The Gathering in Garland Pastor’s Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Gathering in Garland is a church plant in West Garland, Texas, and this podcast is a series about our vision for disciplemaking and ministry. We share past and present sermons here as well.
This is a look at James 5:1-11, where James mentions again and again references about the end times and Jesus' second coming. He is not discussing the details of that event, but instead he is suggesting how a follower of Jesus ought to live in light of what the future eventually holds for all of us.
This is a Sermon Replay tracing how Jesus talks about what it means to follow him and how one should go about doing so. This is from 1/6/2019, when Nathan preached at a group gathering in Richardson, TX. This was in a series on Mark's Gospel.
This is a Sermon Replay on the basic discipleship cycle that Paul follows and puts others through during his missionary journeys (as seen here in Acts 20). This is from 6/16/2019, when Nathan preached at Forest Grove Christian Church in Allen, TX. This is the fourth in a four part series from the book of Acts on chapters 17, 18, 19, and 20.
This is a Sermon Replay where we see what kind of building blocks Paul demonstrated to be foundational to healthy expressions of the church during his missionary journeys. This is from 6/9/2019, when Nathan preached at Forest Grove Christian Church in Allen, TX. This is the third in a four part series from the book of Acts on chapters 17, 18, 19, and 20.
This is a Sermon Replay on some of the keys of effective gospel ministry that can be seen in the teaching and actions of Paul during a busy time in his missionary journeys. This is from 6/2/2019, when Nathan preached at Forest Grove Christian Church in Allen, TX. This is the second in a four part series from the book of Acts on chapters 17, 18, 19, and 20.
This is a Sermon Replay on what kind of a lifestyle comes out from a life shaped around the good news of Jesus Christ as seen with Paul and his associates during his missionary journeys. This is from 5/26/2019, when Nathan preached at Forest Grove Christian Church in Allen, TX. This is the first in a four part series from the book of Acts on chapters 17, 18, 19, and 20.
In this episode we will talk about 3 ways that fellowship contributes to a healthy, growing Christian life. We will discuss a definition of the church, and then we will see how we can bear one another's burdens and find accountability for living as followers of Jesus in the world today.
This is a Sermon Replay from 9/13/2020, when Nathan had the privilege of preaching at Generations Church in Fate, TX for Pastor John Lea. This sermon looks at Philippians 3:1-21 asking the question, "What is a Disciple?" Here we find that Paul has left us an example as an answer to this question. For those who are followers of Jesus, and whose citizenship is in heaven, the finish line is not death, but resurrection.
This is a Sermon Replay from 8/16/2020. Nathan had the privilege of preaching the second part in a 2-part series on what it means when Jesus tells us, "If anyone wants to be first, he will be last, and a servant of all" (Mark 9:35). This is a topical sermon from selected scriptures (John 13; Phil 2; Isa 53, etc.) preached at 3 Rivers Community Church in Martindale, TX.
This is a Sermon Replay from 8/9/2020. Nathan had the privilege of preaching for 3 Rivers Community Church of Martindale, TX, from selected Scriptures on the topic of Jesus' frequent reminder that, "If anyone wants to be first, he will be last, and a servant of all" (Mark 9:35).
This is a Sermon Replay of a sermon from 7/19/2020. Nathan had the privilege of preaching at Stonewater Fellowship Church in New Braunfels, TX in their series "Summer in the Sermon on the Mount" on Matthew 7:1-12.
In this episode we will look at the nuts and bolts of fellowship. Then we will work through 1 Corinthians 12 and see how Paul's metaphor for the church as the Body of Christ helps us to see that we are all expected to participate in Christian fellowship.
In this episode we begin a three part exploration of Christian fellowship as the third essential ingredient of a healthy, growing Christian life. We will go a little deeper on why we include "the breaking of bread" with fellowship as a single ingredient (from acts 2:42). Then we will dig into the nature of fellowship looking at what fellowship really is.
In this episode we conclude our discussion of Bible Study, or regular Bible reading, as the 2nd essential ingredient of a healthy, growing Christian life. Here we consider how to go about reading the Bible and what we should do about what we read in terms of applying God's word to our lives.
Now we will begin to explore the second essential ingredient for a healthy, growing Christian life: Bible Study. In this first of two parts in our discussion of Bible Study (or Bible Reading) we will consider the value of having the Bible, why God discloses himself in this type of revelation, and we will begin to look at how you can go about reading the Bible regularly.
Last time we discussed two primary aspects of prayer. This time we are taking a closer look at the Lord's Prayer as a pattern after which we can pray ourselves. This will conclude our two-part look at Prayer, the first ingredient of a healthy, growing Christian life.
In this episode we will begin to dive into the first essential ingredient of a healthy, growing Christian life: Prayer. This will be Part A of a two-part study on prayer. We will look at some key aspects of prayer and support for those in the New Testament. Then next time we will continue our study of prayer with a look at the Lord's Prayer.
In this episode I introduce our concept for the basics of living the Christian life. Join me to discover the three basic aspects of the devotion of the very first Christian converts and an overview of how these elements can become a part of your regular Christian life.