The Source Houston

Amanda, Ken, Jordan, and Ben talk about some positive sides to how their ministry has changed over the course of Covid, while admitting that they've seen the church atrophy in some ways over the past two years. Ask us a question! We'll address it on the show. You can reach us at fmhouston.com/streets .

A listener talks about how a betrayal from a long time ago has left them unable to forgive the person who wronged them. The group talks about the difficulty of forgiveness, how to work towards reconciliation, and the things inside ourselves that keep us from moving forward. Ask us a question! fmhouston.com/streets

Ken starts the sermon with a poll on patience, and waiting on God, before talking about the story of the Israelites failing to wait on God so badly that they made a false God in the meantime. How is that impatience showing up in all of our lives? And this Lent, how can we find a way back to patience, to sitting and waiting? Exodus 2:23-25; 32:1-6 thesourcehouston.org

A member comes from a faith tradition that doesn't allow for female clergy, so they're asking whether there should be pastors who are women or not. Jordan and Amanda talk about female preaching and leadership in the Bible, their journeys to get to where they are now, and some of the road bumps they've run into. Oh, and if you're looking for the Instagram picture we're talking about, it's here . As...

Anthony tries out a new word: “imputed,” in order to talk about imputed righteousness versus imparted righteousness. What does that mean? Anthony has some examples, but he needs a jacket, some duct tape, and to drag Spencer onto the stage to do it. This got fun enough that Anthony almost had to take Spencer’s mic privileges away. There’s a whole treasure hunt happening on the stage! This was a goo...

Andy, Ken, and Ben are divided on the nature of bad churches and whether they can still do good, which leads to Andy coming out against the Bible (not really. Or does he?), and Ken announcing that First Methodist is going to war. There are some stirring pronouncements about the spiritual character of Houston, and at the end of it all, we try and buy Andy a yacht. Leave us a response or ask us a qu...

There are things in our lives that bring our guiding principles into conflict, and we get lost. We exist in the gray. The church of Corinth is a mess of conflict, and Paul is writing back to try and get them to make sense of what to do next. That guidance must always come from the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:6-11 fmhouston.com thesourcehouston.org

A question about finding peace and rest gives us stories about various intentional practices, romantic dinners at Waffle House, and the time Amanda thought she was going to die at Disney World. Ask us a question! Hit us at fmhouston.com/streets to leave a question or a comment about the show.

The group takes a question about why the church has embraced the Sinner's Prayer when it never appears in the Bible, leading to a brief history of revivals and the Sinner's Prayer, plus the questionable theology we keep running into, and figuring out just what our role is in bringing people to Christ. Got a comment or a question? Visit us at fmhouston.com/streets

We are called to be bold - boldness that expresses God’s love for all creation. We can’t just recognize the Spirit that is within us, we have to act on it. We are called to take part, to take hold of the goodness that we see in the world. 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 thesourcehouston.org

The gang fields a question about how John Wesley treated confession, and how the church treats it today. It turns out to be a fertile topic, featuring some wide-ranging stories from everyone's experience, and a very specific callout of a certain church nearby. Send us a question or a comment, and help shape what the next episode of the show could be. You can reach us at fmhouston.com/streets .

Jesus is aware of the risks it takes to follow the will of God. But we as people of God are called to focus on letting go. Because God is good, we can know the Kingdom has to be good. Matthew 6:28-34 thesourcehouston.org

This week, the group has a question to wrestle with, as they explain what Jesus was doing when he changed the use of the word "blessed" in the Sermon on the Mount. Along the way, the group debates whether Jordan's opinions are going to ruin her chances of being ordained. Ask us a question! fmhouston.com/streets

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God gave his son to build relationships with humanity, that we might have everlasting life. It’s more than just his death and resurrection - Jesus came to teach us and help us understand God. Being willing to stand in the dirty places and the beautiful places and see where they intersect. Jesus said that if you’re called to be with me, you need to get your hands and feet dirty. To be like Jesus is...

Our idea of who God is comes from sitting in the places God has sat - the dark as well as the light. We need to recognize balance, that God’s radiance of love is a light that illuminates the most in the darkness. That illumination is how we’re able to understand God. Genesis 1: 1-5 fmhouston.com

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Andy discusses a passage where God sends us out to bring peace to the world - something that's important because, as he notes, “We’re not very good at creating our own peace.” And a lesson he learned from a 91-year-old friend about how God gets him out of bed in the morning. Micah 5:3-5a fmhouston.com

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Luke 1:76-79 God guides our way. fmhouston.com

Admits to nerves at his first sermon back in a while, but soon he's back to form, trying to get us to look past the "macaroni-and-cheese" version of the text. fmhouston.com

The Lord wants a full communion with every one of us - each person has a seat at the table. Jordan recalls be asked what her “theology of dinner parties” is, and the example that led her to be able to find one. thesourcehouston.org

We are surrounded by people living in emergency at all times, and it wears people out, it destroys their soul. Long Description: Today’s verse in Isaiah speaks to a people who were living lives of constant fear and impulse. Ken talks about how little has changed - but how much needs to. Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he...

Today’s scripture is a parable - a lesson on how to short-circuit our tendency to want to get back at those who have hurt us. We constantly wander off and come back again, and each time Christ releases us from our debts. And we have to go out into the world and share that same mercy. Matthew 18:21-35 thesourcehouston.org

Ken launches our Missions series with a call to conviction - a reminder that being convicted is just a brief moment, but we are required to take that moment. In order to recognize justice, we have to be convicted of our own guilt, and to take some time to actually sit with it. The world is unfair to so many, and Ken reminds us how easy it is to ignore that. “So many times we just play the game of...