Columbia View Podcast

Even though we make up one whole as the body of Christ, Each part of the body still has unique and extreme value. No matter what that role is, from being good at stewardship or craftsmanship, all of it can be used to glorify God. Join us as pastor David talks more about being one body, many parts.

Regardless of your worldview and faith background, grief and loss are experiences that every person encounters. What does the Bible have to offer in terms of a framework to navigate the losses of our life... and what in the world could possibly be a "treasure" buried in them? Join us today to find out! You can access Pete Scazzero's brook Emotionally Healthy Discipleship on amazon.

It is often too easy to succumb to the temptation of blending into society that we become a part of society before a part of the body of Christ. Too often can we even view Jesus and his teachings through society's lenses that we can twist who he actually is. Join with us as pastor David dives into this topic of following the crucified, not the Americanized Jesus.

If you are like me you want to be good at any and everything. However, this is never the case. Sometimes we are limited in what we give or sometimes we don't give enough. Sometimes we listen too much or too little. As pastor David shares this week on embracing God's gift of limits, think about and pray on where God is asking you to embrace limits or break through them.

You may be familiar with the song lyric, "What is love? baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me". That is the question though, what is love? We are told by Jesus Christ himself to love God and love others, but how do we do this? Join us as pastor David shares four key qualities of this love that God wants us to have in our hearts.

Sometimes we can get impatient with transformation and change. We can often rush into roles like parenting without knowing what it is to BE a parent. This is also easy in our walk with Christ. What does it mean to BE a Christian and to have our lives committed to Jesus? Join us as pastor David dives back into Emotionally Discipleship to help grasp being a Christian.

What happens after you believe in Jesus? Borrowing Robert Mulholland's definition of Christian spiritual formation, we enter the process of being formed into the image of Christ for the sake of others... all possible only through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Have you given up on hope? You're not alone, many have. Yet there is a living hope we want to share with you today, so tune in!

We all have expectations in life. We can also expect things to either always go right or even, always go wrong. When our expectations are not met, it is easy to lose sight of God and lose sight of who we are in him. Join us as pastor David continues the series "Finding the Way".

Zacchaeus was lost... but then he met Jesus and that changed everything. Join us as we learn what it looks like to find The Way by belonging to Jesus, believing in Jesus, and becoming like Jesus.

It is incredibly easy to focus only on what we are doing in our training and life, rather than focusing on the teacher. As you walk with Jesus, where are times in your life that it is difficult to simply look up and focus on Jesus? Join us as guest speaker Mark Schmerse shares on following Jesus by looking to him

As we wrap up this series of emotionally healthy discipleship, think and pray on how God can apply these teachings to your life. Is the "soil, vine, and trellis" in your life healthy? Or do they need to be worked on? Do you need to remember limits? Do you need to remember the treasures of loss and grief? Join us as pastor David brings a close to this series, emotionally healthy discipleship

There are many reasons people fast in the world. The Israelites were called to fast when crying out to God, and to humble themselves before Him. Fasting in our faith is as important as well: to cry out to him and allow him to bring healing into our lives. Join us as pastor David continues this series of emotionally healthy discipleship.

Jesus himself said "a house built on sand cannot stand". Structure is important to have a healthy relationship with God and improving our lives. But what does this look like? Join us as pastor David shares steps and processes we can follow to get a better structure in loving and following God.

Jesus washing the disciple's feet was a critical moment in his teaching. It showed his true purpose: a good leader is a good servant. But also we all need to be washed through Christ to have a healthy relationship with him. Join us as Pastor David dives into this part of Jesus' discipleship

In relationships, the depth of vulnerability will never consistently rise above the depth of trust... this is all the more true of our relationship with God. Join us as Pastor David takes us through Jesus' metaphor in John 15 of a vine and gardener to ask some hard questions that bring us to an important decision to make in our journey toward becoming emotionally healthy disciples.

Most people desire to move towards health and maturity.... but why is it that more often than not, it seems like we continue to stay in emotional and spiritually unhealthy and immature patterns? Join us today as we dive into Jesus' teaching from Matthew 13 on the importance of cultivating the soil of our hearts to move towards responsiveness to God's work and Word.

Most of us have an understanding of what discipleship is, but what is emotionally healthy discipleship? How can we know what it looks like? Join us as we adapt much of Pete and Geri Scazzero's works "Emotionally Healthy Discipleship" (EHD) over the course of this year with the prayer that God would bring deep healing to our hearts and lives that results in loving Him and neighbor more fully. Join...

What is worship? Is it only involving singing and instruments? Or is worship suppose to be our life, dedicated to worship the one true God with all that we do. Join us as guest speaker Jimmy Sam shares from the bible what worship should be.

Where is your life right now in accordance to following God? Join us as Pastor David shares on this turning point in life: from independence from God to dependence on God.

The beginning of new years can sometimes bring more work, more stress, and just MORE. Psalms 23 is a great reminder that we find our rest in God who is our shepherd. Join us as pastor David explains this passage in more depth.

Though the Christian life is not always "up and to the right" in the Western sense of success, God does desire us to grow... to become more like him. We would love for you to consider a word or theme for 2022 that God wants to teach and form in you!

As we wrap up advent and nearing Christmas, you may still be thinking: what is all this about? Jesus came as a child because of one purpose: to love everyone. Let us all remember this precious gift to love all this Christmas and in the future

How can you give more in your life to show love this seasons? God GAVE his only son to be with us and one of us to show his unfailing love. Join us as pastor David continues this series on the Advent Conspiracy.

We have a tendency to spend too much; too much time and money on perishable, worldly things. By doing this, we lose the meaning of Christmas and become bitter in this world. Let us be a part of this "advent conspiracy", going back to the roots of what Christmas is.