Nathan Thiry and Ian Rush discuss some of the analogies for the church found in scripture, (body, temple, priesthood, family.) Plus they talk about some of the different roles within the church and the importance of striving with unity to achieve a common goal of proclaiming the gospel.

In this episode we look at the stories of cancer survivors, Elizabeth Anderson and Nathan Thiry, and examine how they can say that God was good and faithful to them through their their trials. We'll see the difficulties and fears, the ways the church served them, the peace that God brought, and how they relied on His Word through it all.

As mentioned in the announcement section: If you are interested in getting involved in a Men's Bible Study or helping to lead one, contact Nathan Thiry at [email protected]

Dan and Nathan discuss this week's Growth Guide and Sunday morning sermon on the importance of the Church gathering for Lord's Day.

• Acts 2:41-47
• Ephesians 4:10-13
• Hebrews 10:23-25

Dan Jarms and Walt Takisaki discuss eldership. They talk about the process of raising up the next generation of elders and address some of the myths about what elders do. And Chris Tornquist joins us to share about how he has seen God working through the Fundamentals of the Faith class over the past few years.

Learn more about Fundamentals of the Faith and see topic dates here: https://fbchurch.org/fundamentals

Dan and Nathan discuss this week's Growth Group and sermon topic: the priority of God's Word in the life of our church.

This Sunday we begin our Back to Basics series from the pulpit and in Growth Groups. In this episode Dan and Nathan discuss this Sunday's sermon and the growth guide lesson that goes along with it.

Want to join a group? Visit https://fbchurch.org/findagroup
Or, download the Back to Basics Growth Guide: https://fbchurch.org/guides

Dan shares a preview of our last sermon in the Gospel of Luke, and we reflect on the past three years of sermons in the series.

View Luke sermon series archive: https://fbchurch.org/resources/filter/the-gospel-of-luke-certainty-of-the-savior/1/date%20asc

This week on Faith Matters Dan interviews Paul Funchess and Dave & Jen Gamon on the topic of Critical Race Theory and where true hope for unity is found. Plus Nathan shares about the future of discipleship and Growth Groups here at Faith.

Paul Funchess gives us a preview of this Sunday's sermon on Luke 24:44-49 where Christ opens the eyes of the disciples to see how the Old Testament pointed to His death, resurrection and salvation being proclaimed to all nations. Plus Walt Takisaki and Dan Jarms share the elder's response to our Governor's latest set of mandates and what that means for Sunday services.

Lydia Kinne shares a story about a women’s book club, and the benefits they draw as believers from reading fiction in community. And we interview Chris and Kyrsi Connelly about how taking and now teaching the marriage class has impacted their relationship.