Things of Faith with Pastor Scott Hawkins
This podcast is intended to be a conversation starter for families. I want this to be a place for families to listen together to the conversation starters and start talking about things of faith in the home. Faith is rooted in families and I want this to be a tool to equip dialogue and allow for new thoughts to take shape in the lives of God's people.
Episodes
Last episode Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops discussed what happens to us when we die. In this episode, our intrepid pastors open up that other can of worms; what do the the end times look like, how do we know they are here? Let's dive into Revelation together.
Listen as Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops discuss eschatology. Many answers to mankind's curious big question 'what happens when you die' are found in the scriptures. What is not found is an exact date. Let's go ahead and get that out of the way now! Come on, jump in. Let's talk about this together.
God gives us the opportunity to respond to His love with a life of worship and love. Listen to Pastor Scott and Stoops discuss this topic and others.
Listen as Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops discuss prayer. The posture of prayer takes many forms and viewing prayer as a service to others and the body should be one of those.
Listen as Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops take you on a journey to understanding the gift of hope. This hope is not the verb form as we use in the common vernacular. No, Christian hope is a noun.
For some, worship is a habit or a tradition that we participate it, but it's much more than that. It is what we are made for.
Listen as Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops take you on a journey to understanding how worship shapes us, molds us and brings us closer to our original design and purpose.
Discipleship is a crucial part of a relational Christian life. Often though it's a term that gives people pause. Why? It can be confusing and somewhat daunting, especially if one feels they are new or a immature in their faith.
Patsors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops help us work through the idea of discipleship and shine the light on ways to practically live it out in our daily lives.
One of those ways, ...
In this episode of Things of Faith, Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops discuss the sacraments in the Protestant church. Prior to the Reformation the Catholic church held seven things as sacraments.
Protestant reformers set aside baptism and communion as the sacraments of the church by looking at spiritual elements through these three lenses.
- A means of grace
- Tied to a physical element
- Instituted by Jesus
In this episode of Things of Faith, Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops discuss spiritual gifts. Yes, the gift of tongues is on the agenda but spiritual gifts are way more than that. Often times, that's the stumbling block to conversations around spiritual gifts.
Here's a foundation for understanding spiritual gifts and how they fit within you, the world, and the church.
- You have been uniquely created by...
Justification and Sanctification are terms many Christians say they know. But, in our day to day lives we often forget one or the other. While these astonishing gifts of God are separate, they are vastly intertwined. Come along as Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops discuss being saved by faith and growing more Christ like.
Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops offer some foundational elements on what it means to be a Christian and part of the Church.
--What does it mean to be a part of the body of Christ?
--What is the Church?
--Why is it important to gather with fellow believers?
A answer to the first question is as a believer we have more in common with an Ethiopian Christian than we do an atheist from a loca...
What are some of the ways God empowers the Church? Come along as Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops discuss how God empowers the Church and the individual.
Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops conclude their discussion on the Holy Trinity with God the Spirit.
A natural tension exists in the conversation around the Trinity. If there is one God where does room for the Holy Spirit appear?
The Holy Spirit is the part of the Godhead that we are the most intimate with. Faith conversations can often jump past, or rush, the Holy Spirit to get to the gospel and the Son. ...
In this episode of Things of Faith, Pastors Scott Hawkins and Michael Stoops discuss God the Son and His role as the Savior.
Here a some of the topics the Pastors take on.
- What makes Jesus different?
- Why do we need to be saved?
- Who needs to be saved?
- Are we looking for a Savior?
- Is there something inside each of us that longs to be complete?
The fallen nature of man is that we cannot save ourselves. No matter how hard...
Join us as Pastor Scott welcomes Pastor Michael Stoops to discuss the Holy Trinity. In this episode, the Pastors dive into the character of the Father.
As you drive on this COVID Ash Wednesday, listen to these reflections and music to remind you of our desperate need of Christ.
The Holy Trinity. Where does it come from? What does it mean? Why do we believe in the trinity? Come along as Pastor Scott and Pastor Michael Stoops take us on an intriguing journey into the Trinity.
This is a Good Friday experience that was written by myself and produced by Francisco Calvo. It moves from the garden to the cross through the eyes of different witnesses. It was originally intended to have different stations that you sat at as you moved through the audio recording. It can be experienced simply by listening to it and then going on a short walk during the middle reflection section. I hope that it is a blessing to y...
Why does it matter that Jesus was a person? How can a person be fully God? These are ideas that cause many to stumble with Christianity. But, you don't have to. Come along as we prepare to discuss the Person of Christ.
As Christians we are often hit with questions from friends, acquaintances, and even ourselves about the identity of Jesus and the seeming contradiction that prevents Him from being God. The gospels don't shy away from it. They admit man struggled with the idea that Jesus is God. Remember, they were saying to Him 'Why don't you save yourself? Come down from the cross.' And, moments later, at Jesus' last brea...
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