Faith and Life Podcast

Listen to the full interview between Pastor Tyus Nedd, Alvin White, Pastor Mike Weaver, and Pastor Steve Brown.

Pastor Tyus Nedd, Alvin White, Pastor Mike Weaver, Pastor Steve Brown Lessons: 2 Chronicles 7:14, Romans 12:2 Watch:  stlukecolumbus.com/ondemand   Subscribe to our Youtube channel

In response to the upheaval in our country following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement officers, we decided to change our sermon plans and begin to seek what love requires of us in this time. Given the short time-frame for planning, the enormity of the issues, and the schedule constraints for June and July, we decided that we would spend two Sundays beginning to address r...

Pentecost Sunday   Focus text, "Jesus came and stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you'...he breathed on them and said, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.'"   Interestingly, just before the disciples reentered the world around them, after spending time behind locked doors, the Lord blesses them with peace and blesses them with His presence in the Holy Spirit.   What if Jesus stood among us today as w...

We live in hope today because tomorrow's worst is taken care of. The resurrection of Jesus was never far from the minds of the apostles. The resurrection of Jesus infused the apostles with justifiable hope for their future, freed them from the dread of death, and empowered them to sacrificially serve others for the sake of the gospel. What have you learned about your fears during this pandemic? It...

To live an excellent life, love drives everything we do.  When love is the beginning, middle, and ending of everything, we increase our ability to be influential in the lives of those around us.  What's possible now is leaving a legacy of faith, hope, and love to generations beyond us.   Take away: excellence begins with how we approach things, our intentions.  Embrace the intention of living each...

It is possible for us to be perfectly united. As crazy as that sounds, it is possible when we are united in our essential beliefs, show liberty in our non-essential beliefs and practices, and live by charity in all our beliefs and practices. The first Christian Church described in Acts 2 experienced this perfect unity for a brief period of time. They resolved their conflicts. Next to the gospel it...

The National Day of Prayer when followers of Jesus from across our country will join in prayer for our communities and nation. The churches of Gahanna are putting together a unique online prayer experience for you to join this great prayer movement. You can participate by listening to a 30-minute guided time of prayer. Get outside, go on a walk or a run, listen, and pray along with others in the G...

Paul reminds and encourages the church in Thessalonica, that despite the hardship they face as chosen followers of Christ, God is using their "work produced by faith, labor prompted by love, and endurance inspired by hope" to bless those around them, including in places l Ike Macedonia and Achaia, miles away from the city of Thessalonica.  The presence of the risen Christ by the Holy Spirit in the...

We can't give away what we don't have. In today's lesson, a crippled beggar asked Peter and John for money, something they didn't have. Peter gave the beggar what he did have--the power to walk in the name of Jesus. In the weeks and months following the resurrection of Jesus, we see his followers love others as Jesus loved us and give to those in need what they had. God has called each of us to do...

Verses 3-4 of Acts 1 tell us, "After [Jesus'] suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the Father."   What's intriguing to me is Jesus' "staying" with the disciples in Jerusalem while they wai...

When our dreams are taken away, the Lord has the words of eternal life that matter most. In coming to terms with the postponement of the 2020 Olympics, Olympic hopeful, Allyson Felix, wrote recently, "This has been a sobering reminder that we are not owed our dreams." The COVID-19 pandemic has been a sobering reminder that our dreams often do no come true and we experience disappointment and loss...

The Word of Forgiveness - "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Luke 23:34 - Speaker: Robert Flagg The Word of Promise - "Today you shall be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43 - Speaker: Carrie Whatley The Word of Love - "Woman, behold your son! Behold your mother!" John 19:26-27 - Speaker: Mary Lou Owens The Word of Loneliness - "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Matthew...

We're reminded that Jesus took the lowest place to serve those around him.  He's always moving lower, so that we move higher. His selfless, kind and generous service on behalf of his friends brightens the room and their experience with light.  It is an example that we follow as disciples. We "adorn the darkness" of this world through generous acts of service.     Next Step: Take the lowest place w...

Today, we encounter the paradox that defines our faith: Jesus Christ is glorified king and humiliated servant. We too are full of paradox: like Peter, we fervently desire to follow Christ, but find ourselves afraid, denying God. We wave palms in celebration today as Christ comes into our midst, and we follow with trepidation as his path leads to death on the cross. Amid it all we are invited into...

When you have Jesus you have life; when you do not have Jesus you do not have life. The New Testament clearly teaches that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in Jesus. Whoever lives and believes in Jesus has real and eternal life, now and forever. Those who do not believe in Jesus stand condemned because of their unbelief. Jesus is the resurrection and the life.   Next Step: Put your...

"When a life is a work of art, it is always more than simply an expression of ourselves.  Life becomes a work of art when we live it not for ourselves but for others. We live and tell our story, and through it we carry the hope of the world."   Jesus turning water into the best wine is the work of his reflection of his essence.   "The greatest art of an intersection of contrasts."   Jesus didn't h...

To experience happiness, craft your life into a work of art within God's boundaries.   Erwin McManus writes, "Every creative endeavor becomes a realization of both how limited and how unlimited we are...Every medium carries within itself inherent limitations, and every artist comes with limitations. True creativity is not the outflow of a world without boundaries. The creative act is the genius of...

Paul was a tentmaker.  Peter, James and John were fishermen.  Jesus was a carpenter. Remarkably, Jesus became a common laborer and dedicated his life to a craft.     What's the best way I can do the most good?   What is your "genius"?  What is your unique talent?  Where might you be considered, if you worked at it, the best in the world?  Craft means strength.   Lessons: 1 Chronicles 28:19-21, Act...

We transform invisible ideas into visible reality to unleash God's love to others. Having been created as artisans in the image of God, Erwin McManus teaches that we transform the invisible into the visible. Everything that exists began as an idea in the imagination of someone's mind, including our personal creation that began as an idea in the mind of God. An artist brings a piece of art into vis...

All of life is interpretation. It is through interpretation that we discover the truth.  The word, theology, broken down is "Theos Logos", literally "God words." Theology is the process by which we interpret the work of God to discover the truth about God's nature and involvement in our lives.    "The power of the story of Job is in Job's struggle through multiple interpretations of his life, to d...

We find our true voice in God's voice. Our voice is the internal narrative that drives our thoughts, words, and actions. Our voice shapes our experience of the world.  When our voice dwells in the voice of God, we begin to find our true and unique voice – our true story. We will struggle to fully live when we allow other voices to silence our own unique voices.  Shame silences us. Grace invites us...

The Artisan Soul The most important work of art is the life that we create.  Based on Erwin McManus' book, The Artisan Soul, this series will call us to reclaim our creative essence and craft our lives into a work of art.  Within each of us is the essence of an artist. We need to create and be part of a process that brings to the world something beautiful, good, and true.  God is the master artisa...

Your life is a sacred stewardship. Regift sacred stewardship to the next generation. If that means you have to understand and practice sacred stewardship first, do it. Be motivated by the likely life disasters if we do not learn and then teach sacred stewardship. Learn and teach God's understanding of sacred stewardship. Learn and then teach that managing our money is a tool for making our values...

"Many people in America today would say that divisiveness is one of the most dangerous issues in our common life, that factionalism and misguided allegiance keep us from being able to address the very serious challenges that confront us today: increasing disparity between rich and poor, climate change, global violence, competition for natural resources, migration due to war and famine.   And of co...