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Josh Schweitzer and Pastor John discuss discipleship.

Josh, Abby, and Zac talk about the sin and non-sin of anger, and they discuss godly patience in the series "The Seven Deadly Sins".

Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss the nature of pride and the antidote of humility.

Pastor Zac and Pastor John kick off "The Seven Deadly Sins" series.

Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss discipleship.

Pastor Zac and Pastor John pick up their conversation on the Next Steps of faith and the importance of service.

Pastor Zac talks with Pastor John about baptism as they breakdown the third week in the "Next Steps" series.

Pastor Zac and Pastor John kick off 2025 by talking about the new series "Next Steps," and they discuss the topic of daily personal devotion.

Pastor Zac and Pastor John talk about their highlights of 2024, and the discuss the humanity of Jesus from our series, "What Child is This?"

Pastor Zac talks with Pastor John about the relationship between God's Word and baptism, and they discuss the second week in the Advent series entitled, "What Child is This?"

Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss how they prepare messages before holiday breaks, and they talk about the kick-off to the Advent series "What Child is This?"

Pastor Zac talks to Josh Schweitzer about prayer and forgiveness as they unpack the fifth week in the Lord's Prayer series.

Pastor Zac and Pastor John talk about what it means to be a "praying church," and we discuss this week's messages on The Lord's Prayer.

Pastor John and Pastor Zac discuss the will of God, what it means, and how to figure it out from their messages in "The Lord's Prayer."

Pastor Zac and Pastor John talk about BIG weekends, the Kingdom of God, and the Lord's Prayer on this week's episode. Top of Show - 00:44 Message of the Week - 20:50 For Personal and Group Discussion 45:19

Pastor Zac is joined by Pastor John and FPC Discipleship Director, Josh Schweitzer, to discuss the opening to "The Lord's Prayer" series. Opening - 00:43 Message Discussion - 11:06 For Devotion and Small Groups - 32:43

Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss how events like hurricanes affect sermon preparation and pastoral ministry, and they discuss the final week in the "disQUIET" series.

Pastor Zac and Pastor John talk about the different sources of anxiety and stress, and they breakdown this week's message from the "disQUIET" series.

Pastor Zac talks with Pastor John about the overall impact of the disQUIET series, and they break down their messages on Peter's restoration. Top of Show - 00:35 Messages of the Week - 19:17 For Group and Devotional Study - 40:45

Pastor John and Pastor Zac discuss how they create the close of their sermons, and they open up about Saul, David, and the varying ways we feel anxiety from this week's messages in our "disQUIET" series. Top of Show - 00:44 Messages of the week - 21:09 For Group and Devotional Study - 1:00:51

Pastor Zac and Pastor John break down Moses' early rejection of God's call and what we can learn about grace and comfort in our anxiety about "what comes next." Part of FPC's "disQUIET" series. Discussion on Coordinating Service Times - 00:50 This Week's Message - 18:15 For Personal and Group Devotion - 46:36 Also, a video version of this conversation will be available at YouTube.com/fpclakeland

Pastor John and Pastor Zac break down the story of Elijah's anxiety and God's intervention in the first sermon of the "disQUIET" series. Time stamps for today. Big Picture Conversation, 00:45 This Week's Messages, 21:18 For Groups and Devotions, 44:45

Pastor Zac is joined by Pastor John and Josh Schweitzer to unpack the topic of generosity in this week's message from the "Our Calling" series. Big Picture Conversation - 00:49 This Week's Messages - 18:50 For Groups and Devotions - 43:32

Pastor Zac and Pastor John break down the concept of service from the series "Our Calling." Segments: 00:45 - Sermons and Small Group Material 16:40 - This Week's Messages on Serving Eagerly 42:04 - Digging Deeper for Small Groups and Personal Devotion

Pastor John is back in the Armchair to talk with Pastor Zac about the transition from summer to school year planning and this week's message in the "Our Calling" series. Also this week's episode is divided into three segments: 00:45 - Preaching plans during the summer versus the school year 14:45 - This week's messages on Growing Continually 47:17 - Conversation ideas for groups related to the messages

Pastor Zac is joined by Bible teacher and FPC elder, Abby Rodda. Abby has extensive experience teaching with Bible Study Fellowship, and this week, preached in our Vine modern worship service in the series "Our Calling."

Pastor Zac is joined by Ed Diaz of 71-17 Ministries and frequent guest preacher to talk about the kick-off to a new series entitled "Our Calling."

Pastor Zac and Pastor John are back to close out the series in Malachi and to project forward to what God is doing at FPC.

Pastor Zac is joined by Ed Diaz as they talk through the priesthood, last minute preaching, and the series "Half-Hearted."

Pastor Zac and Pastor John sit down with Anna Butler to talk about the impact of Vacation Bible School, and they discuss the second week in the "Half-Hearted" series through Malachi.

Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss Malachi, kicking off new series in unique circumstances, and the sacraments... all as we start the "Half-Hearted" series.

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Pastor John and Pastor Zac discuss summer preaching plans and the series "Growing Pains".

Pastor Zac and Pastor John kick off the "Growing Pains" series.

Pastor John and Pastor Zac discuss the joys and challenges of preaching in a congregation for long periods of time and this week's messages on Hannah.

Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss great stories outside the Bible and the story of Jesus' ascension.

Pastor Zac is joined by Ed Diaz as they talk about resources for cultural studies in the Bible and this week's messages on the Wedding at Cana from John 2.

Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss the "cutting room floor" and their sermons on Job.

Pastor Zac is joined by Pastor John and Josh Schweitzer as we discuss the resurrection, the Sunday after Easter, and Youth Sunday.

In part two of this special Easter edition of Armchair Preaching, Pastor John and Pastor Zac continue unpacking the resurrection story and the Easter messages from March 31. A new episode of Armchair Preaching will drop later this week.

In part one of a special two part episode, Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss all of the Holy Week services and what leads to an effective Easter worship service.

Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss comparing gospel narratives, Palm Sunday, and the importance of Holy Week services.

Pastor John and Pastor Zac talk about distractions and this week's message in the "Journey to the Cross" series.