Wawasee Bible Podcast
750 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 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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A Glimpse of Jesus Glory
September 02, 2018 16:00 - 42 minutes - 20.1 MBPart 1 – SERIES: Vertical Way too often our primary day-to-day focus is horizontal, on the here and now. But we’re called to lift our heads, to keep our eyes on Jesus, to seek God’s glory, to get Vertical. When God gives us a glimpse of his glory it changes everything. This week we study Isaiah 6:1-7, where Isaiah gets a glimpse of Jesus Christ in his full glory.s
Sent to Follow
August 26, 2018 16:00 - 42 minutes - 20.1 MBPart 3 – SERIES: We Are Sent "We are sent to love people and invite them to follow Jesus with us." That's our mission as a church. This week we look at the fact that we are sent to invite. As followers of Jesus we're sent to invite people to friendship. We're sent to invite people to church. We're sent to invite people to Jesus.
Sent to Invite
August 19, 2018 16:00 - 40 minutes - 19.1 MBPart 2 – SERIES: We Are Sent "We are sent to love people and invite them to follow Jesus with us." That's our mission as a church. This week we look at the fact that we are sent to invite. As followers of Jesus we're sent to invite people to friendship. We're sent to invite people to church. We're sent to invite people to Jesus.
Sent to Love
August 12, 2018 16:00 - 18 minutes - 8.45 MBPart 1 – SERIES: We Are Sent "We are sent to love people and invite them to follow Jesus with us." That's our mission as a church. This week we look at the fact that we are sent to love. Each follower of Jesus is sent by him after coming to faith in him. Just as the Father sent Jesus to love people, so we're sent to love people. (This week's message is short as we also celebrated the ground breaking of a new addition and renovation this morning.)
Psalm 98: He is Coming to Judge the Earth
August 05, 2018 16:00 - 48 minutes - 22.9 MBPart 6 – SERIES: Summer Psalms 2018 Dr. Rock LaGioia of Grace Theological Seminary is our guest this week. Jesus is coming to judge the earth, and this truth should influence how we live our lives. We should praise the Lord with joyful singing. He has revealed his wonderful salvation. The Lord is reigning as sovereign king. And he will return as the righteous judge.
Psalm 119: Learning & Living from A to Z
July 29, 2018 16:00 - 53 minutes - 25.2 MBPart 5 – SERIES: Summer Psalms 2018 Psalm 119: Learning & Living from A to Z, Pastor Kirk Barger
Psalm 116: The Worshiper's Song of Praise
July 22, 2018 16:00 - 39 minutes - 18.4 MBPart 4 – SERIES: Summer Psalms 2018 Tom Speicher is our guest this week. The worshiper shares his bedrock emotion: I love the Lord! Then he shares his reasons: God has heard his cry, lifted him out of his pit of despair, and liberated him! Finally he shares his resolve: He will live right, believe right, pray right, perform right, and faithfully praise right. Praise the Lord!
Psalm 92: Facing Fools & Our Fears with Praise
July 15, 2018 16:00 - 33 minutes - 15.7 MBPart 3 – SERIES: Summer Psalms 2018 Rick Thompson, Superintendent of the Great Lakes District of the Evangelical Free Church, is our guest this week. Psalm 92 can be divided into two distinct parts. 1. It is good to sing praises to the Lord, for he is highly exalted! (v. 1-8). It’s good to praise him in the morning and the evening. It’s good to praise him with music. It’s good to sing praises to him in the presence of his enemies. 2. It’s good to sing praises to the Lord because he exalts his...
Psalm 32: Let Freedom Sing!
July 08, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 28.8 MBPart 2 – SERIES: Summer Psalms 2018 Pastor Glenn Blossom is our guest this week. The free life is the happy life lived in Christ alone, because happiness comes from being pure and clean. If you hide your moral failures God will make you miserable. If you cover them, he will expose them. However if you name your sins and confess them to God, he will make you happy! If you explode them, God will cover them! Intimacy with God is your only way of escape from your bondage. Don't be stubborn—look ...
