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Routine checkups are important for maintaining a healthy body. Many times these might confirm that everything is fine, but they might just as easily reveal a serious issue. The same principle applies to our faith. Everyone needs a spiritual checkup from time to time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message…

A great coach can often be the deciding factor between a skilled athlete and a winning athlete. In the Christian life, listening to the coach can play just as vital of a role. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

If you want to play to win, you have to have a plan and know how to execute it. Playbooks are essential both in the world of athletics and the Christian life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Solid fundamentals are crucial to winning in any sport. Top athletes are always looking to remove hindrances to their stance, form, or swing. The same intentionality and dedication is necessary in the Christian life as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Baptism is an important rite and symbol in our faith journey, but what exactly happens in the waters, and why is it so important in our walk with Christ? Find out in part 2 of our series, "Play to Win." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

In the worlds of both sport and spirit, half-hearted efforts won't amount to victory. Winners play to win. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

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When you have the good news, you inevitably want to share it. The good news of the Gospel is no exception, but how to we respond to the inevitable questions of the other people? What if we don't know the answer? What if we get something wrong? How can we best go about sharing the good news? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth…

People have a lot of questions about the afterlife. Where do we go? What is it like? Will there be tacos in heaven? The resurrection of Jesus leads us to some immensely satisfying answers. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

We all want to be certain about our decisions, even when absolute certainty isn't possible. So how can we have faith without having all the answers? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Trusting God is easy when he works according to our plans and our timing. That rarely happens, however. Real faith is the trust shown even when God works on his own schedule. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Most believe that God has a plan, but when that plan diverges from our expectations, it can leave us with a lot of questions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Faith is such an important, yet somewhat vague concept. We are often told to have faith, but what does that mean? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Guest Speaker, Jerod Walker from Christian Financial Resources --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Everyone believes themselves to be the hero of their own story, even when they truthfully are not. However, there is a true hope, and a true hero that we can depend on. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Hypocrisy is often repelling, particularly when it takes place in the Church. How can we identify inconsistency between our life and faith, and what steps can we take to represent our beliefs more faithfully? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Christians are sometimes accused of being self-righteous. Is this true, and if so, why is that? Maybe more importantly, what can we do to change? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Christianity is sometimes accused of being a judgmental religion, and there may at times be truth behind this. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Justice and judgment are something that a stable society relies on. Someone has to uphold the law. The same is true on a spiritual level. Justice demands the evil be punished. There is a judge, but we might be surprised by the nature of both his judgment and his leniency. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message…

What do you talk about most? The weather? Your favorite team? The news? How much of our conversation is spent adding value to people's lives versus adding to the negativity around us? Everyone could stand to hear more good news today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message…

January 23 1 truly is the loneliest number. People were made to be in relationship with one another. Study after study illustrates how community improves our physical, mental, and emotional health. Our spiritual well-being is no different. We need community. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message…

January 16, 2022 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

"Silent Night" is one of the most widely known carols in the world, and the story of it's growth and popularity have a lot to teach us about the story it celebrates. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Sometimes all of the necessary pieces come together at just the right time. Such is the case, both in this classic carol, and in the Christmas story itself. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Our favorite Christmas carols often have a lesson to teach us. Sometimes that lesson is learned through the lyrics, but other times it is hidden in the history of the song itself. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Contentment often seems elusive, especially this time of year. As soon as we find satisfaction, something comes along to stoke the fires of discontent. We want different stuff, a different job, a different house, a different circumstance. Why is contentment so hard to hang onto? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message…

Sometimes the difference between victory and defeat lies in the voices we listen to. This holds true on the battlefield, in athletics, and even in eternal matters of life and faith. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

The tyranny of the immediate often distracts us from the most important things in life. A great way to escape this pattern is to continually be reminded of the bigger picture. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Actions speak louder than words, so what does your conduct say about you? The question has power to stop and make us think. Perhaps an even more thought provoking question to ask, though, is what our conduct says about the Gospel? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

What comes to mind when you think of "The Church?" An institution? Good memories? Hypocrites? Both believers and the world at large have various mis/understandings of the Church, but what does God have to say about it? The answer might change how we understand not only the Church, but ourselves at well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.f…

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God's people are called to be different, but different can be difficult. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Saying "Yes," to one thing usually means saying "No," to another. So when we say "Yes" to the Gospel, what all are embracing, and what are we saying "No," to? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Why do so many people pursue what seem like obviously bad ideas? What blinds them, but enables others to see clearly? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

What do a healthy church and a healthy personal faith have in common? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

We live in a highly divided nation. At times, it seems that people and groups are too far apart to be reconciled, but God has good news and a plan for unity. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

"But" is a small word, yet it can make a huge impact. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

If God has a plan, then why is there so much chaos in the world today? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

August 29, 2021 Week 3 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

August 22, 2021 Week 2 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

August 15, 2021 Week 1 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Road trips are better when others come along for the ride. The same is true as we travel down the road of life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Have you ever had a day that couldn't end soon enough? Sometimes what we need more than anything is the reminder that tomorrow is a new day with new beginning. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

The road of life often forks with one path looking like it will satisfy us, and the other looking like it will satisfy God. Which is truly the happy trail? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Silence is comfortable, safe, and non-confrontational, but when good people remain silent in the face of injustice, we risk losing something precious. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Silence is comfortable, safe, and non-confrontational, but when good people remain silent in the face of injustice, we risk losing something precious. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Matt and Joey catch you up on the first six games of the 2021 FC Monmouth season, and preview what will be a very exciting four-game stretch to end the regular season. Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2RzhBOnMus…

Is social justice something that the Church should even care about? Can't we just live a good life and worship the Lord? Isn't that what God really wants? Spoiler: No. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

God calls his people to live justly and work for justice, but where are we to begin? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message

Talk of justice abounds in our cultural conversations today, but what is justice? How does God define it, and is it the same as social justice work happening today? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fccmonmouth/message