All Episodes

8/4/26: The City to Come

7/29/26: Kingdom Outposts

7/22/26: Seek the Welfare of the City

7/15/26: Why Cities Matter

7/1/26: Genesis 1-11 - Whose Story?

6/24/26: Genesis 1-11 - Tower of Babel

4/22: Faith in an Anxious Age - Why is the World So Broken?

4/15: Faith in an Anxious Age - Doubt, Anxiety and Christianity

3/25: 1 Timothy 5

3/18: 1 Timothy 4 - Striving for Godliness

2/18: 1 Timothy 1

3/4: 1 Timothy 3 - Great is the Mystery of Godliness

2/25: 1 Timothy 2 - Jesus Ransomed Himself

2/11: Introduction to 1 Timothy

1/28/26: Following Jesus - Restored and Sent

1/21/26: Trusting Jesus

1/14/26: Following Jesus

1/7/26: Following Jesus

Wednesday Night: Identity Session 2

Wednesday Night: Identity Session 1

Wednesday Night: Work Session 2

Wednesday Night: Work Session 1

11/17/24: Hosea Part 2

11/10/24: Hosea Part 1

10/13/24: Hope When Everything Fails

10/6/24: Hope in the Midst of Persecution

9/15/24: Hope in the Midst of Death

9/8/24: Hope in a Greater Reward

9/1/24: Hope for a Better Nation, City and Home

8/11/24: Esther: The Great Reversal

8/04/24: Esther: Banquets and Justice

7/28/24: Esther: For Such a Time as This

7/14/24: Esther: Threats and Enemies

7/07/24: Esther: A Compromised Hero

6/23/24: Esther: Kings and Queens

6/9/24: The Spirit-Filled Church: Devotion to The Prayers

5/26/24: The Spirit-Filled Church: Devotion to the Breaking of Bread

11/15/23: Strengthen Your Mind and Spirits

11/1/23: Ordering the Household of God for Service

10/25/23: Honor God in the World: Endure Suffering

10/18/23: Honor God in the World: Live Graciously

10/11/23: Honor God in the World: Order Your Households

10/4/23: Honor God in the World: Submit to Authorities

9/27/23: Love One Another as Family in God

9/20/23: Set Your Minds Fully on the Living Hope

9/13/23: Born Into a Living Hope

8/30/23: The End of the Matter

8/23/23: Care of Self and the Happy Life

8/16/23: Wisdom for Youth

8/9/23: Wisdom with Pleasure, Money, and Possessions

8/2/23: How to Think about Injustice

7/19/23: Everything in Its Time

7/12/23: Family and the Happy Life

6/28/23: The Fate of Us All: Death

6/21/23: Work and the Happy Life

6/14/23: What if Life is Meaningless?

6/7/23: The Search for Eternity and Making Sense of it All

5/17/23: Why Don't We Trust Jesus: We Are Too Religious

5/3/23: Why Don't We Trust Jesus: Jesus' Words Offend Us

4/26/23: Why Don't We Trust Jesus: We Can Justify Ourselves

4/19/23: Why Don't We Trust Jesus: We Love Money More

4/12/23: Why Don't We Trust Jesus: We Love Peace More

4/5/23: Why Don't We Trust Jesus: Bad Scholarship

3/29/23: Why Don't We Trust Jesus: We Don't Want to Change

3/22/23: Why Don't We Trust Jesus: Jesus's Actions Offend Us

3/15/23: Why Trust Jesus: Jesus Befriends Us

3/1/23: Why Trust Jesus: Jesus Identifies with Us

2/15/23: Why Trust Jesus: Jesus Compels Us

2/8/23: Why Trust Jesus: Jesus Forgives Us

2/1/23: Why Trust Jesus: Jesus Leads Us

1/25/23: Why Trust Jesus: Jesus Heals Us

1/18/23: Why Trust Jesus: Jesus Fulfills Us

1/11/23: Why Trust Jesus: He Invites Us

12/11/22: Still Looking for the Prophet Like Moses

12/4/22: The Word of God as a Witness Against People and as Life

11/27/22: Loving People: Divorce and Remarriage

11/20/22: Loving People: Various Laws About Money

Loving God: Remaining Mindful and Thankful in Blessing

11/13/22: Loving People: The Challenge of the Laws Against Transgender Dressing

11/6/22: Loving God: The Work of Repentance

10/23/22: Loving God: Understanding God’s Discipline

10/16/22: Loving God: Avoiding False Gods

10/9/22: Loving God: Teaching the Next Generation to Love the Lord Your God

10/2/22: The Ten Commandments Revisited: Loving God; Loving People

9/25/22: A Vision for the Future

9/18/22: The Need for Diligence in the Present

9/11/22: The Need to Remember and Reconcile Our Past

8/21/22: The Oracles of Balaam

8/14/22: Moses and Aaron Lose Faith

8/7/22: What Does It Mean to Believe in God?

