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This month Pastor Jared, Charles and our special guest Caleb Leakey discuss the recent sermon series, Growing. How a few sins can keep us from growing in our faith and what we need to do to grow closer to God. 

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The holidays promise warmth and wonder, yet many of us carry a quiet ache: we want to feel at home again. Not the picture-perfect living room, but a deeper rest where we’re known, loved, and not performing. We dive into that longing and trace it through the first Christmas, where Mary and Joseph faced social pressure, a grueling journey, and a delivery room no one would choose—yet discovered that peace isn’t perfect conditions, it’s being exactly where God wants you.

Along the way, we share practical steps for building a life of daily obedience—prayer, Scripture, worship, forgiveness—and how those habits give us strength for heavier asks. We explore finding purpose at work when the job is not your dream, ways to bring light into tense workplaces, and why detours don’t disqualify you. The heartbeat is simple and hopeful: you are accompanied. Turn around, reach out, say yes. The Father still runs to meet prodigals, robes ready, ring in hand, party lights on.

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We close our Grow series by naming five poisons that stunt spiritual growth—malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander—and show simple steps to uproot them. God’s discipline is grace that frees us to love life, guard unity, and practice our true identity in Christ.

• Peter’s five growth-killers and why they spread
• God’s discipline as love and invitation to freedom
• Growth as natural fruit of good roots in Christ
• Malice in culture and the habit of rehearsal
• Deceit and hypocrisy as mask-wearing and anxiety
• Shift from performance to practice of identity
• Envy broken by daily gratitude and celebration
• Slander, gossip, and protecting church unity
• Practical pauses, confession, and honest speech
• Blessing, joy, and loving life as promised fruit

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Envy doesn’t usually look like a crisis. It hides in the small stuff: a neighbor’s upgrade, a coworker’s win, a friend’s announcement that turns your heart from celebration to comparison. We shine a light on those quiet moments and offer a clear, practical way to recognize envy’s grip before it steals your joy, peace, and gratitude. With real stories, holiday context, and plenty of honest reflection, we map seven telltale signs—from feeling like someone else’s blessing is your loss to the false race of “keeping up”—and then walk through five habits that help you recover contentment.

We also talk about the pressure to “look blessed” versus the freedom to “be blessed,” and how that difference changes what you buy, post, and prioritize. If you’ve ever felt behind for no clear reason, or found yourself rooting against a person who did nothing wrong, this conversation will help you pause, name what’s going on, and reset. We push into the hardest part too: the theology underneath comparison. Measuring God’s goodness by someone else’s blessings can warp trust; instead, we learn to rehearse God’s faithfulness, practice daily gratitude, and anchor identity in Christ rather than in results.

By the end, you’ll have a simple diagnostic, a handful of daily practices, and a hopeful vision for living with more joy and less envy—especially through the holidays, when comparison can run wild. If this resonates, share it with a friend, subscribe for future episodes, and leave a review so more people can discover practical ways to grow in contentment and gratitude.

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What if the biggest barrier to spiritual growth isn’t your schedule, your past, or your circumstances—but the poison you’ve learned to live with? We take a hard, hopeful look at Peter’s challenging list and zoom in on two silent killers: deceit, the lie you live, and hypocrisy, the mask you wear. From teen years spent curating personas to adult lives split between performance and secrecy, we trace how image-making fuels anxiety, fractures relationships, and keeps us from the abundant life Jesus promises.

We ground the conversation in Scripture, walking through Jacob’s journey from “heel-grabber” to a new name, and explore why confession—naming reality before God and trusted people—is the turning point for freedom. You’ll hear practical, honest stories about masks in marriage, church culture’s temptation to prize polish over repentance, and how self-deception reshapes identity until the heart gets lost. Then we get actionable: how to identify one deceit to confess, where you’re performing instead of practicing, and why craving the word of God is the true antidote to soul-poison. No clichés, no image management—just clear steps toward integrity, joy, and steady transformation.

We also share exciting news from A Fresh Wind Church: a second Sunday service launches December 21 as we make room for more people to discover more in Christ. Join us by praying at 12:21 p.m. daily, stepping into a volunteer role, and inviting friends and family. If this conversation helps you breathe easier and walk truer, subscribe, share it with someone who needs courage to unmask, and leave a review to help others find the show.

