Audio resources from New City Church in Dover, DE.
How can love drive us to hate what is evil? How can practices help train us to love what is good?
In today's discussion we reflect on the sermon from Sunday. How can we put love into practice in the context of the church?
In this week's episode we discuss some of the ways to identify and cultivate your Spiritual gift in the context of a community.
In today's episode we discuss:Presenting our bodies as living sacrifices, and renewing our minds in Christ. (00:00)Understanding our identity (04:44) Practices that lead to transformation (23:24)
Responding to these accounts of the resurrected Jesus (00:00) The Authority of Jesus (08:24)Baptizing them and teaching them to obey (20:16)
In today's discussion we consider how to remember the events of Holy Week.
In today's podcast we talk through some essential skills needed for building relationships through which we can experience Spiritual formation. Community "skills" (01:35)Speaking openly and honestly (05:30)The goal is transformation (13:00)Listening and Speaking (16:30)A mindset of patient listening (23:35)Speaking to build others up (29:30)Being "present" with others (37:20)
In today's discussion we talk through the relationship that today's followers of Jesus have with God's promises to Israel.
In this week's podcast we discuss the sermon from Sunday on Romans 10. We consider how it's appropriate to respond to the text with urgency, and how we can follow Jesus as a faithful witness. Then, we begin our series on Christian community. In this discussion we introduce the idea of community, and discuss how our Spiritual formation process plays itself out in with others. Sermon+ (00:45)Respond with urgency and passion (01:00)The obedience of faith (14:50)How to move forward as a witness (19:40)Following Jesus as a witness (35:20)Community Discussion (41:58)It can be awkward to talk about community (42:20)The church is a community (45:45)Renewing how we think about community (49:20)The value of being part of a smaller community (54:49)What do we mean by "Formation Group"? (65:44)
An update on the podcast (00:00)The danger of misrepresenting God (05:30)The potter and the clay (14:02)Humility must precede knowledge (18:43)Trust God in the mystery (24:17)Only boasting in Christ (27:37)Identifying and reshaping existing patterns of boasting (35:45)
Episode 100 Reflections (00:00)On being willing to share about what God is teaching me (05:45)Future plans for the podcast (10:40)On Reading Romans 9-11 (17:11)Humbling ourselves to listen (22:35)Mystery (25:55)The image of God and our will (34:05)Believing God through difficult passages (35:40)On studying bigger sections of Scripture (39:46)
Discussion on Romans 8:28-39.
Varied perspectives (worldviews) on suffering (00:00)How should Christians think about risk? (12:13)How to prepare for suffering (21:18)Suffering comparisons (26:30)
Humble and Hopeful (00:00)Responding to when the Bible says that we're sinners (05:20)Awareness of sin points us to the goodness of God (19:45)Humility in relationships (30:45)
What do we mean by "Identity"? (02:30)Freedom in Christ (10:01)One person, being made new (18:45)Struggling with our identity (20:54)Presenting our identity to Christ (28:35)The role of spiritual formation practices in shaping our identity (37:20)
Sermon from New City Church.View the sermon slides and noteshere.
00:00 - Mankind has never been alone 10:25 - Individualism and Solitude 18:30 - Should all Christians practice extended times of solitude? 30:00 - Evaluate if you need a time of solitude 35:30 - What to anticipate experiencing in periods of solitude 46:30 - After you practice solitude 54:20 - Some other tips for practicing solitude
00:00 - What is the practice of solitude? 07:45 - Is solitude just for introverts? 11:07 - "The wilderness" 17:45 - What are some of the things that make us nervous to practice solitude? 31:27 - Solitude to disarm ourselves 38:16 - Experiencing the love of God in solitude 39:00 - How we can do solitude 43:30 - "Little solitudes"
00:00 - Why the focus on "Surrender"? 06:45 - Surrender connected to identity 17:05 - Are we really listening to Jesus? 26:25 - Listening to others 33:07 - Fasting and Solitude - 2 practices to help us surrender 36:00 - Self-Denial? Surrender to Jesus is not loss.