What Matters Most with Faith Community

This episode wraps up our Easter series as we explore what it looks like to live life in light of the resurrection. Pastor Josh and his friend Pastor Bob Poley from Grace Union sit down to talk about the powerful transformation we experience when we encounter Christ and what it looks like to walk out our salvation in everyday life no matter where we’re at on the journey.

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Throughout life, there are seasons of grief and loss as we experience the death of a loved one, a dream, a job, or an expectation. In this episode, Pastor Josh and Lauren sit down to talk about Jesus as a dying Savior and how we walk through a variety of losses in our own lives. They discuss the difference between death and dormancy and how God walks with us every step of the way as we allow Him to lead this powerful process of growth.

00:00 Welcome & Introductions
03:40 Jesus had to die to resurrect us
07:00 What does it mean to "die to yourself"?
09:30 The difference between death and dormant
15:45 The winter season is vital
18:00 How God works through the process
22:15 The other side of the pain
29:00 Allowing people to process their pain
31:30 Grieving expectations
35:50 Someday you'll see purpose in it
43:30 God works through people in the process
44:45 Let people in to help
49:50 If you're in the middle of it, God will lead you on the way through

Watch the Savior series on our YouTube channel here.

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As we learn to follow Christ, we experience many seasons of life, including those marked by difficulty and pain. So how do we find Jesus here? What if He could relate? In today's episode, Pastor Josh sits down with his friend, Daniel Taylor, from Elevation Church STL to discuss what it means for Jesus to be angry. They talk about their experience with anger, suffering, and the unexplainable working power of Christ.

00:00 Welcome & Introductions

01:00 Siri's Interruption

06:30 Can Jesus really be an Angry Savior?

14:30 The issue with self-reliance

18:28 Why is it difficult to think of Jesus being angry?

20:00 Wrath is a temporary action, not an attribute of God.

28:20 Anger at the Tomb

35:00 What's the difference between an action & attribute of God?

37:50 Righteous Anger

39:08 The evil & unnaturalness of death

44:45 Experiencing resurrection power today

51:29 Suffering can be for our formation

55:48 In prayer we can praise what we don't prefer

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As we learn to follow Christ, we experience many seasons of life, including those marked by difficulty and pain. So how do we find Jesus here? What if He could relate? In this episode, Pastor Josh Earls is joined by his friend, Harvey Mitchell, as they discuss the shortest verse in the English Bible - Jesus Wept (John 11:35). They talk about what the text is telling us and they also share their personal experience with painful seasons and what they learned about the Lord through them.

As a church, we're currently in a Sunday message series called, "Savior: An Explanation of the Resurrected Christ." During the series, we're exploring four observations of Christ found in John 11 as He encounters Lazurus' tomb.

Watch the Sunday messages on our YouTube channel here.
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Welcome to the final episode of What Matters Most for 2023! Fawn Ellerbrook sat down with Chris Rowton, Tabitha Caplinger, and a friend new to the pod, Kelsee Partney, to talk all things Christmas. We talked about the wonder and awe of the season and how we can take time to focus on Christ as we wrap up this year. There may also be a few rabbit trails about fruit cake and all our favorite Christmas things!

Whether you find yourself joyful and excited for Christmas or maybe you feel sad or walking through loss, our goal for this next hour we have together is that you hear the incredible hope that is yours because Jesus came for you and me. So sit back, grab a cup of cocoa, and enjoy this holiday episode of What Matters Most.

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00:00 Welcome & introductions
02:33 Chris' Ode to Fruitcake
05:36 Our Favorite Christmas Movies
12:55 Our Favorite Holiday Traditions
20:44 Why do traditions matter to us?
25:22 What is Advent?
32:30 What was happening during the 400 years between the Old & New Testament?
43:35 Emmanuel God with Us
54:30 How we stay connected with God during Christmas and other busy seasons
1:03:49 What to do when the holidays are hard
1:09:30 What we're looking forward to this year
1:14:10 A prayer for the holidays

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As humans, it can be difficult to choose the route of obedience, especially when it tests our own comfort or desire. In this episode, Tabitha Caplinger chats with Lauren Earls and Ricky & Nikki Farney about the importance of self-control and how this fruit partners with the others we've been learning about through the series! They each share great insight into how the Holy Spirit helps lead & guide us to what is best for us, even when it's difficult to follow. But, when we trust God, we'll experience the goodness He has promised us!

Ricky & Nikki help lead Celebrate Recovery, a group that helps anyone dealing with hurts, habits, or hangups. To learn more about Celebrate Recovery at Faith Community, visit FaithCommunity.co/groups.

00:00 Welcome & Introductions

02:00 Series Recap

03:25 What is self-control?

7:40 How the fruit works together as a whole

10:45 Self-Control outside of faith

18:18 How Celebrate Recovery helps people find freedom & connect with Jesus

21:00 Identifying the obstacles

24:45 How does self-control lead to freedom?

