Wawasee Bible Podcast
749 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWawasee Bible is a growing church located in north-central Indiana between the communities of Milford and Syracuse. We are sent to love people and invite them to follow Jesus with us! Learn more and connect with us at https://youareloved.church.
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Fruit of the Spirit - Part 9: Self-Control
October 11, 2020 18:25 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBPart 9 - SERIES: Fruit of the Sprit Self-Control is the final fruit of the Spirit Paul lists in Galatians 5:22-23. In many ways it’s the capstone fruit, because as we grow in the others we naturally grow in self-control. However, self-control may not be exactly what you first think it to be. Self-control is not self-management. Rather, it is denying power to your old self and yielding control to your new self. It’s giving the Holy Spirit control over your “self”. If you’ve trusted Christ you ...
Fruit of the Spirit - Part 8: Gentleness
October 04, 2020 17:16 - 59 minutes - 55 MBPart 8 - SERIES: Fruit of the Spirit Gentleness is the characteristic of being even-tempered, tender, able to hold back, keeps passions under control, humble, measured. Often gentleness is equated with weakness and passivity, however true gentleness requires power and is powerful. Gentleness seems to be most visible in our words, in how we speak/write to and about people. A synonym for Gentleness is meekness which is power/strength under control. Humility is another, knowing your place. Our p...
Fruit of the Spirit - Part 7: Faithfulness
September 27, 2020 16:57 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBPart 7 - SERIES: Fruit of the Spirit Faithfulness is being trustworthy, dependable, and steadfast over a long period time. No one is more faithful than Jesus Christ. God is faithful, and he wants us to be faithful like Jesus. Faithful to him and faithful to others. This week we look at God’s faithfulness and the example of Moses’ faithfulness to God and to the people around him. The only way to be faithful in this way is to stay close to Jesus, to keep your eyes on him, so that the Holy Spiri...
Fruit of the Spirit - Part 6: Goodness
September 20, 2020 16:53 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBPart 6 - SERIES: Fruit of the Spirit Goodness is moral excellence. A close synonym is “righteousness”, which you might think of as “right-ness”. Jesus alone is good, and he is altogether good. His goodness is eternal and perfect! But what about humanity? Are we born “good”? And if not, where can we get true goodness and righteousness at the core of who we are? Jesus alone is good, and the great truth of the Gospel is that Jesus gives us his goodness. He imputes his righteousness to those who ...
Fruit of the Spirit - Part 5: Kindness
September 13, 2020 18:02 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBPart 5 - SERIES: Fruit of the Spirit Kindness seems to be increasingly rare in our culture, which makes followers of Jesus who demonstrate this fruit of the Spirit more and more attractive to those around them. Kindness is a general warmheartedness that is considerate, gentle, and sympathetic toward others, motivated by love. We’ll look at Ephesians 4:31-5:2 this week. As I put away my old ways (such as bitterness, wrath, anger, slander, malice) and stay close to Jesus, kindness grows and I b...
Fruit of the Spirit - Part 4: Patience
September 06, 2020 11:55 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBPart 4 - SERIES: Fruit of the Spirit Patience is a Fruit of the Spirit that grows in the life of a believer in Jesus over time. It includes endurance, steadfastness, long-suffering, and forbearance. This week we specifically look at patience in times of trial. To face trials patiently we should anticipate Jesus’ coming, recognize his judgment, follow the example of God’s servants, be confident in the Lord’s blessing, know God’s purpose, and remember the Lord’s character.
Fruit of the Spirit - Part 3: Peace
August 30, 2020 13:10 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBPart 3 - SERIES: Fruit of the Spirit Peace
Fruit of the Spirit - Part 2: Joy
August 23, 2020 16:33 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBPart 2 - SERIES: Fruit of the Spirit How's your joy? Jesus is eternally joyful and offers us his joy as we stay close to him. Paul lists it as a Fruit of the Spirit. So what is Christian joy? It's a gladness of heart that comes from knowing God personally. It's produced by the Holy Spirit as he causes us to see Jesus' glory and beauty in the Word of God and in the world. Jesus offers you and even prayed that you might receive his own joy, and it will grow in you as you learn to stay close to ...
Fruit of the Spirit - Part 1: Love
August 16, 2020 12:21 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBPart 1 - SERIES: Fruit of the Spirit Anyone who is truly a follower of Jesus is going to have increasing evidence of it displayed in their lives. The Bible often uses the metaphor of fruit to describe this. Jesus told us to “bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples” in John 15:8. Additionally, Paul lists out the “fruit of the Spirit” in Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. This fruit isn’t something you conjure up an...
