Engages With Neighbors - Loving Beyond Boundaries: Across the Road
Release Date: 04/29/2025
Missional - Proclaim: Be Prepared
the Church Podcast
Focus: People are constantly placing hope in all sorts of places for their current and their future. God’s Missional Heart is for all people to place their hope in Jesus, the only one who delivers. As followers of Jesus, we’re sent to proclaim Him. Active faith prepares to explain our hope as believers, in order to be ready when someone asks. 1 Peter 3:8-18
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Missional - Proclaim: Be Willing
the Church Podcast
Focus: Sharing our faith can be daunting, from fear of harm and danger, to concerns about how it will be received and what others may think of us. God doesn’t call us to have it all figured out and to be able to argue others into submission. Active faith believes Him and willingly tells others what He has done. The once blind man responded to a claim that Jesus was a sinner saying, “I don’t know whether he is a sinner,”… “But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!” John 9:8-17, 24-25
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Missional - Proclaim: Opportunities
the Church Podcast
Focus: Our lives are full of opportunities to glorify God, and to proclaim salvation in Jesus. Just living as followers of Jesus and loving as He has loved us is a great proclamation and draws people close to us to ask. Active faith prays for and seeks out every opportunity to share Jesus. Colossians 4:2-6
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Missional - Teach: As You Go
the Church Podcast
Focus: We teach a way of life, not just doctrinal beliefs—the relational, dynamic nature of living the Jesus Way over static intellectualism. Teaching the Jesus Way happens best as we live our lives. Discipleship is life-on-life, walking with others in the everyday moments where faith is grown and shared. Matthew 28:18-20
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Missional - Teach: Passing The Torch
the Church Podcast
Focus: Teaching the Jesus Way means simplifying the message so it can be passed on with ease and confidence. Simplicity leads to multiplication, ensuring the Gospel endures through faithful, passionate, and prepared followers of Jesus. 2 Timothy 2:1-15 (esp. 2)
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Missional - Teach: A Joyous Endeavor
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Focus: The message of Jesus’ birth is joyous news that frees us and is available to everyone. It is shared by all because such joy cannot be contained—it overflows! Luke 2:8-20
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Missional - Teach: The Word Takes Root
the Church Podcast
Focus: The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, teaching through His presence. And, not just to show us, but to take our place…in life, in death. The evidence of His LIFE is now also experienced in how we live and dwell with others, embodying His grace and truth. John 1:1-14
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Missional - Teach: Built to Last
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Focus: Teaching the Jesus Way prepares people to stand strong against the waves of deception and the schemes of the enemy. Rooted in Christ, they are equipped to endure and thrive. Ephesians 4:1-16 (esp. 14)
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Engages With Neighbors - Sharing Life: Building Community
the Church Podcast
Focus: Sharing life results in community, especially when we share common space, celebrations, needs, and the unity we have in Christ. Acts 2:42-47
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Engages With Neighbors - Loving Beyond Boundaries: Without Fear
the Church Podcast
Focus: Loving beyond boundaries requires trust—trust in God’s love, trust in His provision, and trust that He is working through us to bless others. Too often, fear holds us back from fully committing—fear of scarcity, fear of the unknown, fear of not having enough. But Scripture reminds us: There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear (1 John 4:18). Today, as we make our financial commitments for the year, we do so without fear, knowing that our generosity is an expression of love beyond boundaries. Our giving is not just about sustaining a church; it is about...
info_outlineFocus: As Jesus rides into Jerusalem, the crowd celebrates Him as King, yet within days, many will turn away. The way of the Kingdom is not about power and dominance but about crossing the road to show mercy, just as the Good Samaritan did. Jesus challenges us to love beyond comfort, moving across the road to serve, even when it leads to suffering. His path to the cross was an act of boundary-breaking love—one that invites us to walk in His footsteps.
Luke 10:25-37; Matthew 21:1-11