Trails Church Base Camp

So, for the last few episodes, we have been walking through what theologians often refer to as the order of salvation that helps us understand how God applies redemption to Christians. A couple of episodes ago ago, we spoke about the first three steps or stages of the salvation order– election, the gospel call, and regeneration . Then, last episode, we took a look at the two next stages — conversi...

Conversion is “our willing response to the gospel call, in which we sincerely repent of sins and place our trust in Christ for our personal salvation.” Repentance: involves a heartfelt sorrow for sin, a renouncing of sin, and a sincere commitment to forsake sin and walk in obedience to Christ. What do we mean by “saving faith.” Union With Christ: Being united to Christ means that believers are per...

In the last few episodes, we’ve looked at the person and work of God the Spirit and, in today’s episode, we are beginning a survey of how God has worked from eternity past, and is working into eternity future, to reconcile a chosen people to Himself through the atoning work of Christ on the cross. A discussion on salvation: examining the way that God applies our salvation in our individual lives....

As a church, one of our biggest aims is to help train, equip and mobilize our members in the gifts that God has given them so that they might be a blessing to our church and that God might confirm some gifting and callings in their life so that they might serve our church in greater ways and/or be sent out of our church to help plant new churches and pastor/bless unhealthy churches as solid church...

In this episode, we are going to be talking about the gifts given to us, as Christians - and how these gifts are not to be for our individualistic enjoyment and pleasure, but rather have been entrusted to us by God for the joy of those around us within our local church contexts definition: a spiritual gift is any ability that is empowered by the Holy Spirit and used in any ministry of the church;...

What does the Bible teach about being baptized by the Spirit?  Does this experience mean that we will naturally speak in tongues as a result? And if you haven’t ever spoken in tongues, does that mean that you haven’t been baptized in the Holy Spirit? Better yet, here’s the question we aren’t asking, but should be: are there two tiers of Christians? We explore these topics in this episode of B...

In this episode, we share our latest members meeting discussion about how a healthy local church needs men and women committed to growing as disciples ... but it doesn't stop there.  In order for a church to be healthy, we need to also be just as committed to helping those around us grow in their health as christians. 

In this episode, we begin a new series discussing what a church is.  This might seem like a silly podcast series, as we all might have a gauge understanding of what a church is ... but how certain are we that our definition matches what we see throughout the pages of Scripture? So, we seek out to recover the fundamental truths of what a church is and how local churches are created by God for...

In this episode, we pick back up on this theme of regeneration and talk about conviction, union with Christ, sanctification, intercession and assurance

Does God actually say you can’t have sex outside marriage? Does God actually say homosexual behavior is wrong? In this episode, we discuss Sex, Marriage, and Same-Sex Attraction from a Biblical worldview. God’s Design for Marriage & Sex Definition of Marriage: A covenantal, bodily union of one man and one woman, open to the gift of procreation, symbolic of the relationship between Christ and t...

Whether it’s in a courtroom, in a conference room, in a coffee shop, or even within the walls of a local church, at one time or another we’ve all found ourselves participating in or watching two people engage in a conversation, where one person is in disagreement with or at least questions the validity of another person’s claim. In other words, it doesn’t take very long to find out that in life no...

In today’s episode, we are going to address two questions: What does it look like to express our God-given gender in our culture around us? What if we are confused about our gender? A Biblical Theology of Gender and the Human Body: God created men and women in his own image . So how might we summarize the Christian view of “gender”? Well our “gender” isn’t just psychological . Physical body God-gi...

In this episode, we examine the work of the Holy Spirit throughout the pages of both the Old and New Testament. In doing this, we see that our salvation is accomplished in a Trinitarian way and that the work of the Spirit is Christological in nature. The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament | Genesis 1:1-3; Ezek. 36:25-27, Joel 2:28-32, Jer. 31:33-34 The Holy Spirit at work in the Person of Christ in...