Psalm 1: Two Ways, Two Destinies
July 01, 2018 16:00 - 37 minutes - 17.6 MBPart 1 – SERIES: Summer Psalms 2018 Dr. Tiberius Rata of Grace Theological Seminary is our guest this week. Tiberius gives an overview of the function of the Psalms, different types of Psalms, and their value to us as followers of Jesus. Psalm 1 is a Psalm of Wisdom and serves as an introduction to all of the Psalms. Two ways of living and their two resulting destinies are contrasted in Psalm 1, and we're encouraged to choose the way of the righteous. The righteous separates themselves from ...
What Are You Boasting About?
June 24, 2018 16:00 - 38 minutes - 18.1 MBPart 12 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom What are you boasting about these days? Paul closes his letter to the Galatians with an exhortation of what to boast in and what not to. Your boasting reveals the heart of your worship. Boasting in anything other than Jesus and his cross is wasted breath. Paul declares that it’s his desire to boasting nothing except the cross of Jesus Christ. The thing(s) you boast in has power over you… but Jesus’ grace leads to freedom!
Living the Gospel
June 17, 2018 16:00 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MBPart 11 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom In Galatians 5:26-6:10 Paul gives out some practical application for keeping in step with the Spirit. It begins with an admonition not to be conceited (having excessive pride in yourself, vanity). Pride can take the form of arrogance or low self-esteem, both are the result of people who are self-absorbed. The cure is living out our gospel identity in Jesus Christ. Only when we live this out can we truly love people. Those who have sinned....
Gospel Fruit
June 10, 2018 16:00 - 40 minutes - 19.3 MBPart 10 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom For the Christian, there is an internal war taking place between the desires of our sinful nature and the desires of the Holy Spirit which is now within us. It’s a battle between sinful works of the flesh, and allowing Jesus’ Spirit to produce fruit within us. Three steps will help us produce fruit: 1) Remember you belong to Jesus. 2) Crucify your sin by identifying and tearing down your idols. 3) Keep in step with the Spirit.
Gospel Freedom
June 03, 2018 16:00 - 45 minutes - 21.5 MBPart 9 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom Jesus has freed you so that you may live in freedom. That’s the point of Galatians 5:1-15 (and really all of Galatians!). Jesus has freed you from guilt and from fear of condemnation before God, which frees you to love him with your whole heart! And to love others with that same freedom and selflessness. You have a choice to make. Choosing Jesus and him alone for your salvation, sanctification, and glorification is choosing freedom. But ch...
A Tale of Two Sons
May 27, 2018 16:00 - 47 minutes - 22.4 MBPart 8 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom Galatians 4:21-31 is one of the more confusing passages in the New Testament for two reasons: 1) it relies heavily on a knowledge of some key Old Testament events, and 2) Paul uses allegory to make his argument (which can be a challenge to interpret!). Pastor Josh begins with a brief overview of allegory and how to interpret it, then goes back to unpack the events in Genesis that Paul is referencing so that we can interpret and understand ...
To Be Known by God
May 20, 2018 16:00 - 39 minutes - 18.4 MBPart 7 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom Paul gives a “before” and “after” picture of knowing Jesus personally. Before knowing God through Jesus Christ, we were all enslaved and without hope. The essence of true salvation is being known by God. To be known by God means having a personal relationship with him where you are deeply loved by God. We look at three implications of being known by God: 1) You are free from legalism and all that enslaves, so flee your idols. 2) We must ha...
The Rightful Heir(s)
May 13, 2018 17:00 - 37 minutes - 17.6 MBPart 6 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom Paul needs the Galatian churches to understand that the Gospel is not based on the Law but on God’s Promise. By way of illustration, he reminds them that God’s promises cannot be changed or annulled, and that receiving the promised inheritance/blessing is a matter of faith in Jesus Christ. Are you trying to earn God’s favor by your own works? If so, you’ll never make it! Paul tells us to simply believe God’s promise to grant salvation and ...
