Latest Sodestrom Podcast Episodes
Romans 9:30-33 | S08E05
TextLab - September 11, 2023 13:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA podcast from Vintage Grace in El Dorado Hills, intended to equip Life Group Leaders and their participants to engage in meaningful conversations about scripture.
Romans 9:22-29 | S08E04
TextLab - August 28, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week David sits down with Zack Serface and unpacks Romans 9:22-29, focusing on the interplay between God’s divine sovereignty & human responsibility. They discuss how God’s sovereignty is continually a display of God’s grace and faithfulness to us, even in the midst of our own sin and rebel...
Romans 9:14-23 | S08E03
TextLab - August 21, 2023 13:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and David tackle Romans 9 and the themes of election and free will. They offer advice towards heart posture and dig into Paul’s original intent for the chapter, as it changes how we read this text and apply it to our lives.
Romans 9:6-13 | S08E02
TextLab - August 15, 2023 13:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Kyle unpacks Romans 9:6-13 to explore how God has remained faithful to his promises even though Israel rejected Christ. We learn that God’s family is, and has always been, defined by faith in Yahweh, not our heritage or our works.
Romans 9:1-5 | S08E01
TextLab - August 07, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn today’s episode, Kyle & Jake unpack Romans 9:1-5 which focuses on Paul’s heartfelt anguish over the spiritual state of his fellow Jews, highlighting their unique privileges as God’s chosen people and emphasizing the importance of Christ’s lineage from them, despite their current unbelief.
Joseph - Genesis 46-50 | S07E05
TextLab - July 31, 2023 13:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week David & Kyle unpack Genesis 46-50 as we conclude the end of our Genesis series. As we follow the narrative of Joseph’s life we see how God takes our brokenness and restores it for His glory and our good. God continually uses broken people to accomplish His plan as ultimately what is me...
Joseph - Genesis 42-46 | S07E04
TextLab - July 24, 2023 13:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week David and Kyle unpack Genesis 42 to 46, looking at the overall story and narrative of the Genesis account, focusing on Joseph’s interactions with his brothers in the gaps that lead to God's redemptive work in Joseph’s life, his family and ultimately the entire world.
Joseph - Genesis 41 | S07E03
TextLab - July 17, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and Kyle discuss Genesis 41 continuing the story of Joseph. They break down different implications of the text regarding the lens that the narrative is viewed through.
Joseph - Genesis 39 | S07E02
TextLab - July 03, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and David walk through part two of the story of Joseph from Genesis 39. They cover important contextual information that is vital to understanding the meta-narrative of Genesis as well as providing practical implications for our everyday life.
Joseph - Genesis 37 | S07E01
TextLab - June 26, 2023 13:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and David discuss the beginning story of Joseph found in Genesis 37. They offer you a rapid-fire, detailed conversation so that you can engage deeper with the text this week.
Romans 8:31-39 | S06E20
TextLab - June 19, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week David and Jake discuss Roman’s 8:31-39 where we hear that nothing can separate us from the love of God. They discuss the way this truth affects the way we live on mission in our pray-watch community. How does understanding us never being separated from God affect our daily lives? How...
Romans 8:18-27 | S06E19
TextLab - June 05, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and life group leaders Jenae and Shawn discuss the promise of suffering and how the Holy Spirit comes alongside us, intercedes on our behalf, and helps us to come alongside others as they go through difficult times. In what ways do you personally experience or witness the groanin...
Romans 8:14-17 | S06E18
TextLab - May 29, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week David and Jake discuss life in the Spirit and the identity shift that occurs when the Spirit dwells within us. We encourage Life Group leaders to take their own time with Christ, giving the Spirit space to draw them closer to Him as they lead their groups this week. What does it mean ...
Romans 8:5-13 | S06E17
TextLab - May 22, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and Adam discuss the post-resurrection position that each believer stands in and the implications of the Holy Spirit living within us. Are there times when you feel it’s hard to believe that there is no condemnation? What does this text tell us about the Holy Spirit? What perso...
Romans 8:1-4 | S06E16
TextLab - May 15, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and Hannah discuss the beautiful benefits of the gospel and the joy it produces naturally in our hearts as we grasp its implications. They dive into the breakdown of Romans in order to grasp the entirety of the epistle of Romans seen within these 4 verses. How does our understand...
Romans 7:13-25 | S06E15
TextLab - May 08, 2023 13:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and Jen talk about our desperate and dependent nature through Romans 7:13-25. We discuss the different positions held in the exegesis of the text as well as the implications of our position before and after Christ. How does “Wretched man…” describe our desperate and dependent nat...