In this episode, we begin our discussion on the person of God the Spirit and lay some foundational material for upcoming episodes in considering the work of God the Spirit in our lives as Christians.   What do we mean when we talk about the God the Spirit as a Person? God the Spirit is a person, He is co-equal, co-eternal with God the Father and God the Son; He was not created, but always has...

In this episode, we review everything that we have discussed so far in our Systematic Theology series so that we can catch up on key issues before continuing our study. I. What is Systematic Theology? https://open.spotify.com/episode/4T3YDtB4KiaF4WWlB7KpJo?si=2c1aa04ed21d4aff II. The Doctrine of the Word The Bible is inspired (verbal plenary inspiration), inerrant, infallible, trustworthy and suff...

In this episode, we continue our discussion on how our unique gender roles are a good gift of God and how God instructs that we live those out within a local church context. Our study takes us to examine two main chapters: 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 11. 1 Timothy 2:8-15 A. The Context: False Teaching in Ephesus Eee 1 Tim. 1:3-7, 1:18-20; 4:1-3; 6:3-5, 20-21. These false teachers seemed especial...

In this special episode of Basecamp, we have a sermon from Charles (one of our members who leads Trails Youth), and he is preaching from 2 Timothy 4:6-8 a sermon entitled, "The Christian's Noble fight"

Welcome back to our systematic theology discussion on the work of Jesus.  In this episode, we specifically talk about why Jesus' bodily resurrection is so important for us.  This episode picks up on our conversation from this past Sunday's sermon, which can be accessed here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3me7m9NpS19lnhSQXDwCZy?si=62d9f1491ed1414a. Scripture references for you to exami...

In this episode, we consider the work of Jesus and what comforts there are for Christians in considering all that Jesus has accomplished for us. Specifically, we discuss: Jesus as: 1) Prophet 2) Priest 3) King Three aspects of Jesus' work: 1) Incarnation 2) Perfect Life, fulfilling all righteousness 3) Substitutionary Death (Penal Substitutionary Atonement: and why all these words are important fo...

Is the Bible simply a messy, ancient book?  Or is it profitable for all of life and godliness? Are the Bible's words simply the words of fallible, sinful men?  Or is it the very words of God for us, inspired and inerrant and infallible? These are the topics that Aaron covered at Trinity Fellowship this past weekend, helping correct some of the errant views prevalent in many churches toda...

In this episode, we are considering how our masculinity and femininity has been designed to be lived out right here within our local church. What is true for all men and women within the local church? Scripture expects men and women to participate in the vast majority of the church’s ministry and practices. 1 Corinthians 12:4-7, 11 7 Ways We Build up the Body of Christ 1. Participating in the Publ...

In this episode, we discuss practical marriage implications of submission and leadership for Christian Marriages. Specifically, how do wives submit to their husbands?  How do husbands lead in a considerate and selfless way? In answering these questions, we dive into 1 Peter 3:1-7 and see what these things mean (and what they don't mean) and how we ought to live our lives as Christians. Wives:...

I. Biblical Masculinity and Femininity in the Context of Singleness. A. The Bible Celebrates Singleness for Men and Women. B. The Single Christian Expresses Manhood or Womanhood in the Family of God. For [single] men: First, you can provide for other men spiritually, and you can also provide for the ministry financially Second, you can take responsibility as a member to help protect the church in...

Could Jesus have sinned? Were there things that Jesus didn’t know? As we examine the Humanity of Jesus, questions like these arise from time to time. So, how would we answer these questions using the Bible? And what does Scripture teach us? In this episode, we dive into a discussion on the humanity of Jesus: what it means for Jesus to be fully man? We examine the Virgin birth, bodily weaknesses an...

What does the Bible say about Femininity?  And how are women especially designed by God to be a blessing in our culture, within marriages, and in the life of the church? In this episode, we give this Summary Statement of Biblical Femininity: Biblical femininity is displayed in a gracious disposition to cultivate life, to help others flourish, and to affirm, receive and nurture strength and le...