Through the Lens of Christ: Recent Episodes
West Bend Community Church
Join us a few times a week as we discuss church and culture. It is our desire to help you understand what it looks like to view and understand the current culture and it's brokenness with a biblical perspective, specifically through the lens of Christ.
This week Pastor Adam and Ashley Siqueiros talk about parental involvement in CCA. What does it look like for the parents to take ownership in their child's education and how do we partner in this together?
Sit down with Pastor Adam and School Board members, Dave Bolender and Sharon Eagen, as they discuss some of the history of classical education and why this is the route we chose for CCA. Get to know their experience a bit and why they feel called to be a part of this journey!
Pastor Adam and Pastor Vince talk this week about our hopes behind the school functioning as a ministry of the church rather than a separate entity. Why have we chosen this structure and how will it work? Hear a bit more from Pastor Vince about his hopes for the school and his children as they will be attending!
We are excited to bring you along with us on this journey of launching a school! We want to include you in the conversation as we follow the Lord's leading in this great work. This episode is intended to help you learn more about Ashley Siqueiros who has been hired as the principal.
Now that we understand the goal of how to teach and how to study, here are some resources to equip you to do this! There will be a handout attached to the email you receive and available at the training.
Join us for episode 2 as we dig into Expositional vs. Topical studies. What are the positives and negatives? What are some examples?
In this episode we are going to talk about expositional teaching and exegetical study. What are the benefits? How do we achieve these things? Why are they important to us?
On this weeks episode, Pastor Adam, Steve, and Ashley talk about Acts 16:11-24. How does this scripture speak to how the Lord works in our salvation? What do we see between the slave owners and Lydia in response to the Gospel message?
This week we dig into Acts 16:1-5. We will be discussing the need for discipleship, how Paul and Timothy interact with each other, and the desire to clearly present the gospel to those around us.
Join us this week as we dig into Acts 15:36-41. What do we see within this sharp disagreement? How are we as believers called into reconciliation?
Acts 15:22-35 shares an encouraging letter to the believers on how they are free from the burden of the law and that they are to live in the grace of Christ's sacrifice. How are we causing believers to stumble by placing expectations on their behavior and lifestyle? Is conviction something we are trying to place on others? Listen in as Pastor Adam, Steve Dauster, and Ashley Vorwerk dicuss how they were convicted by this passage and how they see application for it!
This episode covers Acts 15:12-21. We dig into how the counsel works, the application of this scripture, and what stood out to us personally!
Join Pastor Adam, Ashley, & Steve as they dig into Acts 15:1-11. We will share reflections on our Student Serving Sunday, the scripture, and how this impacts the way we live today!
Acts 14:21-28 is a great picture of how we are called to be disciples and to disciple others. How do we do this within our children? Is this different today than it was 20 years, or even 5 years ago? Dig deeper with us today as we talk about this critical aspect of the Christian life!
Pastor Adam, Ashley, and Steve discuss Acts 14:8-20 today. There is a theme of obedience, power, miracles, and faith throughout the book of Acts. What do these verses specifically teach us about these things and about how we live within those things?
Pastor Vince joins Ashley and Pastor Adam this week as we dig into Acts 14:1-7. There is this concept of minds being poisoned. Is this happening today? How is this happening? We also will be discussing the need for identity and purpose. How does this impact how we live today?
This week Steve, Ashley, and Pastor Adam discuss Acts 13:44-52. How do we apply this to our lives persoanlly and how does this inform the way that we interact with both Christians and non-Christians?
This weeks episode covers Acts 13:38-43. What does this salvation and forgiveness look like in our lives? How are we called to love believers and non-believers? What is the application of this scripture? Check out the conversation and leave your comments below!
We are back with another episode! This week Pastor Adam, Steve, and Ashley discuss Acts 13:23-37. This remaining portion of Paul's sermon. How do we apply this to our lives today? What does it mean to not only have Christ as our Savior, but as our Savior and Lord?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they dig into Acts 13:13-22. This passage is full of history from the old testament. How does this apply to us today and what do we learn about the character of God through this passage?
Pastor Adam, Steve, and Ashley dicuss Acts 13:4-12 this week! This episode will discuss the importance of understanding the character of God in all scripture, the need for Christian community, and how we are influenced in our present culture. We hope this conversation encourages you and brings you deeper into the scripture.
Pastor Adam, Ashley, and Steve discuss the scripture from Sunday, Acts 12:25-13:3. What does it look like to understand how we walk in the Spirit? What is the importance of being in community with other believers?
Check out today's episode of Through the Lens of Christ as we dig into Acts 12:19-24. We will talk through this idea of God's Glory and how our lives are to reflect that and we will hear a bit about Ashley's trip! Join the conversation!
Join Pastor Adam, Ashley, and Steve as they continue the discussion from Sunday morning. If you missed our Sunday morning message, you can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cnhxAH8XDs
Join Pastor Adam, Steve, and Ashley as they recap a bit of what we talked about at the Combined Gathering at the Fair Grounds on July 30th! How does scripture inform why being unified with other churches is important? How does the life of a believer act out the truth in the book of Ephesians?
