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Do you desire more good things in life? Are you tired of the chaos, the drama, the bad news, and the problems that seem to never go away?How do things get better and get off the hamster wheel of never getting better?Sunday, February 22, 2026John 2:1-25

Have you ever wanted to help others but didn't know where to begin?Do you ever feel insignificant, incapable, or unprepared when helping others?How often do we want to do good in this world but the needs feel overwhelming?Sunday, February 15, 2026 - Transformative HealingMatthew 17:1-20

Bible Study: Genesis 9God's Promise with All Life You can get new episodes by:Subscribing to the Lincoln Park Presbyterian ChurchYouTube channel: @lincolnparkpresbyterianchurchor by subscribing to Conversations Beyond the Pewwherever you get your podcastsor by Following our page @LPPCMI on Facebookor bydownloading the Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church app. #BibleStudy #BigQuestions #Mercy #Promises#Consequences

What are the rules you choose to live by?What are the rules Jesus is teaching us to live by?Sunday, February 8, 2026 Matthew 5:17-48#LivingWell #RulesToLiveBy #Relationships #HealthyRelationships #Thriving

Bible Study: Genesis 7 & 8Second Flood Story & God'sPromise for the Earth You can get new episodes by:Subscribing to the Lincoln Park Presbyterian ChurchYouTube channel: @lincolnparkpresbyterianchurchor by subscribing to Conversations Beyond the Pewwherever you get your podcastsor by Following our page @LPPCMI on Facebookor bydownloading the Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church app. #BibleStudy #BigQuestions #Mercy#Failure #Consequences

How do you recognize what really matters in life?How does Jesus help us recognize what really matters in life?Sunday, February 1, 2026Matthew 5:1-16

Bible Study: Genesis 6:5-22Great Flood You can get new episodes by:Subscribing to the Lincoln Park Presbyterian ChurchYouTube channel: @lincolnparkpresbyterianchurchor by subscribing to Conversations Beyond the Pewwherever you get your podcastsor by Following our page @LPPCMI on Facebookor bydownloading the Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church app. #BibleStudy #BigQuestions#Connections #Failure #Consequences

How do you have a positive impact on those around you?Sunday, January 25, 2026 - How do you have a positive impact?Matthew 4:1-25#impact #PositiveImpact #HealingJourney

Bible Study: Genesis 5 & 6:1-4Exploring Adam's Descendants andAncient Heroes  You can get new episodes by:Subscribing to the Lincoln Park Presbyterian ChurchYouTube channel: @lincolnparkpresbyterianchurchor by subscribing to Conversations Beyond the Pewwherever you get your podcastsor by Following our page @LPPCMI on Facebookor bydownloading the Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church app. 

What is your God given purpose?How do you find your purpose in life?Have you ever wondered what the point of life is?Sunday, January 18, 2026 - Living Your Purpose with GodIsaiah 49:1-23#Relationships #Healing #PurposefulLiving

Bible Study: Genesis 4Exploring the story of Cain and Abel You can get new episodes by:Subscribing to the Lincoln Park Presbyterian ChurchYouTube channel: @lincolnparkpresbyterianchurchor by subscribing to Conversations Beyond the Pewwherever you get your podcastsor by Following our page @LPPCMI on Facebookor by downloading the Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church app. #BibleStudy #BigQuestions #Relationships

Bible Study: Genesis 3 Exploring the Garden of Eden andthe Big Questions of Life You can get new episodes by:Subscribing to the Lincoln Park Presbyterian ChurchYouTube channel: @lincolnparkpresbyterianchurchor by subscribing to Conversations Beyond the Pewwherever you get your podcastsor by Following our page @LPPCMI on Facebookor by downloading the Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church app. 

Have you ever wanted something better in life? Have you ever felt like you needed a reset, restart, or just something different than what is?Sunday, January 11, 2026 - How does God renew our lives?John 1:24-51

Bible Study: Genesis 2.4b-25 exploring a second creation story You can get new episodes by:Subscribing to the Lincoln Park Presbyterian ChurchYouTube channel: @lincolnparkpresbyterianchurchor by subscribing to Conversations Beyond the Pewwherever you get your podcastsor by Following our page @LPPCMI on Facebookor by downloading the Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church app. #BibleStudy #CreationStory #Question 

Bible Study: Genesis 1.1-2.4a exploring a creation story

Bible Study: Overview of GenesisWhy does studying Genesis matter?Exploring the big questions of life #BibleStudy #Questions #Genesis

