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Church Is Messy: Galatians - Something to Boast About
Rick and Svea finish off the series on Galatians mostly focusing on burdens, loads, and pride.Topics Discussed in this Episode:00:00 Intro03:26 A LOT of diverse topics...
Church Is Messy: Galatians - Free and Fruity
Today Rick and Svea contrast works of the flesh with fruit of the Spirit.Topics Discussed in this Episode:00:00 Intro02:21 "Don't bite and devour each other..."04:50 D...
Church Is Messy: Galatians - Cutting Remarks
Today Rick and Svea look at the allure of certainty instead of clarity, creating environments where litmus tests are the norm vs being in Christ. Topics Discussed in t...
Church Is Messy: Galatians - Good News
Welcome to episode 100! Today, as they discuss Galatians chapter 4, Rick and Svea dig into having everything in Christ but living as though we have nothing. Topics Dis...
Church Is Messy: Galatians - Ragamuffins
Today Rick and Svea acknowledge Galatians is a difficult book to understand, especially if we don't have an understanding of the Old Testament. They talk about tools t...
Church Is Messy: Bonus Episode - Answering Your Questions
This episode is focused solely on answering your questions. We've received four very different questions and today we're putting out this bonus episode to answer them....
Church Is Messy: Galatians - Fluency or Gibberish
In this episode Rick and Svea dig really deep into gospel fluency vs gospel gibberish. The gospel isn't just trusting Jesus for salvation, it's trusting Jesus for and ...
Church Is Messy: Galatians - Undivided
In week two of our Galatians study Rick and Svea discuss conflict, the freedom we have in Jesus, and gospel fluency.Topics Discussed in this Episode:00:00 Intro01:40 A...
Church Is Messy: Galatians - Make It Count
As we kick of our new series on the book of Galatians, Rick and Svea discuss false gospels and answer a listener question.Topics Discussed in this Episode:00:00 Intro0...
Church Is Messy: The Lion's Share - Why Is our Church so Expensive?
We're putting a bow on The Lion's Share series. Today we scrutinize our own church and discuss our ministry method.Topics Discussed in this Episode:00:00 Intro01:06 Tu...
Church Is Messy: The Lion's Share - Faithful and Generous
Today Rick and Svea talk about their own struggles with greed and simplicity and the New Testament framework of faithful giving and generous giving.Bible passages refe...
Church is Messy: The Lion's Share - the False Promise of the Prosperity Gospel
Today Rick and Svea dig deep into the essence of the prosperity gospel, it falsehoods, and the various expressions of the prosperity gospel.Topics Discussed in this Ep...
Church Is Messy: The Lion's Share - More than Enough
In the first half of the episode Rick and Svea share where their vulnerabilities lie regarding money. In the second half they dig into contentment.Topics Discussed in ...
Church Is Messy: The Lion's Share - Just Enough
In this episode, Rick and Svea unpack some of the ideas behind "Just Enough."Topics Discussed in this Episode:00:00 Intro00:27 Review of 202404:45 The Lion's Share.07:...
Church Is Messy: Jonah Week 6 - Unrelenting Grace
Rick and Svea close out Jonah talking about traps, windows and mirrors, God's judgement in the Old Testament, and how we can apply the themes of Jonah to life after el...
Church Is Messy: Jonah Week 5 - God's Compassionate Love
The roles are reversed: Rick asks Svea about her message on Jonah and we get insight into what didn't make it into the message this past week.Topics discussed in this ...
Church Is Messy: Jonah Week 4 - Freedom
Rick and Svea grapple with a number of important themes from Jonah this week:God's provisionJonah is full of biblical parallelsObedienceTopics discussed in this episod...
Church Is Messy: Jonah week 3 - Repentance
Rick and Svea make light of finally getting to "the whale" and how this is often given the lion's share of the messaging about Jonah when it's really an insignificant ...
Church Is Messy: Jonah Week 2 - The Line
This week Rick and Svea look at Jonah 1:1-16. Jonah acts as an enemy of God and yet God shows him grace. They draw out a number a parallels between Jonah and Jesus and...
Church Is Messy: A Question from Jonah Week 1
In the weekend message introducing the book of Jonah, Rick stated there are two common views to interpreting the story of Jonah: historical narrative or primarily para...