Join Pastor Adam, Ashley, and Steve on today's episode of Through the Lens of Christ! We are digging into Acts 12:1-5 and this idea of persecution, prayer, and trusting how God leads. Join the conversation!
Join Pastor Dan, Pastor Vince, and Ashley as they dig into Acts 11:19-30. How does this passage apply to our lives? What do we learn from this passage about the health of a church, congregant, and church leadership? Join the conversation!
Join us today as we dig into Acts 11:1-18. Yet again we see Luke repeating this critical message about the Gospel and our need for salvation. How does this inform how we live and is repentance a daily choice or a one time occurrence?
Join Pastor Adam, Steve, and Ashley as they dig into the latest passage from Acts! We will discuss the final portion of Acts 10 and how Peter gives this explanation of the gospel.
We are back from break! Join us today as we dig into Acts 10:24-33. Here we see Peter choosing the path of obedience and how this plays into his entire worldview being changed because of who Christ is. Join us!
We will not be releasing an episode next week so this week is an extended episode! Join Adam, Ashley, & Steve as they dig into Acts 10:1-8. This concept of we are not enough. What does this mean as believers and how does this interact with what the culture tells us?
Join us this week as we dig into Acts 9:32. We will be discussing how this impacts our health as a church, our response to the culture, and the identity we embrace.
Join the conversation as we dig into Acts 9:10-19 which is the second half of Saul\Paul's conversion experience. How does this transformative work look in our lives and how does this impact the way we live our lives each and every day?
Join Adam, Ashley, and Steve as we dig into Acts 9:1-9! What do we learn from Saul's experience with Christ? Are we asking "Who are you, Lord?" and applying the answer to our lives? Does who our Lord is inform who we are as believers?
Join Steve, Ashley, and Adam this week as we dig into Acts 8:26-40. The idea of evangelism and how we are to present the Gospel and relationship with Christ to the world around us.
Join Adam, Steve, and Ashley as they dig into Acts 8:9-25 and how we should be responding to this scripture today! How are we called to live as believers? Where do we need to grow, change, or redirect our beliefs?
Join Adam, Steve, and Ashley as we dig into Acts 8:1-8 and this idea around how God's will and our will differs. How does this play out into our lives and how are we called to respond as believers?
Join Adam, Vince, and Ashley as they dig into Acts 7:54-8:1 and talk through the significance of this text. The responsibility we have as believers to love the broken and lost people of this world. What is the connection between Stephen's death and Christ's death? Join the conversation!
Our video recording is a little different this week! Technology is a blessing and a headache! But we still have a great episode digging into the culture and the scripture. Join us as we discuss how the scripture should be integrated into our lives better.
Join Pastor Dan, Pastor Vince, and Ashley as they dig into Acts 7:35-43 and how we reject Christ, create idols, and better understand the Gospel through this scripture!
Join us this week as we dig into Acts 7:30-34 and this idea around Moses and how God had the Israelites and Moses wait until they were truly ready to be brought into what God had for them.
The crew is back together! This week Steve, Adam, and Ashley dig into Acts 7:17-29. Let's talk about how this passage should change the way that we think and interact. How does the example of Moses inform how we live today?
Join Pastor Vince, Pastor Dan, and Ashley this week on the podcast as we dig into Acts 7:1-8 and the life of Stephen. How are we supposed to demonstrate Christ as believers? What does it mean for us to be like Christ in a culture that is constantly changing and rejecting the gifts of God?
Join us for this weeks episode as we dig into some of the early persecution in the church and how need to be destroyed by God to be rebuilt by Him!
Join us today as we dig into Acts 6:1-7 and our deep need to address the Spiritual needs of those around us and not just the physical needs.
Join us today as we dig into Acts 5:25-33. This idea of following the religious law versus being in relationship with Christ. What does Acts tell us about how the sacrifice of Christ brings us freedom to be pursuing a relationship with our Savior?
Join Adam, Steve, and Ashley this week as they dig into what the great commission is and how this plays into who we are as believers. Our identity as believers comes from who our God is. Join the conversation!
Join Adam, Ashley, and Steve as we dig into Acts 5:17-24 and what the difference is between the old life and the new life. The apostles were told to go and tell people about this new life, but what is this new life? Join the conversation!
Join us as we dig into a discussion on the character of God, the importance of studying the scripture, and a handful of other rabbit trails! You can find our podcast in video format on our youtube page!
We're back from break! Join us as we dig into Acts 5:1-11 and the story of Ananias and Sapphira. How does this story inform the choices we make, how we view our relationship with Christ and our engagement with the church? Join the conversation!
Join us this week for our first video! Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster dig into Acts 4:13-22!
This week we dig into Acts 4:1-12 as we continue to hear the gospel message that Peter brings. The fact that our salvation is through no other name than Jesus Christ. Join us!