Bible Study 2026 OverviewEvery Tuesday and Thursday a new episode will drop.We are beginning with GenesisYou can get new episodes by:Subscribing to the Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church channel: @lincolnparkpresbyterianchurchor by subscribing to Conversations Beyond the Pew wherever you get your podcasts.Possible Study BiblesThe Westminster Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition with the Deuterocanonical/ApocryphaThe New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version-NRSVCultural Backgrounds Study Bible: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture: Kindle EditionThe New Interpreters Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version with the ApocryphaThe Common English Bible Translation Study Bible-The Common English Bible Translation Student Bible#Genesis #BibleStudy #BibleStudyOverview

How do you build a good life?Sunday, December 28, 2025 - Building a Good LifeMatthew 2:1-15, 19-23Isaiah 63:7-9#GoodLife #Relationships #Thriving 

What does life with God look like?Christmas Eve 2025Genesis 1:27-31Jeremiah 31:31-33Micah 5:2-4Luke 2:1, 3-15#Love #Blessings #ChristmasEve 

Do you want more joy in your life?What are you willing to do to have more joy in your life?Sunday, December 21, 2025 - Building a Life Worth CelebratingMatthew 11:2-11Isaiah 35:1-10#Joy #JoyFul #Celebration 

Do you ever struggle with feeling successful?Do you ever struggle to imagine what a successful life really looks like in the everyday outside of the big things? Do you find success in some areas but it doesn't feel like enough?Sunday, December 14, 2025 - Building a Successful LifeIsaiah 7:10-14Matthew 1:18-23Luke 1:46b-55

Bible Study - Part 3 - Where is Jesus in the Old Testament?Exploring Isaiah and JesusIsaiah 7:14-16Matthew 1:22-23Isaiah 9:6-7John 14:27Isaiah 53Acts 8:31-35Isaiah 61:1-4Luke 4:16-21

Bible Study - Part 2 - Where is Jesus in the Old Testament?Jeremiah 33:14-16 Malachi 3:1-4 Zephaniah 3:14-20 Micah 5:2-5

Have you ever struggled with your relationships?Do you ever feel like the holidays make relationships harder?Have you ever been dealing with someone and wished that it would be easier?Sunday, December 7, 2025 - Building Stronger RelationshipsMatthew 3:1-12Isaiah 11:1-10

Have you ever wished for something different in life?Have you desired change, wanted something better, dreamt of a better life? Sunday, November 30, 2025 - Building ResilienceMatthew 24:36-42Isaiah 2:2-5

Do you ever find the holidays hard to navigate?Do you ever feel like you are just trying to survive?Sunday, November 23, 2025Colossians 1:3-23

Have you ever felt exhausted by life?Have you ever wondered how you are going to have the energy to get through something?Sunday, November 16, 2025 Daniel 10:1-19

Have you ever felt uneasy about the future?Have you ever wondered how things will work out?How often have you found yourself in situations where you aren't sure how things could possibly work out?Sunday, November 9, 2025Daniel 6:1-27

Finding your way with God when things need to changeHave you ever felt stuck? Have you ever wondered if life would ever get better?Sunday, November 2, 2025Daniel 5:17-31

How can God help you deal with fear in a healthy, helpful way?Sunday, October 29, 2025 - Finding Our Way with God when fear begins to set inDaniel 5:1-16

Have you ever felt like your life was falling apart?Have you ever worried about how situations are going to shake out?How do you get through those moments that feel like life is falling apart and you aren't sure how situations are going to shake out?Sunday, October 19, 2025 - Finding Our Way with God when discussing difficult thingsDaniel 4:20-37

Are you searching for more clarity in life?Do you ever want answers but they are elusive?Have you ever said to God, “just tell me, show me” but the answer doesn't seem to come?Sunday, October 12, 2025 - Finding Our Way with God when looking for AnswersDaniel 4:1-19

Bible Study: Where is Jesus in the Old Testament? part 1Let the Search Begin!Luke 24:27Then he interpreted for them the things written about himself in all the scriptures, starting with Moses and going through all the Prophets.John 1:1-5In the beginning was the Word    and the Word was with God    and the Word was God.2 The Word was with God in the beginning.3 Everything came into being through the Word,    and without the Word    nothing came into being.What came into being4 through the Word was life,[a]    and the life was the light for all people.5 The light shines in the darkness,    and the darkness doesn't extinguish the light.John 5:45-47“Don't think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, the one in whom your hope rests. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because Moses wrote about me. If you don't believe the writings of Moses, how will you believe my words?”Genesis 1:25-27God made every kind of wildlife, every kind of livestock, and every kind of creature that crawls on the ground. God saw how good it was. 26 Then God said, “Let us make humanity in our image to resemble us so that they may take charge of the fish of the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the crawling things on earth.”27 God created humanity in God's own image,        in the divine image God created them,            male and female God created them.Daniel 3:2525 He replied, “Look! I see four men, unbound, walking around inside the fire, and they aren't hurt! And the fourth one looks like one of the gods.” 

