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This podcast contains audio from sermons given at East Renton Community Church.

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The Mystery Revealed

Discussion Questions: 1) Was there anything from the sermon or the passage that stuck out to you? 2) God's plan was always to bless all nations through Abraham, but the Israelites kept narrowing that promise to themselves. In your own life, where do you notice yourself drawing a smaller circle than God draws? 3) Jonah knew God would forgive Nineveh and that was exactly why he refused to go. When have you found yourself hoping God's grace wouldn't reach someone, and what did that reveal about your own heart? 4) The idea that we are stewards, not sources, of grace means the pressure to fix people is not actually ours to carry. How does that change the way you think about engaging with someone who is struggling? 5) Paul found a way to experience blessing in prison because his joy was not tied to his circumstances. What circumstances in your own life are you waiting to change before you feel free to live out your calling?

1h 2m
MAY 10

Our New Humanity

Discussion Questions: 1) Was there anything from the sermon or the passage that stuck out to you? 2 Paul commands the Gentiles to "remember" their former condition before Christ as a first and fundamental act. What is a specific area of your life where remembering where you came from has shaped how you treat others? 3) It's easy to believe intellectually that we were saved by grace while still functionally living as if we've earned our place with God. What does that subtle entitlement look like in daily life, and how do you recognize it in yourself? 4) Paul distinguishes between breaking down a wall and making peace, arguing that walls fall all the time without real peace following. Where do you see people around you pursuing unity without any actual basis for it, and what does the church have to offer that the world doesn't? 5) The sermon named specific walls the church tends to build: generational, ethnic, political, cultural. Which of those feels most real or most challenging in your own experience of Christian community? 6) If the gospel is genuinely good news, a celebration that the war is over, how would that change the posture you bring when sharing your faith with someone who has been hurt by the church or has walked away from it?

58 min
MAY 3

Dead, Alive, Seated

Discussion Questions: 1) Was there anything from the sermon or the passage that stuck out to you? 2) Paul describes humanity as "dead" in trespasses rather than simply lost or struggling. What changes when you take the word "dead" seriously, and how does it affect the way you understand what God did for you? 3) The enemy's strategy isn't to make people obviously miserable but to keep them satisfied with good things like money, relationships, and community, so they never look past them. Where have you found yourself most tempted to treat a good thing as an ultimate thing? 4) Ephesians 2:6 says believers are already seated with Christ in the heavenly places, not that they will be someday. What would change in your daily life if you actually lived from that settled identity rather than toward it? 5) Paul says we are God's workmanship, created for good works that He prepared beforehand. What does it look like practically to walk into works God has already prepared, rather than inventing your own agenda for serving? 6) Paul wrote Ephesians from a prison cell, with his freedom stripped away, and the letter is full of praise. What does his contentment reveal about where he had placed his identity, and where does your contentment tend to be located?

55 min
APR 26

Eyes of the Heart

Discussion Questions: 1) Was there anything from the sermon or the passage that stuck out to you? 2) Paul prays that believers would know the hope of God's calling, a settled future that doesn't change based on circumstances. What is one area of your life where anxiety about the present tends to crowd out that longer horizon? 3) Most of us approach God with a list of things we need Him to do or fix. How would your prayer life look different if your primary request was simply for God to open your eyes to what He has already done? 4) The idea that God counts His people as His glorious inheritance, His treasure and portion, is one of the harder things to truly believe. What has made it difficult for you to receive the truth that God genuinely wants you, not just tolerates you? 5) Paul warns against placing more confidence in money and technology than in the power of God. In your daily decision-making, where do you find yourself trusting resources or information more than you trust the Lord? 6)The passage ends with Christ reigning above every rule, authority, and power, and that reign being given as a gift to the church. What would it look like practically to live this week as someone tied to the risen and reigning Christ rather than as someone at the mercy of their circumstances?

50 min
APR 19

Every Spiritual Blessing

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 1) Was there anything from the sermon or the passage that stuck out to you? 2) Many people today treat church attendance as optional, believing they can get the same content online. What keeps you showing up to gather with a local body, and has that reason shifted over time? 3) Praise is meant to be an action, expressed with voice, body, and life, not simply a feeling held quietly. What is one specific way you are comfortable praising God, and what is one way that still feels awkward or unnatural to you? 4) The Father's love is described as lavished, running, even undignified in its intensity. Does picturing God that way feel comforting, unsettling, or both, and why do you think that is? 5) In the ancient world, adoption granted full legal rights with no second-class standing. Where in your life do you still find yourself trying to earn your keep with God rather than living as a fully adopted child?