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster this week as we dig into Acts 3:17-26! This concept of repentance is so critical. This is our first week having two sites, but our scripture is the same!
This week we dig into Acts 3:1-10 and discuss this concept of healing. Is it spiritual or physical? What does it mean to truly be healed? Join the conversation!
Join us for this weeks episode as Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster dive into this concept of true Christian community. Coming into the practical implications of what happens when the spirit moves in his people, the book of Acts is now sharing what we as believers should be devoted to.
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMdAvtk2taU
This week Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster dig into Acts 2:37-41. This conversation around repentance and our lives being changed for Christ is so critical. Join us as we talk this through!
Check out the sermon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kYtJvxdxRM
Join us this week as Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster dig into Peter's presentation of the Gospel! What is God's deliberate plan and how do we play a part in it?
This week we dive into Acts 2:1-13 as we see the holy spirit coming at pentecost. Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as we dig a little deeper into what this means!
In Acts 1:12-26 we see how the early church went about selecting leadership before the Holy Spirit had come to them. In this scripture we see the unity of the church and how the ordained will of God comes to be and how we are to participate within it. Join us as we dig a little deeper into this passage.
If you missed the sermon on Sunday, you can find the podcast version on our website: https://westbendchurch.org/media/through-the-lens-of-christ/
We dive into a new series in the book of Acts! We are excited to move into this concept of advancing the gospel. Pastor Adam preached on Acts 1:1-11 on Sunday. You can find the message here: https://westbendchurch.org/resources/sermons/
Join Pastor Vince and Pastor Dan as they dig into how Hebrews impacted them over the last year and the ways that God taught them through this book!
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster dig into last weeks sermon and how we apply this to our lives. There is so much that we can gain from this passage of Hebrews. Join the conversation!
Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWn_y-WFuEM
Resource: https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Grace-Dazzling-Jesus/dp/1433520095
We dig back into Hebrews this week! We will be discussing Hebrews 12:18-29. The idea of these two mountains that we are to choose between and how this God is a consuming fire that aims to either purify or judge us.
Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4FTBTBY_GA
Michael Strand was with us this past weekend and spoke about the importance of intentionality in relationships as everyday disciples. As we move into the Kewaskum community, we have to recognize the responsibility we have as believers to get uncomfortable and be the hands and feet of Jesus for the Gospel! Join us today in the conversation!
Last Sunday we had the opportunity to gather with 8 local churches for a combined worship service at the county fair! It was a joy to gather and worship as one united family in Christ. Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster will dig into scripture and discussed what this unity looks like and why it is important!
Sam Karlovich brought the message to us this last weekend! This was his first time preaching and we were excited to hear what the Lord had to teach us through Sam. Pastor Adam and Elder Steve dive a little deeper into the text and share how this passage impacted them.
Message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZPHM2V_-lM&t=160s
Join our guests Pastor Dan and Pastor Vince for this weeks episode! We are excited to hear from them what their thoughts, review, and application of last weeks sermon is!
Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_LqEa3ifBY
Join us this week as Pastor Adam and Elder Steve dig into the sermon a bit deeper! Check out the sermon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaGZbrwmA4c
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster this week as we dig into the sermon a bit deeper and share some of the ways that God is changing us in our lives.
The general theme of this Hall of Faith is how important is God to us? This week we dig deeper into the example of Abraham.
Check out the sermon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW_ZrYMc6-c&t=1543s
Join us this week as we dig into this idea of a better place! This earth is not our home and as believers we long for our true home in Heaven. Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster dig deeper into this passage.
Check out the sermon on our podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1t1mvfNwalwJFj91ZlwMUs?si=ceb5272cfad34307
This week Pastor Adam and Elder Steve dig a little deeper into the sermon! Hebrews 11:8-12 continues to walk us through this Hall of Faith with the examples of Abraham and Sarah.
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster this week as we dig into the Hall of Faith! This week's episode is focused on Hebrews 11:4-7. Check out the message that Pastor Vince gave on Sunday on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHFBwdd8IU0
Join us this week as Pastor Adam and Elder Steve dig deeper into last weeks sermon and how we can apply it to our lives in a practical way. If you have questions you would like us to address, please drop them in the form below!
Questions: https://westbendchurch.elexiochms.com/external/form/a514f454-3613-4d0a-a41a-b6a892e9a056
Sermon: https://westbendchurch.org/resources/sermons/sermon-detail/hebrews-confident-assurance/
Join us today as Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster dig into this passage about confidence. We want to dig deeper every week. If you have comments or questions, please send them in!
Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kid4uM3b9w
Today we dive into a heavy passage about a warning from the author! But there is confidence and assurance that comes out of this scripture as well. Join Pastor Adam and Elder Steve as they dig into this important portion of scripture.
