Native Exiles

Meg Glesener and Pastor Wyatt Martin talk about what it means to be a slave to Christ. The word “slave” has varying meanings and associations today, but what was Paul talking about in Romans 6:15-23? Meg is a mom of 8 children and she shares a little bit about how she tries to raise her kids to see the world as Paul sees it. When we follow Christ, there are joys to obedience.

Check out Meg's podcast, "Letters from Home"! lettersfromhomepodcast.com/
To read the passage that was referenced in this episode, click here: bit.ly/32hhdLQ

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Romans 6:1 poses the question "Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?". God's grace is abundant, so doesn't that mean that we should go on sinning so that's God's glory and grace may increase? Our high school pastor, Curtis Warren, and Pastor Wyatt talk about how this attitude toward God's grace is flawed and misunderstands the purpose of following Jesus and belonging to the Kingdom of God. The two then go on to share practical ways to follow Jesus closely, one of which is to practice Sabbath. Curtis and Wyatt explain the importance of Sabbath and the benefit of it for us right now especially while we live in a fast-paced media-centric world.
One of the podcasts referenced in this episode was "Fight Hustle, End Hurry". This podcast is hosted by John Mark Comer and Jefferson Bethke and can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. To listen, click the links below.
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/39Mx0Xh
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3wvHsfx

To read the passage referenced in this episode, click here: https://bit.ly/3fKGk1C.

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WHO WE ARE: A podcast sprouted up from Alderwood Community Church, based in Lynnwood, Washington. Our mission statement here at Alderwood is to live and to lead others to live as everyday followers of Jesus.

In preparation for Easter, this week's episode features three special guests—Reine Huber, Emily Abernathy, and Jeff Iliff—who all share their stories about how an invitation to church changed their lives eternally. We hope this episode encourages you to invite a friend to this Sunday's Easter service!

To learn more about the Easter services for this weekend, click here: https://alderwood.cc/events/easter-sunday.

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WHO WE ARE: A podcast sprouted up from Alderwood Community Church, based in Lynnwood, Washington. Our mission statement here at Alderwood is to live and to lead others to live as everyday followers of Jesus.

Lisa Davis, the Children’s Ministry Director at ACC, talks with Pastor Wyatt about the grace and mercy of God. The two discuss Romans 5:12-21 and examine how there are two ways to live this life, and what life as a Christian should look like. Lisa also gives some wisdom to young parents as they're raising their kids up in the Lord.

To read the passage referenced in this episode, click here: https://bit.ly/39aTeln

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WHO WE ARE: A podcast sprouted up from Alderwood Community Church, based in Lynnwood, Washington. Our mission statement here at Alderwood is to live and to lead others to live as everyday followers of Jesus.

Say hello to Cory Cramer! Cory is a church planter and missionary serving in Albania with his family. Cory and Pastor Wyatt talk about the hope of heaven and the true joy we have in Christ. 
To learn more about Cory's ministry in Albania, check out his ministry's webpage here: thrivemissions.org.
To read the passage referenced in this episode, click here: https://bit.ly/3lpd4hM.

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WHO WE ARE: A podcast sprouted up from Alderwood Community Church, based in Lynnwood, Washington. Our mission statement here at Alderwood is to live and to lead others to live as everyday followers of Jesus.

Welcome to Missions Week(end)!
Rick and Lisa Kellum, Cru City missionaries with Alderwood, join us to talk about their time as missionaries in France. They share the raw emotions of what it’s like to be a missionary, and describe their journey in getting to France and share some of the challenges while in France.
We hope that this episode gives you deeper insight of what life as a missionary may look like. Additionally, we hope you recognize the importance of support from the church to our missionaries who are currently living overseas! As mentioned in the podcast, please follow this link to sign-up for a Zoom call with one of our Alderwood missionaries as a way to show your support: https://alderwood.cc/missions-zoom/.

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WHO WE ARE: A podcast sprouted up from Alderwood Community Church, based in Lynnwood, Washington. Our mission statement here at Alderwood is to live and to lead others to live as everyday followers of Jesus.

In this week’s episode, we have a returning guest! Katie Frank and Wyatt Martin talk about righteousness given in the Old Testament compared to the New Testament. Is there a difference between Abraham’s salvation and how we view salvation today? When we think of the Old Testament, it’s often easy to think that salvation was by works, and that God’s people were saved by the Law. Katie and Wyatt talk about how this is an incorrect interpretation of the Bible, and discuss the unchanging character of God.

To read the passage referenced in this episode, click here: https://bit.ly/2Pt4cMc

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WHO WE ARE: A podcast sprouted up from Alderwood Community Church, based in Lynnwood, Washington. Our mission statement here at Alderwood is to live and to lead others to live as everyday followers of Jesus.

Jason Carter (an elder at ACC) and Pastor Wyatt talk about naming our sin and the goodness of the Gospel. Jason also talks about his super interesting past—a career in animation!

To read the passage referenced in this episode, click here: https://bit.ly/3kg4MYP.

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WHO WE ARE: A podcast sprouted up from Alderwood Community Church, based in Lynnwood, Washington. Our mission statement here at Alderwood is to live and to lead others to live as everyday followers of Jesus.

Ryan Rayburn and Wyatt Martin talk about evangelism and the importance of realizing that we are sinners in need of a Savior. Ryan shares his testimony and how the Lord has convicted Him to live his life now.
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Wyatt talks about the GOSPEL acronym, which is as follows:
God created us to be with Him.
Our sins separate us from God.
Sins cannot be removed by good deeds.
Paying the price for sin, Jesus died and rose again.
Everyone who trusts in Him alone has eternal life.
Life with Jesus starts now and lasts forever.
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To read the passage referenced in this episode, click here: https://bit.ly/3bs6Fhp
Ryan's book recommendation: https://amzn.to/3ppO1eY "A Gospel Primer for Christians, Learning to See the Glories of God’s Love" by Milton Vincent

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Pastor Ken Draper and Pastor Wyatt Martin talk about hypocrisy in the church and the "Christian bubble" that we can get sucked into. There's also some interesting conversation about the pastors' personal spiritual walks and their experience being pastors/leaders in the church.
To read the passage referenced in this episode, click here: https://bit.ly/3tR3VSK

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