Behind Every Conflict Is a Gospel Story

Most of us hear the word “conflict” and immediately want to avoid it. But not all conflict is the same — and the kind you keep running from might be the exact thing that would heal your relationship. The problem is we’re wired to avoid the good kind and let the bad kind fester quietly.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’re going to break down the two types of conflict, show you why one of them is actually essential for healthy relationships and community, and give you real steps for addressing the conflict you’ve been walking around for too long.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • The clear difference between the two kinds of conflict and how to tell which one you’re in
  • Why we’re wired to avoid the good type of conflict and quietly adjust to the bad
  • How conflict creates one of the best environments for discipleship you’ll ever find
  • Real steps for addressing a conflict in your life and community

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Be The Church

If you’re a Christian who has grown up “going to church” most Sundays, do you find yourself asking, “Is this all there is?” Maybe instead of just going to church it’s time to BE the Church!

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I spent my first few years as a pastor at a really large church near Chicago. I will be forever grateful to the staff I worked with during those years.

My life, character, and theology were shaped in profound ways during that time, and yet I still wondered, was this all there was? Is this what Jesus meant by his Kingdom had now come onto this earth?

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Baptism and Your True Identity

Most of us think of baptism as a one-time event — something that happened to us, not something we actually live from. But there’s another baptism happening constantly, one almost none of us notice. The culture around us is forming our identity every single day — shaping what we believe about our worth, our value, and what we’re for.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’re going to talk with author and pastor Eric Peterson about the staggering power of Christian baptism — what it was really declaring over your life, and how living from that identity changes everything about how you show up every single day.

In This Episode You’ll Learn: 

  • How culture is constantly “baptizing” us into a DO=BE identity – exhausting us
  • Why Christian baptism is a declaration about who you already are
  • How the Church has lost the full power and significance of what baptism is about
  • A simple daily practice to help you live from your trinitarian identity

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The Consistency of How God Now Sees You

We all experience hard times, relational strife or loss and fear. And it can lead to deep depression and self-doubt. However, there is always one thing present in those times that we can easily forget: the consistency of God.

I travel a lot for ministry and work, and I have for years. A while ago I was on a flight that scared me a little. Not long after take-off we flew up through a dark layer of storm clouds. The plane rocked and jumped from side to side and seemed to struggle as it climbed through the clouds. It was a pretty turbulent few minutes.
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Daring to Live Like a Family on Mission

Most of us want our families to matter. We want our kids to grow up with faith that actually sticks, and we want our home to be the kind of place people want to be. But somewhere between good intentions and real life, it never quite comes together the way we hoped.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’re going to show you how your family’s everyday rhythms — meals, walks, projects, conversations — can become the most natural discipleship environment you’ve ever seen. Not a program. Not a project. Just a family living in a way that others actually want to join.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • Why gospel identity is the only foundation for a family on mission
  • How to know if your family is living a life others would genuinely want to join
  • Simple rhythms you can start this week that open your home to real discipleship
  • Why the goal isn’t to do MORE — it’s to invite people into what you’re already doing

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Is the Medium Really the Message?

I’ve been doing a little thinking about how most of the church in America, and often around the world, most commonly meets together. You know–at our Sunday services? Is the way we’re often “doing church” really communicating what we think it is, especially to visitors or folks just checking things out?

Is the form in which we receive a message as important as the message itself? (more…)

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