Summer at Wawasee - Part 6: The Goodness of God
August 09, 2020 16:16 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBPart 6 - SERIES: Summer at Wawasee The Goodness of God - Exodus 34:6-9
Summer at Wawasee - Part 5: The Blessed Life
August 02, 2020 16:12 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBPart 5 - SERIES: Summer at Wawasee The Blessed Life - Number 6:24-26
Summer at Wawasee - Part 4: All About Love
July 26, 2020 16:08 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBPart 4 - SERIES: Summer at Wawasee 1 Corinthians 13
Summer at Wawasee - Part 3: The Fall
July 19, 2020 16:03 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBPart 3 - SERIES: Summer at Wawasee Created to image God, we fell away - but can be restored!
Summer at Wawasee - Part 2: Image of God
July 12, 2020 14:04 - 31 minutes - 29 MBPart 2 - SERIES: Summer at Wawasee We were created in the image of God, so we could image him to others! Pastor Knute Larson
Summer at Wawasee - Part 1: Not Ashamed of the Gospel
July 05, 2020 14:02 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBPart 1 - SERIES: Summer at Wawasee Pastor Dave Winters
Uncertain Certainty - Part 11: Uncertain Faith?
June 28, 2020 14:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBPart 11 - SERIES: Uncertain Certainty What amazes you? In Mark 6 we read about Jesus making a second return trip to his hometown of Nazareth. On his first visit after starting his ministry, Luke tells us the people there tired to kill him (Luke 4:16-31). On this visit, we read that Jesus was amazed by the people there. It’s one of only two times that Jesus is recorded as having been amazed in the New Testament—and both involved faith. He was amazed at their lack of faith, and in Matthew 8 at ...
Uncertain Certainty - Part 10: Uncertain Love?
June 21, 2020 17:14 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBPart 10 - SERIES: Uncertain Certainty In God's design, our dads play a huge role in every person's life, for better or for worse. Dads get the distinct privilege of having God share his name with them, "Father"—and maybe more than anyone else have a profound impact on the spiritual and emotional wellbeing of their kids, speaking and modeling powerful statements of identity into the lives of their children. No matter how good or how bad your earthly dad is/was, you have a Heavenly Father who l...
Uncertain Certainty - Part 9: Uncertain Fire?
June 14, 2020 17:11 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBPart 9 - SERIES: Uncertain Certainty Christianity is a call to be set apart, not to blend in. And as we follow Jesus, we can expect that others are watching and you’re going to stand out. As you follow him you’ll surely face moments of decision, where you’ll need to choose to honor Jesus or bow to your idols, and it will be costly. However, no matter how hot the fire may be, Jesus promises to be with you. He may choose to save you from it, or he may simply carry you through it, but he will be...
Uncertain Certainty - Part 8: Uncertain Life?
June 07, 2020 17:08 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBPart 8 - SERIES: Uncertain Certainty There’s nothing like a good pandemic to make you seriously think about life and death in ways you haven’t before—forcing you to come to grips with the fact that your very life is uncertain. Including what happens after you die! Followers of Jesus (Christians) do not have different experiences in life than non-Christians (we still experience sickness, suffering, and death), but we do experience life and death differently. Birth and death take place a total ...
Uncertain Certainty - Part 7: Uncertain Citizenship?
May 31, 2020 17:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBPart 7 - SERIES: Uncertain Certainty When Pilate questions him, Jesus makes no bones about the fact that his Kingdom is not of this world. Too often we look for the solutions to every social ill horizontally, on this earth, when the solution is not to the left or to the right, but above us. As followers of Jesus we are citizens of heaven, and it’s from THAT place we await a Savior, Jesus Christ. Where is your citizenship? Your residence may be on the earth, but your citizenship is in heaven. ...
Uncertain Certainty - Part 6: Uncertain Answers?
May 24, 2020 19:49 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBPart 6 - SERIES: Uncertain Certainty Matthew 7:7-12 is a passage of Scripture that most Christians struggle to truly believe. While we believe God is able to hear and answer, many find themselves uncertain (even if they won’t admit it) that he really does! God hears and answers prayer, so we must abide in him and keep on asking.The primary issue at stake in this passage is not how to pray… the primary issue at stake is my view of God. He's a good Dad who loves giving good gifts to his kids!
Uncertain Certainty - Part 5: Uncertain Response?
