What does it really mean to love your enemies?
Mike Shaw and Pastor Jonathan Yates unpack Jesus’ challenging words in Matthew 5:43–48, exploring bitterness, forgiveness, praying for people who oppose us, and what agape love looks like in everyday life. From difficult coworkers and political disagreements to road rage and personality clashes, they look at how Christians can turn Sunday’s truth into everyday righteousness.

Mike Shaw and Pastor Jonathan Yates continue their conversation about what it means to show radical love for our neighbors, building on Jesus’ parable of the great banquet.
They look at the people who received the original invitation—and the excuses they made—as a warning about allowing even good things like work, family, sports, money, technology, or personal comfort to become more important than obedience to God. Mike and Jonathan also talk about recognizing what really has mastery over our lives, making room for quiet time with God, and why Christians often hesitate to share their faith because they fear how others might respond.
The conversation turns to the people churches can unintentionally overlook: the unchurched, the marginalized, people with disabilities, and others who may not fit naturally into our usual social circles. Jonathan shares the story of David and Mephibosheth as a powerful picture of loving someone who can offer nothing in return—and treating someone the world considered insignificant as a member of the king’s own family.
Mike and Jonathan also ask a challenging practical question: If someone with significant special needs walked into Family Church this Sunday, would the church truly be prepared to welcome and serve that person and their family? From accessibility to ministry involvement, they discuss the need for churches to intentionally grow beyond comfortable “holy huddles” and live out Jesus’ call to serve “the least of these.”
Along the way, there’s the usual assortment of Seahawks jokes, Jets abuse, spam calls, SportsCenter confessions, cake resistance, and the realization that even posting a podcast could apparently become an idol.
The episode closes with a celebration of Family Church’s one-year anniversary in Van Alstyne, upcoming ministry opportunities, and a preview of the next installment in the series: loving your enemies.

What does it really mean to love your neighbor—and are we actually living it out? In Episode 4 of The Righteous Brothers Podcast, Mike Shaw and Pastor Jonathan Yates dig into the story of the Good Samaritan and the challenge of moving beyond simply knowing Scripture to putting it into practice. They talk about motives, forgiveness versus trust, serving others, breaking out of our comfortable “holy huddles,” and what radical love looks like in everyday life. Along the way, there’s plenty of the usual Righteous Brothers banter, questionable math, church life, and a look ahead at Family Church’s one-year anniversary. It’s a conversation about taking what happens on Sunday and carrying it into the rest of the week.

Mike Shaw and Pastor Jonathan Yates continue Family Church’s This Is Us series with the final installment of “Scripture Is Our Authority.” They talk about the importance of having both mentors and people we mentor, teaching children how to know and study Scripture, and how the Bible teaches us what is right, what is wrong, how to get right, and how to stay right.
The conversation also explores why Christian community can’t be fully replaced by an online experience, the role of worship and relationships in the church, and how Scripture provides a steady foundation in a constantly changing culture. Plus, Mike and Jonathan share some laughs, highlight the worship ministry of Nick and Ashley Sanders, preview the next series on radical love for our neighbors, and look at several upcoming Family Church events.

In this episode of The Righteous Brothers Podcast, hosts Mike Shaw and Pastor Jonathan Yates of Family Church explore part two of their "Scripture is Our Authority" series. Drawing from Luke 4, they examine Jesus's temptation in the wilderness and emphasize how memorizing God's word serves as the ultimate defense against temptation and out-of-context deception. The episode also details the biblical reasoning from Acts 2 behind observing the Lord's Supper on a nearly weekly basis to spiritually realign, and concludes with a look ahead at Family Church's upcoming one-year anniversary celebration.

Welcome to episode one of The Righteous Brothers Podcast — where we turn Sunday's truth into everyday righteousness.
Mike Shaw sits down with his pastor, Jonathan Yates of Family Church in Van Alstyne, Texas, to unpack the launch of the "This Is Us" sermon series and its first core value: Scripture is our authority. They walk through Luke 24 and the road to Emmaus, talk about how two followers of Jesus could know parts of their Bible and still miss the whole point, and why good teaching matters more than ever in an age of social media influencers quoting verses out of context.
Also in this episode: the surprising story behind the show's name, a stereogram illustration that explains how Scripture clicks into focus, a look inside what sermon prep actually feels like, two listener questions (why do bad things happen to good people, and who did Adam and Eve's kids marry?), and an honest answer to "why are we Baptist?"
Plus: what's coming up at Family Church, including College Colors Sunday and a one-year anniversary celebration.