Resilient Church Podcast
by Resilient Church
We are Resilient Church, a local church plant located in Vermillion, South Dakota, and our mission is to form vibrant lives that withstand hardship through worship, words, and works. We are especially passionate about discipling young adults as the University of South Dakota is the local college in Vermillion.Here you will find our Sunday morning sermons and monthly episodes pertaining to a plethora of topics such as church planting, discipling the next generation, spiritual friendship, worship and more.Connect with Resilient Church below!https://linktr.ee/resilientchurch
Episodes
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Overhauling Your Family
In the final message of our Overhaul series, Pastor Jake Thurston tackles family dynamics and marriage, grounded in Ephesians 5:21 and the call to mutual surrender. While we can’t control how others act, God holds us responsible for our own hearts, attitudes, and spiritual effort within our...
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Overhauling Your Relationships
In Part 5 of our Overhaul series, Pastor Thurston tackles an area of our lives that touches every single one of us: our relationships. God created us for community, wiring us with a deep need to be fully known and loved. Yet, so often we try to rely on our own strength to love others or settle…
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Redefining Your Priorities
How people spend their time is a direct reflection of what they value. This week, Pastor Thurston explores what Scripture says about God’s timing, the brevity of life, and why living wisely means seizing every opportunity God puts before us. What's taking the space in your life that God should be...
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Defined By Christ // Guest Speaker Lincoln Klooz
This week's message comes from guest speaker Lincoln, visiting us from Ransom Church in Sioux Falls. Taking a deep dive into Romans 6, 7, and 8, Lincoln walks through the tension of the "human condition"—exploring what it means to be truly free from sin while still navigating daily struggles. Be...
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You Can’t Earn Salvation, But It Does Require Effort.
We constantly struggle with the thought of earning our salvation—doing all the right things to be in good standing with God. However, in this week’s sermon, we find that’s actually backwards thinking. Rather, because Jesus puts us in good standing with God, we can now freely do the right things…
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Your Priorities Need Overhauled
Have you ever felt lost or disoriented in your faith, like you're wandering without a true destination? Just like trying to navigate a map without knowing where you are, living without Jesus as your ultimate focus leaves you feeling empty and off-course. In the launch of our new 6-week series,...
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Why Every Christian Needs a Guide
Have you ever wondered how you could possibly navigate your faith on your own? Thank goodness we’re not suppose to! In this week’s sermon, Pastor Jake looks at the mentor/mentee relationship between the Apostle Paul and his apprentice, Timothy, and how that encourages Christians to mentor someone...
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Is Your Prejudice Hindering God's Kingdom?
"God has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean." — Acts 10:28 From God's initial promise to Abraham all the way through the Book of Acts, His redemptive heart has always been for every nation, tribe, and person. Yet as human beings, our natural reflex is to put up...
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Don’t Prohibit God’s Redemption for Others
God often uses us to work out his plans of redemption and life change—and it makes no sense! However, just because we might have a myriad of excuses for why we might not want to share the Gospel with others, doesn’t mean we should listen to them. What if we are indeed God’s “Plan A” for the…
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How Genuinely Do You want Jesus?
What if you're here for more than a degree, a career, or your next step in life? In this week's sermon we are going to discuss if Simon's conversion was counterfeit, how he leveraged the Spirit for Selfish gain and how we can ensure our own conversion is genuine.Connect with Resilient...
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How God's Independent Nature Can Solve Your Identity Crisis
Who are we? And what do we do if we don't know the answer to that question? In this week's message, Pastor Jake tells how our identities depend on our dependencies, and therefore, our strongest sense of identity depends on our dependence on the Independent One—Yahweh, the Great I Am. Connect with...
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Minister Unto Others – A Ministry Update From Bryce Dmyszewicz
This week's message comes from a special guest speaker, Bryce Dmyszewicz, a missionary with The Navigators that Resilient Church supports. He shares encouraging updates and stories of his first year of ministry at Indiana University that will surely leave you feeling inspired to "minister unto...
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Disciplining Your Child - How Not to Parent
In this sermon we learn from the failed example of King David as a father about how to properly discipline our kids. Connect with Resilient Church Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.church Facebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.church Website //...
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Help Others Hear - Mason Buth
Messiahship is less about miracles and more about crucifixion. Connect with Resilient Church Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.church Facebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.church Website // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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Family Provision - How Not to Parent
Jephthah gives us an example of how not to provide for our kids. Connect with Resilient Church Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.church Facebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.church Website // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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Family Dysfunctions - How Not to Parent
We often do things the same way our parents did things, and sometimes that is the result of the curse of sin. Connect with Resilient Church Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.church Facebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.church Website //...
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A Healthy Marriage for Healthy Parenting - How Not to Parent
The first step to healthy and effective parenting actually starts between you and your spouse.Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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The Loving Father - Sydney Mencke
Our guest speaker, Sydney Mencke, shares a bit about our loving Father, and shares about the ministry in which she has been participating. Connect with Resilient Church Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.church Facebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.church Website…
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Supporting Missionaries - John's Pastoral Letters
A significant part of our generosity ought to be directed toward those who are vocationally making disciples in various contexts: missionaries. Connect with Resilient Church Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.church Facebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.church...
