Axiom Podcast

Matthew 7:7-12In a healthy relationship there is a constant give and take of asking and receiving, giving and taking. In healthy relationship one asked and the other has the freedom to say “No”, “Yes”, “maybe later”, “not now”, “give me a minute”, “next week”, “Let me think about it”. None of those responses are inappropriate and in a healthy, trusting relationship the one who is asking accepts that the person answering has a good reason for their response. Likewise in healthy relationship a person can ask and keep on asking and not be an annoyance for doing that. Ask, seek, knock and the door will be opened.

Gavin, Erik and Micah discuss the opportunities of the church in this time of uncertainty.

Judgment of others quickly absolves the power of Gods Mercy he had on you. What testimony do we have and what legs can we stand on in wake of Jesus grace extended to us when we deserved death itself. Judgment kills. 

Matthew 6:19-34Believe it or not God and money can get along really well. In fact when they do we are truly blessed for our view of God and his things are in appropriate order. God and possessions believe it or not can be a powerful testimony for our witness to others as well. This is actually an area to discuss not shy away from, Jesus didn’t. 

So much of our spiritual motives are misplaced in a culture that is desperate for attention. Look at me! See how I am blessed! Cry’s the one after the wrong reward. Gods reward frees us from the need for approval and like by any other then God himself delighting in us. So let our worship be unhindered by our surroundings and let our confession with God be as alive in private as it is in the public square. Integrity with God begins in secret, quite places with an audience of one. 

Micah and Gavin continue the conversation from Sunday's message on Matthew 6:1-18 and touch on Jesus's introduction of the Lord's Prayer. 

Turn the other cheek! Love your enemy! How can these principles be? Are we saying be humiliated, hurt and rejected? The audience that Jesus was confronting knew what it meant to be these things. But in our culture, day, and even religious practices we are unacquainted with the space that Jesus often subjected himself too. Kris Hayes takes us further into Jesus's Sermon on the Mount!

Matthew 5:33-37In Jesus's Kingdom we are offered a way of communication that has conviction, meaning and follow-through. We explore this invitation together. 

Gavin, Micah and debrief Sunday's sermon more with their good friend, entrepreneur, public speaker and ex-pastor, Adam Brooks.

We continue through Jesus's Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:27-30 where once again Jesus invites us to examine our hearts and the space we give to our temptations. Rather than trying to find the line of what is permissible, God desires to nurture a heart of relationship. 

We debrief a little from Sunday's sermon and hear from our friend Uriah McCarthy about his journey and where he senses God calling him. 

Jesus does away with the excuse of just "following the law" as he points out that it isn't enough to just not kill but in fact murder begins in our heart when we are held captive by anger. Too easily that condition becomes our normal state and we let anger drive and control us until we are, as Jesus points out, consumed completely. Jesus offers us another way, the way of the lamb. 

Lance Linderman and Micah Bentley debrief on Sundays sermon which was based on Matthew 5:16-20. 

Matthew 5:16-20 - Why is it that so many people claim to be followers of Christ (Kingdom dwellers) but their lifestyle and values look more like non-dwellers? Anger levels = about equal. Divorce rates = about equal. Greed = about equal. Consumption = about equal. What is going on here? Is there not an obvious difference in the lives of Kingdom-dwellers? What did Jesus mean that our righteousness must be greater than the religious people of His day?

Our prayer team leaders Christina and George Trifanoff sat down with us to discuss the subject of prayer and their experience of the community!

Micah and Gavin have a conversation with special guests Lance Linderman (Coffeeshop owner) and Frank Foley (Chef) about Sunday's passage Matthew 5:13-16. 

 Erik Lundin speaks on Matthew 5:13-16

In dialogue one seeks understanding of the other person. Our first DIALOGUES event created space to discuss the enneagram with author and speaker Chuck DeGroat.

Gavin and Micah debrief on Sunday's kickoff to the Jesus 2020 series and the reality of "kingdoms". 

Jesus announced that the Kingdom of God had come and that it was open to everyone who wished to dwell in that Kingdom. What did He mean? What is this Kingdom? He explains it in a series of short descriptions of “realities” (Beatitudes) for those who are dwellers. This was incredibly good news for people of Jesus day because they had been marginalized and excluded from the kingdom (on earth) for so long they no longer thought they were Kingdom-worthy. Jesus declared that they were the perfect people to consider moving into the Kingdom of God. In fact the only people who really do dwell in His Kingdom are those who possess the perceived “downside” of the Beatitudes.