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In this episode, Nathan and Lacey walk through Step Four of The Freedom Booklet , exploring how unmet needs and unfulfilled desires often drive us to believe lies about God, ourselves, and others. These lies, formed through pain or disappointment, create patterns that keep us striving for fulfillment in unhealthy ways. They share how letting the Holy Spirit expose these false beliefs and reveal Go...

In this episode, Nathan and Lacey work through Step Three of The Freedom Booklet , focusing on coping behaviors, inner vows, and hidden beliefs that form in response to unresolved pain, sin, or trauma. They explain how these patterns — often made to protect oneself — eventually lead us to react instead of respond, producing fruit that doesn’t reflect the life of Jesus. With practical examples and...

In this episode, Nathan and Lacey will guide you through Step Two of The Freedom Booklet , focusing on thoughts, beliefs, and feelings surrounding past offenses, losses, or sins. They explore why revisiting old wounds doesn’t mean we’ve failed to resolve them — it just means we’re allowing the Holy Spirit to expose unresolved layers of pain, perspective, and healing. With practical examples, they...

In this episode, Nathan and Lacey walk through how to examine the deeper roots of what’s producing fruit in your life — both good and bad. Using The Freedom Booklet , they talk about how trauma, self-protection, sin, and even religious performance can masquerade as strength while actually stunting spiritual growth. They challenge listeners to get honest about what’s growing in their lives and invi...

In this episode, Nathan and Lacey introduce The Freedom Booklet , a practical tool designed to help you uproot the offenses, losses, and sins that keep producing bad fruit in your life. Using the analogy of invasive garden vines, they explain how sin, trauma, and false beliefs — if left alone — can overtake our hearts and relationships. They unpack how the Holy Spirit, Scripture, and community hel...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Pastor Scott and Nathan give a behind-the-scenes look at how they design teaching series, whether for a Sunday morning sermon or a mid-week Bible study. They explore how practical theology, lifestyle discipleship, and Spirit-led planning help shape every session. They unpack how intentional structure (with a lot of flexibility) keeps people engaged, spiritually growing...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Pastor Scott and Nathan take aim at the false versions of the gospel that many Christians unknowingly live by. From shame-driven obedience to cheap grace disguised as freedom, they explore how distorted theology and unchallenged narratives quietly shape our faith. Drawing from personal ministry experiences, they discuss when it’s necessary to confront teachers, peers,...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION –  Pastor Scott and Nathan unpack what it means to live a Jesus-story worth sharing. From vulnerability and accountability to the role of community and spiritual growth, they challenge the idea that transformation must look hyper-spiritual. Instead, they offer practical steps to walk in freedom — steps that involve real people, real stories, real freedom, and real victory. The...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Pastor Scott and I talk about what it really takes to walk in freedom and how we are to walk in repentance, not performance, but as raw, awkward honesty before God and others. We share stories of people who found healing simply by admitting they didn’t know what to do next. With our insights on leading others to freedom, our vulnerability, and the Gospel’s power to tra...

Nathan and Pastor Kevin continue their discussion about the challenges of balancing ministry, marriage, and parenting. As a Youth Pastor, Kevin reflects on his desire to be a supplemental voice in students’ lives — not a replacement for spiritually engaged parents. Together, they discuss how youth ministry should support what’s happening at home, not carry it. Kevin opens up about the pressures of...

Nathan shoots the breeze with Pastor Kevin, where they swap stories about fishing (or, in Nathan’s case, the complete inability to catch anything). They discuss how our connection with God shifts through life’s changing seasons and the chaos of parenting. They also explore how spiritual growth doesn’t always happen in quiet solitude, but often through the loud, messy, and beautiful moments o...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott dive into what it takes to build spiritually mature relationships marked by humility, repentance, and growth. They explore how real connection requires more than surface-level friendship — it demands a willingness to confront sin, seek forgiveness, and walk in grace. They also encourage us to pursue relationships that reflect the transforming po...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott dive into what it takes to build spiritually mature relationships marked by humility, repentance, and growth. They explore how real connection requires more than surface-level friendship — it demands a willingness to confront sin, seek forgiveness, and walk in grace. They also encourage us to pursue relationships that reflect the transforming po...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott talk about what prayer truly is — and what it isn’t by looking at the disciples’ prayer in Matthew 6.5-14. Prayer isn’t just a monologue directed at God; it’s a real conversation with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They explore how prayer includes not just speaking, but also listening for God’s response and how to grow in our ability to hear...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott talk about what prayer truly is — and what it isn’t by looking at the disciples’ prayer in Matthew 6.5-14. Prayer isn’t just a monologue directed at God; it’s a real conversation with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They explore how prayer includes not just speaking, but also listening for God’s response and how to grow in our ability to hear...

