Latest Bhbc Podcast Episodes
Prayer Before Practice
Magnify Church - Rockford - April 22, 2024 17:23 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIf Jesus prayed all night before choosing His disciples, how much more should we pray before making decisions or dealing with challenges in our lives? Matt Zainea continues our Storytellers series and shows us how to stay connected to God as we follow Jesus’ pattern for life and ministry.
The Heart of Faith
Magnify Church - Rockford - April 16, 2024 14:42 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhen you think about the Sabbath, what comes to mind? Did you know that the word Sabbath means “rest?” Matt Zainea uses a passage from Luke to remind us that God created us and knows what we need. He longs for us to find rest from this crazy chaotic world. But not just rest from work–He wants us...
The Power of Faith
Magnify Church - Rockford - April 08, 2024 09:09 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHave you ever wanted something so desperately that you went to extraordinary lengths to make it happen? Matt Zainea jumps back into our Storytellers series in Luke and teaches about a group that wanted to be near Jesus enough to bust through a roof. Would you?
Resurrection Sunday
Magnify Church - Rockford - March 31, 2024 22:46 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHe is risen! He is risen, indeed! Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection changed everything. Because of His great love for us and sacrifice on the cross, we are free from the chains of sin and death. We’re excited to worship, learn, and celebrate with you this Resurrection Sunday!
Healing the Whole Person
Magnify Church - Rockford - March 10, 2024 22:40 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHave you ever felt like an outcast, unloved, or alone? Matt Zainea invites us deeper into the healing of the Leper in our Storytellers series to understand the depth of Jesus’ heart for us. Just like the leper, Jesus wants to touch us and make us whole.
The Call to Discipleship
Magnify Church - Rockford - March 04, 2024 00:16 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhen Jesus called His disciples it was radical and required them to leave everything they knew to follow Him. What have you given up to follow Christ? Matt Zainea explores the cost of following Jesus with your whole life as he continues in the Storyteller series.
The Power and Purpose of Miracles
Magnify Church - Rockford - March 04, 2024 00:13 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe all long for a miracle–healing for our bodies, relationships, and minds. Jesus has the power to work miracles today; yet sometimes He doesn’t. Matt Zainea continues in our Storytellers series and reminds us that the miracle we need most has already happened. Salvation is available because of ...
The Problem with Prophets
Magnify Church - Rockford - February 18, 2024 23:24 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhat holds you back from believing that Jesus is who He says He is and that He has the power to truly set you free? Stu Quackenbush challenges us to overcome our doubts and fears so we can experience the life-changing joy found in the good news of the gospel.
Making Known the Father's Heart for Life
Magnify Church - Rockford - February 11, 2024 19:58 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhen someone cuts you off in traffic, how do you react? Do you immediately think of them as a dearly loved son or daughter of God, created in the image of God? Kurt Dillinger from Life International reminds us that ALL human life, from the womb to the grave, is sacred. He invites us to be life-g...
Faith Over Doubt
Magnify Church - Rockford - February 04, 2024 16:46 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe all doubt sometimes. Life is hard. Relationships are hard. We are tempted at every turn to get angry or shut down. Matt Zainea invites us to follow Christ’s example in His third temptation by speaking Scripture into our doubt and trusting God’s plan.
Faith Over Power
Magnify Church - Rockford - January 29, 2024 10:33 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHow do you grasp for power? Do you use aggressive or passive power to shortcut pain or roadblocks in your life? Matt challenges us to instead walk in faith and submit to God’s authority in every area of our lives.
Faith Over Pleasure
Magnify Church - Rockford - January 22, 2024 10:31 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhat are you tempted by? Do you struggle to keep spiritual matters a priority while spending time, energy, and resources on the material pleasures of life? Matt uses Jesus’ example in Luke 4 to encourage us. We can’t do it perfectly like Jesus did, but He invites us to choose faith instead of gi...
Ignite Sunday
Magnify Church - Rockford - January 14, 2024 23:23 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhat do you hope for? The Lions to win a playoff game? Maybe it’s for a promotion or for your child to be successful? Using verses from Romans, Matt Zainea shares where our true hope can be found, and invites us to be part of sharing that hope through serving.
Provision and Faith
Magnify Church - Rockford - January 08, 2024 06:12 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsCan God use our past? The sins we hope no one ever finds out about? The hard things we are called to endure? As Matt Zainea explores Jesus’ genealogy in Luke, we’ll see how God’s plan, protection, and provision gives us hope and builds our faith.
