Pleasure in God 7.28.10
If we have fullness in God, why
is it that we sometimes feel the need to fill our lives with something else?
What does fullness in Christ look like? Do we know what it means to take
pleasure in God or do we maintain spiritual fantasies?
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Missing the Spirit? 7.21.10
Often while in the institutional
church we developed prejudices in what to do in furthering the Kingdom of God.
So we end up doing nothing to avoid religious obligation. So now you've
de-toxed from all of that. What happens next? Could we be missing
the leading of his spirit because of our prejudice?
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Taking Time with Father 7.14.10
Busy? Distracted? Hectic?
Sums up our lives lately. So Father is getting our attention once again
about spending time with him, but how do we do that in this day of light speed
lifestyles?
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One in Soul 6.29.10
Back in May, David traveled to
Spokane, Washington to visit with other believers in different stages of their
journey to discuss what Father had been showing them.
The concept of being one in soul
found in Colossians 2:2 was one of David's discussions.
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In His Kingdom 6.19.10
Our discussion centers around
living in the kingdom of God. Could there be more to discover in his
kingdom than what we've previously experienced?
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The Catalyst of Love 6.5.10
Living loved has its challenges. It challenges our control of life, our
logic, our own expectations. Yet in it we discover the catalyst it has on
revealing Father's love for us and changing our perspective on "the abundant
life".
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Abandoned 5.25.10
Sometimes it seems as though Father has abandoned us. In finances, health,
circumstances, we wonder what is going on? We discuss this issue and share
some of the insights from our journey.
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Significance 5.17.10
What brings joy? Inspiration? Our efforts of spiritual disciplines? Or is there
another source of joy that is discovered once outside the IC?
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His Kingdom 5.7.10
This discussion covers a variety of thoughts regarding being in Father's
kingdom. From Quantum physics to simple relationships to living in the
security of his authority.
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Setting Our Minds 4.26.10
Distractions, disappointments, disillusions have a way of blowing up our world
and our sense of identity with it. Do we react or get resurrected?
Is there competition for our thoughts? Just some of the stuff we share
about.
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Discovering Prayer 4.19.10
OK so we start talking about the layman's prayer revival of 1857 and quickly
move on to the reality of discovering prayer outside of religious obligation.
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A New Kingdom 4.12.10
We chat about David's recent visit to Arizona where he visited with Darin
Hufford, Wes Boldt and other long time friends. One of the topics that
came out of David's visit was the realization of the two kingdoms. Leaving
the one kingdom of the world (the IC) is not as simple as turning in your
membership, there's the process of death and resurrection into entering the new
kingdom.
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Getting Franchised? 4.5.10
We discuss an article Steve Crosby sent David on the massive disconnect between
how the institutional church goes about raising disciples in comparison to the
way it would work in the realm of relationships.
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Rock Canada 3.29.10
We catch up with Michael and Mark from
Rock Canada. We have a fun time talking about their journey which is
amazingly similar to the Family Room's journey.
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Wes Boldt 3.22.10
Back in September of 2009, David met
Wes Boldt at the gathering in
North Carolina. It turns out that Wes had written a book
"Identity Theft" on the very topic that David had been thinking about
writing.
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Avoiding Pain 3.14.10
Pain is no fun. We do things to avoid pain physically and emotionally.
But do we carry around emotional pain that Father wants to heal? This
conversation goes into some of these areas based on some recent events Bob and
David have gone through.
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Hearing His Voice 3.6.10
We start off talking about movies and steer head on into the reality and impact
hearing Jesus' voice has in our lives. While in the IC hearing his voice
was a thing of mystery, Outside of the box that's what we're supposed to do.
Jesus describes this in John 10.
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The Law of Fear 2.26.10
Loving your enemies and other impossibilities is how our discussion begins, and
then expands out into how we make laws for ourselves based on what we fear.
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Julia Duin 2.23.10
Julia Duin
the current religion editor for the Washington Times is our guest on this
podcast. In September 2008, Julia published her book
"Quitting Church". She had contacted David during her research on the
book. David chats with her about her book, community, and her most recent
book
"Days of Fire and Glory"
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Family of God 2.12.10
So often we are have been
shouldered with the responsibility of being a part of God's kingdom, and yet the
reality of Christ's sacrifice is that we are adopted into Father's family.
