Wide Awake to Deep Meaningful Life in Christ - A Redemption Church Podcast

Every organization or group has a culture you experience as you live out the mission, vision, and values of that community. In this season of Wide Awake, we will be looking at some axioms that describe key commitments that shape the culture of our community at Redemption Church. These axioms are guided by Scripture and we believe they will be helpful for you whether you call Redemption your home church or not. This week's axiom is We Are the Light of the World.Axiom - We Are the Light of the WorldEach week we will include a link like the one above for each episode's axiom.If you'd like to support the mission of Redemption Church you can do so by donating here.

Every organization or group has a culture you experience as you live out the mission, vision, and values of that community. In this season of Wide Awake, we will be looking at some axioms that describe key commitments that shape the culture of our community at Redemption Church. These axioms are guided by Scripture and we believe they will be helpful for you whether you call Redemption your home church or not. This week's axiom is We Serve and Give So That Others May Live.Axiom - We Serve and Give So That Others May LiveEach week we will include a link like the one above for each episode's axiom.If you'd like to support the mission of Redemption Church you can do so by donating here.

Every organization or group has a culture you experience as you live out the mission, vision, and values of that community. In this season of Wide Awake, we will be looking at some axioms that describe key commitments that shape the culture of our community at Redemption Church. These axioms are guided by Scripture and we believe they will be helpful for you whether you call Redemption your home church or not. This week's axiom is Your Whole Life Matters to God.Axiom - Your Whole Life Matters to GodEach week we will include a link like the one above for each episode's axiom.If you'd like to support the mission of Redemption Church you can do so by donating here.

Every organization or group has a culture you experience as you live out the mission, vision, and values of that community. In this season of Wide Awake, we will be looking at some axioms that describe key commitments that shape the culture of our community at Redemption Church. These axioms are guided by Scripture and we believe they will be helpful for you whether you call Redemption your home church or not. This week's axiom is Prayer Is the Path to Spiritual Vitality.Axiom - Prayer Is the Path to Spiritual VitalityEach week we will include a link like the one above for each episode's axiom.If you'd like to support the mission of Redemption Church you can do so by donating here.

Every organization or group has a culture you experience as you live out the mission, vision, and values of that community. In this season of Wide Awake, we will be looking at some axioms that describe key commitments that shape the culture of our community at Redemption Church. These axioms are guided by Scripture and we believe they will be helpful for you whether you call Redemption your home church or not. This week's axiom is Jesus Flipped Leadership Upside Down.Axiom - Jesus Flipped Leadership Upside DownEach week we will include a link like the one above for each episode's axiom.If you'd like to support the mission of Redemption Church you can do so by donating here.

Every organization or group has a culture you experience as you live out the mission, vision, and values of that community. In this season of Wide Awake, we will be looking at some axioms that describe key commitments that shape the culture of our community at Redemption Church. These axioms are guided by Scripture and we believe they will be helpful for you whether you call Redemption your home church or not. This week's axiom is We Need Both Bridges and Barriers.Axiom - We Need Both Bridges and BarriersEach week we will include a link like the one above for each episode's axiom.If you'd like to support the mission of Redemption Church you can do so by donating here.

Every organization or group has a culture you experience as you live out the mission, vision, and values of that community. In this season of Wide Awake, we will be looking at some axioms that describe key commitments that shape the culture of our community at Redemption Church. These axioms are guided by Scripture and we believe they will be helpful for you whether you call Redemption your home church or not. This week's axiom is Discipleship Is For Everyone.Axiom - Discipleship Is For EveryoneEach week we will include a link like the one above for each episode's axiom.If you'd like to support the mission of Redemption Church you can do so by donating here.

Every organization or group has a culture you experience as you live out the mission, vision, and values of that community. In this season of Wide Awake, we will be looking at some axioms that describe key commitments that shape the culture of our community at Redemption Church. These axioms are guided by Scripture and we believe they will be helpful for you whether you call Redemption your home church or not. This week's axiom is We Will Be an Authentic Community.Axiom - We Will Be an Authentic Community Each week we will include a link like the one above for each episode's axiom.If you'd like to support the mission of Redemption Church you can do so by donating here.

Every organization or group has a culture you experience as you live out the mission, vision, and values of that community. In this season of Wide Awake, we will be looking at some axioms that describe key commitments that shape the culture of our community at Redemption Church. These axioms are guided by Scripture and we believe they will be helpful for you whether you call Redemption your home church or not. This week's axiom is People Are the Mission.Axiom - People Are the MissionEach week we will include a link like the one above for each episode's axiom.If you'd like to support the mission of Redemption Church you can do so by donating here.

