Redeemer Lubbock - Grow Groups

This is our last podcast of 2021 in which we take some time to reflect on what God has taught us in the past two years, and this year specifically! We are looking forward to growing together next year!

Disciples of Jesus have a testimony, a first-hand story of their experience with God and how his story has changed theirs!

God's Story is the great story of creation, the fall, redemption, and restoration. It is the story that explains and defines our story! As disciples of Jesus, this is the good news of our life and a story worth telling!

Disciples of Jesus both experience the comfort of God and share that comfort with others. How does God comfort thru His people?

Jesus said that his disciples would be known by their love for one another. What is distinct about God's love and how should we respond?

Why is unity essential to the ministry and mission of Jesus' disciples? How do we pursue unity and what challenges this call from Christ?

Doctrine is what the Bible teaches about a topic. How does knowing what we believe change our lives and lead to healthy discipleship?

How does the Holy Spirit's power enliven disciples of Jesus?

Healthy and active disciples receive a new identity and new relationships when they come to faith in Jesus. This week, we talk with Brent Cox, Director of Gospel Communities at Redeemer, about how the family of God plays a role in our discipleship.

Is making disciples just for a few? How can every follower of Jesus make disciples?

What role does prayer play in the life of the believer?

What does it mean to abide or "remain" in Jesus? How do we actively rest in and remember the Gospel?

How do disciples of Jesus worship Him with all of their lives?

Jesus came that His people might have eternal life, but how does Jesus' present place in the heaves and His coming victorious return impact our daily life?

The Kingdom of God is anywhere the rule and reign of Jesus Christ is expressed and enjoyed. Healthy and Active Disciples seek His kingdom with their whole life.

Repent and Believe the Gospel Healthy and Active Disciples Repent and Believe the Gospel. This is the starting point and the regular pattern of the Christian life. How do we live a lifestyle of repenting and how does turning to believe the gospel daily transform us?

The Faith of Daniel Daniel is seen as a hero in the Old Testament, but when we look at his life, we see that his radical devotion to God was characterized by a refusal to bow down to idols and prayer to the one true God!

Disciples of Jesus are marked by consistency in loving and obeying Christ. As naturally inconsistent people, we need the accountability of other believers to help us demonstrate and declare the Gospel in all of life.

Competence In establishing and equipping disciples, competence--the ability to know what to do and how to do it--is not a standard of perfection or expertise, but one of obedience to Jesus!

Conviction In establishing and equipping disciples, convictions--the beliefs we hold so deeply that they affect our lives--must be informed and transformed by the Gospel.

The Prophets Testify to Me When Jesus says that the law and the prophets testify to Him, what does that mean? How can we respond rightly to these books of the Bible that are full of warnings? How is God's love on display in His judgement of Israel?

Promise Keeping and Covenant Breaking Have you noticed how the people of Israel consistently break God's covenant and yet, the Lord continues to keep His promises? For New Testament believers, why does it matter that God is faithful to His promises despite our rebellion and failure to obey?

Wow, Woah, Who As we read the Bible, we can ask questions about what we need to learn, how we need to repent, and who we need to tell!

Rhythms Part 2 This week, we get incredibly practical talking about how the activities you are already participating in are open doors to build faithful friendships and invite people to believe the gospel.

Rhythms Part 1 The rhythms of our relationships are opportunities for us to connect with god, disciple others, and engage with people who are not actively following Christ. This week, we talk about places and spaces where we can live on mission

Multiplying Disciples From the start our Grow Groups have been meeting for the purpose of multiplying disciples of Christ who can go and make disciples. As many Grow Groups multiply this spring, we want to talk about how this time devoted to the word and to one another has helped equip us to go out for God’s glory.

Memorizing Scripture Scripture memorization is a valuable spiritual practice, teaching us to meditate on God’s promise and giving us language to speak to and about God truthfully.

Living the Gospel Picture All throughout the Bible, there are pictures--images and events that God gives to His people to show them something and show them Himself. What is the significance of these gospel pictures and how do we live these out as disciples of Jesus?