May 17, 2020 19:47 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBPart 5 - SERIES: Uncertain Certainty As we prepare to return after COVID-19 we know that there will be many responses. Some positive, some negative, and everywhere in between. Additionally, we know that there will continue to be multiple responses to the truth of God’s Word and the Gopsel. In the Parable of the Four Soils, Jesus talks about the different responses to who he is and to the Gospel. What is the condition of the soil of your heart in these days?
Uncertain Certainty - Part 4: Uncertain Future
May 10, 2020 17:26 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBPart 4 - SERIES: Uncertain Certainty In Luke 12 Jesus teaches the Parable of the Rich Fool. He reminds his listeners (and us) to guard your heart from idols. Idols can be any good thing that becomes a “god thing” (and that’s a bad thing!). Anything can become an idol in our lives, from items, to duties, to others, to longings, even sufferings. The Rich Fool idolized his stuff and his comfort, finding his security there—until God revealed to him that he would die that night, and that he was a ...
Uncertain Certainty - Part 3: Uncertain Savior?
May 03, 2020 19:11 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBPart 3 - SERIES: Uncertain Certainty "Who do you say I am?" is the question Jesus asked of Peter and still asks of each of us. Christianity is unique among all religions in revealing the truth of how personal Jesus and how he calls people to a personal relationship with him as our Lord and friend. The main point of certainty is "Knowing Jesus is salvation, and knowing Jesus is knowing yourself." When we find out who God is, we find out who we are.
Certain Uncertainty - Part 3: Uncertain Savior?
May 03, 2020 19:11Part 2 - SERIES: Certain Uncertainty "Who do you say I am?" is the question Jesus asked of Peter and still asks of each of us. Christianity is unique among all religions in revealing the truth of how personal Jesus and how he calls people to a personal relationship with him as our Lord and friend. The main point of certainty is "Knowing Jesus is salvation, and knowing Jesus is knowing yourself." When we find out who God is, we find out who we are.
Certain Uncertainty - Part 2: Uncertain Storm
April 26, 2020 15:24Part 2 - SERIES: Certain Uncertainty In times that are uncertain all around, no one and no thing is more certain than Jesus Christ. Additionally, there is no one who faces uncertainty with more calm and resolve and wisdom than Jesus Christ. In Mark 4 Jesus is crossing the Sea of Galilee with his disciples when a sudden and intense storm threatens the boat and the lives of the disciples. Curiously, Jesus is the one who lead them out that night, and ultimately into the storm. But when the storm...
Uncertain Certainty - Part 2: Uncertain Storm
April 26, 2020 15:24 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBPart 2 - SERIES: Uncertain Certainty In times that are uncertain all around, no one and no thing is more certain than Jesus Christ. Additionally, there is no one who faces uncertainty with more calm and resolve and wisdom than Jesus Christ. In Mark 4 Jesus is crossing the Sea of Galilee with his disciples when a sudden and intense storm threatens the boat and the lives of the disciples. Curiously, Jesus is the one who lead them out that night, and ultimately into the storm. But when the storm...
Certain Uncertainty - Part 1: Uncertain Foundation?
April 19, 2020 19:41Part 1 - SERIES: Certain Uncertainty We start a new series this week called “Uncertain Certainty”. In times that are uncertain all around, no one and no thing is more certain than Jesus Christ. Additionally, there is no one who faces uncertainty with more calm and resolve and wisdom than Jesus Christ. This week we look at Jesus’ parable of the Two Builders and examine our foundation. When trials come they expose the foundation of our life, showing us to be wise or foolish. Is your foundation ...
Uncertain Certainty - Part 1: Uncertain Foundation?
April 19, 2020 19:41 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBPart 1 - SERIES: Uncertain Certainty We start a new series this week called “Uncertain Certainty”. In times that are uncertain all around, no one and no thing is more certain than Jesus Christ. Additionally, there is no one who faces uncertainty with more calm and resolve and wisdom than Jesus Christ. This week we look at Jesus’ parable of the Two Builders and examine our foundation. When trials come they expose the foundation of our life, showing us to be wise or foolish. Is your foundation ...
Best Day Ever - at Home
April 12, 2020 19:37 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBBest Day Ever - at Home: Reach Out to Jesus In Mark 5 we’re introduced to Jairus, a man in need to someone to save his sick and dying daughter. His only hope is Jesus, and he reaches out to him. In the same passage Mark notes a woman who had suffered for 12 years who also reaches out to Jesus to heal her. In both cases Jesus responds and helps them. He will to you as well as you turn to him in faith.
What's Good - Part 3: Walk Humbly
April 05, 2020 15:18 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBPart 3 - SERIES: What's Good In the final part of our series through Micah 6:8, Pastor Josh reminds us what it means to walk humbly. Walking humbly with God helps us to embrace two truths: 1. I’m not in control, but Jesus is. 2. I’m going to die, but Jesus has defeated death. We’re called to walk humbly with God according to who he is and who he’s made us to be.