Romans 7:7-12 | S06E14
TextLab - May 01, 2023 13:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and David discuss Romans 7:7-12 and the misconceptions surrounding the law in their town as well as our town today. They hit on the idea that the law is holy, righteous and a gift to us and how it applies practically today. Why is the law an act of grace (a gift) from God? How d...
Romans 7:1-6 | S06E13
TextLab - April 24, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and Zack discuss Romans 7:1-6 and what being dead to the law looks like and how Christ has perfectly fulfilled the law and given us His righteousness. How do you view the law? What does it mean that Jesus has fulfilled the law? How would you explain this passage to your yet-to...
Romans 6:20-23 | S06E12
TextLab - April 17, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and Hannah discuss Romans 6:20-23 where Paul describes why a life lived to God is better for us and more joyful than a life enslaved to sin. They encourage the Life Group leaders to create space for authenticity and vulnerability in their groups. What is sitting on the throne of ...
Romans 6:15-19 | S06E11
TextLab - April 03, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and Will discuss Romans 6:15-19 and what the relationship between joy and obedience is. They expand on our human nature and how Christ’s crucifixion flips our relationship with the Father. Why would joy in Christ lead us to obedience? Where in your life is it difficult to trust ...
Romans 6:1-14 | S06E10
TextLab - March 27, 2023 13:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and Gary discuss Romans 6:1-14 and dive into detail on our new identity found in Christ. They talk about the radical shift that occurs when Christ carries our sin to the cross and crucifies it with him so that we are no longer under the control of sin but are new creations in him....
Romans 6:5-11 | S06E09
TextLab - March 20, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and Adam discuss Romans 6:5-11 and dive into detail what being dead to sin looks like in our lives today. Additionally, they discuss how this truth leads us to gratitude, living missionally, and creating opportunities for your joy in Christ to be seen by others. What do you find ...
Romans 6:1-4 | S06E08
TextLab - March 13, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and Will discuss Romans 6:1-4 and dive into detail on being new in creation through Christ while still fighting against our fleshly inclination to sin. They expand on the idea that we are saints that struggle against sin and provide practical questions that will help in your Life ...
Romans 5:15-21 | S06E07
TextLab - March 06, 2023 14:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jake and Jasen discuss Romans 5:15-21 and dive into detail on God's amazing grace, what the cross and resurrection mean for us now in our day to day lives, and how we can cultivate spiritual rhythms in our lives and the lives of our life group that provide receptivity to God's Spirit, ...
Romans 5:12-14 | S06E06
TextLab - February 20, 2023 14:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week David & Jake discuss Romans 5:12-14 and what our position is as humanity prior to Christ’s death and resurrection. We all were guilty because of sharing in Adam’s original sin along with the relationship between sin and death. In what ways is Jesus the greater Adam? What does Paul ho...
Romans 5:6-11 | S06E05
TextLab - February 13, 2023 14:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Will & Jake discuss Romans 5:6-15 and what it looks like to delight in the Trinity. They talk about how we all were once enemies of God, #butGod restores us into right relationship with Him which makes us rejoice! They dive into how justification leads us to reconciliation, which makes...
Romans 5:1-5 | S06E04
TextLab - February 06, 2023 14:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Will & Jake discuss Romans 5:1-5 and the importance of justification by faith. They dive into the history of the Church, how justification leads us to rejoice and find joy in the midst of suffering. In verses 1-5 what does Paul tell us that we should be rejoicing about? Why? In what...
Romans 4:16-24 | S06E03
TextLab - January 30, 2023 14:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Will & Jake discuss Romans 4:16-25 and the way that faith plays itself out in the story of Abraham (in Paul's eyes.) We will discuss the story of Abraham, the definition of faith, and how grace plays out in our daily lives. How do you think this text would have been received by the pe...
Romans 4:9-15 | S06E02
TextLab - January 23, 2023 14:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, David and Jake unpack the Abraham narrative in Romans 4. They discuss the meaning behind Abraham's trust in God being credited to him as righteousness, and the grace that we receive because of what Christ has done. Why was the timing of Abraham's circumcision such a big deal in...
Romans 4:1-8 | S06E01
TextLab - January 16, 2023 14:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWill and David are BACK for a new season of the Text Lab! On this episode, they take a look at Romans 4:1-8 and its significance as the summit of what chapters 1-3 have been building towards. • In what ways does Romans 4:1-8 pick up where 1-3 left off? • How does this text show the meaning of wh...
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