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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Spiritual growth is not an automatic process. The people who reach maturity are those who apply themselves to their own growth through discipline and make themselves available to God’s influence. In this episode, Doug and Jason discuss 7 simple truths that set the stage for spiritual progress. For complete show notes, click HERE. To learn more about Spiritual Maturity at Saddleback, visit http://saddleback.com/learn. You can also get in touch by emailing maturity@saddleback.com.
Don’t miss this one! Dave is the undisputed leadership guru at Saddleback. However his leadership style is not exactly “typical.” In this episode, you’ll learn about how the leadership style of Jesus differs from the common wisdom of our day. You may not think you’re a leader but according to Dave, you are! Each of us has an influence on the world. If we are true disciples of Jesus, we must be aware of this influence and leverage it for his Kingdom. For complete show notes, click HERE. To learn more about Spiritual Maturity at Saddleback, visit http://saddleback.com/learn. You can also get in touch by emailing maturity@saddleback.com.
Andrew Lossau is the Missions Pastor for Saddleback Church Lake Forest. In this episode, we talk with Andrew about his personal journey of spiritual growth and we learn about one of the most important ways that we can love God with all our strength: sharing Jesus with the world around us. For complete show notes, click HERE.
In this episode, Doug and Rob are joined by Tommy Hilliker. Tommy is the Pastor of Ministry at Saddleback Church. This is our first interview on the topic of STRENGTH. We cover questions like “Why must we serve in ministry?” and “How do we grow spiritually when we serve others?” For complete show notes, click HERE.
Jason and Doug are kicking off the final chapter of the Heart, Soul, Mind, Strength saga! Today we begin a series of discussions about why and how we ought to love God with all our strength; applying our greatest effort to knowing and honoring Him will all that we are. To learn more about Spiritual Maturity at Saddleback, visit http://saddleback.com/learn. You can also get in touch by emailing maturity@saddleback.com.
Johnny Baker is the Pastor of Celebrate Recovery here in Lake Forest, California. In this episode, he shares his personal journey toward a renewed mind. How should we respond to our old hurts, habits, and hang-ups? How can we tackle unhealthy thoughts that seem to come out of nowhere? How can we guard our minds and gain mastery over our inner life? Listen and find out! To learn more about Celebrate Recovery, click HERE. For complete show notes, click HERE
Today, Pastor Tom Holladay shares insights to help you love God with your intellectual life. He’ll explain some of his personal spiritual journey and help you take some concrete steps to renew and strengthen your mind. Listen and learn why studying theology is not just for theologians. Every believer is called to love God by building their lives on sound doctrine. To hear more great teaching from Tom Holladay, check out drivetimedevotifons.com. To learn more about Spiritual Maturity at Saddleback, visit http://saddleback.com/learn. You can also get in touch by emailing maturity@saddleback.com.
The Christian faith is one which is built not only on personal experience, but upon rational conclusions about the world and the God who created it. Christianity is a logical and intellectual faith. God does not call us to turn off our minds and stop thinking. Rather, we are called to think with the mind of Christ. In this episode, we begin a series of talks which will explore the importance of knowledge and understanding in the Christian life. To learn more about Spiritual Maturity at Saddleback, visit http://saddleback.com/learn. You can also get in touch by emailing maturity@saddleback.com.
Join us as we talk with Jim Dobbs about creativity and the soul. Jim is a Saddleback pastor and the champion of artistic expression. In this episode he describes the ways that creative expression can help ANYONE deepen his/her bond with God. Whether you consider yourself a “creative” person or not, this conversation is directed at you because YOU were made in the image of a creative God. To get involved in the arts at saddleback, visit http://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/saddleback-visual-arts/lake-forest To learn more about Spiritual Maturity at Saddleback, visit http://saddleback.com/learn. You can also get in touch by emailing maturity@saddleback.com.
Carolyn Baker is a serious prayer warrior for the Saddleback family. For many years she has persistently cultivated a life of constant, rich prayer. In this episode, we listen as she shares some of the wisdom she’s learned along the way and helps make the all-important habit of prayer DOABLE for anyone. To learn more about Spiritual Maturity at Saddleback, visit http://saddleback.com/learn. You can also get in touch by emailing maturity@saddleback.com.
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