Every organization or group has a culture you experience as you live out the mission, vision, and values of that community. In this season of Wide Awake, we will be looking at some axioms that describe key commitments that shape the culture of our community at Redemption Church. These axioms are guided by Scripture and we believe they will be helpful for you whether you call Redemption your home church or not. This week's axiom is Everything Starts with God.Axiom - Everything Starts with GodEach week we will include a link like the one above for each episode's axiom.If you'd like to support the mission of Redemption Church you can do so by donating here.

In this season-ending episode, Audra hosts Jeff, Chris, and Chace for a roundtable discussion about why and how churches all around the world gather each Sunday to corporately worship God. For many people, the idea of going to church on Sunday is just something they've grown up with, but with so many other ways to spend time on a Sunday morning, why gather for worship? This episode will pull back the curtain on some of the whys and hows of corporate worship in general and, specifically, at Redemption Church. 

As a church we had lunch together following our worship gathering on April 16th to celebrate God's faithfulness to our church thus far and to look forward to a new chapter in the life of our church that will begin later this year as we open our new building. This episode is a conversation about what it looks like to do church in the 21st century that embodies the positive sides to the church we see in the book of Acts, and will encourage you press into the church wherever you're at.

This episode is a special Good Friday reflection with Scripture readings, songs, and a prayer. Set aside some time this Good Friday to listen to this episode and reflect on Jesus' sacrificial death for your sins and for the sins of the world.

Encouragement is in short supply in our world. Whether it's on social media where everything seems to be about tearing one another down, or in our interpersonal relationships where platitudes often come easier than real, deep encouragement. This episode unpacks what biblical encouragement looks like and gives practical steps for being an encourager to others in your life.

Followers of Jesus believe that he is "the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6), which means that good, meaningful, flourishing, real life is found in Jesus. But as human beings we constantly look elsewhere to build a good life for ourselves. This episode explores the claims the Bible makes about the good life available in Jesus and points listeners toward the joy that is only available in him.

Although the truth of the good news about Jesus never changes, different aspects of the richness of the good news speaks to some people more than others. This means that in order to communicate the hope of Christ most effectively, it's helpful to understand the cultural and personal context someone comes from. This episode explores the importance of knowing those backgrounds and then communicating the unchanging truth of gospel in a way that meets people where they are.

One thing all human beings have in common is sin; we're all broken and imperfect creatures. But for followers of Jesus, we have a desire to trust God with our lives and turn from our sin. This makes it hard when friends and family continue to live in sin with little or no desire to change. This episode aims to start a conversation about how Christians can love well without affirming sin.

At Redemption Church, our vision is to see everyday people wake up to deep, meaningful life in Christ. We don't want anyone to settle for a "just okay" spirituality; we want people to experience the full life that God has for them in Christ to be hungry for that life. This episode explores some barriers that keep us from going deeper spiritually and will help you cultivate a hunger for God.

Our world is filled with so many rituals, awards, and ceremonies that try so hard to celebrate everyone and everything that it becomes exhausting. If everything is meaningful, nothing is meaningful. Yet at the same, human beings need meaning in order to live flourishing lives. In this episode, Chris, Jeff, and Chace talk about two church rituals - baptism and communion - and how those practices can help lead to a meaningful life.

In the first episode of season 3 of Wide Awake, Jeff Lawrence, Lead Pastor of Redemption Church, Chris Clark, Worship Pastor, and Chace Ifland, Minister of Community and Connection talk about how the church today can embody the same mission as the church in the book of Acts. This conversation will help encourage all Christians to be a witness for Jesus in the world in both word and deed.

It's Christmas! In this bonus episode, Chris, Jeff, Audra, and Chace talk about how Christmas can easily turn into a season where we try to brush the hard things under the rug and fill the season with all sorts of sentimentality. But, if we slow down and are honest about the brokenness in our lives and world, Christmas can actually be a season that offers us profound hope that goes much deeper than bright lights and Christmas trees.

Acts 7 contains a powerful story of Stephen's martyrdom and how, while being stoned, God opens a window to heaven and Stephen sees Jesus standing at the right hand of the Father. This story captures a difficult tension in the Christian life: we know there's a God, a spiritual realm, and eternity with him, but we aren't always aware of those things on a daily basis. This episode explores what it means for us that Jesus is standing at the right hand of the Father and how that should impact our daily lives.

Changes are a normal part of life but they can be challenging to process and work through. This episode will help you think about how you process change and will point to the life of Jesus as a foundation for how we live in the midst of the challenges that change brings. Ultimately, change is challenging, but it can also be a great opportunity for growth and to be a witness for Christ. 

The doctrine of adoption is probably one of the most misunderstood Christian doctrines in our context. But it's such an important component of the Christian faith that, if properly understood, would radically change the way we live by unlocking a tremendous amount of freedom, joy, and boldness in our lives. This episode unpacks the doctrine of adoption and why it matters for our daily lives

We all experience hardships and setbacks in life and everyone responds to those experiences in different ways. In this episode, Jeff, Chris, and Chace unpack how spiritual friendships are critical to endurance, faithfulness, and boldness in the midst of those difficult life circumstances. This conversation will encourage your desire for a community of spiritual friends that worship, pray, and live on mission together. During this episode, Jeff references a story from a book called A God-Sized Vision by Collin Hansen and John Woodbridge.