The Gospel is for Life!
May 06, 2018 17:00 - 35 minutes - 16.6 MBPart 5 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom In Galatians 3, Paul gets to the heart of his argument with the Galatian churches. They must learn and remember that not only are they justified (declared righteous) by faith alone, they are also sanctified (made holy) by faith alone in Christ alone. It’s all God’s grace, and not based on any human effort! Adding human effort to the equation perverts the Gospel. The entirety of the Christian life (start to finish) is one of faith! – Believ...
The Remedy for Legalism
April 29, 2018 16:00 - 45 minutes - 21.2 MBPart 4 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom The body of Paul’s letter to the Galatians can be divided into three parts: 1) A defense of Paul’s authority as an Apostle (1:10-2:21), 2) Paul’s defense of the Gospel, and 3) application of the Gospel. As we begin this first section, we see that it’s all grace! Paul exerts his authority to remind the Galatians that salvation is all an act of God’s grace, and that Paul received this gospel not from men but from Jesus himself. Pastor Josh u...
Freedom & Unity
April 22, 2018 16:00 - 36 minutes - 17 MBPart 3 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom In Galatians 2:1-10 we get a glimpse into a meeting between Paul and some of the leaders in the early church that affected the rest of church history. It yielded two key outcomes, 1 personally for each believer in Christ, and 1 corporately for the Church as a whole. The first is Freedom in Jesus Christ. The second is Unity in Jesus Christ, which must be intentionally protected within the local church.
It's All Grace!
April 15, 2018 16:00 - 40 minutes - 19.2 MBPart 2 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom The body of Paul’s letter to the Galatians can be divided into three parts: 1) A defense of Paul’s authority as an Apostle (1:10-2:21), 2) Paul’s defense of the Gospel, and 3) application of the Gospel. As we begin this first section, we see that it’s all grace! Paul exerts his authority to remind the Galatians that salvation is all an act of God’s grace, and that Paul received this gospel not from men but from Jesus himself. Pastor Josh u...
In Need of Rescue
April 08, 2018 16:00 - 37 minutes - 17.6 MBPart 1 – SERIES: Galatians - The Sweetness of Freedom In this new series we're studying the New Testament book of Galatians. Galatians is a letter written by Paul to a handful of churches in the region known as Galatia (part of modern-day Turkey). Paul's tone is direct, even angry, as he confronts their straying from the gospel of grace. Salvation is all an act of Jesus' grace, and our sanctification is also entirely an act of Jesus' grace. None of it is about us, so that we have nothing to b...
Ask
March 25, 2018 16:00 - 41 minutes - 19.3 MBPart 3 – SERIES: The Pearl Jesus is a master of asking questions. He used them in evangelism strategically with people who were far from God, and we can learn from his example. He used them to learn people’s story, to discover their heart, and to cause them to consider spiritual things. Jesus asked questions to connect with people before he corrected people.
Eat
March 18, 2018 16:00 - 40 minutes - 19.1 MBPart 2 – SERIES: The Pearl Luke tells us that “the Son of Man has come eating and drinking” (Luke 7:34). Jesus spent a lot of time with the lost, and his strategy of evangelism often centered around sharing a meal with people. God designed food and meals to be a centerpiece of human relationships. Meals show honor to people. They help relationships to deepen by forcing quantity time (which will often result in quality time). They also reveal the true nature of people as they spend time togeth...
Pray
March 11, 2018 16:00 - 40 minutes - 18.9 MBPart 1 – SERIES: The Pearl Jesus said the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls, who, upon finding one pearl of great worth, went and sold all that he had to purchase it. Evangelism is about helping other people score that priceless pearl. It's about helping them find Jesus! We're talking about evangelism for a few weeks using the acronym "PEARL". Pray for your lost friends. Eat with them (spend time with them). Ask questions and get to know them. Reveal your story. L...
