Pastor Jason's Discipleship Podcast

We often struggle with making goals and setting our priorities to meet those goals but that struggle gets even worse this time of year when the school year kicks in. A lot of people are back in school, have kids back in school, and work tends to pick up some depending on where you live. With the added stress and the temptation to coast through and pray you make it, how can we set our priorities in a way to accomplish our spiritual goals going into this busy season? Join us in this episode as we talk about this "fun" topic.

Every year Ignite does a series called "At The Movies." In this series we look at a few blockbuster films from the past year and find the spiritual themes in the movies. It is a fun series where we have characters dressed up in the lobby and pass out popcorn as you walk in, but why do we do this? Why is this even remotely the best use of a Sunday mornings message? In this episode Jason looks at why we do this series and takes a look at what scriptures one could use for or against this type of series.

Father Abraham had many sons, and it all started with 2 sons that he Fathered very differently. Abraham is a unique man in the Bible that shows us simultaneously how to be a great father and how to be a terrible father. In this episode we will look at how Abraham fails in a major way as a father and what we all can learn from that.

This week on the discipleship podcast we follow up our last episode on women's roles in the home with an episode talking about women's roles in the church. We are joined by Fuse Assistant Director, Liz Brantley to talk about this topic. Liz has served in this role for the past year and has been intricately involved in discipling young women a part of Fuse. She will be sharing some of her insight on this topic alongside Pastor Jason.

During our church's most recent F.A.Q. series we had a lot of great questions but some of them we weren't able to address so we are looking at those on the podcast. This weeks episode we answer a question submitted asking about what a woman's role is in the family. Are women really expected to always stay home with their kids and not work? We dive into these topics with special guest, Mary Beth Wadford, Ignite's Executive Assistant to hear her perspective as a wife and mom.

Continuing the theme of answering some of our church's frequently asked questions, this week we turn to the subject of politics. It can feel like Christians are constantly picked on when it comes to political views. Why is that? This opens up the door to a big conversation concerning the church and politics. How involved should we be? Join Pastor Jason in the conversation about Jesus & Politics.

One of the things as Christians that can sometimes fill us with so much fear is sharing the salvation message we have recieved. Something you think would be so easy can be so difficult. We battle with insecurities, and anxiety but at the end of the day there has to be steps you can take to overcome these fears. Join us in this episode as we talk about one of the most important parts of our faith...sharing it.

Normally when you think of a Jehovah's Witness, you think of someone who is coming to your door to share their faith with you, but who shares Jesus with them? How can we start the conversation before it comes to us? In this weeks episode we are joined by small group leader Josh Faulkner once again to give insight on how to share our faith with people from a Jehovah's Witness background.

Sharing Jesus with people of other faiths can be a challenge. No matter what faith someone may have, there has to be a basic knowledge and sensitivity to their beliefs be able to love people where they are before we can share Jesus with them. What is a good starting point? What responsibility do we have? Also how do we come across to people when we share our faith? All of these are dire questions that we have to address to share our faith effectively with people of other faiths. Join us this episode as we are joined by special guest, and small group leader Josh Faulkner to talk about his background from the Jehovah's Witness church.

Anger very often is an emotion that can be associated with sin. Rarely if ever would someone abuse, or tear someone down out of being happy for them, but those are often born out of an anger toward someone. But is there an instance where anger is not sinful? Join Pastor Jason this week to talk about anger.