Episodes
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What if the Church Loved?
What if love is not simply one Christian virtue among many, but one of the load-bearing walls of the faith itself? In Week 1 of What If the Church ________?, we look at the difference between the things Christians have often treated as essential and the things Jesus actually places at the center....
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How Do We Truly Change
Why is it that we can know what Scripture says, genuinely want to follow Jesus, and still struggle to actually change? In this message, we explore a biblical framework for how transformation happens. Drawing from Scripture, spiritual formation, habit research, and neuroscience, we look at the…
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Micah 6:8 - Who Gets To Decide What Good Is?
What is good, and who gets to decide? From the opening chapters of Genesis to the words of Micah 6:8, Scripture tells a consistent story: God shows us what is good, but humanity keeps trying to define good for ourselves. That struggle shows up in the Garden, in Israel’s history, and in our own...
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Joshua: The Next Frame
We cannot see the whole story of our lives at once. Most of us are simply trying to take the next faithful step. As Joshua prepares to lead Israel after the death of Moses, God does not promise that the road ahead will be easy or that Joshua will know how to handle everything. Instead, God…
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 27
Day 27
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 26
Day 26
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 25
Day 25
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 24
Today, the 4 are confronted with Joseph and the reality of control.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 23
Join the gang as they head toward the finish line.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 22 - Mary
Today, Eli see's Mary while the others follow behind.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 21: The Angel and Zechariah
Today the 4 friends are taken back to see the moment the Angel visited Zechariah.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 20 - Jonah
Today the crew head back to take a look at Jonah the prophet, not their Jonah.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 19 - Isaiah
Today, the four friends go to meet Isaiah while running from the Hunter.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 18: Elijah
Today the four friends travel back to see Elijah and the prophets of Baal
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 17 - David Annointed
Today, the four friends are taken back to see when David was annointed to be king.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 16 - David & Goliath
Today the 4 friends are taken back to see David and Goliath.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 15 - Ruth and Boaz
Today the 4 friends are taken back to learn about Ruth and Boaz and the journey.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 12 - The Bronze Serpent
The four friend find themselves in the middle of chaos as they learn about the bronze serpent.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 11 - The Ten Commandments
Today the four friends are sent to the mountain where God gave the Israelites the ten commandments.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 10 - The Passover
Today the kids are taken back to relive the experience of the passover.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 9 - Burning Ground
Today the four kids, plus Keeper and Scrambler and taken back to the moment God called Moses through the burning bush.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Chapter 8 - Joseph and Restoration
Today, we kick of the week's new theme of Peace by jumping right into the middle of the Passover. Then we go back to Joseph and see how his story ends up.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Chapter 7 - The Dreamer and the Pit
Today, the box takes the group to see the moment when Joseph receives his coat, shares his dreams with his brothers, and then gets sold into slavery.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 6: The Mountain and the Ram
The crew face an unknown problem, and then see the story of Abraham and Isaac unfold before their eyes.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 5: The Promise Under The Stars
Today we finally get to see what all that stress was about on the first day - we meet Abram in the desert and see his Encounter with God and the Covenant God made with him there.
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Keeper & Scrambler: Day 4 - The Ark and the Waiting
In today's episode, Mara, Clara, Jonah, and Eli are taken back to the time when Noah was building the ark. They will experience the brokenness of the culture as it existed around the time of the flood, God's salvation through the flood and the fresh start for humanity.
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Keeper and Scrambler: Chapter 3 - The Garden and the Choice
In this episode, the kids are pulled straight into Eden… but not the Eden from picture books. Something’s off. The air is colder. The harmony is fraying. And at the center of it all is a whisper — subtle, twisted, familiar. As they witness the serpent’s deception, Adam and Eve’s heartbreaking...
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Keeper and Scrambler: Chapter 2 - The Beginning and The Breath
n this episode, our four not-so-prepared heroes—Eli, Mara, Jonah, and Claire—discover that the creepiest hallway in the church isn’t just home to crunchy carpet and forgotten VBS decorations. It’s also hiding a mysterious ancient Box that apparently has opinions and blinks like a socially awkward...