Nathan and Phil dive into some hot-button topics — they discuss convictions (opinions) on worship music and address the controversy surrounding certain churches’ cultures and the songs they produce. They also reveal the often judgmental tone of “heresy hunter” ministries that claim to defend the Gospel but sometimes miss the heart of grace. They explore how believers can engage with non-Chri...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott wrap up Philemon 21–25 by highlighting Paul’s confidence that Philemon will go beyond what’s asked — not out of pressure, but because the gospel has truly transformed him. His obedience isn’t just submission to Paul, but evidence of the Holy Spirit’s work. Philemon’s discipleship is marked by radical love and vulnerable community, not safe, self...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott explore Philemon 8–20, where Paul models the gospel by stepping in on behalf of Onesimus, offering to repay his debt to Philemon. This powerful passage reveals that true reconciliation requires both repentance and forgiveness. Paul’s appeal goes beyond personal favor — it’s a call for Philemon to live out the gospel by welcoming Onesimus not as...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott unpack Philemon 1–7 and Paul’s addressing of Philemon, Apphia, and Archippus — along with their whole house church — as a united community rather than just individuals. Within the context of Colossians 4.1-18 and “Ephesians” 6.21-24, the introduction of Philemon (1-7) illustrates the collective responsibility of believers withi...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott discuss Romans 8.26-39, showing how we can share the same glory as Jesus and the Father. They also share how Christians are more than conquerors through Jesus, and nothing (except our own lack of faith) can remove us from God’s protection and vindication.   — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) INTRODUCTION (05:23) ROMANS 8.26-30 (46:28) ROMANS 8.31...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott unpack Romans 8:1-25, revealing the choice we all face — living as children of God or of the devil. They explore how Christ’s death and resurrection conquered sin, death, and the enemy for believers, yet the full realization of this victory remains a future hope. This episode dives into the tension between present freedom and the unseen fulfillm...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott Frerking explore Romans 7, focusing on the tension of living under the law without the power of Jesus. They also discuss the hopeless cycle of striving to live good but without Christ and the freedom that comes only through living empowered by the Holy Spirit   — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) INTRODUCTION (05:03) ROMANS 7.1-12 (36:46) ROMANS 7...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott Frerking explore Romans 6, emphasizing that we are truly dead to sin but still have a choice of lordship—either sin (rebellion) or obedience (Jesus). They discuss the reality that we are always bearing fruit, and the type of fruit reveals whom we have been serving.   — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) INTRODUCTION (06:41) ROMANS 6.1-14 (51:58) RO...

BIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Nathan and Pastor Scott Frerking discuss Romans 5 and how faith in Jesus requires risk, maturity, and endurance. We also share how sin is anything in opposition to our nature or design, that is, living as the image and likeness of God.   — EPISODE CHAPTERS — (00:00) INTRODUCTION (21:42) ROMANS 5.1-11 (42:52) ROMANS 5.12-21 (1:01:26) ACTIVATION STEPS   — EPISO...

Nathan and Phil dive into the tensions of growth — navigating confrontation, grace in freedom versus judgment in addiction, and forgiving repeat offenders. They discuss mediation, reconciliation, appropriate vulnerability, and what the fruit of the Spirit looks like in real life. *Please note, this discussion takes place in two episodes. This is episode two.*   — EPISODE LINKS — • STB113 | Be...