Have we missed the real impact of what that means? This discussion opens
up immensity of what it means to be a part of Father's family in the day to day
relationships we encounter.
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Wayne Jacobsen 2.05.10
We were able to catch up with
Wayne Jacobsen and have a
lively conversation with him ranging on topics of living loved, the wonder of
our relationship in Christ, grace and law based evangelism.
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The IC as Theater 1.30.10
Looking forward into the new
year we discuss the wonderful potential of living life fully engaged in reality
with our confident relationship with Father, as opposed to the unreality of the
theater that was and often times is the institutional church.
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Complacency 1.22.10
As we looked back on 2009, and
the challenges that people have faced, our conversation turned to the trap of
complacency. Often we tend to get our eyes on our self or our situation,
but what does Father have for us in this new year? How do we get our eyes
back on him?
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Walking in Adversity 1.15.10
Bruce Backman joins our
conversation again. This time he shares about the financial adversity he's
been facing and what Father has been showing him regarding finances, family and
trusting in him.
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Expected Results 1.08.10
Many times we get frustrated
because the results we expected for a situation don't turn out. But how have
we been trained in the IC to form our expectations? Often Jesus would
state that he only did only what he saw the Father doing. Was that only
for Jesus, or can we do the same thing?
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Spiritual Abuse 12.30.09
Recently David was made aware of
some specific situations where spiritual abuse had severe consequences in some
people's lives. This sparked our conversation as to what is spiritual
abuse and how does it start?
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The Crucified Life 12.21.09
This topic from the IC
perspective would more or less send a groan of resignation from the believer.
Some strained mystical reality that we read about but inevitably end up in a
vicious cycle of self consciousness. What are the possibilities of living
this way outside of the institutional church perspective?
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Clarification pt 2 12.14.09
Answering our critics. Part
2 The role of the Bible in the believers life outside of the IC.
What does that look like and other related topics.
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Clarification 12.3.09
Answering our critics. We
thought to do this podcast to clarify some of our positions and thoughts
regarding God's nature, the Bible, the Old and New Covenants and other
criticisms we've received. (Note: This podcast also has less than
desirable audio quality, but we've figured out what went wrong and
have since corrected the problem, so this is the last podcast where the audio quality is below our normal standard.)
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Spiritual Disciplines 11.25.09
Often we first learn and develop
spiritual disciplines in the IC when it comes to prayer, reading the Bible and a
host of other spiritual disciplines. So how does that change once you're
now longer under the religious obligations of the IC? Do you just get lazy
or is there another motivating factor? (Note: The audio quality on this
podcast is below our normal standard due to a technical mishap.)
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You're the Salt 11.14.09
Living in freedom in Christ
allows us to embrace who we are as catalysts in the lives of those around us.
We truly can be salt spilled out of the salt shaker.
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Removing the Veil 11.05.09
The concept of 'The Veil' being
removed from our eyes relates to Moses and the veil that he wore. Has the I.C.
put a veil over the eyes of believers today?
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Got Grace? 10.30.09
David returns from his visit
with the Rock Canada folks in Alberta. During that time of sharing and
fellowship David talks about a unique revelation regarding God's grace that
Father unexpectedly showed him.
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Religious prejudice 10.21.09
Part of our ongoing
conversations is about what we discover on this journey outside of the walls of
institutional Christianity. One such discovery is how much religious
prejudice accompanied our perspective of others in the world.
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Charlotte 10.14.09
David returns from his visit to
the gathering in Charlotte, NC, and shares about his experience there where
folks from around the U.S. and 8 different countries were sharing about what is
happening globally with folks leaving the Institutional Church.
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Doctrine 10.2.09
David returns from his visit in
Oregon where he had an opportunity to meet with some seasoned believers that
were outside of the IC box. One of the topics that came up was the
new role and perspective regarding doctrine.
