Episodes

July 4, 2023

What Does Living After God’s Own Heart Look Like?

Listen in as Luke, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on the difference between David’s heart and Saul’s heart so we can learn how to be people after God’s heart and not repeat the failures of Israel and her many kings who lost heart and favor with God. A detailed sermon manuscript can be found at www.stephenwoodrow.com
June 27, 2023

Who is King?

Listen in as Steve, Luke, Alyssa and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on Lessons from the Kings, Steve’s new summer series where we will journey through 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles. In this first message, in this Root Issues we will cover three critical biblical lessons around the question, “Who is King?” from 1 Samuel 1-16. A detailed sermon manuscrip...
June 20, 2023

How Do We Know We Are Being Led By the Spirit?

Listen in as Steve, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on Romans 8 and the importance of practicing Sitting, Listening, Praying, and Waiting. He also gives 8 practical questions to evaluate if we are being led by the Spirit.
June 7, 2023

Experiencing the Law of the Spirit of Life

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, and Luke gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on Romans 8:1-2 about what the law of the Spirit of Life is and how it sets us free to be people of the Spirit.
May 30, 2023

Look What God has Done!

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, Luke and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on Chapter 8 of Romans discussing what it means to set our minds on the things of the Spirit.
May 23, 2023

The New Way of the Spirit - Freedom to Live in the Spirit

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, Luke and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on Romans 7 teaching about the inner struggle of the soul with sin and the struggle to obey the Law. Awareness of these soul realities is necessary to lead us into the new way of the Spirit and Gospel centeredness.
May 16, 2023

The New Way of the Spirit - Freedom from Progressive Christianity

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, Luke and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on Romans 7 verse 7-13, showing how the Gospel frees us from Confusion (fear, anxiety and lawlessness) and sets us free to Contentment (faith, peace and righteousness).
May 9, 2023

The New Way of the Spirit - Freedom from Legalistic Hypocritical Christianity

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on Romans chapter 7 about the glorious Gospel freeing us from the law and sin into a whole new way of living by the Spirit.
April 25, 2023

Has HiStory Become Our Story?

Listen in as Alyssa, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on Romans 6 and taught about the importance of knowing the new language of being a new creation and how embracing our new identity in Christ also gives us God’s view of history bringing faith and peace.
April 20, 2023

Knowing Who We Are - To Become What We Are Saved to Be

Listen in as Steve, Alyssa, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on Romans chapters 6-8. We must know who we are in Christ before we can learn to be like Christ. We must learn to be people of the Spirit and not merely human.
April 12, 2023

Has it Become Personal?

Listen in as Steve, Alyssa, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on ohn chapter 12 and asks the question if we are willing to consider that the God of our story and life is not the God of the Bible but a distortion of the God of the Bible we created to cope with our struggles. And can we remember the time the Gospel became personal?
March 28, 2023

A Heart Pursuing Holiness

Listen in as Steve, Luke, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on chapter 6 in 2 Corinthians, calling us all to develop a heart in pursuit of holiness and to see the Church and our bodies as God’s temple so we can experience all the promises of God and not receive His grace in vain.
March 21, 2023

Open Your Heart Wide

Listen in as Steve, Luke, Alyssa, Emma and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on 2 Corinthians chapter 6, looking at Paul’s exhortation to the church to widen their hearts and awaken their affections. Steve tied in Hebrews 4:12-13 to show how our hearts are widened by the Word of God by discerning the division of soul and spirit.
March 14, 2023

How Can We Exceed Human Limitations?

Listen in as Steve, Luke and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on 2 Corinthians chapter 5 about the powerful ministry of reconciliation and the importance of dwelling on what God has done and is going to do rather than what man has done.
March 7, 2023

What Does it Mean to be a New Creation?

Listen in as Steve, Luke and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 about what it means to regard no one according to the flesh any longer and how focusing on being a new creation answers most of our problems.
Feb. 28, 2023

Are We Trusting God With Our Body?

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, Luke and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on 2 Corinthians chapter 5 talking about the promises and assurances we have from the Lord about the future of our life and body and how we are to view and treat our body.
Feb. 21, 2023

Becoming What We Are Beholding

Listen in as Alyssa, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on chapter 4 of 2 Corinthians looking at the present realities of the Gospel for a believer’s life which are the overflow of seeing Jesus and His Gospel as our treasure.
Feb. 14, 2023

Has God’s Light Shone in Your Heart?

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is one 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 discussing the spiritual dynamics of how our heart is enlightened by the Spirit in the midst of the battle of our mind with the god of this world so Jesus can be Lord of our life and shine forth.
Feb. 7, 2023

Fix Your Face

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is exploring the power of the Gospel to transform and truly set us free and that it is not about self help, but self death that leads us to glory.
Feb. 2, 2023

Renewed Vision “A study of Joseph”

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, Derek and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is on 5 lessons from the life of Joseph to help us live with greater hope and vision.
Jan. 24, 2023

What is the Blessed Life?

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, Luke and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is out of 3rd John discussing what we are to believe about material blessing, sickness and health and spiritual and emotional health.
Jan. 17, 2023

Walking in Truth?

Listen in as Alyssa, Emma, Luke and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is out of 2 and 3rd John about what it means to walk in the truth and how we know we are walking in the Truth and the deep connection with joy and our need to learn to fight for joy.
Jan. 10, 2023

What Can We Be Sure About?

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is about 1 John talking about the importance of assurance as related to faith and hope.
Jan. 3, 2023

God’s Assignment for Us (1 John 5:1-12)

Listen in as Alyssa, Steve, Luke, and Chris gather around the table to bridge the generational gap and discuss the root issues of our culture. In this Root Issues episode, the conversation is about the importance of beginning our day aligning with God’s assignment for our life. If we are unclear about our assignment our faith is overcome by the world rather than overcoming the world by faith.