Have you ever felt like your life was out of control?How do you handle things when life feels out of control?Where is God when life feels out of control?Sunday, October 5, 2025 - Finding Your Way with God when you aren't in controlDaniel 3:1-2, 4-6, 8-21, 23-28

Do you ever feel confused by life?Do you ever struggle to make sense of situations?Do you ever wonder how God helps you make sense of situations?Sunday, September 28, 2025Finding Our Way with God when trying to make sense of situationsDaniel 2:24-49

Where is God when you are struggling in life?Have you ever struggled in life and wondered if God even cares?Do you ever question how God helps during difficult times?Sunday, September 21, 2025 - Finding our way with God when life is a struggleDaniel 2:1-23#Peace #Relationships #HelpOthers #Compassion #Communication #RespondingWell #Guidance #Wisdom #Insight #WayForward #Possibilities #PeacefulLife #GodsLove #GodsPresence 

How can God help you when life changes?Have you ever wondered when life changes if God is present or even cares?Sunday, September 14, 2025Daniel 1:1-20

Have you ever tried to do the right thing and it didn't go well?Sunday, August 31, 20252 Samuel 9:1-13; 16:1-4; 19:24-30#Risks #CalculatedRisk #Gratitude #HelpOthers #HelpingOthers #Compassion #Kindness #KindnessMatters #Love #Peace #Relationships 

Have you ever struggled with expectations? Whether they were your expectations or someone else's?Have you ever tried making plans, making sure everything was just right and then it went sideways?Sunday, August 24, 20252 Samuel 7:1-29Exploring God's Protection: when making plans

Do you ever struggle with change?Have you ever feared change or felt like you were being dragged through it?Now on the other side have you ever been excited for change?Sunday, August 17, 2025 2 Samuel 6:1-23

Have you ever struggled to let something go?Sunday, August 10, 20252 Samuel 1:1-27

Does God's presence change anything?Sunday, August 3, 2025Exodus 33:7-23

Have you ever felt taken advantage of?Have you ever done something nice for someone else and that kindness wasn't reciprocated?Sunday, July 27, 2025Exploring God's Protection: when helping others

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by life?Do you ever feel like you are dealing with too much?When we are feeling overwhelmed with life, where is God and how is God protecting us then?Sunday, July 20, 2025 1 Samuel 23:1-29

Do you ever feel like life throws you curveballs?Maybe you've had moments when your life feels like a game of dodge ball without a referee?How does God provide protection when life throws us curveballs? Sunday, July 13, 20251 Samuel 21:1-15 & 22:1-5

Have you ever felt like there is too much noise in this world?Have you ever struggled to make heads or tails of what in the world is going on?Have you ever faced difficulties and wondered who could help? Who or what to listen to that could bring relief?Exploring God's Protection: Deciding who and what you listen toSunday, July 6, 20251 Samuel 19:1-24

Have you ever felt like life is a mess?Do you ever wonder what it takes for life to feel less messy?Exploring God's Protection in the context of deciding what really matters.Sunday, June 29, 20251 Samuel 18:1-30

Do you ever want God to fix something for you? Do you ever wish God would make everything better for you and others?Do you ever wonder how God can help you out of a difficult situation?How does God protect you?Sunday, June 22, 2025Numbers 6:22-27Deuteronomy 32:10-12Psalm 5:11-12; 27:1-8; 63:1-8Ephesians 6:10-18

How does God show up in your life?Have you ever wondered where is God? Does God really care anything about me? Where is God when things are tough? Sunday, June 15, 20251 Samuel 16:1-23

Have you ever wanted to experience God, to know God's presence, to know God has your back?How does Jesus impact your prayer life?Sunday, June 1, 2025John 17:1-26

How does Jesus deal with loneliness?Do you ever feel misunderstood, disconnected, or lonely?Have you ever been surrounded by people but feel isolated?Sunday, May 25, 2025John 14:15-31