Adding To Your Faith
Adding to Your Faith is all about helping you understand biblical principals and workshop biblical practices in a way that shapes and forms us into the image of Jesus Christ.
Episodes
Feeling spiritually busy but strangely unchanged? We’ve been there. This conversation lays out a practical, hopeful path to move from information overload to a durable walk with Jesus that actually bears fruit. Anchored in 2 Peter 1, we explore how adding goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, mutual affection, and love leads to a life that is never ineffective or unproductive in knowing Christ.
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What is God's word? What is His purpose in giving it to us? In this episode, Matt and Rachael discuss the supernatural nature of God's word and the transformation it can hold for your life. When we approach the Word with a humble heart that desires to be changed, He is faithful to form us in His image.
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BEFORE this episode: Complete DAY ONE Homework (2 Peter 1:20-21 and 2 Timothy 3:16-17)
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The Bible was written over thousands of years, thousands of years ago, in a far off part of the world. How do we know it is even relevant? In today's episode, Matt and Rachael explore the highly practical nature of God's word, and the power that is unlocked by discovering timeless truths for personal application. Understand the practices and disciplines available to train us to meditate on His word all day long - and be t...
The Bible describes sanctification as a painful process that we should embrace. That can be a tough truth. Nobody asks for more trial, struggle, or pain. But we know from God's word and from our own experience that God's greatest works come through the refining fire of being transformed over time by His word. Today Rachael and Matt discuss sanctification, what it is, why it hurts, and why every believer should desperately...
If God is the one who sanctifies me, then what is my role in my own spiritual growth and development? Is it an active role or a passive role? Embracing spiritual discipline takes work on our part, but it is not sanctification through works. Just the opposite. In this episode, Matt and Rachael discuss biblical obedience as an act of faith: an expression of our confidence in God to be faithful to His promises to do a thorough work in...
When the Lord saved your soul and gave you His Spirit, why didn't He just remove your old self - the desires and works of the flesh? The Bible says that if we live be the Spirit, we ought also to keep in step with the Spirit. Easier said than done when your old flesh keeps fighting back! In this episode, Rachael and Matt explore Galatians 5 to contrast the works of the flesh with the fruits of the spirit - and turn to the word...
Let's not kid ourselves. Sometimes the walk of a disciple can feel overwhelming or even impossible. The Bible is filled with stories of faithful servants of God who still manage to get discouraged. It all seems like so much. Can I do it? Can it even BE done? In today's episode Matt and Rachael have good news for the discouraged: It CAN be done, but not by you. God promises to do this thorough work in us - to make all grac...
As we begin week two of our "How to Study the Bible" Workshop, Rachael and Matt explain and demonstrate strategies the first of four Bible Study methods: "Two Questions and a Statement."
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AFTER this episode: Complete DAY ONE Homework (Jonah 1:1-3)
This week's personal Bible study begins with the opening verses of the familiar story of Jonah. In this episode, Matt and Rachael demonstrate the "Two Questions and a Statement" method as they walk alongside you in your study.
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BEFORE this episode: Complete DAY ONE Homework (Jonah 1:1-3)
AFTER this episode: Complete DAY TWO Homework (Jonah 1:4-7)
Today's Bible study workshop picks up with Jonah 1:4-7. As Jonah runs away from the presence of the Lord, God sends a great storm. In this episode, Rachael and Matt explore questions and statements about the storm and the danger of "sleeping" too long.
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BEFORE this episode: Complete DAY TWO Homework (Jonah 1:4-7)
AFTER this episode: Complete DAY THREE Homework (Jonah 1:8-12)
The sailors confront Jonah and are terrified by the power of the God he serves. As the storm rages on and intensifies, Jonah offers his shipmates an unthinkable escape from their predicament. In today's episode, Matt and Rachael offer observations about the the condition of the sailors' hearts and questions about Jonah's offer.
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BEFORE this episode: Complete DAY THREE Homework (Jo...
Confronted with a seemingly impossible choice, the sailors look in vain for another way. But when they finally surrender to God's direction, the storm calms. In today's episode, Matt and Rachael offer observations about the the futility of seeking our own way, and questions about sacrifices and vows.
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BEFORE this episode: Complete DAY FOUR Homework (Jonah 1:13-16)
AFTER this episode: Com...
When he was thrown overboard, Jonah most certainly must have expected to die. Instead, God rescued him in a most unusual and most unexpected way. In this episode, Rachael and Matt share questions about Jonah and a great fish, while discussing observations about God's dramatic and unexpected intervention.
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BEFORE this episode: Complete DAY FIVE Homework (Jonah 1:17)
AFTER this episode: Complet...
What must Jonah have pondered from inside the belly of the great fish? When he didn't know what to do... he did what he knew to do: Jonah prayed. In this episode, Rachael and Matt share questions and statements to consider about Jonah's state of mind during the dark three days, what might have occupied his prayer's in this desperate moment, and how God provided for Jonah in most unusual ways.
How would you prepare yourself to visit a completely different culture in a completely different part of the world? How would you observe and understand their ways? How would you relate their lived experiences to more universal realities and truths? How might you be permanently changed by the experience? These are the questions and concepts behind our next Bible study method that Matt and Rachael will teach and discuss in this epis...
What a privilege to be chosen and redeemed. Nothing reveals the glory of God more beautifully than a saved sinner surrendered to the Lordship of Jesus. In this episode, Rachael and Matt start in Ephesians to demonstrate the second method in their "How to Study the Bible" series: "From Their Home to Our Home." Walk with them through a radically different time, place, and context - only to find the timeless truths...
What if your salvation isn't actually about you? Because of God's grace, we are the matchless beneficiaries of salvation. But the purpose of our salvation is all about the Glory of God. In this episode, Rachael and Matt use this week's study method to explore Ephesians, unlocking a life of gratitude, surrender, and a posture of worship that brings eternal fulfillment and reward.
Do you yearn to pray bigger prayers? Thank God for your brothers and sisters in Christ, and watch as those prayers inevitably lead to you to praise God for His immeasurable greatness. That's how Paul describes his own prayer life in Ephesians 1:15-23. In this episode, Rachael and Matt continue using the "From Their Home to Our Home" study method to further explore Ephesians. in the process they discover the keys to a...
The Bible says we were "dead" in our trespasses and sins... so what should we do now that we've been made alive in Christ? In this episode, Rachael and Matt use the "From Their Home to Our Home" Bible study method to unpack Ephesians 2:1-10 to learn what it means to be God's "workmanship." A glorious plan of good works awaits us, as we walk humbly and thankfully in Christ's grace.
Bitterness. Hate. Hostility. The divide before Christ between the "circumcised" and the "uncircumcised" could not have been more volatile. Then, something miraculous happened: The Gospel came to both, and hostility turned to peace. In this episode, Matt and Rachael use the "From Their Home to Our Home" Bible study method to explore how we should walk, in light of a Gospel that destroys hate and hostili...
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