Figuring It Out A We Go: Recent Episodes
Pastor Cody Cannon
On the last episode of Season 2 of Figuring It Out As We Go, Pastor Cody Cannon and Pastor Thomas Terry think through Titus 3:8-11, thinking through the warning to those who are dividing the church and how in being eager to maintain unity the church is called to protect the unity Christ has bought.
This week Pastor Cody Cannon and Pastor Thomas Terry are joined by Bryan Winchester, Pastor at Saving Grace Church in Milwaukie OR, to discuss how Pastors, Elders and Leaders in the local church can shepherd, model and lead their church towards unity.
This week Pastor Cody Cannon and Pastor Thomas Terry are joined by Guest Andrey Gorban, a member of Trinity Church in Portland, to discuss Romans 15:5-7, talking about how Christ is our example for unity as a church and how we must be active in praying for and desiring unity.
This week Pastor Cody Cannon and Pastor Thomas Terry are joined by Brett McCracken, a senior editor and director of communications at the Gospel Coalition and the author of Wisdom Pyramid and Uncomfortable, to discuss what cancel culture is and how we can strive to maintain unity as a local church in a world that has a cancel culture.
This week Pastor Cody Cannon and Pastor Thomas Terry are joined by Guest Dr. Todd Miles, the Assistant Professor of Theology and Hermeneutics at Western Seminary and a Pastor at Gresham Bible Church, to unpack 1 Peter 3:8-9 and what it looks like to be like Christ in our unity, and how to practically strive for unity in our churches.
This week Pastor Cody Cannon and Pastor Thomas Terry spend time discussing John 17:20-24, Jesus's prayer for unity among His people, looking at how unity is a picture of the gospel and how Jesus calls for our unity to be missional.
This week Pastor Cody Cannon and Pastor Thomas Terry are joined by Taylor Turkington, the author of Trembling Faith and the Director of BibleEquipping, to discuss how we can be actively striving to maintain unity among men and women in our local churches.
This week Pastor Cody Cannon and Pastor Thomas Terry are joined by Guest Andrey Gorban, a member of Trinity Church in Portland, to unpack Romans 12:3-8 and discuss we are unified members of one body and have been gifted by God for the sake of his people and building up one another.
This week Pastor Cody Cannon and Pastor Thomas Terry open up Ephesians 4:1-6 and discuss how we as Christians are called to be eager to maintain unity in our local churches.
Pastor Cody Cannon is back with Season 2 of Figuring It Out As We Go: Striving to Maintain the Unity of the Church in a Constantly Divided Culture from a Local Pastors Perspective.
This Season Cody and Co-Host Pastor Thomas Terry will be spending time in Scripture discussing how we can maintain unity in the local church.
In this episode Pastor Cody Cannon and Pastor Daniel Orozco talk about our very own Life Pointe Church.
What have we done through the last 8 months?
Where are we headed next?
In this episode Pastor Cody Cannon talks with Pastor Thomas Terry about reopening and regathering in Portland, Oregon.
How has the political and social climate around Portland affected reopening?
How has the Christian witness been in Portland?
What are thoughts on the long lasting protests in Portland?
In this episode Pastor Cody Cannon Talks with Pastor Justin Anderson about gathering in the complex political and social climate of seattle.
What have churches in seattle done during the pandemic?
How has the political and social climate of seattle affected churches?
In this episode Pastor Cody Cannon talks with Pastor Mark Hallock about reopening church in Colorado.
What do the plans for reopening look like as churches head into the fall and winter?
What do regulations and restrictions look like in the Colorado area?
How are the thoughts and feelings of people influencing reopening?
Why has it been so difficult for us to stay reasonable and united in these circumstances?
In this episode Pastor Cody Cannon talks with Pastor Edward Paz about regathering in the Bay Area.
How have the social and political climate of the Bay Area affected church reopening plans?
How does the example of Christ influence reopening and regathering church?
What is the greatest challenge of regathering a young church plant in the Bay Area?
In this episode Pastor Cody Cannon talks with Pastor Daniel Jansson about regathering the Church in Los Angeles.
How do politics & social pressures in Los Angeles impact reopening?
How does love relate to apathy & fear?
In this episode Pastor Cody Cannon talks with Dr. Tony Merida about the challenges and unique circumstances that church plants are facing.
What does it look like to try to regather for churches that don't have a building or property?
How have church plants been flexible during this time?
What should church plants consider as they begin to regather?
In this episode Pastor Cody Cannon talks with Pastor Andrew Murch about the challenges of gathering a larger church.
What are considerations that individual members need to make in a large church that is reopening?
What is the mood among members in the large church context?
What are unique complexities of reopening a large church?
In this episode Pastor Cody Cannon talks with Dr. Todd Miles about the theology of gathering.
Is it essential that we should gather on Sundays?
Is it optional according to scripture?
Is John MacArthur right or wrong?
Are churches who choose not to gather disobeying God?