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Barrett Bowden is the Lead Pastor of Island Community Church, a young, urban church in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee. On this podcast, we are committed to help you discover an authentic relationship with God and a passionate gospel purpose, both in your community and around the world. This podcast will give you God's Word, interviews with real-life Christians, and global insights to give you the opportunity to be transformed by Jesus to impact our world!

Barrett Bowden


    • Sep 21, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 41m AVG DURATION
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    54 - Race and the Gospel - Round Table Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 83:14


    Barrett Bowden (Lead Pastor, Island Community Church), Steve Johnson (Pastor, Kingdom Church), Michael Thomas (Campus Missionary, Kingdom Church), and Jordan Frazier (Church Planting Resident, Island Community Church) have a conversation around Race and the Gospel, reviewing the summer study at Island Community Church.

    53 - Race and the Gospel - What is Gospel Unity?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 47:02


    Welcome back to Transformed for Impact!This summer, we are diving headfirst into an important conversation at the intersection of race and the gospel.This week, Steve Johnson, Pastor of Kingdom Church, teaches through episode four of "Race and the Gospel." In this episode, Steve helps answer the question "What is Gospel Unity?"

    52 - Race and the Gospel - What is Justice and Righteousness?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 57:38


    Welcome back to Transformed for Impact!This summer, we are diving headfirst into an important conversation at the intersection of race and the gospel.This week, Steve Johnson, Pastor of Kingdom Church, teaches through episode three of "Race and the Gospel." In this episode, Steve helps answer the question "What is Justice and Righteousness?"

    51 - Race and the Gospel - What is the Dividing Wall of Hostility?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 49:45


    Welcome back to Transformed for Impact!This summer, we are diving headfirst into an important conversation at the intersection of race and the gospel.This week, Steve Johnson, Pastor of Kingdom Church, teaches through episode two of "Race and the Gospel." In this episode, Steve helps answer the question "What is the Dividing Wall of Hostility?"

    50 - Race and the Gospel - Why Does Race or Ethnicity Matter to God?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 44:52


    Welcome back to Transformed for Impact!This summer, we are diving headfirst into an important conversation at the intersection of race and the gospel.This week, Steve Johnson, Pastor of Kingdom Church, teaches through episode one of "Race and the Gospel." This week, Steve helps answer the question "Why Does Race or Ethnicity Matter to God?"

    49 - Rhythms of Health - Personal Planning: Choosing Less for More

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 54:14


    Welcome back to Transformed for Impact! Today we will be wrapping up our series Rhythms of Health: Choosing Less for More. In this series, we have been exploring a biblical roadmap for what it looks like for each of us, including you, to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the hurry of the world we live in. We have used John Mark Comer's book "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" as a framework for this series. On this episode, you will have the opportunity to explore what it looks like for you personally to live a life that rejects hurry, and embraces Jesus. Thank you so much for joining us today! We hope this training benefits you greatly. Make sure you subscribe to our podcast so you never miss an episode. We love you, and we hope to see you soon.

    48 - Rhythms of Health - Practice Four: Slowing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2022 1:11


    Welcome back to Transformed for Impact! Today we will be continuing our series Rhythms of Health: Choosing Less for More. In this series, we have been exploring a biblical roadmap for what it looks like for each of us, including you, to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the hurry of the world we live in. We are using John Mark Comer's book "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" as a framework for this series. On this episode, you will learn Comer's fourth and final practice for living a life that rejects hurry, and instead follows after Jesus: Slowing. Thank you so much for joining us today! We hope this training benefits you greatly today. Make sure you subscribe to our podcast so you never miss an episode. We love you, and we hope to see you soon.

    47 - Rhythms of Health - Practice Three: Simplicity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2022 57:44


    Welcome back to Transformed for Impact! Today we will be continuing our series Rhythms of Health: Choosing Less for More. In this series, we have been exploring a biblical roadmap for what it looks like for each of us, including you, to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the hurry of the world we live in. We are using John Mark Comer's book "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" as a framework for this series. On this episode, you will learn Comer's third practice for living a life that rejects hurry, and instead follows after Jesus: Simplicity. Thank you so much for joining us today! We hope this training benefits you greatly today. Make sure you subscribe to our podcast so you never miss an episode. We love you, and we hope to see you soon.

    46 - Rhythms of Health: Interview with Jim Warberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 58:12


    Welcome to Transformed for Impact! In this season at Island Community Church in Memphis, TN, we are having a conversation through our teaching series about spiritual habits. Ways that we can experience more of God's grace, and grow in his grace. These habits are a way for us to make a choice to be near Jesus, that we may experience Him and have a deeper relationship with Him. In this episode, we will be talking with a dear member and deacon of ICC, Jim Warberg, about the spiritual habit of reading the Bible. We hope his testimony will bring you hope, and ignite a desire to know God more through His Word. Make sure you subscribe to our podcast so you never miss an episode. We love you, and hope to see you soon!

