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During the month of December Rick and Svea turn the microphone around and answer your questions on the podcast. Do you have a questions you'd like them to address in future episodes? Email your questions to [email protected]. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:40 Five questions for today's episode: 1) (04:37) God is all-knowi…
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During the month of December Rick and Svea turn the microphone around and answer your questions on the podcast. Do you have a questions you'd like them to address? Email your questions to [email protected]. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:15 QUESTION 1: The discussion on not being able to lose one's salvation was new to me…
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During the month of December Rick and Svea turn the microphone around and answer your questions on the podcast. Do you have a questions you'd like them to address? Email your questions to [email protected]. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 01:55 Send your questions for the podcast to [email protected] 03:18 QUESTION 1…
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On this Love Is The Agenda weekend, Rick and Svea talk about our guest speaker, Dr. Walter Kim, and the message he had on living out the gospel. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:49 CIM is taking the 2025 Thanksgiving week off. During December we're going to answer your questions on ANY topic. Send questions to [email protected]
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Rick and Svea close out the series on Acts of Leadership by looking at a powerful act of leadership: telling your story about your relationship with Jesus. No one knows your story better than you. No one will know your story unless you tell it. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:28 This passage resonated with a lot of people. It helps…
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Rick and Svea spend much of the episode discussing Paul's warning to the church leaders in Ephesus as found in Acts 20:17-38: watch out for the wolves among you. A warning from Rick about this episode: It may contain meandering conversation with points of lucidity in a forest of discontinuity and convoluted word salads, but it has been fun. Topics …
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This week the Acts of Leadership series takes us to Acts 15. Rick and Svea look at circumcision and the old covenant, the new covenant, and James' declaration in Acts 15:19, “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God." Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:41 We will always…
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This week Rick and Svea look at Acts 10 and the story of Cornelius. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 06:11 Three questions about leadership: whom am I looking to for leadership, how am I leading myself, who looks to me for leadership. 07:31 Cornelius in Acts 10. He was a complex character, we're all complex characters. 10:12 We're neve…
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Pastor Caleb Smith joins Rick and Svea to dig into the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro and Rick's Boundary Waters adventures. 03:50 Week three of Acts of Leadership: what jumped out of this week's passage? 07:43 Caleb's process in seeing discipleship in this passage. 14:16 Who you are is a gre…
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Today Rick and Svea talk about the challenges to developing authentic deep community and provide some ideas for developing this community. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 00:48 This week's focus is on community and the requirement for leadership decisions to shepherd each other. 02:15 We live in a culture that is driven by individuali…
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In today's episode Rick and Svea open discussion on our new series - a survey of the book of Acts: Acts of Leadership. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Exciting news about Autumn Ridge and Practicing the Way. 05:18 Acts of Leadership message series: leadership is a destination of discipleship. 07:15 "I'm not really a natural lead…
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In today's episode Rick and Svea have a discussion about loving our enemies and hating our enemies. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro - A Sunday afternoon gone wrong. 04:05 An illustration from Rick's Sunday experience. 06:11 Two visions: Love your enemy or hate your enemy. 08:23 What does it look like to love your enemy? 09:55 Paying a…
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We begin a new season of Church Is Messy on a very serious note: A response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro - welcome back after Rick's sabbatical. 01:46 A renewed sense of identity as a part of sabbatical. 08:05 The assassination of Charlie Kirk. 10:09 An email we received. 12:22 We're a church t…
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In the final episode on our series on the mission, vision, and values of Autumn Ridge Church, Rick and Svea discuss values seven and eight: 7) take your next step and 8) trust the process. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:37 Values 7 and 8: 7) Take your next step, and 8) Trust the process. 07:28 Direction over speed. 08:17 There is …
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In this continuing series of looking at the mission, vision, and values of Autumn Ridge Church, Rick and Svea turn their attention to values five and six: 5) move toward the messes and 6) make generosity normal. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 01:48 Our mission, vision, and values (mvv) are guardrails that keep us from straying into u…
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In this continuing series of looking at the mission, vision, and values of Autumn Ridge Church, Rick and Svea turn their attention to values three and four: 3) Honor guests enthusiastically and 4) belong before you believe. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 03:20 Coming to church can be difficult. Knowing people are coming in feeling an…
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In this continuing series of looking at the mission, vision, and values of Autumn Ridge Church, Rick and Svea turn their attention to values one and two: Take truth seriously and give grace relentlessly. Topics discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:10 Eight values at Autumn Ridge Church. Why do we have them? 05:14 Values one and two: 1) take tr…
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Rick and Svea kick-off a five-part series on the Mission, Vision, and Values of Autumn Ridge Church. Topics discussed in this Episode: 0:00 Intro 02:47 Why does Autumn Ridge have a mission statement? Knowing why we say "Yes" and "No" to various opportunities. 04:02 Most of life's hurts happen when we live in contradiction to our purpose. 07:10 Our …
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Rick and Svea discuss the three major goals of the summer's Holy Lit series. Topics Discussed in this Episode: 00:00 Intro 02:46 Holy Lit - three goals 03:05 Goal one: Uncomplicate our relationship with the Bible. 09:59 If you have a simplistic understanding of the Bible you're going to have a more complicated relationship with it. 12:01 Goal two: …
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Pastor Caleb Smith joins Rick and Svea to close the Loaded Questions series. They discuss success and failure and how society's framework for success is at odds with the Gospel's framework for success. Topics Discussed in this Episode: 00:00 Intro 00:57 Reflecting on the Loaded Questions series. 04:42 What was it like preparing to speak on failure?…
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