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Justin Carpenter, Michael Facundo, and Nate Donley

Honest conversations on life, faith, and culture.

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Season 11 kicks off a new series: Kingdom Come A Study through 1 & 2 Thessalonians. Join Justin and Nate as they dive behind the text and discuss what Christians are experiencing in Thessalonica in 50 AD.

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Join Justin and Nate as they recap the Life of David.

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Join Justin and Nate discuss 2 Samuel 15 as they continue to explore the Life of David.

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Join Justin as he continues exploring the Life of David.

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Join Justin as he continues to talk about the Life of David.

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Join Justin and Nate as they continue discussing the life of David in 1 and 2 Samuel. This week they discuss David's kindness.

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Join Josh, Justin, and Nate as they continue discussing the Life of David from 1 & 2 Samuel. This week they go Off Topic on 2 Samuel 7.

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Join Nate and special guest, Josh Griswold, as they talk about worship and 2 Samuel 6.

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Join Justin and Nate as they continue discussing the life of David.

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Join Justin and Nate as they discuss 2 Samuel 2 and what it looks like to arrive but not fully receive the whole promise.

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Join Justin and Nate as they continue to explore the life of David. Today's episode is going to cover 2 Samuel 1.

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Join Justin, Michael and Nate as they discuss 1 Samuel 29 & 30.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss 1 Samuel 28 and how Saul consults a medium.

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Join Michael, Mitchell, and Nate as they discuss the Life of David and Fear or Faith based out of 1 Samuel 27.

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Join Michael and Nate with special guest, Mitchell Martin, as they continue to discuss the Life of David.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they continue diving into the Life of David. The text for today's episode is 1 Samuel 26.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they continue to discuss the Life of David.

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Join Lead Pastor Justin and Connections Pastor Michael as they continue the discussion in the life of David. This week we look at a section of Scripture that often times gets left out...David's deceit. His deceit will lead to some pretty sever consequences for others.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they continue through the series, The Life of David.

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Justin and Michael discuss 1 Samuel 18....the chapter that EVERY Sunday School teacher skipped. A topic that makes middle school boys giggle and grown men cringe.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they continue to explore the Life of David from 1 Samuel 16.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they go into further discussion into the Northside sermon series about the Life of David.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they continue conversing about the sword of the spirit in the armor of God based out of Ephesians 6.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as the discuss the Helmet of Salvation from Ephesians 6.

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Join Michael and Nate as we continue to discuss the armor of God. This week we are focusing on the shield of faith.

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Join Justin and Nate as they continue discussing Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they continue discussing Spiritual Warfare based out of Ephesians 6.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they continue discussing Spiritual Warfare and The Armor of God.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss Spiritual Warfare.
Are Christians at war and if so, who are Christians at war against?
During this episode we will dive into knowing who the enemy is in the midst of Spiritual Warfare.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they reflect on Holy Week.

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Join Justin, Michael and Nate as they continue diving into the Sermon on the Mount.

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We had a technical issue with the intro of the podcast. The episode is going to jump right into the conversation. Appreciate y'all listening!

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss this past week's sermon on The Motive of the Heart.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss the practical applications of what Jesus teaches about taking matters into our own hands from the Sermon on the Mount.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they continue discussing the sermon on the mount and what it means to up the ante in your faith.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they kick off a new season discussing the Sermon on the Mount.

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Join Michael and Nate as they discuss the unexpected responses to the news the Wise Men bring to Jerusalem.

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Join Justin, Michael and Nate as the discuss the unexpected lineage of Jesus from Matthew 1.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss the Surprising Humility of the Messiah during this time of Advent.

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We are in a series called, Advent: A Season of Surprises. Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss Unexpected Messengers: Angels and Prophets.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate for the final episode of the Beyond the Flannelgraph season! We're chatting about Ezekiel 37.

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Join Justin, Michael and Nate as they tell you why kids need to respect their elders or they'll get mauled by bears or something like that.

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Justin, Michael, and Nate take a look at the highs and lows from the life of Solomon as they continue to go beyond the flannelgraph

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Justin, Michael, and Nate go Off-Topic discussing David and Goliath!

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Justin, Michael, and Nate discuss Oholiab and Bezalel from the book of Exodus and what it means to use your abilities and skills for God.

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Justin, Michael, and Nate dive into Moses and the burning bush.

