Dive In With Matt & Joe

The Road Out: Unpacking the Exodus Story Join us as we explore the profound themes of the Book of Exodus, focusing on God's rescue, formation, and presence with His people. Discover how these ancient stories shape our understanding of salvation, identity, and God's ongoing work in our lives today. #Exodus, #salvation, #rescue, #God'spresence, #formation, #promised land, #biblicaltheology 0:00 Welc...

Bethany’s Story It’s incredible to see what God is doing in the world around us. And then to realize that he actually invites us to join him in HIS work…? Wow!! It was a fantastic conversation with Bethany as she shares her journey into see how God shows up with His work at her work. The hope is that her stories will spark your imagination as you notice where God is working and join Him there! #Jo...

Joy Touching Down In this episode, Matt talks with Haley to hear her stories of how she receives and shares God’s joy in her work as a community development consultant and local magazine publisher. Haley refuses to contain her relationship with Jesus to only certain contexts, but is looking for and seeing Him crashing into the world in all kinds of ways. You can find her on Instagram and online at...

Everywhere We Go God’s design is to rescue, form, and commission a people to join him in unleashing His love into a love-starved world. This is a radical pictures painted for us in 2 Corinthians 5:14-21. It’s as if we are conduits of God’s love - He fills us and then moves through us into the world. Wow!! Join us as we follow Jesus together!

You Are The Body of Christ What if you were just one big ear? Or one big hand? That would be crazy! The human body has many parts that need each other to function. Paul in both 1 Corinthians 12 and Romans 12 talks about the Church as the body of Christ. We often pass over that metaphor with nodding approval and then move on. But what if he was serious? (Note: he IS) Let’s dive in together as we co...

The Way of Humility Jesus invites everyone to come to Him because He is humble and gentle. It turns out that Jesus is simply embodying the humble heart of God found throughout the story of Scripture, beginning in the very first chapter of the Bible. Out of His humility, God draws near, rescues, and dwells with us, inviting us into a way of life marked by humility and gentleness that He Himself emb...

Compassion for Our Neighbors Jesus boils all of life down to one commandment: love God and love your neighbor as yourself. While profoundly simple, this can be challenging to live out, especially when we wonder who are our neighbors. While Jesus has everyone in mind, He is particularly concerned that we have compassion on those on the margins of society: the overlooked, downtrodden, and outcast. J...

Living Sacrifices In Romans 12:1-2 Paul invites us to become living sacrifices who are transformed by the renewing of our minds. How is it possible to have a sacrifice that's alive? What does it look like for us to experience a transformation of our minds so that we receive God's extravagant love and join Him in His mission to draw all people to Himself through Jesus? Join us as we explore these q...

Jesus Invites Into His Life Join us as we explore the cosmic and person invitation of Jesus…for YOU! Jesus invites us into HIS life and HIS WAY of life. As we follow him, we take on his posture of invitation toward each other and those around us. In doing so, we see heaven open up and the Kingdom of Heaven in our midst! #John1; #Genesis28; #Nathaniel; #FigTree; #Invitation; #FollowMe

God’s Good Gifts God has given incredible gifts to his Church. Jesus is victorious and rules over all the universe! What does he do to celebrate his victory? He pours out incredible good gifts to those he has rescued. What are those incredible gifts? Dive in and find out! #Ephesians, #Ephesians4, #SpiritualGifts

A New Temple Imagine being in God’s very presence. It’s hard to wrap our minds around. But there were little hot spots of his presence throughout the Bible. They went by different names like Eden, tabernacle/tent of meeting, temple, New Jerusalem, and Church. Each of these is showing us that God, the Creator, intends to settle into his creation and be with us! In today’s episode, Joe mentioned a b...

A New People Joe and Matt dive into Acts 2, which has deep roots in the story of God in the Old Testament. We will explore the cosmic  power of God’s salvation along with the personal invitation to trust Him.

