The Damascus Road Podcast

A lot hinges on the little word if. What if things were different? What if I could change? If only I hadn't done that. If only things were the way they used to be. If I had x, then I could do y. If she hadn't said that, then I wouldn't have done this. What does it mean to live as if what God says about me is true? Join Damascus Road for this 2020 series as we dive into this small word and explore...

There are certain places the biblical narrative keeps coming back to - a stormy sea, a breathtaking mountaintop, a vast desert, a lush garden. While the significance of these places may be lost on us, the ancient reader would understand their meaning right away. These are places where one would meet God, places of chaos, places of life, and places of solitude, and they are as accessible to us toda...

There are certain places the biblical narrative keeps coming back to - a stormy sea, a breathtaking mountaintop, a vast desert, a lush garden. While the significance of these places may be lost on us, the ancient reader would understand their meaning right away. These are places where one would meet God, places of chaos, places of life, and places of solitude, and they are as accessible to us toda...

Freedom is perhaps the paramount value of the American cultural experiment. But what started as a freedom for the pursuit of happiness has become a freedom from all outside authority or restraint. And instead of more freedom we are finding that without some limitations people are floundering. Without some guidance beyond our feelings we quickly follow those feelings not to freedom but to bondage....

Freedom is perhaps the paramount value of the American cultural experiment. But what started as a freedom for the pursuit of happiness has become a freedom from all outside authority or restraint. And instead of more freedom we are finding that without some limitations people are floundering. Without some guidance beyond our feelings we quickly follow those feelings not to freedom but to bondage....

Freedom is perhaps the paramount value of the American cultural experiment. But what started as a freedom for the pursuit of happiness has become a freedom from all outside authority or restraint. And instead of more freedom we are finding that without some limitations people are floundering. Without some guidance beyond our feelings we quickly follow those feelings not to freedom but to bondage....

Three ghosts visit the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve, and over the course of one night, forever change him into a generous man who truly knew how to keep Christmas in his heart. We may not be visited by Ghosts, but we celebrate a different visitor this Christmas season, Jesus Christ. Join Damascus Road this Christmas season for A Christmas Carol as we consider what the birth of Jesus C...

Three ghosts visit the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve, and over the course of one night, forever change him into a generous man who truly knew how to keep Christmas in his heart. We may not be visited by Ghosts, but we celebrate a different visitor this Christmas season, Jesus Christ. Join Damascus Road this Christmas season for A Christmas Carol as we consider what the birth of Jesus C...

Three ghosts visit the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve, and over the course of one night, forever change him into a generous man who truly knew how to keep Christmas in his heart. We may not be visited by Ghosts, but we celebrate a different visitor this Christmas season, Jesus Christ. Join Damascus Road this Christmas season for A Christmas Carol as we consider what the birth of Jesus C...

Jesus calls us into something better in His kingdom than overfilling our homes and schedules trying to find something to fill the sense of lack that we feel. The way of Jesus calls us towards freedom, to abide in his goodness and love, to savor what really matters, towards true contentment and generosity. In this series on Jesus’s radical discipline of simplicity, we will go deeper on what He tell...

Jesus calls us into something better in His kingdom than overfilling our homes and schedules trying to find something to fill the sense of lack that we feel. The way of Jesus calls us towards freedom, to abide in his goodness and love, to savor what really matters, towards true contentment and generosity. In this series on Jesus’s radical discipline of simplicity, we will go deeper on what He tell...

From bumper stickers and Facebook posts asking for “God Bless America” to the idea of “One Nation Under God” our American and Christian identities appear to be pretty compatible. However, as politics divide us and friends and family fight while the Church struggles to bring people together, we need to step back and reconsider. What does it mean to be a Christian in America? Join us for American/Ch...

Jesus calls us into something better in His kingdom than overfilling our homes and schedules trying to find something to fill the sense of lack that we feel. The way of Jesus calls us towards freedom, to abide in his goodness and love, to savor what really matters, towards true contentment and generosity. In this series on Jesus’s radical discipline of simplicity, we will go deeper on what He tell...

