Encounter Faith Podcast

Pastor Tara Beth walks us through a core belief of our Lutheran tradition as we continue our sermon series "The Main Thing." She walks us through how we are saved by grace, and can live a life by faith as "good news people." 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 Sheph...

Pastor Jake Roberts continues our series on the Main Thing by diving into a core belief from our Lutheran tradition, "grace through faith alone." Pastor Jake also walks through how we can walk through our doubts, wrestle with them, and ultimately bring them to God because it is by grace through faith we have been saved, and not because of anything we've done. SHOW NOTES We’d love to...

Pastor Jake Roberts walked Ross Cochran and our listeners through the Christ centered theology that is the foundation of our faith, and the Lutheran tradition as well as diving into common misconceptions we all might have about God. Most importantly, Pastor Jake focused on how we all can move from whatever misconceptions we have about God to being able to look at God and see Jesus. SHOW NOTES We’d...

Pastor Jake Roberts kicks off our new series "The Main Thing" and focuses on the foundational belief of "Christ Alone." He also dives into four common misconceptions we all might have about God, and how we can get back to seeing Jesus whenever we look at the Father. SHOW NOTES We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way to su...

Pastor Greg Wenhold provides context on what it means to be Lutheran by diving into the core belief of "Christ Alone." He also walks through practical ways this theology impacts our everyday life. 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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illi...

In this special bonus episode, Pastor Greg Wenhold walks through some of the core beliefs of the Lutheran Faith, which has shaped Good Shepherd Church throughout our history. Pastor Greg and Ross Cochran dive deep into the upcoming teaching series "The Main Thing" at Good Shepherd Church and how churches hold onto their faith traditions in the year 2024. SHOW NOTES We’d love to meet you!...

Pastor Tara Beth Leach joined Ross Cochran to reflect on Easter 2024, her second Easter serving at Good Shepherd Church. She also provided encouragement to to all of us who desire to live as people of the resurrection all year long, as well as to new believers. 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 s...

Pastor Tara Beth Leach walks us through how the ancient curse we first saw in garden of Eden was reversed and by Mary Magdalene when she saw Jesus after His resurrection.   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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.  Today’s message was origina...

After returning from their first trip to our mission partners in Nairobi Kenya, Pastor Tara Beth Leach and Creative Arts Executive Minister Ryan Hammer recapped their experiences with Missional Engagement Executive Minister Jeannine Allen who joined them on their trip, and Pastor Greg Wenhold, who was on the team that started this partnership in the first place. SHOW NOTES We’d love to meet you! E...

Pastor Jake Roberts revisits the familiar story of Palm Sunday and reminds us of the ways that we have coopted Jesus into our own narratives, how we were created in God's image and not the other way around, and how the message of Palm Sunday resonates in today's political moment. SHOW NOTES We’d love to meet you! Email us , check out our website , and come worship with us! The best way t...

Pastor Greg Wenhold encourages us to not let the  familiar stories like Palm Sunday become "static images" but to instead look deeper into our souls for what God might be saying to us. 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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.  Today...

Pastor Tara Beth Leach wraps up our series "The Ordinary Road" reminding us that we are all called by God to serve, in ordinary ways according to His will, and asking the critical question, "where will you do that today?"  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...

To wrap up our series "The Ordinary Road" Middle School & Young Adult Ministry Leader Max Schiewe calls us to follow the example set by Jesus and serve in whatever context He may put us in. 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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinoi...

Pastor Jake Roberts reminds us of how serious Jesus took play, and challenges us to do more of the things we love in a time where so many of us really need it. 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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois. Today’s message was originally delivered...

Students Minister Elisabeth Lectka calls us to intentionally pursue joy, why play matters to God, and what that practically looks like in today's world. 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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois. Today’s message was originally delivered on...

Pastor Tara Beth Leach provides a vision for Biblical hospitality, and the "kind of people" Jesus wants at our tables. 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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.  Today’s message was originally delivered on March 3rd, 2024  in our Wor...

Pastor Jake Roberts calls for our tables where we break bread to reflect the compassion of Christ, and reminds us the power that simply sharing a meal together can have. 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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.  Today’s message was originally...

Pastor Tara Beth Leach provides a Biblical framework and a way for us to correct our potentially distorted  view on our work. 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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.  Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday February 25, 2024  in o...

Pastor Greg Wenhold delivers clear context and conviction on how God wants us to view our work lives in today's message. 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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.  Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday February 25 2024  in ou...

Pastor Greg Wenhold welcomes us to the "Ordinary Road" that Jesus walked on the way to His death, beginning this series with a message on prayer in our Worship Center. 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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.  Today’s message was or...

Pastor Jake Roberts welcomes us to the "Ordinary Road" that Jesus walked on the way to His death, beginning this series with a message on prayer in our Sanctuary. 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 Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.  Today’s message was origina...