Grief According to the Gospel

Throughout scripture, we see that God, magnified in the life of Jesus, grieves. He grieves sin and the effects of sin on humanity and our relationships. Created in God’s image, experiencing grief is part of what makes us human. But not all of us understand how to grieve and help others in their grief.

In this episode, Caesar shows how the Gospel speaks to our grief and why God has given us a wide range of emotions to draw us closer to him. If we’ll let him.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• The reasons for God’s grief and our own.
• Why grief is not only connected to death.
• Why our goal is not to make grief smaller or get past it quicker.
• The 5 Stages of Grief and how the Gospel speaks to each.

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Holistic Discipleship: The Gospel In Everything

Discipleship involves caring for the whole life of a person. How we steward our time, jobs, money, relationships, entertainment, health, and body etc. can all be transformed by the Gospel for God’s glory. Not just the “spiritual” things.  

In this episode, Caesar shows how the Gospel speaks to and transforms ALL of life, and why our disciple-making must and can be holistic. He also uncovers the reasons why our discipleship is not as holistic as it could be.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• The commitment Jesus had to developing his disciples holistically.
• 7 areas of life we can apply the Gospel to in our disciple making.
• What keeps us from being more holistic disciple-makers.
• Ways to begin having a much broader view in all of this.

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It’s Time For The Church To Tell a New Story

If we are serious about changing the culture within the church, then we must begin to change the narrative that leaders tell. If the only stories we are telling through social media are who is preaching, what you’re preaching, and how amazing everything was on Sunday, then we will continue to get and BE what we continue to highlight.

In this episode, Caesar is joined by author and missional strategist, Brad Brisco. They discuss how the types of stories we’re commonly telling about our churches are having damaging consequences. It’s time to change all that!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• How silly our stories about our church sound and look online.
• How many of our stories betray a deep sense of consumerism.
• Why changing the narratives we tell will reshape the Church itself.
• Ways to discover and discern what God is already doing, and then tell those stories.

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Experiencing Spiritual Disciplines In Everyday Life

Making mature disciples of Jesus includes passing on healthy spiritual disciplines… life-giving, gospel-reminding practices and rhythms. Yet you won’t find a passage in scripture that gives a list of spiritual disciplines listed.

In this episode, Caesar will explode your understanding of what spiritual disciplines are, and show you how they can be woven into the rhythms of your normal, everyday life.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Why spiritual disciplines and discipleship should be linked together.
• 4 lies you may believe about traditional spiritual disciplines.
• What the Bible does teach about disciplining ourselves.
• Practical ways to fit spiritual disciplines into your life.

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7 Lies That Ruin Our Ability To Rest

Rest is fueled or depleted by the impact of what we believe. Are you letting God’s perspective about you, guide you into a life that is abundant and fulfilling?

In this episode, Caesar is joined by author, Twyla Franz, as they talk about the lies we too often believe, that are ruining our ability to truly rest.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• The importance of letting rest flow from your Gospel Identity.
• God’s love for you does not depend on what you do.
• Why resting is not being lazy!
• How rest actually fuels, not slows, mission.

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5 Dumb Things Christians Need To Stop Doing

The life of Jesus was and will always be counter-cultural. But often, it seems, we’re not ridiculed or rejected because we’re living such radically loving and selfless lives, it’s because we actually live so little like Jesus.

In this episode, Caesar looks at 5 dumb things that Christians need to stop doing that are affecting our witness and our discipleship efforts. And he gives a little of the gospel “thing behind the thing” with each of these issues.

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