From bumper stickers and Facebook posts asking for “God Bless America” to the idea of “One Nation Under God” our American and Christian identities appear to be pretty compatible. However, as politics divide us and friends and family fight while the Church struggles to bring people together, we need to step back and reconsider. What does it mean to be a Christian in America? Join us for American/Ch...

Jesus calls us into something better in His kingdom than overfilling our homes and schedules trying to find something to fill the sense of lack that we feel. The way of Jesus calls us towards freedom, to abide in his goodness and love, to savor what really matters, towards true contentment and generosity. In this series on Jesus’s radical discipline of simplicity, we will go deeper on what He tell...

From bumper stickers and Facebook posts asking for “God Bless America” to the idea of “One Nation Under God” our American and Christian identities appear to be pretty compatible. However, as politics divide us and friends and family fight while the Church struggles to bring people together, we need to step back and reconsider. What does it mean to be a Christian in America? Join us for American/Ch...

From bumper stickers and Facebook posts asking for “God Bless America” to the idea of “One Nation Under God” our American and Christian identities appear to be pretty compatible. However, as politics divide us and friends and family fight while the Church struggles to bring people together, we need to step back and reconsider. What does it mean to be a Christian in America? Join us for American/Ch...

We are at war. Not with a foreign government or domestic terrorists or a creepy new artificial intelligence hell-bent on taking over the world. No, it’s a war we feel deep inside our own chests: we are at war with lies. We battle with ideas and the devil. As a generation, we chuckle at the devil as a premodern myth, but Jesus took the devil and his lies with deadly seriousness, and we need to as w...

We are at war. Not with a foreign government or domestic terrorists or a creepy new artificial intelligence hell-bent on taking over the world. No, it’s a war we feel deep inside our own chests: we are at war with lies. We battle with ideas and the devil. As a generation, we chuckle at the devil as a premodern myth, but Jesus took the devil and his lies with deadly seriousness, and we need to as w...

We are at war. Not with a foreign government or domestic terrorists or a creepy new artificial intelligence hell-bent on taking over the world. No, it’s a war we feel deep inside our own chests: we are at war with lies. We battle with ideas and the devil. As a generation, we chuckle at the devil as a premodern myth, but Jesus took the devil and his lies with deadly seriousness, and we need to as w...

We are at war. Not with a foreign government or domestic terrorists or a creepy new artificial intelligence hell-bent on taking over the world. No, it’s a war we feel deep inside our own chests: we are at war with lies. We battle with ideas and the devil. As a generation, we chuckle at the devil as a premodern myth, but Jesus took the devil and his lies with deadly seriousness, and we need to as w...

Join Damascus Road for a Dinner Party! We will be addressing everything that goes into a great party like hospitality, open dialogue, delicious food, and a servant hearted clean up crew. To learn how to have the greatest dinner party possible we will dive deep into 4 lessons from Jesus about how the kingdom of God is a great feast. Week 4 of Dinner Party   Teacher: Devynn Brankel Doing Dishes...

Join Damascus Road for a Dinner Party! We will be addressing everything that goes into a great party like hospitality, open dialogue, delicious food, and a servant hearted clean up crew. To learn how to have the greatest dinner party possible we will dive deep into 4 lessons from Jesus about how the kingdom of God is a great feast. Week 3 of Dinner Party   Teacher: Tyler Stibrich Chow Down //...

Join Damascus Road for a Dinner Party! We will be addressing everything that goes into a great party like hospitality, open dialogue, delicious food, and a servant hearted clean up crew. To learn how to have the greatest dinner party possible we will dive deep into 4 lessons from Jesus about how the kingdom of God is a great feast. Week 2 of Dinner Party Teacher: Megan Miller Cocktail Hour // Matt...

Join Damascus Road for a Dinner Party! We will be addressing everything that goes into a great party like hospitality, open dialogue, delicious food, and a servant hearted clean up crew. To learn how to have the greatest dinner party possible we will dive deep into 4 lessons from Jesus about how the kingdom of God is a great feast.  Week 1 of Dinner Party Teacher: Ryan Miller Setting the Tabl...