Ted Book is an art teacher, master potter, and most importantly, loves Jesus. Listen into this week’s message as he talks about the connection between clay, water, the potter’s wheel, and our lives with Jesus.
YQA – Pain, Suffering and Our Calling
In this episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd asks Pastor Steve about Pain and Suffering, especially as we’re pursuing our calling. We also talk about who is called (hint: we all are!) and explore some practices we can do as we wait in the space between our calling and its manifestation.
YQA: Forgiveness
In this episode of Your Questions Answered, Pastor Steve and Todd talk about forgiveness: how to encounter the forgiveness God gives each of us, how to forgive ourselves, and the freedom that comes to us in forgiveness!
YQA: Politics
Pastor Steve and Todd talk more about politics in today’s YQA. Topics include political parties, how to pray for governmental leaders, and why involvement in government is so much more than just voting.
YQA – God’s plan
In this episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd and Pastor Steve talk about God’s plan for a church service, and the need to listen to and be flexible to what God is doing! This podcast references a sermon we uploaded here.
10/13/2024 | Partnering with Lawlessness | Sunday Service
Church + Politics. Do those two words, when put together, make you nervous? Even as you ponder the why behind your discomfort, prepare to be encouraged and challenged, and firmly planted in heaven’s realities concerning our role as followers of Jesus in a very political world. Most of all, we are challenged to be active participants in seeing the kingdom …
10/6/2024 | See What God Did | Sunday Service
This Sunday’s podcast is different – intermingled within worship is a flow of testimonies, healing, prophecy, and exhortation. It is, as Pastor Steve shares, worship in an “orderly way” as God intended it!
YQA: Religion and Relationships
In this week’s episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd asks Pastor Steve about religion and relationships, and the problems associated with fixating on behavior rather than heart issues. We also discuss some forgiveness and a vision for true connection and closeness.
YQA: Religion and Relentless Self-Focus
Todd and Pastor Steve talk more about the spirit of religion, how it leads to relentless self-focus and why Pastor Steve says we should “Just Stop It!” (This follows up a sermon Pastor Steve preached at Hillside on 9/22/2024) Here’s the Bob Newhart video Pastor Steve refers to.
YQA: Adam Eve, and Death
In this week’s episode of Your Questions Answered, Todd asks Pastor Steve about whether Adam and Eve truly understood death. In the discussion that follows, we also talk about the importance of trust in a relationship with God, and how quickly religion can create barriers that don’t exist between us and God.