TrueNorth Podcast

Eliana shares stories, experiences, and truths about following Jesus with her peers.

When you think of "freedom" you might think of the reality of being delivered or freed from something. However, Scripture tells us that followers of Jesus also have freedom to do something. While the world may suggest that freedom is about serving the self, freedom is about serving others in the Kingdom of God. In the final installment of our Freedom series, Shane Smith trains students to serve one another humbly in love as an expression of freedom.

Freedom isn't achieved, it's received. In the second installment of our Freedom series, Shane Smith and Jeremy Nuckolls lead a conversation aimed to help students receive freedom by learning to break away from false expectations and sin habits. In the end, freedom isn't an issue of competency. Rather, true freedom is found in submission to Christ.

There is no denying that we live in a time of unprecedented freedom. But how are we supposed to exercise our freedom in light of our decision to follow Jesus? In this training, Kamal Sajja helps students understand that God has a design or purpose for how we are to use our freedom.

Decisions and situations can cause a lot of anxiety. However, James 4 outlines how followers of Jesus should sort through circumstances and opportunities. In part three of our Active Faith series, Shane Smith helps students identify four ways they can think about the future in a way that honors God.

What is the most powerful word you can think of? No doubt, many options come to mind! In this training, Chris Gregory equips students to grasp the power of words and suggests that followers of Jesus cannot use faulty logic when it comes to speaking. Words may be small, but they have a great capacity for good and evil.

Shane Smith teaches students that an active faith doesn't come from trying harder, but from seeing Jesus for who He is. Shane introduces students to the main ideas found in the letter of James, and states that an awakened faith leads to an active faith.

Cultivating a deep fellowship with Jesus, requires initiative and willingness to sit with God. In this training, Kamal Sajja and Clayton Haynes help students address some of the heart issues that so often keep us from cultivating a deep hunger for Jesus.

Have you ever felt overwhelmed when reading the Bible? Having an understanding of the overarching narrative of Scripture can help you not get lost in the story. In this training, Shane Smith helps students understand the overarching redemptive story of Scripture by walking through some of the major sections of the Old Testament and New Testament.

When you live in faith it encourages the people around you. Kamal Sajja helps studnets understand that though it may be scary or uncomfortable at times, when followers of Jesus boldly live and act in the way of the Kingdom of God, it inspires others to walk with God as well. As found in Hebrews 11, faith makes "real," for followers of Jesus the things that are hoped for, as though they were present. Through faith we are trusting God to do the impossible.