The Local Church Podcast

DateApril 23, 2023SynopsisThis week, Catherine Neal kicks off our Embrace the Awkward series diving into the first half of the story of the Road to Emmaus and helps us “embrace unexpected teachers."ReferencesScripture: Luke 24:13-27About The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

DateApril 16, 2023SynopsisOn this Second Sunday of Easter, Rajeev Tiwari shares the surprising key to a strong faith and how Thomas models it well.ReferencesScripture: John 20:19–31About The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook and Instagram. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

DateEaster Sunday, April 9, 2023SynopsisIt’s Easter with The Local Church! On this Resurrection Sunday, we’re exploring how we’re a lot more faithful than we give ourselves credit for, strange details in John’s account of the resurrection, and the surprising reason Jesus doesn’t want Mary to hold on to him.ReferencesScripture: John 20:1-18About The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

DateApril 2, 2023SynopsisIt’s the final week of our Seeking series. On this Palm/Passion Sunday, we’re finding ourselves in between juxtapositions and faced with a choice.ReferencesScripture: Matthew 21:1–11About The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

DateMarch 26, 2023SynopsisEzekiel's vision of the dry bones shows that even in death, there is hope, and it's our responsibility to embody that hope.ReferencesScripture: Ezekiel 37:1–14; John 11:28–44About The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

On Brussels sprouts, assumptions, and being returned to ourselves### DateMarch 19, 2023SynopsisIt’s the fourth week of our Lenten series, and this week’s question is a big one that cracks open some assumptions that we might see something newReferencesScripture: [John 9:1–41](URL here)Intro/Outro Music: "UpUpUp and Over" by Blue Dot SessionsAbout The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

DateMarch 12, 2023SynopsisIn the third week of our Seeking series, Brent shares three ways the story of Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well subverts our expectations and changes, well, everything.ReferencesScripture: John 4:5-42About The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

DateMarch 5, 2023SynopsisBrent leads us into the second week of our Seeking series. What do we do when our worlds end? When we’ve outgrown our faith? How do we begin again?ReferencesScripture: Genesis 12:1–4a; John 3:1–17About The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

DateFebruary 26, 2023SynopsisBishop Will Willimon joins to kickoff our Lenten series, “Seeking: Honest Questions for Deeper Faith.” Bishop Willimon offers a profound message on identity — but only if we can hear it.ReferencesScripture: Matthew 4:1-11About The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.

DateFebruary 12, 2023SynopsisThis week, Leah Benn Miller shares a powerful sermon about God’s call to love our first neighbor: the land.ReferencesScripture: Deuteronomy 30:15–20; Matthew 5:21–30About The Local ChurchFor more information about The Local Church, visit our website. We're also posting good stuff on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear it. Email Brent at brent@thelocalchurchpbo.org.To invest in what God's doing through The Local Church and help support these podcasting efforts and this movement of God's love, give online here.