Encounter Podcast

Since we last recorded in May, we stepped into God's will and planted The Reach Church. We reflect on what the process has been like so far and what our hopes are for the future.

The Reach Church Website

In this week's episode, join us as we discuss what it means to be pillars in a platform society. In his book, Platforms to Pillars, Mark Sayers explores how platform mentality is misshaping our contemporary world and contrasts this to the biblical call of Christians to live as pillars.

Link to the book

This week, we shot from the hip to reflect on God's hand in our lives, discuss our rough reactions to what is going on in the world, and consider why there aren't councils anymore to discuss the tenants of worldwide Christianity.

We sit down with Jessica Stoop, the leader of the Night to Shine chapter at Wellspring Church and the mother of two boys with special needs. We discuss the process of implementing Night to Shine, but also the necessity for the church to prioritize the "least of these" in the upside down Kingdom.

How should the heart of Christ drive our desire to reach and serve the marginalized?

We finish out our 3 part series on The Other Half of Church. With our guest Liz Shendock, we address how a healthy church develop healthy soil that is resistant to narcism.

In this episode, we have the privilege to have Liz Shendock as a guest to discuss the book, The Other Half of Church by Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks. First introduced to us by Liz, this books highlights what might missing in the Western Church today. Through the lens of brain science, we look at Jesus' ministry, the formation of the church, and how we might engage better as a Christian community today. Because of the sheer amount of the incredible content in this book, we are breaking this up into a multi-part series. Please pray with us and for us that we are made more like Christ every single day.

In part two of our discussion of the book The Other Half of Church, we explore the ideas of Hesed, joy, group identity, and accountability.

In this episode, we have the privilege to have Liz Shendock as a guest to discuss the book, The Other Half of Church by Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks. First introduced to us by Liz, this books highlights what might missing in the Western Church today. Through the lens of brain science, we look at Jesus' ministry, the formation of the church, and how we might engage better as a Christian community today. Because of the sheer amount of the incredible content in this book, we are breaking this up into a multi-part series. Please pray with us and for us that we are made more like Christ every single day.

We start the discussion on the distinct ministries that Jesus and Paul had, the seeming discrepancies in their messages, and the challenges interpreting Paul's letters.

Joe, Cole, and Adam kick off the New Year discussing the new man written about by Paul in Ephesians 4. What are some of the hurdles we run into as we try our best to lean into our new identity in Christ? What do we do with the tension between the new and old man?

Thank you for listening!