Gravity Commons Podcast

Cofounders Ben Sternke, Matt Tebbe, and Ben Hardman talk about navigating exhaustion and conflict in ministry, responding to a listener email.

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Ben Sternke, Ben Hardman, and Justin Wallace share stories about navigating theological disorientation and reorientation while leading in ministry.

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Brian Zahnd joins us to talk about how to go through theological paradigm shifts without shipwrecking your life or burning down your church.

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In this second part to our recap of our initial podcast series on our 7 missional theology axioms, we talk about the specific “Christendom assumptions” that the axioms confront. The work these axioms do is to untangle us from the Christendom assumptions that trip us up in ministry without us even realizing it. Here are the […]

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We recap our 7 missional theology axioms and talk about why we have them in the first place. Why are they important? What do they accomplish for us?

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We added a 7th missional theology axiom because that’s what we do: change things as we go. It has to do with how we learn and grow. If the goal of our discipleship is divine union in love, the way we grow into love isn’t by getting more information about it, but by directly participating […]

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Part 2 of our sixth missional theology axiom, which is that the goal of our discipleship is not moral perfection or cognitive certitude. The goal of discipleship is divine union. In this episode, we talk specifically about this axiom affects not just our personal discipleship, but our entire leadership philosophy and practice, including the discipleship […]

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Our sixth missional theology axiom is that the goal of our discipleship is not moral perfection or cognitive certitude. The goal of discipleship is divine union. Airtight theological systems nor perfect behavior are the goal of our salvation. Salvation is being invited to participate in the life of the Trinity, and thus our growth in […]

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Brian Zahnd is our guest on this episode. He’s is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri, author of several books, and has started leading “Prayer Schools” across the world. We are hosting two Prayer Schools with Brian Zahnd this year (Atlanta and New York), and on this episode […]

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What do you do when you realize you’re a better preacher than you are a person? That’s the story that starts this podcast on our 5th missional theology axiom: Whatever God does through you he always also does in you. As leaders, we are always full participants in any transformation we help to bring about. We don’t […]

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