Church: Present Hope of the Not Yet
March 04, 2018 17:00 - 34 minutes - 16 MBPart 7 – SERIES: For the Life of the World What is your salvation actually for? It's for the life of the world. The Church lives out God's Kingdom on earth for the life of the world. Jesus' Kingdom is already present, but not yet fully here. As part of Jesus' Church, we live in the "overlapping of the ages", the "already / not yet". While the Kingdom is present, it's not yet fully realized and it won't be until Jesus' second coming. In the mean time, the Church is sent to live out what is pre...
Wonder: Beholding God's Beauty
February 25, 2018 17:00 - 37 minutes - 17.5 MBPart 6 – SERIES: For the Life of the World In this series we examine the question, "What is our salvation actually for?" To live as an exile for the life of the world requires you to take time to slow down and behold God's beauty. It requires living a life of wonder and being transformed by God. God creates some things solely for the purpose of beauty. Are taking time to slow down and behold him?
Wisdom: Knowledge Rightly Applied
February 18, 2018 17:00 - 46 minutes - 21.6 MBPart 5 – SERIES: For the Life of the World In this new series we examine the question, "What is our salvation actually for?" This week we look at wisdom. Wisdom is "knowledge rightly applied." Wisdom begins with hearing the Word of God, then doing what we know. It's good to pursue knowledge, but it must be applied in wisdom to be of any value. Wisdom, then, moves us to serve others in love, with an active faith. Rightly acquiring and applying knowledge (i.e. wisdom) enables us to increasingly...
Order: Justice & Hospitality
February 11, 2018 17:00 - 45 minutes - 21.1 MBPart 4 – SERIES: For the Life of the World God uses order and justice to help people flourish. God establishes order for the flourishing of the world. As Christians, we're to work with God to cultivate human flourishing by removing barriers for others. Micah 6:8 tells us to do justice, love mercy (kindness), and walk humbly with God. The start to helping human flourishing and justice on a personal levee is hospitality.
Work: Imaging & Imitating God
February 04, 2018 17:00 - 48 minutes - 22.5 MBPart 3 – SERIES: For the Life of the World We're exploring the question, "What is our salvation actually for?" This week we look at God's plan as it relates to our work. Work was established for us as part of God's original design. It is a way that we image and imitate God. He gives us work to do for Jesus' Glory, Others' Good, and Our Joy. What is your vocation? Do you see it and know it to be part of God's plan and design?
Love & Family
January 28, 2018 17:00 - 44 minutes - 21 MBPart 2 – SERIES: For the Life of the World God's design for the family is to be a gift we offer back to God for the life of the world. We look at God's plan and design to bless and redeem the world through the family of Abraham. God blesses and redeems us (as a family) to be a blessing to the whole world, and his promise to do so is generational in nature. Therefore all of life is investment. What family legacy (biological family and church family) are you leaving?
Exile: Our New Perspective
January 21, 2018 17:00 - 43 minutes - 20.3 MBPart 1 – SERIES: For the Life of the World In this new series we examine the question, "What is our salvation actually for?" How does a Christian live in the world while not being of it? It begins with a new perspective, recognizing that our salvation is a call to live as exiles as we bless the world. We're sent to love people and invite them to follow Jesus with us.
Totally Adequate
January 14, 2018 17:00 - 42 minutes - 19.7 MBPart 2 – SERIES: Paradox of Power While we are totally inadequate in ourselves, there's a paradox at work in the fact that we are also totally adequate in Christ. Paul discusses a thorn in his flesh in 2 Corinthians 12, but that God's grace is fully sufficient for him in Christ. We all experience different types of thorns, and they can be useful for our growth and for God's purposes. There is strength in strengthlessness, because God's grace is enough. Your greatest weakness can be your great...
