Interview with Kurt Ver Beek and Carlos Hernandez - 031325
Release Date: 03/14/2025
Receiving Uncomfortable Truths as Both a Test of and Tool for Attaining Maturity
Chicago Fellowship Talks
Jon walks through six common deflection techniques and two dismissing strategies we too often use to avoid truths that could help us become who God has created us to be.
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The Soul of a Leader
Chicago Fellowship Talks
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Rejecting Passive Participation in Prejudice
Chicago Fellowship Talks
Continuing our study of the Apostle Paul's view of circumcision, this week focuses on Galatians 6. To perpetuate a popular view that certain groups were inferior to others, some Christians required others to be circumcised. Paul believed this was so contrary to the gospel, and he took the issue so seriously, that he wrote this part of his letter himself with extra-large letters. So, why don't we take discrimination within the church as seriously as Paul did? Why do we passively participate in the prejudice of others?
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The Generous Way to Abundance
Chicago Fellowship Talks
Generosity leads to God's abundant life by rejecting arrogance, reflecting hope, and redefining wealth.
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Understanding Enemy Mode, Narcissism, and the Power of Culture
Chicago Fellowship Talks
We all have the potential to be toxic. We have to grow our maturity to keep from creating toxic environments. In this presentation you will learn three types of enemy mode, and how it affects the way we look at people. You will learn the relationship between shame and narcissistic behavior and how Rare Leadership is the antidote to the enemy mode and narcissism that create toxic cultures.
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Your Circumstances Don't Define You
Chicago Fellowship Talks
In the first of three messages based on the Apostle Paul's view of circumcision, we look at the common problem of defining our value and spirituality based upon our life circumstances. Too often, we think our relationship or vocational status must change in order to truly experience the Christian life. In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul argues strongly that the fullness of the Christian life is available to anyone, anywhere. Therefore, when we think certain circumstances are more sacred or valuable to God, we are missing the gospel and drifting into a dangerous form of idolatry.
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Tangible Hope
Chicago Fellowship Talks
Victor Bourtros, Founder and CEO of Human Trafficking Institute shares their inspiring story of working upstream to end global human trafficking of the most vulnerable.
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Hypocrites!
Chicago Fellowship Talks
Hypocrites! No one wants to be seen as one. While most people claim to hate hypocrisy, does our hatred of hypocrisy take our attention from more bald-faced sins? And could a certain kind of hypocrisy be a stepping stone away from other sins and toward virtue? Skye dives into hypocrisy and gives the antidotes for twin errors that hypocrisy creates.
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Chicago and Violence Reduction
Chicago Fellowship Talks
Chicago Fellowship Board member and Together Chicago Co Founder Dave Dillon interviews three key leaders from Together Chicago and hearing their life stories. Lavonas Troupe, Charles King and Laprentiss Flowers all have past histories in different “tribes” in Chicago and were on very opposing sides of various conflicts on the streets of Chicago. By God’s grace they amazingly all now work collaboratively at Together Chicago to help end the violence on our streets. God has been at work in each of them and we were blessed by their stories and by hearing about the...
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Psalm 51:12, “The Sound of Salvation.”
Chicago Fellowship Talks
God’s salvation sounds like joy because it has the power not just to cover or cleanse our sins but to create new hearts in us, because it is big enough to deliver us from personal sin and societal injustice, and because it spreads from our personal testimonies throughout our communities.
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