Friends In The Word

In this week's episode of Friend's in The Word, Jen and Cyndi discuss some really important concepts when you find yourself just hanging on while the earth is tottering! The Big Fat Word of the Week is - Sovereignty  For Do You Understand What You're Reading we open up to Isaiah 46 for some Big God encouragement... and our conversation centers around the hope we have in a Mighty God...

If you haven't seen the tiny hands SNL skit we apologize for the title, but we don't apologize for the episode in which Cyndi and Jen discuss what you say to yourself when you're all alone or with your "by myself"  We discuss why preaching the gospel to yourself in your thought life is so incredibly important  especially when the world around you seems to be crumbling.  Th...

In this episode Jen and Cyndi discuss women of church history and with a little cheek, figure out if women can do that?  The Big Fat Word of the Week is Perspicuous and we spend a little time discussing the clarity of passages about the roles of women in Do You Understand What You're Reading.  In our main segment we discuss women in church history that have inspired us and explore some ideas...

In this episode Cyndi and Jen discuss one of their very favorite topics! Singing!  The Big Fat Word of the Week is DOXOLOGY.  We talk about how  there are 50 commands in scripture to SING! And why we believe it is so important to adopt into our everyday practices, God has made us a singing people.  We finish up with a little fun of singing back and forth to each other some of our very favorite psa...

In this episode Cyndi and Jen dive into the wonderful gift of the conscience. So many of us as Christians live with guilt and shame that we shouldn't or many of us live with guilt because we haven't taken our sins to the cross.  Living with a clean conscience is such a gift to us.  The world screams guilty, the cross says you can be forgiven. Or the world says, don't worry about it,...

In this episode Cyndi and Jen discuss the issue of issues for the Church, Biblical Authority.  If the Bible isn't the ultimate authority, the question must be,  who is then?  The Big Fat Word of The Week is more a concept this week "Effective Authority of Scripture" it's helpful in defining what is meant by authority and how it outworks in the life of believers.  We dive into 2...

In this Episode Cyndi and Jen discuss our relationship with the ever present and never without complications, technology! And our goal is to use it well but not love it as much as we love God, you see.  The Big Fat Word of the Week is Antinomianism.  And we try to have a coherent conversation, in spite of our technology affected brains, about how Christians need to think through their use of techn...

Don't worry if you're confused by the title of this week's episode... We WILL clarify how important the 3 istics are in our Bible reading, our counseling a friend, our encouraging a fellow church member! The Big Fat Word of the Week is Eschatology and no we will not be showing our hands ;) But we will talk about how important our future hope is! And we delve a bit into 1st Peter to...

In this episode Cyndi and Jen discuss why you matter to your church. Did you know that God has made you a body part to which Jesus is the head? Or that you are a living stone and Jesus is the Cornerstone!? In this episode we break down Ecclesia for the Big Fat Word of The Week. And discuss some practical ways you can make a difference in your local body. Why? Because your church needs you! WHO? YO...

In this episode Cyndi and Jen discuss one of thee most powerful tools we as Christians have, PRAYER!  Yet we all know the struggle to pray is real! Maybe you need some encouragement to go into your prayer closet,  Maybe you need  some encouragement to get out of your prayer closet, you'll get both! We hope you'll leave ready to grab a friend and talk to our great God! 

In this episode Jen and Cyndi talk through how to approach aging in a godly manner.  The Big Fat Word of the Week is Adiaphora- an important word that helps us better understand the concept of Christian liberty.  Have you struggled with aging to the glory of God? Hopefully this episode will shed some light on how we can be set free from worry but also embrace the good things God does in and throug...

In this episode Cyndi and Jen discuss the powerful and dangerous root of bitterness. We encourage each other in fighting it off and having faith that God is working all things together for our good, even the hardest things that might tempt us to become bitter. Our High Thoughts of God segment is brought to you by Puritan Poet Anne Broadstreet, and it's so good we end in tears! You don't...

In this episode Cyndi and Jen discuss being Hearers and Doers of the Word. The Big Fat Words of the Week are Justification and Sanctification.  This is such an important distinction that effects how we live out our faith! Excited to get our hands dirty with you! Let's go team!

In this week's episode Cyndi and Jen drill down into the depths of rich theological discourse to examine decorating our homes, it's for glory and for beauty, obviously. But seriously, God has thoughts about so much in this life that we are living and gives us some principles that surround even decorating. The Big Fat Word of the Week is "Beatific Vision" and it's a good on...

In this episode of Friends in the Word Jen and Cyndi discuss the really important topic of suffering. It's so important to have your theology of suffering in place, because if anything about life is certain it's that we will suffer. What we believe about God is revealed most clearly in our suffering! The Big Fat Word of the Week is Theodicy- it's such an important word that will hel...

In this episode Cyndi and Jen discuss Biblical friendship and there is no Michael W. Smith sing-a-longs incase you were worried.  The Big Fat Word of the Week is "Immanence" which is a surprisingly beautiful word. We discuss the faithful wounds from a true friend in Do You Understand What You're Reading. And we enjoy a pretty long, but really encouraging conversation on being a Bibl...

In this week's episode, Cyndi and Jen discuss the sometimes awkward topic of greeting one another in the church! Our Big Fat Word of the Week is "Fellowship" and we break down the importance of how we express affection in the church and how it really is a sign of belonging to Jesus and one another.  This is us, giving you a big warm digital hug! Thanks for joining us.

In this episode Jen and Cyndi talk about the much consumed but little discussed, (from a Biblical viewpoint) issue of food. In our Big Fat Word of the Week we talk about the concept of Christian Liberty, and expound a bit on 1st Corinthians 10 and the issue of conscience. Then round out our time talking about ways we see the Bible discussing food and ways our culture does, hint... they don't...

In this episode Jen and Cyndi break down an often the misunderstood or the under represented concept of repentance. Its our Big Fat Word of the Week, its  in our Do You Understand what You're Reading passage, it is the main segment and our High Thoughts of God segment helps us see that we repent for our JOY!

In this episode Cyndi and Jen discuss a really Big Fat Word - Propitiation. We delve into Gal. 1 and being sure we not only understand what we're reading but understand what it is we are to share when sharing the gospel. Cyndi and Jen also have an honest conversation about ways they have personally gotten the gospel wrong and hopefully can encourage all of us to learn to get the Glorious Good...

In this episode Cyndi and Jen continue the discussion of why expositional teaching and good exegesis is so important in the life of a believer. We further explain the Big Fat Words of the Week - exegesis and eisegesis. And we also hit on the dangers of not sitting under good expository teaching and why it can be bad for your soul and  we finish with The Supremacy of God in Preaching. Thanks for jo...

In this episode Jen and Cyndi talk about why going to a church that has expository preaching is so important for your soul. In their Big Fat Word of the Week they explain what Expository means and will help us understand why as the lay people and congregants we are responsible for what we listen to. This one's so important we decided to talk about it twice! 

In this episode Jen and Cyndi discuss often misunderstood words like Submission and Complementarianism and how we whole heartedly believe in God's complementary design of male and female and the positive ways we can sharpen and encourage each other in a small group setting! Its a fun one! 

In this episode Jen and Cyndi discuss a Big Fat Word of the Week that Cyndi's never heard of before, we decide whether we should read David and Goliath like we're David in "Do you understand what you're reading" and figure out what the heck "that's so meta" means as we discuss the Meta-narrative of scripture.