Highlighting in the Old Testament Using the HEAR Method can help us read the Bible with the focused purpose of seeing God and being transformed by His Word. In this episode, we provide some helpful tips to use the HEAR method on Old Testament chapters where application isn’t immediately apparent.

Encouragement in Grace In discipleship relationships, we have the unique opportunity to encourage and affirm the work of evidence of God’s grace because of the vulnerability and accountability. This is an essential part of our Christian relationships--encouraging one another, and all the more as the day draws near!

Forgetfulness and Remembering Knowing that His people would forget His goodness and grace, God commanded the Israelites to remember the Lord! As disciples of Jesus, we don’t just remind ourselves of who God is--we intentionally remember the Gospel to grow in grace!

Your Whole Self "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your mind and all your strength." Jesus said that this was the greatest of all the commands. As disciples of Christ, we fulfill the Great Commission as we obey God by loving Him.

Daily Bread Just like the Israelites lived off of God's daily provision of manna in the wilderness, disciples of Christ grow as we trust God to provide for our needs daily, trusting that His mercies are new every morning and He provides the grace we need each day.

Jesus is our Great High Priest and has made us a kingdom of priests. Disciples of Christ both worship Him for this reality and also live transformed lives because of this identity.

What do I do with the law? The law is given by God and the law is good. As disciples of Christ, how can we engage with the law and commands in scripture?

Fear of the Lord Disciples of Christ fear the Lord. This week on the podcast, we discuss what the fear of the Lord is and how taking the Lord most seriously leads to worship.

Disciples of Christ believe that God has told us who He is. This week on the podcast, we consider how God’s self-revelation changes and transforms our identity and obedience.

How would you describe your spiritual life? Are you sailing, rowing, drifting, or sinking? This week we talk about a simple tool to assess your experience of the Christian life and your engagement with spiritual disciplines.

HEAR is a tool for journaling in which we can slow down to study, memorize, and meditate on God's Word so that it transforms us.

What is a Grow Group? We are seeking to intentionally equip believers with the Word of God through accountable relationships empowered by the Holy Spirit in order to replicate faithful followers of Christ. This week on the podcast, we discuss Grow Groups and how they are structured to help us model and engage spiritual disciplines.

Make Disciples this Year The Great Commission is to "go and make disciples" and yet we often feel that there are challenges and barriers. Where do we start?

A Plan for 2021 It's a new year and in the midst of resolutions and goals, how do we focus on the aim of knowing God and loving Him more?

"Do What Jesus Did In our last episode of 2020, we talk about how disciples of Jesus do what Jesus did. Our readings in Matthew 24-28 close out the year and point us to the pattern of discipleship Jesus established. "

"Become Like Jesus To be a disciple of Jesus is to become like Jesus. This week, we encourage you to to reflect on how, thru God's Spirit, you have become more like Jesus and can grow in this next year, and preview our readings in Matthew 19-23. "

"Be With Jesus To be a disciple of Jesus is to be with Jesus. This week, we encourage your Grow Groups to reflect on what God has taught you about being with Him this year, and preview our readings in Matthew 14-18. "

"Restoration This week in Matthew 9-13, we see Christ bringing restoration to His creation and talk about how God will restore His people and His creation completely when Christ comes back to judge sin and bring His righetousness."

"Redemption God redeemed His people thru the sacrificial death and resurrection of Christ. This week we talk about how God's solution to the problem of sin and His acting to save us is the center of all history, and preview our readings in Matthew 4-8."

"Fall To understand our world, we have to understand how sin entered into God's good creation. Man rebelled against God and the Bible tells the story of its effects and God's plan to redeem and restore what was lost. How does the Bible describe the effects of sin on humanity and our relationship with God?"

"Creation As we trace the storyline of the Bible, we start with creation. God is the creator and we are created beings. What role does creation play in the story of redemption and how can we look for it as we read? "

"Tracing the Storyline This week we preview our readings in Revelation 11-15 and discuss how the big story of the Bible helps us to find our place and anchor our reading in the Gospel."

"Figurative versus Literal Interpretation This week as we read Revelation 6-10, we wanted to give some context for how to navigate interpreting passages of scripture where some people take them literally and others believe they are figurative or symbolic!"