7/31/22: The Test for Adultery as a Protection Against Abuse

7/24/22: Ordering the People of God

7/17/22: Laws Concerning Everyday Matters

7/10/22: Laws Concerning Hospitality

7/3/22: Laws Concerning Work and Business

6/26/22: Laws Concerning Sexuality

6/19/22: Priests and Rituals

6/12/22: The Mediation of Moses and the Call of the Levites

5/29/22: God Once Again Dwells With His People...In a Tent

5/22/22: Why Waiting for the Lord Challenges our Weaknesses

4/17/22: Our Need for Someone to Stand in for Us

5/1/22: Ten Commandments: Laws 6-10

5/15/22: As Transgression Increases, Laws Increase

5/8/22: God's Care for People Through Law

4/24/22: Ten Commandments: Laws 1-5

4/10/22: Why Does God Blot Out Nations?

4/3/22: Confronting the Idols of Food and Drink

3/27/22: Confronting the Idol of Security

3/20/22: The World Will Know Who Is God

3/13/22: The Deliverance of God

3/6/22: The God Who Hardens Hearts

2/27/22: God's Power Against Our Idols

2/20/22: Strengthened Through Failure

2/13/22: Being the Called: God Empowers

2/6/22: Knowing the Calling

1/30/22: Knowing the One Who Calls

1/23/22: God Knows, Remembers, and Calls

1/16/22: Fearing God in a Hostile Culture

1/9/22: A Vision for 2022

1/2/22: Numbering Our Days: Psalm 90

12/12/21: The Generations of Jacob: The Redemption of Judah, Israel, and the Nations

12/5/21: The Generations of Jacob: Judah

11/28/21: The Generations of Jacob: Joseph

11/21/21: The Generations of Isaac 2: God Strives

11/14/21: The Generations of Isaac 1: God Usurps

11/7/21: The Generations of Terah 3: God Tests

10/31/21: The Generations of Terah 2: God Calls and Strengthens

10/24/21: The Generations of Terah 1: God Delivers from Enemies

10/17/21: The Generations of the Sons of Noah & Shem: Hope for the Nations

10/10/21: The Generations of Noah: Hope for Creation Reborn

10/3/21: The Generations of Adam: Hope in the Midst of Death and Toil

9/26/21: The Generations of the Heavens and Earth: Hope in the Midst of Creation Disordered

9/19/21: Prologue

9/12/21: To Know, Fear, and Worship God

9/5/21: Remembering

8/22/21: A Vision for the Church

8/15/21: Approaching the Problem of Racism in the Twin Cities

8/8/21: Approaching the Problem of Racism in America

8/1/21: An Expanded View of Justice

7/25/21: Justice in Minnesota: What Christians Should Be Concerned About

7/18/21: Important Contextual Realities: Law Enforcement and Corrections

7/11/21: Seeking Justice Through the Gospel in Detroit

7/4/21: Important Contextual Realities: Second Great Migration and Systemic Racism in Northern US Cities

6/20/21: Theories of Justice and a Biblical Theology of Justice

6/27/21: An Abreviated History of Slavery and Racism in America

6/13/21: A Biblical Theology of Race

5/30/21: Serving the Gospel's Advance Through Starting and Helping Churches

5/23/21: Serving Together in Good Occupations, Good Works, and Pressing Needs

5/16/21: Uniting People to Each Other

5/9/21: Uniting People to God

5/2/21: TCC Ministry Structures and Fronts

4/25/21: Our Season: Culture, Church, and Households

4/18/21: The Problems of Christian Nationalism

4/4/21: Easter Sunday

3/28/21: TCC in the Cultural Map of the Church (Four Models)

