No Sanity Required

Today marks day one of staff training for SWO24! Our staff will be arriving throughout the day and we will worship together tonight. To kick off this summer, Brody walks through our mission statement and gives a preview of what staff training will consist of.  This episode is all about why we do what we do — and the story behind it.  Please pray for our staff and pray for the students that will be...

How should we deal with discouragement and depression as believers? The Lord has encouraging words for those who are struggling. In this episode, Brody walks through discouragement in the life of Paul and 8 principles we can learn from it. The darkness of sin and this fallen world will sometimes wear us down.  When we’re in these seasons, we need to be looking to Christ and find strength in his Wo...

How can we as parents disciple and train our children according to scripture? In this episode, Brody shares some thoughts from Proverbs 22:6 and how we can raise our children faithfully. Children are controlled by their sinful nature and at times their enabling parents. Their discipleship as Christ-followers should be our number one priority. Let’s lead by example and show them what it looks like...

The day-to-day Christian life is not a mountaintop experience. Life is messy and circumstances can cause us to doubt God. When doubt attacks our faith we need to keep pressing into the Lord. In this episode Brody walks through the transfiguration of Jesus, the chaos that meets them when they get off the mountain, and how we should fight doubt. Listen as we consider 5 facets of God’s revelation tha...

Sin is deceptive and deceitful. It can cause us to turn away from the Lord. In this episode, Brody continues his conversation about Demas and walks through 7 things we must guard against to remain faithful to the end. Demas traded faithfulness to the Lord for a love of the world. Do not forsake the Gospel for what the world offers. Let’s hold fast, live with a conviction of the Holy Spirit, and st...

How do we live faithfully for the Lord and prevent drifting away? In this episode, Brody discusses the life of Demas, why people tend to drift away, and how we can stay faithful. Demas was once a co-laborer with Paul on the mission field, but abandoned Paul when he was needed most.  Scripture tells us Demas thought the world offered him something greater than what the Lord provided. People are oft...

What does the resurrection of Jesus mean for our lives? As we just celebrated Resurrection Sunday, Brody focused on the life of Paul in the book of Acts by walking through 14 lessons Paul teaches us. Paul points again and again to the living hope we have through the resurrected Jesus. We are called to live lives worthy of our Savior, who is eternal in his existence and grace. Paul showed us what i...

Have you ever lived in shame and guilt over a mistake you made? Scripture tells us that those who are in Christ are no longer condemned but set free from our sins. In this episode, Brody walks through 8 truths we can learn from Isaac and Rebecca’s mistake-filled lives. God chose to preserve and protect this family regardless of Isaac’s mistakes. You are going to make mistakes throughout your life....

A faithful pastor and shepherd is going to be obedient to the call of God.  In this episode, Brody continues his conversation on what makes a Biblical pastor, by walking through 1 Peter 5, where Peter offers wisdom to help pastors shepherd well. Jesus is the Chief Shepherd. Pastors are under-shepherds because the sheep belong to the Lord. Being a pastor requires labor and hard work. Let’s love one...

What makes someone a good pastor? In this episode, Brody walks through 1 Peter, where Peter describes pastoral leadership, to show us what Biblical pastoral ministry looks like. Biblical church leadership is driven by a love for the Lord and a love for people. God calls pastors to shepherd the church well, to be faithful to the Word, and to love the body well. Leaders are to be held accountable by...

How do we guard ourselves against deconstruction? Progressive Christianity starts by rejecting Jesus and creating a new idea of who Jesus is. In this episode, Brody breaks down how new ideologies can creep into our minds and how we should combat them. We need to commit to studying Scripture to remind ourselves of the essential doctrines we hold to. The Bible is authoritative. Let’s surround oursel...

It is easy to expect the Church to train our kids in discipleship. But as parents, we need to take the discipleship of our children seriously. We need to be an example to our children. In this episode, Brody speaks to parents of little kids and parents who have teenagers/adult children. He walks through how we can trust the Lord with our children in all the stages of their lives. We need to be inv...

