LIFT Church - Discipleship Podcast: Recent Episodes
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As we come out of the 'hibernation' of Covid, Jesus' call to follow his example of the giving of self is as important as it has ever been. It is here that we find the blessing of: finding ourselves, finding family, and finding the lost.
"First Things: From Ideology to Imago Dei ""The baseline for our vision of justice must be the intrinsic value of all people as image-bearers.""
Make no mistake; this is not the vision of justice that we see in our world.
There is so much anger in our world, and we're only getting angrier! We need to repent, pray and seek the way of Jesus.
Today's webcast will be a part sermon, part pastoral call and part cultural commentary. But, hopefully, more than anything, an invitation to the liberating way of Jesus."
[Jesus'] Love Wins
"Love wins" sounds like a really great idea. In actuality, it is tremendously confusing. What is love? If it is winning, what is it winning against? And, how do we know it is winning?
Love is powerful, but as Christians, it must also be precise.
We continue our First Things series by shifting to a conversation about "Love." We're going to explore implications from Jesus' death that change the way we think about what it means to be loving.
See you at 7:30pm!
With all of the important "things" of Christianity, we need to be reminded of the main thing - everything flows out of our love for Jesus and finding him beautiful.
"First Things: Objectivity, not Opinions Inclusivity and Diversity of Opinion are powerful and valuable ideas. In short, great second things.
But they are terrible first things. Why? That's what we're talking about on the webcast tonight!
Does our appeal to the diversity of opinions on an issue result in loss of truth? Does our desire to be accepting erode the power of truth to provide authentic freedom? "
There are competing for justice - one that takes our propensity for idolatry seriously and one that underestimates the condition of the human heart. Often our attempts at justice simply create more injustice. What are we to do? If we are going to pursue justice we must start with Jesus.
We might think that trusting Jesus as Lord hinges on how well we can hold on to him, but what if it actually had more to do with his hold on us?
In response to Jesus' love, how can you be unfairly and intentionally loving to someone this week?
The Gospel revolutionizes the leaders' commitment, character, and competence such that we are re-positioned towards loving others sacrificially and at the same time experience the love of Jesus deeper. Gospel leaders love because we are loved. Tonight we will reflect on our own personal formation of commitment, character, and competence as we look to allow the Gospel to revolutionize our leadership.
Gospel leadership is all about loving people, which is anything but a trite statement. Rooted in sacrificial love, the call to raise spiritual children requires rethinking everything we know about leadership. On the webcast tonight, we will work through the implications of the nature of Gospel Leadership in the practical details of our lives. Our prayer is that we will all lead with greater confidence, but more importantly, greater love as a result!
Have you ever noticed that people get stuck on the shame-guilt cycle while navigating physical boundaries in dating relationships? Tonight on the webcast, we will talk about an honour-trust paradigm for thinking about boundaries and equip you to engage in intentional discipleship conversation to lead to healthier dating relationships.
Dating Discipleship, Physical Boundaries at 7:30pm on the webcast!
Discipleship and Dating - are there two words that are as scary and as important? Sometimes we are way too serious. Other times we are not at all serious enough. How do we disciple our disciples to date in a healthy and missionaly Kingdom focused way? Part 1 of Dating Discipleship!
On this episode we are going to expand our thinking on 'invitations' and consider the important foundational piece of 'relationship building.' We'll see again how simple, ordinary friendships form the basis for invitations into our Simple Church families. We'll consider some practical ways to help our Simple Churches continue to build relationships with those currently outside of the church.
This past Sunday, we considered "Church as family pulling together" through individual responsibility and submission to one another. The exciting truth about the church is that everyone has a role, a "load to carry" and that we carry those together, through mutal submission. The Gospel shifts us from being spectators to contributors and it produces within us the humility to submit to our leaders. Tonight we will unpack some practical steps for discipling these Gospel-shifts with those you are discipling.
This past Sunday, we explored the instruction to carry one another's burdens. Tonight we will unpack 6 ways that you can help us create a culture of sharing burdens. A healthy family that loves one-another requires that everyone cares for everyone else. We will lay out a straightforward framework and practical suggestions for how you can do this.