Totally Inadequate
January 07, 2018 18:00 - 43 minutes - 20.3 MBPart 1 – SERIES: Paradox of Power 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 God has more need of our weakness than our strength! The Apostle Paul struggled with anxiety and weakness, and so do we. Will we choose to respond like he did? Are we thankful for our weaknesses or do we grumble and complain? Do we trust God in ALL circumstances or do we doubt His work?
Press On
December 31, 2017 18:00 - 52 minutes - 24.7 MBWe need Training. A. Learn from the Past. B. Learn in the Present. 1. "Lay aside" 2. "Weight and Sin which ensnares us" 3. Know Your Regiment We need Endurance We need Motivation A. Focus B. Finish
Jesus Gives Purpose
December 24, 2017 18:00 - 45 minutes - 21.3 MBPart 6 – SERIES: More Than Enough We have a number needs we need met as human beings. The great news of the Gospel is that Jesus is More Than Enough to meet them all! Every person on the planet longs to know their purpose. We all long and search to answer three big questions: 1) Why do I exist? 2) Does my life matter? 3) What on earth am I here for? The good news is you DO have a purpose and that it can be known.
Jesus Is Our Peace
December 17, 2017 17:00 - 40 minutes - 19.1 MBPart 5 – SERIES: More Than Enough We have a number needs we need met as human beings. The great news of the Gospel is that Jesus is More Than Enough to meet them all! One of those needs is for peace. The Bible speaks of two types of peace. Peace with God, and the peace of God. It is utterly impossible to have the peace of God until you have peace with God. We looked at John 14:1-7, and then turned to Philippians 3:12-15 for some strategies on attaining the peace of God.
Jesus Is Our Hope
December 10, 2017 17:00 - 41 minutes - 19.5 MBPart 4 – SERIES: More Than Enough We have a number needs we need met as human beings. The great news of the Gospel is that Jesus is More Than Enough to meet them all! One of those needs is for hope. Psalm 42 and Psalm 43 were likely one Psalm originally. They speak directly to our struggle with hopelessness and depression. The writer of these Psalms follows a pattern that we can follow to deal with our depression and begin the journey back to health. 1. He expresses his anguish and gets it al...
Jesus Offers Protection
December 03, 2017 17:00 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MBPart 3 – SERIES: More Than Enough We have a number needs we need met as human beings. The great news of the Gospel is that Jesus is More Than Enough to meet them all! One of those needs is for protection. Psalm 91 reminds us that God’s protection is unassailable. That in his arms there is safety. His protection is 24/7/365, and it’s eternal. In fact, that’s the real promise—eternal protection from God’s wrath through faith in Jesus Christ. He protects us from much in this life, but from his w...
Jesus Gives Direction
November 26, 2017 17:00 - 32 minutes - 15.5 MBPart 2 – SERIES: More Than Enough We have a number needs we need met as human beings. The great news of the Gospel is that Jesus is More Than Enough to meet them all! Jesus declared, "I am the light of the world" in John 8:12. He was declaring, in part, that he brings direction and guidance to any who would look to him. This week we make 4 observations on how Jesus provides guidance and fills our need for direction, looking at Psalm 23:3.
Jesus Is My Contentment
November 19, 2017 17:00 - 40 minutes - 19.1 MBPart 1 – SERIES: More Than Enough We have a number needs we need met as human beings. The great news of the Gospel is that Jesus is More Than Enough to meet them all! We begin with our need for contentment. Paul gives 3 keys to finding biblical contentment in Philippians 4:10-13. 1) Get your eyes off yourself. 2) Get your eyes off your circumstances. 3) Get your eyes on Jesus! We also looked at John 6 where Jesus reminds us that the stuff of this earth perishes, but he satisfies completely.
Living in Light of God's Grace
November 05, 2017 17:00 - 42 minutes - 19.5 MBPastor Kirk Barger adds a supplemental message to the Five Solas series this week from Titus 2:11-14. Now that we've studied God's grace, how do we live in light of it? Pastor Kirk looks at 4 aspects of living in light of God's grace in Titus 2 — The appearance of God's grace, the teaching of God's grace, the hope of God's grace, and the work of God's grace.
