Clear Creek Resources - A Podcast of Clear Creek Community Church

Teaching Pastor Dr. Yancey Arrington and 517 Campus Pastor Lance Lawson sit down to talk through one of the oldest questions people bring to the Bible: do faith and science have to be at odds? As we walk through the Beginnings series in Genesis, they dig into the creation account — what it's actually saying, what it isn't, and how we can hold a deep trust in Scripture alongside real curiosity abou...

In this episode, Worship Leader Aric Harding is joined by Tanner and Courtney as they reflect on Psalm 32 and the invitation to bring our hidden sins before the Lord in honest repentance. Through Scripture, prayer, and worship, they explore what unconfessed sin does on the inside of us — and how God, like a skilled craftsman, restores what's been broken when we finally bring it to the right place.

In this episode, 517 Campus Worship Leader Courtney Ricketts is joined by 528 Campus Worship Leader Aric Harding and Egret Bay Campus Worship Leader Tanner Smith as they reflect on Isaiah 55 and the invitation to let God's word soften our hearts toward repentance, surrender, and dependence on him. Through Scripture, prayer, and worship, they consider the ways our hearts can grow hardened toward Go...

In this episode, 528 Campus Worship Leader Aric Harding is joined by Egret Bay Campus Worship Leader Tanner Smith and 517 Campus Worship Leader Courtney Ricketts as they reflect on Ephesians 2:8-10 and the truth that you are God's workmanship, created for good works he prepared specifically for you. Through Scripture, prayer, and worship, they explore what it looks like to believe that God sees yo...

In this episode, Egret Bay Campus Worship Leader Tanner Smith, 528 Campus Worship Leader Aric Harding, and 517 Campus Worship Leader Courtney Ricketts reflect on Psalm 139 and invite listeners to rest in the truth that God sees, knows, and remains near. Through Scripture, prayer, and worship, they consider both the comfort and conviction of being fully known by God, while reminding us of His grace...

In this episode, 528 Campus Worship Leader Aric Harding and 517 Campus Worship Leader Courtney Ricketts reflect on Psalm 36 and invite listeners to slow down and take refuge in God. Through Scripture, prayer, and worship, they consider how distraction and noise can pull us away from his presence, while reminding us that God’s steadfast love remains constant through it all.

In the final episode of the Story of Scripture, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss not only the end of Revelation, but the culmination of the entire story of God's Word. How does every one of God's purposes and promises conclude with this cosmic, beautiful, picture? How has Jesus always been the only and necessary answer? How can we respond? 

In this episode of the Story of Scripture, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss the scrolls, trumpets, witnesses, and beasts of Revelation. While at first glance, it all appears complicated and confusing, this imagery has deep roots in the Old Testament, and provides simple, compelling message for the church today. 

In this episode of The Story of Scripture, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester begin the book of Revelation. A letter that is sometimes ignored, sometimes minutely studied, and often misunderstood. What can be learned from the opening of this letter and what is its surprisingly simple message?

In this episode of the Story of Scripture, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss the conclusion of Romans and what it means for the church today. What should our faith look like in the world we live in and how do we figure out what part we play in God's plan? 

In this episode of The Story of Scriptire, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss what disciples and theologians throughout the history of the church consider the most important passages written by the apostle Paul. How do these passages fit within God’s story of redemption a for the Christians of the first century and how are they relevant today?

We have read through much of the Story of the Scripture, we have read Stephen, Paul, and Peter's summaries of the Story of Scripture, and in Romans, we get to study the apostle Paul's theology of the Story of Scripture. In this letter to the church in Rome, Paul calls the Jewish and Gentile Christians to unity, faith, and obedience to Jesus. In the first few chapters, he reminds his Jewish brother...

In this episode of the Story of Scripture, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss the final chapters we have of Paul's story. Paul stands against the Jewish leaders who oppose his faith in Jesus, stands against the Roman rulers of the world, and even must confront the unseen powers in the world through a storm, shipwreck, and snakebite. Throughout every obstacle, Paul remains faith...

In this episode of the Bible Reading Podcast, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss Acts 16-21.  Paul continues on his second and third missionary journeys. He faces suffering and opposition, but also amazing openness to the gospel. Despite repeated warnings, Paul heads to Jerusalem. He knows what awaits, but is willing to be all and give all for the gospel.

In this episode of the Story of Scripture, the new church is growing exponentially, but also faces difficult questions about this newly formed people of God. Do the newly included Gentile disciples need to follow the laws of the Torah? Should the Jewish disciples of Jesus and the Gentile disciples of Jesus interact? Eat together? Are they the same status? God has always planned to bring salvation...

The apostle Peter is transformed from hiding and denying knowing the name of Jesus to bolding proclaiming salvation in the name of Jesus, "unable to top speaking about what [he has] seen and heard." Stephen explains to the Jewish leadership how the Story of Scripture has all led to Jesus and becomes the first Christian martyr. We are introduced to a young zealot named Paul, who "breathes" threats...

In this episode, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss the final chapters of Hebrews and the opening chapters of the book of Acts. How does the author of Hebrews call the new church to live in light of all they have been given in Christ? The beginning of Acts gives a glimpse of exactly the power and perseverance Hebrews has in mind.

In this episode of the Story of Scripture, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss Hebrews 5-10. Who is Melchizedek? Why is Jesus compared to him? How does Jesus fulfill and expand the sacrifices, priesthood, and covenant of the Old Testament? 

In this episode of the Story of Scripture, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss the climax of the entire biblical story: Jesus, God with us, who humbled himself even unto the cross, but who rose again to reign forever. This beauty and majesty of who Jesus is and what it means begins the next part of the Story in the book of Hebrews. 

In this episode of the Story of Scripture, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss the last teachings of Jesus. What does it look like to be great in the kingdom of God? Do we really want the upside down kingdom of God? How should the teaching and the life of Jesus transform how we see all of Scripture and our own hearts? 

In this episode of the Story of Scripture, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester continue working through the gospel of Matthew. After teaching about the Kingdom of God, Jesus begins to display what this kingdom look like: the sick are healed, outsiders are welcomed, and his disciples begin to participate in all he is doing. Despite the authority and power of Jesus, he begins to warn of h...

After 9 months studying the Old Testament, this week's episode of the Story of Scripture discusses the Gospel of Matthew. How are these first chapters of the New Testament connected to the people and story of the Old Covenant? What does the beginning of this book communicate about the identity and purposes of Jesus? What is the same, what is really new, and how can we discover the foundational mes...

The remnant of God's people has returned from exile, the new temple is dedicated, and the walls of the city are restored. In this final section of the Old Testament reading, we are reminded to look back with gratitude and worship for all God has done for his people, and look forward with anticipation for the greater fulfillment of his promises to come.

In this episode of the Story of Scripture, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss Nehemiah's narrative of the remnant of God's people as they seek to find their identity and security without their own king. How will the new temple, the law, and their beloved promised land help or hinder them? How can we learn from their experience so long ago?

The people of the promise are called out of another global empire to the promised place of God, but nothing is quite the same. In this episode of the Story of Scripture, Ted Ryskoski, Lance Lawson, and Rachel Chester discuss the return from exile, the temple rebuilt, and what that means for us today.