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Ascent Community Church Podcast — 309 episodes
Unlikely | Zaccheus - Chris Lagedrost
Unlikely | The Woman at the Well - Deb Poling
The Critical Journey | Humble Love - Bill Stephens
The Critical Journey | Experiencing the Wall - Bill Stephens
The Critical Journey | Discovering Gifts - Chris Lagedrost
The Critical Journey | Life of Discipleship - Stuart Atkins
The Critical Journey | Discovering His Love - Bill Stephens
Now What? | Commitment to the Way - Chris Sturgeon
Now What? | Why Did You Have to Ask Me Again - Bill Stephens
Easter Sunday | He Thought About Us With Every Step - Bill Stephens
March to the Cross | The Triumphal Disappointment - Chris Lagedrost
March to the Cross | A Long Saturday Wait - Stuart Atkins
March to the Cross | Wait Judas - Bill Stephens
March to the Cross | The Reality in the Garden - Bill Stephens
Forgotten God | What Would You Say You Do Here? - Stuart Atkins
Forgotten God | It's Personal - Chris Lagedrost
Forgotten God | Why Do I need the Holy Spirit? - Bill Stephens
Core Power | The Results of an Integrated Life - Bill Stephens
Core Work | Integrity in Action - Deb Poling
Core Work | The Durability of Integrity - Chris Lagedrost
Core Work | The Source of Integrity - Bill Stephens
Core Work | The Price of Integrity - Bill Stephens
Core Work | The Road to Integrity - Chris Lagedrost
Christmas Eve Service 2025
How Will This Be? | Zechariah - Chris Lagedrost
How Will This Be? | Joseph - Stuart Atkins
How Will This Be? | Mary - Bill Stephens
Invitation of a Lifetime | Christ Lagedrost
Advice You Can't Ignore | The Choice of Faith - Bill Stephens
Advice We Can't Ignore | When the War Within Becomes the War With Them - Aisha Cox
Advice You Can't Ignore - Taming the Tongue
Advice You Can't Ignore - Be Rich
Advice You Can't Ignore - Faith & Works
Advice You Can't Ignore - Temptation
Advice You Can't Ignore - Trials
Baptism Sunday Celebration - Bill Stephens
I Believe in God, But... Can I Trust Him?
I Believe in God, But... Does He Need Me? - Stuart Atkins
I Believe in God, But... I Don't Show it on the Outside
I Believe in God, But... Don't Feel it on the Inside
I Believe in God, But... | Do I Need a Savior - Chris Lagedrost
I Believe in God, But... Faith & Doubt
Plot Twist | Naomi & Ruth
Celebration Sunday - Next Generation
Plot Twist | Joseph
Plot Twist | Joshua
Plot Twist | Saul & Samuel
Plot Twist | Rahab
The Essentials Playlist | Hospitality
The Essentials Playlist | Church
The Essentials Playlist | Witness
The Essentials Playlist | Silence & Solitude
The Essentials Playlist | Scripture
The Essentials Playlist | Generosity II
The Essentials Playlist | Generosity
The Essentials Playlist | Sabbath
The Essentials Playlist | Now What?
Easter 2025 | He so Loved US | Bill Stephens
Practicing The Way | A Rule of Life
Practicing The Way | Having a Jesus Encounter
Practicing The Way | Vine and Branches
Practicing the Way | Sin
Practicing The Way | Meeting God in the Pain and Suffering
Practicing The Way | Why Spiritual Practice & Discipline Matters?
Practicing The Way | What Does It Mean To Be An Apprentice of Jesus?
Transformed or Deformed
Life Together | Community is Complicated
Life Together | Vulnerable
Life Together | Hesed
Rest | With Us In The Work
Rest | Rest for the Journey
Rest | The Wheel Keeps Spinning
Quieting the Busy Mind
Emmanuel - Almighty God
Emmanuel - Everlasting Father
Emmanuel - Wonderful Counselor
Attention to the Details
Pulled Forward by the Future
Chased by the past - Bill Stephens
Can I Get A Witness | He Made the First Move
Can I Get A Witness | Be My Witness
Present In The Presence | What's The Focus
Present In The Presence | Undoing The Doing
Present In The Presence | What's The Assignment
Present in the Presence | What's Wildly Important
Worship is as Worship Does | Worship at the Table
Worship is as Worship Does | Worship Through Serving
Worship is as Worship Does | Worship Through Scripture
Worship Through Witness | Lindsey Heslop
That's In The Bible? | The Number of the Beast
Worship is as Worship Does | Worship Through Praise and Prayer | Whitney Ohman Costa
That's In the Bible? | Hot & Cold?
That's In the Bible? | Our Names Written On Stones
HIStory | A Celebration Sunday
Embracing Grace | The How Of Grace
Embracing Grace | The What Of Grace
Embracing Grace | The Why of Grace
First Responder | Being Sick is Who I Am
First Responder | Urgent Care
First Responder | Internal Wounds
First Responder | Pearls, Pigs, & Planks
Idols & Attachments | Comfort
Idols & Attachments | Control
Idols & Attachments | Self Reliance
Idols & Attachments | Kavod
The Gospel According to The Crowd
The Gospel According to The Father
The Gospel According to Jesus
The Gospel According to the Lost Brothers
More Than Us | A Generous Prayer
More Than US | A Generous Posture
More Than Us | A Generous People
Collision of Opposites | All Things New or All New Things?
Collision of Opposites | Looking forward & Looking Back
Collision of Opposites | Heavy & Light
Justification & Sanctification
It’s Love, Actually (Christmas Eve)
Love Through Mystery
Love Through Presence
Love Through Loss of Reputation
Your Story is God’s Story | I’m Too Old
Your Story is God’s Story | Too Cynical
Your Story is God’s Story | Too Insignificant
Your Story is God’s Story | Am I Too Broken?
