Ginghamsburg Church Podcast

“Wear me, buy me, drink me, drive me, and I'll make you happy and successful and shower you with ceaseless blessings." The promises of advertising are empty but the never-fulfilled desire for MORE traps us in canyons of overspending. Let's talk about the dangers of materialism and begin to climb out of the red. True fulfillment comes as you learn to share. Practice generosity today at ginghamsburg.org/give.

Imagine having Jesus in your living room, but you're too worried about the preparations of your house to enjoy his company. That's exactly what happens to Martha in this story from the book of Luke. #Jesus calls her out, "you are worried and distracted about many things... but there is only one thing you need." Indeed, Jesus not only gives us "A" way out of #distraction, he reminds us that he is THE Way, THE truth and THE life.

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Jesus comforts the afflicted, but he afflicts the comfortable. Today's message will challenge our inactive faith and push us to follow Jesus into the zone of the unknown; to meet unfamiliar faces in unexpected places. Visit the Connect & Serve page of our website to find ways to break out of the norm.

Deflection and projection... this is less about mask-wearing and more about bluntly facing the truth about who we really are. 

Jesus encounters a woman at the well, and offers us all... A Way Out of Pretending.

Escape pretending through a Ginghamsburg Support Group: https://ginghamsburg.org/connect-serve/life-groups/#support.

What would you do for God if you knew it was impossible to fail? Peter walked on water because he was willing to get out of the boat! This message will examine Peter's conversation with Jesus on the Sea of Galilee and challenge us to face our fears.

Learn more about Ginghamsburg Church at ginghamsburg.org.

In the days of Jesus, children were viewed as physically weak burdens on society who added no value to wider life. In Greece and Rome, it was an accepted practice to abandon unwanted children along the roadsides to die. Jesus, however, told his disciples that unless they became like little children they would not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Faking it. Playing the game. Putting on a show. Whether it’s government, business, church, or our own home, it’s just become the “way it is.” But the One who knows all about us just wants us to “be real."

We can help you find the real you. Learn more about Ginghamsburg Church at ginghamsburg.org.

John Cacioppo, a psychologist at the University of Chicago says, "Loneliness is an aversive signal, much like thirst, hunger or pain."

Being connected to a group, on the other hand, and the quality of our relationships, is a biological need and adaptive to our survival. 

"Group Life" is the Church's answer to the epidemic of isolation.

Find ways to connect with others at ginghamsburg.org/connect-serve.

According to Jesus, everyone should be able to identify his followers by how they love. It can be hard to love, even easy to pretend – but the call to sacrificially "love one another as I have loved you" remains the Christian's most poignant directive for life on earth.

Learn more about ways you can serve in the Church, in the Community and in the World at ginghamsburg.org/serve.

The Church is not a country club for saints or a self-improvement group for the privileged; it's an emergency room for hurting, wounded people. Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick." Today we will examine Jesus’ story of the Good Samaritan and reflect on our ministry as a healing community.

Learn more about Ginghamsburg Church at ginghamsburg.org.