If you missed Sunday's sermon, you can find it here: https://westbendchurch.org/resources/sermons/sermon-detail/hebrews-a-dreadful-thing/
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster this week as we dig deeper into the sermon. What are the assurances of a true believer and what are the things that we as believers should be desiring to do? Draw near to God, stand firm in your hope, and be together with other believers!
John Piper Resource: https://twitter.com/JohnPiper/status/1521285384143093772?s=20&t=hdO-BeadMVW4qkzdpEBfYQ
Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsjTirflHUk
This week Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster dig into complete forgiveness from God! Join the conversations as we dig deeper into last weeks sermon.
Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ePiXB7Fq6o
This week Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster dig into Hebrews 10:1-10 and discuss how we understand the will of God on a day to day basis. Does God have multiple wills? Can we change the will of God? What is his biggest will? Join the conversation!
If you missed the sermon on Sunday, you can listen to it here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/hebrews_2
Join Pastor Adam and Elder Steve this week as we get into what heaven will be like and how we are heavenly things! What does this mean and how does this impact how we live? Join the conversation.
If you missed Sunday's sermon, you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYMXrC6Sjm4&t=3609s
Join us this week as Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster dive into a deeper discussion on last weeks sermon. How do we practically apply the scripture to our lives? What is this need for a new covenant? Join the conversation!
Do you have questions about the sermon? Ask them here: https://westbendchurch.elexiochms.com/external/form/a514f454-3613-4d0a-a41a-b6a892e9a056
April 3, 2022 Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA79urQMZhU
We are back! We are excited to relaunch the podcast as we dig a little deeper into our Sunday sermons. This week Pastor Adam and Elder Steve discuss Hebrews 9:11-15. What is it about the way the author speaks and what he says that we truly need to understand? Join us as we dig deeper!
Sunday Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTpp74FuHmE&t=641s
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they reflect on the last one hundred episodes of the podcast! They talk about why we started the podcast, what we learned along the way, and where it is headed! Thanks for listening!
This is our final week of IL and live podcasts! We have had a great 8 weeks gathering together for these discussions. This week we dive into CRT and try to define what this is, why it is important to talk about, and how we can view it through a biblical perspective.
Join us for another live episode as Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster discuss the brokenness around transgenderism. How do we ensure that we are looking at the brokenness of the world and responding with the love of Christ rather than the judgement of sin?
This weeks episode Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster discuss marriage. What is marriage? How do we see if culturally and biblically? This is an important conversation to have, join us for this episode!
This weeks episode we dig into subversive habits. Are we paying attention to the habits that we have in our lives? The goal of subversive habits is to subvert the things that drag us from Christ. Join us for this discussion!
Resource: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/subversive-habits-and-your-primary-story/
This week Pastor Adam and Steve continue our live podcasts as they jump into the topic of politics! How should we, as believers, approach this hot topic? Does this cause harm to our witness if we avoid this topic? Why is it such an emotional topic?
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster continue our live podcasts with an episode on Expressive Individualism. Where do we build our identity? Do we fit a cultural mold and seek that affirmation? Or do we truly understand who we are?
This is week 2 of Incarnational Living. We will discuss how we are called to live out our faith as believers. What does this require of us and how does this look to other believers?
We begin an 8 week series on what we call Incarnational Living. This week we talk about the Gospel and how that should play into our lives. What is the Gospel? Does it change how we think, speak, and live? Join us on this journey of living Incarnationally!
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster talk about social media this week. How do we use social media? Are we accurately representing ourselves on media? Often times we can end up living a double life when it comes to social media and it can bring out behaviors that don't reflect Christ. Join the conversation this week!
Today Steve Dauster & Pastor Adam discuss Romans 14 and how this relates to our relationships with believers. This scripture speaks to our convictions and how those play out into our lives. Do we see the Christ in one another or are we pushing our own convictions onto others?
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster bring our 3 part series on Subversive Habits and our Primary Story to a close as they discuss habits. What are general habits and what are subversive habits? How do we check our motivations behind our habits and ensure that we are not being legalistic in our approach?
Trevin Wax Article: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/subversive-habits-and-your-primary-story/
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster continue the series on Subversive Habits and our Primary Story. How does suffering play into our story and how do we view suffering? Our perspective has a lot to do with how we approach things. How do we ensure that we are viewing our suffering through the lens of Christ?
Trevin Wax Article: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/subversive-habits-and-your-primary-story/
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they begin a 3 part series on Subversive Habits and our Primary Story. What story do we live in? Are we fitting into this story or are we trying to take authorship of the story?
Trevin Wax Article: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/subversive-habits-and-your-primary-story/
Pastor Adam and Pastor Dan discuss our upcoming study on this special episode! Learn a little bit more about GospelCentric, why we chose to create our own study, and the hopes for what is to come after the study!
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster discuss the topic of depression on this episode. What is depression? Are there different forms? Join the conversation as Adam and Steve share their personal struggles and how they manage and refocus their perspective.Resource: https://www.amazon.com/Have-Crucial-Questions-Reformation-Trust/dp/1567692958/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629819433&sr=8-2
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster in their discussion on this Philippians passage. How do we understand the meaning and purpose for this scripture now?Our culture is so different, could it mean the same thing it did when it was originally written? How do we apply this to our lives?
