Following Jesus: Recent Episodes
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In this episode Maddie and Riley discuss how the tone of our speech and actions reflects what's really going on in our hearts and how to change it to be like Jesus.
The following Jesus Podcast is back! After 2.5 years of silence, we welcome a new host, Maddie Spring, Riley's wife to the conversation to replace Simon. Tune in to think about how to follow Jesus in the everyday.
A final update on the 'Following Jesus Podcast' to wrap things up.
'Grace and the Adventure of Leadership' Podcast by Riley Spring and Dave Taylor
Sovereign Grace Churches Australia
Email rs@sgparra.org.au to request more episodes.
In all the busyness of our lives it is easy to be doing but are we doing the right things? Jesus lived a life with focus and call us to follow Him! But how? Listen in as we discuss this important topic and wrestle through our own failures.
In a culture that prizes freedom and individual autonomy how do we go about navigating all the commands and laws in the Bible? In this discussion we look at how Jesus' call to obedience in following him is actually a call to true freedom.
We return with another season of conversations about how to follow Jesus in the every day of life. In this chat we discuss how spiritual gifts function in the life of a follower of Jesus, reflecting on our latest annual church retreat.
How did Jesus deal with all the pressure that He experienced? And how can we learn how to live in our stressful and stressed out world? Listen in to this weeks episode to journey with Simon and Riley as they discuss following Jesus and stress.
If there is one sentence of Jesus in the Bible that most millennials know it is this: "Do not judge"! It is a life verse for some! But what does it actually mean? Riley and Simon discuss the sin of judgement, their own struggles with it, and how to follow Jesus!
Does our eating and drinking really matter to God? Listen in to see how this ordinary part of life can be joyfully connected to following Jesus!
Do I measure up? Am I good enough? Am I in? Am I accepted? These are all questions which can swirl around in our head as we try and figure life out. In this episode we discuss how knowing Jesus radically answers these questions once and for all!
Welcome back to Season 3! We are excited to announce that we now have a backing track thanks to Jarrad Spring, Riley's big bro! In this episode and we discuss how to follow Jesus amidst our busy lives in such a way that we are always at rest.
What are you watching on Netflix? Should you be watching Netflix? Would Jesus watch Netflix? This week we discuss how to follow Jesus in our leisure time, and in particular, with our entertainment choices and habits.
One of our besetting struggles is fear. Not just fear in general but fear of man in particular. In this episode we share our battle to fear God rather than man and how we have been helped along the way.
You can contact us at: followingjesuspodcast@gmail.com, if you have any feedback or want to submit a question that we can answer.
In our culture, we seem to be obsessed with the pursuit of happiness. Yet our experience of happiness often seems so elusive and fleeting, ever changing with our circumstances. In this episode we discuss how following Jesus effects our happiness and provides the ultimate foundation for it.
You can contact us at: followingjesuspodcast@gmail.com, if you have any feedback or want to submit a question that we can answer.
Welcome back to a new season of Following Jesus. In this episode we discuss the responsibility we have as followers of Jesus to identify the various gifts and talents we have and use them for His kingdom.
You can contact us at: followingjesuspodcast@gmail.com, if you have any feedback or want to submit a question that we can answer.
In our pursuit of following Jesus we need to ensure that we don't make Jesus a guru, philosophy or mere way of life. He is our saviour, who died on a cross and calls us to take up ours as we follow him. In this episode we discuss the centrality of the cross for the life of a disciple.
You can contact us at: followingjesuspodcast@gmail.com, if you have any feedback or want to submit a question that we can answer.
In the final episode of this season, Simon and Riley look at what it means to be a follower of Jesus, or a disciple who makes disciples.
In this episode Riley, Simon and Shell discuss what it looks like to follow Jesus' command to make disciples.
Is work part of the curse or part of God's design for our lives? This time Simon and Riley are joined by Shell, Simon's wife, to discuss how we can follow Jesus in our working lives.
In this episode Simon and Riley discuss the role of the local Church and how God's plan for the Church helps us to follow Jesus.
The Following Jesus Podcast kicks off with Simon and Riley discussing how they are seeking to follow Him in their lives and what it means to abide in Jesus according to John 15.