A Fresh Wind Midweek

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  1. 6d ago

    Who Holds the Keys? Peter, the Pope, and the Rock

    Send us Fan Mail Jesus’ question cuts through every label and every half-answer: “Who do you say I am?” We sit with that moment in Matthew 16 and talk about why it may be the most important question you will ever answer, not as a debate prompt but as a mirror. Culture has plenty of opinions about Jesus, and we can learn the “right” church response fast, but the honest answer shows up in the patterns of real life, from our schedules and spending to what we reach for when nobody is watching. From there, we tackle the big lines people argue about in Caesarea Philippi: “on this rock I will build my church” and “I will give you the keys of the kingdom.” We walk through why Catholic vs Protestant interpretations of Peter’s role diverge, why word studies can get tricky when we are dealing with ancient languages, and why context matters more than clever arguments. We also connect the “rock” theme to the wider Bible and explain why we believe the confession that Jesus is Messiah and Son of the living God is central to what Jesus is drawing out. We then unpack “binding and loosing” as Jewish rabbinic language and explain the difference between God reacting to our decisions versus the church announcing what God has already set in heaven. The “keys of the kingdom” become a powerful picture in Acts as the gospel opens doors to Jews, Samaritans, and Gentiles, and the gates of Hades do not get the final word. If you want a deeper, clearer approach to Bible study, this conversation will help you slow down, pray first, keep Scripture in context, and let Scripture interpret Scripture. Subscribe for more, share this with a friend who loves a good Bible question, and leave a review so more people can find the Midweek Podcast. What’s your honest answer to Jesus’ question today? Support the show THANKS FOR JOINING US! Visit afreshwind.org for even more content and resources to help you take steps towards Jesus and discover more in Christ. DOWNLOAD THE FRESH WIND APP With the A Fresh Wind Church app, you can now take the WIND wherever you go! Access sermons, articles, videos, resources and more to help you discover more in Christ. PLAN YOUR VISIT We know it can be a little weird or even awkward visiting a church for the first time. That's why we created Plan Your Visit. We want to make your first visit as easy as possible, and actually take time to get to know you and your family. Plan Your Visit now to schedule your visit by letting us know you're coming. We will treat you like family from the moment you arrive. MAKE A DONATION Give today and help us continue bringing new content each and every week! We're so grateful for your generosity. Click the link below or simply text any amount to the number (844) 620-5380. DIG DEEPER Looking for even more content to help you learn and apply this week's message? Subscribe to the Pastor's Blog! New posts are available each Friday at 7am. Support the Show

  2. Oct 21

    God Knows Your Name

    Send us Fan Mail One question from God can undo a lifetime of pretending: “What is your name?” Pastor Ryan and Pastor Tim slow down in the life of Jacob and treat that question like a spotlight, not a trivia prompt. Jacob isn’t just stating a name; he’s admitting who he’s been, the deceiver, the manipulator, the guy who keeps trying to get ahead through schemes. And that’s where hope begins, because confession is where God starts reshaping identity. We talk through the messy family layers that formed Jacob, especially Rebekah’s decision to force what God already promised. Her story hits close for anyone who feels pressure to make things happen, even “for the right reasons.” We connect that impulse to how we can twist God’s promises into outcomes, comfort, and stuff, and why trusting God’s Word sometimes looks like relaxing our grip instead of tightening it. Then we turn to “the red stuff,” Esau trading his birthright for a bowl of stew, and we ask what modern version of instant gratification steals our future. From road anger to lust to endless distractions, the point isn’t shame; it’s formation. Training in godliness is not just self-control for today, it’s preparation for eternity, for the new name God is writing over your life and the purpose He’s building into you. If you’ve been coasting, stuck in old patterns, or treating faith as nothing more than “not sinning,” come listen and let’s reset the aim toward following Jesus. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the Midweek Podcast. Support the show THANKS FOR JOINING US! Visit afreshwind.org for even more content and resources to help you take steps towards Jesus and discover more in Christ. DOWNLOAD THE FRESH WIND APP With the A Fresh Wind Church app, you can now take the WIND wherever you go! Access sermons, articles, videos, resources and more to help you discover more in Christ. PLAN YOUR VISIT We know it can be a little weird or even awkward visiting a church for the first time. That's why we created Plan Your Visit. We want to make your first visit as easy as possible, and actually take time to get to know you and your family. Plan Your Visit now to schedule your visit by letting us know you're coming. We will treat you like family from the moment you arrive. MAKE A DONATION Give today and help us continue bringing new content each and every week! We're so grateful for your generosity. Click the link below or simply text any amount to the number (844) 620-5380. DIG DEEPER Looking for even more content to help you learn and apply this week's message? Subscribe to the Pastor's Blog! New posts are available each Friday at 7am. Support the Show

  3. Oct 14

    What Do You Want Jesus To Do For You?

