Episodes
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Don't Ignore the Mermaids (July 27, 2026)
When we struggle to translate from one language to another, we’re painfully reminded of the problems coming from the Tower of Babel. But do we remember the temptation of that situation, one that plays to our own ambitions still today?
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Know What Season You're In (July 26, 2026)
We’ve all felt the pull to add one more pious act—fast a little longer, pray a little harder—convinced the right combination will finally make us right before God. In Matthew 9, John’s disciples bring that same assumption directly to Jesus, and his answer reframes not just the practice of fasting...
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Reciprocation of What? (July 20, 2026)
Maybe you had a childhood toy that took your voice and sent it back distorted and amplified. Small choices work the same way in Proverbs 3:34-35 — God reciprocates what we put out into the world, amplifying our foolishness so we see it clearly, or honoring our wisdom in ways that matter eternally.
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Be the Mouser God Made You
When we try to live by “Don’t Be Evil,” we find that we end up being evil in the end. There’s a better way.
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What You Really Need: The Deeper Healing (July 12, 2026)
We scramble to fix what’s broken, certain we know the one restoration that matters most. But when friends lower a paralyzed man before Jesus in Matthew 9, desperate only to walk, the first words he hears are “Take heart, my son, your sins are forgiven.” Do we trust Jesus enough to receive what he...
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"Don't Be Evil" Leads to Evil (July 6, 2026)
When we try to live by “Don’t Be Evil,” we find that we end up being evil in the end. There’s a better way.
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Don't Be "Don't Be Evil," Be Good (June 29, 2026)
Most of us feel satisfied if we manage not to do evil—if we avoid the obvious wrongs, the cruelties we can see. But there’s a quieter failure Proverbs 3:27–28 names: the moment when you know exactly what good you could do, right now, and you choose not to do it. Google once promised not to be…
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A Bad Grade on the Paper of Life (June 28, 2026)
Listening to Jesus is one thing; trusting him when the waves are coming over the sides of the boat is another—and most of us know the difference from the inside. In Matthew 8, seasoned fishermen who have already followed Jesus into the storm find their faith put to exactly that test.
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We Need the Approved Ranch (June 22, 2026)
We can gather up what feels like security, but are we actually secure? Proverbs challenges to make sure we have the right point of security.
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Where's the Cream Filling? (June 21, 2026)
It is easy to want Jesus for the healing, peace, and confidence he gives while keeping the rest of life safely under our control. In Matthew 8, however, the One who heals the sick also tells would-be disciples that the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. What does it mean to follow him rather...
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Choose Your Own Adventure (June 15, 2026)
Can we choose our own adventure wisdom? The Bible says “no” for a very important reason.
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Just Say the Word (June 14, 2026)
We think status, heritage, and credentials make us a somebody or a nobody, yet those are not what God values. In Matthew 8 a Gentile centurion—nobody by race—approaches Jesus with a suffering servant, forcing the question of what actually makes anyone able to approach God’s kingdom.
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What's the Blessed Life? (June 8, 2026)
We have a lot of things we think are signs of the “blessed life”? Proverbs has a clear answer that challenges our assumptions.
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He Touches the Untouchable (June 7, 2026)
We’ve sung it since childhood: He’s got the whole world in his hands. Yet when the personal “you and me” gets stripped away, what’s left is a distant abstraction. In Matthew 8 a leper kneels and forces the real question—does the Lord who can hold everything actually will to hold him?
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Rabid Sin, Difficult Healing (June 1, 2026)
God’s discipline isn’t a topic we like talking about or facing in any way. It feels intimidating and leaves us wondering if God is angry at us. But Proverbs gives us a different story.
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When Faith Gets the Yips (May 31, 2026)
Even as a Christian, you can feel the yips—that moment when shame from old sins creeps back in, making you wonder if you’re really free, if God’s forgiveness is truly yours. Romans 6:23 speaks directly into that weight: the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ...
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God Is Not a Waiter (May 25, 2026)
Most people instinctively know the difference between ordering at a restaurant and eating at a friend’s table—yet that same distinction somehow disappears in how they approach God. Proverbs 3:9 calls believers to honor the Lord with their wealth and the first fruits of all their produce, not as a...
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In Whom Do We Trust? (May 18, 2026)
We can say things like “In God We Trust,” but what do we mean? Do we really trust?
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Not Clicks, but Success (May 11, 2026)
God’s way doesn’t always look the most successful in the moment, but it is the path to true success.
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Don't Give God the Half-Empty Box (May 10, 2026)
Even good things we pursue can drift from their real meaning into empty gestures that change nothing. Sin whispers the same trade—“focus on me and I’ll give you what you want”—yet Paul answers it in Romans 6: do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires, but present...
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Don't Cave In (May 4, 2026)
When it feels dark, we need the well trod paths of God’s Word to strengthen us so we don’t lose hope.
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God's Gaze Is Enough: Are You a Functional Atheist?
In a snowstorm, the signs showing miles to safety keep you moving even when relief feels hours away. You eat, you sleep, you feel better—so you believe that’s where strength comes from. But what happens when food runs out, rest doesn’t help, and the world keeps breaking? David pleads the same in...
