Ep 191: What We Believe Part 5 | The Holy Spirit

Right before the pandemic, in February of 2020, I took on the role of interim student ministries director at my church. 

Then the world shut down. 

I hosted seven weeks of group online, and I recorded a series of videos about the basics of our beliefs for my students to watch before our weekly meetings. These short video introductions to important Biblical subjects lay dormant for nearly five years, until I decided to turn them into episodes of my podcast. The original videos (edited, of course, to remove the boring logistical information), will be posted on YouTube. There you can see my beard and my hair grow longer each week until I look like a ridiculous clown. 

Longtime listeners of the show will realize that some of my beliefs have been nuanced or changed in the last five years, but I still agree with the basic outline of each episode. I hope they benefit you! 

New episodes will be released every other Thursday between January 30-April 24 2025. 

Original show notes:

What Do We Believe? Week Five: The Holy Spirit 

Week five in a seven part series entitled "What Do We Believe", based on Romans 1:1-5. 

Paul declares in Romans 1:4 that Jesus was raised from the dead by the "Spirit of Holiness", or the Holy Spirit? But what, or rather, who, is the Holy Spirit? We find out in this weeks devotional!  

Here are the three discussion questions from this week:

1. If the Spirit defines who is a part of God’s family, why is simply going to church or saying that we believe not enough? 

2. Why is it important that our lives are transformed and changed by the spirit? Why does God not want us to stay the same? 

3. What are some ways that we can use our gifts (talents and abilities) to honor God? 

4. Why do you think that we often ignore or neglect the Spirit when we talk about our faith?

5. How does belief in our future resurrection give us hope?

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