Encounter Faith Podcast

Pastor Pamela Palmer joins the podcast to walk host Ross Cochran through the ways we can examine our own behaviors and relationship with God through how what we see in the story of Exodus chapter 32 and the golden calf. SHOW NOTES The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fund...

Pastor Greg Wenhold leans into a text we all might be familiar with (Exodus 32) but brings a fresh perspective on what God could be saying to us today through examining the story of the Israelites.  SHOW NOTES The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe tha...

Pastor Pamela encourages us to see our story in the story of the Israelites, and walks through the different responses we see in Exodus 32 from Moses, Aaron, and the people. SHOW NOTES The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter th...

Young Adult & Middle School Leader Max Schiewe joins host Ross Cochran to discuss his sermon that covered how we serve an intentional God, who actively chooses to dwell amongst His people, and how that fact about God's character is seen in the level of detail He gives the Israelites in Exodus 25-30. SHOW NOTES The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and div...

Pastor Jake Roberts continues our series on Exodus, exploring the details of chapters 25-30 and how they connect to our life today. SHOW NOTES The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the se...

Young Adult & Middle School Leader Max Schiewe connects how the details we read about in Exodus 25-30 point to how our God is intentional, and how Jesus is a better High Priest. SHOW NOTES The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot enco...

Pastor Jake Roberts and host Ross Cochran discuss how the church's presence is meant to be a blessing, and what to do when that is not the case. Pastor Jake also reflects on the value of rest, and how to examine our own spiritual habits. SHOW NOTES We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepher...

Pastor Greg continues our teaching series walking through the book of Exodus by diving into the different "soundtracks" we might be listening to that keep us from listening to God, and how we can bring our focus back to Him. SHOW NOTEjS Thanks for listening to this replay of our Sunday sermons! We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best w...

Pastor Jake continues our teaching series on Exodus by providing a framework of ways for us to examine our lives, with questions we can ask to look at how we approach rest, our character, and our relationship with Jesus. SHOW NOTES Thanks for listening to this replay of our Sunday sermons!  We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way to support...

Students Minister Elisabeth Lectka returns to the podcast to discuss her recent sermon and how we navigate this tension of knowing God is with us when we are in the wilderness, and acting like we believe it. She also shares with host Ross Cochran reflections on the conversation around mental health in the church, her time leading students, and practical perspective for parents of kids of any age....

Elisabeth Lectka continues our series on Exodus, diving into life in the wilderness, and how we can both know and believe that God is with us. SHOW NOTES Thanks for listening to this replay of our Sunday sermons!  We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois...

Bethany Hammer continues our Exodus series by walking through the differences between knowing God and our lived experience with Him.  SHOW NOTES Thanks for listening to this replay of our Sunday sermons!  We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.  Today’...

Pastor Tara Beth responds to the story of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea by highlighting the importance of moving forward and walking away from the "Egypt" in our lives. SHOW NOTES Check Out More From Dr. Curt Thompson, who Tara Beth referenced during the conversation. We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way to support the pod...

Pastor Tara Beth continues our series on Exodus, diving into the parting of the Red Sea and how we can, like the Israelites, need to move forward away from the things in our live that are holding us captive. SHOW NOTES Thanks for listening to this replay of our Sunday sermons!  We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way to support the podcast i...

Pastor Tara Beth joins the podcast this week to walk through how we've all bought into this idea of trying to perform or earn God's love and where that ultimately falls short. She then shares about how the pressure to perform in today's world has created so much pressure, that the church has to be a place where people can come as they are. SHOW NOTES We’d love to meet you! Email us...

On a special episode of the podcast, host Ross Cochran is joined by Karlee and Erick Mendoza. They are a full time missionary family in Mexico serving with Living Hope. The Mendozas share about life as missionaries, how they balance their ministry and parenting, and what they ultimately hope for the future for the kids that are in the community they serve. SHOW NOTES Learn more and support the Men...

Pastor Tara Beth continues our series on Exodus, connecting what we see from the Israelites to the "performance culture" that we see today. SHOW NOTES Thanks for listening to this replay of our Sunday sermons!  We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville I...

Pastor Jake continues the teaching series on Exodus by providing clarity on tough questions like 'how we handle immigration' and 'how we yield our power and influence,' by connecting it to the text and what Israel experienced in the first passover. SHOW NOTES Thanks for listening to this replay of our Sunday sermons!  We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , an...

Pastor Greg Wenhold returns to the podcast to discuss how we can let go of the brokenness in ourselves to pursue the fullness of what God has for us. He and host Ross Cochran discuss how we can trust God's promises during hard seasons and taking the time to humbly analyze ourselves and our life's circumstances. SHOW NOTES We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come...

Pastor Greg Wenhold continues walking us through the book of Exodus by diving into Chapters 5-11 and what it could mean for all of us if we "let go" of the ways we are oppressing our own potential to live out God's calling on our lives. SHOW NOTES Thanks for listening to this replay of our Sunday sermons!  We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship wi...

Pastor Tara Beth continues walking us through the book of Exodus, diving into Exodus chapters 5-11, the fear of the Lord, and what we can ultimately learn from those who have gone before us. SHOW NOTES Thanks for listening to this replay of our Sunday sermons!  We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way to support the podcast is to support Good...

Pastor Jake Roberts returned to the podcast to walk through how the book of Exodus connects to the imposter syndrome we all might feel in our day to day lives and in our faith. He and host Ross Cochran also dive deep into how churches and pastors can help people walking through "church hurt" because God will always provide a home. SHOW NOTES We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out ou...

Thanks for listening to this replay of our Sunday sermons!  We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.  Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday June 16th  in our Sanctuary and you can watch it here .

Thanks for listening to this replay of our Sunday sermons!  We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.  Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday June 16th in our Worship Center and you can watch it here.

Pastor Tara Beth returns to the podcast as we kicked off our teaching series diving into the Book of Exodus. She shares with host Ross Cochran what she hopes people take away from this series of messages and she walks through some common stumbling blocks that get in the way of us authentically having a relationship with God.  SHOW NOTES We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and...