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We’re all influenced by our surroundings - our friends & family, the media we consume, the work we engage in. So how do we determine if our influences are helping or hindering us? How do we create healthy boundaries, build healthy relationships, and consume content that helps us move toward the person we want to be? In this conversation, Brian Caplinger, Radonda Rowton and Fawn Ellerbrook chat about how to assess and steward our influence well. 

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00:00 Welcome & Introductions

04:25 What is influence?

08:35 The importance of knowing who you are

12:00 Life is seasonal, things can change! 

15:30 How does our family of origin impact us?

20:00 Influence as connection

22:25 How do we determine what influences to keep and what to let go of?

30:35 What questions can we ask ourselves to determine how to care for ourselves?

39:29 The problem with pornography

41:44 Overcoming the voice of shame

44:30 Reframing our thoughts with what's true

47:00 Learning from King Solomon's story

53:00 You don't need to change people

1:04:00 How do we steward our own influence?

1:12:18 You are in charge of your own influence and what influences you

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We're back with another season of podcasts! In this episode, Tabitha Caplinger chats with Josh Quick and Chris Rowton about what it means to think critically as a Christian and why the way we process & share information matters. 

00:00 Welcome & Introductions
00:42 Information Overload & How to Deal with It
05:00 Empathy, the anti-trigger
10:22 Just walk WITH people
13:14 Seeking THE truth, not MY truth
15:40 Reach over the wall
19:20 A Kingdom kind of love
21:50 Jesus welcomes you just as you are
26:00 Different doesn't mean evil
29:35 Responsible social media
38:42 The whole perspective 
44:20 How to think critically and ask questions
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This episode wraps up our Easter series as we explore what it looks like to live life in light of the resurrection. Pastor Josh and his friend Pastor Bob Poley from Grace Union sit down to talk about the powerful transformation we experience when we encounter Christ and what it looks like to walk out our salvation in everyday life no matter where we’re at on the journey. 

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Throughout life, there are seasons of grief and loss as we experience the death of a loved one, a dream, a job, or an expectation. In this episode, Pastor Josh and Lauren sit down to talk about Jesus as a dying Savior and how we walk through a variety of losses in our own lives. They discuss the difference between death and dormancy and how God walks with us every step of the way as we allow Him to lead this powerful process of growth. 

00:00 Welcome & Introductions
03:40 Jesus had to die to resurrect us
07:00 What does it mean to "die to yourself"?
09:30 The difference between death and dormant
15:45 The winter season is vital
18:00 How God works through the process
22:15 The other side of the pain
29:00 Allowing people to process their pain
31:30 Grieving expectations
35:50 Someday you'll see purpose in it
43:30 God works through people in the process
44:45 Let people in to help 
49:50 If you're in the middle of it, God will lead you on the way through

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As we learn to follow Christ, we experience many seasons of life, including those marked by difficulty and pain. So how do we find Jesus here? What if He could relate? In today's episode, Pastor Josh sits down with his friend, Daniel Taylor, from Elevation Church STL to discuss what it means for Jesus to be angry. They talk about their experience with anger, suffering, and the unexplainable working power of Christ. 

00:00 Welcome & Introductions

01:00 Siri's Interruption

06:30 Can Jesus really be an Angry Savior?

14:30 The issue with self-reliance

18:28 Why is it difficult to think of Jesus being angry?

20:00 Wrath is a temporary action, not an attribute of God.

28:20 Anger at the Tomb

35:00 What's the difference between an action & attribute of God?

37:50 Righteous Anger

39:08 The evil & unnaturalness of death

44:45 Experiencing resurrection power today

51:29 Suffering can be for our formation

55:48 In prayer we can praise what we don't prefer

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As we learn to follow Christ, we experience many seasons of life, including those marked by difficulty and pain. So how do we find Jesus here? What if He could relate? In this episode, Pastor Josh Earls is joined by his friend, Harvey Mitchell, as they discuss the shortest verse in the English Bible - Jesus Wept (John 11:35).  They talk about what the text is telling us and they also share their personal experience with painful seasons and what they learned about the Lord through them. 

As a church, we're currently in a Sunday message series called, "Savior: An Explanation of the Resurrected Christ." During the series, we're exploring four observations of Christ found in John 11 as He encounters Lazurus' tomb.

