Formed by Jesus Podcast

Trey Van Camp, Caleb Martinez
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Our podcast for discipleship to Jesus at Passion Creek Church

  1. Sep 27

    How to Make Peace at Work | Peacemaking E9

    How to Make Peace at Work When You Can’t Change Jobs (Ephesians 6) In August 2020 amid pandemic fallout, church disruption, and personal panic attacks, the speaker recalls a mentor asking pastors how to keep going when work they once loved becomes what they hate, introducing a chart of responsibility, control, and reward that explains boredom and burnout and how frustration in work is normal in a fallen world. Turning to Ephesians 6:5–9, he addresses the slavery text with historical context, clarifying Paul isn’t endorsing slavery but guiding Christians within a broken system and planting gospel seeds that undermine it. He then applies workplace principles: spirit-filled employees work respectfully, sincerely, willingly, and expectantly, avoiding “eye service” and people-pleasing by remembering they work for Christ, their true reward. For leaders, Paul warns against power-wielding and threatening, reminding bosses they are under God’s authority. The episode closes with group and growth practices to pursue redemptive (not exploitative) work that serves others for God’s approval. 00:00 August 2020 Memories 00:44 A Pastor’s Breaking Point 01:43 The Work Health Chart 02:37 Boredom vs Burnout 05:31 Peace Without Quitting 05:57 Ephesians 6 Setup 06:43 Slavery Context Explained 12:22 Workplace Principles Today 13:44 Four Marks of Employees 19:02 Eye Service Trap 22:55 Working for Jesus 25:27 Bosses and Control 29:18 Pastor Story Application 35:36 Responsibility Practice 38:24 Redemptive Work Challenge 39:07 Final Response

  2. Sep 25

    Recap | Making Peace With Your Children

    Parenting Wisdom with My Mom (Principal Lisa Vancamp): Kids as Arrows, Seasons of Parenting, and Priorities On the Formed by Jesus podcast, the host interviews his mother, Lisa Vancamp, about parenting, peacemaking with children, and viewing kids as “arrows” to launch into the world. Lisa shares how she embraced each stage of childhood, prayed through fears about the teen years, and tried to present upcoming phases as something to celebrate. They discuss avoiding fear-based or scarcity language with children, protecting kids from adult burdens, and modeling faith through consistent church involvement, Bible reading, and avoiding gossip. Lisa outlines overlapping parenting “seasons” (caregiver, cop, coach/cheerleader, and consultant), emphasizing clear expectations, formation through discipline, and giving advice mainly when asked. She also highlights not comparing siblings and concludes that children don’t inherit convictions as much as they inherit priorities. 00:00 Meet the Guest Mom 00:26 Kids as Arrows 02:48 Celebrating Teen Years 07:43 Money Talk and Scarcity 12:13 Millennial Parenting Shifts 18:09 Church Expectations and Discipline 23:44 Family Stories and Quirks 27:55 Parenting Seasons 0 to 4 30:22 Cop Not Dictator 32:46 No Victim Mentality 34:04 Priorities By Example 36:19 Gentle Correction Shift 39:30 Coach And Cheerleader 41:25 Sports Benefits And Idols 43:50 Grades Excellence Mindset 45:49 Consultant After High School 47:52 Boundaries And Freedom 53:24 Protect Each Child 55:15 Priorities Become Theology 55:48 Leaves On Trees Finale

  3. Sep 20

    Making Peace With Your Children

    For those with children, parenting can often become a battleground for peacemaking. We can ignore conflict, lash out in anger, or hold impossibly high expectations over our kids while they grow up. In Ephesians 6, Paul shows parents how to avoid these pitfalls. He tells them not to stir up anger in their children, but to “bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” To bring them up means to nurture them so they’re prepared for the world when they leave the home. Training them means instilling discipline in them towards holiness, and to instruct them means to give them counsel, to listen, and to speak encouragement over them. Peacemaking in parenting then is more than avoiding conflict. It’s bringing peace to the household, or what the Bible describes as wholeness, flourishing, and living in the fullness of what God intended. Every parent is forming their child. The question is whether we are doing it intentionally.

