Christian Formation

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Christian Formation episodes

May 01, 2024233 - Prioritizing Your Spouse (with Kip and Emily Campbell)
When you get married, it can be easy to either put your friends first, your family of origin first, or kids first instead of your spouse. We want this episode to serve as a helpful resource for how to love your spouse well and ensure that you are first and foremost investing in the relationship with them.
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44 min
April 24, 2024232 - Prep for 8+ Years Married (with Debbie Nordstrom and Jim Shaffer)
This is episode 4 of our dating and marriage relationship series where we address common questions from people in our church.
This episode seeks to provide wisdom for couples who have been married 8+ years, identifying common pain points and ways to press into the Lord together during marriage.

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32 min
April 17, 2024231 - Wisdom for the First 3 Years of Marriage (with Debbie Nordstrom and Jim Shaffer)
This is episode 3 of our dating and marriage relationship series where we address common questions from people in our church.
This episode seeks to provide wisdom for newly married couples, identifying common pain points and ways to press into the Lord together during the first couple years of marriage.

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26 min
April 10, 2024230 - Don't Settle, Be Equally Yoked in Marriage
Over the next couple of weeks, we are addressing the topics of dating and marriage, specifically certain questions we’ve received from individuals in our church family.

This is episode 2 of our dating / marriage relationship series and focuses on the topic of being equally yoked, or dating / marrying someone who is also a Christian. We address questions such as:

- What if I “think” the person I am dating is a Christian?
- Can’t I just choose that life will be harder if I marry a non-Christian?
- What encouragement is for me if I am married to a spouse who isn’t a Christian?
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29 min
April 03, 2024229 - Sex Before Marriage
Over the next couple of weeks, we are going to address the topics of dating and marriage, specifically certain questions we’ve received from individuals in our church family.

This episode focuses on the topic of Sex Before Marriage and addresses whether it is a wise choice, where we see scripture address the topic, and our own thoughts on the issue. The questions we cover include:
Where in the Bible do we see the idea that sex is reserved for marriage?
What about Christians who say they will eventually get married to one another… is it still a sin if they don’t wait for their wedding day together?
For Christians who have engaged in sexual acts, what encouragement do we have from God?
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32 min
March 27, 2024228 - Passover
All people need a substitute to escape God’s judgment and enjoy God’s presence. In Exodus, we see Israel has to learn that if they want to live with God, it is through a substitute.

For us today, our access to God’s presence is solely by a great substitute that allowed God’s just wrath to pass over us, and instead offer life and forgiveness. We, then, must live in light of the great hope of our passover lamb. Join us as we discuss Passover and helpful Bible Reading Tips when seeing themes in the Bible.

Links
- Sunday Exodus Sermons
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23 min
March 20, 2024227 - Judgment in the Bible
Making sense of judgment and de-creation in the Bible isn't easy. Oftentimes, it can cause us to question God's character or simply leave us confused. In this episode, we unpack the theme of judgment in the Bible, asking questions like:
Is judgment good?
What would be true about God if he didn't judge?
How do we escape this judgment?

Links
- Sunday Exodus Sermons
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42 min
March 13, 2024226 - Circumcision
Why is circumcision such a big deal in the Old Testament? In Exodus 4, it seems as if God is going to take Moses’ life because of a failure to circumcise his son. Join us as we discuss why circumcision is so important for God’s people and what implications does it have for us today.
Links
- Sunday Exodus Sermons
Bible Reading Tip
- Write down different passages and / or questions as you are reading scripture. What comes to mind? How could that be connected?
- Is the idea of circumcision used one or two times? No, it is used a lot. So, let's look at the stories that mention circumcision and see how, overtime, this idea is explained to us.

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41 min
March 06, 2024225 - Trusting God's Means of Salvation
In this episode we seek to trace the theme of trusting God's means of salvation by looking at the ark in the stories of Noah and Moses.
Links
- Sunday Exodus Sermons
Bible Reading Tip
- Ask yourself, "Have I seen something like this before?" When you recognize a theme or similar story in the Bible. Then, rest in it. Meditate on it and what God could be saying to you.
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33 min
February 28, 2024224 - Fearing God
In this episode we seek to trace the theme of choosing/fearing God, or choosing evil. From Eve in the garden, to the midwives, to prophets, to Jesus, we see choices for good or evil throughout the Scriptures. And we too have a choice - trust God or trust the snake’s deception.
Links
- Sunday Exodus Sermons
Bible Reading Tip
- Ask yourself, have I seen something like this before? When you recognize a theme or a strange story in the Bible.

If someone is struggling in their awe and reverence for the Lord and choosing to please man, where should you start?
Pray that the spirit would convict you of sin and reveal Jesus to you
Just do the hard thing
Read some helpful books on God's nature
Knowing God by JI Packer
Give yourself some time to build the muscles of choosing God. You have to start to consistently do it.
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32 min

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The goal of this podcast is to form disciples to live all of life with the presence of God, and we do this through conversations about theology, culture, and stories.