The title of our podcast is Wide Awake to Deep Meaningful Life in Christ so this week we wanted to ask the question, How are people doing when it comes to experiencing deep, meaningful life on a daily basis? Jeff is out of town, so Chris, Audra, and Chace sit down to answer this question and discuss what people are searching for in life and what barriers exist to experiencing deep, meaningful life on a daily basis.

As Christians, we're called to be a life-giving presence and live on mission everywhere we go, but oftentimes it's easier to either love someone by serving them but never point them to Jesus or to share Jesus boldly with people but fail to love them as a friend at the same time. Chris, Jeff, and Chace sit down to talk about how the example of Jesus is that he did both. This episode will both encourage and challenge you to be a life-giving presence who loves people by doing good to them and also loves people by telling them about Jesus.  

 Community sounds like a good idea to most of us, but our experience of community is often far less than what we desire. In this episode, Chace and Chris join Jeff for a honest conversation about the all-too-common disconnect between the beautiful picture of community in Acts 2 and our experience of community today, and they challenge Christians to continue to fight for biblical community in their own lives.

Audra Swindell, Minster of Equipping and Women at Redemption Church, joins Chris and Jeff to talk about what it looks like to live day by day with the Holy Spirit. They address the differences between Christians when it comes to the gifts of the Spirit and talk honestly about the fact that there seems to be a tension between the obviously powerful works of the Spirit in the book of Acts and our everyday experience.  This episode will help answer hard questions, but more importantly it will help deepen your relationship with the Spirit of God.

Because of how Christians are called to live they ought to be noticeably different from those around them.  Being noticeably different might lead some people to think Christians are weird, but it will also be attractive to others who will ask why Christians choose to live differently. In this episode, Chris and Chace sit down with Jeff to consider how Christians can be honest and passionate about their beliefs in a genuine way that leads others to want to know more.

In the book of Acts, the early Christians displayed incredible boldness as they shared the gospel confidently and widely, which sparks questions like "Where did that boldness that come from?" In this episode, Chris Clark and Chace Ifland sit down for a conversation with Jeff Lawrence about the relationship between a glad heart and a bold witness as Jeff explains why he chose the title Glad Hearts, Bold Church for a sermon series through the book of Acts. 

In a world where truth is “my truth” and spiritual convictions are viewed as arrogant, harsh, or even bigoted, should we still attempt to witness about Jesus to others? In this episode, Pastor Jeff Lawrence unpacks two things needed to step into sharing your faith as a Christian. This conversation will challenge you to move in boldness toward sharing your faith, but not without the help that we find described in the scriptures. 

In this episode, Chris Clark and Chace Ifland discuss the practice and habit of Bible reading. Chace gives six tips to help stay engaged with reading the Bible. 

Another term for making followers of Jesus is making disciples. This means that our primary goal should be to see non-believers become disciples of Jesus and to see believers grow in their discipleship.  On August 28th, Shane Shaddix, Pastor for Discipleship at Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, NC, unpacked what it looks like to create a culture of discipleship and gave us some practical tools and methods to go about fulfilling our mission of making disciples in our church and leading others to do the same. This is a two-part series. 

Another term for making followers of Jesus is making disciples. This means that our primary goal should be to see non-believers become disciples of Jesus and to see believers grow in their discipleship.  On August 28th, Shane Shaddix, Pastor for Discipleship at Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, NC, unpacked what it looks like to create a culture of discipleship and gave us some practical tools and methods to go about fulfilling our mission of making disciples in our church and leading others to do the same. This is a two-part series. 

In this episode, Chris Clark, Jeff Lawrence, Audra Swindell, and Chace Ifland discuss the nuances of the term, "evangelism" and explore what it looks like for everyday people to grow and embrace the Biblical call to share the good news with our world. 

Chris Clark and Chace Ifland explore some statics in church attendance since COVID hit and take a brief look at what the Bible calls Christians to in the church. Everyone has a role to play!

In this Episode, Audra Swindell gives a broad brushstroke view of church denominations – where they came from and how they got started.  

In this episode, Audra Swindell spends 10 minutes talking about salvation, how Christians typically talk about it,  what the Bible says about it, and how we can know if we are truly saved.  

In this 12 minute episode, Chace Ifland explores some of the most helpful evidence we have for God's existence. If you are exploring the Bible's claims or the evidence for God, this short episode will encourage you and deepen your faith. 

In this first 13 minute episode, Chace Ifland talks through some helpful ways to grow our understanding of where the Bible came from and how we can trust what it teaches.