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  • What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit - with Dr. Alan Stoddard
    on May 12, 2025 at 7:28 am

    What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Does it happen simultaneously with salvation, or is it a subsequent experience? How should our understanding of the baptism with the Holy Spirit shape our practice in the church? In this […]

  • Aileen Coleman Part 2
    on May 6, 2025 at 7:00 am

    Aileen Coleman has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth, featured on the cover of Quantas In-flight magazine, and awarded many honors for her service to the Bedouin people in Jordan for over fifty years. Aileen was born in Australia the […]

  • Ministry in Motion: Guest Preaching, Mentorship, and Sermon Application with Shaun Sells
    on May 6, 2025 at 5:30 am

    In this engaging conversation, Mike Neglia interviews Shaun about his journey in pastoral ministry, teaching the Bible, and the importance of inductive Bible study. Sean shares candidly about his first teaching experience, […]

  • Seeing Jesus in the Psalms through Hebrews - with Daniel Stevens
    on May 5, 2025 at 8:14 am

    Daniel Stevens is Assistant Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Boyce College and author of Songs of the Son: Reading the Psalms with the Author of Hebrews. In this episode, Daniel shares how his accidental dive into Hebrews […]

  • How Children can be Church Leaders Today
    on May 2, 2025 at 12:11 am

    In this episode, Brenda is joined by Tami Peña, Children's Ministry Director at Reliance Church, to talk through helpful directives and procedures that can help foster inter-generational discipleship in our ministries. We pray that […]

  • Roland Krumm - The Word and the Spirit: God's Work Through Calvary Chapel in Germany
    on May 1, 2025 at 8:01 pm

    Roland Krumm is the Pastor of City Chapel in Stuttgart, Germany. In this episode Roland shares his journey from a legalistic evangelical upbringing to a transformative encounter with the Holy Spirit at age 17, which sparked his […]

  • From Mexico to Florida - A Church Plant Journey
    on May 1, 2025 at 9:00 am

    Hey everyone, Pastor Brian here, and welcome back to the Cultivate Church Planting Podcast. In today’s episode, I sit down with my good friend Aaron Smith, a church planter with one of the most unique sending stories I’ve ever […]

  • Grace Will Get Us There Part 1
    on May 1, 2025 at 7:00 am

    2 Timothy 2:1-13

  • Aileen Coleman Part 1
    on April 29, 2025 at 7:00 am

    Aileen Coleman has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth, featured on the cover of Quantas In-flight magazine, and awarded many honors for her service to the Bedouin people in Jordan for over fifty years. Aileen was born in Australia the […]

  • The Soft Prosperity Gospel, Justification, and Women in the Church – with Elyse Fitzpatrick
    on April 29, 2025 at 5:30 am

    What happens when someone who’s been teaching the Bible for 50 years sits down to talk about gospel clarity, gender dynamics in preaching, and why justification still needs explaining?In this episode, Mike Neglia is joined by Elyse […]

  • AI & the Imago Dei: Considering the Potentials and Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence from a Christian Perspective - with Paul A. Hoffman
    on April 28, 2025 at 8:24 am

    In this episode, Nick Cady sits down with Paul Hoffman, pastor and co-author of a new book on artificial intelligence and its implications for Christian faith. Paul, joined by his co-author Sean O’Callaghan, an expert in […]

  • A Perspective on Suffering Part 3
    on April 24, 2025 at 7:00 am

    2 Timothy 1:8-18

  • 173- The Journey Alternative to Church Membership- with John Offutt
    on April 22, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    Comments? Questions? Send us a message!At 72 years of age, Pastor John Offutt of LifeSource Community Church in Lindale, Texas, is hardly a young man. He started LifeSource when he was in his 60s, hardly an age thought to be fitting […]

  • Trish Kulcsar Part 3
    on April 22, 2025 at 7:00 am

    Trish grew up near Manchester, England during a time when family secrets were deeply guarded. Her family has all the outward appearances of success, however, behind the walls of her home there was violence. In a three part series […]

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