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Spring Hills Podcast
by Spring Hills Church, Granville OH
As our church community grows, we want you to come to know our Pastor's hearts and our leader's hearts intimately. As a result, Spring Hills has created a podcast to go deeper in the hearts and stories of those loving, living, and leading like Jesus Christ. You matter and you need to know how important your heart is to us. We hope and pray that this podcast serves as an opportunity for you to go deeper in your spiritual formation journey and feel loved and cared for by our church.
Episodes
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108. Victory in the Midst of Suffering
Why do followers of Jesus still suffer? Pastor Tevis Austin and Laura King, Spring Hills’ connections and community groups coordinator, dig deeper into this week’s sermon on 1 Peter 3:18–22. They talk about the difference between avoidable and unavoidable suffering, and about the hard question of...
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107. Revere
Clear conscience matters more than personal comfort—so this episode dives into how Peter’s letter equips believers to respond with gentleness, respect, and a clear inner witness. Dr. Tom Pound and Pastor Joshua Meyer take you verse-by-verse through First Peter 3:8-16, decoding key phrases like…
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106. Fear
Can a gentle and quiet spirit be courageous? First Peter 3:1-7 guides this honest conversation about faith-filled submission and what it looks like in real families. Laura, Debbie, and Brandi explore how focusing on inner beauty—spending time in Scripture, joining a women's Bible study, and...
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105. Entrusted
Abstaining from sinful desires is the central, practical focus of this episode of You Matter. Pastor Tom reads 1 Peter 2:11 and then walks us through four actionable practices for resisting the things that wage war on our souls: examine and reframe your perspective (God wants your flourishing…
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104. Living Stones
1 Peter 2:1-10 anchors this conversation about desire, discipline, and identity. In this episode Pastor Tom leads a close reading of the passage and then shifts to actionable coaching: take care of the basics (pray, sleep, prepare), shape your environment (habit stacking and pre-packed bags), and...
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103. Redeemed
Want a faith rhythm that actually changes your life? 1 Peter is the spotlight of this episode as Tom, Laura, and Griffin walk through how Scripture, community, and spiritual practices shape a love that’s sincere and all-out. In this episode we introduce and model the Four Pillars-daily devotions,...
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102. Set Your Hope
Training vs trying is the central theme of this conversation as Dr. Tom Pound and Joshua Meyer explore how spiritual transformation happens by disciplined practices rather than intermittent effort. Starting from John Ortberg’s distinction and moving into the practical four-pillar plan used at...
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101. Living Hope
1 Peter 1:3-9 is a life-changing promise - are you listening as a co-host? In this episode Pastor Tom Pound goes solo and makes the listener the co-host, leading a candid conversation around 1 Peter 1:3-9 that blends pastoral stories, practical mental-health research, and spiritual formation....
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100. Set Apart
First Peter sermon series — Start your week anchored in identity: In this episode Pastor Tom Pound and young-adult leader Griffin Richards introduce a 13-week walk through First Peter designed to move you from hearing the Bible to living it. Griffin shares a raw testimony of encountering the Holy...
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099. Get To Work
This episode takes a pastoral and counseling-focused look at Jesus’ parable to help listeners bridge belief and behavior. Tom and Josh emphasize how questions shape the brain (prefrontal cortex activation, serotonin and dopamine benefits) and why asking God-centered, practical questions like “How...
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098. Pressure Reveals Character
Pressure reveals character - Feeling overwhelmed or caught off guard by conflict? Join Tevis and Laura as they move beyond quick fixes to offer practical habits for living like Jesus under pressure. This episode breaks down how to pause instead of react, filter decisions through compassion paired...
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097. Take Heart
Bartimaeus: a blind beggar who refuses to be silenced - in this episode, Dr. Tom Pound and Matt Durst walk through Mark 10:46-52 and unearth practical lessons for individuals and churches trying to live on mission. We use Spring Hills’ mission-love like Jesus, live like Jesus, lead like Jesus—as...
