Christian Formation

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Christian Formation episodes

January 27, 2020036 - Discipleship Unpacked
This is part two of the two-part series. In the Defining Discipleship first episode (035), we were brainstorming ideas and our thoughts about discipleship. In this episode, we want to define discipleship and unpack some questions over how to disciple, what discipleship practically looks like, and whether our current discipleship structures should change.
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41 min
January 15, 2020035 - Defining Discipleship
In many of our local churches, we think of discipleship as sitting in a coffee shop with one other person talking about the Bible. But, is this true discipleship? What if we challenged you with a different idea of what it means to disciple others? In this first episode of our two-part podcast over discipleship, we explore what discipleship means and what it looks like in our day-to-day lives. Join us to think through discipleship together.
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35 min
December 23, 2019034 - Rule of Life
New year means new goals; intense workout plans, fad diets, or schedule changes make up the average American’s resolution list. This impulse to start fresh isn’t bad. The problem is that most of these resolutions don’t always stick, and more often than not they don’t really help our characters.

This podcast explores creating A Rule of Life, or a rhythm of life that allows you to abide in Jesus and be formed by God’s Word and Spirit, instead of a classic resolution. We discuss what A Rule of Life is, why it’s important, and some practical next steps to implement it.
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39 min
December 12, 2019033 - What's Advent and why does it matter?
Advent is celebrated in churches around the world for centuries, but a lot of us have no idea why it’s actually important or what the consequences would be if didn’t have it. In this podcast, a new team on the Christian Formation podcast explores what Advent is, whether the church should observe Advent, practical ideas of how to observe Advent this Christmas season.
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38 min
September 18, 2019032 - Why Church Membership?
Within the gospel story, we find our connection to God and connection to Gods people, the church. This week on the podcast, we will look at the role of membership in this communion to Christ, and what our commitments are as the church.
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38 min
September 04, 2019031 - Empowering College Students
Providence Church is going to make a BIG move to The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) campus, which means a new opportunity for both college students and the church body. This podcast explores how the church can best care for students in this time and offers advice for college students during these critical character-forming years.
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33 min
August 21, 2019030 - Vision 2019
The Christian Formation Podcast was birthed through some youthful angst and hopefully a dash of obedience to God’s guidance. In 2018 we decided to begin a process of discussing life and bible issues as a means to put good content in the ears of our church family. The youthful angst, you may ask, is the bit inside us that believes we have something to say that no one else is saying. Thoughts to solidify and put through the airwaves. Teaching to condense and download in our friends.
The hope was to simply take some of our “off-mic” discussions around the office, throw a few mics in front of us, and continue the conversation. The prayer was that you, the reader/listener, would be encouraged or challenged.
And while we do believe (because a few of you have actually told us) that this has been helpful, we felt the need to crystalize what it is we are truly attempting to accomplish with this space. Would it be raw, uncut, random thoughts from a few 20-somethings on our opinions on how you should live your life? Or maybe a more sophisticated article that examines truth, God, and what you should do about it. Or, we asked ourselves, is it possible to clarify a vision that was there all along but never formed into words?

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15 min
August 07, 2019029 - God's Heart for the Poor
There are countless things that my parents taught me while growing up. They taught me how to tie my shoes, my dad taught me how to drive a stick shift, and my mom at least attempted to teach me how to cook. Out of all those things, small to big, the one I am perhaps most grateful for is the way they taught me that serving the poor is part of being a Christian. They led by example and frequently served with our church in different ministries in the Denver area. It was evident, even without their words, that their service was directly connected to their faith in Christ, and was even evidence of their faith in Christ.

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35 min
July 25, 2019028 - Stories of Practicing the Presence
The discipline of silence and solitude brings with it a mixture of emotions and perspectives. As a church within a church planting movement that prides itself on championing the gospel, it might seem as though we would be sacrificing too much in the pursuit of something like, “experiencing God.” Yet the testimony of the church throughout the ages and the example of Christ himself is that silence and solitude are not in conflict with the preaching of the gospel, but an integral part of the life of one who has committed themselves to it.
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34 min
July 10, 2019027 - Scripture Memorization
If you would have asked me a year ago if I had any verses memorized, my response would have been anything but impressive. I probably could have rattled off John 3:16, if for no other reason than I’d seen it at sporting events so many times, but that was about the extent of my abilities. You can probably imagine my reaction then when I was asked if I would memorize Psalm 6, to be recited to the congregation on a Sunday morning.
Naturally, I procrastinated until the week that I was to recite this Psalm. I fumbled my way through a couple articles on how best to go about memorizing something and started trying to internalize the Psalm. Who knows how much time I spent that week simply reciting these verses over and over again. I had barely managed to get to the point where I could recite the Psalm entirely by memory by the time that Sunday morning came.

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37 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.