A Little Better

Today on A Little Better Drew and Brad from our pastoral team and Jason DeGraaff from Spiritual Development answer the following questions: Why don’t my prayers work? What about my doubts? Is prayer about results or relationship? How is prayer a two way street? Additional Resources Matthew 11:28-29; Isaiah 55:7-8 Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund https...

Today on A Little Better Drew and Brad from our pastoral team and Laura Cologgi from Spiritual Development answer the following questions: How many people were baptized at Open Baptism? What stories did we hear? Why do we do Open Baptism? What goes on behind the scenes for Open Baptism?

Today on A Little Better Noah Bixby, our Brighton Campus Pastor, and Kiley Cook and Josh Myles from our Brighton staff answer the following questions: How can we reach a level of overflow in our spiritual life? What are practical ways we can connect with the Holy Spirit? When your tanks are empty, who did you lean on to achieve overflow?

Today on A Little Better Nate Miller, our Webster Campus Pastor, and Calum Shaw, our Webster Worship Director, answer the following questions: What do you think we struggle with most? Why? What’s been your experience trying to love your neighbors? Additional Resources Mentioned: The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door https://a.co/d/4AnBtWh  

Today on A Little Better Drew, Jason, and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: Why does the church so often fail to love each other? Who is hardest to love and how do we overcome that? How can Community Groups and Equip resources help us love others better?

Today on A Little Better, Drew, Noah, and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: How do we balance meeting people’s immediate needs and their ultimate need? How can we have compassion for those far from Christ rather than become embittered by our culture and society?

Today on A Little Better, Drew and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: How can we keep our love for the gospel fresh? What should confession look like? Why do we need it?  How should we do it? Additional Resources Mentioned: 1 Samuel 12:24; Matthew 13:52 Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer https://www.amazon.com/Life-Together-Exploration-Christian-Community/dp/0060608...

Our podcast is taking a short holiday break.  Thank you for watching and listening in 2023.  We’ll be back Tuesday, January 9, for week 1 of our new series, The Ripple Effect.  This series is about our prayers and plans to saturate the Rochester area with the Gospel.

Today on A Little Better Nate, our Webster Campus Pastor, and Michelle Gerringer, our Outreach Director, answer the following questions: Are we looking for God’s counsel or affirmation?   How does drawing near to the Wonderful Counselor Himself bring us peace?

Today on A Little Better Drew and Brad from our pastoral team and our Outreach Director, MIchelle Gerringer, answer the following questions: Are we too chummy with God? How do we respond to loved ones who don’t believe God cares about them?

Today on A Little Better Drew and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: Do we really need a savior?  What is sin? What did people expect of Jesus in His time?  What do people expect of Jesus today? What if I don’t have hope anymore?

Today on A Little Better Nate Miller and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: Why is death hard to think about? What does it mean to learn how to die? Additional Resources Mentioned Let the Kicking Mule Kick by Keith Horn https://www.amazon.com/Let-Kicking-Mule-Kick-Personal/dp/1667889079

Today on A Little Better Drew and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: What can I say to those who think they are too far gone to be accepted by God? Who are the hardest people to reach? What does spiritual blindness look like today? Why don’t we share the gospel more?

Today on A Little Better Drew, Brad, and Jason from our pastoral team answer the following questions: Is it harder to be a Christian in Stephen’s time or today? Where can I find answers to hard questions? How can I learn to defend my faith? Additional Resources Mentioned: https://www.northridgerochester.com/equip-resources https://www.rightnowmedia.org

Today on A Little Better Drew and Brad from our pastoral team and our Outreach Director, Michelle Gerringer, answer the following questions: How should we handle needs inside the church? Should we come to church with a priority of getting or giving something? What does that look like? Why would God deal so harshly (by killing two people) with a sin that is so common (lying)?

Today on A Little Better Jason and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: How should Christians handle Halloween? What really makes the Church the Church? What should churches look like? Additional Resources Mentioned Unmasking Halloween: Navigating Secular Holidays as a Christian Parent https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad-tired/id1090567756?i=1000631440738

Today on A Little Better, Nate and Brad from our pastoral team and Michelle, our Outreach Director, answer the following questions: Are miraculous gifts still at work today? How have we seen the Holy Spirit at work in our lives and in the lives of others? Additional Resources Mentioned: On the podcast, we had trouble remembering the reference for 1 Corinthians 13:9-10 “For we know in part and we p...

Today on A Little Better Drew and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: From a practical perspective, what does being guided by the Holy Spirit look like? How can I be sure I have the Holy Spirit? How should the Holy Spirit change the way we do ministry? Additional Resources Mentioned: Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit by Francis Chan https://www....

Today on A Little Better Drew and Brad from our pastoral staff and Michelle, the Outreach Director, answer the following questions: Why is it so hard to be a witness? What should the Church be about? How is the Church misunderstood?

Today on A Little Better Drew and Noah from our pastoral team and Josh from the Brighton team answer the following questions: Are there healthy boundaries to forgiveness? Why don’t we forgive? What is the biggest thing you have been forgiven for? What’s coming up next?

Today on A Little Better Drew, Brad, and Noah from our pastoral team answer the following questions: How have we learned from and grown in our practice of having difficult conversations? How does peace with God help us have peace with others? What if I have a difficult conversation and it goes really bad? How does the podcast celebrate turning 100 (episodes)? Additional Resources Mentioned Relatio...

Today on A Little Better Drew and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: Why does God use conflict to teach us? What does He teach us? How can we see conflict in a positive light? Additional Resources Mentioned Relationships: A Mess Worth Making by Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp https://www.amazon.com/Relationships-Making-Tim-S-Lane/dp/0977080765 Sacred Marriage: What If...

Today on A Little Better Drew, Jason, and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: What is the purpose of groups? What if my group is not “working?” What does it mean for a group (and group members) to have a missional mindset? How does Drew prepare his messages? Additional Resources Mentioned The Loneliness Epidemic: Why So Many of Us Feel Alone--and How Leaders Can Respond htt...

Today on A Little Better Jason, Drew, and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: What is the full story behind the people in Colossians? What stories does the sermon skip? Can God use me in spite of my past?

Today on A Little Better Noah, our Brighton Campus Pastor, and Michelle, Director of Outreach, discuss the following questions: Is sharing our faith optional? How does God come alongside us when we share our faith?