Episodes
Dec. 8, 2024
Advent: Adore | Mary, Elizabeth, and John Luke
December 8th, 2024 | Speaker: Kyle Collins There is something that happens in our worship that overflows to others. This is true in specific moments of worship but it’s also true of our lives.
Dec. 1, 2024
Advent: Adore
December 1st, 2024 | Speaker: Jonathan Cleveland Adore is a posture of the heart, characterized by love and awe. In strict terminology, the Latin expression means adore is a designated act of worship to God along.
Nov. 24, 2024
Kingdom Emotions: Awe & Wonder
November 24th, 2024 | Speaker: Jonathan Cleveland Ave is an experience of truth that cannot be put into the woods. It is the sudden realization of the way things are, that evokes an emotional response in us.
Nov. 17, 2024
Kingdom Emotions: Grief
November 17th, 2024 | Speaker Cindy Limbrick Grief is not a single emotion that can be summed up in one word, rather it is an internal process involving a range of emotions in response to the pain and loss that are an unavoidable part of life.
Nov. 10, 2024
Kingdom Emotions: Anxiety & Hope
November 10th, 2024 | Speaker: Kyle & Janae Collins Jesus was confident and expectant about the future (hope) because He knew the character and promises of His father and because He experiences the presence and nearness of His father.
Nov. 3, 2024
Kingdom Emotions: Anger
November 3rd, 2024 | Speaker Christy Penley If anger is not dealt with it can lead to depression. Go to God with your anger- He can handle it and honestly, He already knows. Tell Him!
Oct. 27, 2024
Kingdom Emotions: Shame
October 27th, 2024 | Speaker Jonathan Cleveland Shame is the feeling that there is something wrong with us that needs to be remedied and what what we need to observe is the same is always rooted in truth but it is only ever a half-truth.
Oct. 21, 2024
Kingdom Emotions: Uncomfortable Emotions
October 20th, 2024 | Speaker Jonathan Cleveland If we don’t find ways, with God, to make sense of our emotional world it will absolutely limit our spiritual growth.
Oct. 13, 2024
Kingdom Emotions: Notice, Name & Navigate
October 13th, 2024 | Speaker Christy Penley How are emotions and feelings different? Feelings are sensations in the body and are not always related to emotions.. for example, you can “feel” cold or “feel” hungry. I would argue that a feeling is only one component of an emotion. Emotions involve sensations in the body that connect to cognitive and psychological changes.
Oct. 6, 2024
No Other Gospel: Galatians 6
October 6th, 2024 | Speaker Jonathan Cleveland Restore is not about changing the nature of something- only Jesus can do that. It is about helping something regain function and flourishment, and He says to do that Gently.
Sept. 29, 2024
No Other Gospel: Galatians 5
September 29th, 2024 | Speaker Jonathan Cleveland Either you trust your actions of devotion, or you trust Christ.
Sept. 22, 2024
No Other Gospel: Galatians 4
September 23rd, 2024 | Speaker: Kyle Collins It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Sept. 15, 2024
No Other Gospel: Galatians 3
September 15th, 2024 | Speaker Christy Penley Jesus was the promised one who fulfilled the law and loved God and neighbor and took on himself the curse of sin on himself. So now through Jesus all people- no matter their ethnicity, gender, etc. all can come to God.
Sept. 8, 2024
No Other Gospel: Galatians 1-2
September 8th, 2024 | Speaker Christy Penley The heart of the gospel is that when people trust in Jesus that what is true of him is true of them. His life becomes theirs.
Sept. 1, 2024
No Other Gospel: Galatians Intro
September 1s,t 2024 | Speaker Jonathan Cleveland | Galatians 1:1-9 Grace – Jesus won’t let you participate in your own salvation. It is his gift for you.
Aug. 25, 2024
Church People: Formation is Complex | 2 Corinthians 3:17-18
August 25th, 2024 | Speaker: Jonathan Cleveland Healthy churches honor the complexity of knowing an invisible God who is redeeming and transforming you into the image of Christ.
Aug. 18, 2024
Church People: Theological Triage | Acts 15 & 1 John 2 &
August 18th, 2024 | Speaker: Jonathan Cleveland Everything we believe matters but not all of it is of EQUAL importance.
Aug. 11, 2024
Church People: Love One Another | 1 Peter 2:1-25
August 11th, 2024 | Speaker Kyle Collins We have to recognize that following Jesus requires us to participate in faith that is by nature and from the beginning – communal. It’s shared and requires the presence and participation of one another in a body we call the church. There is no other way.
July 28, 2024
Sunday School Stories: Esther
July 28th, 2024 | Speaker: Jonathan Cleveland Nothing you do and nothing that has happened to you will keep you from Kingdom work if you are willing.
July 21, 2024
Sunday School Stories: Daniel and the Lions | Daniel 6
July 21st, 2024 | Speaker Christy Penley The purpose you live for and what comes out and the impact on others….it is not about just praying because it is good but because it is necessary. Sounds so neat “as the deer pants for the water so my soul longs for you god.” But the truth is that thirsty people need God….it is hard! What rhythms in my life are steady and consistent?
July 14, 2024
Sunday School Stories: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
July 14th, 2024 Speaker: Jonathan Cleveland From the Exile to the NT the relationship between the people of God and culture is to win Babylon over through acts of goodness and love. And to be willing at times to stand apart and take the hit if that is necessary.
July 7, 2024
Sunday School Stories: Elijah | 1 Kings 18 & 19
July 7th, 2024 | Speaker: Jonathan Cleveland What deep and good longing in you is the enemy is exploiting to lead you away from God? Are you chasing a thing (idol) that promises power over that longing? Are you believing shame because of that unmet longing?
June 30, 2024
Sunday School Stories: David and Goliath | 1 Samuel 17
Sunday June 30th, 2024 | Kyle Collins In the ways God intervenes, we see something about God’s heart for His people… He doesn’t abandon. Even though they reject God as their king and the consequences of that decision are fully coming to bear in this moment God still shows up and delivers them.
June 23, 2024
Sunday School Stories: Samson | Judges 16
June 23rd, 2024 | Speaker Preston Goff When we look at the story of Samson, we see a man who had to reach the very depths of his own failure and brokenness to finally understand the true source of his strength. He confronts the reality that his blessings were not the result of his own doing but gifts from a gracious God who had a purpose for his life.