This past Sunday, we explored the reality of conflict and it's potential threat to togetherness in church as family. We saw how the Gospel revolutionizes our relationships so that we can navigate conflict in a way that brings honour to Jesus and strengthens the family. Tonight we will walk through practical ways to disciple others in experiencing that Gospel revolution as they navigate conflict.
This past Sunday, we started the series on ""Easy Love"" by talking about how the Gospel revolutionizes our relationships in the church in three ways: freedom and grace, love and sacrifice and Spirit-empowered holiness. However, practically, how do we disciple that?
Tonight on the webcast, we'll be working through practical ways to disciple others towards the joy and hope that the Gospel brings to our relationship in the church.
We often think of personal goal setting at the turn of a year, and we’ve talked about goal setting as a church, but what about your personal discipleship goal setting? Have you thought about how you could grow in discipleship this year? In this first webcast of 2021, we’re going to work through a time of discipleship inventory and goal setting to start on a strong foot all together!
Our unifying goal is "Everyone in a Simple Church and Every Simple Church Multiplying" so what exactly is multiplication, how do we do it and how long does it take? Tonight we are going to dig deeper into the 'how' of multiplication in Simple Church by looking closer at the Simple Church Multiplication Life-Cycle. We'll find that whatever Phase our Simple Church is in, we all have a next step that we can take towards multiplication!
We are taught from birth to consume, but we were created to create. How do we spend our money in a way that honours Jesus? We are wrapping up the Kingdom Finances series by talking about consuming... just in time for Christmas!
Tonight on the webcast, we're doing a primer on investing & saving in a Kingdom centric way. Rather than saving being something we are ashamed of or investing something we are afraid of, we will learn to do both!
In Kingdom Finances, radical generosity is the very best way to reduce stress in our finances. Today we go deep on just why we give, and how to give in really practical ways. We're going to talk tax receipts, giving goals and develop a giving plan!
Debt is mysterious, scary and enticing all at the same time! But, is it evil? Kind of evil? Ok? Today we are going deep into a Kingdom view of debt!
True contentment, peace and joy IS possible when it comes to our money. How do we get there? Well, it turns out how much we earn has nothing to do with it. Values, community and.... that word we all love... budgets do!
We hear God's voice in community! How do we do that effectively without merely creating an echo-chamber! Tune in as we work through a practical guide to hearing God's voice together!
The Holy Spirit speaks through our thoughts, emotions, other people and even our dreams. Today, we share a "Holy Spirit Listening Workout" to help you develop the ability to hear and obey the voice of the Holy Spirit in those specific areas.
In this episode we will look at our personal relationship with scripture and what motivates us to spend time with the Word. We'll also discusssome. tips. on. how to properly. develop healthy motivations that. will. produce long-lasting fruit.
In this episode we explore the first ‘spoke’ of the Spiritual Discernment wheel: Surrender. We will walk through 4 ways in which we can align our hearts with God’s heart.
Today on the Discipleship Webcast, we apply what we learned about Spiritual Discernment on Sunday. We will build the "Hub" (Faith and Desire) and the "Destination" (Discipleship Why) that our Spiritual Discernment Wheel will rotate towards.
Discipleship atrophy is one of our greatest threats this year. We need to be intentional to stay fit! We're going to do "discipleship physiotherapy" to identify which of our discipleship muscles are weak and prescribe exercises to get strong!
Join us as we explore the 9 Multiplication Imperatives that shape our culture and leadership. You are part of that story and we hope this episode inspires you to take bold steps of faith this year!
Where do we begin discipleship conversations so that they are full of grace and truth and honour Jesus? We are going to revisit our Discipleship Framework and work through practical guides for navigating these discipleship challenges together.
Today we look at how Critical Theory paints a vision for the future based on activism and advocacy. The Gospel also calls us to stand up clearly for the weak, but on entirely different terms.
The dominant worldview today emphasizes liberating the oppressed, tearing down corrupt structures! Critical Theory on the surface seems pretty Biblical. How does the Gospel as OUR worldview speak to the competing worldview of Critical Theory?
