All of the Above

Aaron and Hannah discuss joy and how it should permeate the the life of a believer...even when you are sick with the stomach bug or up all night with a 14 month old.

Jonathan and Trevor discuss the story of the Ridgewood property, the process of planting roots, and how we, as the church, should view our buildings. 

Bryce Harrison and Sarah Gilliam discuss The Wizard of Oz and how its reading can incite love for God and a longing for home. Whether this is your first time down the yellow brick road or if you are a resident of the emerald city you will not want to miss this episode.

Jonathan, Trevor, and Aaron discuss the importance of prayer in the life of the believer and steps toward praying well.

You will NEVER guess what we discuss!

This past Sunday, Trevor shared Brett McCracken's wisdom pyramid . What is helpful about this? What does each tier entail? Give this episode a listen as Trevor and Aaron sort through what they found helpful.

Jonathan Franklin and Trevor Hoffman discuss Andrew Wilson's book Spirit and Sacrament: An Invitation to Eucharismatic Worship.

Jonathan Franklin, Bryce Harrison, and Mikey Smith discuss the way stories impact evangelism and how a stoplight can help categorize evangelistic encounters. 

Aaron and Bryce discuss evangelism; the what, why, how, and who.  Give it a listen! 

A few weeks back, Trevor and Josh sat down to discuss the pandemic, the Christian discussion around masks, and how we MUST navigate differing convictions in these contentious times.  ---- Ken Sande article: https://rw360.org/2013/03/07/charitable-judgements-an-antidote-to-judging-others/ Brett McCracken wisdom pyramid: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/watch-diet-in-covid-19-crisis/...

Trevor and Aaron discuss the difference between God's rest and ours, and the presence of God we experience now and what we'll experience in the New Jerusalem.

Trevor and Aaron discuss a few recently questions.  What is the purpose of The Big Questions forum? Why are we choosing to do it at this time? What does help from God actually look like? I can't see him. If the church is Jesus' body, how do I distinguish between looking for encouragement from him through his body vs. merely relying on other humans? How do I know that help from the church is a...

Trevor and Aaron discuss a few recently questions. With a guest appearance from Trevor's kids.

Once again pastoral resident, Jonathan Franklin, talks with our church planter, Bryce Harrison, and one of our members, Reagan Koschel, on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic, The Lord of the Rings, and how they help us love Jesus.

Pastoral resident, Jonathan Franklin, talks with our church planter, Bryce Harrison, and one of our members, Reagan Koschel, on how reading incites love for God and His good world.

How ought we think of hell? And specifically annihilationism? What about the death penalty? Can broken people in a broken system deliver true justice? Trevor, Aaron, & Bryce spend some time discussing these two questions via Zoom. Thanks, Zoom!

The questions Trevor and Aaron tackle: What happened to the toy room? Why don’t we do the feasts given to Israel any longer?  What about the Lord’s Supper? Why didn’t Trevor mention mention that? Isn’t that literally a “feast” Christians practice? Why aren’t we taking the Lord's Supper during our time apart?

Schools are closed for the foreseeable future due to Covid-19. That means there are lots of parents in our body who now have to figure out what it looks like to homeschool.  Trevor thought it’d be helpful to recruit a few of our homeschooling mothers to give some advice to those of us newly-minted homeschooling parents.  What do we need to know? Recognizing that some of us have been thro...

The questions Trevor and Aaron tackle: Is Trevor wearing a nice button down from the waist up and pajama pants from the waist down? Can you speak to the collateral damage of God’s wrath? How can this passage be used to give hope and truth to those around us who are not believers? Why would God allow evil such as Boko Haram, genocide, Hitler, etc?

Ephesians 6:4 says, "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." Family worship is one of the key ways we can do that.  Let's take advantage of this forced reset and institute this discipline! Goal isn’t to be perfect; it’s to be good enough!   1. Read — passage; psalm, story, parable of Jesus, a few lines from an epis...

What does Screwtape have to say about the coronavirus?  Listen up. The quote Trevor read from Screwtape Letters : You say you are "delirious with joy" because the European humans have started another of their wars. I see very well what has happened to you. You are not delirious; you are only drunk… Do not allow any temporary excitement to distract you from the real business of undermining fai...

Trevor and Bryce talk about the self and the teachings of Jesus. How are we to think about being ourselves when Jesus calls us to die to self? Give us a listen and learn what made Bryce's last Thursday so special?

"For many, the idea that Christianity is a white, Western religion, intrinsically tied to cultural imperialism, stands a major ethical barrier to considering Christ."  --Rebecca McLaughlin, Confront Christianity So how are we to think about this question?  Does Christianity necessarily crush diversity?

We sing some of the best songs ever written this time of year. What are some of the greatest? And what makes them great? And which is the most emo of the Christmas / Advent songs? This and more!

Remember the setting; a grandparent's kitchen, cookies baking. A best friend's basement with a retro video game system. The smell of your dad after cutting the grass.  The soundtrack to your studies at college. We're all nostalgic for something.  We all possess a longing for some good ole days long gone. We think fondly of these memories with joy and sadness. We're *especially* nostalgic...