Alex looks at what happens when we dethrone the idols in our lives.Readings from this service:1 Timothy 6: 2b-10

Alex and Ben are interrupted by a surprise visit from the treasurer during a discussion on money. 

Paul ties together a smorgasbord of practical issues by calling the church to honor others as Christ has honored them.Readings from this service:

Alex and Ben discuss the need to honor the vulnerable, our leaders, and our colleagues with our attitude to money. 

When the social tide pulls away from God, Christians are called to swim upstream. To this end, Paul advises Timothy to cultivate a resilient faith that is nourished by the gospel and strengthened by serving the Church.Readings from this...

Alex and Ben discuss the importance of different age groups within the church.

Alex explores what happens when we meet a problem that is beyond our ability to control. Readings from this service:1 Timothy ...

Ben and Alex discuss the demonic origins of both chaos and control vs the good news from the Holy Spirit.

The qualifications for church leadership in 1 Timothy 3 make a countercultural claim: that character matters more than charisma.Readings from this service:

In this special episode, Ben takes us through a broad summary of the biblical view on how men and women are to work together in the church. 

Alex and Ben dig deeper into the role of men and women in church leadership. 

Alex explores some of the most common views on how men and women are to work together for the gospel. Readings from this service:1 Timo...

Alex, Ben, and Kat talk about this complex and controversial passage that we’re studying in the Adult Forum, church services, and the Women’s Group right now. 

Like Timothy, we are called to “wage the good warfare” in chaotic times by holding fast to the gospel through prayer.Readings from this service:

Alex & Ben are joined by Erik to talk about lot about politics from a passage that has little to do with politics. 

We are inundated with contradictory information and advice, but the gospel offers consistent grace.  Readings from this service:1...

As Ben returns from exile in the bathroom, he and Alex are much more focused on the text of 1 Timothy 1. 

Rev. Ben opens our new series "1st Timothy: Constancy Amid the Chaos."Paul charges Timothy to combat bad doctrine in the Ephesian church. Even when chaos seems to reign, the simple power of the gospel remains constant.

Ben joins Alex from a remote location to open our new series on 1st Timothy.

We like to say “your will be done” but do we really mean it? Readings from this service:Romans 8: 18-27

Alex and Ben talk about just one line in the Lord’s prayer, but not quite as succinctly as Jesus did. 

Despite its familiarity, the Lord’s Prayer offers a revolutionary vision of life that is foreign to most modern people. Jesus invites us to pray in a way that recenters our lives and reignites our trust.Readings from this service:1 ...

Alex and Ben discuss the Lord’s prayer and how it fits in with the rest of the Sermon on the Mount. 

Instead of pointless pompous prayer, God desires relationship over technique.Readings from this service:1 Kings 18: 17-40

Alex and Ben reunite to distract themselves from the topic of pagan prayer.