What is God like? It’s a question we often answer with a list of adjectives, but our posture towards God says much more about what we actually believe about Him. Is our posture towards God one of striving or one of trusting?

In this episode we discuss what faithfulness looks like, God’s orientation towards man, and how we can begin to lean more into a posture of trusting.

Chapters:

(0:00) What is Faithfulness

(2:45) God’s Orientation to Mankind

(9:30) A Posture of Trusting

(16:53) Abundance vs Scarcity

(21:45) Shifting from Striving to Trusting

The world is telling us a story about ourselves and we believe it. We often see our identity through the lens of the story the world is telling us, and it’s not until we look at God’s story that we begin to see our true identity.

In this episode we dive even deeper into understanding our identity. We examine the lies we believe and ways we can start replacing them with truth.

Chapters:

(0:00) What Keeps Us From Knowing Our True Identity

(7:46) Our True Identity

(14:18) Lies Against Our Identity

(16:50) How to Begin Believe Truth

(18:50) Undoing the Curse of Eden

(26:41) What is Our True Identity Is

We are all in hiding. Adam and Eve tried to hide behind fig leaves in The Garden, and we have been hiding ever since.

In this episode we dive into the masks that we wear, the effects of wearing masks, and how to begin helping each other remove our masks.

Chapters:

(0:00) What is the Mask

(3:55) Examples of Masks We Wear

(7:55) Getting Triggered by our Masks

(14:57) Calling Each Other’s Mask Out

(18:45) Places We Often Wear Masks

(23:33) How the Mask Shapes Our Relationship with God

Evil is real. And it pursues. And it’s a liar. We can often overlook the fact that evil is still at play, and it is constantly deceiving us.

In this episode we begin to understand evil in the world by looking at its origin in Genesis. We discuss the nature of evil, how it works, and how we can begin to combat it.

Chapters:

(0:00) Understanding evil

(5:21) What is Shame

(7:04) Evil pursues

(13:20) How we combat evil

(25:36) Being protectors

A central theme of life together revolves around our feelings and emotions. Yet, in our society, we often suppress our emotions because we highly prioritize efficiency, and emotions aren’t “efficient”. Not embracing our emotions and feelings actually sabotages our deep longing for human connection.

In this episode we dive into creating a safe environment by avoiding the trap of showing up with a consumer mentality and by viewing people as Holy mysteries not problems to be solved. We talk about growing our emotional intelligence and discuss the resource of the feelings wheel. 

Chapters:

(0:00) People are Mysteries not Problems

(6:34) Avoiding a Consumer Mentality

(8:42) Emotional Intelligence

(17:51) Chambers of the Heart

(19:18) The Feelings Wheel/Chart

(27:34) Facilitating a Healthy Group Dynamic

Why story? Uncovering the mystery of our stories are central to these groups, but what makes story so special? At its core, story helps us know God. We find life by engaging our story and God’s greater story.

Story is a sacred place because it shows where God has been at work. By diving into the mystery of our story, we begin to see where God has shown up time and time again, even when we were completely unaware of it. Story is where we begin to engage with God at a heart level.

Chapters:

(0:00) Gabe’s Story

(16:00) Why story?

(25:28) Rejecting Simple Stories

(27:42) The Beginning of Iron Collective 

(31:43) Box Talk

This episode is all about beginning to uncover our true identity. We often struggle to answer the question “how are you?” much less truly understand the question of “who am I?”.

We dive into what discipleship looks like, the power of questions, and share some tips and tools for creating a safe environment for the groups.

Chapters:

(0:00) The Beginning of Iron Collective

(1:50) How Are You?

(11:08) Who Are You?

(21:52) Being Fully Present

(25:57) Being Fully Alive

(28:42) Being Curious

(32:33) How to Create a Safe Environment

What you can expect from the Iron Collective Podcast.