Soma Downtown Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Pastor Kent kicks of the new series, 'The Gift of Obedience.'Scripture Referenced: Matt 11:25-30, 7:24-27; Psalm 1
Pastor Kent teaches on why we do corporate encouragement. The corporate encouragement portion has not been put online.
Pastor Kent teaches on John 1:19-34.
Scriptures Referenced: John 1:19-34, Mal. 4:1-6, Matt. 17:10-13, Matt. 11:7-15
Pastor Kent intros our series on The Gospel of John.
Scriptures referenced: John 1:1-18
Soma member Satchel Burton preaches on the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life from Luke 1:26-38
Elder Tim Landrum preaches on The Imago Dei in Others
Scripture referenced: Matthew 25:31-46
Pastor Kent sets up our corporate encouragement Sunday, allowing the congregation to encourage one another through testimony and His Word. (The encouragement is edited out of this podcast.)
Pastor Kent introduces the book of Daniel and teaches from Daniel 1. Scriptures referenced: Dan.1:1-21, Ecc. 7:2-4
Pastor Dante speaks on finances.
Scriptures Referenced: Matthew 6:19-21; Luke 3:7-14, Luke 16:1-13; Luke 12:13-21; Luke 19:15-19
Pastor Kent teaches about God’s restoration. Scriptures referenced: Gen. 3:16-19; Rom. 5:1-4; Rom. 8:18-25
Pastor Kent Preaches on God's Ordinances
Scriptures referenced: Matt 28:19-20, Luke 22:14-23
Pastor Kent teaches about God's People
Scriptures referenced: Ephesians 2:11-22, 1 Peter 2:4-12
Kent preaches from Joshua 4 to encourage us to remember how God has provided for our church on this momentous morning.
Pastor Dante teaches about God’s Kingdom.
Scriptures referenced: Genesis 9:1-17; Genesis 12:1-3; 2 Samuel 7:1-13; Matthew 4
Pastor Kent teaches in Genesis and Luke about God’s Plan.
Scriptures referenced: Genesis 3:15; Luke 24:13-49
Pastor Tim teaches about God’s judgment.
Scriptures referenced: Genesis 3:1-14, 16-24; Romans 3:9-20
Pastor Kent teaches from Genesis and his image.
Scriptures referenced: Genesis 1:26-2:25
Description: Pastor Jon teaches through Genesis and John in our second week of Foundations.
Scriptures referenced: Genesis 1:3-25; John 1:14-18
Description: Pastor Kent kicks off our Foundations series.
Scriptures referenced: Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-5; Deuteronomy 4:4-6
Pastor Kent teaches about the great commandment for children of God in 1 John 4.
Scriptures referenced: 1 John 4:7-21
Pastor Kent teaches through 1 John 2 and 4 and how the people of God, when filled with the Spirit of God, can discern truth from lies. Scriptures referenced: 1 John 2:18-27, 4:1-6
Pastor Kent teaches through 1 John 2:12-17 which warns Christians that they can either be filled with loving the world and the things of this world or trusting Jesus and loving one another, but not both.
Kent teaches on John’s call to love one another and it’s importance in experiencing and confirming Jesus’s Spirit growing within us.
Pastor Andrew Hughes from Soma Northwest teaches about the story of Ruth: Savior of the Outsider.
Scriptures referenced: Matthew 1:1-17, Ruth 1:1-5, 4:13-21
Pastor Dante kicks off our 1 John series with an overview of the book of 1 John
Scriptures referenced: 1 John Overview
Tim teaches on story of King David and his significance in the story of Jesus Christ. Scriptures referenced: Matthew 1:1-17, 2 Samuel 7:1-13
Andrew Hughes from Soma Northwest continues our advent series through the story of Ruth and encourages the church through Ruth's faithfulness to trust God as she awaited salvation and redemption from being cast aside as a destitute widow, and God's faithfulness to Ruth in her waiting.
Pastor Bobby from Soma Northwest teaches our second sermon on Advent about Bathsheba.
Scriptures referenced: Matthew 1:1-17, 2 Samuel 11
Kent kicks off our Advent series which explores the stories of some of the key figures of Jesus's genealogy and the Old Testament, and how the family that God worked through to bring the Messiah to our world forshadows who Jesus is, what he came to do, and what he is still doing in our world today. First up is Abraham who was given a promise that through him all nations would be blessed.
Kent teaches from Genesis 1-3 and Psalm 1 on what wisdom is and how are some ways we grow a heart of wisdom.
