Buckhead Church

We're adjusting to a new normal–working from home, homeschooling our kids and balancing daily routines. In this podcast, Rodney and Sarah share insights about how to talk to our kids about this crisis, what their role in the family can be and how they can help. 

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You might be stuck at home feeling helpless, but there are plenty of ways you can help. In this episode, Clay and our Intersect Director, Anjanette, tell us how. 

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Most of our lives, routines, and habits have been interrupted. What could it look like for us to start or re-start our own personal spiritual practices in a new routine? In this episode, Clay and Beau talk about how you can connect with God and grow spiritually while you learn your new normal. 

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COVID-19 is creating plenty of uncertainty. We have a responsibility to lead, whether our primary role is with family, community, or at work. The question for leaders is: How do we lead through the unknown? In this episode, Clay looks at a story from the life of Jesus to examine how to lead through a storm. 

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From an early age, we learn quickly to look for loopholes in the rules. We try to figure out what we can get away with and still be okay. We tend to take this same mindset into our relationship with God, but it doesn’t work. When we opt for loopholes and workarounds, we find ourselves in a category no one wants to be in: hypocrites. Jesus calls us to move beyond loophole religion.

Whether it’s school, sports, or religion, when we focus only on the rules, it can be difficult to remember the overall purpose of something. Jesus reminds us that when we focus so much on the letter of the law, we may forget why the law was written in the first place.

Jesus ignored certain religious protocols. He claimed to have authority to forgive sin. He was uncomfortably comfortable with unrepentant sinners. In this message, we hear about three encounters that showed Jesus came to reverse the order of things.

We often read the Bible for application, inspiration, or direction. However, there are times when the author wants to simply point the reader to a big idea—an idea that fits with God's grand story. In the Gospel of Mark, we read about Peter's experience with Jesus that led Peter to believe in one big idea: the kingdom of God is near, and everyone is invited to participate.

Whether we realize it or not, our mindsets and thought patterns lead us. When a mindset has become a mind trap, we need a mind change. This week we’re talking about the mind trap of all-or-nothing: the tendency to think in terms of polar opposites without accepting the possibilities that lie between the two extremes. All-or-nothing thinking leads to the belief we have to get everything perfectly right or we are worthless.

No one likes feeling trapped. We all have mindsets— particular ways of viewing the world around us. What if our mindsets about life have become mind traps? How would we know? What would we do if that was true? This week, we’re talking about the mind trap of negativity.