    Send us Fan Mail Jesus looks at a blind man and asks a question that still messes with us: “What do you want me to do for you?” We talk about why God asks questions when He already knows the answer, and how those questions expose what’s really going on under our prayer habits, our fear, and our faith. We unpack why so many of us default to vague, safe prayers. Sometimes we’re trying to protect ourselves from disappointment. Sometimes we’re quietly trying to protect God’s reputation, like He needs us to manage His image if the outcome isn’t what we hoped. And sometimes we refuse to ask for what we need because we’re afraid it’s selfish. But Jesus makes prayer personal on purpose, and learning to be specific is one of the biggest steps toward intimacy with God. We also get honest about the answers we don’t like. God may say yes, no, or later, and none of those answers are meant to shame you. We talk about Paul’s “my grace is sufficient” moment, how God uses no to shape us, and why specificity can create real responsibility for the life we’re asking Him to build. Plus, we share a simple practice that changes how you pray for others: “How can I pray for you?” followed by real follow-up. If this helps you rethink prayer, subscribe to the Midweek Podcast, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can discover more in Christ. Support the show THANKS FOR JOINING US! Visit afreshwind.org for even more content and resources to help you take steps towards Jesus and discover more in Christ. DOWNLOAD THE FRESH WIND APP With the A Fresh Wind Church app, you can now take the WIND wherever you go! Access sermons, articles, videos, resources and more to help you discover more in Christ. PLAN YOUR VISIT We know it can be a little weird or even awkward visiting a church for the first time. That's why we created Plan Your Visit. We want to make your first visit as easy as possible, and actually take time to get to know you and your family. Plan Your Visit now to schedule your visit by letting us know you're coming. We will treat you like family from the moment you arrive. MAKE A DONATION Give today and help us continue bringing new content each and every week! We're so grateful for your generosity. Click the link below or simply text any amount to the number (844) 620-5380. DIG DEEPER Looking for even more content to help you learn and apply this week's message? Subscribe to the Pastor's Blog! New posts are available each Friday at 7am. Support the Show

  4. Oct 10

    Blue Chair Podcast Ep. 18 Hard Questions

    Send us Fan Mail The Blue Chair Podcast is back with Pastor Jared and Charles Magyar! This month we discuss the Hard Questions series in September. Those questions got you thinking, tune in to hear our thoughts from the blue chairs.  Support the show THANKS FOR JOINING US! Visit afreshwind.org for even more content and resources to help you take steps towards Jesus and discover more in Christ. DOWNLOAD THE FRESH WIND APP With the A Fresh Wind Church app, you can now take the WIND wherever you go! Access sermons, articles, videos, resources and more to help you discover more in Christ. PLAN YOUR VISIT We know it can be a little weird or even awkward visiting a church for the first time. That's why we created Plan Your Visit. We want to make your first visit as easy as possible, and actually take time to get to know you and your family. Plan Your Visit now to schedule your visit by letting us know you're coming. We will treat you like family from the moment you arrive. MAKE A DONATION Give today and help us continue bringing new content each and every week! We're so grateful for your generosity. Click the link below or simply text any amount to the number (844) 620-5380. DIG DEEPER Looking for even more content to help you learn and apply this week's message? Subscribe to the Pastor's Blog! New posts are available each Friday at 7am. Support the Show

    Blue Chair Podcast Ep. 18 Hard Questions

  5. Oct 7

    Where Are You?

