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Chi Alpha CSU Podcast
by Chi Alpha CSU
The sermon from Outpost is recorded for our enjoyment every week.
Episodes
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How does God describe Himself? - Steadfast
Casey Lofgren discusses what it means for God to be steadfast in our lives and how Jesus is inviting us to come sit with Him. Recorded on 9/23/26.
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How does God describe Himself? - Patient and Slow to Anger
Lily Brunner discusses how God is slow to anger even when He seems to get angry fast and how for God times runs different than for humans. Recorded on 9/9/26.
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How does God describe Himself? - Merciful and Gracious
Christine Patterson talks about God's mercy and graciousness in dealing with us. Recorded on 9/2/26.
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How does God describe Himself? - I AM THAT I AM
Christine Patterson discusses God responding to Moses at the burning bush when asked what His name is. God responds "I AM THAT I AM". Recorded on 8/26/26.
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Having an Eternal Perspective - Purpose
Casey Lofgren talks about how we can glorify God by what we do. She discusses how we can glorify God by how we treat our work/school, friends/family, marriage, and finances. Recorded on 4/22/26.
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Holy Spirit Retreat
Special guest Brad Lewis, former director of the Chi Alpha for North Dakota State University, gives an extended teaching on the Holy Spirit including baptism of the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues. Recorded on 4/11/26.
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Having an Eternal Perspective - Value
Christine Patterson starts a new series of what it means to live our lives knowing this life isn't all there is. Hear what God and the Bible have to say on why human life is inherently valuable. Recorded on 4/8/26.
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The Lord's Prayer - Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Brent ends our series on the Lord's prayer explaining misconceptions about forgiveness and reconciliation and how to view them according to what Jesus said in Matthew 6. Recorded on 3/11/26.
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The Lord's Prayer - Provision
Zack Lofgren continues talking about the Lord's prayer and specifically when Jesus says "Give us our daily bread". He discusses what this means and how we can get all our needs met by God. Recorded on 3/4/26.
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The Lord's Prayer - Adoration and Submission
Zack Lofgren starts off a new sermon series about the Lord's prayer. He talks about the first third of it which focuses on submitting to the Lord. Recorded on 2/18/26.
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Does God Degrade Women?
Cary Patterson concludes the series "Is God a Moral Monster?" with a message discussing how God views women in a world that consistently degrades them. Recorded on 2/4/26.
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Does God commit genocide?
Duncan Chance talks about genocide and discusses the uncomfortable topic of God killing people in the Bible. Recorded on 1/28/26.
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Is God Cruel?
Cary Patterson starts a new sermon series asking if God is a moral monster. He starts with asking is God cruel based on what we read in the Bible? Recorded on 1/21/26.
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The Normal Christian Life - Responsibility
Nate Banke talks about what taking responsibility for your faith means and discusses the 12 spies scoping out the Promised Land in the Old Testament. Recorded on 12/3/25.
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The Normal Christian Life - Community
Peter Brunner talks about why community is so crucial to the Christian walk and how it can look in our day using Acts 2:42-47 as an example. Recorded on 11/19/25.
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Chi Alpha Dig-In
Nate Banke gives talks on baptism of the Holy Spirit, how do we know that Christianity is the true religion, the state of Chi Alpha, women in ministry, then takes questions from the audience. Settle in folks! There's a lot to unpack here. Recorded on 11/14/25.
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The Holy Spirit
Christine Patterson gives a short talk on the Holy Spirit during an Outpost worship night. Recorded on 11/12/25.
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The Normal Christian Life - Walking in the Spirit
What does it mean to walk in the Holy Spirit? Cary Patterson explains here along with some practicals. Recorded on 11/5/25.
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The Normal Christian Life - Christlikeness
Christine Patterson discusses the attributes we need to be like Christ. Among them she focuses on humility and forgiveness. Recorded on 10/29/25.
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The Normal Christian Life - Sin and Holiness
Peter Brunner talks about Moses' staff and defines sin and holiness and gives practical examples of relevant sins today and how they can be turned to holiness. Recorded on 10/1/25.
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The Normal Christian Life - Submission
Cary Patterson talks about Romans 6:15-23 and how Jesus submitted to us and how we can and why we should submit to Him and each other everyday. Recorded on 9/24/25.
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Discussion Night - Jesus and Devotion
Peter Brunner quickly recaps the past two sermons where Nate talked about focusing on Jesus and Christine talked about devotion. Then he answers a few questions people submitted regarding those two sermons. Recorded on 9/10/25.
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What do you see?
Nate Banke talks about Peter stepping out of the boat to walk on water with Jesus and the decision we all make to step out of the boat to start the journey with Jesus or not. Recorded on 8/27/25.
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Ephesians 6: Be Strong and Stand (Christine Patterson)
Christine teaches on Ephesians 6, helping us understand the battle of spiritual warfare and against the flesh. She highlights our need for the armor of God and what it looks like to put that armor on. Included is a brief testimony from Inu.
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Worship Night (Zack Lofgren)
Zack gives a brief teaching on what worship is and how we enter into it.
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Ephesians 4:17-32: Thoughts and Actions (Peter)
Peter Brunner talks about the second half of Ephesians 4 and how what we think determines our actions and destiny. But we can change our lives if we change how we think. Recorded on 4/2/25.
