Fifteen&: A Podcast Experience

Chris McAlister
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A community committed to growing as servant leaders through the transformative stories and principles from the Bible taught by Dr. Chris McAlister. Come join us for 30 minutes of teaching and 30 minutes of conversation.

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  1. S13 E1 [Heaven Now] Part 1: Love

    EPISODE 1

    S13 E1 [Heaven Now] Part 1: Love

    Heaven isn’t just a future promise — it’s something we can experience now. In this episode, we explore the tension between Martha and Mary and what it reveals about how we live, lead, and relate to others. Many of us build our identity around being needed — stepping in, fixing, and over-serving — but that often leads to anxiety, frustration, and disconnection. Through the lens of the Fruit of the Spirit and the Beatitudes, this teaching invites you to slow down, be formed first, and learn to discern what is truly needed versus what is simply asked for. Real transformation doesn’t come from winning big cultural battles — it happens in the small, everyday moments where we choose to live with God, not just for Him. WEEKLY REFLECTION: Where in your life right now are you giving someone what they want instead of what they need, because meeting the want makes you feel more useful?What is one need you have on your team or in your home that you've been meeting indirectly, or not asking for at all? What would it cost you to say it out loud this week?Is there a relationship where you've become the permanent solution, and if you're honest, part of you likes it that way? What would it look like to step back out of love instead of staying in out of fear? Thank you for listening. You can support 15& by visiting fifteenand.org.

    35 min
  2. S13 E2 [Heaven Now] Part 2: Joy

    EPISODE 2

    S13 E2 [Heaven Now] Part 2: Joy

    In Part 2 of Heaven Now, we explore the deeper meaning of joy—not as a reaction to success or momentum, but as something rooted beneath it. Through the story of Elijah, this episode exposes the hidden cost of always moving, achieving, and pushing forward, and why those patterns eventually lead to burnout or despair. True joy isn’t found in the highs of breakthrough moments or the avoidance of pain, but in learning to pause, receive, and reconnect with the still, steady center beneath it all. If you’ve been running on momentum, feeling the pressure to keep up, or struggling to slow down without losing your edge, this conversation will challenge how you think about joy—and where it actually comes from. WEEKLY REFLECTION: Where in your life right now are you running on momentum instead of letting yourself be cared for?What's the lie your fear is telling you about being alone in this?Who is one person you could stop performing for this week and just receive from? Thank you for listening. You can support 15& by visiting fifteenand.org.

    39 min
  3. S13 E3 [Heaven Now] Part 3: Peace

    EPISODE 3

    S13 E3 [Heaven Now] Part 3: Peace

    In Part 3 of Heaven Now, we explore the deeper meaning of peace—not as the absence of conflict, but as the grounded presence that makes honesty possible. Through the story of King Saul, this episode exposes the hidden cost of leading for belonging instead of obedience, and why the fear of not fitting in quietly corrupts even the most capable leaders. True peace isn't found in the room agreeing with you or in smoothing over what's uncomfortable, but in learning to hear God's voice above the crowd's. If you've been avoiding a hard conversation, managing your reputation, or building your life around staying in the group, this conversation will challenge how you think about peace—and where it actually comes from.  WEEKLY REFLECTION: Where in your life are you keeping peace (avoiding conflict) instead of making peace (building wholeness)? What is it costing you?Think about the loudest voice in your last hard decision. Was it God's voice, the group's voice, or your fear's voice? How can you tell the difference?Saul asked for honor before the elders even after losing the kingdom. Where are you managing your reputation instead of walking in obedience? What would it look like to stop? Thank you for listening. You can support 15& by visiting fifteenand.org.

    38 min
  4. S13 E4 [Heaven Now] Part 4: Patience

    EPISODE 4

    S13 E4 [Heaven Now] Part 4: Patience

    Heaven isn’t a future promise we’re waiting on, it’s something we can experience now. In this episode, we look at Moses and the fear of inadequacy: the wiring that drives us to either prove ourselves through competency or hide from anything we might not be great at. Trained in Pharaoh’s house, Moses tried to be the deliverer on his own terms and spent forty years in the wilderness being unmade. Years later, told by God to speak to the rock (Numbers 20), his impatience drove him to strike it instead. Through the lens of the Fruit of the Spirit (patience — makrothymia) and the Beatitudes (“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted”), this teaching invites you to let it hurt before you solve it, receive before you give, and speak to the rock instead of striking it. Because patience isn’t produced by trying harder — it’s the fruit of a life first filled by God. Where are you currently running the impatience proving play (all competence, all analysis), and where are you running the hiding play (avoiding the new thing because you might not be good at it)?What is the "past-proven method" you are currently reaching for when the present moment is actually asking for something different? What would "speaking to the rock" look like instead? (Numbers 20)"I can't give patience I haven't received." Where in your life this week are you trying to produce patience you have not received? Thank you for listening. You can support 15& by visiting fifteenand.org.

    40 min
  5. S13 E5 [Heaven Now] Part 5: Kindness

    EPISODE 5

    S13 E5 [Heaven Now] Part 5: Kindness

    In this episode of the Heaven Now series, Chris walks through the fruit of the Spirit of kindness and the identity fear that makes it hardest to access: the fear of poor performance. Using Solomon — the builder of the temple, the writer of Proverbs, and the author of Ecclesiastes — as the central biblical anchor, Chris traces how a divided heart turns a gift for achievement into a burden no scoreboard can satisfy. The prodigal son’s father provides the counterimage: the kindness that runs before the speech is finished, the yoke that fits rather than chafes. Rooted in the Beatitude “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God,” this teaching calls leaders out of split motives and into the undivided life that actually transforms people. WEEKLY REFLECTION: 1. Where are you currently running Fear 5's Achievement Addict play (identity equals output, people as variables) convincing yourself more accomplishment means more worth? 2. Where in your life are you split — two motives running in parallel, one named and one hidden?  Pick one area this week — one meeting, one relationship, one hour — where you will cut the second motive and show up undivided. What are you afraid will happen if you do?3. Where in your life this week are you trying to produce kindness you have not received? What would it look like, concretely, to let the Father run the field toward you tomorrow morning before the scoreboard does? Thank you for listening. You can support 15& by visiting fifteenand.org.

    39 min
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