  4. Sep 16

    Recap | Making Peace with Your Parents

    Why We Go Slow: Peacemaking, Discipleship, and Honoring Your Parents | Formed by Jesus Podcast In a new studio format, the hosts explain why their church focuses on one spiritual practice for months rather than covering many topics quickly, arguing that transformation and discipleship require slow, repeated formation and that practices like peacemaking need longer than a few weeks. They discuss how the Sermon on the Mount may be a condensed synthesis of Jesus’ teachings and why sermon-based group guides help people process teachings beyond Sunday. They outline a revised group rhythm influenced by Practicing the Way—learning, practicing, and reflecting/processing—emphasizing deliberate practice and debriefing to avoid ingraining unhealthy habits. The conversation applies this to honoring parents, clarifying honor versus affection or control, exploring thresholds in relationships, and distinguishing lament from contempt, including how to respond when parents have caused deep harm without slipping into gossip or bitterness. 00:00 New Studio Banter 01:26 Why Long Practice Series 03:03 Sermon on Mount Strategy 05:50 Discipleship Over Content 07:50 Rethinking Group Guides 11:14 Learn Practice Process 13:36 Deliberate Practice Debriefs 16:27 Honor Parents Nuance 17:07 Life Relationship Thresholds 20:33 Culture Contempt Authority 23:52 Honor Not Friendship 24:49 Honor Across Cultures 26:26 When Parents Are Abusive 29:45 Gratitude For Survival 31:54 Lament Versus Contempt 34:58 Gossip And Control Traps 38:39 When To Confront 40:49 Biblical Parenting Limits 43:30 Hebrew Greek Banter 44:32 Closing Blessing

  5. Sep 13

    Making Peace With Your Parents | Peacemaking E7

    Our church gathers every Sunday at 8:30am & 10:15am at Queen Creek Junior High. 20435 South Old Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek, AZ https://passioncreek.church/sundays/ In week 7 of our Peacemaking practice, we turn our attention toward our relationship with our parents. Regardless of how old you are now, all of us have parents. And just like with our marriages, our relationships with our parents can be both a blessing and a burden. In Ephesians 6, Paul gives us instructions on how to navigate these relationships. He begins by telling children to obey their parents. But then he moves from obedience to honor, quoting the fifth commandment from Exodus 20. The distinction matters because obedience is seasonal, but honor is forever. As children, we honor our parents’ authority of command. As adults, that authority changes into an authority of counsel. The authority changes, but the honor doesn’t. The word honor carries the idea of weight, value, and significance. To honor someone is to give them weight, to recognize their value rather than treating them as insignificant. Honoring our parents, then, doesn’t mean giving them control of our lives or pretending they’re perfect; it means learning to recognize their value, give them appropriate weight, and love them well as the relationship changes. 00:00 Why Thresholds Matter 01:32 Relationships Shift With Change 03:12 When Kids Become Adults 05:35 Peacemaking With Parents 07:47 Obedience Versus Honor 09:32 Exodus And The Ten Words 13:06 The Promise And Authority 18:18 Command Versus Counsel 21:08 Jesus Confronts Corban 23:42 Honor Means Action 27:47 What Honor Is Not 29:18 Seat At The Table 32:51 Honor Versus Contempt 35:15 Identity In The Father 37:16 Practices For This Week

  6. Sep 9

    7 Habits of a Peaceful Marriage | Recap Peacemaking E6

    In week 6 of our Peacemaking Practice we take all that we have learned about peacemaking and apply it to our marriages. Our marriages can be both a tremendous blessing and a painful burden. In Ephesians 5, Paul addresses this tension by giving commands to both husbands and wives. He starts by commanding both to submit to each other with humility in verse 21. Then he commands husbands to love their wives sacrificially and wives to submit to their husbands respectfully. Both of these commands challenge our tendency to focus on what our spouse owes us rather than what Christ is calling us to give. Peacemaking begins when we stop trying to win and start allowing Jesus to form us into people who love, serve, forgive, and pursue one another.

  7. Sep 6

    Making Peace With Your Spouse | Peacemaking E6

    In week 6 of our Peacemaking Practice we take all that we have learned about peacemaking and apply it to our marriages. Our marriages can be both a tremendous blessing and a painful burden. In Ephesians 5, Paul addresses this tension by giving commands to both husbands and wives. He starts by commanding both to submit to each other with humility in verse 21. Then he commands husbands to love their wives sacrificially and wives to submit to their husbands respectfully. Both of these commands challenge our tendency to focus on what our spouse owes us rather than what Christ is calling us to give. Peacemaking begins when we stop trying to win and start allowing Jesus to form us into people who love, serve, forgive, and pursue one another.

  8. Sep 2

    How To Handle Grief + Guilt | Peacemaking E5 Recap

    Sometimes the hardest things we endure are not the things done to us, but the things we have done to ourselves. We carry past failures, mistakes, and missed opportunities with us throughout our lives. All of us have stories of relationships we have never repaired, chances we have never taken, and regrets from both things we have done and things we have left undone. But in Ephesians 5, Paul gives us a way forward. He reminds us that our past is real. All of us began in darkness. But now, through Jesus, we are in the light. We can make the most of our time today by learning to make peace with our past, confessing darkness, and accepting the life in the Spirit God has called us to live today.

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  • Creator
    Trey Van Camp, Caleb Martinez
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
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