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096. Perfect Love
Perfect love casts out fear: What does ‘perfect love’ actually mean, and can it really push fear out like a cannonball? Pastor Tom and Joshua take that bold line from 1 John and pair it with Isaiah’s promise of perfect peace to show how wholehearted trust rewires our hearts and minds. They trace...
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095. Worry
Worry and anxiety are the silent weight many of us carry daily, and in this episode Dr. Tom Pound pulls apart Jesus' teaching in Matthew 6 to show how faith actually frees us from that weight. We explore the Greek word marimnao—how it can be a healthy care, an anxious distraction, or a crippling...
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094. Paul and Silas
Overcoming fear is presented not just as theology but as a doable habit in this episode of You Matter. Dr. Tom Pound and Laura King translate Pastor Tevis’s sermon into everyday practices: memorized truth-phrases for stressful moments (for example, "God has already given me all the time I need"),...
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093. 5 Insecurities God Replaces
Surrounded by anxiety and shame? Overcoming fear means naming the lies fear whispers and giving them to God. In this episode, Dr. Tom Pound walks through five common insecurities—not being good enough, body image, fear of failure, relationship rejection/abandonment, and financial/career...
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092. The Fish Wasn't the Point
In this episode of You Matter, Dr. Tom Pound goes deeper on the story of Jonah and the fear that often keeps us from fully surrendering to God. Through personal stories, biblical teaching, and practical reflection, he explores how fear can show up as pressure, worry, anxiety, dread, and even...
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091. When I'm Afraid I Will Put My Trust in God
What do you do when fear feels bigger than your faith? In this episode, Dr. Tom Pound and Mark Labutis unpack the second biblical pathway to overcoming fear: knowing God is with you and trusting Him to help you. Through stories of COVID isolation, fatherhood, spiritual warfare, and personal...
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090. What Fear is Trying to Steal From You
In this solo episode of You Matter, Pastor Tom goes deeper into the topic of fear and the first biblical pathway for building faith that conquers it: worship. Using the story of Jehoshaphat, he explores how even godly people face terrifying circumstances, but fear does not have to define the...
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089. The Cost of Playing It Safe
"Fear is to the kingdom of darkness that faith is to the Kingdom of God." Summary: Pastor Tom and Pastor Joshua explore one of the most universal human experiences: fear. Together they unpack why Scripture repeatedly tells us, “Do not be afraid,” while acknowledging how deeply fear is woven into...
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088. Deep Friendship in a Shallow World
Summary Pastor Tom and Joshua Meyer explore the biblical idea of “brotherly affection” from 2 Peter and why deep Christian friendship is essential for spiritual growth. Together, they unpack the power of reminder, the importance of legacy, and the reality that God has already given believers...
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087. The Strength to Keep Going
Episode Summary: Perseverance is more than trying harder. It is learning how to keep walking with God when life becomes painful, exhausting, discouraging, or uncertain. In this episode, Pastor Tom and Joshua Meyer unpack the biblical meaning of hupomonē, the Spirit-empowered endurance that allows...
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086. You’re Strong… Until You’re Not (Self-Control, Part 2)
Discussion Questions: When you reflect on your life, where do you see “situational self-control,” and what patterns reveal where you are most vulnerable when no one is watching? What might your “signature sin” be, and how have you either ignored it or failed to prepare for it in moments of...
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085. You Have a Desire Problem (Self-Control, Part 1)
Discussion Questions: Where in your life are you currently experiencing tension between what you want right now and who God is calling you to become, and what does that reveal about your deepest desires? When you reflect on your thought life this past week, what patterns emerge, and how might…
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084. You Think You Know God… But Do You?
Discussion Questions: Where in your life are you relying on what you know about God rather than actively walking with Him, and what would it look like to shift into real relationship this week? When you examine your spiritual life honestly, do you see patterns of “stumbling cycles,” and what...
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088. Deep Friendship in a Shallow World
Summary: Pastor Tom and Joshua Meyer explore the biblical idea of “brotherly affection” from 2 Peter and why deep Christian friendship is essential for spiritual growth. Together, they unpack the power of reminder, the importance of legacy, and the reality that God has already given believers...
