Join us for our 1st session in our study of the book of Hebrews on Discord. We are going over Hebrews 1:1-4. We spend some time discussing the intention of the author in writing this book, the identity of the recipients of the letter and why we must not grow lazy in faith. Listen and discuss with us on Thursdays in our Discord server! We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope you find this time t...
Jul 03, 2025•50 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Join us for our FINAL session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are going over James 5:7-20. We spend some time discussing forgiveness, careless words and patience. Listen and discuss with us on Thursdays in our Discord server! We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope you find this time to be as edifying and uplifting as we did. Thank you for listening! All of our official Bible S...
Jul 03, 2025•55 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Join us for our 17th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are going over James 5:7-20. We spend some time discussing patience and what it means to be patient. Listen and discuss with us on Thursdays in our Discord server! We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope you find this time to be as edifying and uplifting as we did. Thank you for listening! All of our official Bible St...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Join us for our 16th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are going over James 4:13-5:6. We spend some time discussing pride and humility. We finish with some discussion about the gentleness and kindness of true wisdom. Listen and discuss with us on Thursdays in our Discord server! We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope you find this time to be as edifying and uplifting as ...
Jun 19, 2025•45 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Join Pastor Matt Conniry in this session of our study of 1 Samuel on Discord. In this session the group tackles the rest of 1 Samuel 19 and the ways in which God demonstrates His glory through the life of Saul and David! The focus here is specifically on the call to leave lasting impact rather than a focus on last words and special moments. More specifically how we can see WHY God chose David and allowed Israel to choose Saul. We hope you find this time to be as edifying and uplifting as we did....
Jun 07, 2025•50 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Join us for our 15th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are going over James 4:13-5:6. We spend some time discussing pride and humility. We finish with some discussion about the gentleness and kindness of true wisdom. Listen and discuss with us on Thursdays in our Discord server! We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope you find this time to be as edifying and uplifting as ...
Jun 05, 2025•44 min
Join us for our 14th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are going over James 4:4-12. We spend some time discussing what it means to be friends with the world vs friends with God and why James uses the term "adulteresses" in his letter. We finish with some discussion about the gentleness and kindness of true wisdom. Listen and discuss with us on Thursdays in our Discord server! We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out thei...
May 30, 2025•49 min
Join us for our 13th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are going over James 3:13-4:3. We spend some time discussing what wisdom is, what it looks like to act wise and how we can be confident in wisdom from heaven and wary of wisdom from the world. We finish with some discussion about the gentleness and kindness of true wisdom. Listen and discuss with us on Thursdays in our Discord! We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check ou...
May 22, 2025•48 min
Join us for our 12th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are going over James 3:13-4:3. We spend some time discussing why we should draw nearer to God and how there is wisdom and security found in a nearness with the Father. We finish with a discussion regarding the characteristics of wisdom and how to discern God's wisdom from the world's wisdom! Are we actually obeying Jesus' commands because we love Him? Listen and discuss with us on Thursdays in our Discord! We are walki...
May 08, 2025•50 min
Join us for our 11th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are going over James 3:1-12. We spend some time discussing why we should draw nearer to God and how there is victory from sin in that! Are we actually obeying Jesus' commands because we love Him? Listen and discuss with us on Thursdays in our Discord! We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope you find this time to be as...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Join us for our 10th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are going over James 3:1-12. We spend some time discussing faith in action, the standard of teachers and how the tongue is dangerously powerful. Are we actually obeying Jesus' commands because we love Him? Listen and discuss with us on Thursdays in our Discord! We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope you find this tim...
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Join Pastor Matt Conniry in this session of our study of 1 Samuel on Discord. In this session the group tackles 1 Samuel 19 and the ways in which God demonstrates His glory through the life of Saul and David! The focus here is specifically on the call to be a faithful servant of God whether you get to shine or not and the price of a relationship with God. More specifically how we can see WHY God chose David and allowed Israel to choose Saul. We hope you find this time to be as edifying and uplif...
Apr 23, 2025•39 min
Join Jerry Crane as he covers for an absent Pastor Matt Conniry in leading this session of our study of 1 Samuel on Discord. In this session the group tackles 1 Samuel 18 and the ways in which God demonstrates His glory through the life of Saul and David! The focus here is specifically on the call to be a faithful servant of God whether you get to shine or not and the price of a relationship with God. More specifically how we can see WHY God chose David and allowed Israel to choose Saul. We hope...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Join us for our 9th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are for the third time going over our Unit 5 study guide, continuing James 2. We spend some time discussing faith in action, insincere faith and looking at the steadfast faith of Abraham in Genesis 15 & 22. Our primary text is James 2:14-26. Are we actually obeying Jesus' commands because we love Him? Do we offer insincere "well-wishes to those in need? Are we actually loving God by being obedient to Him? Listen and...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Join us for our 8th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are continuing James 2 and end up primarily discussing our observations of the text rather than the study guide discussion questions. We are looking at James 2:14-26 today and focus primarily on what it means to have faith in action. Are we actually obeying Jesus' commands because we love Him? We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well o...