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Keeper & Scrambler: Chapter 1 - The Sand and the Voice
Chapter 1 throws the readers straight into a desert superstorm as the kids are ripped from their normal lives and dropped into a terrifying, supernatural in-between moment from Abraham’s covenant with God. Sand roars, fire blazes, and two ancient, fiery forms—the blazing torch and smoking...
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05-07-2023: John 14:1-7 - The Way, The Truth, and The Life
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that...
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04-23-2023: John 13:18-30 - Judas Betrays Jesus
18 “I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned[a] against me.’[b] 19 “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am. 20 Very truly I…
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04-16-2023: John 13:1-17 - He Kneeled To Serve
As we look at this famous story of Jesus washing the disciples' feet, we try to gain a new appreciation for the significance of what's taking place.
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04-09-2023: Resurrection Sunday: Kingdom of light, Kingdom of HOPE
As we celebrate the resurrection, where he emerged victorious over the power of death and darkness, we look at the Kingdom that was founded on that day - The Kingdom of God. This Kingdom operates in an entirely different way from the kingdoms of this world. While the kingdoms of this world…
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03-26-2023: John 12:37-50, Light and Darkness
37 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39 For this reason they could not believe…
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03-19-2023: John 12:20-36. From "You do You" to "You die to you."
20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. 23 Jesus replied, “The...
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03-05-2023: John 11
John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
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02-26-2023: John 10
John 10:22-41 22 Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” 25…
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02-19-2023: John 10, Part 2
John 10:22-41 22 Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” 25…
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02-05-2023: John 10
John 10:1-21 “Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice.…
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01-29-2023: Spiritual Disciplines: Gratitude/Blessing
Mat 18: 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle...
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01-22-2023: Spiritual Disciplines: Meditation
Deut 6 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home…
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01-15-2023: Spiritual Disciplines: Prayer
3 Parables about prayer Persistent Widow Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to...
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01-08-2023: Spiritual Disciplines - Read Your Bible!
Acts 17:10-15 10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the...
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01-01-2023, Junk Food of the Spirit
John 4: Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town...
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Letting God's Love Flow From The Root All The Way Through The Fruit
In John 15, Jesus gave us a great metaphor for what it means to be In Christ, for the love of God to flow through our lives in such a way that we produce fruit that endures. But what does it mean? How do we truly abide in Christ?
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Purple Faith, Part 8: Forgiveness, Part 2
As a recipient of God's generous grace in Jesus, I will seek to be generous in showing grace to others. I will be the first to forgive, extending the generous grace of Jesus I have received to those around me. It doesn't matter if they deserve my forgiveness, because I didn't deserve God's...
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Purple Faith, Part 8: Forgiveness, Part 1
As a recipient of God's generous grace in Jesus, I will seek to be generous in showing grace to others. I will be the first to forgive, extending the generous grace of Jesus I have received to those around me. It doesn't matter if they deserve my forgiveness, because I didn't deserve God's...
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Purple Faith, Part 7: Loyalty To God's Kingdom First, Part 1
As we continue on this journey towards purple faith, we stop to take a look at God's Kingdom. We are citizens of heaven, ambassadors of the Kingdom of Light, but are we being good representatives of God's Kingdom? Are we worshipping God or idols of our own making?
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Purple Faith, Part 6: Judgement, Part 2
In part 2 of our teaching on being judgemental, we wrap up the 4 types of judgment in scripture and add 5 practical steps we can take today to be less judgemental.
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Purple Faith, Part 6: Judgement, Part 1
In part 6 of our Purple Faith teaching series at 6:8, we are looking at the topic of judgment. No, we're not talking about God judging everyone on the planet, the great white throne, or any of those. We're talk about about how we, as Christians, have a tendency to be judgemental. We invite you to...
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