Bible study - it's for everyone! But it isn't always clear how to do it ourselves, how to do it with other people, or how to start one if we have that desire. We hope this is helpful as you consider what it means to study God's word yourself and in pursuing study with others!

God's word is essential, sweet, deep, wonderful, and far greater than words can fully express. It is how we know Him and what He is like and what He says about us and the world and how we are to relate with Him. However, spending time in God's word is a constant struggle for many in the church. Join Jason and I as we discuss this idea, how to properly frame our understanding of the Bible and how we should approach it as Christians.

Join Andrew and I's conversation as we prepared to preach this glorious passage in Isaiah! Themes of justice, Image bearing, and resurrection shine brightly in the passage and our discussion.

God calls us to a contentment of the soul in any and all circumstances. This is a high calling, especially considering the great trials and sufferings we face in this broken world. But Paul claims he has found the way to accomplish this in the book of Philippians, whether he has little or much, in need or in abundance. And God is pleased with our faith-filled contentment, so join us as we explore this idea and how we might go about fostering it in our personal walks with the Savior.

Listen in on a pre-preaching conversation exploring Isaiah 36-37! In this narrative, God is established as The God of all the nations. The Assyrians threaten Jerusalem, the king seeks the Lord in faith-filled prayer, and then God does what He had planned: defeating the enemy and saving His people for His glory.

Scripture commands every believer to use the gifts that God has given them to serve the Church! But sometimes it can be challenging to think through how to do that. What "counts" as serving the Church? Often, we only think about the Sunday morning opportunities: leading worship, preaching, keeping the toilet paper stocked. But serving the Church is so much broader than that. Listen and re-listen to this episode, and discover new ways to use your gifts to serve the Church! We hope this is a bl...

Back with another LONG episode exploring a passage to be preached. This discussion on chapter 29 of Isaiah was fun and full of insights for us, and we hope proves to have the same effect on you! Thank you for listening, friends.

Terms like "missional" and "mission-minded" are thrown around all the time, but what does that actually mean? What's the mission we claim and what's the theological basis for that mission? Join us as we discuss the missional nature of the Church!

You don't get to choose your family! And if we are adopted into the family of God, made brothers and sisters, what are the obligations we owe one another in this family? Listen in as we explore what it means that the Church is covenantal!

"Confessional" is a word that gets thrown around, and can have a number of meanings depending on the context. In this episode, we discuss our understanding of how a church is confessional and what that looks like in the daily life of the Church. We hope this gives some clarity to the term and proves edifying to you!

The Holy Spirit is the focus of the conversation in this one: who He is, what He does, and how He relates with the Church. We hope He uses this episode to minister to you!

This episode is the continuation of a series covering different doctrinal aspects of the Church. We discuss how the Church is "Logocentric", looking at it from a couple different angles. This one is deep and winding, but has a lot of gold embedded within it. So strap in and join us on our logocentric conversational journey!

This is the first episode in a short series unpacking a number of different doctrinal aspects of the Church. In this episode, we discuss what it means that the Church is "doxological" or "God glorifying". Sometimes "glorifying God" can be an abstract idea that's hard to really nail down. But if glorifying God is one of the fundamental purposes of the Church, we want to understand how that is accomplished; and we hope this episode sheds some light on that for you!

In ministry, we are bearing the name of Jesus. We are serving others and laboring in the name of Christ, so it is essential that we prioritize our personal character not only for our sake, but for His. In an age that places a higher priority on competency rather than character, how should we weigh these things as we engage in ministry? What does it actually mean to grow in character and how can we do that? These questions and more are answered in this conversation, so enjoy and be equipped, f...

We talked last week with Jason about doing ministry without a seminary degree, and this week we are looking at it from the opposite side of the spectrum! Andrew recently graduated from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City and serves as the lead teaching pastor at Northridge Church in Falls City, NE. But before this and before he had even received a theological degree, he was doing ministry! We discuss his experience in ministry before having a degree, in the midst of getting...

Do we need to go to seminary to be qualified for ministry? Is a degree required to lead a Bible study or make a disciple? Considering the fact that 99% of all Christians never attend a seminary or receive any formal theological training, these are important questions! Click play and hear about Jason's journey into pastoral ministry, a journey that did not include a formal education from a theological seminary.

We all need training! From the moment we are born into the world, we are being trained in how to walk and speak and learn and work and live. We don't have all the answers within ourselves, so we must rely on good teaching and training to equip us to live well and be productive. This is especially important in ministry, as we are doing spiritual work under the name of Christ and for His people. Good training is essential, but also continuously being trained is key. Continuous ministry training...

Maybe you've been waiting for a LONG episode, maybe not haha. But if so, and even if not, here you go! Andrew and I were getting together to chat Isaiah Chapter 6 before we did our prep for preaching and thought it might be interesting for people to listen in on. We discuss all kinds of interpretive challenges and swim into the depths of the ocean that is Isaiah 6; click play and jump in with us!

In this episode we talk with Charlie, the network pastor of Northridge, about the ministry principle of "Unleashing". This principle is built upon the reality of every believer within Christ's Church being filled with the Holy Spirit, gifted by Jesus and called to ministry. Because of these truths, it is incumbent upon the leaders of the church to say yes, to encourage and to empower (unleash) the saints to do the ministry God is calling them to and respond to the burdens He places upon their...

In this episode, we discuss the crucial role of patience in ministry, and really in all of life. Patience is not something that comes very naturally to most of us, but to do ministry within God's timing and to be faithful in the work, a well developed patience is essential. We hope this conversation is edifying to you in whatever ministry you find yourself in!