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Integrating into a New Church Community
Episode 199
Integration into a new church community does not happen automatically and often comes with difficulty. What does it take to successfully put deep roo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Why I Read My Text 10 Times before Preaching
Episode 198
To preach is to explain the Scripture and apply it to the life of the hearer. Paul Emerson calls those preaching to study, to pray, and to present th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Redemption & the Impact of Abortion
Episode 197
God can bring redemption after abortion. Dale Eby speaks from his many conversations with women (and occasionally the men involved) who are consideri…
2 years, 6 months ago
Suffering, Growth, and Resurrection
Episode 196
Suffering, from a worldly perspective, is meaningless. Dale Eby walks us through perspectives on suffering and redemption while acknowledging the har…
2 years, 6 months ago
Why the Church Educates
Episode 195
We educate for reading the scripture and for service. Paul Emerson urges us to educate for eternity. Children getting good jobs or going to college i…
2 years, 7 months ago
“The Earth Is the Lord’s” in Global Anabaptism
Episode 194
From the beginning, the phrase “The Earth Is the Lord’s” seized the imagination of Anabaptists. John Roth unpacks the powerful resonances of this phr…
2 years, 7 months ago
Should Churches Build a Culture?
Episode 193
A viewer asks: “Does Jesus really call us as His children to build anything?......an identity, a structure, or a culture or rather to simply align ou…
2 years, 8 months ago
Growing into Spiritual Maturity
Episode 192
Freedom comes from mature integrity. Chester Weaver explains we can only relate well to others when we are honest with ourselves, others, and God and…
2 years, 8 months ago
What Kind of Community Do We Need?
Episode 191
What kind of community should Christians cultivate? Melvin Lehman argues that particular Christian communities should be shaped by shared values, sha…
2 years, 8 months ago
Fostering Faith While Honoring Questions
Episode 190
Doubt is not a sin and questions are not always doubt. Questions and doubts should spur us to dig deeper in the appropriate areas, be our struggle fa…
2 years, 9 months ago