Saving Faith with Eric Sentell of the Backyard Church Blog

Metamorphosis is the podcast of Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, where we share the unchanging love of Jesus to change people’s lives.

In Paul's final missionary journey, he testifies in Roman courts to his experience of Jesus. We learn about the final stage of his ministry and reflect on the whole of his ministry to both Jews and Gentiles. 

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Metamorphosis is the podcast of Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, where we share the unchanging love of Jesus to change people’s lives.

This episode continues the series on the early history of the church. We focus on Paul's time in Ephesus, the semi-revolt of the cult of Artemis, and the work of the Spirit in Paul's ministry. 

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Podcast Author: Trinity United Methodist Church, Piedmont, MO

Metamorphosis is the podcast of Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, where we share the unchanging love of Jesus to change people’s lives.

This episode continues the series on the early history of the church. Eric focuses on Paul's second missionary journey as desribed in the IF Gathering study Anno Domini and the Acts 15-18. 

Learn more about Trinity UMC in Piedmont, MO, at www.umctrinity.org

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Podcast Author: Trinity United Methodist Church, Piedmont, MO

Metamorphosis is the podcast of Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, where we share the unchanging love of Jesus to change people’s lives.

This episode picks up the history of the early church with Paul's first missionary journey, the Council of Jerusalem, and the inclusion of Gentile believers. 

Eric puts special emphasis on the way Paul, Peter, and James creatively reinterpret and re-understand their Hebrew Scriptures (our Old Testament) in light of Jesus and the Work of the Holy Spirit. Their reinterpretations and applications of their scriptures and traditions included Gentiles in the church. And they offer an example for us today. 

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Podcast Author: Trinity United Methodist Church, Piedmont, MO

Metamorphosis is the podcast of Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, where we share the unchanging love of Jesus to change people’s lives.

This episode continues to explore the history of the Christian church, using the IF Gathering study Anno Domini as a framework. 

Eric discusses:

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Metamorphosis is the podcast of Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, where we share the unchanging love of Jesus to change people’s lives.

Leave it to David French to make you think! French has been a columnist for Time Magazine, and he writes The French Press, a newsletter, for his website The Dispatch. In this episode, Eric reacts to and expands on some of David French's perspective on the State of Theology report from Lifeway Research and Ligonier Ministries. 

French points out that Christians did very well on the survey when asked about some of the political stances associated with American Evangelicalism. So, what does that say about the church and its discipleship when the people in the pews know the church's politics but don't grasp the person of Jesus? 

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Podcast Author: Trinity United Methodist Church, Piedmont, MO

Metamorphosis is the podcast of Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, where we share the unchanging love of Jesus to change people’s lives.

In this episode, Eric breaks down the recent survey studies, "The State of Theology" by Lifeway Research and Ligonier Ministries, and "Modeling the Future of Religion in America" by the PEW Research Center. 

The "State of Theology" report for 2022 suggests that most U.S. Christians are heretics! But Eric explains why the research may be flawed and how we should interpret the data as a call for better discipleship within our faith communities. 

The "Modeling the Future of Religion in America" study projects that Christians will become a minority in the U.S. by 2070. But then again, Eric suggests, claiming to be a Christian doesn't equal following Jesus. 

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Podcast Author: Trinity United Methodist Church, Piedmont, MO

Metamorphosis is the podcast of Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, where we share the unchanging love of Jesus to change people’s lives.

When did the Christian Church begin? What were the key moments in its formation? Eric discusses some early Church history with the help of Anno Domini: The First 500 Years of the Church by the IF:Gathering women's ministry. This episode focuses on 33 A.D. and the first months of the church. Future episodes on church history will follow along with Anno Domini as Eric journeys through the book. 

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Metamorphosis is the podcast of Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, where we share the unchanging love of Jesus to change people’s lives.

What are the obstacles to emotional, spiritual, and physical intimacy, and how can we overcome them? What does the research reveal about finding fulfillment in our sex lives? 

These are some of the questions that Sheila Gregoire tackles in the 10th anniversary revision of her book, The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex. Sheila previously appeared on Metamorphosis to discuss The Great Sex Rescue, a book deconstructing harmful teachings in Christian subculture about sex. The Good Girl's Guide to Sex and its sibling, The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex, co-authored with her husband Keith, present a vision from the ground up of healthy sexual relationships. Sheila and Keith base their advice on rigorous research, including surveys of thousands of men and women as well as focus groups with hundreds. Both books are coming out from Zondervan this year, and you can purchase them wherever books are sold. 

Check out Sheila and Keith's writing at BareMarriage.com and listen to their podcast, Bare Marriage.  

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Podcast Author: Trinity United Methodist Church, Piedmont, MO

Metamorphosis is the podcast of Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, where we share the unchanging love of Jesus to change people’s lives.

Metamorphosis will be taking a break for the rest of the summer. Eric will resume recording in late August or early September of 2022. Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast! 

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Podcast Author: Trinity United Methodist Church, Piedmont, MO