Thriving in The Word

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, Lenny Salgado, Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh, James Gowell, and Tim Nicholson. Edited by: Tim Nicholson In Week 4 of Hebrews 1–3, we ask a simple question with huge implications: Prophet, Guru, or This Jesus? Mike opens with how Hebrews warns God’s people about false idols—and why that warning still matters today. James then dives into Hebrews 3 across translati...

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson This episode kicks off with an update on Johnny (thank you for your continued prayers!), and James sharing what stood out to him in Hebrews 3; "Don't harden your hearts" and aligns with an example of a callous, how it forms over time, how it protects from the pain, but it also...

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Mike McHugh and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson You don't want to miss this episode, not only do we deep dive into Hebrews, Johnny steps outside to cough off the mics, slips on ice and breaks his leg (real time). James gets the following text message from Johnny mid-episode, "Slipped on ice outside goi...

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson We kick off our series on the Book of Hebrews, chapters 1 through 3 and we cannot wait for you to hear what our crew uncovered. From the history of who wrote Hebrews, is it Paul? is it Barnabas? is it Apollos? is it Pricilla? Is Hebrews a book? a letter? a serm...

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, Lenny Salgado, Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson We wrap up our discussion on 3 John 1 which is the shortest book/letter in the New Testament. This is another page turner episode so come along for the ride...it's a great conversation! Please read along with us. Please help us spread the word about Thriving in the Word,...

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, Lenny Salgado, Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson We dive into first week of studying 3 John 1 which is the shortest book/letter in the New Testament. This is another page turner episode so come along for the ride...it's a great conversation! Please read along with us. Please help us spread the word about Thriving in the...

This discussion features: David LaManna, Mike McHugh and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson We dive into our second and final week of studying 2 John 1 which is a short 13 chapters yet packed with heat. David kicks us off by sharing the background of 2 John and how easy it was for the Docetist to target the house churches due to the love followers of Christ show. James shares a real life and r...

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson We dive into our first week of studying 2 John 1 which is only 13 chapters, but jam packed with wisdom. David kicks us off by sharing a little background to 2 John and we all quickly jump on the watching out for the wolves in sheep's clothing. Ju...

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Ben Cossette, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson We are back and we actually hit record this time!! Join us as we wrap up our discussion on 1 John. Johnny kicks us off by sharing five (5) key takeaways from 1 John and we launch off from there. Judah shares a powerful reminder about the importance of primary do...

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, Lenny Salgado, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson The crew entire crew is sick, but we rallied through it and gathered up to record this episode. Lenny kicks of us talking about 1 John chapter 4, verse 1. James then shares about his downtime on Sunday when he was sick, watching sports and how fanatic people can be with their face paint,...

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Johnny V., Lenny Salgado, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson James kicks us off by sharing a takeaway from two of Judah's recent sermons about alone time with God, how the sun is all life giving, yet the closer you get to the sun, the more dangerous it gets. This evolves into David asking the big question, would anyone...

This discussion features David LaManna, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson David kicks us off by sharing his takeaways from 1 John and the crew talks for over 45 minutes about this life transforming sermon in the form of a letter. Get ready to hear about flying over the bars, sloppy Christians, falling seven times and getting up eight, not conforming to this world,...

This discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson David kicks us off by sharing his takeaways from 1 John and the conversation quickly turns to takeaways and sharing about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The crew shares their perspective on Charlie Kirk pointing people to Jesus, and the importance of keeping our eyes fix...

This discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, and Mike McHugh. Edited by: Tim Nicholson David kicks us off by sharing his takeaways from 1 John and leads to a discussion of the Law of Entropy and how things degenerate through a gradual change or evolution, aka devolve into chaos. Please help us spread the word about Thriving in the Word, read 1 John 1-5 with us and come alon...

This discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson The crew continues their discussion on 1 John and Mike kicks us off with some great questions about the letter/sermon from John. David (our history guru) responds with his research to address Mike's question and the conversation goes from there. Please help us...

Thriving in the Word Podcast was live in Terryville CT for the recording of our 200th episode. This discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson Huge thank you to all who joined us, to Amanda, Shane for baking 200 cupcakes, Itty Bitty Cookie Company, other folks who brought snacks and ALL of the fol...

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson Join us for our wrap up episode of the Book of James. We could spend another 6 months discussing this book but we must move on and we are so excited for you all to join us for our live recording of the 200th episode on August 18th. We will be reading 1 John and we...

Thriving in the Word Podcast – Ep. 200: LIVE at our Terryville Campus! We’re celebrating a huge milestone—our 200th episode of Thriving in the Word—and you’re invited to join us LIVE for this special recording! Come be part of the experience on Monday, August 18th at 7:00PM at our Terryville campus: 284 Town Hill Road, Terryville, CT . Our regular crew: Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado,...

Thriving in the Word is preparing for our 200th episode and we are excited to share the details very soon. For now, we put together a long bonus version of our study on the Book of Acts, chapters 15 through 28. Stayed tuned for the details on our 200th and we are so grateful for all who listen and encourage you keep reading scripture as well as tuning in. This episode features, Judah Thomas, David...

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson This week, Lenny kicks us off by going back to chapter 1 and shares a story from his Pentecostal days at church. Lenny shares about the importance of endurance, suffering and eventually needing nothing. Judah then jumps in and doesn't sugar coat it by saying, "practic...

This week's discussion features David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson This week, Johnny kicks us off by sharing how at times, he can be abrasive when he shares the Gospel with others and shares how what he was reading James, he himself felt convicted when reading about the care of orphans and widows. He asked himself, when was the last...

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson This week, David kicks us off by asking the question, "do you understand God's Way's?" and shares what stood out to him from chapter 3 in the book of James. The conversation stays on the rails for the most part and you will hear each of the Thriving crew share about the i...

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson This week, David kicks us off by sharing some current 2025 events and how relevant "taming the tongue" is thousands of years later. Ben then shares how powerful words can be to either tear you down or build you up. Judah then tal...

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim Nicholson This week, James kicks us off by sharing James 5:13 where we are instructed to pray when we suffer hardships, praise when we are happy, ask for prayer when we are sick. Our James talks about being in constant communication with God versus putting Him on and off the sh...

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Kirsten Salgado, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. This week, David launches the episode and James chats about we've all shared the Book of James is the Proverbs of the New Testament, many ref's to the Sermon on the Mount, but the Holy Spirit shined a light on the Book of James being the practical appli...