3/21/21: Christian Daily Life Through Gospel Hope and Power

3/14/21: Setting in Order: Strong Churches Zealous for Good Works

3/7/2021: The Gospel to the Nations: The Continuing Work of Jesus Christ

2/28/2021: The Things Accomplished Among Us: The Beginning Work of Jesus Christ

2/21/21: God's Unfolding Plan: Watching and Waiting

2/14/21: A Community of Watchmen: The Church as Exiled Remnant to the Nations

2/7/21: God's Vision and Our Hope: A New Self, A New City, and a New Nation

1/31/21: Response to Judgment: Repentance from Sin

1/24/21: Response to Judgment: The Emotions of Discipline and Judgment

1/17/21: The Need for Justice and Judgment

1/10/31: Catalysts to Collapse: Unchecked Sexual Immorality

1/3/21: Catalysts to Collapse: Forsaking the Sabbath

12/6/20: Dishonoring of the Family

11/29/20: Oppression of the Vulnerable, Poor, Needy, and Immigrant

11/15/20: Unchecked Spread of Conspiracies

11/8/20: Leadership Failure

11/1/20: Introduction to Ezekiel

What story are we in?: 10/18/20

What story are we in?: 10/11/20

What story are we in?: 10/4/20

9/20/20: Christian Care During Sexual Difficulties

9/6/20: Christian Care During Sexual Difficulties

8/23/20: Christian Care During Anxiety, Worry and Fear

8/9/20: Christian Care During Family and Marital Difficulties

8/2/20: Christian Care During Times of Loneliness and Grief

7/19/20: Christian Care During Depression

7/5/20: Removing Barriers and Internalizing God’s Beauty & Truth for Soul Care

6/21/20: Bearing One Another’s Burdens: The Role of the Church & Spirit in Soul Care

6/14/20: Christian Psychology

6/7/20: Soul Care

5/31/20: Psalm 148-150

5/24/20: Psalm 137-139

5/17/20: Psalm 119

5/10/20: Psalm 104

5/3/20: Psalm 89

4/26/20: Psalm 88

4/19/20: Psalm 78 & 79

4/12/20: Psalm 16

4/5/20: Psalm 77

3/29/20: Psalm 72

3/22/20: Psalm 91

3/15/20: Psalm 46

3/8/20: Psalm 49

3/1/20: Psalm 47

2/23/20: Psalm 31

2/16/20: Psalm 32

2/9/20: Psalm 29

2/2/20: Psalm 22

1/26/20: Psalm 15

1/19/20: Psalm 4

1/12/20: Psalms 1 & 2

1/05/20: David: A Man After God’s Own Heart (Part 2)

12/29/19: David: A Man After God’s Own Heart (Part 1)

12/1/19: The Oppression of the Law on Everyone

11/17/19: Abundant Life in the Grace of God for Everyone

11/10/19: The Righteousness of Faith

11/3/19: The Only Hope for Righteousness 

10/27/19: The Judgment of God Against the Religion of Privilege

10/20/19: The Judgment of God Against Licentiousness

9/29/19: A Contrasting Righteousness in a Rebellious World

10/6/19: A Contrasting Community in a Lonely World

9/22/19: Strong and Weak in Our World

9/15/19: Paul’s Work of Gospel Reconciliation

9/8/19: House Churches in a Divided City

8/18/19: Household Order and Hospitality

8/11/19: Household Ordering: Children and Hospitality

8/4/19: Household Ordering: Challenges to Women

7/28/19: Household Ordering: Challenges to Men

7/21/19: Developing Sincere Friendships and Intentionally Meeting Needs

7/7/19: Clarifying Your Life and Household Purposes

6/30/19: New Testament on Hospitality: Loving the Stranger and the Enemy

3/31/19: Qualities Needed in Renewal, Part 2

4/21/19: Easter - Pain and Promise in the Resurrection

4/7/19: Addressing Sin

3/24/19: Qualities Needed in Renewal, Part 1

3/17/19: Knowing Your Place in the Story

3/10/19: Fasting for Renewal

3/3/19: Praying for Renewal

2/24/19: Rising Up After Falling and Overcoming Shame

2/17/19: God’s Sovereign Placement of People

2/10/19: Foundations and Gates in Renewal

2/3/19: The Spirit of God in Renewal

1/27/19: The Word of God in Renewal

1/20/19: Being Stirred for Renewal

1/13/19: Hope for Renewal: Building a City in Exile

1/06/19: A Mended World (Isaiah 65:17-25)

