On the Journey

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard conclude their series on what it means to follow Christ and be transformed into his image in the process. In this final episode, they summarize the entire series and add one crucial point that turns the truths and lessons into a path — a path that must be traveled, through the desert, to the land that flows with milk and honey. More episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/compass

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on what it means to follow Christ and be transformed into his image in the process. In this episode, as they follow the Holy Spirit into the desert to be tested, tried and changed in the process, Matt, Ken and Kenny look at three gifts that God has given his people to help them on their journey. More episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Please consider supporting our work! Go to https://www.chnetwork.org/compass and enter promo code OTJ 3141 when you make your donation, and we’ll send you a free copy of Marcus Grodi’s book, “What Must I Do to be Saved?”

Matt, Ken and Kenny continue their series on what it means to follow Christ and be transformed into his image in the process. In this episode, we follow the Holy Spirit into the desert to be tested and tried and changed in the process. Immediately after Our Lord’s baptism, he was led by the Holy Spirit into the desert. It’s no coincidence that the Israelites' experience was the same; from their baptism in the Red Sea, the Holy Spirit led them into the desert. What was true for Jesus, and true for the Israelites, is true for us: the path to the Promised Land is a path that leads not around but through the desert. More episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Please consider supporting our work! Go to https://www.chnetwork.org/compass and enter promo code OTJ 3141 when you make your donation, and we’ll send you a free copy of Marcus Grodi’s book, “What Must I Do to be Saved?”

Matt, Ken and Kenny continue their series on what it means to follow Christ and be transformed into his image in the process. In this episode, they continue exploring the practical steps involved in the process of sanctification by looking at what happened to us in our baptisms. How exactly do we begin to break the hold that our unhealthy attachments, addictions and idols have on us so that we might attach ourselves more closely to Christ? And what can we learn about all of these questions from the story of God’s deliverance of his people in the Exodus? More episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Please consider supporting our work! Go to https://www.chnetwork.org/compass and enter promo code OTJ 3141 when you make your donation, and we’ll send you a free copy of Marcus Grodi’s book, “What Must I Do to be Saved?”

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series on what it means to follow Christ, and receive His promises as part of the Christian life. In this episode, Matt, Ken and Kenny begin to explore the practical steps involved in the process of sanctification. How exactly do we begin to break the hold that our unhealthy attachments, addictions and idols have on us so that we might attach ourselves more closely to Christ? And what can we learn about all of these questions from the story of God’s deliverance of his people in the Exodus? More episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Please consider supporting our work! Go to https://www.chnetwork.org/compass  and enter promo code OTJ 3141 when you make your donation, and we’ll send you a free copy of Marcus Grodi’s book, “What Must I Do to be Saved?”

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series on what it means to follow Christ, and receive His promises as part of the Christian life. Ken unpacks the story of Israel in Exodus as a pattern of sin and restoration that so many of us can relate to: we chase idols and mirages, which can never satisfy, while God wants us to turn to Him instead, to find perfect wholeness and joy. More episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/compass (Enter promo code OTJ 3141 to get a free copy of Marcus Grodi's book, "What Must I Do to be Saved?")

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series on the doctrine of Sanctification, asking the question: What is the process by which we as believers in Christ are changed into His likeness "from one degree of glory to another" (2 Corinthians 3:18)?  Ken digs into some foundational concepts related to what it means to be made in God's image (Gen 1:27), and why a God who doesn't need anything would create anything in the first place. But since He *did* create us, what were we created for? And is happiness a part of that question? Ken (former Baptist pastor), Kenny (former Pentecostal pastor) and Matt (from the Wesleyan Holiness tradition) discuss how they viewed this question in their own traditions, and how they view it now as Catholics. More episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/donate

In Ephesians 4:22-24 St. Paul admonishes all believers to leave aside their old ways and to “put on the “new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” How does this happen? How are we changed from the inside to become more like Jesus Christ? In this series of “On the Journey,” Matt Ken and Kenny tackle these important questions and offer encouragement on how to experience the image of Christ being restored in us “from one degree of glory to another” (2 Corinthians 3:18). In this first episode, they ask the question: what is the essential thing Jesus demands of those who would be his disciples? Is it to come to Him? Believe in Him? Follow Him? Obey Him? Love Him? Serve Him? What lies at the heart of all the various ways in which the call of Jesus is expressed in the Gospels? More episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/donate

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard conclude their series comparing their own experiences of leading Protestant worship gatherings with what they experienced when they began going to Mass. To finish things off, they look at the Concluding Rites, what's being said in them, and what they say to the gathered congregation about what has just happened, and what their Christian responsibilities are moving forward. More episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org/onthejourney Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/donate

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series comparing their own experiences of leading Protestant worship gatherings with what they experienced when they began going to Mass. In this episode, they look back at the process of how Communion was distributed and received in the various contexts they came from -- Baptist, Pentecostal, Nazarene, and others -- and compare that with the way that the Eucharist is distributed and received in the context of a Catholic Mass. More episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org/onthejourney Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://chnetwork.org/donate