Next Steps Podcast

The Next Steps Podcast is a weekly discussion aimed at engaging, encouraging, and equipping our church family to take next steps. Whether it is your relationship with God, connecting in community, or finding an on-ramp into mission, there is a next step waiting for you. We’re glad you’re here!

Episode 296: Small Town Mission: Part 5 11/18/2025

Episode 296: Small Town Mission: Part 5 This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to continue the conversation about how we can engage in missions within our small town context. This week we take a look at four passages of scripture and how they further give us direction in how we can best pray for missions. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/39079165

Episode 295: Small Town Mission: Part 4 11/11/2025

Episode 295: Small Town Mission: Part 4 This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to continue the conversation about how we can engage in missions within our small town context. This week we take a look at prayer and how we can best pray for missions. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/38996200

Episode 294: Small Town Mission: Part 3 11/04/2025

Episode 294: Small Town Mission: Part 3 This week, Eric and Jedidiah take some time to continue the conversation about how we can engage in missions within our small town context. This week we take a look at The role the Holy Spirit plays as we seek to testify to the truth. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/38908700

Episode 293: Small Town Mission: Part 2 10/28/2025

Episode 293: Small Town Mission: Part 2 This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to continue the conversation about how we can engage in missions within our small town context. This week we take a look at four of the traps we can fall into when we consider how we interact with non-Christians around us. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/38807730

Episode 292: Small Town Mission: Part 1B 10/21/2025

Episode 292: Small Town Mission: Part 1B This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to continue the conversation about how we can engage in missions within our small town context. This week we look at the idea of being sent. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/38726545

Episode 291: Small Town Mission: Part 1A 10/14/2025

Episode 291: Small Town Mission: Part 1A This week, Eric and Jedidiah take some time to begin a conversation about how we can engage in missions within our small town context. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/38578510

Episode 290: Perseverance Focused On Christ 10/08/2025

Episode 290: Perseverance Focused On Christ This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to offer us some encouragement to keep our eyes on Jesus, as we run the marathon set out before us. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/38517485

Episode 289: Christ, Clarity, Courage 10/01/2025

Episode 289: Christ, Clarity, Courage This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to unpack three words that help to guide us as we think about how we can engage with the people around us with the hope of the Gospel. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/38423605

Episode 288: Move Up And Move In 09/23/2025

Episode 288: Move Up And Move In This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk a little bit about the value of community in one service and how we can move closer to one another in order to make space for others. They also take a few moments to talk about some of the ongoing thoughts relating to the assassination of Charlie Kirk and how we can be encouraged by the continued spread of the Gospel. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/38326035

Episode 287: A Next Step After The Assassination of Charlie Kirk 09/16/2025

Episode 287: A Next Step After The Assassination of Charlie Kirk This week, Eric, Jonathan, and Jedidiah take some time to talk about the assassination of Charlie Kirk and how our response should be grounded in truth and love, rather than anger and emotion. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/38240155

Episode 286: The Way of Wisdom 09/09/2025

Episode 286: The Way of Wisdom This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to encourage us to walk along the way of wisdom as we seek to grow more in community with one another and to be more like Christ. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/38144365

Episode 285: Having the Mind of Christ 09/02/2025

Episode 285: Having the Mind of Christ This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to encourage us to ask the Holy Spirit for help to discern rightly our lives, relationships, and our roles in this world as we seek to see clearly and understand the truth of what God has given us in Christ. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/38062305

Episode 284: Seek First The Kingdom 08/26/2025

Episode 284: Seek First The Kingdom This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how we can take some practical steps in this upcoming fall season to seek first the kingdom of God. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/37961145

Episode 283: Walking By Faith 08/19/2025

Episode 283: Walking By Faith This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how we can step into the profound mystery of Christian community more and more as we seek to be people who walk by faith and not by sight. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/37877760

Episode 282: Knowing and Doing 08/13/2025

Episode 282: Knowing and Doing This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how we can know things but not actually do them, and how we can seek to not just be hearers but also doers. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/37806310

Episode 281: Where True Rest Is Found 08/05/2025

Episode 281: Where True Rest Is Found This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how we can find true rest in the presence of the Lord as we seek to grow closer to him through his word. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/37679925

Episode 280: Praying For One Another 07/29/2025

Episode 280: Praying For One Another This week, Jonathan and Jedidiah take some time to talk about a few of the ways that we can pray for one another as we are encouraged by the truth of Gods word. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/37594555

Episode 279: Living Together Before Marriage 07/22/2025

Episode 279: Living Together Before Marriage This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about sex, relationships, and living together before entering into marriage, from a Biblical perspective. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/37506245

Episode 278: Remembering God's Faithfulness 07/15/2025

Episode 278: Remembering God's Faithfulness This week, Eric and Jedidiah take some time to talk about how we can be refreshed and encouraged as we remember God's faithfulness in the past. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/37414495

Episode 277: We Can Have Confidence 07/08/2025

Episode 277: We Can Have Confidence This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how even in the midst of our fears we can step forward in faith with confidence, because our biggest problem has been solved through Christ's love for us. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/37334590

Episode 276: Trusting The Lord As We Trust His People 07/01/2025

Episode 276: Trusting The Lord As We Trust His People This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how we can grow in our trust of God as we learn to better trust his people around us. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/37237880

Episode 275: The Beauty of Christ on Display In His People 06/24/2025

Episode 275: The Beauty of Christ on Display In His People This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how they have seen the beauty of Christ on display in the Church during the first day of VBS here at FBC. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/37136060

Episode 274: Wonder Junction! 06/17/2025

Episode 274: Wonder Junction! This week, Jonathan and Jedidiah are joined in studio by Elissa Hanna, as she takes some time to share a little bit about our upcoming week of VBS here at FBC. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/37041970

Episode 273: Remember Who You Were 06/10/2025

Episode 273: Remember Who You Were This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how we are called to remember who we once were, so that we can look with clarity towards Christ's work on our behalf. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/36939305

Episode 272: The Immeasurable Grace of God 06/03/2025

Episode 272: The Immeasurable Grace of God This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how true satisfaction can only be found in the immeasurable grace of God in Christ Jesus. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/36833310

Episode 271: Without Grumbling 05/27/2025

Episode 271: Without Grumbling This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how we can seek to put others ahead of ourselves as we step into the opportunities we have every day to shine the light of the Gospel to the world around us. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/36728590

Episode 270: What Do We Say 05/20/2025

Episode 270: What Do We Say This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how scripture informs our prayers and our words. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/36643200

Episode 269: An Encouragement From Emilie Weaver 05/13/2025

Episode 269: An Encouragement From Emilie Weaver This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to sit down for a conversation with Emilie Weaver, as she talks a little bit about her first year at college. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/36549150

Episode 268: What Are You Talking About? 05/06/2025

Episode 268: What Are You Talking About? This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how what we talk about can reveal what it is that is holding the headline story in our hearts. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/36454520

Episode 267: Trying to Outsmart God 04/29/2025

Episode 267: Trying to Outsmart God This week, Eric and Jonathan take some time to talk about how we can seek to follow Godly wisdom rather than worldly folly. If you have a question for us feel free to send us an email at "questions@fbcforestcity.org" /episode/index/show/firstbaptistchurch/id/36357125

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