames it as something the faithful can “calculate” with understanding, not a vague threat…
- How The Book Of Revelation Got Its Modern Meaning · 33 minSend us Fan Mail Most of us did not “discover” our view of the Book of Revelation, we inherited it. A pastor said it with confidence, a prophecy chart put it in neat boxes, a…
- The Dead Garden Test · 59 minSend us Fan Mail A leader can look wildly successful and still be dying inside. Tonight we start with a simple question about a “good pastor,” then uncover the hidden math many…
- Healing From Religious Fear with Cara Barone · 1 h 1 minSend us Fan Mail Fear can be stubborn. You can pray hard, believe sincerely, and still feel that tight, buzzing anxiety in your chest that keeps you awake at night. Mark Casto…
- You Were Adopted Into A Family Not An Audience · 54 minSend us Fan Mail You can do everything “right” at church and still feel painfully unknown. We start with the story of Daniel, a faithful believer who has spent years in the same…
- Union Over Performance With The Guys From Living Beyond Sunday · 1 h 39 minSend us Fan Mail The best parts of faith rarely happen under stage lights. They happen when somebody pulls up a chair, tells the truth, and stays when it gets uncomfortable. I’m…
- Family First Leadership Lessons From A 19-Year Marriage · 1 h 11 minSend us Fan Mail Nineteen years of marriage will either soften you or split you, and we’ve seen both outcomes up close. As our anniversary hits, we sit down at the Family Table…
- God Used A Move To Heal Us · 1 h 1 minSend us Fan Mail Watching people move on without you can feel like a fresh betrayal every day, even when you still love them. We sit down at the table and tell the real story…
- How Pastors Can Grieve, Heal, And Lead Again · 53 minSend us Fan Mail Some of the hardest moments in Christian leadership are not the public failures, they’re the quiet losses: the friendships that fade, the team that disappears…
