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Join Pastors Sam and Caleb as we continue Season 7 of The Table. Our theme will be "Book Club" and we will read and discuss 7 total books every other week during the summer months. We would love for you to purchase any or all of the books and read along with us in preparation for our discussion on that particular book. On Part 1 of today's episode, we discuss "You Are What You Love" by James K.A....

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb as we continue Season 7 of The Table. Our theme will be "Book Club" and we will read and discuss 7 total books every other week during the summer months. We would love for you to purchase any or all of the books and read along with us in preparation for our discussion on that particular book. On Part 2 of today's episode, we continue our conversation on "You Are What You...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb as we continue Season 7 of The Table. Our theme will be "Book Club" and we will read and discuss 7 total books every other week during the summer months. We would love for you to purchase any or all of the books and read along with us in preparation for our discussion on that particular book. On Part 3 of today's episode, we continue our conversation on "You Are What You...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb as we begin Season 7 of The Table. Our theme will be "Book Club" and we will read and discuss 7 total books every other week during the summer months. We would love for you to purchase any or all of the books and read along with us in preparation for our discussion on that particular book. On Part 1 of today's episode, we discuss Emotionally Healthy Discipleship by Peter...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb as we begin Season 7 of The Table. Our theme will be "Book Club" and we will read and discuss 7 total books every other week during the summer months. We would love for you to purchase any or all of the books and read along with us in preparation for our discussion on that particular book. On Part 2 of today's episode, we discuss Emotionally Healthy Discipleship by Peter...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb as we preview the upcoming Season 7 of The Table. Our theme will be "Book Club" and we will read and discuss 7 total books every other week during the summer months. We would love for you to purchase any or all of the books and read along with us in preparation for our discussion on that particular book. So grab a drink and pull up a chair as we preview Season 7 of our p...

Welcome back to The Table Podcast on the Redeemer Connect Channel! This season, join Pastors Caleb and Sam as we wrap up our all-church book read, "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" by John Mark Comer. In this episode, we wrap up and debrief our Spiritual Disciplines and JMC's book. We talk about how we've been changed and what we want to carry forward from this series and these practices. We hop...

Welcome back to The Table Podcast on the Redeemer Connect Channel! This season, join Pastors Caleb and Sam as we discuss our all-church book read, "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" by John Mark Comer. In this episode, we talk about "Slowing". Slowing might summarize the entire premise of the book. Taking the time to unrush and unhurry to be able to delight in all that God is offering. To become...

Welcome back to The Table Podcast on the Redeemer Connect Channel! This season, join Pastors Caleb and Sam as we discuss our all-church book read, "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" by John Mark Comer. In this episode, we talk about "Simplicity". Simplicity might be the most counter discipline to "The Way of America". Our culture and country is all about materialism--to the point that we might no...

Welcome back to The Table Podcast on the Redeemer Connect Channel! This season, join Pastors Caleb and Sam as we discuss our all-church book read, "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" by John Mark Comer. In this episode, we talk about "Silence". Silence is so hard for us to find because we are constantly surrounded by noise. This very podcast that you will listen to is noise. All the noise we liste...

Welcome back to The Table Podcast on the Redeemer Connect Channel! This season, join Pastors Caleb and Sam as we discuss our all-church book read, "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" by John Mark Comer. In this episode, we talk about "Solitude". While it seems ironic and counter-intuitive, especially to the life of a Christian, there are actually many blessings that God offers to us in Solitude. I...

Welcome back to The Table Podcast on the Redeemer Connect Channel! This season, join Pastors Caleb and Sam as we discuss our all-church book read, "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" by John Mark Comer. In this episode, we talk about "Sabbath" and the blessing that God offers to us in this spiritual discipline. Even though it is common for our regular weekly rhythms to include a day off, is that a...

This is a re-post of our Sermons+ podcast that includes answers to our text-in questions as well as Pastor Sam's sermon on Sabbath from the summer of 2019. We are posting this as a resource for episode 046 on Sabbath and "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry". Sermon: A Long Long Time Ago God Rested Preacher: Pastor Sam Sessa Text: Genesis 2:1-2 and Mark 2:23-3:6 Text-In Questions: 1) Is there a spec...

