Episodes

Safe Inside - Exodus 25:10-26:34 07.06.2021 31:43

Why is it hard to remember that Jesus is rescuer first? (Over good example or good teacher) When was one time that you know God rescued you? How does your relationship with God compare to a relationship with a good friend or family member? How has God been changing you in the last 14 months - during COVID? How would you like to see God renew you?

Rejoicing in Rescue - Nehemiah 8 18.05.2021 32:56

1. When you read or hear scripture, what is the default interpretive grid you usually apply to it? E.g. What is the example I am supposed to follow? What am I supposed to learn/do? How have I failed or achieved? What is the correct theological teaching? Etc. 2. Do you agree that the bible is most of all a rescue story? If not, what is it? 3. Do you recognize your need to hear...

People, Power, and Fear - Nehemiah 5 11.05.2021 32:21

14 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. 15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their s...

"Rebuild and Repair" - Sermon Q&A with Rev. Steven Chitty 05.05.2021 42:03

Q&A from the April 25 sermon, "Rebuild and Repair" with Matt Cabot and Steven Chitty

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition - Nehemiah 4 03.05.2021 30:13

1. Is it difficult to see yourself or the church as a temple of the living God? Have you ever thought of yourself as a place where God is known and enjoyed and available to others? 2. Do you feel shame or see ruins when you look at the church or yourself as a Jerusalem? 3. What are the doubts, fears, costs that might hinder you from fighting for God to be manifested in your church and life? 4. Ho...

"Wise Boldness" - Sermon Q&A with Rev. Steven Chitty 30.04.2021 47:20

Q&A from the April 18 sermon, "Where is Home?" with Matt Cabot and Steven Chitty

"Where is Home?" - Sermon Q&A with Rev. Steven Chitty 27.04.2021 49:09

Q&A from the April 11 sermon, "Where is Home?" with Matt Cabot and Steven Chitty

Rebuild and Repair - Nehemiah 3:1-5, 8, 12-13, 28, 32 27.04.2021 34:45

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel. 2 And next to him the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.3 The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and set its doors,...

"Why Do We Need the Resurrection?" - Sermon Q&A with Rev. Steven Chitty 21.04.2021 1:01:04

Q&A from the April 4 sermon, "Why Do We Need the Resurrection?" with Matt Cabot and Steven Chitty

Wise Boldness - Nehemiah 2 19.04.2021 33:43

In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. 2 And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid. 3 I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sa...

Where is Home? - Nehemiah 1 12.04.2021 28:48

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel, 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in...

"Mission" - Sermon Q&A with Rev. Bob Crossland 12.04.2021 25:31

Q&A from the March 28 sermon, "Mission" with Matt Cabot and Bob Crossland

Why Do We Need the Resurrection? - Luke 24:36-49 07.04.2021 27:51

As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” 37 But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. 38 And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have...

"Patience" - Sermon Q&A with Rev. Bob Crossland 02.04.2021 35:40

Q&A from the March 14 sermon, "Patience" with Matt Cabot and Bob Crossland

"Prayer" - Sermon Q&A with Rev. Bob Crossland 02.04.2021 39:31

Q&A from the March 21 sermon, "Prayer" with Matt Cabot and Bob Crossland

Mission - James 5:19-20 30.03.2021 28:00

My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. 1. What are your initial thoughts after hearing the long list of James’ commands? 2. What makes a “good Christian”? Are you one? Why or why not? 3. Do you strugg...

Prayer - James 5:12-18 22.03.2021 30:42

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in t...

"Plans" - Sermon Q&A with Rev. Bob Crossland 19.03.2021 27:10

Q&A from the March 7 sermon, "Plans" with Matt Cabot and Bob Crossland

Patience - James 5:1-11 15.03.2021 31:15

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are cryi...

"Friendly Fire" - Sermon Q&A with Rev. Steven Chitty 10.03.2021 48:15

Q&A from the February 28 sermon, "Friendly Fire" with Matt Cabot and Steven Chitty

Plans - James 4:13-17 09.03.2021 26:29

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All su...

"Wisdom Works" - Sermon Q&A with Rev. Steven Chitty 05.03.2021 51:19

Q&A from the February 21 sermon, "A Working Faith" with Matt Cabot and Steven Chitty

Friendly Fire - James 4:1-12 02.03.2021 27:31

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with...

"Tongue Tamed" - Sermon Q&A with Rev. Steven Chitty 26.02.2021 32:12

Q&A from the February 7 sermon, "A Working Faith" with Matt Cabot and Steven Chitty

Wisdom Works - James 3:13-18 24.02.2021 25:25

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vi...