the Church Podcast
By the Church
Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity
Welcome to the Church, we are a community of Christ followers in the Madison, WI area. In this weekly podcast you will hear Pastor Jeff Meyer's message as given at the Church on Sunday mornings. Join us live on Sunday mornings in Fitchburg, Verona or East Madison or check us out online at www.livelifetogether.com
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Recent episodes
- Woven to Witness W1: Bold Witness
Focus: When it comes to sharing your confidence in Jesus, do you think you have to win an argument or answer every difficult question? Is that why we are so often reluctant to witness? Peter reminds believers living in a skeptical culture to be prepared. Not because they're experts, but because…
- Rhythms of Grace W3: Neighborly Love
Focus: Questions about what God commands seem to frequently aim for the minimum required to fulfill the law. What does a minimum requirement for the law of love look like? The Rhythm of Grace teaches us again to begin with God's love for us, how much He loves and how far He goes. The question…
- Rhythms of Grace W2: Grace in Conflict
Focus: The rhythm of Grace in the kingdom of God fundamentally begins with God showering us with His grace. Then, from the position of those who need God's grace, and receive it, we share that grace with others. When we're in conflict, both parties are those who need God's grace, and both would be…
- Rhythms of Grace W1: Rest in Him
Focus: Life's rhythms can weigh us down, and leave us tired and weary. Jesus invites us to come to him, to be yoked to him, and to find rest as we abide in and with our humble servant King. Matthew 11:28–30
- Gospel at Home W3: Content with Christ
Focus: We can easily waste so many moments looking for the next thing that promises to make us happy, only to find that those things don't deliver lasting happiness either, so we have more to strive for. Paul challenges us to be content with enough food and clothing, and seeing any extra as a gift…
- Gospel at Home W2: Justice and Mercy
Focus: The effects of the peace Jesus restored through his life of love, his death and resurrection, echo and ripple through our lives and world. As our lives continue to be woven into the fabric of God's story, as the hands and feet of Christ we continue the work of announcing peace and God's…
- Gospel at Home W1: Gospel in the Home
Focus: God calls us to imitate him and live a life filled with love following the example of Christ. In our closest relationships we're called to radical submission, giving up our own preferences and even our lives as Christ gave himself up for us. It is a complete paradigm shift from how the rest…
- Formed in Christ W3: Work Redeemed
Focus: God is just as present in the boardroom, the classroom, the kitchen, the construction site, and the neighborhood as He is in the sanctuary. Every conversation, every task, and every act of service becomes another thread in His unfolding tapestry. When Christ is at the center, there is no…
- Formed in Christ W2: Discipleship Costs
Focus: Jesus never hid the price tag of discipleship. Following Him means laying down lesser kingdoms so we can receive the greater one. Every "no" we say to ourselves becomes another "yes" to the life Christ is calling us into. What feels costly in the moment becomes the pathway to a freedom…
- Formed in Christ W1: Christ in Me
Focus: Following Jesus isn't about adding Him to our lives; it's about giving Him our lives. The old self no longer gets the final word because Christ has taken up residence within us. Day by day, He is rewriting our story from the inside out, replacing fear with faith, pride with humility, and…
- Gospel-Shaped Lives W3: Ambassadors of Reconciliation
Focus: The cross not only reconciles us to God; it changes the way we see every person around us. As Christ's ambassadors, we carry His forgiveness, hope, and peace into a divided world. Wherever followers of Jesus go, reconciliation should have a chance to begin. 2 Corinthians 5
- Gospel-Shaped Lives W2: Transformed and Sent
Focus: God doesn't simply improve our old life. He gives us a new one. As the Holy Spirit renews our minds and reshapes our hearts, our ordinary lives become living sacrifices that reflect the mercy of Christ. Transformation isn't about becoming a different person; it's about becoming the person…
- Gospel-Shaped Lives W1: Living Worthy of the Calling
Focus: God's grace is not simply something we receive; it becomes the pattern of our lives. As we encourage, forgive, and bear with one another, we reveal the character of Christ to a watching world. The strongest witness to the world is often not what the Church says, but how the Church loves…
- Spirit-Woven Church W3: A New Community Emerges
Focus: What happens when people with different backgrounds, histories, personalities, and convictions are brought together by Jesus? The early Church is about to find out. As questions arise and tensions emerge, believers learn that unity does not come from everyone being the same. It comes from…
- Spirit-Woven Church W2: The Gospel Moves Out
Focus: The Gospel refuses to stay put. As persecution scatters believers and unlikely doors begin to open, God pushes His Church beyond familiar borders and comfortable assumptions. An Ethiopian traveler hears the Good News. A Roman centurion receives the Holy Spirit. Again and again, God…
- Spirit-Woven Church W1: Heaven Breaks In
Focus: The promised Holy Spirit descends upon the disciples, transforming fearful followers into bold witnesses of Jesus Christ. Through the preaching of the Gospel, people from many nations hear the mighty works of God in their own languages and are gathered into one body through faith and…
- Crimson Threads W3: Life After Easter
Focus: Jesus is alive! There is forgiveness and freedom for all who repent, and this Good News needs to be shared! Our lives after Easter have been woven into Jesus' mission. We are His hands and feet, sent to embody and proclaim the Good News wherever we go. John 20; Acts 1
- Crimson Threads W2: Risen Indeed
Focus: Jesus, the Messiah, is really Risen! If not for this fact, we would be like the disciples on the road who said, "We had hoped he was the one." But praise be to God! Christ is indeed risen, and because He lives, the threads of our lives are eternally woven together with His, safe and secure…
- Crimson Threads W1: The Crucified King
Focus: The King, Jesus, the Messiah, the very Son of God, the Word made flesh, is rejected by his own people who say, "we have no King but Caesar." Our sinless King, forever woven together with our lives, hangs on a cross bearing our sins, and dies. Luke 23:26-49; John 19:1-30
- The Woven Word W3: Who Do You Say I Am?
Focus: Jesus asks the question that stands at the center of every life: "Who do you say I am?" Peter confesses Him as the Christ, yet soon learns that Jesus is not the kind of Savior many expect. He comes not first with earthly power, but through the way of the cross. This week invites us not only…
- The Woven Word W2: The Kingdom Has Come Near
Focus: Jesus enters the wilderness, overcomes temptation, and then announces that the long-awaited promises of God are being fulfilled in Him. Good news for the poor, freedom for the captive, sight for the blind, and favor for the broken are no longer distant hopes—the Kingdom has come near in…
- The Woven Word W1: The Word Made Flesh
Focus: Before creation began, Jesus was. The eternal Word through whom all things were made has now stepped into our world in flesh and blood. He comes not from a distance, but near enough to be seen, touched, heard, and trusted. In Christ, God is not hidden. He is revealed, full of grace and…
- Exile & Return W3: The Thread Continues
Focus: God's promises never fail. After 70 years in exile, God used another King to return a remnant of His people to Jerusalem to begin to rebuild. Isaiah 40; Ezra 1
- Exile & Return W2: Hope in Exile
Focus: Even in exile, in the midst of the consequences for rejecting God, He is with His people. God especially blesses Daniel, and as He raises him up He encourages Daniel and Israel though His prophets and a promise that there is a future where they are restored. There is no where God's people…
- Exile & Return W1: The Rise and the Cry
Focus: David's son, Solomon, started out so well, seeing his need for wisdom to rule God's people. God honored and blessed Solomon. And still, Solomon's heart was slowly drawn away from God. From Israel's most financially prosperous and peace-filled 40 years, to the judgment that Israel would be…
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