Episodes
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Hakeem Bradley from Bible Project unpacks Ezekiel 36 and 37.
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Hakeem Bradley from Bible Project unpacks Ezekiel 36 and 37.
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Hakeem Bradley from Bible Project unpacks Ezekiel 36 and 37.
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A third of our life is sleep, a third of our life is work, and a third of our life is everything else. A Theology of work is so important if we are to live an ALL IN life of discipleship. Ben Griffith leads us in a powerful conversation about the nature of work and our unique place in the ecosystem of the Kingdom of God. God is looking for partners in new creation. Will you join in?
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Does our calendar reflect our commitment to follow Jesus? If you were to do a time audit, would your time spent in the past week reflect the Kingdom Values of Heaven or the value system of America? Bekah Hewitt launches us into a conversation about time and how we can pour out days as an offering to God. There are many things competing for our time, so how do we live as disciples in this moment? Hopefully this chat is helpful in this conversation.
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Do people of the world enjoy life more than people that follow Jesus? This is the question Keithen unpacks in this week's youth teaching. Jesus offers his disciples a life of joy, adventure, spirit power, and purpose, yet many Christians live suppressed lives, longing for the pleasures of the world. Does it have to be this way? In this teaching walk through the gospels and alongside theologians to find that celebration is actually a "Spiritual Discipline" and central to the life of an apprentice of Jesus.
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Discipleship is an all in journey of becoming like Jesus. We give up all aspects and every dynamic of our lives in order to receive what he called, "life and life to the full". This week Keithen leads us in a frank conversation about the relationships of our lives. What does it look like to live a consecrated relational life as a student in New York City? We want to recognize the "crowd", the '72", the "12", and the "3" in our lives and leverage all relationships toward hosting the presence of God on the earth.
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Psalm 139 reminds us that there is nowhere that God is not, yet we often function in our world as if there are some spaces where he is, and others where he is not. The death and resurrection of Jesus begins a new era in human history, as the presence of God floods the earth. Yet many Christians want to live as though God's presence remains only in "religious" spaces. Raegan leads us in a discussion around our ability to grow to see God like Jacob who is, "surely in this place" yet we are "unaware of it"?
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We are kicking off a new teaching series titled “All”. Jesus’ invitation to follow him was a call to give all in allegiance to him, yet much of youth discipleship in the modern church look like asking the least you can of a young person as long as they affiliate themselves with the Christian religion at some level. This is far from the faith that the martyrs of history and around the world today have given their lives for. In this series we will see that Jesus asks ALL, but also that he gives ALL. If he is the prize of our lives, we will willingly sign up for the sacrifice willing to be his disciple.
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Three questions distilled down from conversations with students across the series and then live questions at the end. We loved the honesty in this dialogue and welcome any further discussion. Any additional questions can be sent to [email protected]
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Does God still heal physical bodies today? Is the gift of healing for our time or was this just something we observe in the life of Jesus? Shelbi Shutt guides us through this conversation as a person living with an ongoing physical disability, yet has seen healing happen around her. She is a perfect guide to understand the “now and not yet” of God’s Kingdom.
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One of the more controversial gifts of the spirit, speaking in tongues, was never meant to be divisive. Paul urges all believers to "eagerly desire the gifts of the spirit" and reports to speak in tongues (or prayer languages) more than anyone. Yet the book of Acts accounts only 3 instances of the 22 moments people are filled with the Holy Spirit, that someone speaks in tongues. This is a gift given from God to fuel the church in intimacy and is not meant to create hierarchy or spiritual strata within the family of God. We want to grow in intimacy with God in every aspect of our lives. Keithen opens this topic for us and invites each of us to be open to greater intimacy with God
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One of the least discussed Gifts of the Spirit is the Gift of Discernment. This gift is given to guide the follower of Jesus to know his voice, and to discern his spirit against the spirits of the enemy. In a world of competing voices all vying for our attention, it is crucial for our generation to know the voice of God more than ever. Raegan walks us through simple frameworks to "test the spirits" and walk in truth.
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Prophecy is simply passing on a message from God in humility to another person. Keithen teaches that prophecy is accessible to all people, and meant to be a normal part of life in God. May we become a community that eagerly desires the gifts of the spirit, especially prophecy.
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This week we hear from a panel of leaders about the concept of "Hearing God". There are so many ways that God speaks through the scriptures, and he is the same in how he speaks today. Keithen gives us some theological framing about "continuationism" vs "cessationism", as we believe that God continues to speak and lead his people today. Raegan then hit us with some guiding principles of discernment to make sure that what you are sensing from God actually is from him.
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Are the "Gifts of the Spirit" meant for some people, but not all people? Often we hear the list of the Spiritual Gifts listed off like Super Powers that either you have or you don't. But the text of 1 Corinthians 12 is much more about willingness to be used by God, than it is about specific powers that some have and some don't. Keithen suggests that the power of God is looking for a humble and open spirit to flow through to the world, and that we can be have that spirit.
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The natural byproduct of a life lived in connection to God's Spirit are the Fruit of the Spirit. Jonathan Girma explains that the "Fruit reveals the Root" and that our life in God is revealed through the outcomes of our life. Rather than a striving toward virtuous living in the flesh, a life saturated in the spirit will naturally overflow his attributes in our lives.
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In our next conversation, we ask the question "What is the role of the Holy Spirit?" Raegan leads us in a conversation about our inability to love God and love others as we were created to without the empowering of the Spirit. His power empowers us to do what we an not do in our own power. The very same presence of God that empowered the ministry of Jesus lives within those who follow after him.
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We are kicking off our Holy Spirit Series with a simple question, "Who is the Holy Spirit?" Through the library of scripture and in the life of Jesus, we find that the Holy Spirit is not an abstract force, but a person to know. Keithen guides us in this opening teaching to a definition of the Holy Spirit as "The Empowering Presence of God".
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