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Growth doesn’t stall because we lack Bible plans or good intentions. It stalls because we carry hidden baggage that chokes the very roots we’re trying to nurture. We kick off our Grow series by naming one of the most overlooked blockers in the New Testament lists: malice. Not mere anger—malice is the quiet wish for someone else to hurt. It hides in our daydreams of payback, in the thrill of the gotcha moment, and in the way our feeds train us to love outrage.

Ryan and Tim unpack why subtraction must come before addition in spiritual formation. You can add church, reading, serving, and still plateau if bitterness, envy, and deceit tag along. Together we trace malice’s path from hurt to unforgiveness to bitterness to hatred, then show how culture, teams, and algorithms amplify it. We talk road rage and text-thread bravado, the resonance that gets people elected, and the subtle ways we justify fantasies we’d never act on. The heart-level work starts with honest definitions and real examples you’ll recognize from your week.

Hope rises when we remember the battle is spiritual and the power is divine. We explore 2 Corinthians 10: demolishing strongholds, taking every thought captive, and refusing the lies that aren’t even ours. You’ll get practical practices: naming triggers, interrupting revenge scripts with prayer, filtering every thought through what honors Christ, limiting outrage inputs, inviting trusted friends into accountability, and journaling wins so you can comfort others with the comfort you’ve received. As malice loses its handle on your heart, the same habits you already practice start bearing real fruit.

Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s stuck on the treadmill of trying harder, and leave a review with one takeaway you’re putting into practice this week. Your story might be the map someone else needs.

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Join Pastors Tim and Ryan as they unpack the early church’s practice of renunciation—turning from darkness and pledging loyalty to Christ—and explain why reclaiming that moment clarifies what baptism means. Baptism is a declaration of war so we dive into the New Testament’s clearest field manual on spiritual warfare: Ephesians 6. Piece by piece, we explore the armor of God with practical stories and concrete application.

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We wrestle with why glory belongs to God alone and how that truth frees us from chasing applause. From sanctification to service, we show how peace and joy arrive as byproducts when Christ stays first and the adjectives fall away.

• resting salvation in Christ alone
• sanctification as God’s work in us
• merit culture versus grace culture
• algorithms and the pull toward self
• tuning the heart through surrender and trial
• joy completed through obedience to Jesus
• Colossians and Christ above all
• dropping adjectives before Christian
• serving without recognition and hidden faithfulness
• suffering as a place to reflect His glory
• Soli Deo Gloria as a daily practice
• prayer for courage and steadfast hearts

We'd love to hear from you. Let us know how God is using this resource in your life or send any podcast questions or topic ideas to [email protected]. If you would like to support this ministry financially and help us continue offering you resources that equip you to discover more in Christ, simply text any amount to the number 84321.

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We know it can be a little weird or even awkward visiting a church for the first time. That's why we created Plan Your Visit. We want to make your first visit as easy as possible, and actually take time to get to know you and your family. Plan Your Visit now to schedule your visit by letting us know you're coming. We will treat you like family from the moment you arrive.

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We recap a powerful women’s conference marked by prayer, participation, and connection, then move into Reformation Roots with a practical look at grace alone, faith alone, and Christ alone. We share how grace frees us from performance and fuels a life of purpose and good works.

If you would like to support this ministry financially and help us continue offering new resources that equip you to discover more in Christ, simply text any amount to the number 84321

We'd love to hear from you. Let us know how God is using this resource in your life or send any podcast questions or topic ideas to [email protected]

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We know it can be a little weird or even awkward visiting a church for the first time. That's why we created Plan Your Visit. We want to make your first visit as easy as possible, and actually take time to get to know you and your family. Plan Your Visit now to schedule your visit by letting us know you're coming. We will treat you like family from the moment you arrive.

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This month on the Blue Chair Podcast Pastor Jared and Charles invite a special guest and talk about what it means to find God's will for our lives. Is it a big plan that God has made for us to follow or is it as simple as taking another step? Check out this episode to find out! 

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