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Meditate on Psalm 34:4 alongside our Family's Director Delaney Stoner. Listen to her dive into the life of King David, while giving us practical next steps to begin to loosen the strongholds of fear on our lives. Support the show

Listen to Malachi Hudson wonder how we can better fixate our hearts on the things of God, using the people of Israel shown in the book of Ezra as our example. Support the show

We as the modern Church tend to read the book of Acts as if it is a book of heroes, a list of unattainable feats. Reading of the miraculous stories of the early church makes us question if we really even believe that the same power that conquered the grave of Jesus is truly alive in us today. To this effect, James wrote that the great prophet Elijah was a human just like all of us. For those James...

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Luke Brueggemeyer walks us through another one of DCC's core values, Better Not Bigger. Through using examples from the fast food world and the story of Jesus, we see how living out this value can shape the lives of our communities toward Christ.  Support the show

Hear one of our group leaders, Jay Finlayson, share how God equipped him and his household to take care of the deep physical and spiritual needs of one of Tallahassee's homeless population members. Support the show

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Our HOPE Director, Monica Sanchez, shares with us a story of trust between a HOPE Scholar and her newly assigned Mentor. Support the show

Do we really believe Jesus when he said it would be better that he leave Earth and send his Spirit? For most of us, it feels like the Spirit is not a mainstay in our lives. If ever, we really only experience the Spirit in worship or through the conviction of sin. While these expressions of the Spirit are nothing short of miraculous, if they are all we ever get, then who the Spirit is to us seems t...

Hear Sofia Fernandez dive into Paul's letter to the Romans, unearthing the reasons why we as Christians so quickly fall into judgement, and what we can do to combat it. Support the show

Luke Brueggemeyer shares with us a story from church history, explaining to us the necessity of tapping into the lives of saints that have lived before us. Listen to the radical life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and one story in particular that shows how resilient community was a weapon against the evil forces of Nazism. Support the show

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Our fearless leader, Ben Kaempfer, breaks down one of the nine core values that shape how we operate as a church: Spiritual Information + Practical Application. Support the show

Our Executive Pastor, William Colle, shares what the Lord has been teaching him since the recent death of his Grandfather through reflecting on a life best defined as a "long obedience in the same direction." Support the show

What would you have to do for Jesus to call you Satan? When Jesus rebuked Peter in this way, Peter was doing what he genuinely thought was right. In Matthew 16, after a series of miracles and ministry, Jesus asks the disciples who they say he is. When Peter confesses that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God (v. 16), Jesus blesses him and says that on that rock He will build His church. There is no...

Hear Luke Brueggemeyer, our Young Professional Discipleship Director, explain how the constant distractions of our daily lives conspire against us having a deeper relationship with our Father. Yet through practicing silent prayer, we fight back against the strongholds of constant noise and stimulation, and reclaim the action of simply "being" with God. Support the show

Kaitlyn Dressel, long-time DCC attender and art teacher at Maclay High School, tells the story of how a call to faith from five years ago led her to take the Gospel message to her workplace through starting FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) at her school. Support the show

The longer you are a Christian, the easier it is for your external spirituality to exceed your inward fidelity to God. Most of us have experienced a brand of Christianity in people that displayed the externalities of holiness in a way that made us feel judged instead of loved. This sort of approach to Christianity causes us to modify our behavior in order to appear to be  more “Christian.” But Jes...

Jenna Gurklis, our College Woman Discipleship Director, connects our origin story in Eden with John's first letter in the New Testament, and observes us how our sin patterns have remained relatively constant throughout time. But there is a solution, and it comes in humbly trusting in the Way of Jesus over the ways of the world. Support the show

Hear our Worship Leader, Sofia Fernandez, share a story of a local family desperately in need of mattresses, and how our church family (both locally and nationally) became the hands and feet of Christ through generously giving up what they had in order to love their community well. Support the show

Most of us have experienced the moments where we felt very called to something, but as time went on and the situation got difficult, we began to wonder if we were ever called to do this thing in the first place. This may have been expressed in your life through being initially excited about a small group only to find 6 months later that you feel overbooked, overly busy, and drained. Maybe you star...

Dylan Nielander, our College Men's Discipleship Director, reflects on how our culture of consumption is dictating our formation. Based on the "liturgies" we partake in every day, are we becoming people more or less like Christ? Support the show

Hear from our Pastoral Project Manager, Ally Frith, on how her friend's boldness in prayer opened up multiple avenues to further her intimacy with God. Support the show