What is church? Why do we go? What is it supposed to help us with? What is it for?

On this episode Remo and I touch on those questions on church and a lot more. We talk about what’s it’s been like growing up in church, What are some of the good and bad we’ve experienced in church, how do we treat those who are with us in church and why for us church should be and is way more than just one Sunday per week.

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Are you a person who struggles to see or let God shape you? A person who wants their identity to be in God but often finds it elsewhere?

If your answer is yes then tune in to this episode! Today we speak to Sivuselele Manzini: A disciple from Nelson Mandela bay and a law student at Nelson Mandela University. We speak to her about her journey on the road to God and her journey on the road to studying law. Through these stories we get incredibly insightful lessons from her about how her need to consistently reflect and introspect helped her forge her relationship with God.

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What did Jesus teach about the Kingdom of God?

In this weeks episode following the encounter campus retreat we talk to full time minister and biblical teacher Raj, who helps us dive deeper into what Jesus teaches about the Kingdom of God and lays out how those teachings can affect us in the communities that we live in.

Raj was on the previous iteration of this podcast. You can listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/3-minute-thought/id1517104540?i=1000494556440

Here are some of the resources that Raj mentions in this episode:

Eikon Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the-eikon-podcast/id1503896758

Micheal Burns - Core Book 4 - The kingdom of God

Tom Jones - The baptised life

N.T. Wright - The origin series

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What does the arrival of the kingdom look like?

In the latest instalment of our encounter campus retreat series we talk to Jacques Genis. He’s a full time campus and singles minister. In this conversation with him he helps us see how the kingdom can come through us, what sort of role we play in bringing it into earth and what that looks like in our day to day lives.

Jacques was on the previous iteration of this podcast. You can listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/3-minute-thought/id1517104540?i=1000485460220

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How can we experience the Kingdom of God?

Continuing in our post encounter campus retreat episode series, we talk to Paul smith. He is a church leader and a bible teacher. Paul helps us deepen our understanding of what the kingdom of God is and how we can experience it in this life.

Mentioned in the episode to research:

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What is the encounter campus retreat? You may ask.

In this episode we will answer that question and so much more. We will be talking about what are some of the most convicting lessons we learnt from encounter, what are things that moved us and what are the things that helped make our relationship with God that little bit deeper.

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What have you heard about the enneagram? Have you ever heard of it? Do you know what number you are?

In this episode we talk to Karen Cloete and do s deep dive into the enneagram. Karen is incredibly well versed in the enneagram and she helps take us through where it is from, why it’s helpful and what it helps us to learn about ourselves and those around us.

If you would like to take the assessment to discover your enneagram number lick this link: https://bit.ly/38r4WeD

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Are you interested in the biblical texts? Where they from and why we have them?

In this episode we talk to Jason Alexandre a church pastor who studied the biblical texts at a high scholarly level and he shares how he went deep into the study of the texts and what it is that he learnt. He shares his journey with the study of the bible at an academic level and how the bible can shape and form a people/community.

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Are you a person who cannot stop and who has to produce because you believe that is how you can be worthy of Gods love? This episode is for you if you are.

On this episode we talk to Micheal Masola a campus student at the university of Johannesburg and enrolled in the school of missions (more on that in the episode so listen!). We talk to him about how he tried repay the love he received from God with sheer hard work. We explore how he was wrong and he was forced stop. But we also learn that those experiences were key in helping him see that he serves a God who yes cares about what he does but also A God who is full of Grace and who cares about his well-being.

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Have you ever wondered if you have to be a specific type of person with specific types of dreams to experience a specific type of love from God?

On this episode we have Refentse May a professional performer (a very good one we’d add) and we talk to her about her journey down the path pursuing a career in the arts. We learn about some of the stigmas she dealt with the unique challenges of that world and how through it all she discovered a God who’s love is big enough for everyone

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Have you ever wondered if you have to be a specific type of person with specific types of dreams to experience a specific type of love from God?

On this episode we have Refentse May a professional performer (a very good one we’d add) and we talk to her about her journey down the path pursuing a career in the arts. We learn about some of the stigmas she dealt with the unique challenges of that world and how through it all she discovered a God who’s love is big enough for everyone

If you’d like to get in touch with me. Please touch base with me on my website: https://thriveinlifeandfaith.wordpress.com/