Faith to Change
Magnify Church - Rockford - December 31, 2023 18:07 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIs there something you hope will be different this new year? Something you’ve tried in the past to let go of, but just couldn’t? Matt Zainea continues our Storytellers series in Luke and encourages us to have faith to change.
Candlelight - Faith Like a Shepherd
Magnify Church - Rockford - December 24, 2023 23:01 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhen the light pierced the darkness of that Bethlehem hillside so long ago, the Shepherds ran without hesitation to share the Good News of Jesus’ birth! What will you do with that news this Christmas? Matt Zainea invites us to have faith like a Shepherd.
The Faith of Mary
Magnify Church - Rockford - December 18, 2023 19:04 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsDo you see yourself as a competitor or a victim? Matt continues our Storytellers series in Luke by using Mary’s story to help us see that the answer should be “neither.” Come hear about the better option.
The Faith of Zechariah
Magnify Church - Rockford - December 14, 2023 18:31 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIf something is too good to be true, it usually is. But not with God! With Him, ALL things are possible. Matt uses Zechariah’s story in Luke and invites us to be still - to listen for God’s voice and then trust His promises.
Increasing Faith
Magnify Church - Rockford - December 04, 2023 15:20 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsDo you need to “see it to believe it?” What about if you heard it from someone who saw it firsthand? Matt Zainea kicks off a new series, Storytellers - Luke & Growing our Faith, where stories from Luke, and people in our church, increase our faith.
Fear of the Lord
Magnify Church - Rockford - November 20, 2023 18:07 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhat comes to mind when you hear “fear of the Lord”? Is it confusion, anxiety, respect, awe? In our two week mini series on wisdom, Matt Zainea reminds us that we need a deeper understanding of the fear of the Lord.
Israel and the Church of Jesus Christ
Magnify Church - Rockford - November 13, 2023 17:53 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAmidst all the conflict and questions surrounding Israel have you taken the time to share the good news of salvation? Covering current events and the history of Israel, Matt Zainea invites us to find lasting peace in Jesus.
Praying in Faith
Magnify Church - Rockford - November 06, 2023 14:37 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsFinishing our series in James, Stu Quakenbush walks us through the difficult conversation of prayer and suffering. Instead of asking “how is your prayer life”, he invites us to consider the question “who is Jesus?”
Facade of Control
Magnify Church - Rockford - October 30, 2023 13:31 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe all love control. But what if control is just an illusion. Using text from James 4, Steve High challenges us to consider areas of our life where we have edged God out to claim our own authority.
Suffering and Joy
Magnify Church - Rockford - October 23, 2023 12:40 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsSuffering is universal, but lacking joy doesn’t have to be. Louie Konopka reminds us that joy comes when you enter God’s story with your story.
Hearts at War
Magnify Church - Rockford - October 16, 2023 15:39 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe all want to be loved. We all want to be respected. How do we respond when those desires are not met? Using text from James 4, Gary Heim encourages us to take internal steps towards resolving conflicts before they start.
Taming the Tongue
Magnify Church - Rockford - October 09, 2023 15:44 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhat we say matters. Are our words bringing death to those around us or are we bringing life? Continuing in James, Andrew Bauer challenges us to consider the power of our words.
Poison of Partiality
Magnify Church - Rockford - September 25, 2023 13:11 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe all do it without even thinking. Someone new walks in the room and we make judgments based on the way they look, talk, or carry themselves. Ben Phebus unpacks the next section of James and invites us to see people and love them the way God does.
Listen and Act
Magnify Church - Rockford - September 18, 2023 15:16 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHow much of our lives are bent towards more, faster, more, faster? Continuing in James, Trent Heaton challenges us to slow our pace and respond to the good news of Jesus.
Joy in Trials
Magnify Church - Rockford - September 11, 2023 12:57 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKicking off our series on James, Stu Quackenbush invites us to consider that during seasons of great sorrow or pain we can find even greater joy in Christ.
Making Creation Work
Magnify Church - Rockford - September 04, 2023 16:33 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsDo you enjoy work? Do you work begrudgingly? Or a little of both? Using passages from Proverbs, Matt Zainea reminds us that work is essential to understanding God, ourselves and our purpose.
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