We explore the supremely beautiful picture of sexuality found in the scriptures, use that picture to critique our cultural norms, discuss some objections to help us arrive as a clear position and finally provide coaching on discipleship application in a way that is full of grace and kindness.
We are going to explore the way that our culture has defined identity and what it means to be human. Instead of engaging in a “culture war” we hope to show how the Gospel is truly the most beautiful good news!
If you feel like for whatever reason, you’re not crucial to our church family and needed on the mission - this webcast for you! When we say “everyone” sent to multiple everything - we mean everyone!
What, really, is the Church about? What does it means to be a covenant people? How does our Christology inform our Ecclesiology? Today we wrap up our series on Christology by crucially talking about the Church!
How does Jesus' death on the cross save us? What are we saved from? This week we're talking about Christ as priest and sacrifice.
This week on the Discipleship Webcast Alex Busch provides us with insight into how to the common challenges we face when leading a Simple Church.
This week Ina leads us in a discussion of how to lead through change as we adapt to the changing world around us.
The story of scripture paints a compelling story of our need for Christ’s Kingship in every area of our lives and the profound hurt that is caused when we choose to reject his Kingship. Today in Christology Part 4 we are looking at the Servant King.
What does it mean when Christ is the “Word made flesh”? How can Christ be the only way to God? Today we are starting to talk about how God works out his salvation plan in humanity by exploring election and Christ being revealed in the prophets.
Today we’re going to much deeper into Genesis, but also share some of Robin's personal story of growing up in Apartheid South Africa and standing in the mass graves of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia to understand what exactly is going on in humanity.
In this webcast we are exploring creation's contingency, the trinity, sovereignty and the beautiful truth that God is deeply and personally knowable.
In this episode we conclude our teaching on How To Study Scripture by discerning the big-picture truths that are revealed in the scriptures and then developing a framework to imagining how we will respond to them.
Having framed the high-level objectives in studying scripture, we can turn our attention to developing the practical skills involved in faithfully studying scripture such as interogating the text, determining purpose and ascertaining context.
Our prayer is to equip each of you to study Scripture in your Simple Churches properly and, more importantly, disciple people to truly discover the infinite riches that lie in Scripture!
What does it mean to be fully alive in Jesus when it comes to our sinful addictions? Can we really truly be free of them? How do break the cycle on things like pornography, alcohol, media, relationship boundaries and other addictions? Surely there is a better way than the cycle of failed accountability moments as our discipleship strategy.
The next two weeks on the webcast will look at discipling people to be truly fully alive in regards to the vices that so often hold us in death. This first part will look at how our identity is at the heart of freedom.
It might feel like you "can't do anything" right now. That's not true, you can! There has never been a better time to lean into discipleship relationships - here are a ton of really practical ways for you to choose to be a discipler in this season!
Robin talks to Andy Gourley, founder of Red Frogs Australia, about discipleship, tenacity, courage and boldness in our current world. Andy calls our church to prioritize, caring for people and reaching out to our "ones!"
In a world that is different every moment, how do we think about long-term faithfulness in discipleship? On this episode, Robin Wallar interviews one of his disciplers, Sunder Krishnan, on strategies for discipling for the long-haul.
We say time discipleship has three ingredients: time, proximity and vulnerability. What do we do when proximity is no longer possible? What does effective digital discipleship look like?
What does discipleship during financial uncertainty look like? How do we compassionately work with those who have lost their jobs to be bold and courageous? What does radical generosity look like when people are unemployed? How do we disciple people towards simplicity so they can be financially stable? What does taking responsibility look like? Ultimately, how is Jesus glorified during job-loss?
We’re tackling these and more on the Discipleship Webcast this week! Including recommended reading, a discipleship tip of the week, a live interview and, of course, lots of celebration!
Laura & Robin lead us into a conversation about how to disciple others through seasons of change.
In this episode Laura & Alex continue our conversation about the Gospel Fluency Mooring of New Creation.
In this episode Sophia, Emily, and Alex explore what it means to believe the best about those we are discipling.
To continue our conversation about relationships lead pastors Laura and Robin Wallar discuss what it means to live on mission in a marriage.
