Worship in the Trenches

Josh Cehulik
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Where Sunday's worship meets Monday morning. Join Worship Pastor Josh Cehulik for weekly worship theology conversations that connect Christian liturgy to real life. Every church has a liturgy, and it's forming you whether you realize it or not. Designed for pastors, volunteers, and anyone seeking worship ministry insights, deeper Sunday worship messages, and daily worship that carries into ordinary life. Real worship wisdom for those on the front lines of life and ministry.

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 45: Is Anything to Hard for the Lord?

    A nineteen-year-old with no credentials walked into a half-empty London church — and the deacons trusted God to do what they couldn't produce. From Sarah's laughter to the crowds with no shepherd to the cross itself, one thread holds: God moves toward weakness, not away from it. Is anything too hard for the Lord? You received without paying. Give without pay.

    5 min

  2. Jun 1

    Episode 44: What I Desire

    Martin Luther stood at the Diet of Worms on the same ground Abraham stood on leaving Haran: nothing in hand but a promise. From Genesis to Romans, one thread holds — God has always desired faith that trusts Him and love that flows from knowing Him, not religious machinery kept running long after the heart goes cold. Mercy, not sacrifice. Stop performing. Start trusting.

    5 min

  3. May 25

    Episode 43: Let Us Make

    Trinity Sunday takes us back to the beginning — where God said "let us make" and a mysterious plural entered the story. This week on Worship in the Trenches, we trace the identity of the triune God from Genesis through the Great Commission to Paul's benediction over a fractured church. Practical worship theology for pastors, volunteers, and congregants navigating Sunday worship and Monday morning. Weekly worship wisdom rooted in Christian liturgy and the lectionary.

    13 min

  4. May 18

    Episode 42: Would That All the Lord's People Were Prophets

    Moses wished all God's people carried the Spirit. A thousand years later, the doors blew open. This week's readings trace the expanding scope of God's breath — from a tent in the wilderness to a locked room to every nation hearing the gospel in their own language. What does it mean that the same Spirit poured out at Pentecost dwells in you? Weekly worship teaching exploring christian liturgy and worship ministry insights for pastors, volunteers, and congregants. Where Sunday's worship meets Monday morning.

    9 min

  5. May 11

    Episode 41: Between the Cloud and the Fire

    What do the people of God do in the space between a promise and its fulfillment? In the summer of 1727, a fractured community of Moravian refugees stopped arguing, started praying, and launched a prayer movement that lasted over a hundred years. This week's lectionary readings trace the same pattern — from the God who marches ahead in Psalm 68, to Jesus interceding for his disciples in John 17, to the earliest church waiting together in the upper room in Acts 1, to Peter's declaration that the Spirit of glory rests on the suffering church. If you're standing in a gap between what God has said and what God has yet to do, this episode is for you.

    12 min

  6. May 7 ·  Bonus

    Episode 40: The Shape of Sunday Morning

    A sermon given at Calvary Baptist Church in Ashland, Ohio, that asks, "Does the gathered worship of Sunday morning have shape?" And if so, what is it? Join Josh as he uncovers the pattern in the Bible every worship service should follow.

    42 min

  7. May 4

    Episode 39: Come and Hear

    What makes a testimony ready? In this episode, Josh walks through the life of Christian witness from beginning to end — from the psalmist's "come and hear," to Jesus's promise of the Spirit of truth, to Paul's sermon at the Areopagus, to Peter's call to give a reasoned account for the hope within us. Anchored by the story of Polycarp, the elderly bishop who stood before a Roman proconsul in 155 AD and answered, "Eighty-six years I have served him, and he has done me no wrong."

    17 min

  8. Apr 27

    Episode 38: Into Your Hands

    Where do God's people belong now that the tomb is empty? On the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Josh traces a single prayer — "Into your hand I commit my spirit" — from David's cry for deliverance, to Jesus on the cross, to Stephen the martyr at his stoning. Through Psalm 31, John 14, Acts 7, and 1 Peter 2, this episode follows a line from trust to promise to sight to identity, arriving at Peter's claim that believers are living stones being built right now into God's house. Includes reflections on the life and death of Josh's friend Stephen Troell, who both lived for, and gave his life, for the gospel.

    14 min
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Where Sunday's worship meets Monday morning. Join Worship Pastor Josh Cehulik for weekly worship theology conversations that connect Christian liturgy to real life. Every church has a liturgy, and it's forming you whether you realize it or not. Designed for pastors, volunteers, and anyone seeking worship ministry insights, deeper Sunday worship messages, and daily worship that carries into ordinary life. Real worship wisdom for those on the front lines of life and ministry.

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  • Creator
    Josh Cehulik
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    45
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Josh Cehulik
  • Show Website
    Worship in the Trenches

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