Downtown Community Church

Welcome to Asking For A Friend, a podcast where we answer your questions about marriage, dating, parenting and everything in between from a Christian perspective! We're William & Jul Colle. We've been married for almost 15 years, have 3 boys and juggle two careers as a pastor (William) and nurse (Jul,) while Jul is back in in school. We're passionate about having a Godly marriage and raising kids that grow up to love Jesus. We've learned from a lot of mistakes and have had some great examples over the years. Our prayer for this podcast is it encourages you, just like so many have encouraged us!
 
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This week:
1. What are wise ways to prepare your marriage for parenthood? 
2. How do you keep intimacy in your marriage after becoming parents?
3. Can you support your spouse who is in school full time and take care of kids? We're planning kids and are nervous we will too busy with my spouse in school for 7+ years
4. What are your thoughts on how men and women should approach dating? Specifically, the roles of men and women in initiating a dating relationship.

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The word 'love' is thrown around lot in out culture. We use the same word to say we 'love' the fall and we say that we 'love' our spouse. We often don't think about the true depth behind this word. More specifically, what the Bible calls sacrificial love. Join Pastor Shannon Butler in our study of 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 as he explains the different words used to define love in the Bible and what it looks like to live out sacrificial love.

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In our first sermon of this series, we want to address why marriage exists in the first place. Jesus didn't die for a church that was worth dying for. He didn't die for us because we were precious or clean... we were still sinners. God created marriage with the Gospel in mind. Does your picture of marriage look like the Gospel? Join Pastor Ben Kampfer in Genesis 2:21-24, Ephesians 5:21-33, and Revelation 19:6-9 to examine God's outline for marriage.

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As we examine the last part of our Fundamentals series, our aim to Make Disciples, we must be earnestly following Jesus to do so. What is the next step that God is calling you to? Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer in Matthew 28:16-20 to learn what Jesus actually meant by "make disciples" through a deep dive into the context of those words.

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At some point, every one of us has been the one that Jesus willingly and lovingly left the 99 to rescue. This should convict us to be ambassadors of Christ, searching for others who have not been saved yet because Jesus has commissioned us to make disciples. Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer in Luke 15:1-24 to study the story of the prodigal son and the radical grace and mercy he experienced.

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God commands us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Generally, many Christians would be able to tell you that we are commanded to do so-- but who is our neighbor? How do we love them in the way that God commands us to? Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer in Luke 10:25-37 to examine Jesus’ conversation with a Jewish religious leader about how to love those around you-- and the unfortunate fault in the man’s thinking.

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A fundamental of Christianity is that God tells us to love Him with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. But how many of us truly do that? Is our performance conditional to the amount of acceptance we believe we will receive from God? Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer in our study of 1 John 4:19, 9-10 to unpack how perfect love casts out all fear and what that means for us in our faith walks.

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Jesus died for YOU, regardless of your status as a Jew or as a Gentile. We are united under the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which is for everyone. However, in the early church, tensions arose when the Gentiles were serving God in a different framework than the Jews were used to. Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer in Acts 15:9-16:3 to study the simple Gospel and how it unites brothers and sisters in Christ.

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The Bible tells us over and over again that we are saved by grace through faith; it is not our own doing, but the Lord's. So why do we keep feeling like we have to do good things to be loved by God? If the Gospel feels like shackles to you, you may not fully understand it. Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer in our study of Acts 15:1-20 to examine the fact that God loves us for us, and what that means for our faith walks.

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Where in your life do you need to speak the Gospel? Encouragement is vital to our community and spiritual walk but it starts when we, as believers, model it. Join Pastor William Colle in our study of Acts 14:19-26 to study how Paul and Barnabas encouraged the early church, and how we can set the standard of encouragement.

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