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Season 6 is here and it's going to be a fun one!! Join Justin, Michael, and Nate for a fun conversation about Noah.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss the church stigma around denominational differences.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss the stigmas around church hurt.

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Join Justin, Michael and Nate as they discuss the church stigma around politics.

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Justin, Michael, and Nate are back to chat about church stigmas. 

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as the discuss how the stigma when someone is dealing with doubts in their faith.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they chat about mental health.

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Justin, Michael, and Nate are back for their 5th season!! This season they will be breaking down different church stigmas. On this episode they're going to break the mold of traditional church stereotypes. 

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they give a peak behind the curtain and discuss what being in ministry is like.

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Join Justin as he chats with some teenagers about what it is like to build relationships today and how social media plays a large part in that. 

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Join Michael and Nate as they chat with Joe and Tracie Steffens about being married as empty nesters! We appreciate Joe and Tracie coming on and sharing their story with us!

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Join Justin and Michael as they chat with Nate and Bre Donley about what it's like being married and not having kids.

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Join Nate and Michael as they have a fun chat with Justin and Karon Carpenter about what it's like to be married with teenage kids. 

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Join Justin and Nate as they have a fun conversation with Michael and Sharon Facundo about the dynamics of being married with young kids.

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Justin and Michael chat with Nate about what it was like building relationships as a single adult. 

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss what it's like to build relationships with others when you have kids in the home. 

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Season 4 is here!! This season we will be discussing building relationships in different stages of life. Our first episode this season is about building friendships as adults.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate for the finale of our Enneagram series with a discussion about Type 9s.  

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Justin, Michael, Nate and Karon are all on this week to discuss the Enneagram Type 8.

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Justin and Nate are joined by Karon Carpenter to discuss her Enneagram, Type 7.

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Justin, Michael, and Nate discuss Enneagram type 6.

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Happy Thanksgiving!! Join Justin, Michael and Nate while they discuss type 5s.

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Justin, Michael and Nate discuss Enneagram Type 4s. 

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Justin, Michael, and Nate discuss Type 3s on this weeks episode.

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Justin, Michael and Nate discuss Type 2s.

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Justin, Michael and Nate discuss the Enneagram Type 1.

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Justin, Michael, and Nate return for season 3! Join us as we will be discussing the enneagram. 

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It's the season 2 finale! Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss the spiritual practice of fasting.

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This week we are bringing on Northside Worship Pastor, Daniel Huff and BattleCreek Campus Pastor, Josh Whelchel to discuss the spiritual practice of worship with Justin. 

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Does honoring the sabbath mean you're not allowed to do anything? What does sabbath mean for us in our faith, life and culture?

Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss the spiritual practice of sabbath.

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Join Justin, Michael and Nate as we discuss praise. 

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What are you serving? Join Justin, Michael, and Nate chat about what simplicity looks like in our walk with Christ.

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Meditation? Is that a Christian Practice? Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as they discuss the spiritual practice of meditation.

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Join Justin, Michael, and Nate as we discuss the spiritual practice of mourning! Really good discussion about a practice we typically stray away from.

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We are back with season 2! Justin, Michael and Nate will be covering spiritual practices this season and this first episode will be a discussion around Celebration. So come celebrate good times, come on! (Yes, cheesy we know haha.)

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Justin, Michael, and Nate wrap up season 1 with an encouragement that all of us who are Christians need to be Discipled and to Disciple others.

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Justin, Michael, and Nate have a conversation on who is qualified to disciple someone.

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Justin and Nate are joined by a guest, Mike McGuire. Mike is finishing school and will be going into full time ministry. We are glad he joined us to chat about engaging in discipleship.

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Justin, Michael, and Nate explore the topic of Biblical Discipleship. 

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Justin, Michael, and Nate discuss the third part of the Construction, Deconstruction and Reconstruction process with Reconstruction.

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Justin, Michael, and Nate continue their discussion about how faith is constructed, deconstructed, and reconstructed. This episode will focus on the deconstruction process.

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Join Justin, Michael and Nate as they chat about the process of Constructing One's Faith.

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Justin, Michael and Nate introduce what we will be talking about in Season 1 with the topic of Construction, Deconstruction and Reconstruction.

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Welcome to Off Topic. This episode is a short introduction to the purpose of this podcast.