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Merry Christmas! For this week, John invites you into a mediation on John 7:40-44. Hosted by:  John Drury Produced by: Tyler Sanders (@tylerwsanders) and The Called Collective (@thecalledcollective)  Edited by: Nathan York and Haley Fouts Graphics created by: Hannah Harris (@hannahrae.of.sunshine) Facilities Provided by: Indiana Wesleyan University The Called Collective seeks to equip the next gen...

In this final episode for the Advent series John and Mike dive into a conversation over the story of Joseph. As they discuss this passage they find creative ways that this passage can be preached. Hosted by:  John Drury Produced by: Tyler Sanders (@tylerwsanders) and The Called Collective (@thecalledcollective)  Edited by: Nathan York and Haley Fouts Graphics created by: Hannah Harris (@hannahrae....

This week John and Mike enter week three in the Advent series. For this part they dive into a discussion about Zechariah and the birth of John the Baptist. As they look into this passage of scripture they start to show how this passage can be preached in a sermon. Hosted by:  John Drury Produced by: Tyler Sanders (@tylerwsanders) and The Called Collective (@thecalledcollective)  Edited by: Nathan...

This week John and Mike Connor dive into the second week of the special Advent series. In this passage they discuss the contrast between the Magi and King Herod. John and Mike discover how this passage can be preached in a sermon. Hosted by:  John Drury Produced by: Tyler Sanders (@tylerwsanders) and The Called Collective (@thecalledcollective)  Edited by: Nathan York and Haley Fouts Graphics crea...

Fresh Texts is switching things up this Advent. For this Advent, John and Mike Conner will be working through a series together. This week John and Mike dive into John 1:1-18. Hosted by:  John Drury Produced by: Tyler Sanders (@tylerwsanders) and The Called Collective (@thecalledcollective)  Edited by: Nathan York and Haley Fouts Graphics created by: Hannah Harris (@hannahrae.of.sunshine) Faciliti...

This week John and Sarah Derck dive into Matthew 25:31-46. The sheep and the goats. As they discuss the context of the passage they also show how this passage might be preached. Hosted by:  John Drury Produced by: Tyler Sanders (@tylerwsanders) and The Called Collective (@thecalledcollective)  Edited by: Nathan York and Haley Fouts Graphics created by: Hannah Harris (@hannahrae.of.sunshine) Facili...

This week John and Sarah Hinlicky Wilson dive into the parable of the talents. They discuss and exegete the passage and dive into sermon starters for pastors planning to preach this passage. Hosted by:  John Drury Produced by: Tyler Sanders (@tylerwsanders) and The Called Collective (@thecalledcollective)  Edited by: Nathan York and Haley Fouts Graphics created by: Hannah Harris (@hannahrae.of.sun...

This week John and Nate Nupanga dive finish up in the book of Acts. They finish this special series by coming up with different ways that his passage can be used by pastors, for sermons. Hosted by:  John Drury Produced by: Tyler Sanders (@tylerwsanders) and The Called Collective (@thecalledcollective)  Edited by: Nathan York and Haley Fouts Graphics created by: Hannah Harris (@hannahrae.of.sunshin...

This week John and Danielle Freed continue the special series on Acts. In this podcast John and Danielle hope to give insight into this passage. They also hope to give pastors good sermon starters as they dive into the text. Danielle Freed is the Director of Church Multiplication in the Greater Lakes Region of the Wesleyan church. Hosted by:  John Drury Produced by: Tyler Sanders (@tylerwsanders)...

This week John and Andrea Sumers switch things up and dive into the book of Acts! Rev. Dr. Andrea Sumers is the Dean of Spiritual Formation & Campus Pastor at IWU. She is an ordained minister in The Wesleyan Church and has served as a pastor, a denominational leader, and a professor. She has a huge heart for college students and is passionate about creating space for them to be shaped into the...

This week John and Joy J. Moore dive into the passage Matthew 22:15-22. They discuss different ways that this passage can be interpreted. They also give ways preachers may start their sermons. An ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, Joy Jittaun Moore, Professor of Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota is serving as Visiting Professor of Religion and Chapman-Benson...

Larisa Levicheva serves as Associate Professor of Biblical Studies. Her responsibilities include teaching Bible classes, biblical Hebrew and Greek, and Foundational Components in the MA and MDiv programs. Hosted by:  John Drury Produced by: Tyler Sanders (@tylerwsanders) and The Called Collective (@thecalledcollective)  Edited by: Nathan York and Haley Fouts Graphics created by: Hannah Harris (@ha...

In this weeks deep dive into Scripture John Drury and DJ Coleman take a look into the parable of the Tenants. In this passage they discuss how this passage could be preached and give different views on how to interpret this passage of scripture. D.J. Coleman is passionate about joining God in His ministry of reconciliation. Driven by a desire to minister with excellence, D.J. completed his Doctor...

This week John Drury and Ken Schenck dive into Matthew 21:23-32. Ken Schenck received a PhD in New Testament at the University of Durham, England in 1996. He has taught biblical languages, New Testament, and philosophy at several institutions for many years. In particular, he was Professor of New Testament and Ancient Languages at Indiana Wesleyan University. He was the founding Dean of Wesley Sem...

How will you respond to how God is working? How will you respond to how God is working in others? This week John and Amanda Drury dive deeper into the parable of the Workers in the Vineyard. They explore the different angles of this parable and indicate how this passage can be preached.  Amanda Drury (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) has been in youth ministry for almost fifteen years. She now...

This week John Drury and Amy Peeler take a look at Matthew 18:21-35. As they dig deeper into this passage they show how pastors and teachers can use this passage. The Rev. Amy Peeler, Ph. D. is an Associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, IL and an Associate Rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, IL. Author of Women and Gender of God (Eerdmans, 2022), “You Are My Son”: The...

This week, John announces some big news! Fresh Text has joined the Called Collective Network of Podcasts! John intros this week with Tyler Sanders, the Director of the Called Collective, to talk about the transition and how this change has come about. Then John and the Modern Parables Crew, a Podcast from The Called Collective, have a conversation about Matthew 18:15-20. As they dive into this pas...

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John Drury leads a brief meditation on Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Click here to support the show!

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