Chi Alpha After Hours: Recent Episodes
Chi Alpha @ OSU
Join campus pastors Cassie, Christian, and Nathan as they take a closer look at what it means to follow Jesus on a university campus. We hope these discussions, interviews, and testimonies will be an encouragement to you!
What is mercy, and where would our world be without it? Join Nathan & Ana as we explore this topic in Matthew 18:21-35.
Sabbath. Most of us have heard this word, but what does it mean? Why does it matter? What are the implications in our lives? Let’s chat about it!
Join us for this special episode riddled with memorable stories told by Kote, Chad, & Johanna as they reminisce about their epic Chi Alpha Beyond Trip to Cambodia in Summer 2019.
Have you met Dwight yet? If yes, here's another great way to get to know him better! If not, we'd HIGHLY encourage you to listen to his story of walking with Jesus!
Ever wonder what this word means? Why does it have such a strong tie to the Christian life? Let’s find out.
It’s January and New Year’s resolutions are in full swing. For many people, this is the most-resolved topic at the beginning of each year…so let’s talk about it!
What’s the best gift you’ve ever received? What if YOU were the best gift you could give someone this Christmas? God is with you. Merry Christmas!
You won’t want to miss Chi Alpha staff Erin’s inspiring testimony about sickness, pain, healing, and hope.
More than half the world population uses social media. How do we navigate this phenomena sweeping our culture? What does a healthy relationship with social media look like, especially as Christians?
Have you met Trent yet? If you haven’t, listen to this episode - he’s a wealth of knowledge about the Bible, and Spider-Man. Let’s go!
In this college/young adult season of life, things bullies have said or how we’ve bullied or looked down on others can greatly impact many areas of our lives. Join us as we’re vulnerable about our stories regarding bullying & the redemptive love of God.
We just had two missionary guests at Fellowship. If you've ever wondered what being involved in missions looks like and the ethics behind it, listen in!
Have you ever felt “called” by God, or heard a Christian say they were called to something? Let’s unpack that.
Confrontation. How does that word make you feel? It's actually a very important part of humanity and faith. Let's chat about it!
Join campus pastors Ana, Nathan, & Christian as we kick off this quarter with some wisdom about not just surviving, but thriving this fall.
Summer holds unique temptations and opportunities for us in our relationship with Jesus. This week, we talk about how to plan ahead and make the most of it.
With so many different translations of the Bible into English, how can we be sure that we're studying God's Word responsibly? In this week's episode, we dive into different approaches to translation and why it's important to compare translations of the Bible. We believe this will help you read the Bible more accurately and teach others to do that, too!
Our final testimony episode of the school year! Before serving in Chi Alpha, Hope was a third culture kid, attended a Christian college, and served in a classroom in Florida. Cassie sits down with Hope as she shares insights from her walk with God through these experiences.
The Chi Alpha internship is an opportunity for those who have graduated with at least a bachelor's degree to serve full-time in Chi Alpha for a year. During that time, you grow in faith, lead a Core, get mentored, work closely with staff, complete studies, and more! This week, we explain what the internship is all about and why you should ask God if you should apply.
Emotional health is about understanding emotions and how they affect our lives - a skill that many of us are never taught. This week, Cassie, Nathan, and Hope make the case that feelings are actually good for you, talk about the role of emotions in our walk with God, and share ways to grow in your emotional health.
So many people in universities today are struggling with mental health. What hope does Jesus offer, and how can we be wise friends to people around us who are struggling? Cassie, Nathan, and Johanna navigate these questions and more in this week's episode.
Churches hold many different views either promoting or restricting women from serving in certain positions of ministry leadership. Today, we dig into Scripture and cultural context to explore why these differences exist. We also discuss Chi Alpha's position, which does not restrict women's roles in leadership
God wants us to have a good relationship with our parents, but sometimes the Bible's instructions seem confusing. Do we need to obey our parents, or honor them? What's God's design for authority? What if our parents don't share our faith? We explore these questions and more in this week's episode.
This week, Cassie sits down with Christian as he talks about his background without faith, having the courage to follow Jesus, and how God brought new hope to his family.
Cassie, Nathan, and Christian each recommend two books that challenged them to grow in faith, and talk about the humility that "in-addition-to-the-Bible" reading can bring to our walk with God.
In this testimony episode, Cassie sits down with Nathan as he reflects on the ups and downs of his faith journey.
Are physical bodies only for our life on Earth? Do Christians leave Earth and spend eternity in Heaven? Today, we challenge some common beliefs that people have about Christianity and what the Bible has to say.
In this testimony episode, Cassie shares her journey toward taking ownership of her faith as an adult, and how God has been healing relationships in her life.
Whether you hope to be married someday or not, it helps to know what a Christ-centered marriage looks like. This week, Christian, Myah, and Jon get real about their experiences in married life as they seek to honor God and their spouse.
In college, it can seem like everyone around you is in love with romantic love. This week, Cassie, Trent, and Johanna discuss what they've learned about dating in a Jesus-centered way and what advice they would give to those who are currently dating or seeking a relationship.
Being single: some love it, some hate it. In this episode, Nathan, Hope, and Ana tackle what it's like to be Christian and single, sharing what they've learned from their own experiences and from mentoring others.
For the month of February, we'll be exploring different kinds of relationships! Today, we talk about the importance of friendship, what friendship looks like in the Bible, and how to build deep spiritual friendships.
In our third testimony episode, Cassie sits down with Johanna to discuss her journey to faith, healing, and spiritual friendship.
Jesus promised his believers that he would empower them to witness boldly through the Holy Spirit. This week, we talk about what it means to be baptized in the Spirit and why every believer should seek out this experience.
"To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good." We explore how the Spirit gives us gifts that are really for the good of others - and how this vision radically reshapes our understanding of the church.
To many of us, the Holy Spirit may seem more mysterious than God the Father or Jesus Christ. We start to explore who the Holy Spirit is and what role he plays in transforming our character as we follow the way of Jesus.
Reading about the supernatural miracles in the Bible can really challenge our faith. This week, we explore why it matters that we believe they really happened and that miracles still happen today.
Our second testimony episode! Cassie sits down with Ana Kowalski to discuss her journey to healing and security in God.
Election week is over. Now what? In this episode, we discuss what the election revealed about our culture, what we're watching for, and our prayers for political engagement in Chi Alpha.
If we believe that God speaks truth to us through the Bible, then we have to believe Hell is real. This week, we talk about how God's perfect love puts Hell in perspective.
In our first-ever testimony episode, Cassie sits down with Jon Rabourn. We discuss his journey to OSU and what God is teaching him about everyday obedience.
Jesus calls his disciples to be his witnesses to the ends of the earth. As a missionary to Cambodia for the last twenty years, Ken Huff takes that mission seriously. He invites us into the tumultuous history of Cambodia, the needs of the Cambodian church, and the Kingdom vision he hopes to see realized.
Jesus says that his sheep hear his voice, but that experience can vary as much as people do! We share our own stories of God communicating with us and ways to grow in receiving and interpreting His messages.
God is slow to anger, but His wrath is violent. We talk about possible genocide in the Old Testament, that confusing bit about Elisha and the bears, and the challenge to remember that both wrath and mercy will always be part of God's character.
It's election season, and the political divide in the U.S. is wider than ever. We talk about responsibly engaging in politics as Christians, Jesus's model, and why there is reason for distrust - and for hope.
What distinguishes Chi Alpha from other ministries at Oregon State University? What do we care about? In this episode, we share our core values and the advice we wish we'd been given as new university students.