Team Faith Podcast

4 years ago, the world shut down. Churches too!  In hindsight sight, many pastors wished they hadn’t shut down at all. And others, namely those who latched onto the out-of-context “love your neighbor” theme - have gone wholesale into deception/gay-affirmjng. 
Does God’s Word have anything to say about how to stand firm in deceptive times? About how to discern truth from error?!
You know it does! Give a listen from The General GNCC…

Last week during the “Not Ashamed” message, I made the statement that “Jesus came to set us free from the penalty of our sin AND the dominion of our sin.” Yet, so many times it seems that even as Christians, we are dominated by sin. How can that be? What do we do? Is there escape?! Of course! We turn to Luke 15 and James 4 for the answer at the Wild Boar GNCC…

Romans 1:16 says “I am not ashamed of the Gospel.” But what does that mean? Die for the Good News? Sure. But Paul also demonstrated in that passage how to stand for truth in a culture that denied Ultimate Truth. 
Welcome to Round 1 of the 2024 GNCC Season!

Hamas attacks Israel. Israel responds. Protests erupt. Is this Biblical? Apocalyptic? How should a Christian view Israel? How should we respond? All good questions, but there is one “question behind the question” that must be answered: “Why did Jesus have to die?” 
Seems unrelated! Give a listen to the chapel service from the 2023 Ironman GNCC and find the connection!

Chapel from The Buckwheat 100. We talked about courage and looked at an obscure Old Testament king, Jehoshaphat. He’s actually a model of what NOT to do! But there was a prophet who is part of his story, Micaiaha, who was bold without reservation and did not care what other people thought. That’s who I want to be like!

“The Sound of Freedom” movie was released this past summer - it’s the true story of Tim Ballard who quit his job with Dept of Homeland Security to pursue a sex trafficking ring in S. America. At the end of the movie, statistics were given stating that the USA is a top destination for child sex trafficking. 
How did we get here?! We were a nation founded on godly principals, but how far we’ve fallen! The question is, how do we stop it? How do we war against the culture? 
We looked to Genesis 4 for the answer. God told Cain, “Sin is crouching outside your door and its desire is for you, but you must master it.” 
Let God do his work in our lives and allow that to spill over to our culture.

The earth’s magnetic field is actually not at true north! Depending on where you are on the globe, it’s off by a few degrees. Much like our culture, it also changes! (By about 50km/yr) As Christians, the Word of God is our True North - but there are things pulling at the compass needle that can put us off by a degree or two. In the short term, it’s no big deal. But 1° off-course over 60 miles will put you an entire mile off target! 

How do we orient to True North? Give a listen from the Snowshoe GNCC Chapel...

“Purpose in the Pain” was the message for the Mason Dixon GNCC. It’s a tough topic! Life is hard and often unfair. Where is God? Does He know? Does He care? 
I can assure that not only does He see our suffering but He USES it to bring us even closer in relationship with Him…if we let it! 
Tune in and hear about God’s sovereignty in the life of Job. 

I’m a ”mistaker!” I do dumb things all the time! Will that keep me out of Heaven? Or is there something more? A young man asked Jesus a similar question. It’s the story of “The Rich Young Ruler” in Matthew 20. We discussed at the (very muddy) John Penton GNCC.

The difference between Christianity and 40,000 other belief systems (religions) is that only Christianity can claim proof that it IS the way. And that is through a resurrected Savior - something only God could do! 
But how do we know the Resurrection happened? Couldn’t it just be a myth, passed down from generations? Or a hoax? Or maybe grief-stricken people made a mistake? 
We tackle these questions at The Hoosier GNCC! 
There is a God who loves us and went to extreme lengths to prove it!