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Welcome to the final episode of What Matters Most for 2023! Fawn Ellerbrook sat down with Chris Rowton, Tabitha Caplinger, and a friend new to the pod, Kelsee Partney, to talk all things Christmas. We talked about the wonder and awe of the season and how we can take time to focus on Christ as we wrap up this year. There may also be a few rabbit trails about fruit cake and all our favorite Christmas things!

Whether you find yourself joyful and excited for Christmas or maybe you feel sad or walking through loss, our goal for this next hour we have together is that you hear the incredible hope that is yours because Jesus came for you and me. So sit back, grab a cup of cocoa, and enjoy this holiday episode of What Matters Most. 

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00:00 Welcome & introductions
02:33 Chris' Ode to Fruitcake
05:36 Our Favorite Christmas Movies
12:55 Our Favorite Holiday Traditions
20:44 Why do traditions matter to us?
25:22 What is Advent?
32:30 What was happening during the 400 years between the Old & New Testament?
43:35 Emmanuel God with Us
54:30 How we stay connected with God during Christmas and other busy seasons
1:03:49 What to do when the holidays are hard
1:09:30 What we're looking forward to this year
1:14:10 A prayer for the holidays

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As humans, it can be difficult to choose the route of obedience, especially when it tests our own comfort or desire. In this episode, Tabitha Caplinger chats with Lauren Earls and Ricky & Nikki Farney about the importance of self-control and how this fruit partners with the others we've been learning about through the series! They each share great insight into how the Holy Spirit helps lead & guide us to what is best for us, even when it's difficult to follow. But, when we trust God, we'll experience the goodness He has promised us! 

Ricky & Nikki help lead Celebrate Recovery, a group that helps anyone dealing with hurts, habits, or hangups. To learn more about Celebrate Recovery at Faith Community, visit FaithCommunity.co/groups. 

00:00 Welcome & Introductions

02:00 Series Recap 

03:25 What is self-control?

7:40 How the fruit works together as a whole

10:45 Self-Control outside of faith

18:18 How Celebrate Recovery helps people find freedom & connect with Jesus

21:00 Identifying the obstacles

24:45 How does self-control lead to freedom?

28:35 Choosing obedience over instant gratification

41:20 How do we know what to say no to?

48:50 God is in the pause

49:45 Self-control as a part of consecration

53:28 Believing God is good

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What do you think of when you hear someone described as gentle? So often we view gentleness as a weaker characteristic, but Scripture paints a different story. In this episode, Tabitha Caplinger sits down with Josh Earls and Fawn Ellerbrook to Gentleness & meekness as we continue our study on the Fruit of the Spirit. 

00:00 Introductions

02:00 What is Scriptural gentleness?

05:50 What does gentleness look like in culture & our lives?

12:00 Recognizing when we're misusing power or influence

13:00 What love has to do with it all

15:30 The posture & motivation of the heart matters

20:00 Gentleness as strength

22:25 The importance of seeing the humanity in each other

29:10 Truth and the power of a narrative

31:32 How much do you trust God?

34:55 Sometimes gentleness looks passive

43:35 The partnership of grace & wisdom

45:00 What "Beauty & The Beast" can teach us

48:27 Remind yourself of God's love & grace toward yourself

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The Church is part of God's incredible plan to bring hope & healing to the world. But, the Church is also made up of people and we have a tendency to be messy and broken. 

In this episode, we continue our discussion about when church hurts focusing more on what to do after we've been hurt and how to walk through conflict in a Godly way. We also talk about what it's like to find a new faith community and the process of grief & forgiveness that can come with that. 

Guests: Radonda Rowton, Chris Rowton, Josh Earls, and Fawn Ellerbrook

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00:00 Welcome & Introductions

03:55 A liturgy for church hurt

05:00 A reminder of what spiritual abuse is

06:00 We should be able to ask questions & agree to disagree

10:50 What leads to pastors & leaders being unhealthy

16:20 The Matthew 18 guide to conflict

21:00 How does church hurt impact people

25:56 How chronic anxiety leads to toxic environments

30:07 Find a trusted person to process with

34:28 You don't have to stay to honor God

40:37 How do you find a new community?

49:35 Leaders need to learn to listen to feedback

53:50 How do we point people to Jesus when He's tangled up in the pain?

58:00 Forgiveness is key for our own health, not to 

01:03:10 How do I start the healing process?

01:07:35 Why do we believe in the Church?

01:15:11 Loving people like Jesus in the midst of their pain

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