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Why was Thomas willing to die for Jesus? How do we see the Father by seeing Jesus? What’s the best way to discern false christs from the real one? This week, Pastor Jeff and Jordan pull practical applications from the stories of Thomas in the Gospels.
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Maybe you've always thought of the disciple Thomas with some degree of disdain, like perhaps he's maybe just one step above Judas Iscariot. Today, we're going to see that God used Thomas in some pretty important ways. Thomas decided to follow Jesus, and his life was transformed. Jesus can transform our lives, too.
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What is a Christian, and what does a Christian do? How do we live out our faith in everyday life? In this new...
Why did Jesus let Lazarus die? What was the meaning of the anointing Mary gave Jesus? What’s the balance between learning from Jesus and serving others? Pastor Jeff and Jordan examine the stories of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus of Bethany.
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Some people called her lazy. Others saw her in her most broken place. Still others characterized her as wasteful. But there was something really special about a young woman named Mary who lived in the little town of Bethany just a couple of miles east of Jerusalem and who decided to follow Jesus.
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What is a Christian, and what does a Christian do? How do we live out our faith in everyday life? In this new series called “Deci...
What was discipling under a rabbi like at the time of Jesus? Was the Holy Spirit present in the Old Testament? How can we submit to the Holy Spirit more and more? This week, Pastor Jeff and Jordan examine the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of disciples of Jesus.
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During his life, the Apostle John changed from a brash young man who wanted to call down fire from Heaven on the heathen to a loving old man whose message was consumed with Christ’s followers loving one another. What happened? How did this one who wanted to sit at Jesus’ side in His messianic glory become humbled to the point that he simply delighted in being called God’s child and seeing his spiritual children walk in truth? Join ...
Why did the disciples argue at the Last Supper about who is the greatest? Were their expectations about a messianic kingdom in this world wrong? How do we become servants like Jesus? This week, Pastor Jeff and Jordan dive into the tension between the glory of Christ’s second coming and the call to servanthood in this life.
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If you’ve decided to follow Jesus, your life will be different from the world. There is no such thing as a follower of Jesus who is not being transformed by the Holy Spirit into the likeness of Christ. That doesn’t mean Christ-followers are perfect, but it means that God is actively working within our lives to make us better—more like Jesus—throughout our lives.
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What made Mary Magdalene special? Can believers be possessed by demons? Should all disciples seek to be exorcists? Pastor Jeff and Jordan discuss spiritual warfare and encourage discipleship as the way to stand firm in the faith.
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Mary Magdalene is one of the most well-known and misunderstood of all of Jesus' early disciples. In the two-thousand-or-so years since she started following Jesus, she's been labeled a prostitute, an adulterous woman, and even Jesus' wife. We have no biblical evidence whatsoever that she was any of those things. We do know some important facts about her life, and they paint for us a stunningly beautiful portrait of a Christ-followe...
What was so special about Peter? Was he the first to confess Jesus as Christ? Why did he repent when Judas did not? Pastor Jeff breaks down Peter’s decisions and shows how disciples who have stumbled can turn back to Jesus, and Jordan compares Peter to Judah, leader of the twelve sons of Israel and the ancestor of Jesus.
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Peter was an ordinary person, simply trying to build his life and support his family, when he met Jesus. He spoke quickly, acted brashly, and often learned lessons the hard way; but he loved Jesus—imperfectly, but intensely—and God used him to change the world. Learn with us today how God can use imperfect people like Peter (and us) once we have decided to follow Jesus.
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What goes into the decision to follow Christ? Should people fix their lives before committing? How do we encourage cultural Christians to grow in faith? It’s been one year since we started The Beyond Sunday Podcast, and Pastor Jeff and Jordan are excited for this second year of exploring the practical application of our faith.
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What is a Christian, and what does a Christian do? How do we live out our faith in everyday life? As we begin a new series called “Decided,” we’re going back to the basics of what it means to trust and follow Jesus.
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What are Daniel's visions about? How should disciples approach the Bible’s prophetic passages? Why isn’t biblical storytelling always linear? This week, Pastor Jeff and Jordan dive into Daniel 7 to discuss prophecy, eschatology, and apologetics.
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What is the basis for our hope as Christians? We talk about how, in Christ, we have a hope that anchors our souls even in life's toughest storms, but what is that hope built upon? Through Daniel, we are going to see the reason why we who trust and follow Jesus can have hope no matter what life brings is because our God is the eternal victor!
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“Faith in Exile” - This month through VBS, our kids will venture into Babylon to learn...
Is there more to Daniel’s story than surviving a lions’ den? Is his life proof of the prosperity gospel? What’s in his name? This week, Pastor Jeff and Jordan reexamine a favorite Bible story and draw fresh inspiration from it for enduring the trials of this age.
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Faith is more than a theory to be espoused or a theology to be believed; it is a life to be lived. Daniel lived his life of faith in God even when doing so was difficult in the moment, and he showed us that God’s way always works out better in the end.
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“Faith in Exile” - This month through VBS, our kids will venture into Babylon to learn how Daniel and his friends trusted and followed God, even when doing so meant they had to s...
What’s the big deal in the Bible about food offered to idols? Does God have passive judgment? How do we keep the fire going after spiritual highs? This week, Pastor Jeff and Jordan explore several practical applications from stories about Daniel.
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Life gets hard. We recognize more and more that this world is not our home, and we are consistently thrust into situations in which we must make a decision and take a stand – will we follow our God, or will we follow the world? We are often in difficult spots, but just as God was present with Daniel and his friends, so also is He present with His people today – and His presence changes everything.
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