Reaching & Equipping
This is a podcast whose aim is to empower every member of Christ’s church to walk faithfully with Him and answer His call to go and make disciples. Its content will be mix of theological topics as well as practical ministry principles. Thanks for checking us out!
Episodes
20 episodes
20. The Fight for Contentment
God calls us to a contentment of the soul in any and all circumstances. This is a high calling, especially considering the great trials and sufferings we face in this broken world. But Paul claims he has found the way to accomplish this in the ...
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19. The Sovereign God Wins | Isaiah 36 & 37
Listen in on a pre-preaching conversation exploring Isaiah 36-37! In this narrative, God is established as The God of all the nations. The Assyrians threaten Jerusalem, the king seeks the Lord in faith-filled prayer, and then God does what He h...
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18. How can I serve the Church?? | Daniel Hutchison
Scripture commands every believer to use the gifts that God has given them to serve the Church! But sometimes it can be challenging to think through how to do that. What "counts" as serving the Church? Often, we only think about the Sunday morn...
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19:07
17. Plumbing The Depths Of Isaiah 29
Back with another LONG episode exploring a passage to be preached. This discussion on chapter 29 of Isaiah was fun and full of insights for us, and we hope proves to have the same effect on you! Thank you for listening, friends.
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16. The Church is Missional??
Terms like "missional" and "mission-minded" are thrown around all the time, but what does that actually mean? What's the mission we claim and what's the theological basis for that mission? Join us as we discuss the missional nature of the Churc...
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15. The Church is Covenantal??
You don't get to choose your family! And if we are adopted into the family of God, made brothers and sisters, what are the obligations we owe one another in this family? Listen in as we explore what it means that the Church is covenantal!
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14. The Church is Confessional??
"Confessional" is a word that gets thrown around, and can have a number of meanings depending on the context. In this episode, we discuss our understanding of how a church is confessional and what that looks like in the daily life of the Church...
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13. The Church is Pneumadynamic??
The Holy Spirit is the focus of the conversation in this one: who He is, what He does, and how He relates with the Church. We hope He uses this episode to minister to you!
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28:20
12. The Church is Logocentric??
This episode is the continuation of a series covering different doctrinal aspects of the Church. We discuss how the Church is "Logocentric", looking at it from a couple different angles. This one is deep and winding, but has a lot of gold embed...
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11. The Church is Doxological??
This is the first episode in a short series unpacking a number of different doctrinal aspects of the Church. In this episode, we discuss what it means that the Church is "doxological" or "God glorifying". Sometimes "glorifying God" can be an ab...
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10. Importance of Character | Charlie Robinson
In ministry, we are bearing the name of Jesus. We are serving others and laboring in the name of Christ, so it is essential that we prioritize our personal character not only for our sake, but for His. In an age that places a higher priority on...
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21:04
9. Ministry With Seminary? | Andrew Kastendick
We talked last week with Jason about doing ministry without a seminary degree, and this week we are looking at it from the opposite side of the spectrum! Andrew recently graduated from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City and ...
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21:00
8. Ministry Without Seminary? | Jason Drahota
Do we need to go to seminary to be qualified for ministry? Is a degree required to lead a Bible study or make a disciple? Considering the fact that 99% of all Christians never attend a seminary or receive any formal theological training, these ...
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7. Continuous Ministry Training | Charlie Robinson
We all need training! From the moment we are born into the world, we are being trained in how to walk and speak and learn and work and live. We don't have all the answers within ourselves, so we must rely on good teaching and training to equip ...
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18:08
6. Spitballing Isaiah 6 | Andrew Kastendick
Maybe you've been waiting for a LONG episode, maybe not haha. But if so, and even if not, here you go! Andrew and I were getting together to chat Isaiah Chapter 6 before we did our prep for preaching and thought it might be interesting for peop...
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5. Unleashing | Charlie Robinson
In this episode we talk with Charlie, the network pastor of Northridge, about the ministry principle of "Unleashing". This principle is built upon the reality of every believer within Christ's Church being filled with the Holy Spirit, gi...
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30:00
4. Patience in Ministry | Cale Lang
In this episode, we discuss the crucial role of patience in ministry, and really in all of life. Patience is not something that comes very naturally to most of us, but to do ministry within God's timing and to be faithful in the work, a well de...
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21:26
3. Ministry Principle of Personal Contact | Cale Lang
In this episode we discuss with Cale, the campus pastor of Northridge Sabetha, the ministry principle of personal contact. This principle of personal contact places the emphasis of ministry on its proper subject: people rather than programs. We...
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2. The Importance of Personal Faith in Ministry | Jason Drahota
In this episode, we discuss with Jason Drahota, the campus pastor of Northridge Seneca, the grave importance of a person's personal faith as they do ministry. All people in the Church of Christ are called to be doing ministry and making discipl...
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1. What is Reaching and Equipping? | Charlie Robinson
In this episode, we talk to Charlie Robinson, the Network Pastor at Northridge Church. We discuss the namesake of this podcast and it's purpose: "Reaching and Equipping people for Christ without borders." We hope it is edifying and equips you t...
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