55 min
APR 12

God Opposes the Proud

Discussion Questions: 1. Defining Pride and Its Impact Proverbs 13:10, Proverbs 16:18, 1 Peter 5:5 - Where does pride tend to show up most subtly in your life? - Which of these impacts have you experienced or seen: division, resistance to correction, loss of trust, or isolation? - Why is pride so destructive to both individuals and community? 2. The Deception of Pride Jeremiah 17:9, James 1:22 - Have you ever believed something strongly that later proved untrue? What made it feel true? - What does it look like to be familiar with truth but not transformed by it? - Why is it so difficult to change the mind of someone convinced they are right? 3. Pride vs. Truth James 4:6, Proverbs 16:5 - Why do we tend to defend ourselves instead of submitting to truth? - What happens internally when truth challenges something you believe? - How can you tell the difference between pursuing truth and protecting self? 4. How Pride Manifests Proverbs 3:5–6, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Proverbs 18:1 - Which area stands out most in your life right now: > resisting correction > Self-dependence > distorted motives > strained relationships - Why is pride easier to see in others than in ourselves? - How does pride affect the way you relate to others? 5. Pride and God’s Glory Galatians 6:14, 1 Corinthians 10:31 - In what ways can good actions become about self instead of God? - Why is it dangerous that pride can exist alongside outwardly good behavior? - What would it look like for your life to consistently point back to God’s glory? 6. Putting Pride to Death Colossians 3:5, Galatians 5:24, Hebrews 4:1 - Why do we tend to manage sin instead of putting it to death? - What makes honest self-examination before God difficult? - How does God’s Word expose what we might otherwise miss? 7. Submission, Resistance, and Drawing Near James 4:7–8, 2 Corinthians 10:5 - What does it practically look like to take your thoughts captive? - Where do you tend to negotiate with sin instead of resisting it? - What does intentional pursuit of God look like in your daily life? 8. Humility and Repentance James 4:9–10, Psalm 51:6 - What is the difference between regret and true repentance? - What is one area where you need to stop trusting yourself and trust God instead? - What is one practical step you can take this week to walk in humility?

41 min
APR 5

He is Risen

Discussion Questions: 1) Was there anything from the sermon or the passage that stuck out to you? 2) Our circumstances don't have to change for our perspective to change. What is one situation in your life right now where you need a shift in perspective more than a change in circumstances? 3) Cynicism often develops gradually and feels like honesty rather than hopelessness. Where do you notice cynicism starting to shape the way you see the world, and what do you think is driving it? 4) The women acted faithfully in their grief before they had any reason for joy. What does obedience look like for you in a season where you're not feeling hopeful? 5) Sharing something you genuinely believe is very different from delivering a message you're supposed to believe. What would it look like for you to talk about your faith from a place of real conviction rather than obligation? 6) Curiosity can be the first step toward genuine faith. What question about God or the resurrection, if you sat with it honestly, might actually move you somewhere new?

42 min
MAR 29

Palm Sunday

Discussion Questions: 1) Was there anything from the sermon or the passage that stuck out to you? 2) The way we interpret what is happening around us is often shaped by the circumstances we are already in. When has a difficult season in your life caused you to misread what God was actually doing? 3) The crowds who welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem offered genuine worship, but their expectations of who he would be were shaped by their desire for political freedom. What expectations do you place on God that might be limiting the way you receive him? 4) Some people had more knowledge of Scripture than anyone else and still refused to accept what was right in front of them. Is there an area of your life where you might be holding onto an assumption that keeps you from seeing something true? 5( Jesus chose to minister on the fringes rather than in the centers of power and influence. How does this challenge the way you think about where God shows up and who he prioritizes? 6) Obedience, not popularity or circumstance, shaped the way Jesus moved through that week. What would it look like for obedience to be the primary thing driving your decisions right now?

52 min

This podcast contains audio from sermons given at East Renton Community Church.

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