    45 - Rhythms of Health - Practice Two: Sabbath

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022 64:22


    Welcome back to Transformed for Impact! Today we will be continuing our series Rhythms of Health: Choosing Less for More. In this series, we have been exploring a biblical roadmap for what it looks like for each of us, including you, to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the hurry of the world we live in. We are using John Mark Comer's book "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" as a framework for this series. On this episode, you will learn Comer's second practice for living a life that rejects hurry, and instead follows after Jesus: Sabbath. Thank you so much for joining us today! We hope this training from the Scripture benefits you greatly today. Make sure you subscribe to our podcast so you never miss an episode. We love you, and we hope to see you soon.

    44 - Rhythms of Health - Practice One: Silence and Solitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 55:26


    Welcome to Transformed for Impact! Today we will be continuing our series Rhythms of Health: Choosing Less for More. In this series, we have been exploring a biblical roadmap for what it looks like for each of us, including you, to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the hurry of the world we live in. We are using John Mark Comer's book "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" as a framework for this series. On this episode, you will learn Comer's first practice for living a life that rejects hurry, and instead follows after Jesus: living in silence and solitude with Him. We hope you will subscribe to our podcast and leave us some feedback, so you never miss an episode of TFI. Thanks again for joining us! We love you, and hope to see you soon.

    43 - Rhythms of Health - The Solution: The Easy Yoke

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 43:30


    Welcome back to Transformed for Impact! Are you desiring to move toward a healthier, more fruitful rhythm of life? Today we continue our training series on Rhythms of Health: Choosing Less for More, where we are exploring a biblical roadmap for staying emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world. We are using John Mark Comer's book "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" throughout the summer, and each week we will be tracing his compelling emotional and spiritual case against hurry in favor of a slower, simpler way of life: following the way of Jesus. We hope you enjoy part two of this study, as Micah Roeder of our ICC family helps us understand what it looks like to embrace the easy yoke of Jesus. As always, we encourage you to subscribe to TFI and leave a review, so you never miss an episode. We love you, and we hope to see you soon!

    42 - Rhythms of Health - The Problem: Hurry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 51:42


    In this fourth season of Transformed for Impact, follow along with our Summer Wednesday study "Rhythms of Health" at Island Community Church. This 7-week series taught by Barrett Bowden and a couple special guests will walk us through John Mark Comer's "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry". You really won't want to miss this series, as we explore a biblical approach to health and wholeness in every facet of our lives. This week we address the problem: hurry. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast so you don't miss an episode, and leave a review. Your input is valuable to us. We love you, Jesus loves you, and we hope to see you soon.

    41: Digging Deeper - Surrendering to the Purpose and Promise of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 24:34


    Do you ever struggle with maintaining control? Do you ever struggle to completely release yourself and your plans into the hands of God? In this episode, we will discuss how to surrender to the purposes and promises of God. Late in David's life, he made a prideful and tragic mistake that most of us can relate to. Rather than trusting his success and future into God's care, he decided to put confidence in himself and take things into his own hands. God had to use his failure to teach him an important lesson in trust and surrender. As we follow Jesus, we must learn to choose (a deliberate act, a deliberate decision) to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God.” In this episode, you will learn more about how to make that choice in daily life with Jesus. You will discover five common barriers to this choice. Additionally, you will learn four pathways to make a consistent choice to release yourself to Him.

    40: Digging Deeper - Learning to Stand in His Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 34:34


    In this episode, we are going to be talking about learning to stand in the grace of God. Once we know God's grace in salvation, how can we learn to stand (or continue) in that same grace of God in daily life? At the end of the book of 2 Samuel (Chapter 22), we are given a long song of King David, as well as a record of some of his last words. At the end of his long life with God and reign as king, David is reflecting over all the ways in which God has been faithful to Him. At the end of the day, he recognizes that his story is a story of God's redeeming grace. He does not point to his own success, but God's success. He does not in pride say "I have been such a great man" but "God has been such a great Savior." In the passage, David points to God and His grace. The purpose of this podcast today is help give you some practical ways in which you too can learn to stand in God's grace. David's song & last words reflect the end of a life of learning to stand in God's grace. He did not always do this perfectly. But he has learned. And we can too. In fact, we should. You will be encouraged and challenged by this reflection on 2 Samuel 22, Galatians 3, and some practical ways in which we can continue in the grace of God.

    39: Digging Deeper - Extending Restoration to Others

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 47:48


    In today's episode, we are going to be talking about extending restoration to others. As followers of Jesus, we are people of restoration. Our hope is built upon the person of a Restorer - Jesus Christ. As people who know his restoration personally, we should - above all people - be about the work of extending His restoration to others. Above all people, we should live with a heart of deep desire to see others restored. And above all people, we should live with a life committed to help other experience His restoration. In this episode, we will be be overviewing a few chapters of the book of 2 Samuel - Chapters 19 through 21 - to look at how King David used his influence to extend restoration to others. Together, we will discover five ways that David worked to extend restoration to the nation after a time of great brokenness, conflicted, sadness and trouble. We can learn from each of these steps that David took and consider how to grow in the work of extending restoration in our own lives.

