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Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, I'm having a conversation with Jessica Rust, who brought our message on Sunday, and we're talking about this deep abiding hope that expands far beyond the little hopes that we might have for this season and actually is a hope we can bank on. We also spent a little bit of time talking about some of the o...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week we covered a lot of ground because we had 2 weeks to cover it in our preaching cycle. First, we talked about scripture. What is scripture? Where does scripture's authority come from? And what about that sermon where you preached from a passage that might not have been in the Bible? What do we do with tha...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week we have a guest because Sean Switzer brought the sermon, and we talked about some really fun topics like how do you know when deconstruction is actually dangerous for you, what bricks in our, our, the walls of our lives should be removed and replaced, and which ones should stay the same, and all of these sort...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, Alex and I just told some stories. Someone asked us what is it like or when have we experienced the presence of God in our lives? And so we share some stories about our lives and how God has shown up in unique ways, spoken to us, or given us a sense of His presence. And then we address another question...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week we're diving into John chapter 5 and looking at all of the fascinating little nuggets there. And then we're also trying to understand why Jesus doesn't teach more explicitly in the Bible. Instead, he tells parables and stories, and doesn't he want us to understand things a little bit more thoroughly? Wel...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week on our episode, we're talking about some miracles. We're talking about the strange statement that Jesus makes to a healed man, about, hey, if you keep sinning, worse stuff's gonna happen to you. And so you better stop sinnin,g otherwise worse things than being lame are gonna happen to you. And what does...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, we are talking about the passage where Jesus talks to a woman at the well. One, we give a summary of some really interesting interpretations of that passage. Second, we explore what Jesus means by saying we should worship in spirit. In truth, the woman at the well should we worship in spirit and in truth. An...

There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our podcast, “Red Couch Theology – Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron.” We record our podcast live every Thursday at 11am. What can you expect? Pastors Alex, Aaron, and the occasional guest have a casual conversation, diving deeper into ideas related to last Sunday’s teaching.

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week we dealt with some of the tragedies that we faced over the last several weeks as a nation. And as a state with school shootings and immigrants being murdered and Charlie Kirk and all of these sorts of things. So without any further ado, let's dive in.

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week we actually predominantly deal with questions from you all. We had a question about the chronology of the book of John and the synoptic Gospels, and why they do things with chronology that don't make sense. We had a question about some comments Alex made about toxic masculinity, and we got into what Jesu...

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, we went short for you. Because it just felt appropriate to stop on the subject of joy that Alex was talking about, because Jesus seems to prioritize joy even in the midst of a situation that's so embarrassing in the text that he preached about, but it seems like Jesus also wants to prioritize joy for h...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week we have a guest, and not so much of a guest, Angela Dunn, who's actually hosted the show in the past, joins us because she brought the message on Sunday, and she talks about not only her own journey, but also the journey of these first followers of Jesus and how he has this unique ability to meet us righ...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week we go deep. We discuss the nature of Jesus and his deity versus his humanity, the Trinity, and what that means, as well as how it affects our everyday lives. And then we also get into, John the Baptist and John, the author of the book of John, and what are they trying to accomplish in relationship with J...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week we are actually going to, catch up with the last series that we went through on forgiveness and reconciliation because it was a heavy topic that so many of you wrote in questions about and we could just sense that there's pain under the surface there. And man, this episode was difficult and we felt like...

This week, we stayed on topic and talked theology the entire time. It’s a longer episode than usual, but the subject hit a nerve with many of you. How do you forgive someone who keeps hurting you? How do you live with them? Can you really forgive them—and if you do, are you excusing their behavior? We wrestle with these tensions and unpack the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. The...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week on our episode, we're talking about forgiveness and that sense of justice that you feel when you've been harmed. And we address two different questions in this episode. The big one that we spent the majority of our time on is, is it even OK or right to forgive people if they haven't asked for forgiveness and...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, everyone, this week, we're talking a little bit about prayer, and I think Alex, in his message on Sunday and in this episode, he actually says some of the things that many of us have wondered silently. He says it out loud. What's up with those prayers that don't get answered? Or the suffering that we feel and we c...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. On this week's episode, we have a guest on the show, Jessica Rust, who actually brought the message on Sunday, and we're talking about scripture. This tiny little topic with so much complexity, so much confusion, and we all, we know we should read it. We all know we should engage it, and yet it's a lot harder than it s...

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week I have a special guest on the episode, Angela Dunn, who's one of our connection formation pastors, is actually gonna be hosting the episode since I brought the message, and we're talking about submission in the Bible and slavery and masters in the Bible and authority structures and. All of these really...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, I'm joined by Jessica Rust, one of our connection formation pastors, and she is gonna kind of guide the conversation because I was the one who actually brought the message on Sunday, and we're talking about community, and it gets super complicated. We're supposed to mean community; we can't thrive witho...

Hello friends. Welcome to the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, we flipped seats. Aaron preached the sermon. I get to moderate the conversation, and it is a fun one. We'll be looking at the last two chapters of Revelation, answering all sorts of questions around what this eternal city is, and a bunch of rabbit trails that Aaron chose to follow. Enjoy.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week on the show, we're talking about grief and sorrow and lament before you turn off the episode. There's some beauty in this conversation, not because it's just lighthearted, but because God gives us some unique promises to stare these realities in the face well, to be with us in the midst of it, and we somehow have th...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, let me be honest, we get a little melancholy. We talk about the tensions of growing older and finding meaning and purpose in life, and how so much of life feels fleeting. You, you rise the ranks to the next step in life and it just feels empty, and then you rise and you get this new aspect of life and it fee...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, we dive into a topic that haunts the human condition, maybe more than almost anything else does. It works its way into systems, into relationships, and undoes them. It shatters our experience of the world around us. It prevents us from living lives that are full and beautiful and good. It's constantly lurking aroun...

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, we're diving into the new series and talking about what shame does to the systems and structures in our lives. Shame is kind of like a virus. Affects everything in our world, our lives, our friends' lives, our businesses, and on and on. And I think Alex gives us some really interesting insight into how to co...