#096: Four Ways To Be Sent

Our fifth calling in life is to be sent to share the good news of Christ and what He has done for us. Pastor Steve Thoman teaches this final Purpose Driven Life sermon at Church Requel and shares 4 ways we can be sent out.

This special podcast includes a rare intro by Mary Kay Pierce, wife of Pastor Mark Pierce. Enjoy!

Music on this week's podcast includes "Good News" by Chris Rice.

#095: Four Benefits of Serving Others

God calls us to bless one another. How? By serving them using the gifts and talents that God has given to us. We talk about 4 benefits we receive when we serve others unselfishly.

Also in this podcast I review Brandon Cox's new book, Rewired: How Using Today's Technology Can Bring You Back to Deeper Relationships, Real Conversations, and the Age-Old Methods of Sharing God's Love. 

I mention DJ Chuang's podcast, the Social Media Church Podcast. Good listening!

Music for this week's CR podcast is "Do Something" by Matthew West.

#094: 8 Ways To Grow In Christian Faith

I had way too much fun recording this podcast this morning. We talk a little Super Bowl trash talk  with Seattle powerful dominance over the Denver Broncos. I even talk about the commercials and thumbs up and down for Fox's coverage of the game. We review some other fun weekend stuff, celebrating Roc's 56th birthday (pictured above.) We had an awesome day at Church Requel yesterday morning too and I talk about that.

Here are links to the 3 commercials I talk about:

• Mazerati Official Super Bowl Commercial
• Bank of America's Red Commercial
• Budweiser's "Puppy Love" Commercial

Yesterday's talk at Church Requel was all about spiritual growth. Christ-followers are called to become like God’s Son - Jesus Christ. I encouraged his congregation with 8 ways to grow in our Christian faith.

Music for this week's podcast included "Seattle" by Perry Como and "Live Like That" by Sidewalk Prophets.

#093: Realize Your Real Hope

Christ followers have a real hope. But we often don't realize our hope. In this podcast we learn 3 reasons why we have hope and 4 ways to realize our real hope.

I talk about the latest SisterLit podcast by my daughters. You can listen here.

Music for this week's podcast is "Looks Like A Cold Cold Winter" by Bing Crosby.

#92: Called To Belong

You are called to belong. God created the entire universe because He wanted a family and He wants you in it! The place we discover the family of God is the church. The Bible describes the church as God’s family, as God’s temple, as Christ’s body, as God’s flock and as God’s garden. In this podcast we learn 5 meanings of these 5 metaphors of how the church was designed to meet your deepest needs.

Music on this week's podcast is "I Belong" by Kathryn Scott.

#91: Called To Be Loved

Our first calling and purpose is to be loved by God! We talk about how wide, deep, long, and high is God's love for us. We learn 5 ways knowing God's love will change our lives. This sermon was given by Pastor Mark Pierce at Church Requel on Sunday, January 12, 2014.

The two videos that I mention in the podcast are "God Loves Us No Matter What" by Soul Refinery and "God's Love For You" by CalMarc.  The two songs used in the podcast are "Because Of Your Love" by Paul Baloche and "The Love Of God" sung by MercyMe.

#090: This Call Is For You

If you are a Christ follower, the Bible tells us that you are called according to God's purpose! We learn 8 essential things about your calling that you need to know. This first podcast of 2014 also includes Mark's behind-the-scenes discussion of what it's like to work from home. We also talk about our plans for the new series, "What On Earth Am I Here For?"

Here's your link to the book, "What On Earth Am I Here For?" by Rick Warren.

The music for this week's podcast is "All Things New" by Sidewalk Prophets.