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster discuss this week on what it means to live like Christ. What does it mean to live incarnate? How does this fit into our lives? We are called to higher living, but how do we practically apply this?
What is the current conversation around Covid? Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster discuss the Christian ethics around this issue. How are we as believers called to live, speak, act when things become so politicized? We have a responsibility, but what is it?
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster discuss the influences around us and how much we engage with this culture. How much does our faith matter to us? Are the things that influence us pulling us into deeper relationship with Christ or harming our relationship with Christ? Resource: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-pastor-john/id618132843?i=1000529329503
What are the levels of friendship? How do we view friendship? Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster discuss how we are first friends with God and through that our friendships are flowing from that. How does that look and how do we maintain friendships?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they bring our hypocrisy to a close on this final episode. In Christ we don’t have to be hypocritical. How do we ensure that we are actively participating in this? Are we aligned with the process of sanctification that Christ is taking us through?Resources:John Piper Sermon - https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/let-love-be-genuine
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster in part two of our mini-series on Hypocrisy. We need to look at how our lives need to be changed by God, not how we need to change others to be like us. Our effort needs to be put into diminishing self and elevating Christ.
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they begin another mini-series. This month we are going to discuss Hypocrisy. We at our core are hypocritical. We desire feedback in performance and in effectiveness in what we are doing. Is what we are doing to impress others or Christ?Resources: John Piper Sermon - https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/let-love-be-genuine
How do we become glorified? Is this happening now or in the future? What will our eternity look like? Join us as we wrap up this mini series on the Salvation components!
The process of sanctification. What is it? How do we engage in our sanctification? Are we being made more like Christ daily?
What is justification? What does it mean to be justified? Join the conversation around this positional aspect of our salvation.
What are we saved from? Why do we need saving? What are we being saved to? Join the conversation as we start this four part series on salvation and the components of it.
Today's episode is all about communication. Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster sit down to discuss how our words have power in the day to day, in teaching settings, and so much more. They will touch on several articles regarding this topic. You can find them all linked below.Resources:Destruct Your Culture, Not Your FaithFrom WEIRD to Westboro: The Problem of Christian ReputationBible Teachers: It’s Not Just What You Say That Matters, It’s What People Hear
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they dig into some big topics around spiritual conversations. Are accountability partners truly helpful? What does it look like to walk alongside our brothers and sisters? How should we speak to one another a the family of God? Resources: Gospel Coalition: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/exile-ok/Desiring God: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-missing-conversation-in-our-accountability?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=8b5d2241-c91e-47ca-bf7d-83b94bf05284&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=new+teaching
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster address questions from our recent Jonah Sermon Series. You don't want to miss this extra knowledge! Join the conversation as they discuss emotions, specifically anger, and the lostness of the world.
Join Pastor Adam & Steve Dauster as they discuss a book they are currently reading about our culture and the dangers of how we are drifting. Book: https://www.christianbook.com/triumph-cultural-amnesia-expressive-individualism-revolution/carl-trueman/9781433556333/pd/556333?en=google&event=SHOP&kw=academic-0-20%7C556333&p=1179710&dv=c&gclid=CjwKCAjw7J6EBhBDEiwA5UUM2llr-DVCgjfrTl9wnT2KaFRvjsXJpQ6yg-aVa5ZQdWlCkkfsWwsRYRoC9K0QAvD_BwE
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they discuss conversion and assurance. What is conversion and how does this look in our lives? Are we able to have true assurance in our faith? What does assurance feel like? Don't miss this great conversation!
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster on this weeks episode as we discuss Paul Maxwell and his recent decision to abandon his faith. Why did he make this decision? Does this have something to do with how the church emulates Christ? Does Paul think that Christ is loving? Join the conversation!Resource: http://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/11448/20210410/paul-maxwell-former-writer-at-desiring-god-announces-he-s-no-longer-a-christian.htm
On this week's episode, Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster discuss different aspects of Catholicism and how it differs from Evangelical Christianity. Specifically they focus on the difference in confession and repentance. What is the purpose and how should this look in our lives?
On this weeks episode, Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster give a Covid-19 Update. Listen in as they discuss how we love each other well during this time, how they view vaccinations, and what a Christlike response is. Join the conversation!