28:35 Choosing obedience over instant gratification

41:20 How do we know what to say no to?

48:50 God is in the pause

49:45 Self-control as a part of consecration

53:28 Believing God is good

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Watch the Fruit of the Spirit Series here

Let us know what you've been learning! Send an email to Fawn Ellerbrook at [email protected]

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What do you think of when you hear someone described as gentle? So often we view gentleness as a weaker characteristic, but Scripture paints a different story. In this episode, Tabitha Caplinger sits down with Josh Earls and Fawn Ellerbrook to Gentleness & meekness as we continue our study on the Fruit of the Spirit.

00:00 Introductions

02:00 What is Scriptural gentleness?

05:50 What does gentleness look like in culture & our lives?

12:00 Recognizing when we're misusing power or influence

13:00 What love has to do with it all

15:30 The posture & motivation of the heart matters

20:00 Gentleness as strength

22:25 The importance of seeing the humanity in each other

29:10 Truth and the power of a narrative

31:32 How much do you trust God?

34:55 Sometimes gentleness looks passive

43:35 The partnership of grace & wisdom

45:00 What "Beauty & The Beast" can teach us

48:27 Remind yourself of God's love & grace toward yourself

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Watch the Fruit of the Spirit Series here

Let us know what you've been learning! Send an email to Fawn Ellerbrook at [email protected]

What Matters Most is a podcast from Faith Community Church.

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The Church is part of God's incredible plan to bring hope & healing to the world. But, the Church is also made up of people and we have a tendency to be messy and broken.

In this episode, we continue our discussion about when church hurts focusing more on what to do after we've been hurt and how to walk through conflict in a Godly way. We also talk about what it's like to find a new faith community and the process of grief & forgiveness that can come with that.

Guests: Radonda Rowton, Chris Rowton, Josh Earls, and Fawn Ellerbrook

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00:00 Welcome & Introductions

03:55 A liturgy for church hurt

05:00 A reminder of what spiritual abuse is

06:00 We should be able to ask questions & agree to disagree

10:50 What leads to pastors & leaders being unhealthy

16:20 The Matthew 18 guide to conflict

21:00 How does church hurt impact people

25:56 How chronic anxiety leads to toxic environments

30:07 Find a trusted person to process with

34:28 You don't have to stay to honor God

40:37 How do you find a new community?

49:35 Leaders need to learn to listen to feedback

53:50 How do we point people to Jesus when He's tangled up in the pain?

58:00 Forgiveness is key for our own health, not to

01:03:10 How do I start the healing process?

01:07:35 Why do we believe in the Church?

01:15:11 Loving people like Jesus in the midst of their pain

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Everyone has their own story & unique experience with God - and the same goes for our experiences with communities of faith. With the publication of podcasts, articles, TV shows, and documentaries focused on cases of spiritual abuse and trauma, we - as people of faith - have an opportunity to learn from culture and the commentary surrounding this topic.

In this episode, we’ll discuss what “church hurt” is and how we can tell the difference between a grievance and spiritual abuse. We’ll also talk about what we think the Church - leaders, the organization, and Christ followers - have gotten wrong and how we can do better moving forward.

Guests: Radonda Rowton, Chris Rowton, Josh Earls, and Fawn Ellerbrook

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00:00 Welcome & Introductions

03:50 Our favorite church memories

13:00 How did we get here?

21:25 How do we tell the difference between a grievance and spiritual abuse?

25:54 How do leaders get to an unhealthy point?

27:30 We need to be self-aware & vulnerable

30:00 Listening to trusted voices of accountability

34:00 Is narcissism more like a seed?

36:37 Putting people on pedestals

28:00 How do we recognize a spiritually abusive or toxic situation?

46:19 We have to know the Word of God for ourselves

48:40 The issue with fearing leaders

01:00:45 We cannot be one another's savior

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This is a good one, y'all. Continuing our discussion on the Fruit of the Spirit, Tabitha Caplinger sits down with Kathy Cox and Chris Rowton to talk about Faithfulness. Throughout the conversation, they each share their own stories of struggle and how God has been faithful through every season. When we experience such goodness from God, how can we not be faithful to Him?

For further study on the Fruit of the Spirit, listen to the series at Faith Community here.

00:00 Welcome & Introductions

02:00 Fruit of the Spirit Recap

03:00 Who is the Holy Spirit?

04:30 Describing faithfulness

07:30 What we believe about God matters

12:15 Chris' Story of God's faithfulness in mental health struggles

16:38 God loves us in all things

21:15 Kathy's Story of God's faithfulness through cancer
22:40 Getting our emotions in check

26:30 The power of the "look back"

32:00 God redeems storms

33:20 Tabitha's Story of God's faithfulness through miscarriage

36:48 Navigating faithfulness with God

41:00 Faithfulness & obedience

44:57 Sometimes we get in the way

53:30 Remembering God's faithfulness builds trust

55:50 What our faithfulness speaks

What Matters Most is a podcast from Faith Community Church.

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