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083. Faith That Produces Change
Discussion Questions: Where in your life is your faith currently passive rather than active, and what would it look like this week to “make every effort” in that area before God? (Journal: Identify one specific area and write out a concrete step of obedience.) What do your daily decisions reveal...
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082. You Already Have What You Need
Community Group Questions: 1. Identity vs. Circumstances Where do you find yourself looking for identity or validation more, in who God designed you to be or in the life you are currently living? How has that impacted your peace or sense of purpose? 2. Believing “You Already Have Everything You...
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082. You Already Have What You Need
Community Group Questions: 1. Identity vs. Circumstances Where do you find yourself looking for identity or validation more, in who God designed you to be or in the life you are currently living? How has that impacted your peace or sense of purpose? 2. Believing “You Already Have Everything You...
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081. Faith Isn’t Blind, It’s Tested
This conversation explores the resurrection of Jesus not as a distant theological idea, but as the defining reality that shapes everything about faith, identity, and daily living. Together, we slow down and examine both the intellectual weight and personal implications of the resurrection, asking...
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080. You Follow Jesus… But Do You Carry Your Cross?
In this episode, we step into a deeper understanding of the cross of Jesus Christ, not merely as a historical event, but as a present and personal reality that reshapes everything. Together, we explore what Jesus truly accomplished through His death, and why redemption, reconciliation, and...
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079. The Darkness You Don’t Talk About
In this conversation, Joshua Meyer and Pastor Tom explore Jesus’ powerful declaration: “I am the light of the world.” The discussion moves beyond theory and into the lived experience of following Christ, reflecting on how His light leads people out of confusion, sin, and hidden darkness into...
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078. You’re Fishing Without the Bait
In this conversation, the story of Jesus calling Peter to “put out into the deep” becomes an invitation to examine what it truly means to follow Christ beyond shallow belief. The discussion explores how obedience to Jesus often requires trusting His voice even when our experience, exhaustion, or...
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077. “Follow Me” Changes Everything
In this episode, we step into the simple yet life-altering moment where Jesus looks at Matthew and says, “Follow me,” and everything changes. Beneath those two words lies a deeper invitation that confronts our identity, our priorities, and our willingness to surrender. Together, we explore why...
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076. Stop Living at a Speed Your Soul Can’t Survive
In this unique conversation, we step into a message before it is even fully formed, exploring what it means to follow Jesus at His pace rather than the world’s. Together, we wrestle with the reality that a hurried life can quietly pull us away from intimacy with God, while a slower, intentional...
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075. The Danger of Drifting Quietly Away
Isolation often disguises itself as independence, yet the life of Jesus consistently calls believers into both intentional solitude with God and authentic community with others. This conversation explores how healthy solitude restores the soul while isolation quietly weakens it, leaving the heart...
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073. Still Believing, But Are You Following?
What does it actually mean to follow Jesus, not just believe in Him, but shape your whole life around Him? In this Going Deeper conversation, Joshua Meyer and Pastor Tom slow down and explore Jesus’ repeated invitation, “Follow me,” through Scripture, theology, and lived experience. Together…
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072. The Blueprint for Real Change
Real change is possible, but it rarely happens the way we expect. In this conversation, Joshua Meyer and Pastor Tom explore how Jesus brings lasting transformation by reshaping our desires, our thinking, and our understanding of who we are in Him. Drawing from Ephesians 4, they unpack both...
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071. From Stuck to Becoming
Jesus is not only promising a new future, He is quietly, faithfully renewing you right now. In this conversation, Joshua Meyer and Pastor Tom explore how real change happens through daily renewal, not emotional moments or one-time decisions. They unpack how God uses curiosity, questions, and...
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070. The Heart of Advent
Love sits at the very center of Advent, not as a feeling to chase, but as a way of life shaped by God Himself. In this conversation, Joshua Meyer and Pastor Tom slow down to explore the difference between modern ideas of love and the biblical vision rooted in sacrifice, truth, and commitment....
