Listens for Insight - Seeking Wisdom from the Margins: Listen Until You Speak Right
the Church Podcast
Focus: Speaking up for the voiceless begins with listening to the unheard. Wisdom from the margins reshapes our assumptions and fuels our advocacy. To reflect God’s justice, we must first mirror His attentiveness. Proverbs 31:8–9
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Listens for Insight - Seeking Wisdom from the Margins: Faith That Won’t Be Ignored
the Church Podcast
Focus: A Canaanite woman pushes past silence, resistance, and cultural boundaries, not to prove a point, but to pursue healing for her daughter. Jesus’ response at first blush is confusing and hard to understand. He ignores her. The disciples tell Jesus to send her away. But, she continues on “with all her begging.” Awkward! Her persistence becomes a turning point. God speaks salvation through undeserving confidence in the Master’s gifts. Matthew 15:21–28
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Listens for Insight - Seeking Wisdom from the Margins: The Guest Who Gets It
the Church Podcast
Focus: As Christians, our security and comfort come from God’s love for us and the future God promises which is fulfilled in Jesus. God has already thought of us first, so we are free to humbly think of others first. In humility we don’t drag ourselves down, we think more of others and lift them up. Luke 7:36-50
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Listens for Insight - Discerning God’s Guidance in Neighboring Insights: Developing a Disciple's Ear
the Church Podcast
Focus: We don’t listen just for information. We listen for wisdom and direction so that we can follow and obey. Isaiah 50:4-7
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Listens for Insight - Discerning God’s Guidance in Neighboring Insights: Quick to Listen
the Church Podcast
Focus: Even in the midst of difficulty, hurt and pain, God calls us to be ready to listen first. In contrast, we should be slow to get angry, and instead humbly accept God’s Word. James 1:19-25
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Listens for Insight - Discerning God’s Guidance in Neighboring Insights: Ready to Hear
the Church Podcast
Focus: When God speaks, are we listening? Really listening? Do we know His voice? Are we ready to hear and obey? 1 Samuel 3:1-10
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Listens for Insight - Hearing the Heartbeat of the Community: The Wisdom at the Edges
the Church Podcast
Focus: True insight often lies beyond the spotlight. Those who listen with humility and seek understanding from the margins become conduits of God’s wisdom because the Spirit speaks through unexpected voices. Proverbs 18:15
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Listens for Insight - Hearing the Heartbeat of the Community: The Echo in the Unknown
the Church Podcast
Focus: Listening well means paying attention to what others already sense but haven’t yet named. When we respect unfamiliar voices and unknown altars, we create space to speak the gospel with clarity, grace, and resonance. Acts 17:22-23
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Listens for Insight - Hearing the Heartbeat of the Community: The Pulse in the Place
the Church Podcast
Focus: To hear the heartbeat of our community, we must dwell with intention, planting ourselves not as outsiders looking in, but as participants living among. True listening happens not through observation alone, but through shared rhythms, rooted presence, and a posture of peace-seeking within the everyday realities of our neighbors. Jeremiah 29:4-7
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Listens for Insight - Hearing the Heartbeat of the Community: The Whisper at the Crossroads
the Church Podcast
Focus: Before we can hear the heartbeat of our neighbors, we must learn to recognize the still, small voice of God, especially when conflict, weariness, and isolation cloud our calling. In the quiet, God re-centers us, not just with comfort, but with renewed direction. 1 Kings 19:9-16
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