Deeper

Austin sits down with Josh Rebandt, Western Michigan baseball coach and part of the Friendship family, to hear how a daily prayer for "something special" turned into a championship in Traverse City, and how a rollover crash on I-75 confirmed his faith. How do you chase wins on the field while carrying the humility of following Jesus?

Pastor Dan and Austin dig into Psalm 96 and why praise is our "factory setting." How do we notice when we've drifted from it, and how can we be joyful in hard seasons without faking it?

Paul and Barnabas went back to the very cities that stoned them, just to strengthen the disciples there. Austin Slater and Pastor Dan Kinnas follow up on Sunday's message from Acts 14: when safety turns into an idol, how to tell when someone needs their arms held up (and why it takes more than one person), whether a podcast like this one can stand in for the church, and how those of us behind the scenes can shape people instead of just putting on events.

Samaria shared Israel's roots, but centuries of history had built walls between Jews and Samaritans. In a divided culture, how do we tell when our political convictions come from the gospel and when they're just ours?

God's call to Abram started with trust, not a sermon. How do we live out the mission to the ends of the earth, including the places and people we'd rather God's word skipped?

We are called to cultivate gratitude and thakfulness as part of our testimony. How do we actually do that practically?

Balancing the culture we live in with our faith can be tricky- especially if the faith has been part of our culture for generations. How do we make sure we don't get too complacent?

Some of us (Austin, for one) are such control freaks that we look up spoilers to avoid the anxiety of not knowing what's coming up. But that's incongruent with our calling to trust in the mystery of God's working. How can we learn to trust in the mysteriousness of God?

How do we decide which Old Covenant practices to still use in our modern times? 

When we are plugged into the Father's power, we can function the way we are designed. But what happens when we suddenly can't seem to accesss that power the way we expect to?