It's that time of year again when we take intentional, personal steps toward our spiritual growth during the Renew Season at Harvest Community Church. What is Harvest doing for the 2026 Renew season? Why do we do this intentional season of spiritual growth leading up to Easter? Pastors Matt and Chris discuss those questions and more on this episode. Take a listen and find out more!

In this episode, Pastors Matt and Chris look back on what God did at Harvest in 2025, how we grew, and the challenges we faced together as a church. Also, they discuss what is coming in 2026 for us at Harvest. God is up to amazing and exciting things at Harvest, so listen in to hear more about it!

Who are the Sons of God? Who are the Nephilim? Why does the answer matter? In this episode, Pastors Matt and Chris discuss Genesis 6:1-4 and the various theories about who these different people are, and they show a way to think through how to answer questions like this in the Bible.

In our last episode, we learned that various views about how God created everything in Genesis 1 are not unimportant, but they're not the main point of Genesis 1. As a result of that, what are some essential truths that we must learn from Genesis 1? In this episode, Pastors Matt and Chris discuss a list from theologian D.A. Carson of 12 truths that Christians must believe from Genesis 1. Take a listen and be encouraged! Take a look at the list linked to in this episode.

What are the various views on how God created the world? In Genesis 1, Moses describes God creating the world to be His kingdom, for His image-bearers to co-rule and care for this world together and enter His rest. How does that affect how we interpret Genesis 1 and the various views about how God created the world? Pastors Matt and Chris discuss this on this episode.

What do we do when we see political violence on the rise in our country? How do we respond as Christians? In this episode, Pastors Matt and Chris discuss the recent uptick of political violence in our country and how Christians need to respond to it.

What is the biblical office of a deacon, and what does a deacon do? What are the qualifications for the office, and what is the benefit of having healthy, spiritually qualified deacons in a church? In this episode, Pastors Matt and Chris discuss the office of deacon in the Bible, what that looks like in a church, and how having deacons benefits the church.

What are we doing as a church to intentionally grow spiritually during the Renew season this year? As a church, we're focusing on gospel outreach and how we can grow in our corporate, personal, and global evangelistic efforts as a church. Listen to this episode with Pastors Matt and Chris as they discuss what we will focus on as a church for Renew 2025.

Are the church offices of elder and pastor two separate offices, or are they the same? Join Pastors Matt and Chris on this episode as they discuss what the New Testament says, the implications for that, and what that means relating to our church's leadership structure.

What is the overall message of the Gospel of Luke? How does the entire book fit together? In this episode, Pastors Matt and Chris discuss this important Gospel in the New Testament and we will see how we can marvel more at the good news about Jesus' salvation, and who it's for.