    38: Digging Deeper - Receiving God's Redeeming Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 44:40


    In this episode, you will hear an incredibly personal and important conversation on the topic of Receiving God's Redeeming Grace. Once we are saved, we must learn to LIVE daily in God's redeeming grace, identity, and truth. It is a common struggle to forgive ourselves of what God has already forgiven you. This lack of forgiveness can be debilitating in our minds, hearts, and lives, keeping us from the fullness of what God desires. In this episode, we will talk about this reality and how to practically overcome it with gospel truth and transformation. In the story of 2 Samuel, you will hear how this played out in King David's life after his horrific sins with Bathsheba and Uriah. In this episode's interview with Rob Hodum, you will hear how this plays out today.

    37: Digging Deeper - Living with Hope in a Dysfunctional Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 33:50


    Have you ever felt like your family was a bit dysfunctional? Maybe especially dysfunctional? In one way or another, we can all relate. All of our families have problems of some kind within. For followers of Jesus, two important questions emerge: How do we handle the presence and consequences of sin in our families? How can we live with hope in the midst of this dysfunction? In this episode, you will learn six characteristics of those who live with hope in the midst of family dysfunction. In this episode, Pastor Barrett will help you understand these six godly attitudes toward your family from Scripture. He will also lead you toward a pathway to desire and experience these characteristics personally and practically in your life. As we study book of 2 Samuel, we see that David's sin led to incredible brokenness and dysfunction within his family. However, in the midst of his family conflict, he learns that God is still faithful to redeem and fulfill His covenant of grace. You can too! Listen to this episode and find help to know how to live with His hope in your dysfunctional family!

    36: Digging Deeper - Experiencing Personal Forgiveness and Redemption

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021


    35: Digging Deeper - Displaying the Gospel in Daily Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 42:55


    34: Digging Deeper - Living in God's Plans, Not Our Own

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 36:27


    Honoring God Above Tradition & Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 31:15


    31: Digging Deeper - Dealing with Conflict God's Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 39:57


    30: Digging Deeper - Grieving in Ways that Honor God

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 33:12


    29: Digging Deeper - What are the essential ingredients of true covenant Christian friendship?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 31:32


    28: Digging Deeper - How can I fight against jealousy in my heart and life?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 23:08


    27: Digging Deeper - How can I see Jesus as I study the Old Testament?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 30:46


    26: Digging Deeper - How should we expect and handle spiritual warfare as believers?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 34:22


    25: Digging Deeper - How can I agree with others in prayer?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 32:21


    24: Digging Deeper - Does sin change my relationship with God after I am saved?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 21:54


    23: Digging Deeper - How can the Holy Spirit empower God's people in the Bible and today?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 33:09


    22: Digging Deeper - Should Christ followers be involved in politics?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 26:16


    21: Digging Deeper - What happens when the ark of God goes into enemy territory?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 28:01


    20: Digging Deeper - Does God speak audibly today?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 26:23


    19: Digging Deeper - How can I study the Old Testament faithfully and meaningfully?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 22:49


    18: Digging Deeper- Is the Old Testament important for Christians today?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 17:54


    17: Suffering Transformed- The Opportunity to Serve with Jonathan Nason

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 73:29


    16: Suffering Transformed- Releasing to God with Kristin Hertler

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 76:45


    15: Suffering Transformed- Making Sense of Suffering with Sladjan Milenkovic (Part Two)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 54:08


    14: Suffering Transformed- Making Sense of Suffering with Sladjan Milenkovic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2020 53:02


    13: Suffering Transformed: Learning Perseverance with Chris Memminger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 62:28


    12: Suffering Transformed: New Series Preview Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 10:52


    11: Zach Watts - Adopted by God

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 28:00


    10: Steve Johnson- A Conversation About Race, Injustice, and the Gospel (Part Two)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 62:45


    9: Steve Johnson- A Conversation About Race, Injustice, and the Gospel (Part One)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 53:01


    8: Curryann Potter - What It's Like Inside a COVID-19 Hospital Unit and Why It Matters

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 54:54


    7: Rachel Welter- Experiencing God During Times of Suffering

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 59:51


    6: Steve Roark- Sanity, Sex, and Social Distancing: Marriage and Families in the Midst of Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 59:34


    5: Glenn Roseberry - Global Perspective on the Coronavirus, Isolation and Suffering

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 45:00


    4: Caroline Bowden- "Give God a Big Hug"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 22:03


    3: Whitney Ballinger- Overcoming Anxiety and Depression during the COVID-19 Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 41:45


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