What's Good - Part 2: Love Mercy
March 29, 2020 15:11 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBPart 2 - SERIES: What's Good In part two of our series through Micah 6:8, Pastor Dave helps us unpack the call to love mercy and kindness, just as God shows mercy and kindness to us. We’re called to love mercy according to who God is and who he’s made us to be.
What's Good - Part 1: Do Justice
March 22, 2020 15:05 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBPart 1 - SERIES: What's Good Micah 6:8 is in the middle of a courtroom drama between God and his people. They’ve rebelled, but they have no excuse because he has shown them what is good. We’re called to do what’s right according to who God is and who he’s made us to be.
20/20 Vision For Life - Part 6: Leave a Lasting Legacy
March 08, 2020 14:09 - 46 minutes - 21.5 MBPart 6 - SERIES: 20/20 Vision For Life In this series we have laid out a pathway on how to live our lives well every day. It starts by discovering our divine design. It continues by rejecting false versions of ourselves and returning to who God says that we are. It is a life driven by our calling and convictions. It is a life propelled forward by dreaming and planning with God, and investing accordingly. When we live out all these things daily, we create a lasting legacy. If you want to leave...
20/20 Vision For Life - Part 5: Invest for God's Best
March 01, 2020 13:19 - 41 minutes - 19.1 MBPart 5 - SERIES: 20/20 Vision For Life We could have the greatest dream and the greatest plan in the entire world, but if we don’t choose to invest in them, very few things will change in our lives. The future belongs to those who invest in it. That is why through this message, we challenge you to invest in your future. To live out God’s Dream for you, stop asking him to change your environment and start allowing God to change your investment—are you investing for God’s best?
20/20 Vision For Life - Part 4: Living Out God's Dream
February 23, 2020 13:34 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBPart 4 - SERIES: 20/20 Vision For Life In this message, we’ll talk about the power of two underused spiritual practices: dreaming and planning. God invites us to dream of what tomorrow could be like if we believe Him and He challenges us to plan based on where we are today. The connection between the reality we face today and the dream God gives us for tomorrow is important for us to understand as we discover clarity about our lives.
20/20 Vision For Life - Part 3: Your Personal Calling
February 16, 2020 12:50 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBPart 3 - SERIES: 20/20 Vision For Life How would you articulate the one thing God has called you to do? There are many things you can do ... but what is the one thing you must do? By understanding both your calling and your convictions, you can begin to identify the one thing that is at the center of your unique mission from God.
20/20 Vision For Life - Part 2: Uncover Your True You
February 09, 2020 17:55 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBPart 2 - SERIES: 20/20 Vision For Life There is a generic version of you that tempts you to settle for a generic life. But God has called you to more than that ... He has called you to something unique and powerful. It won’t be easy—and it will probably require things in your life to be broken and peeled back—but the end result is worth the journey. Jeremiah calls God’s people to turn from their sin, to break up the fallow ground, to return to him. The journey to uncovering your true, God des...
20/20 Vision For Life - Part 1: More Unique Than You Think
February 02, 2020 17:51 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBPart 1 - SERIES: 20/20 Vision For Life God has a dream for your life. Unfortunately, most people never find clarity about God’s dream for them and they settle for a life that is less than what God designed. You are God’s one-of-a-kind design, created with a divine destiny in mind. Are you willing to enter into it?
We All Need Friends - Part 3: Love One Another
January 26, 2020 19:22 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MBPart 3 - SERIES: Love One Another One of our Core Values at Wawasee Bible is that “We All Need Friends”. We’re looking at the Why, the What, and How of needing and practicing friendship. The New Testament has a lot to say about the “how”, we often refer to them as the “one anothers” of Scripture. To fulfill the “one anothers” we can focus simply on one, “love one another”. You can be a friend who loves at all times because you have been loved for all time.
We All Need Friends - Part 2: It's Worth the Mess.
January 19, 2020 19:17 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBPart 2 - SERIES: It's Worth the Mess. One of our Core Values at Wawasee Bible is that “We All Need Friends”. We’re looking at the Why, the What, and How of needing and practicing friendship. We all need friends—but friendships and relationships in general are messy. In fact, every relationship you have is messy to some degree. And the problem in your relationships is inside you, it’s rooted in your sin and how we wrongly relate to others. But the good news is that there’s a cure, and Jesus re...