    Send us Fan Mail “Where are you?” isn’t a threat, and it isn’t God trying to catch you in something. It’s a question that stops us in our tracks, shines a light on our drift, and invites us back to the safest place we can be: close to Jesus. Ryan and Tim kick things off with some real life stories, then dive into our Mic'd Up series where God gets the mic and His questions do the heart work we usually avoid. We talk about why God asks questions even though He’s all-knowing, and how those questions are aimed at our awareness, not His understanding. From Jonah’s resistance to God’s mercy to Adam and Eve’s fig leaves in Genesis 3, we trace a pattern: temptation often becomes normal before it becomes obvious, and we start living “near the fence” where we can’t be protected. Along the way, we hit integrity and wholeness, and why a consistent life is actually freedom, not restriction. Then we connect it all to Luke 15 and the prodigal son. The son comes home wrecked, but the father runs, covers him with a robe, and restores him with a ring. That’s the gospel in motion: God doesn’t shame us back into obedience, He welcomes us home into safety. If you’ve been keeping God at arm’s length, let this be your turn-around moment. Listen, share this with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review letting us know what “Where are you?” stirred up in you. Support the show THANKS FOR JOINING US! Visit afreshwind.org for even more content and resources to help you take steps towards Jesus and discover more in Christ. DOWNLOAD THE FRESH WIND APP With the A Fresh Wind Church app, you can now take the WIND wherever you go! Access sermons, articles, videos, resources and more to help you discover more in Christ. PLAN YOUR VISIT We know it can be a little weird or even awkward visiting a church for the first time. That's why we created Plan Your Visit. We want to make your first visit as easy as possible, and actually take time to get to know you and your family. Plan Your Visit now to schedule your visit by letting us know you're coming. We will treat you like family from the moment you arrive. MAKE A DONATION Give today and help us continue bringing new content each and every week! We're so grateful for your generosity. Click the link below or simply text any amount to the number (844) 620-5380. DIG DEEPER Looking for even more content to help you learn and apply this week's message? Subscribe to the Pastor's Blog! New posts are available each Friday at 7am. Support the Show

  6. Sep 30

    Hard Questions? Q&A Part 2

    Send us Fan Mail If you have ever wondered whether prayer actually matters, whether the Bible can be trusted, or whether the spiritual world is more than stories, this conversation is for you. Pastor Ryan wraps up the Hard Questions series by starting where many people get stuck: we do not lack evidence, we often feel overwhelmed by it. He makes a clear case for confidence in Scripture, then offers a simple invitation for skeptics and seekers alike: stay open minded, start reading, and see what happens when God’s Word begins to work on you. From there we take on a question that sounds like a mic drop until you sit with Jesus’ words: if God already knows what you need, why pray? We walk through why prayer is not about informing God, performing with many words, or trying to strong arm heaven. Instead, prayer is communion with a Father who already cares and an instrument God chooses to work through. We also address the tension in Scripture where God “relents” in some passages while other texts say God does not change, and we define intercession as standing in the gap for others, including how the Spirit and Christ intercede for us. We also tackle two high interest topics people search for constantly: why Protestants recognize 66 books while Catholics include additional books, and what the Bible actually teaches about ghosts, mediums, witches, and the occult. Finally, we clarify what “third heaven” means in 2 Corinthians 12 and why “levels of heaven” is not the right framework, even though Scripture does describe differing rewards. Subscribe for more honest, Bible anchored conversations, share this episode with a friend who loves big questions, and leave a review. What hard question do you want us to answer next? Support the show THANKS FOR JOINING US! Visit afreshwind.org for even more content and resources to help you take steps towards Jesus and discover more in Christ. DOWNLOAD THE FRESH WIND APP With the A Fresh Wind Church app, you can now take the WIND wherever you go! Access sermons, articles, videos, resources and more to help you discover more in Christ. PLAN YOUR VISIT We know it can be a little weird or even awkward visiting a church for the first time. That's why we created Plan Your Visit. We want to make your first visit as easy as possible, and actually take time to get to know you and your family. Plan Your Visit now to schedule your visit by letting us know you're coming. We will treat you like family from the moment you arrive. MAKE A DONATION Give today and help us continue bringing new content each and every week! We're so grateful for your generosity. Click the link below or simply text any amount to the number (844) 620-5380. DIG DEEPER Looking for even more content to help you learn and apply this week's message? Subscribe to the Pastor's Blog! New posts are available each Friday at 7am. Support the Show

