The Church of the Heart Podcast

The first in an ongoing discussion about meeting together as a simple church. Below is a video clip that appears elsewhere on the Summit Fellowships site. It makes a fitting beginning to a series of discussions about meeting together in a church of the heart. Hope you enjoy the clip! https://youtu.be/aQbmaKuT0Oo In this episode, Dan and Jody begin a discussion of what a church of the heart may loo...

Part 3 of 3 Artwork by Alex Levin. Dan and Jody talk about the difference between structure and presence illustrated in the Old Testament accounts of David’s priestly kingship. How can we apply what we learn in the Old Testament about the habitation of God to our church experience?

Part 2 of 3 Dan and Jody continue the conversation about the habitation of God. From the Garden of Eden, to the tabernacle, temple, and to the Church, God has provided a spatial reference to His heavenly dwelling and invited us to be His household and habitation.

First of Two Episodes When God created the earth He made a place for the first inhabitants. It was an intersection between heaven and earth and a garden where God, himself, could inhabit with His creation. What are the qualities of a habitation of God?

Second of Two Parts In this second of two parts on overcoming offenses, Dan and Jody talk about patterns and kinds of offenses. There is a difference between “stuffing” and “cleansing” our offenses. Mentioned in the Podcast A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals

Part 1 of 2 parts Are you offended with someone? What would it be like not to be offended? Today, Dan and Jody talk about the removal of offenses. The first of a two-part discussion.

Part 2: When the new wears off… This episode is a continuing episode about the challenges on the road to oneness and what happens when you find some rough spots on the road to relationship.

Things start so well… Churches, groups, new jobs, even marriages, often start off with thrills and excitement. Unfortunately, that kind of fun doesn’t last. In this episode Dan and Jody discuss the importance of being prepared for the challenges of life in a Church of the Heart. Mentioned in this episode… Steve Meeks (also referenced in a previous podcast. Dr. Meeks is formerly o...

From the archives, a favorite episode . . . We’re on vacation this week, so here is one of the most popular episodes from the Church of the Heart archives. It dropped in December of 2016 (yes, the podcast goes back that far! You should check out some of the earlier episodes!) This interview deals with finances and the practical ways that one church of the heart helped each another. It’...

We Will Resume Our Regular Podcast Schedule on Thursday, July 22nd. We’re away with the whole clan on our annual family getaway. See you soon! We invite you to leave your feedback. Just click on the “Contact Us” link above and let us know what you think. For the redeemed! And for the King!

When lies and deception creep into the a fellowship, division isn’t far behind. The unfortunate story of Ananias and Saphira. Mentioned in this Episode Steve Meeks – Stages of Community

Acts 1 and 2 speak of the infant church as being of one mind and even one soul. Dan and Jody talk about the importance of a conviction of corporateness in churches of the heart. Mentioned in this Episode Until Unity by Francis Chan

Lessons from the early church… In Acts chapter one an two, the church begins to live and thrive in the power of oneness.

What is oneness? Why is unity in the church so important? Today, Dan and Jody talk about the way of oneness and power it releases. Mentioned in this Episode Sword of Submission by Dan and Jody Mayhew

Five Steps to Impact Dan and Jody discuss an illustration they learned in Pastor’s Prayer Summits. The road to impact begins with an encounter with God.

Dan & Jody in their trailer “studio.” Are you detecting a pattern in the Gospel of John? More than once, Jesus calls us to love and to be one so the world will recognize His message through our lives. Today’s discussion is drawn from what has been called the “high priestly prayer.”

This is episode 70 of the Church of the Heart Podcast and episode 17 of the change of format that we’ve called Church of the Heart 2.0. We invite you to check back in the archives of the podcast and enjoy interviews we’ve had with practitioners of what is called “simple church.” Paul wrote that there are no unneeded parts of the body of Christ. All are significant in the wo...

#16 in Series So many choices! Where does somebody find church? More than that, what are we looking for? Dan and Jody discuss the nature of church, contrasting the church as a place and the church as a people. Mentioned in this Episode When Church was a Family -Recapturing Jesus’ Vision for Authentic Christian Community by Joseph Hellerman Finding Church by Wayne Jacobsen

#15 in Series The New Testament refers to the church as a body, a family, a bride. There is very little that would lead us to assume it is an organization, and certainly not a corporation or an institution. Listen in as Dan and Jody discuss the implications of being part of an organism. Mentioned in this Episode Participating in God’s Mission: A Theological Missiology for the Church in America by ...

#14 in Series The idea of submission is perplexing to many. Domination or passivity is not Jesus’ example. Real submission is something quite different and Jesus models the difference among his people. What does oneness look like when Jesus demonstrates it? What does is mean to the church? Mentioned in this Episode Sword of Submission by Dan & Jody Mayhew

#13 in Series So many good things in the Garden of Eden! Still, the Creator wasn’t satisfied with something. It was not good for Adam to be alone. From the beginning we discover God’s design includes community. Now, as the Kingdom unfolds we are convinced, more than ever, that a foundational reality of God’s plan is corporateness, the bringing together of the redeemed of the Lord...

#12 in series God said it wasn’t good for Adam to be alone. If that’s not a call to corporateness I don’t know what is. Moreover, God, Himself is a community. It seems this idea of oneness from many goes back a long time. And it was all our Creator’s idea! Mentioned in the Episode The Divine Council worldview (Michael Heiser)

#11 in Series When Paul tells the Ephesians to put on the whole armor of God, did he mean individuals or could he have been talking about the whole church? What are the implications of the body of Christ engaging in spiritual warfare as a corporate reality?

# 10 in Series When God calls His people together, from unity comes the release of power. It is a restoration of the power forfeited in Genesis 11. It is the power of the fullness of Christ in His church. Dan and Jody continue a dialog about fullness, unity, warfare and the release of power. Mentioned in this episode That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis.

#9 in series When scripture tells us that we can experience fullness in Christ, what does it mean? Today, Dan and Jody talk about the fullness that comes as a community of believers come together.