Pastor Dante teaches on the final line from our church Mission Statement: A Christ led family being formed in the image of Jesus in community, for our community. Dante teaches on the through line in scripture of God blessing a people to be a blessing for others and gives application of how we are called to do this at Soma Downtown in our neighborhoods and city.
Kent continues teaching in our vision series as we break down our Soma Downtown Mission Statement: "A Christ led family being formed in the image of Jesus in community, to build God's Kingdom in our community." Kent teaches on the reality that the Church is a family.
Jon begins our 2021 vision series which is breaking down our Soma Downtown Mission Statement to be "A Christ led family being formed in the image of Jesus in community, to build God's Kingdom in our community." Jon teaches on what it means for us as a church and individuals to be Christ led.
Why does Acts seem to end suddenly without much resolution to the life of Paul, the Apostles, or the Early Church? What does the open ending of Acts show us about the purpose of the book?
Why did Paul force his way to Jerusalem? Is there more importance for him being the one to go there? The answer gives insight into Paul’s heart and priorities. **This teaching starts several minutes in. The beginning audio was lost.
Tim Landrum gives a summary and historical perspective of Paul being tossed around through imprisonments and trials on his way to Jerusalem.
Nate Dunlevy from Soma Northwest teaches from Acts 20 what Paul’s ministry really looks like, and what it might look like today.
Kent teaches the story from Acts 20:7-12 of a boy falling out of a window and being resurrected by Paul, and draws out from it layers of meaning, including a call throughout scripture to remain wakeful.
Kent launches out of the story of the Ephesian church in Acts 19 to discuss spiritual warfare and Paul’s wisdom in fighting darkness he shares too the church in Ephesians.
How did Paul endure so much suffering, persecution, and opposition to continue on in his calling? What creates the internal motivation to endure as we bear our own cross and calling?
Last week we discussed the Church’s call to confront culture, but this week we look at the symmetrical posture of engaging culture. Paul does the work of understanding and engaging culture, so that he can affirm and build upon what is good and confront and critique what is broken.
Paul’s missionary journey is marked by staring riots virtually everywhere he goes? Why is Christianity seen as so destabilizing? How does the early church confront the culture they are in? How do we live as a prophetic community in our culture?
The early church does something in Acts 15:1-21 that seems impossible to us today: they work through disagreement in a healthy way. How prophetic would it be for the church to do this consistently today?
Kent sets up our Corporate Encouragement Sunday by giving an imagination experiment of what it may have been like to be at a Sunday Gathering int ancient Antioch of Syria.
The Antioch church famously sends out the first missionaries to expand the church around the Roman world in Acts 13, but how have we observed the maturity and preparation of the Antioch church that may explain why the Spirit has waited until now to send the church out? What are the check points of maturity for a church or individual that often precede the Spirit sending a church or individual on a significant call?
Kent teaches on what it was about the early church in Antioch that made people invent a new word to define them.
Kent teaches on the conversion of Cornelius and what it means that The Spirit brought the Kingdom to the Gentiles.
Kent teaches on the conversation of Saul in Acts 9. The end of this teaching audio is cut off and lost.
Pastor Kent unpacks Acts 8 where Philip preaches the Gospel in Samaria and the Samaritans receive the Holy Spirit.
Kent and Ryan sit down to talk the importance of the original context of scripture, modern context biases we often aren't aware we have, the difference between universal interpretation and personal interpretation, Kent's mild Nebraskan accent and more!
Before Stephen is martyred for teaching the Gospel of Jesus, he connects the roots of Genesis and Old Testament to his moment and shows that we were never promised to be saved from hardship and rejection. In fact, we are promised the exact opposite.
Jon Lough teaches on the church being thrust into bring the mercy of Jesus, so that they can still bring the message of Jesus.
Kent catches up with Josh Gonzalez, a pastor of the District Church in Indy, about interpreting scripture holistically, seeking cognitive dissonance, and embracing the ordinariness of seeking a heart of wisdom.
Opposition increases for the church. Their clear direction to disobey the temple authorities gives us reason to consider when and how does the church defy authority to build the Gospel Kingdom.
Kent sits down with Sharon to discuss why learning to interpret scripture yourself is necessary for maturity and intimacy with God, and how to begin growing in it.
Kent teaches on the opposition that comes in spreading a message of freedom from the broken systems of the world, and how the church responds by proclaiming and embodying a message of love and truth.
Peter healing a paralytic man through the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 3 begs the question: why don't we pray for gifts of healing through the Spirit today?
Kent remeasures our church to the description of the Church in Acts 2 and 4. Caitlyn Wilkinson and Alli DeBruyn explain how there Missional Community has a tried to live into this.
