A Church in STL, For All

The Gathering

Religion EN ↓ 1070 episodes

The Gathering - a Church in STL, #ForAll. Weekly episodes drop every Sunday at 12am CST.Welcome to The Gathering! This is where you can find all our audio content, from sermons to special podcast episodes. Give us a listen, and if you enjoy a message, let us know. - LIKE this episode,- COMMENT what resonated with you, and- SUBSCRIBE to future messages. New to The Gathering Online? 1. Explore Our Website: gatheringnow.org2. Practice Generosity: gatheringnow.org/give3. Download The Gathering App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gathering-stl/id1471213193?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Author

A Church in STL, For All

Episodes

Gifts of the Spirit 11.05.2008 25:09

Why does the Spirit give us each different gifts? Spiritual Gifts. The lie culture tells you is the lie of autonomy - you can do it on your own. The lie the church tells you is lie of uniformity - everyone must believe and do the same things to be part of the community. Accepting either of these lies, affects the answers to "who am I and and what am I supposed to be?" Every person has a gift by th...

Living in the In Between 04.05.2008 29:07

How does God call us to live while we wait? Living between wanting and having. Life lived in between. Life with God is lived, in large part, in between, in between the experience and the promise. Living in between means trusting enough to wait. In the waiting, God tells his disciples to pray and to be His witnesses. In the waiting, we need to be attentive to the presence of God/The Spirit. How is...

Searching for Truth 27.04.2008 27:20

Can truth be found through searching? Searching for Truth without really wanting to find it, not wanting to commit. Perpetual shoppers of something to believe in. Constantly searching but never finding. Idolatry is a misplaced devotion to something not truly satisfying. We want to believe in something bigger than ourselves. We search for meaning, clarity and purpose. Be careful where you are searc...

Faith Requires Action 20.04.2008 25:48

What does it mean to be committed to following Christ? Faith can be understood as something organic; it is impossible for it to be healthy if it is not actively growing. There is no real moderation of faith. If it is not growing, it will die. Jesus is either the cornerstone or He is cast aside. A stagnant faith is dangerous. Grow into salvation - a complete fulness and peace. Long for Christ. Comm...

The State of Your Commitments 13.04.2008 21:32

Urgency requires one to recognize there is a distance between the way things are and the way things out to be. Urgency requires the sense that what could be, needs to be right now. Peter created a sense of urgency at Pentecost. Urgency is dangerous because it usually leads to a commitment of significant change. Urgency demands a response. Is God calling you to a new commitment? God is able to do e...

Finding the Risen Lord Amidst Grief 06.04.2008 24:16

Where do we see the Risen Lord in the midst of grief? As people followed Jesus, they began to see things differently. No one expected Jesus to die, certainly not the way he did. Our experience of the world seldom suggests that God is at work. When we experience death, we experience the absence of order. Jesus is present even when unrecognized. Jesus remains abidingly present. In the church communi...

Encountering God through a Gathered Community 30.03.2008 26:45

What role does the church play in encountering God? Posture of fear vs posture of openness. Believing without seeing. Doubt is OK. Doubt does not disqualify us for encounter with God. The church is a gathered community, which is empowered by the Holy Spirit, to be the grounds for someone to encounter God. God has promised to be in the presence of a gathered community.

Easter Gospel Lesson 23.03.2008 2:30

The Easter Story

Expectations 16.03.2008 26:40

How do we deal with expectations? Expectations should shape you but not own you; expectations should inform you but not define you

See the possible, not the impossible 09.03.2008 24:24

Have we lost the connection to our earliest hopes and dreams?

Gospel Lesson 02.03.2008 2:35

John 9:1-12

Are you blind or can you see? 02.03.2008 24:05

Encountering Jesus 24.02.2008 31:27

How do you encounter and converse with Jesus? John 4:1-42;

Being Challenged Versus Merely Uplifted 17.02.2008 23:20