12/30/18: The Hope of the Nations (Isaiah 52:13-54:8)

12/23/18: A Light in the Darkness (Isaiah 9:1-7)

12/2/18: The Mind’s Effect on the Progress of the Gospel (Philippians 4:4-9)

12/9/18: Having-Through-Giving for the Gospel (Philippians 4:10-23)

11/25/18: Disunity’s Effect on the Progress of the Gospel (Philippians 4:2-3)

11/18/18: The Single-Minded Life (Philippians 3:1-4:1)

11/11/18: Service in the Gospel (Philippians 2:19-30)

11/4/18: Shining as Lights in the World (Philippians 2:12-18)

10/28/18: The Power of the Gospel (Philippians 2:1-11)

10/21/18: A Life Worthy of the Gospel (Philippians 1:19-30)

9/30/18: The Gospel and a Warden (Acts 16:25-34)

10/14/18: Boldness in the Gospel (Philippians 1:12-18)

10/7/18: Partnership in the Gospel (Philippians 1:1-11)

9/23/18: The Gospel and a Slave Girl (Acts 16:16-24)

9/16/18: The Gospel and a Business Woman (Acts 16:13-15)

9/9/18: Called to the City for the Gospel (Acts 16:6-12)

6/3/18 - It’s Not All About You

5/27/18 - Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Worse

5/20/18 - On a Wing and a Prayer

5/13/18 - The Lord Judges: The Hope of Vindication

5/6/18 - God Became Jealous: Hope in the Midst of Suffering

4/29/18 - The Day of the Lord: Responding to Judgement

4/22/18 - What the Locusts Have Eaten: Perspectives of Suffering

4/1/18 - The Foolishness of Easter

3/18/18 - Living With Hope When Life Seems Hopeless

3/11/18 - Amos: The Shepherd Prophet, or A Faithful Life in an Apostate Time

3/4/18 - Why Judgement, Punishment, and Discipline is Ultimately Needed

2/25/18 - Indictment #4: Sexual Immorality

2/11/18 - Indictment #2: Arrogance and Greed

2/18/18 - Indictment #3: Idolatry and Religion

2/4/18 - Indictment #1: The Neglect and Oppression of the Poor and Needy

1/28/18 - Images and Consequences of Broken Prosperity

1/21/18 - Prosperity and Justice in the Prophets and the Pentateuch

1/14/18 - Hoping in the Coming King of Shared Prosperity

1/7/18 - Amos, the Prophets, and the Message of the Bible

12/10/17 - Vision for 2018 & Church Membership

12/3/17 - The Individual and the Church

11/26/17 - Commitment, Submission, and Family

11/19/17 - Membership Covenant

11/12/17 - Mission and Our Work

11/5/17 - Mission and Work in Partnership with Others

10/29/17 - Mission and Work as a Church in a World Full of Pressing Needs

10/22/17 - Excursus: Women (and Men), Family, Work, and Mission

10/15/17 - Mission and Work as Individuals and Families

10/8/2017 - Why God Calls Us to a Local Church Family

10/1/17 - Our Common Faith, Mission, and Work

9/24/17 - The Gospel Changes Everything

9/17/17 - The Gospel

9/3/17 - The Challenge of Meeting

8/27/17 - Rhythms of the Spirit-Filled Community

8/20/17 - Passover Reprise

8/13/17 - Rejoicing in the Word of God

8/6/17 - Israel at Its Peak

7/23/17 - A Covenant with God

7/16/17 - Rejoicing in the Victory of God

7/9/17 - Eating on the Run

7/2/17 - The First Song of Humanity

6/25/17 - Embracing a Realistic and Beautiful Apocalyptic Vision - St. Paul

6/25/17 - How Long Will I Be Broken - Minneapolis

6/11/17 - The New Heaven and New Earth - St. Paul

6/11/17 - Wars and Rumors of War - Minneapolis

6/4/17 - The Day of the Lord: The Great White Throne of Judgement - St. Paul

6/4/17 - Praying and Hoping in Darkness - Minneapolis

5/28/17 - The Day of the Lord: Death, Hades, and the Lake of Fire II - St. Paul

5/28/17 - The Son of Man - Minneapolis