CLF Conversations

🌍 Key Topics Covered • Biblical counseling • Secular therapy • Medication • Anxiety • Depression • Qualifications • Mental health • Common grace • Wise counsel • Church care • Spiritual growth • Hope in suffering 💬 Discussion Highlights Everyone needs help at times. Worldviews shape counseling methods. The Bible speaks to the deepest issues of the heart. Medication is a tool, not a savior. Body...

🎙️ Stay Connected Thanks for listening to CLF Conversations , the podcast of Covenant Life Fellowship in Roseburg, Oregon. For sermons, articles, event information, and more resources to help you follow Christ, visit: Covenant Life Fellowship As always— Worship. Fellowship. Grow. & Serve. We'll see you next time on CLF Conversations —where we grow in Christ one conversation at a time. 🎙️

🌍 Key Topics Covered • Summer discipleship • Evangelism • Hospitality • Recreation and rest • Family discipleship • Church involvement • Spiritual disciplines • Vacations and faith • Stewardship of time • Gospel opportunities 💬 Discussion Highlights Summer is a gift from God. Spiritual growth requires intentionality. Hospitality creates opportunities for ministry. Vacations can deepen faith. Fam...

🌍 Key Topics Covered • Abuse and pastoral care • Separation and safety • Remarriage after divorce • Divorce before conversion • Restoration and reconciliation • Repentance and forgiveness • Church care for divorced believers • Gospel hope 💬 Discussion Highlights Truth and grace belong together. Safety and protection matter. God's grace reaches past failures. Remarriage questions require careful...

🎙️ Episode Summary In Part One of this discussion, Perry and Pastor Dave explore God's design for marriage and why Scripture treats divorce so seriously. Beginning in Genesis and moving through the teachings of Jesus and Paul, they discuss covenant faithfulness, adultery, abandonment, and the biblical foundations that shape Christian views of divorce. Before considering difficult exceptions, Chris...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave unpack one of the most confusing questions for many Christians: what parts of the Old Testament Law still apply today? By exploring the categories of moral, ceremonial, and civil law, they show how Jesus fulfills the Law and reshapes how believers relate to it. Rather than discarding the Law—or being crushed by it—Chris...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave explore what it truly means to be merciful—and how it differs from what we might call “unholy sympathy.” The discussion addresses how misplaced compassion can actually hinder repentance, short-circuit God’s discipline, and keep people from real transformation. Rather than calling Christians to be less compassionate, thi...

🎙️ Stay Connected Thanks for listening to CLF Conversations , the podcast of Covenant Life Fellowship in Roseburg, Oregon. For sermons, articles, event information, and more resources to help you follow Christ, visit: Covenant Life Fellowship As always— Worship. Fellowship. Grow. & Serve. We'll see you next time on CLF Conversations —where we grow in Christ one conversation at a time. 🎙️

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave explore how technology and social media are shaping our attention—and ultimately our hearts. The conversation addresses how digital habits form us, why distraction is a serious spiritual issue, and how social media can subtly influence our identity, desires, and thinking. Ultimately, Scripture calls believers to somethi...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave explore how technology and social media are shaping our attention—and ultimately our hearts. The conversation addresses how digital habits form us, why distraction is a serious spiritual issue, and how social media can subtly influence our identity, desires, and thinking. Ultimately, Scripture calls believers to somethi...

🎙️ Stay Connected Thanks for listening to CLF Conversations , the podcast of Covenant Life Fellowship in Roseburg, Oregon. For sermons, articles, event information, and more resources to help you follow Christ, visit: Covenant Life Fellowship As always— Worship. Fellowship. Grow. & Serve. We'll see you next time on CLF Conversations —where we grow in Christ one conversation at a time. 🎙️

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave tackle the real questions that arise from the Better Together series. The conversation explores why church life can sometimes feel messy, how Christians should handle conflict, why slander is dangerous, and what it really means to love, forgive, and bear one another’s burdens. Ultimately, the New Testament shows that Ch...

Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave tackle one of the hardest questions people ask: Why does God allow suffering? The conversation explores the origin of suffering in the fall, why suffering is not always punishment, how God uses suffering to shape believers, and how tragedies—from war to unjust deaths—fit within God’s sovereign plan. Ultimately, Scripture r...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave discuss the escalating tensions involving Israel, Iran, and the United States and explore how Christians should think about global conflict. Rather than responding with fear or speculation, believers are called to anchor their perspective in Scripture. The conversation covers God’s sovereignty over nations, the role of...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave answer candid follow-up questions to the Shared Values series. They explore what “gospel-centered” really means, why continuationism is a shared value, how elder leadership functions, biblical submission in marriage, the realities of church planting, and how unity can be preserved in a growing church of sinners. The con...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave York continue the Shared Values series by exploring United in Fellowship, Mission, and Governance. They discuss why unity among churches is more than symbolic, how the New Testament models vibrant interdependence, and why shared doctrine and accountability protect long-term faithfulness. From Jesus’ prayer in John 17 to...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave York continue the Shared Values series by exploring Church Planting, Outreach, and Global Mission. They unpack how gospel centrality naturally leads to gospel proclamation, why the Great Commission belongs to every believer, and why church planting is God’s primary means of forming disciples. From Acts to Revelation, th...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave York continue the Shared Values series by exploring Elder-Governed & Elder-Led Churches. They unpack Christ’s headship over the church, the biblical role of elders as under-shepherds, and why leadership grounded in character, plurality, and accountability is essential for long-term church health. From Titus and Timothy...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave York continue the Shared Values series by exploring Complementarian Leadership in the Home and in the Church. Starting in Genesis 1, they lay a foundation of equal dignity and shared image-bearing for men and women, then move into Ephesians 5 to show how marriage is meant to be a living picture of Christ and the church—...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave continue the Shared Values series by exploring Continuationist Pneumatology—our conviction that Pentecost launched a new era of God dwelling among His people, and that the Holy Spirit still actively works in the church today. From Exodus 33 and Leviticus 26 to John 14 and Acts 2, they trace the storyline of God’s presen...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations, Perry and Pastor Dave continue the Shared Values series by exploring Gospel-Centered Doctrine & Preaching. The gospel isn’t a message we outgrow—it’s the central announcement of God’s saving work in Jesus Christ and the interpretive center of the entire Bible. Drawing from Ephesians 1, Luke 24, and 1 Corinthians 15, they discuss how the gosp...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode of CLF Conversations , Perry and Pastor Dave begin a new series on the shared values of Sovereign Grace Churches by exploring the foundation of them all: Reformed theology. Rather than treating Reformed theology as a system to debate, the conversation presents it as a lens through which Scripture reveals an all-glorious, triune God—one who sovereignly works all t...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this Advent-focused episode of CLF Conversations , Perry and Pastor Dave explore a often-overlooked truth about Christmas: it doesn’t just call us to remember—it calls us to wait. While the world treats Christmas as a nostalgic moment frozen in time, Scripture presents it as the beginning of a much larger story. The birth of Jesus fulfills ancient promises, but it also awaken...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this Advent-focused episode of CLF Conversations , Perry and Pastor Dave explore a often-overlooked truth about Christmas: it doesn’t just call us to remember—it calls us to wait. While the world treats Christmas as a nostalgic moment frozen in time, Scripture presents it as the beginning of a much larger story. The birth of Jesus fulfills ancient promises, but it also awaken...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this heartfelt Christmas episode of CLF Conversations , Perry and Pastor Dave dive into a reality we often avoid: the Christmas season is filled with joy… and it’s also filled with pain. While the world demands forced cheerfulness, Scripture offers a deeper, more durable joy—one that can coexist with loss, stress, and unmet expectations. The hosts explore why grumbling feels...