Cheyenne Hills Podcast

Happy New Year! The Companion Podcast returns with producer Kasey Orr and Cheyenne Hills Interim Next-Gen Director Jacob Hazzard, and we're tackling a very minor issue this series: does your worldview actually line up with the Christian worldview, a.k.a. Reality?!

We all have an overall understanding of how we think people, the world and the universe work called a worldview. Most people pick up little pieces of this puzzle from all over the place, and if they ever try to put it together would be surprised to find it not only doesn't make a unified picture, but that most of the pieces don't even fit together. As Christians, we have a true understanding about all these things that adds up to a unified image of God. But it's easy to get other pieces thrown in there, or to get hazy on the details we thought we knew. So join us in this series as we do a Reality Check.

The angel who came to Mary told her she'd give birth to the Messiah. But to Zachariah and Elizabeth was born another important figure in the story. John was to be a forerunner for Jesus. He went ahead and prepared the way, getting people ready for what was coming. In what ways can we be forerunners for Jesus? How can we approach those in our lives that might make them more open to the Gospel and freedom of Christ?

When Daniel was visited by an angel, he was told there was a battle with evil in Persia. Daniel's prophesies showed him the battle would end with a Savior who would one day bring forth God's eternal Kingdom. Where do we see echoes of this battle, today?

This week, we start our Christmas sermon series, which explores the times angels came to tell people about the coming of Christ. First Isaiah, then Daniel, Mary and finally a group of lowly shephards.

Following more than a year of discussions with Nathan, interviews with school board members and following the progress of the issue of subject matter in school libraries, Galen discusses the upcoming Opt-In Policy decision being decided by the school board on Dec. 4. What is this decision, how will it affect children, and how can you show up to lend your support at the school board meeting? It's all here in this month's podcast.

Keith Kautz gave a message resounding with a real-world wakeup call: step out of the crowd. Pastor Karsten and producer Kasey talk about how we can take this action in our own lives to keep from becoming luke-warm, hidden Christians.

Guest speaker Kieth Kautz paints a picture of the familiar story of Noah, but moreover a picture of the world Noah lived in. It sounds... a little familiar. When the world is filled with immorality, violence, hatred, "fluid truth" and more we find in Genesis, how do we separate ourselves to show that, as Christians, we live life a different way?

This week Pastor Galen talked about Gideon, a man who was super brave... only he didn't know it until God told him. Pastor Karsten and producer Kasey Orr explore the idea that we might all have gifts like Gideon that we just don't know about until we hear God call us. And how do we know when we hear Him? Where's our angel under the tree?

Relevant Scripture:

Judges 6-8 (story of Gideon)

Isaiah 42:8

"Go in the strength you have." That is the key phrase from a story of a man whom God sent out to save Israel from an oppressing occupying force that had his nation hiding in caves for years. Pastor Galen explores the conversation between God's angel and a man threshing wheat in the latest message in our sermon series, Valor.