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This week is a follow-up to some of the ideas expressed in the Bible Project video we watched last week. We’re talking about God and who and what God is and how we know he is real. We also dive into what God is like and how we can know him better. WEEK 2:  STUDY GUIDE WEEK 2:  ANSWER KEY The post Podcast – BASICS: Who Is God? appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

Make some time to engage in some rhythms and practices of spiritual formation after Christmas. This is Part Two of a self-guided teaching (Part One is HERE) for you and your family during Christmastide, commonly known as the season between Christmas Eve and the New Year as we head towards the next season, Epiphany (Don’t know what that is? Look … Read More → The post Podcast – Christmastide Lessons – Part 2 appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

Make some time to engage in some rhythms and practices of spiritual formation after Christmas. This is part one of a self-guided teaching for you and your family during Christmastide, commonly known as the season between Christmas Eve and the New Year as we head towards the next season, Epiphany (Don’t know what that is? Look it up!). Look for the … Read More → The post Podcast – Christmastide Lessons – Part 1 appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

The story of the first Christmas has become so normalized and ordinary that we don’t even see the extraordinary elements, objects and people within the narrative anymore. We have succumbed to the “lullaby effect” where we “know” (or think we know) the story so well that we “fall asleep” when we hear it and we aren’t really listening…instead, we’re nodding … Read More → The post Podcast – Christmas Eve: An Extraordinary Christmas appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

“You go, and do likewise,” are the words Jesus conveys to the lawyer at the end of a certain story about a Samaritan. It’s a perfect scripture to take a look at during Advent as we remember the first Christmas long ago…and realize with thankfulness that God didn’t “walk by on the other side” of the universe and instead sent … Read More → The post Podcast – Grow In Christ: Do Likewise appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

If you had a financial manager in charge of all your assets and you found they were cheating you and using your resources for sketchy dealings…would you tell them, “Good job”? Probably not. Well, that’s Jesus’ hook for a story we dive into this week as he illustrates the idea that if you’re following him…be smart, be ready, be scheming…have … Read More → The post Podcast – Grow In Christ: Scheming & Dreaming appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

This week we examine what it means to follow Jesus’ Great Commandment to love God and love others (his definition of a growing Christian) in a more specific as we weigh the lessons taught in his Parable of the Talents. This has to do with attitude, expectations and the excuses we make…and if we’re brave enough, becoming the best version … Read More → The post Podcast – Grow In Christ: Doing Your Best Or Digging Holes? appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

Have you ever been frustrated while driving? Traffic jam? Idiotic driver in front of you? Behind you? All around you? Today we’re going to talk about the assumptions we make about other people; the value judgments we make and place on others because we assume we know what’s going on in their life or because we don’t approve of their … Read More → The post Podcast – Grow In Christ: Tovah Or Ra’ah? appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

Using Jesus’ definition based on the Great Commandment we explore what it means to grow spiritually in terms of the role God plays in the process. This means figuring out what God does and what we can and cannot do. Jesus’ words in the scriptures help us realize that developing our awareness of what God is doing in the world … Read More → The post Podcast – Grow In Christ: What God Can Do & You Cannot appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

This message will be a challenge for you. You will encounter a clear-eyed view, an honest look, a “keeping it real” moment… when it comes to the part you play in the discipleship process…and whether you are up to the task of owning your part. Do you want to attain the character and skill set of Jesus? If you answer … Read More → The post Podcast – Grow In Christ: Owning Your Part appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

We start a new teaching series today called Grow In Christ. Today’s teaching lays the groundwork for the topic by looking at several scriptures that provide a framework for us to focus on as we confront areas in our lives that need pruning and areas that need cultivation. The post Podcast – Grow In Christ: Groundwork Of Growth appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

Welcome to the last teaching in our FREEDOM series as we’ve explored the main points and background of Paul’s letter to this unique group of Christians. In the last chapter of Galatians Paul speaks to our hearts, instead of laying out a new system of rules. He asks us to consider what motivations lay at the core of who we … Read More → The post Podcast – GALATIANS: How To Deal With Each Other appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

Have you ever wanted to know if you are definitively following Jesus or not? Like, actually becoming more Godly – actually growing in His attributes, His holiness, and His character? This is where Paul says the rubber meets the road. It’s either put up…or shut up. And he spells out very clearly how you know you are becoming more and … Read More → The post Podcast – GALATIANS: Where’s The Evidence? appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

As we progress through our FREEDOM series, Paul warns his Galatian readers (and us) to not buy the lie that you have to add anything to God’s grace to earn his love and the freedom that offers. The only thing that counts is faith working through love. This is true freedom. The post Podcast – GALATIANS: Faith Working Through Love appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

Paul drops the hammer on his Galatian audience in this week’s teaching from our Freedom series. Paul explains the purpose of the law and ties it in with the covenant God made with Abraham centuries ago. This is a message about rules and boundaries and babysitters and growing up. Maybe it’s something you’ve been waiting to hear for a long … Read More → The post Podcast – GALATIANS: Following The Rules? appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

Continuing our Freedom series in Galatians, we wrestle with the idea of always having to live up to the rules in order to be accepted, by God, by others…even to accept ourselves. Paul explains that we don’t have to live with this feeling of guilt any longer and can break those chains because of what Jesus has done for us. The post Podcast – GALATIANS: The Defining Mark appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

We kick off our new FREEDOM series on Paul’s letter to the Galatians today. Today we’ll grapple with the question of who’s invited to have a seat at the table of grace and what it means when the gospel of Jesus messes with our comfort. The operative question is: do we love God AND other people? The post Podcast – GALATIANS: Astonished! appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

We wrap up our summer series on Genesis with one last look at Joseph as he buries his father Israel (Jacob). As he struggles with the promise he made to his dad, Joseph has to make a choice that’s all too familiar to many of us…Do we take the path that’s safe? Or the path that’s Godly? The story that … Read More → The post Podcast – GENESIS: Which Way To Go From Here? appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

In this second-to-last installment of our summer series through Genesis, we reach one of the last tension-filled moments between Joseph and his brothers. Judah, the one who initiated the plan to sell Joseph all those years ago, the one who messed up big time with Tamar…is not the same person as before. Join us and see how it all shakes … Read More → The post Podcast – GENESIS: Defined By Your Mistakes? appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.

Joseph only knew his dad up until he was about 17 years old. After that he was carted off and moved from bad place to worse place for the next 25 years. If you put yourself in Joseph’s shoes, what kind of baggage do you think you’d have? What would you think about your family and your father, not knowing … Read More → The post Podcast – GENESIS: Father Figure appeared first on West Seattle Christian Church.