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they sit down with Marc Revoredo this week. Marc has a history with Jehovah's Witnesses from his childhood. Pastor Adam and Steve interview Marc about his experience and how this impacted his now Christian faith.Resource: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/the-11-beliefs-you-should-know-about-jehovahs-witnesses-when-they-knock-at-the-door/
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster discuss Christian Education this week. Join us as they discuss how they've chosen to educate their children, why Christian education is important, and more! What is a parents responsibility when it comes to a child's education? Does education stop after you graduate?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they discuss Expressive Individualism. What is this? Are we guilty of this? Do you find yourself placing your identity in yourself or in who Christ has designed you to be? Resources: The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Triumph-Modern-Self-Individualism/dp/1433556332/ref=asc_df_1433556332/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459724879118&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15598055083801040237&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9018769&hvtargid=pla-917748242350&psc=1Trevin Wax: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/expressive-individualism-series/
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they dive into a discussion on the equality act. What does this mean? How will this effect our culture and our churches? How do we respond to something like this?Resources:Equality Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5Al Mohler: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-briefing-albertmohler-com/id390278738?i=1000511260699Rod Dreher: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/war-on-christian-orthodoxy-never-ends/
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they discuss the different faith families that fall into the "Christian" category. Is Christ at the center of your faith and beliefs? Are you questioning your faith family? Listen in on this conversation!
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they share about their experience working in the corporate world. How did they bring Christ into the workplace? What do they wish they had done differently? Does Christ belong in the workplace?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster this week as they discuss relationships, the difficulty of building relationships in the midst of a pandemic, and the importance and responsibility that the church has to offer opportunities to build relationships!Resource: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/church-small-talk-important/
Join Pastor Adam and Steve today as they discuss how we can cause hurt when we help. What is our responsibility as believers to care for the community? Do we miss out on salvation needs when meeting physical needs?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve as they discuss the sermon quote "Satan uses our sufferings to destroy our faith, while God uses our sufferings to strengthen our faith". Why do bad things happen to good people? How does this relate to every day life?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they discuss what it means to fear the Lord. Are we called to fear the Lord because he is a tyrannical dictator? Is this to keep us cowering in fear, or is this for our good? Join the conversation!
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they discuss the allure of Christian pessimism and our natural bent towards pessimism. Why is it that our instinct is to focus on the negative and how do we refocus where our passions exist? Are we ensuring that our lives are truly bringing glory to God?Resource: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/the-allure-of-christian-pessimism/
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they discuss the topic of Critical Race Theory. Does it exist? Is it good or bad? How do we respond to it and where are we headed?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they discuss the importance of having difficult conversations and how we accomplish this. Conversation around difficult topics is important in life, especially the lives of believers. Take note on how we can have these conversations while expressing the love and grace of Christ! Resource: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/come-let-us-reason-together/
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they wrap up our series on the spiritual disciplines. As we close, let's discuss service and how that should look in our lives. Do salvation and service go hand in hand? How do we identify the fruit of service? Join the conversation!
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they begin the last two episodes on the spiritual disciplines. As we continue our intentional growth in this new year, how do we work in the spiritual disciplines? What does healthy submission look like? Who are we called to submit to and how do we do this?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster on this episode as we continue to speak to the value of privilege of spiritual disciplines. Todays topic is fasting. How does this partner with prayer which we talked about in our last episode? Why do we fast? How do we ensure that our motivation is right in our decision to fast?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they continue through out series on the different spiritual disciplines. Today we unpack the discipline of prayer. What is prayer? Why is it important? When, where, why, and how should we pray? All questions that will be talked through in this episode!
Tune in today with Pastor Adam and Steve as they continue the discussion on Spiritual Disciplines! We always have access to the spirit, but we are not always filled with the spirit. We need to use meditation as a way of getting rid of the world and self and being filled with who Christ is.
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster will be starting a series of episodes around different spiritual disciplines as we begin this new year. The spiritual disciplines are really about how do I embrace the gift and joy of Christ in my life now? How do we continue to build muscle memory in our spiritual life? What is the importance of practicing study of scripture?
Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster discuss an article today about how we correctly or incorrectly emulate Christ to the world. How do we self assess and ensure that we are accurately representing the gospel to a lost world?Resource: https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/why-do-they-hate-us?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy
Join the conversation with Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they discuss the difference between persecution and discomfort. Pastor Adam spoke on James 1:2-4 on December 27th. This episode is a follow up conversation on that sermon.
