Everyday Disciples

We've reached the end of season one! Thanks to all of our subscribers for joining us on this everyday journey of discipleship.

In today's episode, we look at Christmas! In the first segment, Pastor Matthew and Adam VanderStelt compare the story of Christmas that we know from kids' Christmas programs and Christmas cards and the real story from Scripture to see how different they can be.

In the second segment, Pastor Matthew, Aidan Hunt, and CJ Geluso talk about surviving the holiday. It can be a challenging time for some people for a variety of reasons and we look at some ways to get through it despite the difficulties it can cause.

We'll be back in January with a new season of episodes. Until then, keep following Jesus everyday and if there's a topic or question you'd like to hear us talk about, let us know at [email protected].

Merry Christmas!

This is our second-to-last episode of the season before we break for Christmas, but don't worry - we'll be back in January!

We're in the season of Advent when the church looks back to Jesus' first coming at Christmas and ahead to His second coming. In the first segment, Pastor Matthew and Pastor Rob talk about that second coming by looking at some of the different ideas about the end of time.

In the second segment, Pastor Matthew, Pastor Rob, and Adam continue walking through the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus' teaching on murder and adultery.

In the final segment, Matthew and Adam talk about a song that we sing during this Advent season that looks ahead to Jesus' return: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending.

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It's Thanksgiving week and while we're all gearing up to eat tons of turkey and stuffing, we're looking at the holiday through the lens of everyday disciples.

In our first segment, Pastor Matthew, Aidan, and CJ talk about what gratitude is all about and how to be grateful today.

In the second segment, we talk about that crazy family that you're about to spend the holiday with. We're called to love everyone, even our family that can be a bit difficult to love.

And finally, we end with something fun - some great conversation starters for your family gathering that are guaranteed* to get people talking about topics that aren't so divisive. (*not a guarantee!)

Happy Thanksgiving!

This week on Everyday Disciples, Pastor Rob, Pastor Matthew, and Adam sit down for another installment of Bibles Only Bible Study, reading through the Sermon on the Mount.

In part two, Matthew, Aidan Hunt, and CJ Geluso talk about practicing forgiveness. Even for seasoned Christians, it can be really difficult to practice forgiveness but it's an important skill to learn.

And Finally, Aidan and Matthew take a quick look at another strange Bible story, this time from the Gospel of Matthew when a fish shows up with a coin for Peter. 

If you have feedback or a topic you'd like to hear about, let us know! Email us at [email protected].

Busyness has been a big deal for a long time, but even in the midst of a pandemic when things were shut down, many people were eager to get busy again. Today, we sit down with Pastor Matthew, Aidan Hunt, and Stephanie Sherman to talk about the impact that chronic busyness has on our life and our faith.

In the second part, we look beyond being busy to some practices and tools that can help us, even in the midst of our busyness. It may not be going away anytime soon and we might be in a season of life where busyness is just how it has to be, but we can still find ways to grow in our faith as we follow Jesus as everyday disciples.

As always, if there's a topic you'd like to hear us talk about or a question you have, reach out to us at [email protected].

In our first segment, Pastor Mattthew, Pastor Rob Appold and Adam Vanderstelt chat about Communion in a bit of a deep dive. We do it every week at our church and we don't always get to talk about what it's all about.

Next, Adam and Matthew take a look at why we sing what we sing, looking at a song that we often use during communion at our contemporary service – O Come to the Altar.

In the final segment, we introduce a new recurring Bible study segment where we’re going to look at the Sermon on the Mount with just our Bibles and reflect on Jesus’ teaching.

If you have a suggestion for a topic or a question you'd like us to address, let us know! Reach out to us at [email protected].

Halloween and Reformation are coming up and we're tackling a few related topics!

In our first segment, Adam Vanderstelt and Pastor Matthew Starner talk about celebrating Halloween as Christians. A lot of Christians get hung up on whether or not it's okay to celebrate a holiday that seems to be about so much dark stuff. But the origins of Halloween are more Christian than we realize! (We also hear about their very different tastes in Halloween candy!)

In the second segment, Pastor Rob and Matthew talk about ghost stories and the Bible. Believe it or not, they've been asked about that topic many times and it's helpful to remember what God's Word says. And they look at a ghost story in the Bible that many aren't familiar with from 1 Samuel 28.

In the final segment, Pastor Matthew and Adam take a look at a song that's going to be sung in many churches around the world this coming Reformation day: A Mighty Fortress.

Have a question or a topic you'd like to hear from us about? Let us know at [email protected].

In this episode, we sit down with Lori Wieneke, Spiritual Formation Director at St Matthew, and talk about how to handle disagreements as Christians. We're in a world that's more polarized than ever and sometimes we Christians don't always handle those disagreements in a Christ-like way. Lori also recommended a resource that helped her: Love Your Enemies by Arthur C. Brooks.

In the second segment, we talk with Aiden Hunt and CJ Geluso about how faith and culture come together on Social Media as we seek to be followers of Jesus on those platforms.

And lastly, we have a quick tool to share for your Bible reading: The 7 Arrows of Bible Reading.

We'd love to hear from you! If you have a topic you'd like us to discuss, let us know at [email protected].

In our first segment, we sit down with our Spiritual Formation Team to talk about reading the Bible at home with your family - a great thing to do but also a big challenge! Where do you start? What if you don't know what it means? Lori, Aidan, Stephanie give us some great advice from their own experience!

In part two, pastors Rob and Matthew talk about the difficult topic of struggles or suffering. With all the events of the last year and a half, that's something many people are asking about and we turn to God's Word for some help.