Many Christians know the story of Pentecost when Peter preaches and 3000 people are added to their number that day. We often think of this as a story telling us to faithfully proclaim the Gospel and expect large number of converts to fall at our feet, but what about the reality that there were probably 1 million Jews at Pentecost and in the presence of miraculous events only 3000 were convinced? What does the story teach us then?
Kent finishes out the series by walking through a model of intentional formation and pointing out where Christians typically go awry.
Pastor Dante Cook gives a good word talking about having a game plan against the enemy and “Knowing your opponent”. He used various scriptures along with lots of great football analogies.
Kent continues through the Identity and Calling series by calling out desire and passion and how it falls in line with calling along with corporately encouraging members of the body that he sees are living out their calling.
Pastor Tim Landrum teaches on how we practice ourselves into our identity in Christ over our lives.
As we take a renewal Sunday this week, Kent reflects on how the reality of church has been challenged this year and what we had learned about being the body of Jesus in 2020.
Kent discusses the importance of growth in self awareness as a life long practice in one's discipleship from various Proverbs and the book of Ephesians.
Kent walks through several New Testament scriptures to show the will of God for a Christians life is less about your career, spouse, etc, and instead about the call for the church to intentionally and sacrificially love one another.
This week Kent teaches on the calling, gift, holiness, and curse of our work and asks, “how are you called to co-rule with God and build the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven?”
Kent teaches the on how how a person who practices holding onto their identity in Christ is the only person whose identity becomes continuously less fragile.
Kent kicks off a new Spiritual Formation series in Living Into Your Identity & Calling by showing this theme from the scriptures and showing why it matters now.
Pastor Jon Lough teaches through Paul’s encouragement to the Corinthians of how to keep from loosing heart in challenging and difficult seasons of life.
Ta’Sean teaches on what the over quoted Philippians 4:13 actually means in the context of the letter to the Philippians.
Kent teaches on how to grow as a non-anxious presence. Audio is from our outdoor gathering so environmental noise is present.
The church being family means that conflict is a necessary and healthy part of growing together in the image of Jesus.
Paul reminds himself and the Philippians that the decision to leave behind what one came from and follow Jesus is a daily temptation and decision.
If our salvation is a free gift, how do we work it out with fear and trembling? Pastor Kent teaches from Philippians 2:12-13.
Kent welcomes Joseph Rhea back to the Soma DT audio world. Joseph and Kent talk through Romans 12 and how to apply it to our relationship to God and media consumption (1:48), our relationship to others and loving our political enemy (40:48).
Kent lays out Paul’s thesis statement for the letter of Philippians and compares what it means to be a citizen of Jesus’s Kingdom vs a citizen of the Kingdom of now.
Kent and Alli D. chat harmony model vs the traditional process model for the enneagram and how thinking of the enneagram differently can help you develop as a whole person in Christ (:23-32:44), then they walk through how the harmony model works for each of the 9 profiles (32:55-1:08:32).
Kent and Ryan Sawrie sit down to talk a about a number of things they are thinking through in recent days.
Kent sets up our new series walking through the letter to the Philippian church by setting up the backstory of their relationship to Paul and the circumstances they face when receiving the letter.
Kent and Mitch Green of Stones Crossing Church talk how a paradigm of Spiritual Formation doesn’t contradict the Gospel, but they must go together. They also discuss what it looks like to have a Rule of Life for a vision for your growth in Christ.
Kent and Michael Kineman discuss how we can make deals with anger, righteous anger, what faith in God really is when things are going bad, and more.
Kent discusses the prophetic power of two things we typically take for granted, but just may be the most powerfully, prophetic display of the Kingdom our culture desperately needs to see right now.
Kent and Aaron Lentz of Athens Church Columbus have a conversation on how churches and church leaders (including them) have prioritized leading through management vs loving people like the church is actually called to do.
Kent discusses what revival is, how the Spirit brings it, and how we can pursue it in our day as a local church.
Kent sums up the definition of the spiritual gifts from 1 Corinthians 12 and discusses how one taps into their spiritual “gifts.”
Kent discusses what the Bible actually says about the difference between men and women, why women can teach in the church, and what being an elder or pastor of a local church actually means as compared to any other member.
Kent describes his experience growing up and living with OCD and draws out how it has brought him closer to God the Father. WARNING: this episode contains some explicit subject matter.
Kent, Alli DeBruyn, and Michael Kineman sit down to discuss the gift of discerning God’s Spirit from your own, and other spirits present in our world. The hit a wide spectrum on how to approach this topic including emotional discernment (1:10) and rational discernment (46:39).
Kent tells a story from his families life where God seemed to step in and heal miraculously.
