No Sanity Required

The local church is God’s plan for advancing the Gospel. 

What are you doing now to reach the people in your community? Continuing the conversation on missions abroad and at home, Brody and John Baxter discuss how we can be a resource and share the Gospel with those in our communities. 

Believers, let’s live out the Gospel. We need to fight against the dangers of the consumer, or spectator, mentality in our churches. Let’s be people of action who care for the souls and lives around us. 

Resources:

• [email protected]
• Converge Ministries

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Believers, we should never lose site of the responsibility we have to take the Gospel to every nation. 

John Baxter is a career missionary and church planter who serves with Converge, a missions organization that focuses on strengthening churches and sending missionaries overseas. Today Brody and John discuss how foreign missions has changed over the years, and how we should approach missions looking forward from here.

Let’s be mindful to target cultures and people groups all around the globe. Let’s find opportunities in our neighborhoods and start serving those around us today. 

Resources:

• Converge Ministries

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Don’t be afraid of doubt. Doubt is evidence of faith in the heart of a Christian.

Brody sat down with Brittany Staples, a former Snowbird staff member, who shares her testimony of walking away from the faith and how the Lord brings her back to Him. Brittany wrestled with distrust in the Lord which led to a season of doubt. 

During this season, Christian friends continued to speak Scripture into her life. Believers, let’s love people enough to speak the Truth and be consistent in others’ lives. Listen to the beauty of the Lord’s faithfulness throughout her story. 

Resources:

• Hebrews 6

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After the recent podcasts on the fall of Mars Hill came out, how are we to prevent the same thing from happening in our own churches? Continuing his conversation with pastor Jordan Bird, a former Acts 29 church intern, Brody and Jordan discuss how we’re to grow our ministries in a way that honors the Lord and keeps them from falling.

Let’s be repentant people who lean into Christ and focus our ministries on the Lord, not ourselves.

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Brody recently sat down with Jordan Bird, a former intern with an Acts 29 church, to reflect on the ministry at Mars Hill. 

They also discuss the recent podcasts that have been published on it. Jordan was a young and inspiring pastor who was impacted by Mark Driscoll and his ministry. Listen to hear Brody and Jordan discuss what Mark did right and wrong, and what we can learn from his fall from ministry.

Let’s learn from Jordan’s perspective on this story and become better representatives of Christ to those around us. 

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Abigail is an example of Christ. 

In 1 Samuel 25, she confronted David and 400 of his men to spare the lives of the men in her town. In this episode, Brody walks through what we can learn from her act of bravery and how she points us to the Lord. Abigail approaches David in humility and boldness as she asks to let all the guilt of her husband fall onto her. 

She displays deep faith that mirrors Christ to us.

What can we learn from her boldness? We need to be a people of faith and action. Abigail’s faith was not passive. Everything she did was aggressive but driven by humility. She was faithful right where she was serving. She shows us what humility looks like. 

Let’s learn from her example. Let’s be people of action, bravery, and humility. 

Resources:

• 1 Samuel 25
• 2 Samuel 7

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We are always giving our attention to something. 

But, what if the Lord is speaking to us and we’re not paying attention? We need to be disciplined about taking time in our lives to pause. The culture around us presses us toward non-stop busyness, so Brody and Jon discussed the importance of solitude and boredom in the life of a believer. 

It takes discipline to walk close to the Lord. Let’s be more diligent to just sit with Jesus.

Resources:

• Matthew 11
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer

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Culture today wants to control what you believe. 

There is continual pressure to stop walking with Jesus and to start following the world. We’re asked to believe the narrative society is writing, or be labeled as hateful. But the Word of God is sufficient and authoritative. Scripture gives a clear definition of sexuality and marriage. We’re to love people well by speaking the Truth unapologetically.

Brody and Jon Rouleau wrapped up their conversation on progressive Christianity by discussing the current narrative of culture—and how the Gospel transcends it. We cannot ignore the reality that culture is trying to shape what we believe. 

So, how are we to live as Christians? 

Just walk with Christ. The message is about Him. Turn to Christ, and walk with Him. When you follow Jesus, you are loving humanity. 

Resources:

• 1 John 1:9 
• 1 John 3:20

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What is driving Christians to fall away from the faith? Today we’re seeing believers either abandoning the Christian faith or redefining the parameters of it. Something is always driving this. The problem is idolatry. We’re either exalting ourselves or items to a position that only God can hold. There is always an action or change of lifestyle that comes with deconstruction. 

Continuing the conversation with Jon Rouleau, a friend of Snowbird’s, Brody and Jon discuss what deconstruction is, why people walk away from the faith, and how we’re to remain faithful in this culture. 

Some people who have walked away were already looking for an excuse to deny the faith. We can be faithful witnesses, not just in preaching Scripture, but in living for Jesus. Hold fast to what you believe and stay faithful in this fallen world.

Resources:

• Numbers 25
• Genesis 3
• The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff

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What runs people down the path of progressive Christianity? 

We’re seeing believers today wanting to decide the parameters of their faith with what they hold firm to in the Bible and what they won’t. This type of faith allows people to live the way they want to. But this is not real faith. 

In this episode, Brody sat down with Jon Rouleau, a friend who was born and raised in California, to discuss progressive Christianity and deconstruction of Christian faith. Brody and Jon explore why people are walking away from the faith and accepting an easier version of Christianity that allows people to do what they want. 

For believers, there is so much cultural pressure to walk away from the faith. We need to stand firm in what we believe—and pursue Jesus and holiness.

Resources:

• Hebrews 6

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