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Beyond the Pulpit

Walnut Creek Church - Downtown

48 episodes

1 week ago

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we trace five clear reasons the Bible upholds monogamy and exposes polygamy’s harm, moving from Eden’s design to the church’s witness. Jacob’s family drama becomes a lens to see how Scripture warns, how leaders model faithfulness, and how the gospel changes cultures. • God’s design for one flesh in Genesis 2 • Polygamy’s chaos in Old Testament stories • Kingly limits in Deuteronomy 17 to guard hearts • Elder qualifications as one‑woman men in 1 T...

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Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we trace five clear reasons the Bible upholds monogamy and exposes polygamy’s harm, moving from Eden’s design to the church’s witness. Jacob’s family drama becomes a lens to see how Scripture warns, how leaders model faithfulness, and how the gospel changes cultures. • God’s design for one flesh in Genesis 2 • Polygamy’s chaos in Old Testament stories • Kingly limits in Deuteronomy 17 to guard hearts • Elder qualifications as one‑woman men in 1 T...

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#48: 5 Reasons the Bible rejects polygamy

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we trace five clear reasons the Bible upholds monogamy and exposes polygamy’s harm, moving from Eden’s design to the church’s witness. Jacob’s family drama becomes a lens to see how Scripture warns, how leaders model faithfulness, and how the gospel changes cultures. • God’s design for one flesh in Genesis 2 • Polygamy’s chaos in Old Testament stories • Kingly limits in Deuteronomy 17 to guard hearts • Elder qualifications as one‑woman men in 1 T...

1 week ago

26 minutes

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#47: Goat Skins, Silver Coins, And A Whole Lot Of Bad Decisions

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we trace the breakdown of Isaac’s family in Genesis 27 and follow its ripple effects into Genesis 37, showing how deceit, favoritism, and envy repeat across generations. The thread points beyond human failure to the one hero of Scripture and the new life he gives. • Genesis 27 as mirror and warning • One hero theme: Christ at the center • Types and symbols that point to Jesus • Repeating patterns of sin in families • Favoritism as a seed of divis...

4 weeks ago

22 minutes

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#46: Worship Changes Everything

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we trace Genesis 26 through famine, fear, and a turn to worship, watching Isaac move from anxious survival to open-handed trust. God’s presence becomes the hinge: “Do not be afraid, for I am with you,” reshaping obedience, witness, and peace with former enemies. • Isaac obeys without worship and lives small among the Philistines • Fear drives deception and compromises witness • God blesses amid failure, yet conflict rises • At Beersheba God speak...

1 month ago

24 minutes

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#45: Jacob, Esau, And The Mystery Of Election

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we trace Jacob and Esau from Genesis 25 into Hebrews and Romans 9 to show how Scripture uses real events to reveal God’s sovereignty and our responsibility. We challenge fatalism, highlight faith alone for salvation, and show why right doctrine fuels urgent mission. • Hebrews’ warning through Esau’s birthright • Romans 9 and the oracle to Rebekah • Why Paul chose twins over Ishmael and Isaac • Election grounded in God’s call, not works • Human re...

1 month ago

28 minutes

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#44: Pray The Bible, Meditate With Purpose

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we trace why godliness requires training, not drift, and how grace fuels effort without sliding into legalism. We unpack praying the Bible and meditating on Scripture with clear steps, real barriers, and practical next actions for our church family. • Godliness as training with present and eternal value • The dangers of legalism and antinomianism contrasted • Grace that instructs us to deny ungodliness • Evidence of the Spirit i...

1 month ago

31 minutes

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#43: Why pursuing Christ, hard work, and sexual purity prepares you to love your future spouse well

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we walk through Genesis 24 to champion marriage as a good gift and explore how walking with Christ, working hard, and pursuing sexual purity prepare us to bless a future spouse. We wrestle with real questions about temptation, guardrails, and whether to date while struggling. • Genesis 24 as a framework for dating and marriage • marriage as a good, not a barrier • be the best thing that happened to someone • walk with Christ as the core preparati...

2 months ago

28 minutes

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#42 Living as Citizens of Heaven in a Land That Feels Like Home

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we look at how Moses honor's Sarah’s life, slow down with Genesis 23, and trace Abraham’s final lap of faith as a foreigner who buys a tomb in hope. We unpack Hebrews 11 and 1 Peter 2 to show how citizens of heaven live well in a land that feels like home. • why Genesis 23 is more than a footnote • honoring Sarah and the first funeral in Scripture • Abraham’s go-and-stay faith in Hebrews 11 • living in tents while looking to a better city • citiz...

2 months ago

24 minutes

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#41: Why We Pray and How It Changes Us

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we explore why prayer is a relationship to pursue, not a button to push, and how that vision deepens trust in the Father who sees in secret. We also unpack prayer as power in temptation, the Lord’s Prayer as a template, and how praying Scripture reshapes desire into obedience. • the aim of prayer as relationship with the Father • private prayer versus performative prayer • Matthew 6 and the Lord’s Prayer as a template • God’s sovereignty as confi...