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Has God Forgotten to Show Up? (April 20, 2026)
You arrive early at the restaurant and order an iced tea while waiting for a friend whose advice you desperately need. One refill comes, then another, until the condensation has left the table damp and the agreed time is long past. An hour and a half later, you leave more dejected than when you...
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Do We Need a Backup? (April 13, 2026)
When evil seems to be prospering, the temptation can be to find a backup plan instead of God’s way. Do we need one?
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It Really is OK (April 6, 2026)
Easter is God’s profound statement that He not only listens, but He also saves.
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The Last One (March 30, 2026)
We begin a new series in the Psalms tonight, looking at David’s lament in Psalm 12. What happens when we feel like evil has triumphed and whatever good we do is fruitless?
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No Spiritual War Crimes (March 23, 2026)
When a worthy cause demands everything, compromise feels reasonable—even necessary. As Paul delivers a charge to Timothy to continue the job, he gives an important qualification: fight the good fight while holding firmly to faith and a good conscience, because the good fight is lost not through...
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Seeing Clearly: Six Years of God's Steadfast Faithfulness (March 16, 2026)
We too often forget that the source is joyful and accept the far more mundane or depressing secondhand source.
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Mercy for the Worst of Sinners (March 9, 2026)
Two half-brothers leave for the same war; only one comes home. When rescue divides one person from another, “Why me?” can feel unanswerable—and salvation can raise the same uneasy question. In 1 Timothy 1:15–16, Paul refuses to ground his rescue in merit, calling himself the worst of sinners and...
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The Life of a Dumpster Fire (March 2, 2026)
We tend to measure our worth by what we bring to the table, but Paul’s testimony in 1 Timothy 1:12 turns that calculus upside down. He could speak of his calling despite his failures because God’s strength doesn’t depend on ours.
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Don't Eat the Vine (February 23, 2026)
We need to know what things are for and use them in the right way in life. That’s true of God’s law just like anything else.
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Don't Swerve (February 16, 2026)
There are two different charges vying for our attention: love and pride. Which one will we answer to?
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Stay Focused on the Quiet Truth (February 9, 2026)
It’s great to know about how amazing Jesus is and wonderful to find out that the angels are incredibly powerful creations He made, too. But, where does that leave us?
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Smaller Than a Fly (February 2, 2026)
It’s great to know about how amazing Jesus is and wonderful to find out that the angels are incredibly powerful creations He made, too. But, where does that leave us?
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Where's Our Spot in the Grand Scheme of Things? (January 26, 2026)
It’s great to know about how amazing Jesus is and wonderful to find out that the angels are incredibly powerful creations He made, too. But, where does that leave us?
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Rebuilds are Uncertain, so is Recreation? (January 19, 2026)
We know if a business or sports team rebuild, there is a lot of uncertainty. So what about when God rebuilds the whole universe?
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Angels are Great, But Jesus is Greater (January 12, 2026)
Why are we so fascinated with angels and the spiritual world as a culture but often pause when it comes to fully embracing who Jesus is? It isn’t necessarily a new problem.
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Sin Stickier than a Price Tag (January 5, 2026)
Sin is really sticky — far more persistent than those obnoxious tags stuck on things that we struggle to get off. But, Jesus’s mission in this world was to do what we can’t: remove that sin from us.
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God's Christmas Lights are... Overpowering (December 29, 2025)
God takes us as those who are lost in the dim darkness and offers us a light so overpowering that nothing can stop it — or His mission He sends us on.
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The Name Matters and So Does the Nature (December 22, 2025)
Jesus shows us both His nature and a recognizable “name” so that we can understand Him — and understand what we really need to know.
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The Spirit of Christmas isn't a Spirit Store (December 15, 2025)
We need something that lasts, not just a temporary banner of God’s love. Fortunately, that’s exactly what God provides for us.
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Looking for Signs or the Son (December 8, 2025)
Are we looking for the right thing and do we understand the right “time” for it? As we get everything synchronized for Christmas, the author of Hebrews encourages us to be synchronized with Christ.
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All Snow... is Snow (December 1, 2025)
We don’t want to simply know about a miracle that happened long ago and was forgotten thereafter. We need to know that there is a consistency in God’s care, too.
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You are... Very Fine Paintbrush (November 17, 2025)
As we continue in Ephesians 2, Paul helps us to think about the difference between being called to do “good works” and earning God’s favor through our works.
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Know the Full Story (November 10, 2025)
The wonder of what God does for us is so much greater when we don’t forget the story behind it.
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Adopting a Dead Dog (November 3, 2025)
As we continue in Ephesians 2, we’re reminded of how God loves us even when we are of no value at all.
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Are We in the Air Without a Parachute? (October 27, 2025)
We return to Ephesians in a new series in the second chapter and to start us off Pastor Tim reflects on our state without God.
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Do We Believe His Words? (October 20, 2025)
As we wrap up our series in John 5, we are confronted with the most important question: do we believe His words?
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Where Does the Light Come From? (October 13, 2025)
Are we trying to light up our lives with our own glory or God’s? Pastor Tim takes us back to John 5, looking at verses 41-44 in tonight’s Steadfast.
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The Virtue of Laziness (October 6, 2025)
We are right to realize we can’t do it all and that we need God’s Word to guide us. But if in our pursuit of doing things right before God, we miss Him, what have we accomplished?
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