In this challenging episode Robin and Melanie discuss the call to missional singleness and how we, as the Church, can support those who are single and on mission for Jesus.
Alex and Robin continue our discussion about how to have Crucial Conversations with non-believers.
Alex Busch and Nicole Haverkamp discuss how to have Crucial Conversations with non-believers.
Tarrah and Robin continue our discussion of Crucial Conversations by looking at how to lead them.
In this episode we begin talking about Crucial Conversations with how to be open and receptive to entering into them.
In our first episode of season 4 Robin and Alex welcome us into 2020 with a discussion of where LIFT Church is headed this year.
In our final episode of 2019 hosts Robin Wallar and Caleb Graham teach us about the importance of being present in Scripture daily, and interview Eyobed, our Ministry Leader of Prayer from Brock.
Hosts Robin Wallar, Melanie Clarke and Jessica Haverkamp lead us in a conversation about Strategic Missional Engagement.
Hosts Robin Wallar and Alex Busch lead us in a conversation about how and why we send from our Simple Church Families to multiply the Gospel.
In this episode our hosts Jeff Webb and Robin Wallar celebrate what God is doing through our Church Family, and lead us in a conversation about being radically generous with our treasure.
In this episode our hosts Matthew Bishop and Robin Wallar celebrate what God is doing through our Church Family, and lead us in a conversation about being radically generous with our talents.
In this episode our hosts Mel Clarke and Alex Busch celebrate what God is doing through our Church Family, and lead us in a conversation about being radically generous with our time.
In this episode our hosts Sophia Paquette and Alex Busch celebrate what God is doing through our Church Family, and lead us in a conversation about Radical Generosity.
In this episode our hosts Dan Lupo and Robin Wallar continue our conversation about Missional Living with a discussion of what it means to cultivate a Passion for the Lost.
In this episode our hosts Sophia Paquette and Robin Wallar continue our conversation about Missional Living with a discussion of Spiritual Hunger.
In this episode our hosts Robin Wallar and Alex Busch continue our conversation about Missional Living with a discussion of how to apply Sacrifical Living and Open Home in our Simple Church Families.
In this episode our host Sophia Paquetteand Lead Pastor Robin Wallar continue our conversation about Missional Living with a discussion of what it means to live in a sacrificial manner.
In this episode our host Tarrah Martin and Lead Pastor Robin Wallar continue our conversation about Missional Living with a focus on what it means to have an open home.
In this episode our host Melanie Clarke and Pastor Alex Busch continue our conversation about Missional Living with a focus on the application of what we have discussed so far on our Simple Church families.
In this episode our host Sophia Paquette and Lead Pastor Robin Wallar continue our conversation about Missional Living with a focus on the call to live intentionally in proximity with one another.
In this episode our host Tarrah Martin and Lead Pastor Robin Wallar continue our conversation about Missional Living.
In this episode our host Sophia Paquette and Lead Pastor Robin Wallar lead us into a conversation about Missional Living.
In this episode our host Sophia Paquette and Lead Pastor Robin Wallar lead us into a conversation about Missional Living.
In this episode our host Mel Clarke and Lead Pastor Robin Wallar lead us into a conversation about how to persevere when we are discipling others.
In this episode our host Tarrah Martin and Pastor Alex Busch continue our discussion of Secure Identity by looking at how we can apply what we have learned as we live out our faith in our Simple Churches.
In this episode our host Melanie Clarke and Pastor Alex Busch continue our discussion of Secure Identity by looking at how we are Servants, or Slaves, of Christ.
In this episode our host Tarrah Martin and Lead Pastor Robin Wallar continue our discussion of Secure Identity by looking at how we are Ambassadors of Christ.
In this episode our host Sophia Paquette and Lead Pastor Robin Wallar continue our discussion of Secure Identity by looking at how we are Sons & Daughters of God.
In this episode our host Pastor Alex Busch and Lead Pastor Robin Wallar begin our discussion of Secure Identity.
In this episode our host Mel Clarke and Lead Pastor Robin Wallar finish our discussion of Gospel Fluency.
In this episode our host Tarrah Martin and Pastor Alex Busch continue our discussion of Gospel Fluency.