Life hurts sometimes. But “the joy of the Lord is your strength,” so why are you still sad? What happens when the simplistic “churchy” answers aren’t working? In today’s episode Lori introduces you to Rachel Williams, who has experience with this from both sides of the pew. She shares her own struggles and how church, and we as believers, can help each other.

We talk a lot about “the things of this world” and there seems to be some confusion about that. What exactly are those things? Now it’s Lori’s turn.

Rick goes first and shares with you what he thinks about “the things of this world.”

Faith: where does it come from? How much is enough? How does it affect my life as a Christian? Today we attempt to answer some of these questions.

Which is the church (little “c”) and the Church (big “C”). How does each function? What about leadership? And, what could be done better?

The Bible is the inspired word of God. But what does that mean? And where does Holy Spirit fit in? 

Although this is supposed to be about things we used to believe we still do believe a lot of this, and more. Sometimes it’s fleeting – in the moment, depending on what’s going on at the time. Triggers from the past. Current conflicts. New losses.

We are always growing in our faith and understanding. What we believe now is likely different than it was five years ago. Asking questions and searching the scriptures is important and necessary. In this series we share some truths we have learned.

As we move through this season of highly charged emotional disagreements over who should be our next president, we find ourselves involved in exchanges of opinions that can drive a wedge of beliefs that will divide, loosely translated from Luke 12:53 “father from son and mother from daughter.” Engaging in debates can be helpful if the discussions remain calm and the different ideas and disagreements are treated with respect. The sad truth, is that we as Christians have been arrogant and sometimes condescending towards those with whom we disagree.

Today we present a short recap of the entire series (Oneness, Identity, Flesh Patterns, About Women, About Men, Communication, Forgiveness). How do we put it all together when an argument begins?