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Community 9.24.09
David and a few of the Family
Room folks were pleasantly surprised by a visit from some people that knew about
David's book while they were gathering outside of a bagel shop. This
sparked our conversation about community and what it looks like outside of the
IC.
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No Man's Land 9.16.09
David makes an observation from
a blog that he read about how today's youth are in a 'No Man's Land'.
There's often such a disconnect between youth and the IC culture. Are they
allowed to grow in their own relationship with Father, or are they being kept
from spiritual maturity?
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God's Provision 9.09.09
Bruce Backman joins us again in
our conversation about today's economic times, and how our perspectives of God's
provision are going through a real overhaul. Outside of the IC influence,
how are folks discovering a deeper sense of their relationship with Father?
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Significant 9.02.09
Ever been pigeonholed in your
relationship with Father by the constraints of the IC? How often were we
reduced into feeling insignificant in Father's kingdom when the esteemed
minister showed up? This discussion pounces on a few of these points and others
that have robbed us of the significance of our
relationship with Father.
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The Process 8.26.09
We discuss a passage from Oswald
Chambers' book 'My Utmost For His Highest' that focuses on the fact that God
does not look at results as the goal. But that the process is the goal as
God sees it.
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Institutional Seeds 8.19.09
Often it seems that folks set
off on a journey away from the ponderous institutional church and yet carry the
seeds of the IC method with them as they try to start a new work, or ministry,,
or gathering. Yet those seeds of the institutional structure soon begin to
grow, and before long start becoming very demanding.
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Displaying Christ 8.12.09
The freedom we have in our
relationship with Father allows us to freely display Christ to everyone we come
in contact with. Without religious obligations, how does this revelation
transform our perspective of everyday life?
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Darin Hufford 7.29.09
We get the chance to speak with
Darin Hufford from the Free Believers
Network. We found out about his journey and other topics that touch on
what he has encountered in his various opportunities to share about freedom
outside of religious obligation with others.
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Friendship with God? 7.24.09
If the whole aspect of
friendship with Father seems simple enough, then why do so many believers have
such a difficult time living it?
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The Treasure of Relationships 7.10.09
Are we missing God because we've
taken certain relationships in our lives for granted? Perhaps there is a
larger element in our relationship with Father that is found in our
relationships with others.
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More of God 7.2.09
This discussion is a variety of
points that we brought up that surround the fact that we know we have fullness
in Christ, but why does it seem that at times we aren't experiencing it?
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Dispensable 6.24.09
Steve Crosby joins us again in
this conversation that brings a new dimension into the incarnational life.
Is Father able to dispense the life of Christ through us to others, or are we
holding tight the reins of our life?
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Earthen vessels 6.12.09
This discussion covers a wide
range of realities of what it means to display Father's glory in this world as
earthen vessels. We break out of the IC's mold of what is the significant
display of God's glory.
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Frustration 6.5.09
Watching the recent political
landscape being radically altered, a certain sense of helpless frustration can
seep in. But are we really helpless? We seen in the past how the IC
responded politically to situations, but how do you respond to these changes
outside of the IC?
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Judgment on the church 5.29.09
David received an interesting
article by pastor Loren Sanford about God's judgment not on America, but on the
church. This sparks a lively conversation that takes some unexpected
turns.
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Boise 5.21.09
David recently returned from a
gathering in Boise, Idaho that included folks from a variety of places in their
journey. IC pastors to folks in transition to folks outside of the IC.
This conversation brings up and expands some of the points discussed.
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Incarnational Living 5.14.09
This topic starts out with the
follow-up on the rest of David's Asia trip as he traveled into Thailand.
It soon heads into a stirring conversation about what it means to live
incarnationally, and the role the IC has had in thwarting believers who try to
live that way.
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Singapore 5.07.09
We chat with David about his
recent trip to Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. He was there to share
with believers and encourage them in their journey.
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Gracious Uncertainty 4.30.09
Oswald Chambers wrote about this topic that we expanded in our conversation.
"To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all of our ways..."
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Contending With God 4.15.09
This conversation is rich
because we all have had our moments with Father about one issue or another.
This topic is explored from many different aspects to discover: What does it
really mean to contend with God. Are we supposed to?
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