Soli Deo Gloria (to God Alone be the Glory)
October 29, 2017 16:00 - 37 minutes - 17.4 MBPart 5 – SERIES: Five Solas Soli Deo Gloria affirms that all was accomplished by God’s grace and for God’s glory. The end game of Sola Christus, Sola Scriptura, Sola Gratia, and Sola Fide is God’s Glory. This is the culmination of all the other solas.
Sola Fide (Faith Alone)
October 22, 2017 16:00 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MBPart 4 – SERIES: Five Solas Sola Fide affirms that the gift of salvation and the benefits for being in God’s eternal family come through personal faith in Christ as savior, not by any personal good works, the merits of a human mediator, religious ceremonies, or institutional efforts.
Sola Gratia (Grace Alone)
October 15, 2017 16:00 - 43 minutes - 19.9 MBPart 3 – SERIES: Five Solas Sola Gratia affirms that salvation is by God's grace alone. It is the free and unmerited gift of God to a sinful human world and is received solely by faith alone in Jesus Christ alone. No human effort is sufficient to earn any portion of God’s favor for salvation. It is solely, completely, and exclusively a gift of God—wholly unable to be earned.
Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone)
October 08, 2017 16:00 - 50 minutes - 23.3 MBPart 2 – SERIES: Five Solas Sola Scriptura affirms that the Scriptures, not the institutional church, are the primary authority by which humanity must live and against which truth and error must be judged. “Where stands it written?” was a common response of the Free Church toward teaching and instruction that was based on traditions of men rather than Scripture. 2 Peter 1:16-21 is a clear passage on the authority and nature of Scripture. We should pay attention to God’s Word, it’s not from ma...
Sola Christus (Christ Alone)
October 01, 2017 16:00 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBPart 1 – SERIES: Five Solas As we remember the 500th Anniversary this month of Martin Luther's 95 Theses that sparked the Reformation, we're studying the "Five Solas". The Five Solas are a summary of some of the key orthodox doctrines that were reaffirmed and returned to during the Reformation. This week we look at Sola Christus (Christ Alone). Sola Christus affirms that our salvation is secured by the work of Jesus Christ alone on the cross. There is nothing that can be added to it. And ther...
Return from Exile, Wait for Jesus
September 24, 2017 16:00 - 42 minutes - 19.5 MBPart 4 – SERIES: Old School This week we wrap up our four-part summary of the Old Testament storyline. We start be diving deeper into why and how the people were exiled (as well as a rabbit trail showing the historical accuracy of Scripture) before briefly looking at their return and the wait for a savior. Ultimately all of the Old Testament is pointing toward the coming of Jesus Christ as God's answer to Adam and Eve's sin in Genesis 3:15.
Wandering, Promised Land, Exile
September 17, 2017 16:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBPart 3 – SERIES: Old School We begin this week with Israel in the wilderness, wandering because of their sin at Kadesh. After 40 years of wandering, a generation dies in the desert, and a new generation gets their opportunity to enter the land that had been promised to Abraham. This new generation finally trusts the Lord, and he blesses them! However, it's not long before another generation sins and the cycle of the Judges begins. After about 400 years Israel demands a king (ignoring the fact...
Enroute to the Promised Land
September 10, 2017 16:00 - 50 minutes - 23 MBPart 2 – SERIES: Old School We're going to Old Testament School and learning the primary storyline of the Old Testament. In our second part of the storyline we see that Israel has multiplied greatly after 400 years in Egypt. A new king (Pharaoh) is now in power and he oppresses God's people greatly. They cry out to God and he raises up Moses to deliver them in a miraculous way and take to them to the land promised to their ancestor, Abraham. On the way God gives them instructions at Mount Sin...