Jesus is Better

We’re supposed to have a personal, intimate relationship with God, but that rarely comes easily to a person. How can we know God better? How can we know him more truly? God delights in us knowing him, so there is certainly a way. Let’s learn about knowing our Triune God with Josh Bond and Pastor Chuck Newkirk in this episode of Jesus is Better the Podcast.

In this episode of Jesus is Better the Podcast, we’ll ask a question that many of us wrestle with. Are peace and joy actually possible? Like long-term possible? Or is it vain hope to think the “next thing” will finally provide them?

If you’ve wanted to feel peace and joy, listen in. Pastor Chuck Newkirk and Maddie Reimus seek to answer our questions.

We turn the tables and interview Pastor Chuck on the question that hinders so many of us. We discuss the main obstacles to reading and understanding the Bible and how to over come them.

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

ESV Study Bible

Three Year Bible Reading Plan

One Year Bible Reading Plan

How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

In this episode of Jesus is Better the Podcast, Pastor Bryan Jerry from Light in the Desert Church and Pastor Chuck Newkirk from Church on Mill discuss what it means to be made in the image of God. Is it possible to be made in the image of God and descend from another animal? What is it okay to hold varying views on when it comes to evolution? What ramifications does it have on our daily life to be made like him? Listen through the end to come full circle.

We discuss the book by Anthony Hoekema Created in God’s Image and the third point in Church on Mill’s Membership Statement of Faith, “Creation of Humanity.” Use the footnotes therein to find Scripture references to study related to the creation of humanity.

In this episode of Jesus is Better the Podcast, Josh Bond talks with Pastor Chuck Newkirk on the topic of humility. We discuss what humility looks like in everyday life and how to foster it in our relationships.

For more information on the topic of Humility, refer to The Nature of True Virtue by Jonathan Edwards or Humility by C.J. Mahaney.

Director of Family Ministries Mike Bond and Pastor Chuck Newkirk discuss the main goal of parenting, parenting in different stages, and the role of the church in parenting.

The books Parenting by Paul David Tripp and Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp are alluded to in this episode of Jesus is Better.

On this episode of Jesus is Better the Podcast, Director of Collegiate Ministries Erik Naylor and Pastor Chuck Newkirk discuss welcoming others into our home for the purposes of evangelism and fellowship. Hospitality is becoming the main way we winsomely display Christ as less and less people grow up in churches in the U.S. More than that, the Bible directly tells us we’re to invite the stranger into our home. However, it seems that hospitality is plagued with challenges. How can we continue to walk forward in trusting God with this part of our lives?

Erik references Rosaria Butterfield and her book on hospitality, The Gospel Comes with a House Key.

On this episode of Jesus is Better the Podcast, Pastor Andy Clare and Pastor Chuck Newkirk discuss minding the gap. As Christians, we live in between ages. Christ has come and conquered death, but we don’t yet see all of the results of that. Theologians call it “the already not yet” or inaugurated eschatology. We need a power sufficient for this gap…let’s look at that power together.

George Ladd coined the phrase Already Not Yet. Learn more from him in his book The Gospel of the Kingdom: Scriptural Studies in the Kingdom of God or by reading about him here.

In this episode of Jesus is Better the Podcast, Stephen Shelton talks dramatic choices to get out of debt with Pastor Chuck Newkirk. If you’ve ever wondered how to handle debt and money in general in a God-glorifying way, listen in.