North Park FW: Recent Episodes
Luke Johnson
This is a resource of North Park Community Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This podcast serves to provide Biblical teaching to supplement our Sunday gathering.
In this episode, we discuss the issue of fallen pastors. How are we to respond? How do we deal with cynicism that creeps in? How do we recover?
This week we tackled a listener question and then talked a bit about the original biblical languages. Enjoy!
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In this episode, we approach a touchy topic and try to bring helpful biblical insight to the discussion.
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You will have to listen to the end of this episode to find out why it has this title!
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This week we are joined by Lisa Johnson who serves as the women's ministry leader at North Park Community Church. We talked with Lisa about the purpose of women's ministry, some of her influences, and the women's bible study that is starting soon.
As we wrap up our short series on technology and the Christian, we discuss technology as something that is here to stay, and how the church can adapt and embrace it.
In this episode, we discuss how technology can harm the Christian and the church.
We would appreciate your feedback as we experiment with some longer episodes, and as always you can send us questions by using the form below:
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We're back with season 3 of the podcast and kicking things off with a few episodes on technology in the Christian life.
We would appreciate your feedback as we experiment with some longer episodes, and as always you can send us questions by using the form below:
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This episode is the finale of our series on the story of mankind. It is also the finale of season 2 of the podcast! Expect new episodes in the fall!
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This episode is part 12 of our series on the story of mankind.
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This episode is part 11 of our series on the story of mankind.
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In this episode, Luke and Pastor Luke discuss summer reading habits, and offer some suggestions for what to read this summer!
Pastor Luke's genre recommendations:
Biography
Novels (preferably epic!)
Poetry
Books mentioned:
Spurgeon biography
Dietrich Bonhoeffer biography
Just Do Something
Drew Jackson poetry
Digital Minimalism
Songs of Jesus
This episode is part 10 of our series on the story of mankind.
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This episode is part 9 of our series on the story of mankind.
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This episode is part 8 of our series on the story of mankind.
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This episode is part 7 of our series on the story of mankind.
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This episode is part 6 of our series on the story of mankind.
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This episode is part 5 of our series on the story of mankind.
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This episode is part 4 of our series on the story of mankind.
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This episode is part 3 of our series on the story of mankind.
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This episode is part 2 of our series on the story of mankind.
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This episode is part 1 of a new series attempting to tell the story of mankind, as explained in scripture, from eternity past to eternity future!
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In this episode of the podcast, we discuss Holy Week or Passion Week. What is it all about, and how do we celebrate it at North Park?
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Building on last week's episode on what a pastor is, this week we discuss the role of a lay elder, joined in discussion by North Park elder Tim Hibiske!
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In this episode, we discuss what a pastor is. What role does the pastor play in the local church? What is the difference between a pastor and an elder? Listen to find out!
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Why is church membership a thing if it is never mentioned in the Bible? What is church membership anyway? Listen to find out!
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You might be familiar with the controversial He Gets Us commercial that aired during the 2024 Superbowl. In this episode of the podcast, Pastor Luke and Pastor Zack share their thoughts on the matter.
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We have some fun in this episode, playing a short game of Bible Jeopardy, as we look forward to an upcoming event at North Park!
What are deacons? Why do we need them in the church? In this episode, we seek to answer these questions and explain North Park's plan for implementing deacons.
As we are beginning to relaunch home groups at NPCC, the pastoral team spends some time discussing their purpose and sharing some tips on getting the most out of them.
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We were blessed to have Wayne Kimbrell join us for this episode of the podcast, sharing a bit about men's ministry at NPCC.
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Reading Scripture is important, but we won't grow if we neglect application. In this episode, we talk about the importance of applying Scripture and offer some practical tips on how to do so.
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There are around 900 different English Bibles... how do we know which translations are good? Today, we briefly tackle this topic, and we hope it is helpful for you!
If you have any questions about this topic, or anything else, you can submit them here.
Resources:
History of Bible Translations
How We Got the Bible
Today, we discuss why you will fail your bible reading plan, why that's okay, and how to move forward.
Donald Whitney's Bible Reading Record
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We are squeezing some bonus content in before we officially launch Season 2 of the podcast next week! At the end of the year, many people are considering New Year's resolutions, and many Christians are considering taking up a new Bible reading plan. Today we talk about Bible reading plans and offer some pros and cons about them.
Resources:
Bible Reading Plans
Good Article about Bible Reading Plans
Donald Whitney's Bible Reading Record
We had a lot of fun with this one! Join us for some funny Christmas stories and Christmas trivia! Merry Christmas from the North Park Podcast!!!
In this episode of the North Park Podcast, we talk about what goes on in a Sunday gathering at North Park Community Church and why we do things the way we do.
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This week we continue the discussion of preparing for Sunday, giving a special focus on the volunteer perspective. Thanks for listening!
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In this episode of the North Park Podcast we discuss Pastor Zack and Pastor Luke's process of preparing for Sunday worship.
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Thank you for checking out this episode of the North Park Podcast! This week we are tackling some of the questions submitted by our church members. Topics discussed include enemies in a divided culture, choirs and ensembles, and eternal security. We hope you enjoy the conversation.
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Thank you for checking out this episode of the North Park Podcast! This week we spent some time getting to know Pastor Luke and Pastor Zack, and talked about why we are doing this podcast. We hope you enjoy the conversation.
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In this episode, Pastor Luke shares some thoughts to consider before reading Leviticus. May this be a blessing to you as you journey through our read through the Bible plan.
In this week's episode, Pastor Luke shares some thoughts on reading the long lists of laws in Exodus through Deuteronomy. May this help you as you spend time in God's Word!
As we reach the second week of our read through the Bible in a year plan, Pastor Luke talks about the example of the Patriarchs. Genesis 22 is a focal point as Pastor Luke quotes a number of excerpts from Abraham Kuruvilla's "Privilege the Text." May this brief episode help you to frame up the Old Testament narrative and track the unfolding plan of redemption!
In this first episode, Pastor Luke looks at Genesis 1-11 to trace foundational Biblical themes that are established early on in the Scriptures and are continuously developed throughout the rest of the Biblical narrative. These themes consist of the identity and purpose of mankind, the introduction of rebellion to God, and the collective resistance to God's pattern for life in the "fallen world system." We hope that this podcast will enhance your time in God's Word as we read through the Bible in 2023.
If you haven't started yet, it's not too late to join us!
Download the "Read Scripture" app or click here to find the plan we are using: https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/22273/
Listen in for a brief preview of our new podcast that will be launching in 2023 to accompany our reading through the Bible as a church.