This episode covers why the church still matters in a world that feels divided, exhausted, and increasingly hostile to faith. Through Colossians 1, we rethink what the church actually is—not a building, a brand, or a weekly event, but a committed spiritual family formed for a real battle.

We talk about the spiritual, cultural, and personal wars every believer faces, and why Jesus designed the church to help us endure and mature in the middle of them. This conversation challenges consumer-driven faith, preference-based church hopping, and isolation, while calling believers back to prayer, shared life, and commitment to a local body.

If you’ve ever questioned the value of the church, felt disillusioned by it, or wondered why staying connected matters, this episode reframes the church as God’s chosen instrument of hope, formation, and endurance in a broken world.

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“A Church of House Churches: An Articulated and Applied Ecclesiology”: https://a.co/d/0vgpSjV