How do we move from simply reading the Bible to actually understanding and applying it faithfully? In this episode, Pastor Alex wraps up the series on biblical interpretation by putting the Interpretive Journey into practice. You’ll learn how to move from understanding what a passage meant to its original audience to identifying its biblical principle and applying that truth to your own life. Pastor Alex also discusses practical approaches to daily Bible study, other methods of interpretation, and different Bible translations to help you understand Scripture more faithfully. This episode will equip you to study God’s Word more carefully, apply it more faithfully, and grow in your love for Scripture.

What keeps people from understanding the Bible correctly? In this episode, Pastor Alex examines some of the most common mistakes people make when interpreting Scripture and explains how to avoid them. From over-spiritualizing to allowing personal assumptions to shape our interpretation, you'll learn how to recognize these pitfalls and approach God's Word with greater confidence, humility, and faithfulness. This episode will help you become a more careful and discerning reader of the Bible.

How can you read the Bible with greater confidence and clarity? In this episode, Pastor Alex continues the conversation by discussing a practical method for interpreting Scripture. By exploring both the historical context and the literary design of the Bible, you'll learn how to better understand what God communicated through the biblical authors to their original audience—and how that truth continues to shape our lives today. This episode will equip and encourage you to grow in your love for God's Word.

We know as Christians that we’re supposed to read God’s word…but we don’t always know how! In this episode, Pastor Alex walks through a strong method that leads to a sound biblical interpretation. This method is practical and easily applied, helping the listener be equipped to read God’s word well. This episode will encourage and help you as you seek to grow in your love of God and His word.

In a world full of skepticism and confusion about the Bible, how can you know what’s true? In this episode, Pastor Alex breaks down why the Bible is trustworthy and shows you how to read it with clarity and confidence. This episode will equip and strengthen you in your walk with God.

As the world is inundated with noise from all kinds of perspectives, it’s important to be able to sift through and determine what noise is worth listening to. In this episode, Pastor Alex concludes the conversation on what resources are trustworthy or not by looking at eight different beliefs, practices, or tendencies that should be avoided. These different beliefs and practices are common in culture today from both Christian and non-Christian sources, and it’s important for the believer to be aware of them. This episode will encourage and equip you to increase in discernment as you grow in Christ.

In an episode worth listening to, join (most of) the Freedom pastoral staff as they discuss their own personal convictions about what resources are worth listening to. When there’s so many options out there, it can be hard to know what’s worth your time and what isn’t. In this episode, the pastoral team will encourage and challenge you as they offer their perspectives on how to personally engage with resources that will help you grow with Christ.

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In a world where everyone has an opinion on Jesus, what’s true or not, and how people should think about their lives, it’s important for Christians to be able to know whose opinion matters. In this episode, Pastor Alex continues the conversation on learning what voices we should give influence to in our lives. It’s not just a matter of knowing who to listen to but also a matter of learning how we can know who is good to listen to. This episode will challenge assumptions and encourage you with a method of understanding, allowing you to walk in discernment.

We know as Christians that we should read scripture but what do we do when we come across something that confuses us? Or who can we look to in our faith to help us grow when there are so many options out there? In this episode Pastor Alex talks about the importance of knowing what resources we can trust and what we shouldn’t. By examining some guiding principles and beliefs, we can have a method of testing every resource we come across to know if they are in alignment with what our faith actually says or not. This episode will encourage and equip you with knowledge to partner with your beliefs so you can trust the right people and grow in your walk with Christ.

Growing Old (in Christ) — In this episode Pastor Alex is joined by Pastor Bill as they talk about what it looks like to become old in your faith, maturing into the believers God wants us to be. Spiritual maturity isn’t a matter of physical age but is connected to our relationship with the Lord and growth in Him; by engaging in humility, remaining teachable, and walking in the fruit of the Spirit, we are positioned to grow into the people God created us to be. This episode will encourage and inspire you to walk before the Lord in these ways and see the benefit in your life. Let me know if you want me to change the title haha I'm not great at coming up with those. That's the main thing we talked about though as it's about the last stage of discipleship - being a mature believer.