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069. Why You’re Doing Everything Right and Still Not Joyful
Joy is often misunderstood as a fleeting feeling, yet Scripture reveals it as something deeper, steadier, and far more resilient than happiness alone. In this conversation, we explore what joy truly is, the many ways humans experience it, and the subtle barriers that quietly rob us of it over…
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068. Unshakable Hope-Filled Peace
In this Advent “Going Deeper” conversation, Joshua Meyer and Pastor Tom explore the themes of peace and hope and why Scripture roots both realities in the presence and character of God rather than in circumstances. Together they unpack the difference between worldly optimism and the supernatural...
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067. Before the Season Breaks You, Let Gratitude Save You
This conversation explores how gratitude becomes the doorway into genuine hope as we enter the Advent season. Pastor Tevis reflects on Colossians and shows how thanksgiving redirects our hearts away from consumerism and toward the unchanging promises of Christ. The episode unpacks the intimate...
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066. If You Knew What Your Friends Were Doing to Your Future, You’d Change Everything
This conversation unpacks the rarely-taught final greetings in Colossians 4 and reveals how Paul’s ministry team models servanthood, prayer, perseverance, and calling. Joshua Meyer and Pastor Tom explore the unique roles of the ten people mentioned, drawing out practical questions that help...
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065. How Devotion Shapes Our Voice in a Watching World
This conversation explores Paul’s call in Colossians 4:2–6 to live a life anchored in prayer, watchfulness, and wisdom before a watching world. Pastor Tom and Pastor Joshua unpack how devotion to prayer forms the foundation for clarity, courage, and grace in everyday conversations about Christ....
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064. Marriage, Parenting, Work: Where Faith Gets Real
In this episode, Joshua and Pastor Tom explore how the gospel transforms our most important relationships: marriage, parenting, and the work we do every day. Together they unpack Colossians 3:18–4:1 and discuss how practicing our faith meaningfully shapes the way we love those closest to us. They...
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063. You’re Not the Hero: How Surrender Unlocks Forgiveness and Peace
In this episode of You Matter, Pastor Tom and Pastor Josh dive deep into the heart of forgiveness and peace from Colossians 3:12–17. Together, they unpack the three categories of forgiveness (mistaken offense, simple forgiveness, and complex forgiveness) revealing how each shapes our…
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062. You’re Not Who You Once Were: The Secret to Spiritual Freedom and Identity
In this week’s episode of You Matter: A Spring Hills Podcast, Pastor Josh Meyer and Pastor Dan Pound dive deep into Colossians 3:1–11, exploring what it truly means to set our hearts and minds on things above. Together they unpack the difference between shame and conviction, and how believers can...
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061. The Secret to Real Change: Connection, Not Control
In this powerful episode of You Matter: A Spring Hills Podcast, Pastor Tom and Pastor Josh explore what it truly means to stay connected to Christ in a world full of noise, distractions, and self-reliance. Drawing from Colossians 2:16–23, they unpack Paul’s warnings about hollow religion and…
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060. Stop Living Half-Alive: Discover the Fullness of God Within You
In Episode 60 of You Matter: A Spring Hills Podcast, Pastor Tom and Pastor Josh dive deep into Colossians 2:9–15, unpacking what it truly means to be made alive with Christ. Together they explore the spiritual mystery of baptism as both a death to self-centered living and a resurrection into a...
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As our church community grows, we want you to come to know our Pastor's hearts and our leader's hearts intimately. As a result, Spring Hills has created a podcast to go deeper in the hearts and stories of those loving, living, and leading like Jesus Christ. You matter and you need to know how important your heart is to us. We hope and pray that this podcast serves as an opportunity for you to go deeper in your spiritual formation journey and feel loved and cared for by our church.
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As our church community grows, we want you to come to know our Pastor's hearts and our leader's hearts intimately. As a result, Spring Hills has created a podcast to go deeper in the hearts and stories of those loving, living, and leading like Jesus Christ. You matter and you need to know how...
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