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better than we thought episodes

  • Breaking Generational Patterns - Episode 38

    Are you "sick and tired of being sick and tired?" Join Hannah and Ian as they explore what it looks like to break generational patterns.

    0:00 Intro
    4:55 How do you break generational curses?
    5:30 Why are you cutting the meatloaf?
    6:30 Not parent bashing . . . 
    10:00 Choosing something different 
    12:15 Default vs Intention
    13:30 Where does change start?
    16:30 Starting when you're single
    18:00 Self-awareness
    19:00 The Enneagram
    20:20 There's not a shallow person in this world
    26:20 Patterns in marriage
    18:10 Preparation as a key
    33:30 Community 
    35:00 Making choices with Spirit
    39:00 Being curious about your feelings
    41:35 Just because you start somewhere, doesn't mean you have to stay there.

    45 min
  • 3 New Mindsets for a New Year - Episode 37

    In this episode, Ian invites us to embrace three new mindsets in 2025!

    0:00 Intro
    0:30 Autopilot
    5:10 "I'm not enough"
    8:00 Christ is in me, I am enough.
    11:45 Believe what God says about you.
    13:45 "I'll never get there." or "I'm going to get there TODAY!"
    15:40 Today, I will take a step.
    21:20 "Resilience means ignoring your feelings"
    22:50 Acknowledging your feelings is a part of resilience.
    26:40 BONUS

    30 min
  • Q&A with Ian & Hannah - Episode 36

    Join Ian & Hannah as they dive into your questions!

    0:00 Intro
    2:20 Q1 - End times, Deconstruction, & Revelation?
    15:00 Great Controversy & Investigative Judgment?
    37:40 Seventh-day Sabbath?
    49:00 SDA is a cult?

    1 hr 13 min
  • Revelation is Actually Awesome! (feat. Paul Rayne) - Episode 34

    Join Ian and Paul as they re-examine what the book of Revelation is actually about!

    0:00 Intro
    3:30 Fit for the Fight - YouVersion plan
    8:00 How I used to see Revelation . . .
    10:00 Revelation according to SDA's
    12:20 The Revelation of the Pope?
    16:30 Worship
    23:30 Why theological controversy happens . . .
    27:20 "Dogmatic-ness"
    30:00 Reading the Sabbath into the book . . .
    32:00 Contextual reading 
    39:00 My testimony
    43:00 Living for heaven now
    47:30 Living in assurance
    50:30 Revelation is better than we thought
    56:00 MVMNT Conference
    59:00 Revelation is relevant

    1 hr 2 min
  • Gritty Faith - Episode 33

    Join us as we dive into what faith looks like in our real, everyday lives!

    0:00 Intro
    2:50 "Faith isn't pretty, it's gritty."
    4:10 Hannah's take
    10:40 Working through feelings
    17:00 Living by faith
    18:38 Ian's take
    24:00 Fighting the good fight of faith
    28:00 Is your faith based on your circumstances?
    35:00 Living in hope
    39:00 Resilience

    46 min
  • Saying Yes to Jesus in Your Twenties (feat. Christian Burres) - Episode 32

    Join Ian and Christian as they get into what it looks like to follow Jesus in your twenties.

    0:00 Intro
    6:30 Christian's why
    10:50 Roles in ministry
    14:00 Saying yes to Jesus in your 20's
    16:00 Christian's testimony
    24:00 Getting into the mess
    31:00 Identity
    39:00 Impact
    42:00 What it really means to die to yourself
    45:00 Humility
    48:30 Getting practical
    50:40 The role of Holy Spirit
    55:30 Letting go of judgment
    1:00:00 Saying yes to Jesus
    1:02:50 Final words

    1 hr 6 min
  • Perspective in God's Presence - Sermon by Ian S. Reyes (07/23) - Episode 30

    Need some perspective? God has it for you. Join Ian as he breaks down how the perspective we need for any situation in life is found in God's presence! 

    Sermon originally shared July, 2023 in Denver, Colorado.

    0:30 Psalm73
    1:00 Perspective is found in the presence of God
    3:15 Don't feel it?
    5:25 About Asaph
    6:30 Psalm 73
    11:30 What do we do when we don't feel it?
    15:00 God's presence
    16:30 God's judgment
    18:00 Knowing yourself
    21:00 Who God is . . .
    24:30 God wants to lead you to glory
    26:00 God got you through!
    27:30 Nothing can separate you from the love of God
    29:00 My testimony
    32:40 The secret place
    35:00 God has your answer!
    36:45 Will you go into the secret place?

    39 min
  • Why What You Believe About EGW Matters - Episode 29

    Join Hannah and Ian as they reveal the deception in Ellen G. White's writings and explain how theology affects our everyday lives.

    0:00 Intro
    1:30 Why we're doing this episode
    3:00 Theology matters
    6:20 Double speak of Adventism
    7:35 Who this episode is for
    9:40 For the Christians listening
    10:20 Does this really matter?
    13:35 Spirit of God or the devil?
    14:30 "Not one heretical sentence"
    19:20 "[God] will not love you if you do wrong."
    27:20 Investigative Judgment summary
    32:00 You're on your own
    35:30 SDA is a cult
    38:15 Why EGW is dangerous
    39:15 For the neo-Adventists
    44:29 Working with anxiety
    48:05 Lost the Savior?
    52:20 Pharisees
    55:00 Butter equals God won't hear your prayers?
    59:50 Steps to Christ?
    1:02:00 Final words

    1 hr 6 min

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Better Than We Thought is a podcast that focuses on how our relationships with God, ourselves, and others can be so much better in light of the Gospel. 
Practically, we talk about how the…