We All Need Friends - Part 1: Why We All Need Friends
January 12, 2020 15:05 - 49 minutes - 22.8 MBPart 1 - SERIES: We All Need Friends One of our Core Values at Wawasee Bible is that “We All Need Friends”. We’ll be looking at the Why, the What, and How of needing and practicing friendship the next three weeks. We all need friends—but we isolate ourselves, so God offers us family. There’s one aspect of bearing God’s image that is impossible for us to do by ourselves: We cannot image his relational nature without being involved in community. We were not designed to go through life alone. In...
Love The Lord With All Your Heart
January 05, 2020 15:01 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBLove The Lord With All Your Heart As we head into 2020, there’s no greater goal than to grow in our love for the Lord! Jesus tells us the greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, soul, and mind in Matthew 22:37-40 (quoting from Deuteronomy 6:4). He goes on to say the second greatest command is to love others, to “love your neighbor as yourself”. Loving God and loving others is a decision we must make, and it’s revealed by sacrifice. As you begin 2020, ask the Lord to give you ...
Closing Out 2019: He Crowns the Year
December 29, 2019 15:48 - 43 minutes - 19.8 MBClosing Out 2019: He Crowns the Year As we close out 2019 we take some time to look back at God’s goodness to us as a church and as individuals in 2019. Psalm 65 is a Psalm of David that would have been sung around the end of harvest, thanking God for all the ways he provided for and blessed his people throughout the year, “crowning the year with his bounty”. Jesus deserves praise for his grace and his awesome deeds!
In Excelsis Deo - Part 4: Three Dreams, Total Faith
December 22, 2019 20:54 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBPart 4 - SERIES: In Excelsis Deo For Christmas this year we’re looking at the Christmas accounts involving angels. We began with an overview of who and what Angels are and what they do before opening up Matthew 1 and 2 where three times (maybe four) an angel appears to Joseph in a dream. In every case, Joseph demonstrated great faith from which we can all learn. Faith is beliving God’s Word and acting upon it (now matter how I feel) because God promises a good result. — And he keeps all of hi...
In Excelsis Deo - Part 3: Good News, Great Joy!
December 15, 2019 13:44 - 42 minutes - 19.5 MBPart 3 - SERIES: In Excelsis Deo For Christmas this year we’re looking at the Christmas accounts involving angels. This week we looked at the angels’ appearance to the shepherds in Luke 2:8-20. Shepherds were social outcasts at the time and yet that’s the group that gets to first annnouncement of Jesus being born! No matter who you are, Jesus’ birth is good news and your only hope for lasting joy.
In Excelsis Deo: Part 2: Overwhelming Grace
December 08, 2019 17:38Part 2 - SERIES: In Excelsis Deo: Overwhelming Grace For Christmas this year we’re looking at the Christmas accounts involving angels. This week we studied Gabriel’s appearance to Mary in Luke 1:26-38. Gabriel announced God’s grace to Mary that she would be the one to bear a child, and not just any child but the promised Messiah. God’s grace is unexpected, undeserved, and overwhelming!
In Excelsis Deo: Part 1- Zechariah & Elizabeth
December 01, 2019 17:34Part 1 - SERIES: In Excelsis Deo: Zechariah & Elizabeth For Christmas this year we’re looking at the Christmas accounts involving angels. This week we studied Gabriel’s appearance to Zechariah in Luke 1:5-25. Gabriel announced to Zechariah that he and Elizabeth would be having a son, after years of barrenness, even in their old age. This boy would be named John and he would come in the spirit and power of Elijah to prepare the way for Jesus.
We Are Family: God's People. God's Mission. - Part 6: A Growing Family
November 10, 2019 16:28 - 34 minutes - 16 MBPart 6 - SERIES: We Are Family: God's People. God's Mission. We’re part of the Evangelical Free Church of America, and as an extended family we exist to glorify God by multiplying transformational churches among all people. This week we wrap up our 6-weeks series on the nature and mission of the church, and we’re looking at this idea of multiplication. Is it really a biblical thing? Multiplication? God designed his Family to be fruitful and multiply for his glory, others’ good, and our joy!
We Are Family: God's People. God's Mission. - Part 5: Everyone Anywhere
November 03, 2019 17:31 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MBPart 5 - SERIES: We Are Family: God's People. God's Mission. God calls us to be a church for and among all people. We’re sent to love people and invite them to follow Jesus with us. The Church is sent to reach everyone and embrace anyone. To do this we must check our prejudice at the door, recognizing that God shows no partiality—so all people matter. The example of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch is a powerful example of this truth lived out. As a church for all people, we're sent to love ev...