New Exodus Diving deeper into Colossians 1:13-23, we see God’s incredible mercy and grace as he rescues us and leads us into his promised new life. The rescue of Israel recounted in Exodus, gives us a key framework for understanding the person and work of Jesus. It is powerful, beautiful, and overwhelming to catch even a glimpse of Christ. We are invited, daily, to follow Jesus together- and it al...

Shepherded to Shepherding Throughout Psalm 23 we have been receiving the good news of Yahweh as our shepherd - in him we have enough! Throughout the narrative of scripture we also see that those are shepherdED are also those who are called to join Yahweh in shepherdING. That’s YOU! Let’s dive in and see how God empowers us as faithful under-shepherds in the places we live, work, and play!

Wicked Tov Dave, who wrote Psalm 23, knew what it was like to be chased down. Twice in his life, someone who was close to him pursued him into the wilderness to kill him! And even so, he proclaimed that his Shepherd, Yahweh, pursued him with goodness (tov) and loyal love (hesed). Every day we are chased down by forces which conspire to steal our lives…and yet God pursues us relentlessly with his g...

Talk With A Shepherd A couple of shepherds and an incredible veterinarian sit down together to talk about shepherding. Get a view behind the scenes of lambing season and what makes a good shepherd. What a great conversation that helps us dive deeper into the word picture of Psalm 23. Yahweh is an incredible shepherd…Listen as Andy talks about his life as a shepherd and see if you hear God in there...

Welcome To The Table Psalm 23 proclaims that the Lord sets a table before us in the presence of our enemies. How is a feast possibly God’s answer for enemies?!?! Yet…from beginning to end, the Bible reveals the goodness, bounty, and power of the Lord’s table. Dive in with Matt and Joe as we explore the biblical theme of the table feast. And as you do, know that you are welcome to the table!

You Comfort Me Life is a journey filled with peaks and valleys. Psalm 23 reminds us that we don’t need to fear evil because God, our Shepherd, is with us. Not only is He with us…but he wields the tools of a shepherd in such a way that we are comforted. The rod and staff in the hands of The Good Shepherd are comfort, no matter the terrain of our journey. Join us today as we dive into a powerful sto...

Peace In The Valley Throughout the Bible, there are descriptions of valleys and the work that God does in them. In this episode, Matt and Joe will explore the biblical theme of valleys. We all walk through them. And God meets us there and walks with us…because he is the one who knows the way through the valley. Join us as we dive in together!

Right Paths When life seems out of control, we can ask ourselves, “Who’s driving this thing?!?” But Psalm 23 assures us that when God rescues us, he also leads us. And when he leads us, he leads us in ways that are good for us and that reveal his glory to the world! Let’s dive in together and explore how this Good Shepherd leads us in the right paths for his name’s sake.

He Restores My Life What does it means for God to turn my life around? Does my life really need to be turned around? In God’s goodness, love, and power, he searches for lost sheep and restores life…that’s what a good shepherd does! Let’s dive into Psalm 23 and receive this flourishing, beautiful, and good life that he promises and provides.

Trust Quiet Waters There is good news for anyone who feels like the world is spinning out of control…God is our peace. And in Him is “shalom” - beauty, flourishing, life. Let’s dive in together as we explore the contrast between churning chaos waters and the quiet waters of the Good Shepherd.

Green Pastures God has strong things to say to the shepherds of his people. As we pay attention to what he says in Ezekiel , we learn more about the heart of Yahweh, the Good Shepherd, who seeks and finds his lost sheep. #Ezekiel, #Psalm 23, #leadership

I Lack Nothing David Gibson writes “Psalm 23 is an oasis in a materialist wasteland.” We live in a world that conditions us in lack, scarcity, and striving. Yet…the good shepherd provides goodness and flourishing for his sheep. With God as our shepherd, what does it look like to trust the bedrock truth that “I lack nothing”…? Let’s dive in together and explore!

The LORD Is My Shepherd Who is this Shepherd? What is the significance of him being MY shepherd? Join Matt and Joe as we dive into the opening phrase of Psalm 23, exploring this incredible God who is near to us.