Why is there a strong emotive response from the Christians in regards to the political party? Regardless of who the leader is, that does not change the gospel or who Christ is. We need to be seekers of truth and right now, we are seekers of subjective truth. If we identify with scripture first, then we have something to talk about, but our focus is elsewhere.Resources:https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/the-dangerous-idolatry-of-christian?r=1a7yf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitterhttps://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/what-i-saw-at-the-jericho-march/https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/defense-of-jericho-march-criticism/https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/cult-christian-trumpism/
We received this question this week: "How do I handle family who aren't believers but have kids? I want to give my niece and nephew bibles for Christmas."Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster discuss how we interact with family who are not believers. How do we make sure that we are not causing harm while having good intentions?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they discuss Harry Styles's recent photo shoot and the reaction he received. How do we define what men and women are? How does the culture cause us to think a certain way and how, as believers, are we called to respond to a broken culture?Resource: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/hollywood-elliot-page-me/
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster in this episode as they continue the conversation around Truths We Need Today. If you are interested in a deeper discussion on either of these topics, let us know and we would love to record a full episode!Resource: https://twitter.com/ostrachan/status/1333502942570307584?s=20
Join Pastor Adam and Steve Dauster as they discuss Truths We Need Today. How do these things help us to know Christ, be changed by Christ, and view things through the lens of Christ?Resource: https://twitter.com/ostrachan/status/1333502942570307584?s=20
Join Pastor Adam and Steve in the conversation around faith and politics. Do we have more passion behind our God or our president? Have we put in as much effort to understand the character of God as we have in forming our politic views? Resources:https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/fox-geezer-syndrome-rush-limbaugh-media/https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/die-for-trump-limbaugh-caller-evangelical-man/
Join Pastor Adam and Steve as they discuss the necessities of faith. What are the things that we need to stand firm on and defend well? Are there things that we can let slide?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve as they answer some of your questions! Questions: If God has foreordained everything, then how could we have freewill? If God has already determined that I will love Him, is it really love?Resources:https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/are-there-two-wills-in-godhttps://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/does-god-decree-events-he-doesnt-want-to-happen
Pastor Adam and Steve talk about the importance of reading the Bible first and then how the rest of what we read should be held to the standard of scripture. Why do we read? What do we read? Join this conversation! Adam's Books: Celebration of Discipline, Caste, Post Quarantine Church, & Culture CatalystSteve's Books: Lyndon Johnson Biography, Appeasement, Live Not By Lies, The Pleasures of GodLeave your comments, questions, or feedback here: https://westbendchurch.elexiochms.com/external/form/a514f454-3613-4d0a-a41a-b6a892e9a056
What is a post-christian culture? What does it mean to be post-christian? Join Pastor Adam and Steve as they discuss these questions and what our response should be as followers of Christ viewing this world through the lens of Christ.Barna Resource: https://www.barna.com/research/post-christian-cities-america-2017/Leave your questions, comments, or feedback here: https://westbendchurch.elexiochms.com/external/form/a514f454-3613-4d0a-a41a-b6a892e9a056
Join Pastor Adam and Steve this week as they discuss the sovereignty of God. No matter the outcome of the election, it is God ordained to bring him glory. Nothing happens in this story that the author is not in control of. God and his faithfulness has not changed from eternity past.Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZNMAarvqAA&feature=youtu.be
Join us this week in our extended episode as we discuss important questions to ask during election week. Character over policy, does that matter? Where do we fit into the conversation around voting? Are we biblically mandated to vote as Christians? What is the right response if our candidate doesn’t win?John Piper - https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/policies-persons-and-paths-to-ruinWayne Grudem - https://www.christianpost.com/voices/a-response-to-my-friend-john-piper-about-voting-for-trump.html?fbclid=IwAR28MVsLhIKTA315lB-kWJdj7rH_6syIKnvvkxTb6YWekoD9vJ8GMNm4fIEAl Mohler - https://albertmohler.com/2020/10/26/christians-conscience-and-the-looming-2020-electionDavid French - https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/the-spiritual-blessing-of-political
Pastor Adam and Steve discuss repentance and regeneration today. Which comes first? Is repentance an ongoing or one time thing? What should repentance look like in our lives?Resources: Ask Pastor John: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-pastor-john/id618132843#episodeGuid=desiringgod.org-resource-15302
Join Pastor Adam and Steve in the conversation around builders and architects of Community. What does it mean to blueprint the expectations for community and what does it mean to actually build out community?Resources: The Folly of 'Looking for Community': https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-folly-of-looking-for-community/Alienated America: https://www.amazon.com/Alienated-America-Places-Thrive-Collapse/dp/0062797107
Join Pastor Adam and Steve's conversation today as they discuss what happens when our hero's are tainted. How should we respond or feel when we see our hero's fail or fall?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve today as they discuss an article around social trust and culture shifts. How do we respond to these trends as believers? Arcticle: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/collapsing-levels-trust-are-devastating-america/616581/
Join Pastor Adam & Steve as they discuss the purpose and reason for communion. What do we find in scripture about this and how do we take part in it? Does this effect our salvation?
In this episode, Pastor Adam and Steve discuss the leadership of our country and how we pray for our leaders. Join us in this conversation as we think through leadership in this critical time.Resources:Praying for a Reckless President: https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/praying-for-a-reckless-president
Join Pastor Adam and Steve as we continue to walk through 1 Peter on Sunday mornings and bring the conversation to our day to day! What does it mean to have a new birth? What is this living hope that we have?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve as they discuss the recent presidential debate. How do we look at these conversations through a biblical perspective and make the right choices? Did we see Christ in the midst of this debate?
Learn a bit about the C&MA from Pastor Adam and Steve this week. Why are we partnered with this alliance? What are the current changes that are going on within the alliance?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve as they discuss the importance of Christian ethics and thinking in this season of election. Join them in praying for the leaders of our country!
