Cheyenne Hills Podcast

I would tell you what's in this Easter service... but I hope you're curious enough to find out on your own! He has risen!!!

We continue the Living Proof series with this Good Friday message. Karsten Sween, Cole Church and Pastor Galen all present as we attempt to truly grasp the nature of what our Savior endured for each of us. This service includes another portion of our interview with Brian Noel, which contains descriptions of a suicide attempt. Parental guidance suggested. If you or someone you love is faced with su...

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word came to earth as flesh and blood to live the perfect, sinless life... but what does that mean? How do we wrap our heads around a being born of the Virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit, being both fully God and fully man? Nathan Winters joins Pastor Galen Huck "nerd out" and tackle this deep theological su...

Anger is an often misunderstood and very often misused emotion, but it is God given like all the rest. It is what we get angry about, and how we handle that anger that can get us into trouble. Remember, this series follows the filmed interview of Brian Noel, a prison inmate who has struggled with addiction, suicide and other heavy topics. Parental guidance is advised, and anyone in need of help wi...

With our Easter series featuring some heavy subject matter, our staff got into some discussion about how we as humans deal with events or subjects that trigger responses we don't like, and how we can help ourselves deal with them. So with Pastor Galen and Nathan Winters both traveling, we got our staff counselor Dr. Richard Berry and producer Kasey Orr together to talk through how our buttons...

Modern secular thinking tries to find all sorts of ways to negate feelings of shame, because it doesn't know what to do with it. But a Christian knows that shame is the internal indication of the guilt of our sin, and through Christ alone can we become justified and forgiven of our sin and thus be relieved of our shame. Our guest speaker, Cole Church, unpacks this idea as we continue our Easte...

The book of James emphasizes the importance of confessing our shortcomings to one another, so it's no wonder many great revivals have been sparked by this same act of trust, love and fellowship. Pastor Galen and Nathan Winters continue their discussion of the spiritual battle in the unseen realm, and how James chapter 5 can be the key to standing stronger together through our faith.

We have all felt sadness or grief, but many of us also grew up in a "toughen up" culture and we are taught to just not feel our feelings. But even through scripture we know can either feel our sadness to get through to the acceptance, growth and healing, or we will stick ourselves in a cycle of continuous sadness through denial or self-pity. Pastor Galen illustrates this process through...

Pastor Galen and Nathan Winters discuss the "unseen realm" and the importance of scriptural tools like Ephesians 6 in arming ourselves against the evils of the world we inhabit, and the humility required to properly utilize those tools.

Disclaimer: Our series continues to parallel the testimony of Brian Noel, which includes some heavy topics such as suicide, addiction and violence. Parental discretion is advised. We explore the different sides or paths we're offered when we run into obstacles, the two "sides of the coin" as Noel puts it. This week, Pastor Galen speaks of fear, an emotion that has a practical God-given use, but if...

In today's podcast, Pastor Galen sparks a conversation based on a study of Jeremiah chapter 2. When we make it through a particularly tough time in our life where we leaned on God, what makes us so quick to forget about Him as soon as we're in the clear? When we finally get what we prayed for, why are we so quick to stop thinking of the one we prayed to? What other gods do we end up making for our...

NOTE: This series follows an interview with a prison inmate whose story of redemption includes suicide, abuse, addiction and gun violence among other heavy issues. Parental discretion is advised. If you have any problems with these issues please reach out to the church or use resources like: National Suicide Hotline dial 9-8-8, Wyoming 2-1-1 for mental health and human resources in Wyoming. The fi...

The 2023 Wyoming State Legislature came to a close today, with several wins and several let-downs for those with a Christian worldview. Pastor Galen and Nathan Winters discuss the struggles, victories and quagmires that came about in the past month.

Pastor Galen and Nathan Winters discuss the recent events in the Wyoming Legislature.

Pastor Galen Huck and Connections Director Julie Fogg discuss the Governor's Prayer Breakfast held on February 15, 2023.  Featured speaker Anne Beiler is the founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels, who created the company after the devastating loss of her daughter.  

Pastor Galen continues our series exploring the many ways God displays His perfect Love. This week, we look at how God set up the institution of marriage, and the importance of that unit's integrity to all the rest of our lives and society. And yes, we will talk about Ephesians 5:33. Galen has a challenge for couples at the end.

The 2023 legislative session in well underway in Cheyenne, and Pastor Galen gets updates from Nathan Winters on multiple bills moving through with implications for the future of Christian schools, as well as values being upheld in public schools.

Executive Minister René Minder kicks off our new series exploring the magnificent ways God loves us. Today we started with the other side of the equation, simple humans and our short memories. If you've seen 50 First Dates with Drew Barrymore you'll get right away the connections being made. If you haven't seen it, well, there are spoilers. Take a look at how we seem to forget all the time what a...

Following our Shock Waves sermon series, Pastor Galen and Nathan Winters discuss the parts of Jesus' teachings that comes across as the most shocking to them. This leads to a discussion on the nature of the Trinity and the trend in modern culture and Christianity to try to dilute the size of either God or Christ by oversimplifying the immense and ineffable. To catch the sermons of our Shock Waves...

Eat my what now? In this final installment of our Shock Waves series exploring the way the things Jesus said would have shocked those of the culture of the time, but also the way we've heard them so many times we've forgotten how shocking they are. This week's message is presented by Karsten Sween, a new Cheyenne Hills resident taking over the leadership of the high school section of our Thrive yo...

Our guest speaker Cole Church — resident and head of Cheyenne Hill's new Aspire Ministry — talks today about the time Jesus shocked everyone (especially his disciples) when he told them if they weren't more like children they were not going to make it to the kingdom! See what Christ mean by this, how it must have thrown the people of the day, and why it should still surprise us into taking a close...

Nathan and Galen take a look at items coming up in this year's Wyoming General Legislative Session of interest to the Christian electorate. If you'd like to found out more about any of these bills, go to wyomingfamily.org to get the full scoop. They also have some resources to help you write your state legislator to encourage them.

[Stay tuned at the end of the message for an important announcement.] Hate your mother... what?! Yeah, our response is probably a lot similar to that of those living in Judea when Jesus first said that. Pastor Galen walks us through the place Christ asks us to put ourselves in the larger order of importance, as well as where we're supposed to rang other things... like our stuff... and mom.

A lot of people work on their New Year's resolutions around this time of year. Well, let's be honest, most of us have given up our resolutions by this time of the year (January's already half over)! But when it comes to spiritual growth, Nathan and Galen discuss a way to approach the new year with a thematic word instead.

We start off the year with a series about the things Jesus said that sent shock waves through the culture of the time. Many of us who were raised in church are so used to hearing things like "love your enemy" we don't give it a second thought, but at the time these ideas were first introduced they shook the world. Join us in the first of this series exploring the life- and world-changing ideas giv...