After the Message: What I didn't say on Sunday.

Chad Swaringen

Every Sunday, every sermon, something gets left the table. After the Sermon is where Bold City Church pastor Chad Swaringen goes deeper, unpacking what was happening in the text, what was going on behind the message both personally and spiritually, and what he didn't have time to say from the pulpit. New episodes drop weekly.

  1. May 31

    Wait on the Lord

    Wait on the Lord

    22 min

  2. May 31

    Cost of Discipleship

    Cost of Discipleship

    25 min

  3. May 8

    Faith is the power of Prayer

    Faith is the power of Prayer

    21 min

  4. May 3

    How to R.E.S.T. in Prayer

    How to R.E.S.T. in Prayer

    21 min

  5. Apr 23

    Pray and Not Lose Heart

    Pray and Not Lose Heart

    21 min

  6. Apr 20

    How to Pray Like Jesus

    How to Pray Like Jesus - Easter 26`

    21 min

  7. Apr 11

    Don't Spend Your Year in Grave Clothes

    Easter and New Year's look similar from the outside, both feel like a fresh start, a chance to finally get it together. But there's one massive difference: New Year's is all about what you're going to do. Easter is about what's already been done. In this episode of After the Message, Chad unpacks what actually happens after someone comes to Christ. and why so many believers are still living like they're in the grave even after Jesus called them out of it. Using the moment Jesus raises Lazarus, Chad draws one of the sharpest distinctions in the series: Lazarus was already raised when Jesus said "unbind him." The resurrection was real. The grave clothes were still on. That's the picture of a believer who knows they're saved but is still walking around bound by old mindsets, old hurts, and old debts they were never meant to carry. This episode is for anyone who keeps taking two steps forward and two steps back and wonders why the blessings of God feel just out of reach. The problem isn't your standing with God. It's what your soul is still wearing.

    20 min

  8. Apr 9

    Have You Missed Jesus?

    What if the most dangerous place in all of Scripture isn't a battlefield or a moment of temptation, but a worship service? In this episode of After the Message, Chad unpacks one of the most sobering moments in the Gospels: Palm Sunday. The crowds are celebrating. The palm branches are waving. The praise is loud. And Jesus is weeping. Not because they rejected Him, but because they were right in front of Him and still missed Him entirely. Using Jesus' parable of the two sons in Matthew 21, we confront the gap between what we say to God and what we actually do and asks the question most of us would rather avoid: Are you the son who says yes and never goes, or the son who says no, changes his mind, and actually shows up? This episode is for anyone who has been doing all the right religious things and still feels like something is off. It's a challenge to stop honoring God with your lips while your heart stays right where it is and a reminder that the will of the Father is accomplished not by the one who says the right thing, but by the one who actually goes.

    22 min
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Every Sunday, every sermon, something gets left the table. After the Sermon is where Bold City Church pastor Chad Swaringen goes deeper, unpacking what was happening in the text, what was going on behind the message both personally and spiritually, and what he didn't have time to say from the pulpit. New episodes drop weekly.

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