Biblical masculinity is being attacked by our current culture. We need to pursue what the Bible has to say about being a godly man instead of listening to the world. This episode of NSR is from Snowbird’s recent Pure & Holy Retreat.  Brody walks through 4 things a man of God is defined by and 3 masculine virtues. Let’s think about what is godly. The Word of God has a renewing power in our mind...

What is shaping the way you view relationships and sexuality?  The world is pressuring students to figure out their gender identity. We need to seek Christ and show students how to fight sexual immorality. In this episode, Brody points out 4 things we can learn from Romans 12 that push us to commit to walking with Christ in this area of our lives. Pornography and sexual immorality are heart issues...

Pornography poses many dangers to relationships, marriages, healthy sexuality, and spiritual formation in our lives. The enemy will use porn to attack believers and distract them from their callings. In this episode, Brody sits down with Jason George, host of The Griz Podcast, to walk through stats and data on how pornography negatively affects our lives.  God’s guidelines are meant to guide and p...

We live at a time where everything ordained by God is under attack in the world. The danger we face today is being influenced to embrace a new brand of Christianity that isn’t Christianity at all. In this episode, Brody continues to look at the life of Daniel and compare it to what is happening in today’s generation.  Daniel and his faith outlasted the Babylonian empire; we will outlast this cultu...

Today's culture does not want you to pursue God. In Daniel 1, we see how the Babylonians tried to stop Daniel from pursuing the Lord by influencing him through their culture. In this episode, Brody talks through the parallels between Daniel 1 and what is going on in society today. God has called us to live at peace in the world but not with the world. Daniel resolved to stay faithful to the L...

Working in student ministry can be difficult. It is a high calling to shepherd students and lead them to the Lord. For the last 29 years, Brody has worked in student ministry. In this episode, Brody shares a few things he’s learned during that time. We hope this episode will be encouraging for those of you who are leading students in any way. For those who aren’t, we hope you’ll be faithful to poi...

Jesus can heal us spiritually, emotionally, and mentally. This episode of NSR is a sermon Brody taught at a recent Winter SWO retreat. In this session, Brody walks through 2 stories in Mark 5 where Jesus healed those with feeble faith.  The safest place you can live your life is behind the cross of Christ. Walk in step with Jesus and trust in Him to heal your soul.  Resources: Mark 5:21 Click here...

It can get discouraging to see people turn away from the Lord, but we can rest knowing that God will always preserve a remnant of his people. In this episode, Brody walks through stories in the Bible, like Elijah and Noah where God preserved his Church.  Believers, don’t lose hope for this generation. Jesus is advancing his Church. Let’s trust the Lord and be faithful to equip believers around us....

Where are you going to be 25 years from now? We should ask ourselves this question from time to time. Believers, let’s not pursue the wrong goals and drift away from Jesus. Let’s commit to being numbered in the faithful.  This episode is from our 2023 Snowbird Christmas Party, where Brody encouraged past and current staff to remain faithful to Jesus. Brody also gave an end-of-year report that incl...

What does your daily devotional life look like?  We should constantly be striving to read and study Scripture. In this episode, Brody shares what his time in the Word looks like and what our attitude should be when we approach the Word. It is crucial that we read the Bible with an open heart and mind—a willingness to learn. Our goal is to be more conformed into the image of Christ after studying....

In a post-christian world, culture will reject anything that is associated with Christianity and embrace anything that is anti-christian. Postmodernism is a rejection of objective truth. We are seeing this today in secularism and the decolonization movement. In this episode, Brody sits down with Jon Rouleau to discuss secularism and how we should view these movements as believers. These movements...

In this episode, Brody sits down with James and Jenna Roberts, former Snowbird staffers who are currently on furlough. James and Jenna serve in Togo, West Africa, and are back in the States temporarily, to welcome their second child.  They serve with the 6 Degree Initiative, where they disciple new believers, run a summer camp with local children, and much more! Listen to hear how things are going...

Our busy culture doesn’t prioritize rest. God rested from his work in Genesis 1, so what does that mean for us? In this episode, Brody walks through Scripture and shows how Jesus defined what a Sabbath day means and why he is the Lord of the Sabbath. The Pharisees replaced the Sabbath law with their own man-made traditions, but Jesus gives us rest from the religious burden of legalism. The Sabbath...