Vox Alliance Church Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Palm Sunday opens with Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, the expectation of victory in the crowd, hosanna in the highest. But victory doesn't always look the way we're expecting to.
“What if being generous is not just a nice way to be, but is literally life-giving? This week we lean into this idea and see if it pans out or not.”
“Gluttony is all around us, and moderation is at best a boring, slow-acting process. But what if there was a life-giving path that could make moderation easy and drive gluttony off the radar?”
“The church has spent a lot of time and energy trying to convince us all that lust is sinful, but that does leave us wondering what the alternative really is. This week we look at the power of love.”
"We all make decisions in our lives that pull us away from how God intended life to be lived. With that in mind, how much space do you have in your theology? And other thoughts to ponder...."
What if how we live actually truly changes the world? What if the kingdom we imagine actually becomes true because of how we live?
"We tend to think about repentance like its a bad word or something, but what if it was actually about freedom? What if it was about that feeling of coming home? Check out the story of Zacchaeus with us this week."
It's nice to know we have biblical examples of what to do, and what not to do. Today we take a look and see what example Peter shows.
What do we do when life seems to go completely wrong? This week we look at how the disciples handled the arrest of Jesus and what we can learn from that.
What does it mean to be made holy in truth? What does "holy" even mean? And why is the "word" involved in all of this? These are the questions we wrestle with this week.
There's sage advice, then there's life changing statements, and what does does some old Pharasee have to have to do with peanutbutter????
Why is it that some of us have such a hard time asking for help? This week we look at what it means to ask God for what we need, and for what we want.
"We live in a world that seems intentionally designed to keep us overwhelmed and distracted. We look in Paul's letter to the Philippians for advice on taking back control of our attention."
Jesus has commanded us to do specific jobs. Today we discuss some of the jobs we are NOT called to do.
Jesus promised us joy that no one could take from us. The problem is, that's not the experience a lot of us have had, so what does that mean, and what does that look like?
“Have you ever been hated? How are we supposed to respond when people hate us? This week we look at what Jesus has to say about it.”
"What does it mean to get to the root of the matter? To the foundation of all reality? To the vine, not the branches? This week we get a gardening lesson and learn what it means to produce good fruit."
"In life we sometimes are given advice, some good and some not so good. But sometimes the advice we're given is tangible, Peter learned that so.e would say "the hard way"..... "
"Jesus gives us some specific commandments, one of them being Love one another. But what does that really mean, and what does Peter say about it?"
"Human connection and relationship is a basic human need, but the older we get the harder it becomes. This week we look at the story of Judas' betrayal and what we might learn from that."
"There are a lot of opinions about who Jesus was and what he was trying to accomplish. This week we look at what Jesus had to say about it."
"What would it look like if we were willing to turn our backs on things to follow Jesus no matter the consequences?"
"When Jesus entered Jerusalem on the back of a donkey he likely wasn't the only parade that day. Pilate was entering Jerusalem as well, but his parade looked a lot different. What parade would you have attended?"
"Jesus prayed! Have you ever really thought about that and what that means for us? So this week we're going to look at the curious incident of the body that didn't stink and what that has to do with prayer."
"Closure is an important part of the grieving process. Can we find hope in this process?"
These days it seems like our words don't really matter anymore. We say things without any consequences, and what we say we believe often doesn't look anything like the way we live. This is not the way the of Jesus.
"David wrestled bears and lions with his bare hands, not to mention slaying the giant Goliath. Have you ever wrestled a bear???"
What happens when Jesus comes on the scene? What does the tension between crisis and judgment mean for us?
Most of haven't given sheep farming a lot of thought, but this week we take a look at it from an Easter perpspective.
Jesus said, we would know the truth and the truth would set us free, but just how do we go about doing that?
"Have you ever felt invisible? Like you don't even matter? This week we look at how when it comes to Jesus, nothing could be further from the truth."
"Have you ever been thirsty but couldn't get enough to drink? Jesus has a remedy for that."
With the world in disarray and turmoil everywhere, what are we to do? Where are we to go?
We don't need to be stuck in our story any longer. Jesus calls us to be part of his-story. We need to understand this and celebrate it in the good and bad times.
This week we look at Jesus feeding 5000 people with nothing but a few loaves and fishes. It's an amazing miracle, but what does it mean for us?
Being made new in Christ is a process, it requires a lot of letting go and trust but can lead to great things. In a continuing conversation, Christina and Nathan discuss her new role as New Venture Apprentice and some of the things she has learned along the way.
This week we look at what it means to be disciples of Jesus, and what it means to truly follow him.
Today we talk about the way that life is supposed to be lived. Wouldn't it be nice if someone could show us the way...
what invisible disability can teach us about ordinary miracles in the midst of chronic challenges
As we head into the new year, instead of making negative resolutions, why not decide to fall in love with as many things as you can?
If you didn't get a chance to join us for our Christmas Coffeehouse here is this year's spoken word by Nathan.