What is Freedom in Christ and How to Find it

Do you feel like you are truly living in freedom? Is there an ease and lightness in your head and heart about your life and relationships?  Is the idea of “freedom in Christ” just a nice sentiment… or does it have real implications for our lives today?

This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we talk through the idea of freedom in Christ, what true freedom is, and how one finds and sustains it.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• What the Bible teaches about the experience of freedom.
• Is the freedom that’s found in Jesus real for today, or is it an “in heaven” thing?
• Does freedom in Christ come with conditions or obligations?
• How our complacency may be dampening our experience of true freedom.

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Stop Waiting! Bloom Where You’re Planted

With all of the changes we’ve seen in life over the past several months and years, many people I know have stalled in their disciple-making and living life on mission. Everything is different, and many seem to have lost their way—feeling a bit stuck. Waiting…

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar gives you 7 things to help get you unstuck, be encouraged, and start to bloom where God has planted you.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Where you’re at now is preparation for what God has next.
• Why it’s time to stop making excuses.
• The power of choosing to be “all in” regardless of your circumstances.
• Small steps you can take, starting today!

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God, Guns and the Second Amendment

One of today’s biggest and most vigorously debated issues is gun control. Statistics show Americans of all persuasions and political affiliations have become increasingly opposed to more gun control laws, despite the growing number of mass shootings. Yet clearly, some cry out for greater gun control.

This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we talk with Caesar’s son, a former Marine and now an attorney, to gain a better understanding of the issue of gun control from a legal, Christian, and Gospel perspective.

The issue of gun control from a Christian perspective is not black and white. All of this is fueled by past and present history, personal pain, and plenty of emotion.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• What the Second Amendment actually says and the context in which it was originally written.
• Why new gun control laws are so hard to get passed in America and abroad.
• If the Bible and Jesus ever advocate for either lethal self-defense or passivity.
• How the gospel speaks into this issue and how we can help today.

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The Emotional Toll on Church Leadership

Pastors and other ministry leaders are often under so much stress that they find themselves hanging on by a thread, oftentimes for years, ready to burn out from exhaustion or blow out morally. This is a huge problem facing the Church today. 

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we talk about the alarming number of high-profile church leaders resigning, being fired, or walking away from the faith and why this may be happening so often. Is the Church a black hole for leaders?

Why aren’t more pastors overflowing with the love, joy and the peace of the Lord in their lives, families, and ministries? What is the cause of their emotional problems and moral failures?

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Why we didn’t see this type of “leadership burnout” with Jesus and his disciples.
• Alarming statistics about the levels of stress and low emotional and moral health of today’s pastors.
• Why the ‘model’ that many churches follow is leading to leadership fallout.
• Steps to take TODAY if you’re on the brink of resigning, being fired or burning out.

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The 3 Seductions: Appetite, Ambition & Approval w/Mike Breen

Temptation is everywhere. Heck, it’s even lurking inside of me! And all of us, at some point in our lives, have given into temptations.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we talk with author and movement leader, Mike Breen, about what lies behind our own particular “Achilles heel” types of temptations. We discuss the 3 seductions of Appetite, Ambition, and Approval. Buckle up!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• How to identify what drives your personal temptations.
• The fruit that is produced in our lives by each of these 3 seductions.
• How Jesus was tempted by these same 3 seductions and temptations.
• How to put to death the shame connected to sin and temptation.

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Gospel Fluency For Your Family and Church

Every sin and emotional issue that stands in the way of our faithfulness to God’s design, and Jesus’ commands, is ultimately a Gospel issue. The Bible teaches that all sin is the outcome of unbelief in God. We can learn to apply the truth about God and the Good News to every area of our lives.

In this episode, Caesar is joined by two different disciple-making practitioners as they talk about how they’ve learned to speak the good news of the Gospel into their family life and with those in their church. This is a very practical example of Gospel Fluency in action.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• How Tina has learned to “gospel” her own heart and areas of unbelief.
• Why taking the time to learn and practice the language of the Gospel is essential.
• The ways Pastor Tim is using his Gospel Fluency in leading the church.
• The importance of learning to speak, live and enjoy the Gospel in ALL of life!

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