TrueNorth Podcast

What do you know about the Holy Spirit? What if there was no Holy Spirit in the world? Maybe you've heard that the Holy Spirit is like wind, invisible, or a ghost. Or, maybe you're not sure what to say at all. In this new training series on the Holy Spirit, Chris Gregory gives students language to talk about the Holy Spirit and talks through some foundational ideas about who the Holy Spirit is.

What is the cost of being a disciple of Jesus? In part five of our Different Way series, Shane Smith helps students recognize the difference between liking the idea of following Jesus and following Jesus. Following Jesus is a lifelong endeavor in which we look more like Jesus, do what Jesus did, and make an eternal impact.

Culture sets the expectation for what is normal. In this training, Shane Smith reminds students that a culture that embodies radical humility, initiatory love, faith, and Jesus over everything can change the world. However, it is impossible to accomplish this alone because we live culture out with one another.

What are some of the foundations that you are tempted to build your life on? In this training, Shane Smith kicks off a new series by leading students through Matthew 7:24-27 and shares that followers of Jesus must do the things that Jesus taught.

Isaac shares stories and experiences to help his peers follow Jesus well.

Eliana shares stories, experiences, and truths about following Jesus with her peers.

When you think of "freedom" you might think of the reality of being delivered or freed from something. However, Scripture tells us that followers of Jesus also have freedom to do something. While the world may suggest that freedom is about serving the self, freedom is about serving others in the Kingdom of God. In the final installment of our Freedom series, Shane Smith trains students to serve on...

Freedom isn't achieved, it's received. In the second installment of our Freedom series, Shane Smith and Jeremy Nuckolls lead a conversation aimed to help students receive freedom by learning to break away from false expectations and sin habits. In the end, freedom isn't an issue of competency. Rather, true freedom is found in submission to Christ.

There is no denying that we live in a time of unprecedented freedom. But how are we supposed to exercise our freedom in light of our decision to follow Jesus? In this training, Kamal Sajja helps students understand that God has a design or purpose for how we are to use our freedom.

Decisions and situations can cause a lot of anxiety. However, James 4 outlines how followers of Jesus should sort through circumstances and opportunities. In part three of our Active Faith series, Shane Smith helps students identify four ways they can think about the future in a way that honors God.

What is the most powerful word you can think of? No doubt, many options come to mind! In this training, Chris Gregory equips students to grasp the power of words and suggests that followers of Jesus cannot use faulty logic when it comes to speaking. Words may be small, but they have a great capacity for good and evil.

Shane Smith teaches students that an active faith doesn't come from trying harder, but from seeing Jesus for who He is. Shane introduces students to the main ideas found in the letter of James, and states that an awakened faith leads to an active faith.

Cultivating a deep fellowship with Jesus, requires initiative and willingness to sit with God. In this training, Kamal Sajja and Clayton Haynes help students address some of the heart issues that so often keep us from cultivating a deep hunger for Jesus.

Have you ever felt overwhelmed when reading the Bible? Having an understanding of the overarching narrative of Scripture can help you not get lost in the story. In this training, Shane Smith helps students understand the overarching redemptive story of Scripture by walking through some of the major sections of the Old Testament and New Testament.

When you live in faith it encourages the people around you. Kamal Sajja helps studnets understand that though it may be scary or uncomfortable at times, when followers of Jesus boldly live and act in the way of the Kingdom of God, it inspires others to walk with God as well. As found in Hebrews 11, faith makes "real," for followers of Jesus the things that are hoped for, as though they were presen...

How could you share your story of what God is doing in your life with someone else? Kamal Sajja equips students to share the good news of Jesus and provides helpful language on how to lead someone else to Jesus. By remembering what life was like before Jesus, recalling the decision to follow Jesus, and contemplating the ongoing walk with Jesus, we are better equipped to share what God is doing in...

Shane Smith trains students on the reality that having a culture of initiatory love requires seeing, going, serving, and walking with people. A passive Christianity will not change the world. Passivity sits on the sidelines and just watches as people are in desperate need of help. Our understanding of the Gospel cannot lead us to a place of passivity, but instead a willingness to love people just...