Bobby Barbour of Soma NW sits down with Dr Pat Maier who is the Medical Director & Co-chair of Emergency Services at St Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, as well as a member of Soma NW. Bobby and Pat discuss what to expect as Indy continues reopening (2:48), miraculous spiritual healing from the point of view of a doctor who is also a Christian (17:51), and what the gift of healing looks like in the church today (55:31). Thank you Bobby and Pat for creating this and allowing Soma DT to repost!
In Christianity we often view maturity as immaturity and vice versa. How do we balance theological correctness with Jesus‘s command to love one another and The apostle Paul‘s vision of a unified church.
Kent shares a history of how race relations in the US have gotten from Slavery to the George Floyd Protests of 2020.
To our community as we continue to lament the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Dreasjon Reed, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd.
Kent talks about the paradigms of blue collar church vs white collar church, how, trolls, quidditch, the meaninglessness of preseason football, how to sacrificially love people, and the type of person you need WAY more than a spiritual mentor.
Kent zooms in with Nate Dunlevy, pastor at Soma Northwest, to discuss what prophesy looks like in the Bible and in 2020.
Kent sits down with Ian Brown, Alli DeBruyn, and Tim and Julie Landrum to discuss receiving direction and hearing from the Spirit. They discuss things like what would you say to the skeptical toward if one can truly "hear" from the Spirit (1:27), their personal experiences of what hearing the Spirit is like (32:45), and how one can grow and practice hearing the Spirit (59:28).
Kent tells his story of hearing direction from the Spirit and having it confirmed by a prophetic dream.
This week we are continuing our Holy Spirit series. In this podcast Ta’Sean (a member of our body) is sharing a teaching on what it mean to engage in Spirit Filled Worship.
WARNING: This episode contains inferences that could offend some or be unsuitable for children. Please use discretion. And please listen to the entire episode if you begin. This is not done for shock value, but the Bible is just not PG. Kent discusses a conceptual model of grief and frustration called The 3 Village Journey, and gives what he believes to be the actual healthy scriptural examples of how to deal with grief, frustration, and crises of faith as a Christian.
Kent shows a common technique Ancient Near Eastern authors would use to place hidden emphasis and meaning into their writings called a chiasmus or chiastic structures. This was a Live Mini-pod so Kent was simulcasting on Instagram Live and interacts with comments and refers to things that people watching could see, but if you're listening grab a bible and flip to Genesis 11:1-9.
Kent sits down with a group of Soma Downtown members (Julie & Tim Landrum, Ryan Sawrie, and Michael Kineman) for this weeks larger teaching on the spiritual gift of unity & maturity. The front portion is more theological, and the back portion gets into some practicals.
Kent walks through the Enneagram self awareness tool and why it can be helpful for spiritual formation. He gives common traps that he sees people fall into (0:00), and walks through the 9 types and makes practical application to Spiritual formation (32:31). This episode was recorded during an Instagram live video, so Kent interacts with comments throughout.
Kent teaches on what it means to walk in/live by/keep in step with the Spirit in Galatians 5 & 6 by caring for root (1:50), tending to the fruit (46:32), and learning to art of “standing” and “dancing” in the Spirit (1:03:56). Don't worry, the lawn mower goes away by about the 12 min mark!
Kent proposes 4 ways that social distancing and Covid 19 don't inhibit The Church from bringing The Kingdom but are actually a sneaky advantage.
Kent tries to make the mystery of the Spirit more accessible by teaching through the language, purposes, and metaphors of the Spirit as displayed in scripture. | This is the larger teaching that the meditation is based on for the 4/26/2020 digital gathering.
In a week when people are likely hitting a wall in social distancing and Covid, Kent gives the best advice he's received in dealing with relational conflict.
Easter 2020 | Kent Livingston | Matt 7:24-27 | Why the hope of the resurrection applies more to us this easter than, possibly, ever before. Originally taught 4/12/2020.
Kent lays out Soma Downtown's plan for Easter Sunday, why Good Friday wasn't great, and he processes his philosophical approach of DT's digital gatherings and why Downtown is making hot digital messes for the sake of experimenting with "connection" over professional digital gatherings during Covid 19.
Kent Livingston | John 15:9-17 | The audio from our first live digital gathering during the COVID 19 pandemic. Kent teaches on how the Cross of Jesus uniquely empowers the Church to lay down our lives for others in times of crisis. Originally taught 4/5/2020.
Kent walks you through American movie history and how it compares to the scripture meditation formation practice of Lectio Devina.
Kent takes a hopeful look at how God has uniquely positioned Soma Downtown to grow during Covid 19.