Rediscovering Faith

Send us your questions and reflections! Have you ever felt like you might be getting it wrong with God? Like you missed His will… made the wrong decision… or aren’t even sure if you’re truly saved? In this episode of Alive in Love , we confront one of the most common—but rarely talked about—realities of faith: spiritual anxiety. Building on the foundation of Scripture’s story—Creation, Brokenness,...

Send us your questions and reflections! What will you do with the love of God? After exploring the full story of Scripture—Creation, Brokenness, and Restoration—and contrasting two foundational views of God, this final episode of Alive in Love brings everything together with one central question: Will you allow God’s love to transform you? Throughout this series, we’ve seen how our foundation shap...

Send us your questions and reflections! What if salvation isn’t the end of the story—but the beginning of your purpose? In this episode, we confront a quiet but dangerous drift many believers experience: apathy. It doesn’t arrive loudly—it whispers. “Someone else will do it.” “God’s in control anyway.” “It doesn’t really matter what I do.” But what if that mindset is rooted in a misunderstanding o...

Send us your questions and reflections! Do your choices actually matter… or is everything already decided? In this episode of Alive in Love , we explore how your understanding of God shapes the way you live—especially when it comes to responsibility. Building on the larger story of Scripture—Creation, Brokenness, and Restoration—we contrast two foundational views of God:  God as a cosmic controlle...

Send us your questions and reflections! What story are you building your life on? In this episode of Alive in Love , we step back and look at the big picture of Scripture—not as disconnected verses or theological systems, but as one unified story that reveals the heart of God. Too often, we build our understanding of God on isolated ideas or prooftexts. But if foundations matter, then we need a fo...

Send us your questions and reflections! What if your “yes” to God isn’t the finish line—but the starting point? In this episode of Saved Into Love , Pastor Evan Ryder reframes one of the most familiar moments in the Christian life: saying yes to Jesus. Instead of seeing salvation as a one-time decision or spiritual transaction, this episode invites you to see it as the beginning of a living, growi...

Send us your questions and reflections! Are you saved by grace…or by choosing to believe? In this episode of Saved Into Love , Pastor Evan Ryder tackles one of the most important tensions in the Christian faith: If salvation is a gift from God, why does Scripture still call us to respond? Looking at Ephesians 2 and John 3:16, this episode offers a powerful way forward: you must choose salvation fo...

Send us your questions and reflections! What if salvation isn’t just something you receive—but somewhere you’re invited? In this episode of Saved Into Love , Pastor Evan Ryder builds on a powerful foundation: God is love, and God is Trinity. Now, we explore what that means for you. Through Jesus’ prayer in John 17, we’re given a stunning glimpse into the heart of salvation. On the night before His...

Send us your questions and reflections! We say it often: God is love. But how can that actually be true? In this episode of Saved Into Love , Pastor Evan Ryder explores one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian faith—the Trinity—and why it’s essential to understanding God’s nature. If God were a single, solitary being, who would He have loved before creation? Would love require us in order to...

Send us your questions and reflections! What if the most important thing you believe about God…is incomplete? In this opening episode of Saved Into Love , Pastor Evan explores the life-changing truth found in 1 John 4: God is love. Not just loving—but love itself. This isn’t a small theological nuance—it’s the foundation everything else is built on. If God is merely loving, then love can feel cond...

Send us your questions and reflections! Conclude the entire Untangle series with this hope-filled finale about God's promise to make all things new. Based on Revelation 21:1-5, we learn that ultimately, resurrection—both Christ's and ours—means that we will dwell with God forever, and this is amazing. After seven weeks of untangling from control, expectations, comparison, enmity, self-pr...

Send us your questions and reflections! Untangle - Week 7, Episode 4: "Raised With Christ" Discover how to live the resurrected life you've been given in this practical episode about where you set your mind. Based on Colossians 3:1-4, we learn that living a resurrected life is all about where our eyes are looking—is our mind set on things above or on things below? Continuing to unta...

