The new year is a time to look back and to look ahead. As we reflect on what is going well and what we’d like to change, there is no more helpful conversation that to determine how really to accomplish our goals. Today we take a look at some of our own goals and the challenges that beset them. We also discuss practical ways to face down the things that really hold us back.

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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:

Schwarz, Christian A. Natural Church Development: A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy Churches (https://a.co/d/54vI5cc)

Watkin, Christopher. Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture (https://a.co/d/cdMkTZI)  

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Josh from Missouri’s Website (https://associateleadership.com/)   

Schedule a Free Coaching Consult with Josh from Missouri (https://app.delenta.com/ta/@AssociateLeadership)

The Wheel of Life Worksheet – (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1233gfhAaa6ba995OroiLSYiM8SMSRw54/view?usp=drive_link)

This Christmas Eve, we take a moment to just read the Christmas stories from Matthew and Luke in order to take an opportunity to reflect on what God is saying to us this Christmas. 

This year, we scientifically, definitively, and conclusively determine what our Christmas song really is. It may have been hidden beneath layers of middle-aged grumpiness, but this year we dive deep within ourselves and the depths of the internet to determine once and for all the Christmas song that lays deep within us. Come enjoy a little Christmas silliness with us.

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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:

Gorman, Michael. Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross (https://a.co/d/8ekbu45)

Today we channel our middle-aged crankiness and vent about a few holiday gripes. Nothing serious here. This is just plain ol’ catharsis at the holidays. Listen in on our conversation and then share some of your own holiday gripes on social media.

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The season of Advent has so many pressures and obligations that we thought we’d lighten up the mood this year with some fan fiction. We take some well-known and well-loved movies, smash them together, and riff on what a movie like that would be like. Come shed some stress and have a little fun with us this Christmas season!

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DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie (https://a.co/d/03xw7pf)

Riley, Cole Arthur. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us (https://a.co/d/9F4VY51)  

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This year, we chose to take a light-hearted approach to the season. If you need to just unwind and enjoy a little fun this year, tune on in. The title says it all. Not much to take seriously on today’s episode!

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Ortlund, Dane. Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers (https://a.co/d/7p1576e)

What is Jesus’ worst parable? If you had to name one, would it be the same as the one we discuss today? Tune in to find out what we believe to be Jesus’ worst parable and what it means for us today. Then come share your thoughts and reactions on social media!

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All will agree that Baptism has a central place in the life of a believer. But what does Baptism actually imply? Can you do it more than once? What about being baptized as an infant and then as an adult? What about taking a once in a lifetime trip to the holy land and being baptized again in the Jordan River? Is that ok? We invite you to let this episode be a catalyst for your own conversation about baptism.

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Books Mentioned on the Podcast

Bird, Michael. Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction (https://a.co/d/7BmbFtZ)

Erickson, Millard. Christian Theology (https://a.co/d/1mlqvJs)

Sprinkle, Preston M. Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire (https://a.co/d/eq3SX8g)

Witness is more than just sharing the propositional truths of our faith. Witness is a way of life lived in community in a kingdom in which Jesus the Lamb is King. In this concluding episode of our Revelation series, we talk about this crucial topic because of its centrality in the book. Join us as we take a closer look at witness as worship in community.

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Gorman, Michael J. Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New Creation (https://a.co/d/hutLhqs)

Lewis, C.S. The Great Divorce (https://a.co/d/9kKsgHk)

Lewis, C.S. The Silver Chair (https://a.co/d/hxjmx7b)

Wilson, Jonathan R. Why Church Matters: Worship, Ministry, and Mission in Practice

(https://www.amazon.com/dp/1587430371/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Q87K5FBC3S3PY9SAMQEH)

The rapture, the millennial reign, and the importance of Israel are all central concepts to a dispensational reading of Revelation. Yet, our series on Revelation hasn’t mentioned any of them. In this episode we talk about the popularization of dispensationalism and its affects on us as we try to study the book of Revelation today.

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Bauckham, Richard. The Theology of the Book of Revelation (https://a.co/d/8FXggnM)

Gorman, Michael J. Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New Creation (https://a.co/d/hutLhqs)

Hummel, Daniel G. The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle over the End Times Shaped a Nation (https://a.co/d/4MgCoBw)

Lindsey, Hal. The Late Great Planet Earth (https://a.co/d/0ojQfKL)  

Peterson, Eugene H. Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination (https://a.co/d/4H8tI2s)

Other Resources Mentioned on the Podcast

“The Rapture is NOT in the Bible” by the Holy Post (https://youtu.be/IjJwFZipGpE?si=NeYRA7s-WCrpbprH)