Stay ConnectedDeepen your friendship with God through informative conversation and personal spiritual disciplines. Each episode focuses on a different topic and how we can approach it from a spiritual growth perspective. Whether it’s talking about relationships, the Bible, prayer, cultural issues, anxiety, or anything else related to your life, this podcast looks at how we can live as disciples of Jesus. Episodes feature conversations with authors, professors, or pastors.
Hosted by Jason Wieland.
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Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Brandon Bathauer talk about a common question for Christians: what does it mean that I am simultaneously a sinner and a saint? The conversation starts by looking at what the Bible says about us as sinner, then what the Bible talks about us as saints. It addresses the confusion of what it means to hold these two in tension and talks about the difficult emotional toll that this can have on people. Many people find themselves stuck in cycles of shame, guilt, or doubt when wrestling with their sin vs. their supposed saved nature. Jason and Brandon talk about the powerful reality of sanctification, what it means to live in a new identity, and provide some tools and resources for anybody who is struggling to understand and live out this reality of being both a sinner and a saint.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
Doable Discipleship – How to Recognize and Respond to Your Emotions https://share.transistor.fm/s/60d16890
Doable Discipleship - Why Confession is So Important For Your Spiritual Growth https://share.transistor.fm/s/cbc26595
Doable Discipleship – Who Are You: A Look at Identity https://share.transistor.fm/s/5abe4c31
This is Our Story: Introduction - https://share.transistor.fm/s/69de2fda
This is Our Story: Genesis Chapter 1 - https://share.transistor.fm/s/9317e5bd
This is Our Story: Genesis Chapter 2 - https://share.transistor.fm/s/0628a32e
This is Our Story: Genesis Chapter 3 - https://share.transistor.fm/s/8d7293d5
This is Our Story: Genesis Chapter 4 - https://share.transistor.fm/s/926189fe
The Well Podcast - https://saddleback.com/learn/the-well
Found Podcast - https://saddleback.com/learn/found
Foundations: Sanctification Part 1 - https://saddleback.com/watch/foundations-on-demand/sanctification-part-1
Foundations: Sanctification Part 2 - https://saddleback.com/watch/foundations-on-demand/sanctification-part-2
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Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland talks with Todd Olthoff, Pastor of Pastoral Care at Saddleback Church. The conversation starts focused on how we have transitioned from a culture that refused to openly talk about issues of emotional health to one that is vocal and more willing to share about the issue. They talk about what happens in the brain to cause emotional responses, why people may have a difficult time processing their emotions, and how emotions are deeply tied to attachment issues. The conversation shifts to talk about ways to recognize what emotions you are feeling at any given moment and how to respond to them in appropriate ways. They give tips and advice on how to react to emotions and then talk about the power of teaching kids about emotional intelligence.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
Doable Discipleship: E270-How We Live
Doable Discipleship: E269-The 5 Love Languages with Dr. Gary Chapman
Doable Discipleship: E318-Building Your Trust Muscle with Dr. Henry Cloud
How We Love (Amazon) by Milan and Kay Yerkovich
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
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Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar look at some relationships from the Bible and what we can learn, both positively and negatively. For relationship goals they talk about Ruth and Naomi, Job and his friends, the paralytic and his four friends, Noah and his sons, the parable of the prodigal son, and Paul and Timothy. The conversation then looks some relationship warnings, including Samson and Delilah, King Rehoboam, Bar-Jesus, Pharoah’s Cupbearer, and Judas. This conversation caps a series on relational health, with episode topics including boundaries, influence, neighboring, and how your relationship with God affects your relationship with others.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
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Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar talk about the reality that every interaction you have with others is an exercise in influence. Other people influence you, and you influence other people. This episode looks at what the Bible says about influence and our call to be intentional about the types of influence we allow in our lives and the power we have in how we influence others. Learn how to pre-plan your boundaries, do a self-check on what you are allowing in your life, and how influence is cyclical – what influences us impacts how we influence others.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
Cultivating Friendshipsby Pastor Buddy Owens
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
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Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar talk with Celebrate Recovery Pastor Meaghan Grider about Boundaries. This conversation follows up the last episode’s interview with Dr. Henry Cloud. This conversation defines boundaries, talks about why it’s okay for Christians to set relational boundaries and how Jesus set boundaries. It continues by looking at different areas of your life where boundaries might be helpful, the importance of seeking wise counsel, and the beauty that can emerge in relationships where boundaries are established. The episode ends by offering some tips for how to set boundaries in relationships and what to do when somebody violates those boundaries.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
Boundariesby Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Trustby Henry Cloud
The Best Youby Dr. Allison Cook
The Christian Codependency Recovery Workbookby Stephanie Tucker
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
Dr. Henry Cloud joins Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland for a conversation on Dr. Cloud’s new book, Trust: When to Give It, When to Withhold It, How to Earn It, and How to Fix It When It Gets Broken. Dr. Cloud talks about how we are wired to trust and why people have a hard time thinking intentionally about trust. The conversation then focuses on Dr. Cloud’s five essentials of trust and how they works in the way we trust others, in our own trustworthiness, and our relationship with God. Jason and Dr. Cloud then finish talking about ways you can build your trust muscle.