Send us your questions and reflections! Discover the life-changing hope of physical resurrection in this powerful episode about death's defeat. Based on 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 and 15:58, we learn that the physical resurrection of Jesus means that we too will receive a physical resurrection when Christ returns. This hope of resurrection means that we should live free from the fear of death, th...

Send us your questions and reflections! Discover the freedom you already have in Christ in this liberating episode about being set free from sin's dominion. Based on Romans 6:7-11, we learn that by faith in Christ, there is something fantastically good that has happened to us—we have been set free from sin and are no longer bound to sin in any form or fashion. Continuing to untangle from the...

Send us your questions and reflections! Begin the final week of Untangle with this hope-filled episode about God's mercy in the midst of suffering. Based on Lamentations 3:31-33, we learn that God's mercy is deeper than suffering. Starting this week's journey of untangling from the power of death, today we discover that while suffering is real and painful, it's not the deepest...

Send us your questions and reflections! Conclude this week's journey of untangling from approval with this liberating episode about God's permanent acceptance. Based on Psalm 27:10, we learn that in Christ, we are forever accepted by God. After addressing fickle praise, serving two masters, overcoming fear, and faithfulness in rejection, today we discover the foundation that makes freedo...

Send us your questions and reflections! Discover how to remain faithful when facing rejection in this powerful episode about Jesus' example. Based on Isaiah 50:6-7, we learn that in the midst of intense rejection from people, Jesus remained faithful. This faithfulness was rooted deeply in Jesus' recognition that the Father will help Him, even if others don't see it. Continuing to un...

Send us your questions and reflections! Discover what drives approval-seeking in this convicting episode about fear of people's opinions. Based on John 12:42-43, we learn that as is the case with many of the entanglements we have discussed over the last few weeks, fear pushes us into all kinds of tangles. In order for us to serve God wholeheartedly, we will eventually have to overcome fear. C...

Send us your questions and reflections! Discover the incompatibility of serving God and seeking human approval in this convicting episode about choosing your master. Based on Galatians 1:10, we learn that we can't serve God and approval from people—it is incompatible. Paul is showing us in this passage another application of Jesus's teaching that we cannot serve two masters. Continuing t...

Send us your questions and reflections! Begin a new week of untangling from approval with this sobering episode about the fickleness of human praise. Based on Psalm 118:25-29, we learn that much like Jesus who heard the crowds proclaiming the words of this psalm at the Triumphal Entry, we can hear praise from people one day and the very next be their enemy. Rather than being grounded in people&apo...

Send us your questions and reflections! What if the very way you’ve been thinking is the thing keeping you stuck? In this final episode of Week 5 in the Untangle series, we confront one of the most subtle barriers to experiencing real, lasting transformation: self-preservation. Drawing inspiration from a thought-provoking quote often attributed to Albert Einstein, this episode explores the idea th...

Send us your questions and reflections! Untangle - Week 5, Episode 4: "New Life Begins Now" Discover why new life in Christ is present tense, not future, in this liberating episode about stepping into freedom today. Based on Romans 6:4, we learn that when we untangle from self-preservation, the new life we receive from Christ is not something we need to wait for—it begins as soon as we t...

Send us your questions and reflections! Discover how God's presence is the antidote to fear-driven self-preservation in this comforting episode. Based on Psalm 23:4, we learn that in our times of great fear, God promises to meet us even there. Continuing this week's journey of untangling from self-preservation, today we address the fear underneath so much of our protective behavior and h...

Send us your questions and reflections! Discover how eternal perspective makes surrender sustainable in this essential episode about daily renewal. Based on 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, we learn that keeping an eternal perspective on our self-denial is critical to be able to untangle from self-preservation well. Continuing this week's journey of untangling from self-preservation, today we address w...

Send us your questions and reflections! Begin a new week of untangling from self-preservation with this foundational episode about how life multiplies through surrender. Based on John 12:24-26, we learn that life multiplies to others when we are willing to let go. Starting this week's journey of addressing self-preservation—the instinct to protect ourselves, our comfort, our resources, our re...