Formed by Jesus Podcast

All of us are living by a story. We tell ourselves stories about our identity, our purpose, and about how to find meaning and success in life. We also tell ourselves stories about the world around us, how it got this way, and how to fix it. The stories we believe end up being the stories we live out. But these stories we tell ourselves often fall short of reality. The Bible presents us with true r...

Pastor Trey and Pastor Caleb talk about the necessity of submitting to Scripture as THE foundation to interacting with it.

We’re bombarded with messages from political pundits, popular culture, social media ads, and news stories, all urging us to be true to ourselves, vilify those who are different, and pursue our own happiness no matter what the cost. These lies offer happiness but instead bring us slavery, just like how Satan deceived Adam and Eve in the Garden. Satan still uses lies to lead us astray from God today...

  welcome to the form by Jesus Podcast. This has been so fun. We are on the topic of Sabbath. We're trying to do as many convers. With our church members as possible.   Just different stages of life, different stages of maturity and different stages of the practice really leaning into. Some people are brand new at this. Other people have been doing it for a little while or forever. And I'm excited...

 We are back for another interview episode talking about Sabbath. And so thank you guys for tuning in. We are trying to do, uh, we're trying to interview as many people from our church as possible, uh, to talk about the, the best practices. Kind of we're all stumbling through this cuz it's so foreign to so many of us.   So today we. Caden Shaley. Hello. Hi. Welcome. Thank you. Hold on, let me do a...

 We're looking at Sabbath as worship. We actually concluded the series. Few weeks ago now. But then Caleb and Shelby had a child. Oh yeah. So we delayed this part of the conversation.   I was trying to remember why we didn't do this right away. And that was totally it. It was cuz Abel was born like two days after that last sermon. Yes. And we're like, okay, now's not a great time to chat. How are...

Jordan VanCamp interviews Sarah Beth Herman on the practice of Sabbath as a business owner.

Pastor Trey interviews Spencer & Emily Heaton as they learn to make Sabbath a weekly routine in their life with Jesus and each other.

For the modern mind, the Sabbath is typically associated with a day off work to attend church, get things done around the house, and binge on the latest TV show. While this may offer the illusion of rest, it is far from a holy day set apart for the Lord. The Bible presents a different view of the Sabbath, which involves focusing our minds, hearts, and bodies on the adoration of God. It includes th...

Pastors Trey and Caleb talk about the discipline of delight!

A key element of Sabbath is the practice of delight. When we take the time to stop and to rest, we find ourselves more aware of the goodness and beauty in the world around us. This recognition and enjoyment of creation is called delight, and it’s something that God himself does. Scripture is full of God delighting in his creation, including us. God delights when we delight. But most of us are too...

In part 2, Pastor Trey and Pastor Caleb talk about the difference between stopping and resting. In many ways, rest comes to those who are willing to put in the "work" to get it.

The idea of rest seems simple enough. We all want rest, but never seem to get it. Always just outside of our reach, rest seems either something to laugh at, or something to buy. But one of the most radical things Jesus teaches us is that he is able to offer us true rest without requiring us to work more, do more, or have more. When we practice Sabbath, we stop all of our work and worry so that we’...

What is the practice of Sabbath? What are the different ways we can engage in it? Should we even try to Sabbath anyway? Pastor Trey VanCamp and Pastor Caleb Martinez answer these questions and more.

In our culture of restlessness, busyness, and hurry, setting aside an entire day to stop all work and productivity sounds anything but restful. Yet deep inside all of us is a yearning for true rest, which is why God offers rest as a gift in the form of the weekly Sabbath. In Genesis 2 God himself takes a day to rest from his work, weaving a rhythm of rest into the fabric of creation. When we live...