Faith or Follower | What If I Don’t Want To?
Faith or Follower | Following Jesus Will Cost Something?
Faith or Follower | It Ain’t Fancy
Fan or Follower | Right Beliefs?
Justice & Mercy | A Conversation Around Pursuing Justice
All the Feels | I’m Out Of Patience
All the Feels | I’m Offended
All the Feels | I’m Inadequate
All the Feels | I’m So Dang Lonely
All the Feels | I’m Exhausted
Nothing is Wasted
The Good News About Questions
The INN Between | The Closet
The INN Between | The Kitchen
The INN Between | The Garage
The INN Between | The Kitchen Table
The INN Between | The Front Door
The Man Who Pours Out
Dressed To Face The Day
The World We Know
In Christ Alone | New Humanity
Roots Growing Deep
Identity In Christ
It’s Time To Let Down Your Hair
Forgiving Self
Perfect God, Imperfect Church
Family Matters
It Was Personal | Easter 2023 - Bill Stephens
BeHold | Dependance
BeHold | Courageous Leadership
BeHold | The Water and the Wilderness
BeHold | Is it Worth it?
Leaving a Lasting Legacy
He Sees Us, I See You
Reconciliation for the City
How to be Salty Citizens
Vision Sunday | What Does the Good Mean?
Walking With Purpose
Why Do We Sing?
Carrying Little Weight
Light Finds It’s Way
What It Meant For A Messy Life
What It Meant For Mary
What It Meant For An Every Day Joe
Gratitude vs. The Goliath Of Envy
Gratitude vs. The Goliath That Kicks My Rear
Gratitude vs. The Goliath Of Waiting
Gratitude vs. The Goliath Of Guilt
As It Is In Heaven
The Thing Under The Thing
Welcome To Upper Management
Open Hands, Big Hearts
Celebration Sunday
Beyond the Shadows
Shattered Faith
Concrete Faith
What is the Bible?
Weathered and Seasoned
Off-Centered
Rhythm Of Remembrance
Naomi
Rahab
Leah & Rachel
Deborah
Fight for ”There”
Fight Anxiety
Fight Together
Juneteenth
The Desperate Need For Community
Why Community
Practice Sabbath
Practice Surrender
Baptism Sunday
Practice Joy
Practice Blessing
Practice Faith
A Love That Goes The Distance
It’s Hard To Wait
Love Has Everything To Do With It
I AM
Unity is What Matters
The God Who Sees Me
Up and to the Right
Faith in the Fire
Faith When You Feel Lost
Strength for Today
When You’re Close to Depletion
Living in the Tension
What is Grace?
The Power Of Presence
Loss Love & Rebuild
Christmas Eve | Anticipation
The Dawn Will Break
A Little Bit of Hope
The Christmas Story
Focus on Truth
Ruts and Trenches
Loyal Soldiers
Renewed by His Presence
Already And Not Yet
Discomfort in Discomfort
Rock Bottom
GO: Slow Down
GO: Don‘t Forget to Let Go
GO: Learn What This Means
GO: As You Go
GO: Send ME
Something Has to Change
It Starts With Love
Take the Shot
Just Talk To Him
Rooted in Scripture
Colossians Four - Household Codes
Colossians Three - Grow Up
2021-07-11 | Colossians Two - Choosing Life, Experiencing Joy | Bill Stephens
Colossians One, The Good News of Jesus
Her Voice, Her Presence, Her Ministry
He HAD to go through Samaria
Propane or Fire
Follow Me Blazing the Trail
Make it Matter | In our Lament
Make it Matter | With Our Finances
Make it Matter | In Our Hearts
Make it Matter | Blindspots
Make it Matter | In the Wilderness
Make it Matter | At the Table
Make it Matter | On the Right Track
Make it Matter | At Home
Easter Sunday
The Truth about Hope
Strength: A Promise in the Weakness.
Your Words Matter
An Integrated Faith
Back Row Sitting: Time to Move
Tempted to Throw in the Towel
Where Do We Go From Here 1
Empowered to Pray
Pay Attention
Empowered to Care
Empowered to be Courageous
Becoming the Church Jesus had in Mind
Moving Mountains
Christmas Eve
Parenthesis People {The Shepherds}
The Angels
Mary & Joseph
How to Create Soil for Your Spiritual Life to Grow
The Pace of Grace
God's Voice is our True North
King of Kings
Who’s Your Peloton?
Ascent Update
Godly Community
Can I Carry that for You?
Peacemaker
Worship in Captivity
Water
Making Something Smooth Requires Something Rough
Potter and the Clay
Remember to Dream
Purpose in a Purposeless Time
Becoming | Part 3
Becoming | Part 2
Becoming | Part 1
Sin Is Not Just Personal
We are Chosen
Invitation to the Margins
An MRI of the Heart
Join a Movement
Recognizing Neglect
Fire Pit Stories
Mourn With Us
Does God Have A Plan For Me?
It's Heavy
God: The Great Recycler
Where You At?: Feeling Adrift - In Need of an Anchor
Where You At?: The Posture of our Hearts
Where You At?: Where's God Right Now?
Where You At?: Life On Hold
Ascent Easter 2020
Walk This Way: Do We Get It? 4.5.20
Walk This Way: God is STILL with Us 3.29.20
Walk This Way: A Moment of Truth: 3.22.20
Walk This Way: How to Hear God's Voice
Walk This Way: Make Every Effort