Welcome back to The Table Podcast on the Redeemer Connect Channel! This season, join Pastors Caleb and Sam as we discuss our all-church book read, "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" by John Mark Comer. In this episode, we talk about "The Problem" of our lives of busyness, hurry, dog-eat-dog, nose-to-the-grindstone. We aren't experiencing the abundant life and rest that Jesus offers to us and invi...

Welcome back to The Table Podcast on the Redeemer Connect Channel! This season, join Pastors Caleb and Sam as we discuss our all-church book read, "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" by John Mark Comer. In this episode, we talk about "The Solution" that Jesus offers to our lives of busyness, hurry, dog-eat-dog, nose-to-the-grindstone. He shows us a different way of living that follows his own life...

You're grabbing drinks with a friend when they say to you, "I'm just still so torn up about all the racial tension and everything that's been going on in our country. I know that I should do something about it, but I don't even know where to start." How do you respond, regardless of your viewpoints on the situation? Join Pastors Caleb and Sam and special guests, Josh Salzberg and Pastor Matt Gonza...

When it comes to politics, we typically focus more on what divides us over what unites us. Unfortunately, we tend to do the same in our churches. But because of what Jesus has done for us, we have one big thing, the most important thing, in common. And this commonality in Jesus unites us much more than the division that comes from politics. We are so much more than just our political party affilia...

We all have a story to tell about our journey of faith. Where we've been, where we are and where we're going. We often end up in a very different place than we imagined. Wherever God has brought us, we have great opportunities to share that story in creative ways. Join Pastors Caleb and Sam and special guest, Grammy-nominated Christian Rap Artist Flame, as they discuss story and Flame's journey in...

You're sitting around the table for family dinner when all of a sudden, Uncle Jim blurts out that anyone who doesn't vote Donald Trump for president in 2020 is an idiot. How do you respond? If you disagree, do you even try and begin a conversation? Join Pastor Sam and special guest, Dr. Joel Biermann from Concordia Seminary St. Louis as they discuss politics around the table. How should a Christia...

You're at a family dinner when your sister suddenly says, "Trump better get re-elected. If he doesn't, we're going to have so many immigrants moving back to our country and it's been so much better since Trump closed our borders." How do you respond, regardless of your political affiliation? Join Pastors Caleb and Sam and special guest, Abi Tesfaye from Concordia University Texas, as they discuss...

You and a friend are meeting for lunch. As you're eating and chatting, your friend asks if you watched the Vice Presidential debate the other night. After you say that you did, in fact, watch it, they say: "It's about time women have a chance to serve in the Executive Branch of the Government! We've come so far with gender equality in our world." How do you respond? Is your response different if i...

You're grabbing drinks with a friend after work when all of a sudden, they say, "If I could put my mind into a robot to live forever, I totally would. One day soon, I'm going to be able to fly around like a cyborg or like Iron Man!" How do you respond? Do you just write them off as a little too lost in the comic book or superhero world? In fact, will these things ever actually be possible? Join Pa...

You're grabbing drinks with a friend after work when all of a sudden, they say, "If I could put my mind into a robot to live forever, I totally would. One day soon, I'm going to be able to fly around like a cyborg or like Iron Man!" How do you respond? Do you just write them off as a little too lost in the comic book or superhero world? In fact, will these things ever actually be possible? Join Pa...

You're driving home from a funeral with your family in silence. Suddenly, one of the kids says, "I'm really scared of dying." How do you respond? If we're honest, every one of us is afraid of death. Is it ok to acknowledge that or should we hide our fear? Join Pastors Caleb and Sam and special guests, Drs. Beth Hoeltke and Kent Burreson from Concordia Seminary St. Louis, as they discuss death arou...

You're sitting around the brewery table for drinks when all of a sudden, your friend blurts out that their boss must be the worst boss in the entire world and that if they were in charge; things would be much better. How do you respond? If you think your boss is worse, what makes them worse? Join Pastors Caleb and Sam and special guest, Bruce Fear from our very own Redeemer Lutheran Church, as the...