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We are in the middle of a series, “They Walked With God”, where we are taking a look at the lives of some of the people we read about in the Old Testament. This week our teacher was Christian Newsome. He is the pastor at Journey Church International in Kansas City. His message was titled, “Better than Ehud”. Christian’s primary text was Judges chapter 3, where we find the story of Ehud slaying the king of Moab in a very unique and even shocking way. Christian’s message was centered around the great ministry of Ehud; as great as it was, we have a much greater Rescuer in Jesus. Our host this week is Steve Veale and he is joined by Christie Meldrim and Ruth Whittenbrook.

Yesterday we had a great Sunday as Kenn Kington painted a powerful picture of how trusting God is vital in our lives. Trusting God in every situation, especially the challenging seasons in our lives, is what gives us the strength to carry on. However, it doesn't always come naturally for us. Join our host Tyler Newsome and his guests Steve Veale and Brian Kase as they dive further into this topic.

Dr. Will Gravely gave a power message as he continued the teaching series that we’ve been in titled, “They Walked With God”. The focus this week was on the life of Moses and his relationship with the Lord. The illustration used was the difference between 'pitching a fit' verses 'pitching a tent'. He gave a great analogy of church gatherings being like a cabin where we don’t have to do much because we depend on others to do the preparation and hearing from God. The fact to wrestle with is that we often don’t engage with God because it takes too much work to prepare the environment. Join our host, Julie Rape, and her guests Jeff and Donna Brooks.

On today’s episode, we dive into a topic from our new series, “They Walked with God”. We are going to wrestle with a tough question: How can people who have walked with God for many years, gone to church and served faithfully, suddenly walk away from God and the church? Most of us have witnessed people deciding, after a long walk with God, to take a turn and somehow becoming indifferent to it all. Our host leading us through this topic is Steve Veale and he is joined by Blake Odgers.

We are approaching the end of our series, "What's in a Name?" Doctor John Morgan is teaching on a name that most of us have probably not heard before. Jehovah Tsidkenu: The God of my Righteousness. Today's episode of our podcast is unique as we recorded it a few days before the message was preached due to our upcoming student camp (RUSH) in Daytona, Florida. Join our host, Tyler Newsome and his guest Sawyer Strickland in a great conversation about the God of our righteousness.

This week, Pastor Steve Veale spoke on one of the less familiar, but still, very encouraging names of God. Jehovah Tsaba - the Lord of Hosts, the Lord Our Warrior. We can often feel a disconnect between our faith in God and our trust in God. While dealing with the challenges of life, whether they’re as big as Goliath or something much smaller, our thinking has to begin from our relationship with God and then to the details of the issue. Join our host Steve Veale and his guests, Julie Rape and John Morgan.

Continuing in our series titled, “What’s in a Name?”, Todd Hampton taught on two names of God that may seem contradictory in theory. The Lion and the Lamb. Todd provided a clear picture of how two completely different symbols describes God’s character throughout scripture. Powerful, yet tender hearted. Fierce, yet patient and gentle. Our host, Jason Chandler, will dive into this conversation with our guests Todd Hampton and Lauren Monaco.

As we make our way through our series titled, "What's in a Name?", Paul Richardson gave a powerful message focusingon Genesis 22 and the story of when God told Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice. Abraham demonstratedtremendous faith and obedience during an unimaginable test as God revealed that he is Jehova Jirah, the Lord our provider. Join our host, Julie Rape, and her guests Christie Meldrim and Tanya Monroy for this week's conversation.

This week Pastor Brian and his wife Amy continued our series, What’s In A Name with the name Jehovah Rapha - the God who heals from Exodus 15. No matter if you’re in need of physical, emotional, relational or spiritual healing - God wants you to come to Him for that healing. We believe that He can be trusted regardless of your current circumstances. Chase Gentes hosts a powerful conversation in this week's episode as he is joined by Spencer Purdy.

We kicked off a new series this week titled, “What’s In A Name?” where we will be learning about the Names of God. This week, we specifically talked about the name Yahweh - The Relational God. Pastor Brian started out his message yesterday talking about the reverence we should have for the Name of God. We will be diving into this and more on this week's episode with our host Julie Rape and her guests Candace Raines and Theresa Anderson.

Whether you’re a Christian or not, whether you’re churched or not—you’ve probably at least heard of Easter. We’re going to be diving a little deeper on the Resurrection of Jesus and why Easter is so important because for Christians. The true meaning, purpose and weight of Easter gets lost and if we could be awakened to the reality and power of the resurrection of Jesus, it would radically change how we live our lives. Our host for this week's episode is Blake Odgers and he is joined by Julie Rape and Chase Gentes.

The Holy Spirit plays a vital role in our daily lives as we follow Jesus. Pastor Brian continued to teach through Jesus’ last teaching to His disciples in our last week of the Abide series. Join our host Jason Chandler and his guest Tyler Newsome as they discuss “Confidence Only the Holy Spirit Can Give.”