  7. Sep 23

    Hard Questions? Q&A Part 1

    Send us Fan Mail The questions people are afraid to ask in church are often the ones shaping their faith at home. Pastor Ryan sits down with a stack of listener submissions and answers them with Scripture, candor, and the kind of pastoral care that makes room for both conviction and compassion. We start with grief and the loss of a spouse, pushing back on the pressure to “be over it” and holding tight to the promise that God is near to the brokenhearted. From there we step into divorce and remarriage, why the Bible treats marriage as covenant, what Jesus and Paul actually say, and why comparing our private pain to someone else’s public story can quietly poison our hearts. Then we move into big theological ground: what about people who never heard about Jesus, how creation and conscience fit into God’s justice, and why Acts shows God sending the gospel to seekers. We also tackle questions you might not expect in the same conversation: Paradise and Hades before the resurrection, whether pets will be in heaven, and whether Christians can eat halal food with a clear conscience. We close with two weighty topics that touch almost everyone: finding peace when God does not give the answers we want, and what heaven means for our memories of those who may be in hell. If you’re carrying hard questions, you’re not alone. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review to help more people discover hope and clarity in Christ. Support the show THANKS FOR JOINING US! Visit afreshwind.org for even more content and resources to help you take steps towards Jesus and discover more in Christ. DOWNLOAD THE FRESH WIND APP With the A Fresh Wind Church app, you can now take the WIND wherever you go! Access sermons, articles, videos, resources and more to help you discover more in Christ. PLAN YOUR VISIT We know it can be a little weird or even awkward visiting a church for the first time. That's why we created Plan Your Visit. We want to make your first visit as easy as possible, and actually take time to get to know you and your family. Plan Your Visit now to schedule your visit by letting us know you're coming. We will treat you like family from the moment you arrive. MAKE A DONATION Give today and help us continue bringing new content each and every week! We're so grateful for your generosity. Click the link below or simply text any amount to the number (844) 620-5380. DIG DEEPER Looking for even more content to help you learn and apply this week's message? Subscribe to the Pastor's Blog! New posts are available each Friday at 7am. Support the Show

  8. Sep 9

    The Empty Tomb Confirms The Cross Was Enough

    Send us Fan Mail If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, then Christianity is not just wrong, it’s pointless. That’s the blunt question we sit with as we wrap up Signs And Glory, our long walk through the Gospel of John, and zoom in on the final movements: remain, finished, and risen. We talk about why we rush past the cross and forget what “It Is Finished” actually cost. The resurrection is the stamp of confirmation on every claim Jesus made, and it also explains the sudden change in the disciples. These aren’t heroes looking for a platform. They hide, they doubt, they panic, and then they become witnesses who are willing to suffer because they believe they saw a living Christ. We also touch on the early testimony of the church and why skeptics still have to wrestle with the historical claim that the tomb was empty and people insisted they encountered Jesus. Then we make it personal. Mary is crushed by grief until Jesus calls her by name. Thomas refuses to believe without proof, and Jesus meets him right there. Peter feels disqualified after denial, but Jesus restores him with one question asked three times: “Do you love me?” That restoration leads into abiding in Christ, where obedience grows from gratitude, not from trying to earn salvation, because grace through faith is a gift. If you’ve ever wondered whether God knows you, whether your doubts disqualify you, or whether your failures are final, this conversation is for you. Subscribe for more, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the Midweek Podcast. Support the show THANKS FOR JOINING US! Visit afreshwind.org for even more content and resources to help you take steps towards Jesus and discover more in Christ. DOWNLOAD THE FRESH WIND APP With the A Fresh Wind Church app, you can now take the WIND wherever you go! Access sermons, articles, videos, resources and more to help you discover more in Christ. PLAN YOUR VISIT We know it can be a little weird or even awkward visiting a church for the first time. That's why we created Plan Your Visit. We want to make your first visit as easy as possible, and actually take time to get to know you and your family. Plan Your Visit now to schedule your visit by letting us know you're coming. We will treat you like family from the moment you arrive. MAKE A DONATION Give today and help us continue bringing new content each and every week! We're so grateful for your generosity. Click the link below or simply text any amount to the number (844) 620-5380. DIG DEEPER Looking for even more content to help you learn and apply this week's message? Subscribe to the Pastor's Blog! New posts are available each Friday at 7am. Support the Show

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    A Fresh Wind Church
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
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