2 months ago

32 minutes

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#40: When We Live as One, the World Sees Christ

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we explore how the early church's unity became a powerful witness to the reality of Christ. When believers devoted themselves to fellowship, outsiders saw something compelling that drew them to faith. • Acts 2:42-47 shows how the early Christians' devotion to life together attracted others to Christ • Jesus prayed for Christian unity "so that the world may believe" (John 17:21) • Our unity reflects the Trinity and serves as evidence that Christia...

2 months ago

26 minutes

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#39: How Peter Used the Old Testament to Proclaim Christ's Victory

Send us a text Peter's first sermon after Pentecost demonstrates the power of Scripture in proclaiming Christ, as he uses Old Testament passages to prove Jesus is the promised Messiah. • Peter quotes Psalm 16 to show David prophesied Christ's resurrection a thousand years earlier • David couldn't have been speaking about himself since his tomb and remains were still present • Jesus could not be held by death because Scripture had foretold his resurrection • Psalm 110 (the most quoted Psalm i...

3 months ago

26 minutes

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#38: You Will Die In Your Sins Unless You Believe Who Jesus Is

Send us a text Jesus makes the extraordinary claim that unless we believe he is God, we will die in our sins, connecting his identity to the divine name revealed to Moses at the burning bush. • Jesus repeatedly uses the phrase "I am he" (ego eimi) which directly connects to God's self-revelation in Exodus 3 • The religious leaders understood Jesus was claiming divinity, which is why they attempted to stone him • Jesus also claims the title "Son of Man" from Daniel 7, another declaration of h...

3 months ago

31 minutes

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#37: Walking in the Light

Send us a text This we on Beyond the Pulpit we explore how walking in Christ's light transforms our lives through genuine fellowship, obedience, and love for other believers. • Jesus declares "I am the light of the world" - anyone following Him will have the light of life • Light appears at both creation (Genesis 1) and in the new heaven (Revelation 21-22) • Walking in the light begins with true fellowship with Christ • Christians demonstrate an imperfect but growing pattern of obedience • C...

3 months ago

29 minutes

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#36: John 7:53-8:11 and the Canon of Scripture

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we dive into the formation of the biblical canon by examining the passage of John 7:53-8:11 (the woman caught in adultery) and exploring how we can trust the reliability of scripture despite textual questions surrounding certain passages. Want to ask a question for an upcoming podcast? Email: beyondthepulpit@walnutcreekchurch.org and put Beyond the Pulpit in the subject line Text: 515-200-1652 and include keyword beyondthepulpit at the beginning.

4 months ago

38 minutes

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#35: Confession and Boldness

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we talk through John 7 and the need for boldness in our confession of Christ as Lord. Want to ask a question for an upcoming podcast? Email: beyondthepulpit@walnutcreekchurch.org and put Beyond the Pulpit in the subject line Text: 515-200-1652 and include keyword beyondthepulpit at the beginning.

4 months ago

22 minutes

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#34: Religious yet Worldly

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we talk through John 7 and some of the challenges issued to Jesus. Want to ask a question for an upcoming podcast? Email: beyondthepulpit@walnutcreekchurch.org and put Beyond the Pulpit in the subject line Text: 515-200-1652 and include keyword beyondthepulpit at the beginning.

5 months ago

27 minutes

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#33: Real Presence? Transubstantiation? What is Jesus saying in John 6:51-59?

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we wrestle with questions stemming from John 6 and why we spent so much time talking about transubstantiation. Want to ask a question for an upcoming podcast? Email: beyondthepulpit@walnutcreekchurch.org and put Beyond the Pulpit in the subject line Text: 515-200-1652 and include keyword beyondthepulpit at the beginning.

5 months ago

23 minutes

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#32: More Questions about Sovereignty, Responsibility, and Mystery

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we work through John 6:44 and wrestle with the tension between God's sovereignty and our role in our salvation. Want to ask a question for an upcoming podcast? Email: beyondthepulpit@walnutcreekchurch.org and put Beyond the Pulpit in the subject line Text: 515-200-1652 and include keyword beyondthepulpit at the beginning.

5 months ago

26 minutes

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#31: Assurance of Salvation

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we talk about how salvation is a work of Christ, not a work of our own, and that means there is nothing we can do to lose it. Want to ask a question for an upcoming podcast? Email: beyondthepulpit@walnutcreekchurch.org and put Beyond the Pulpit in the subject line Text: 515-200-1652 and include keyword beyondthepulpit at the beginning.

5 months ago

19 minutes

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#30: 3 Questions about Faith, Grace, and Works

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we ask 3 Questions about Faith, Grace, and Works and how the Gospel is the answer to avoiding legalism and taking advantage of the grace of God. Want to ask a question for an upcoming podcast? Email: beyondthepulpit@walnutcreekchurch.org and put Beyond the Pulpit in the subject line Text: 515-200-1652 and include keyword beyondthepulpit at the beginning.

6 months ago

22 minutes

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#29: 3 Tips for Spending Time with the Lord

Send us a text This week on Beyond the Pulpit we share 3 tips that will help you spend quality time with the Lord. Want to ask a question for an upcoming podcast? Email: beyondthepulpit@walnutcreekchurch.org and put Beyond the Pulpit in the subject line Text: 515-200-1652 and include keyword beyondthepulpit at the beginning.

6 months ago

28 minutes