Dr. Henry Cloud is an acclaimed leadership expert, clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author. His 45 books, including the iconic Boundaries, have sold nearly 20 million copies worldwide. He has an extensive executive coaching background and experience as a leadership consultant, devoting the majority of his time working with CEOs, leadership teams, and executives to improve performance, leadership skills and culture.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
Trustby Dr. Henry Cloud
Boundariesby Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
Saddleback Teaching Pastor Stacie Wood joins Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland for a conversation on Revival. Many people have heard the word “revival” used in church settings but may not be sure what is meant by it. Stacie and Jason talk about what we mean when we say revival, the recent revival in Asbury, Kentucky, and traits and characteristics of revival. They look at the example of the revival in the Hebrides, talk about the work of the Holy Spirit and the connection between revival and John 15 and John 10, and then answer fundamental questions such as: Why do we want to seek revival?, Are there things we can do to help set the stage for revival? and How would we know we are in a revival?
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
Revival in the Hebrides by Duncan Campbell
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
Saddleback Teaching Pastor Stacie Wood joins Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar for a conversation on how to engage in a deeper practice of Bible study. Stacie recently preached a message at Saddleback called “The Sword and the Spirit” which talked about the importance of being devoted to the Bible and dependent on the Holy Spirit. In this message, she noted that she wanted to share additional information on how we can pursue deeper Bible study, but didn’t have time in her message so this episode of Doable Discipleship fills that need. Stacie talks about her background with Bible study, why people may have a hard time diving into Scripture, and how the Holy Spirit works with us as we read. The conversation then talks about good resources available for people who are new to Bible study, as well as resources for people who are looking for more advanced Bible study. Look at the show notes for links to Stacie’s sermon and all resources talked about during the episode.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
Stacie Wood's weekend message: https://saddleback.com/watch/media/the-sword-and-the-spirit
Engage Guide: saddleback.com/quiettime
Enrich Guide: saddleback.com/enrich
Bible Study Crash Course(Currently only available for Saddleback Small Groups. Available soon worldwide on Amazon).
The Bible Experience: saddleback.com/bibleexperience
Rick Warren’s Bible Study Methods
The Divine Mentorby Wayne Cordiero
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
Description: In this episode of Doable Discipleship, Linda Tokar and Brandon Bathauer from the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team talk about a unique relationship that we all find ourselves in: neighboring. We all have neighbors, and yet often we don’t think intentionally about how to approach the relationships with our neighbors. This episode looks at what the Bible says about neighboring, why it’s important to be intentional about these relationships, and some tips for how we can approach the art of neighboring.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door
https://apartmentlife.org/home
https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/celebrate-recovery
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland talks with Dr. Todd Hall, professor of Psychology at the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University and author of The Connected Life: The Art and Science of Relational Spirituality. The conversation seeks to respond to the question “How does my relationship with God affect my relationships with others?”. They discuss attachment theory, the link between social disconnection and spiritual disconnection, symptoms of spiritual disconnection, the difference between pseudo-connection and healthy connection, ways to improve our attachment to God, helpful spiritual practices, and tips for deepening your relationships.
Dr. Todd W. Hall (PhD, Rosemead School of Psychology) is professor of psychology at Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University, where he teaches courses on the integration of psychology and theology, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and positive psychology. He is also a faculty affiliate at the Harvard Human flourishing Program at Harvard University and a founding partner at Flourishing Metrics. He is an award-winning researcher, focusing on relational approaches to spirituality, virtue, and leadership, and is the developer of several widely used spiritual assessments and the co-developer of the Flourish Assessment. He is also the author of Relational Spirituality and coauthor of Psychology in the Spirit. To learn more about Dr. Hall’s books on Christian spirituality, visit theconnectedlife.org; for information about his spiritual assessments, visit spiritualmetrics.co; and to learn more about his leadership development and consulting work, visit drtoddhall.com.
Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).
Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.
Related Links:
https://www.ivpress.com/the-connected-life (use offer code DOABLE for 30% off through March 14!)
https://www.ivpress.com/relational-spirituality
https://www.spiritualmetrics.co/
https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/celebrate-recovery
https://saddleback.com/care
https://saddleback.com/better
https://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurch
https://celebraterecovery.com
Retreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?
Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.
https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundations
https://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.
To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.
For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email maturity@saddleback.com.
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