Join Pastor Adam and Steve as they bring our conversation about the importance of community to a close. How does this look in our lives? What do we provide and gain from being in community with one another?Book Referenced: Timothy Carney Alienated America: https://www.amazon.com/Alienated-America-Places-Thrive-Collapse/dp/0062797107/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=alienated+america&qid=1600284824&sr=8-1
Join Pastor Adam and Steve as they begin the conversation around the importance of community. Why do we gather together in community? What is the importance behind relationship with other believers?Referenced Book:Sinclair B. Ferguson: https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Christ-Antinomianism-Assurance_Why-Controversy/dp/1433548003/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AKFBLXYET8ES&dchild=1&keywords=the+whole+christ+sinclair+ferguson&qid=1600284569&sprefix=the+whole+christ%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-1
Join us as we finish our conversation about Church Membership and Church Discipline. How do these fit together? What is the purpose of discipline? We recorded this weeks episodes over zoom, so we have a lower quality. We will be back to normal on Monday!
Join Pastor Adam and Steve this week as they begin the discussion on Church Membership and how that fits with Church Discipline. What is the purpose within Church Membership? Is it something that we should take part in?*We recorded this weeks episodes over Zoom. The audio is of a lower quality. We apologize for this and will be back to normal next week!
Join Pastor Adam and Steve as they discuss human life. God's design for life from start to end. How do we understand God's design within our changing culture?
On this episode, Pastor Adam and Steve discuss the original design and intent for sex and sexuality. Join this conversation as we learn how this original design has strayed and been damaged through the broken world that we live in.
Join Pastor Adam and Steve on this episode as they discuss marriage and family. How did God design this to be? How is the world that we live in today for or against God's design?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve as they discuss current events in our community and how we as followers of Christ are called to respond to our own sin and the sin of others.
Join Pastor Adam and Steve as they continue the conversation about what worship is. How does the way that we understand what worship is change the way that we worship? Both in from a personal aspect as well as a corporate aspect?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve this week as they sit down and discuss 'What is Worship'? In this two part series, they will share a definition for worship, what do we worship, how do we worship, and several other aspects of both personal worship and corporate worship.
On this weeks episode, Pastor Adam and Steve discuss worship in lockdown. Join the discussion as they talk through how churches around the country are choosing to respond to the government and worship currently.References:John MacArthur - https://www.gracechurch.org/news/posts/1988Johnathan Leeman - https://www.9marks.org/article/a-time-for-civil-disobedience-a-response-to-john-macarthur/Phil Johnson - http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2020/08/not-forsaking-assembling-of-ourselves.htmlGavin Ortlund - https://gavinortlund.com/2020/08/02/should-churches-in-california-defy-government-restrictions-a-response-to-john-macarthur/
Join Pastor Adam and Steve on this episode as they discuss how we are called to respond like Christ. In an ever changing culture, how do we build a foundation of responding through Christ in love?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve on this episode as they discuss religious liberties, the history of religious liberties and what this looks like in todays culture. Resources: The Dispatch Podcast https://thedispatch.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw9vn4BRBaEiwAh0muDHoMDQ6w8AgQ8fkHt00KA35wVMWu9Jok1xPjmsKfjhacNqRTFjrTzhoCOBQQAvD_BwEJohn MacArthur Statement: https://www.gty.org/library/blog/B200723
Another conversation between Pastor Adam and Steve as they discuss what exactly is the church? As we mature and grow as believers, there should be evidence of life change. How does the importance of us understanding what the church is come into play?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve on this episode as they discuss what love is. How are we called to love people as believers? How should this be seen in our words and actions?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve on this episode as they discuss how secularization has evolved within the church over the years. Where did this begin? Will it end? How do we stand firm in the midst of this?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve on this weeks episode as they discuss the gathering storm. How throughout history the secular culture has moved us from the impossibility of unbelief to the impossibility of belief. How does this effect the church and where are we headed?
Today Pastor Adam and Steve sit down to discuss what is the gospel? How does the gospel help us to navigate tricky topics and the division that exists within our culture?
Join Pastor Adam and Steve today as they discuss how to choose what you support through the standard of Christian morals and ethics. The resources they mentioned are linked here: On the organization website:https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/Albert Mohler: The Briefing:https://albertmohler.com/2020/06/18/briefing-6-18-20
Inequality in regards to race, gender, socio-economic. COVID-19, political unrest, economic fragility. These things all exist in our current culture. What does this all mean? How do we live wise in our world? How do we make scripture our foundation and stand firm together?
Join Adam Baker and Steve Dauster on this episode of Through the Lens of Christ as they discuss racial inequality, justice, oppression, and human nature. How do we as believers in Christ respond with a perspective based on biblical truth?
Spend a few minutes getting to know the hosts of Through the Lens of Christ and what their heart for this podcast is!
Join us a few times a week as we discuss church and culture. It is our desire to help you understand what it looks like to view and understand the current culture and it's brokenness with a biblical perspective, specifically through the lens of Christ.