The Goodness of God

By Trey Comstock

Every week, Pastor Trey and Pastor Emily talk about Scripture and what it means to try and be the Church in the 21st Century.

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April 05, 2024 How to Restart a Church: The Attention Economy
We live in a world where human attention is the most valuable commodity on the planet. Many trillion dollar corporations derive their income solely off capturing your attention and selling the data it generates to others. This has only made the church growth question harder. We're not only up against the normal distractions of life, but Meta, Google, etc. and their never ending drive to hoover up at much of our time and attention as possible.

Overview of the Attention Economy and Addiction Mechanics:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia

Human Attention is now more valuable than oil:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2017/05/06/the-worlds-most-valuable-resource-is-no-longer-oil-but-data

Netflix declares competition with sleep:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/18/netflix-competitor-sleep-uber-facebook

Center for Humane Technology:
https://www.humanetech.com/
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36min
April 04, 2024 John 20:1-18
John relays one of the most important events in human history, the rising of Christ from the grave and the defeat of all the cosmic forces that put him there, with a series of intimate and personal interactions. Two men race to his the empty tomb. A woman weeps in a garden, and Jesus calls her by name. This intimacy is also about the power of God. God is not a distance ruler, although God has more power any king. In God's infinity, God has infinite time to call us each by name.
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42min
March 29, 2024 How to Restart a Church: Part Time Clergy and Lean Ministry
Money holds back a lot of great church ideas. The costs of staff and buildings make church way less nimble than it could be. You might have a great idea, but if it can't help with the cost problem, you might not be able to do it. Pastor Trey and Pastor Emily look at an article on the joy, health, and nimbleness that from a shift to part time clergy. Could it be a healthier model for all involved?

"Full-time ministry drains too many clergy and church budgets. Part-time pastors can help." by Jeffery MacDonald
https://religionnews.com/2024/03/14/full-time-ministry-drains-too-many-clergy-and-church-budgets-part-time-pastors-can-help/

"Fresh expressions needed in funding, too," by Jim Patterson
https://www.umnews.org/en/news/fresh-expressions-needed-in-funding-too
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36min
March 26, 2024 Mark 11:1-11
The week leading up to Jesus's death on a cross is one of wild extremes - the height of entering in triumph, the ignominy of a cross. It's meant to remind us of the depth of God's love for and God's fundamental ability to empathize with us, God's creation. It also shows us just how all encompassing God's grace is. Christ went through absolute horrors on behalf of the crowd that subjected him to it.
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42min
March 22, 2024 How to Restart a Church: The Cove (An Amazing Christian Night Club)
The future of the Church is happening in a Night Club in Nashville. Christians in their late teens, twenties, and thirties are dancing together, praying together, and experiencing tremendous joy. This amazing thing is being put on by a group of seven entrepreneurial and deeply faithful men, who seem to know what the human soul longs for and what makes a good Night Club experience. The Cove can be instructive for anyone trying to make church happen. Stick to what you know. Recognize that folks ain't coming into our buildings. Create an opportunity for genuine connection.

Associated Press article about the Cove:
https://apnews.com/article/religion-christian-dance-club-youth-nashville-da3ed45aa9ee39b1114ff132515a960e
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36min
March 19, 2024 John 12:20-33
In the game of telephone that plays out in John 12, God ends it by speaking directly. As, Peter and James and John in the Transfiguration, now, a whole crowd gets the literal voice from Heaven. And, the story ends with them all getting it! Right? Not so much. One of the struggles that we all run into in a path to belief is a desire to God to hit us over the head with it, and then, still missing it when God does.
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40min
March 15, 2024 How to Restart a Church: (Part2) Healing and Thriving after a Church Split
Pastor Trey continues his conversation with Rev. Raegan Seaton, Senior Pastor of Montgomery UMC, had the journey that her church is on after a painful church split. What they have found is that by leaning into casting as wide a net as possible, being as inclusive as possible, and making sure that everyone knows that they are welcome, God is opening doors that they never thought possible.
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49min
March 12, 2024 Ephesians 2:1-10
The free gift of God's grace is an incredibly powerful offer. We know that we need to do better, but better always exists just out of reach. With God's grace, we can truly heal. It helps too if we're honest about our need for God's grace. It shows others that they are not alone and truly what God's power can do in their lives.
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46min
March 08, 2024 1 Corinthians 1:18-15
The Corinthians seemed to find Paul lacking - not in understanding of God but in the cultural markers of success. They go one step further and question is calling because he just doesn't look right to them. This dangerous logic is something that we keep doing today. We like leaders who make the numbers go up, but the wisdom of God works in way beyond our understanding. What looks foolish to us may be the very power and presence of God.
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40min
March 06, 2024 How to Restart a Church: The "He Gets Us" Superbowl Ads (Repost)
(Editor's Note: We had a posting issue with the original version of this episode, so here is the corrected version)

If you like 123 million of your follow earthlings watched the Kansas City Taylor Swifts defeat some other team, you probably saw an ad for Jesus that centered on "He Gets Us." This is part of a many tens of millions of dollars effort to rebrand Jesus as not a hater. Pastor Trey and Pastor Emily delve into who made these ads, how people react to them, and what they tell us about the attractional model of getting folks to church.
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35min

FAQs about The Goodness of God:

How many episodes does The Goodness of God have?

The podcast currently has 151 episodes available.