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What is Truth? - John's Pastoral Letters
The way we know the truth is by acquainting ourselves with Truth Incarnate: Jesus Christ. Connect with Resilient Church Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.church Facebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.church Website // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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What is Love? - John's Pastoral Letters
The only way to truly know love is to truly know God.Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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Knowing the Truth - Jake Thurston
Sometimes it's a bit tricky to discern what's true and what's not. Knowing God is the way we do so! Connect with Resilient Church Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.church Facebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.church Website // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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How to Multiply the Church // Jake Thurston
Wanna learn how to multiply the church?Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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Dealing with Church Division - Church Math
Addition in God's Kingdom is about adding souls to the church, yes, but it is also about being an addition to the church. Connect with Resilient Church Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.church Facebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.church Website //...
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Addition to the Kingdom - Church Math
Addition in God's Kingdom is about adding souls to the church, yes, but it is also about being an addition to the church.Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite //...
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Give All You Can - Biblical Stewardship
Earn and saving are important, but arguably the most important step regarding our financial stewardship is our generosity. Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite //...
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Save All You Can - Biblical Stewardship
The second point of the trifecta of Biblical stewardship: saving all you can.Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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Earn All You Can - Biblical Stewardship
One way to create financial freedom is to work hard at all you do!Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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Don't Worry About Your Money - The Biblical Trifecta of Stewardship
Regarding our finances, one of the most important things we can do is to be free from worry—but that doesn't mean we shouldn't think about it!Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite //...
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Good News! - Lent 2026
Good news is only news to those who hear it.Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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Lent - Live Like Dirt
In order to ascend in glory, we must first descend in humility.Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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Lent - Living with God's Breath
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Rule of Life - The Importance of Silence
Silence and solitude can be pretty uncomfortable practices to embrace; but we live in a pretty loud world where it is difficult to truly get away for a moment.Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook //...
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Rule of Life - Prayer Portal
"Prayer is the portal to life with God."Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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Rule of Life - Fasting to Become Loving
Nowadays, people fast for challenges, for health benefits, or other reasons, but the main reason you should fast is because you need to become more loving.Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook //...
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Rule of Life - Eating the Bible
In the start of a new series, Jake teaches on the importance of a "Rule of Life", a series of practices that guide us along the Way of Jesus. Reading and meditating on the Scriptures is one of those practices.Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram //...
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Waiting in Hardship - Jake Thurston
Waiting is tough! Who you become while you wait matters greatly.Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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The Pursuit of Holiness - Jake Thurston
The pursuit of holiness is greater and more important than the pursuit of happiness. Connect with Resilient ChurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite // https://www.theresilientchurch.org
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What Blessed Really Means - Jake Thurston
In his first Sunday back after 15 weeks, Jake shares a bit about how his sabbatical went.Connect with Resilient Churchhttps://linktr.ee/resilientchurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook // https://www.facebook.com/iamresilient.churchWebsite //...
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Share Your Hope - Josie Zimmerman
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Be Salt and Light - Marc Sundstrom
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Why the Incarnation Matters - Mason Buth
Connect with Resilient Church https://linktr.ee/resilientchurchInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/iamresilient.churchFacebook //...
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Sharing the Gospel Obediently - Vince Carrig
Christians are facing persecution in different places around the world, and it's important that people know of the gospel that saves and brings hope!Connect with Resilient Church https://linktr.ee/resilientchurchInstagram //...
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God is Working - Phill Tague
Jesus didn't come to fix our situation, but rather he came to bear our sin.Connect with Resilient Church https://linktr.ee/resilientchurchInstagram //...
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You Already Have Peace - Mandi Smith
Even when it feels as you have no peace in your life, if you profess faith in Christ, you always have access to peace, to completeness, in Jesus.Connect with Resilient Church https://linktr.ee/resilientchurchInstagram //...
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Sing to the Lord a New Song - Isaiah Lee
Isaiah Lee teaches on the importance of singing with joy and with strength in church.Connect with Resilient Church https://linktr.ee/resilientchurchInstagram //...
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Submerged by God - Zach McConnell
Zach McConnell, the youth pastor from Linwood Wesleyan, preaches this week.Connect with Resilient Church https://linktr.ee/resilientchurchInstagram //...
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Saved For Good Works, Not By Them - Mason Buth
No one in their right mind will stop giving 100% effort if they know they are promised a victory for something.Connect with Resilient Church https://linktr.ee/resilientchurchInstagram //...
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Reading the Bible - Paul Nix
Reading the Bible doesn't necessarily mean we are Christians; even the Pharisees were the Bible scholars of the time. However, we are to read the Bible in a particular way that can aid in our spiritual formation. Connect with Resilient Church...
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Listening to God - Mandi Smith
Often, the first step of obedience as we follow God is to listen to his voice.Connect with Resilient Church https://linktr.ee/resilientchurchInstagram //...
About this show
We are Resilient Church, a local church plant located in Vermillion, South Dakota, and our mission is to form vibrant lives that withstand hardship through worship, words, and works. We are especially passionate about discipling young adults as the University of South Dakota is the local college in Vermillion.Here you will find our Sunday morning sermons and monthly episodes pertaining to a plethora of topics such as church planting, discipling the next generation, spiritual friendship, worship and more.Connect with Resilient Church below!https://linktr.ee/resilientchurch
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