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Ephesians 4:1-16: How then shall we live (Christine)
This week at Outpost Christine teaches on the first 16 verses of chapter 4 in Ephesians. She speaks on what God's design for His Church is. Unity!
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Ephesians: The Story of the Holy Spirit (Nate)
This week Nate takes small step out of our study of Ephesians and discusses the story of the Holy Spirit in scripture. He focuses on the experience of the Holy Spirit and teaching on baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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Ephesians 3: Who is God? (Casey)
This week Casey teaches on Ephesians 3. She begins to unlock who God is and what that means for us as His children.
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Ephesians 2 - Grace
Peter Brunner discusses Ephesians 2 talking about what sin is, why we need God's grace, and how we can get it. Recorded on 2/19/25.
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Outpost Panel: Ask Anything
Tonight we pause our series on Ephesians and we take a night to open the floor to any questions from the community. Nate, Casey and Peter share their perspectives on each question.
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Ephesians 1: First Impressions (Nate)
Nate starts our walk through Ephesians with the first chapter. He highlights how how our value can be found in Christ and how that translates to the way in which we live. Will we live in peace? By grace?
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Introduction to Ephesians
This semester we are starting a new series looking at Paul's letter to the Ephesians. We are looking at it in roughly three parts, who we are in Christ, what we do as a result and spiritual warfare. This week are looking at the context and background of the letter and some students will read it…
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Commissioned Breakout - Making Sense of the Bible: A Trinitarian Approach
The Bible clearly shows us that not many things in the Bible are, well, clear. Trying to interpret texts written in various languages over thousands of years in a culture most Westerners do not understand can be challenging. However, there is hope! We will be teaching you how to translate the...
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Commissioned - Kenji's Story
Kenji Kuriyama, the director of Ohio State University's Chi Alpha, shares about how he got involved in Chi Alpha as a student and how his small group leader impacted his life and the lives of many others as a result.
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Commissioned Breakout - Proclaiming the Supremacy of Christ in a Post-Christian World
In this session we will discuss compelling ways to proclaim the redemptive claims of Jesus in a post-Christian world. We will look to the example of the exiles in history to learn how to live as salt and light in our exilic world. Speaker is Carey Waldie. Recorded on 1/4/25.
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Commissioned Breakout - Identity in an Unidentifiable World
What does it mean to "Be true to yourself", or "Live your truth"? Ever wonder how Jesus seems so offensive to our world while simultaneously answers the deepest cries of our heart? In a world searching for acceptance and their authentic selves, the Christian message breaks through to our deepest...
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Commissioned Breakout - Engaging Secular Culture: Seeing them Believing, not Seeing Them Be Leaving
Reaching students in a culture with a hyper-secular mindset is one difficult assignment! How can we respond effectively to either apathy or antagonism? Come and join the discussion with missionaries who are on the front lines of secular culture in France as we explore ideas of how to be more...
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Commissioned Breakout - Discipleship
In Chi Alpha, we love discipleship and many of us are a product of discipleship. But what really is discipleship, according to the scriptures? How do I know if I am a disciple? How do I know if I’ve made a disciple? How should discipleship relationships function? We’ll do our best to answer these...
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Commissioned Breakout - Is Missions Moral?
In a world that often feels divided, hurting, and full of uncertainty, the question of how to bring real change is on people's minds. What if God has a bigger plan to restore hope, dignity, and purpose? In this session, we’ll dive into what it looks like to represent Jesus around the world, and…
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Commissioned Breakout - The Theology of the Call
Standing on the brink of your future, God's plans and purposes for your life can seem mysterious and difficult to understand. God is actively speaking and guiding us but can you charge into His calling with confidence? YES! Learn to recognize God's voice, character, and calling by investigating...
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Commissioned Breakout - Prophetic Evangelism
Ever wanted to share your faith, but didn't know how? Tired of trying to small talk with students about their majors and what year they are in school? Prophetic evangelism is the beautiful synergy of the prophetic operating to the outside world, evangelistically proclaiming, "God is really among...
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The Names of Jesus - Bridegroom
Joel shares from Matthew 25 about how Jesus is the Bridegroom. Recorded on 11/20/24.
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Intro to CSU CMIT
Nate & Joel share about the CMIT program at CSU with Q&A at the end. For slides that go along with this audio Click Here
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M-Trip Fundraising Training
Nate shares about CSU XA's approach to fundraising training for short term trips. See the slideshow that goes along with this recording by Clicking Here
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The Names of Jesus - The Good Shephard
Casey speaks about how Jesus is the Good Shepherd over all of us, his sheep, and speaks from John 10:1-15. Recorded on 11/6/24.
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The Names of Jesus - High Priest
Cabel shares from Hebrews 4 about how Jesus is the High Priest. Recorded on 10/23/24.
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The Names of Jesus - King of Kings
Nate shares from Revelation 17 about how Jesus is the King of kings. Recorded on 10/16/24.
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Politics Dig-In
How do Christians think about politics? What does the Bible have to say about it? How can we love our neighbors when they have radically different political stances than us? These questions and more are answered by our panel of speakers at Chi Alpha's Politics Dig-In. Recorded on 9/27/24.
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The Names of Jesus - Wonderful Counselor
Cary shares from Hebrews 3 about how Jesus is the Wonderful Counselor. Recorded on 9/25/24.
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