The Living Streams Church Podcast

What shapes our identity in a world full of competing voices? This conversation explores what it means to find our identity in the Kingdom of God, live out our calling with faithfulness, and build our lives on a biblical understanding of what it means to be human.

We all spend our lives moving toward something, but the destination we choose is not always the one we were created for. Ecclesiastes invites us to consider our telos , our ultimate purpose and end. While so much of life "under the sun" feels temporary and elusive, like vapor that cannot be held onto, Scripture reminds us that true meaning is not found in chasing achievement, pleasure, or success....

As part of our Being Human sermon series, we're releasing conversations that explore what it means to follow Jesus in a rapidly changing world. In this episode, David Stockton, Anthony Kennada, and Brandon Gurney discuss the intersection of faith, work, and technology, and why a biblical understanding of humanity is essential as AI continues to reshape our culture. Together they explore human flou...

God's greatness is not revealed only in the vastness of creation, but in the astonishing truth that He is mindful of humanity. Psalm 8 holds together both awe and intimacy, inviting us to marvel that the Creator of the stars chooses to know, love, and entrust His image bearers with purpose. In a culture that measures worth by achievement, influence, or intelligence, our identity is rooted instead...

Holistic, unrestrained love is not something we manufacture but something we receive. Centered on the Shema, Israel's daily confession of faith beginning with, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one," this message explores God's invitation to love Him with our whole being: heart, soul, and might. As we discover that God's command is grounded in His covenant love for us first, we begin...

As part of our Being Human series, David Stockton and Anthony Kennada continue their conversation about faith, work, and technology by exploring what it means to move forward when the path ahead is uncertain. Looking at Israel's crossing of the Jordan River, they reflect on trust, courage, and how God leads His people through seasons of change.

Genesis 3 confronts one of humanity’s oldest temptations: the desire to define reality apart from God. What begins with the serpent’s question, “Did God actually say?”, leads Adam and Eve to pursue autonomy, wisdom, and self determination on their own terms. Instead of freedom, they find shame, fear, hiding, and fractured relationships. The deeper tragedy of sin is not merely that it breaks God’s...

As part of our Being Human sermon series, we're releasing a collection of conversations exploring faith, work, technology, and what it means to flourish as humans in a changing world. Technology is changing faster than ever, but the deepest human questions remain the same. In this opening conversation, David and Anthony reflect on uncertainty, resilience, faith, and how to move forward when the fu...

Genesis 1–2 grounds our understanding of humanity in a truth that is both ancient and urgently needed today: we are not accidents, products, or data points, but image-bearers of God. In a world marked by anxiety, technological disruption, and questions about identity, Scripture reminds us that human dignity comes from the God who created us, breathed life into us, and called His creation good. Hum...

Renewal begins with what shapes our minds. In a world filled with competing voices, shifting opinions, and pressure to define truth for ourselves, the invitation of Christ is to be transformed by the renewal of our minds and anchored in what is eternally true. Jesus does not merely point to truth, He declares Himself to be the Truth. As we learn to recognize God's presence not only in worship gath...

Romans 16 closes with a doxology, lifting our eyes to the glory of God. After tracing the depth of the gospel, Paul ends by reminding us that God alone carries the true weight of glory. We were never made to bear that weight ourselves, yet we often chase empty glory and try to prove our own strength. Paul points instead to the power of God that strengthens us in weakness, the mystery of Christ now...

Romans 16 reveals the beauty of God’s kingdom at work through ordinary, faithful people. In Paul’s final greetings, names like Phoebe, Priscilla, Aquila, Rufus, and many others become a picture of generosity, courage, hospitality, discipleship, and spiritual family. The church is not built by celebrities, but by servants who work hard in the Lord, open their homes, share their resources, and carry...

Romans 15 closes Paul’s teaching on Christian living not with correction, but with reinforcement. Paul reminds the church that reminders are not reprimands, they are invitations to remember what God has already made true in Christ. The chapter calls believers to serve like Jesus, finding the motivation for sacrifice not in guilt or law, but in the overflow of the gospel. Scripture becomes a source...

Romans 14 calls believers to a deeper kind of unity, one not built on uniformity of practice but on shared surrender to Christ as Lord. In a community shaped by differing convictions, Paul redirects attention away from judgment and toward love, urging each person to be fully convinced before God while refusing to impose those convictions on others. Freedom in Christ is reframed not as personal lic...

Romans 13 calls believers to live rightly in relation to governing authorities, our neighbor, and our own flesh. Authority is described as instituted by God and serving His purposes, leading to a posture of submission, honor, and good conduct. What is owed in civic life is to be given fully, yet one debt remains: to love one another. Every command is summed up in this, that love does no wrong to a...

Romans 12 marks the shift from understanding God’s mercy to embodying it, calling believers to offer their whole lives as worship through ongoing surrender and inner renewal. Out of this transformed mind flows a new way of living marked by humility, where identity is received rather than asserted, and by a shared life where each person’s gifts are given for the good of others. Love becomes the def...

Romans 9–11 unfolds a surprising pattern in God’s redemptive plan, where Israel’s story is not abandoned but woven into a wider mercy that reaches the whole world. What looks like failure becomes a turning point as Israel’s stumbling opens the door for the Gentiles, and that same mercy is meant to stir Israel back to faith. Grace stands at the center, undeserved and freely given, inviting humility...

Romans 10 holds together both the nearness of salvation and the urgency of response. Zeal without surrender is not enough, and striving cannot produce the righteousness God freely gives. Christ has already fulfilled what the law could not, and now salvation is as close as a confession on the lips and belief in the heart. There is no distinction, no barrier, no distance left to cross, only the call...

Romans 9 wrestles with a deeply personal and difficult question: if God is faithful, why have many in Israel rejected Him? Paul responds by shifting the focus from human expectation to God’s mercy. Belonging to God has never been about lineage or effort, but about His sovereign calling. Through examples like Isaac, Jacob, and even Pharaoh, Paul shows that salvation rests not on human will or striv...

Romans 8 gathers the whole gospel into a steady, unshakable hope: life in Christ begins not with striving, but with the settled reality that there is no condemnation, and it unfolds through the Spirit who reshapes our desires, assures our identity as God’s children, and sustains us in both the fight against sin and the weight of suffering. Even as creation groans and believers wait for what is not...

Romans 7 reveals the purpose of God’s law and the inner struggle of those who belong to Christ. Through union with Jesus in His death and resurrection, believers are released from the law’s authority and joined to the risen Christ in order to bear fruit for God. The law itself is holy and good, yet it exposes the deeper problem of sin within the human heart and our inability to produce righteousne...

Grace does not excuse sin. It breaks its power. Romans 6 explores the transformation that takes place when someone is united with Christ. Through His death and resurrection, believers move from condemnation to justification, from estrangement to reconciliation, and into the lifelong work of sanctification that will one day culminate in glorification. Paul confronts the misunderstanding that grace...

Romans 3 brings us to the great turning point of the gospel. After exposing humanity’s suppression of truth in chapter 1 and dismantling religious self confidence in chapter 2, Paul levels the ground completely. No heritage, moral effort, or knowledge of the law can secure righteousness. Privilege does not equal faithfulness, and sin is never excused simply because God can redeem it. The law, holy...

Faith is easy to admire from a distance and costly when we stand on the edge ourselves. Romans 4 holds up Abraham as the pattern of real trust, not a man justified by effort, heritage, or religious performance, but by believing God. “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” The promise rested on grace so it could be guaranteed to all who believe. He trusted the God who gi...