Apr 10, 2025•54 min
Join us for our 7th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are continuing James 2 using the questions from our study guide to help prompt discussion. We are looking at James 2:14-26 today and focus primarily on what it means to have faith in action. Are we saved by faith alone? And if so what place does action play into that? We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope you find th...
Apr 03, 2025•52 min
Join us for our 6th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are starting James 2 using the questions from our study guide to help prompt discussion. We are looking at James 2:1-13 today and focus primarily on what it means to treat one another equally. We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope you find this time to be as edifying and uplifting as we did. Thank you for listening! ...
Mar 20, 2025•46 min
Join us for our 5th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are continuing James 1 using the questions from our study guide to help prompt discussion. We are looking at James 1:19-27 today and focus primarily what it means to control our temper and tongues. And when paired with what we focused on last week, how this applies to all of our study in scripture. We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encourage you to check out their other study guides as w...
Mar 13, 2025•45 min
Join us for our 4th session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are continuing James 1 using the questions from our study guide to help prompt discussion. We are looking at James 1:19-27 today and focus primarily on a general overview of the section and a discussion on the challenges of dealing with anger. There are fascinating truths to be considered in these verses about our speech and conduct as believers. We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of James and encoura...
Mar 06, 2025•47 min
Join us for our 3rd session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are continuing James 1 using the questions from our study guide to help prompt discussion. We start with a recap of James 1:1-8 and start up our second unit of James. We discuss what it means to be lowly and how we should be stewards of ALL that God has given us. There are fascinating truths to be considered in these verses about how to consider hardships as joy and asking for wisdom. We are walking through the Journey-...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Join us for our 2nd session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are starting James 1 using the questions from our study guide to help prompt discussion. We start with a recap of James 1:1 and finish up this unit of our study guide by talking about verses 7-8. There are fascinating truths to be considered in these verses about how to consider hardships as joy and asking for wisdom. We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of John and encourage you to check out their othe...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Join us for our 1st session in our study of the book of James on Discord. We are starting James 1 using the questions from our study guide to help prompt discussion. We start with James 1:1 and don't actually get past that because we spend the whole hour studying who James is and what we can learn from him as seen in other scripture references. There are fascinating truths to be considered in answering "Does Authorship Matter?" We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of John and en...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Join us for our 35th session in our study of the Gospel of John on Discord. We are finishing John 20 using the questions from our study guide to help prompt discussion. We pick up with Thomas' doubts and how that applies to the lives of all those today. There are fascinating truths to be considered in this passage of scripture. We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of John and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope you find this time to be as ...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr
Join us for our 34th session in our study of the Gospel of John on Discord. We are in John 20 using the questions from our study guide to help prompt discussion. We pick up with Mary finding the tomb empty and retrieving the disciples to see it. What application do these events have on our daily lives? There are fascinating truths to be considered in this passage of scripture. We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of John and encourage you to check out their other study guides as...
Jan 29, 2025•58 min
Join us for our 33rd session in our study of the Gospel of John on Discord. We are in John 19 using the questions from our study guide to help prompt discussion. We pick up on our discussion of Pilate from last week as well as the significance of Jesus saying "It is finished" and "giving up His spirit." What application do these events have on our daily lives? God is in control and our role as Christians is to give up our own wills and be subject to His. We are walking through the Journey-Church...
Jan 16, 2025•56 min
Join us for our 32nd session in our study of the Gospel of John on Discord. We are in John 18 and into John 19 using the questions from our study guide to help prompt discussion. We mainly go over Jesus as He stood before Pilate and wonder about why Pilate so desperately did not want to kill Jesus. What application do these events have on our daily lives? We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of John and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope ...
Jan 11, 2025•51 min
Join us for our 31st session in our study of the Gospel of John on Discord. We are in John 18 and don't use many of the study guide questions honestly. We discuss the betrayal of Jesus by Judas and what happened when Jesus was arrested. This session of our study was a little less organized since Jerry was running it remotely from Georgia while visiting family. But, we are confident God has used this time none the less! We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of John and encourage y...
Jan 11, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Enjoy this recording of one of our key volunteers/mods at Christian Influence as he discusses what it means to "Love Thy Body" with a group in our Discord server. This conversation/seminar was prompted by and derived from Nancy Pearcey's book "Love Thy Body." All of our Bible Studies/Seminars like this are recorded and shared so that hopefully they can be listened to/enjoyed by others online and be used by God for the betterment of the kingdom. All of our official Bible Studies and Seminars done...
Jan 11, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Enjoy this recording of one of our key volunteers/mods at Christian Influence as he discusses Christian Sexual Ethics with a group in our Discord server. All of our Bible Studies/Seminars like this are recorded and shared so that hopefully they can be listened to/enjoyed by others online and be used by God for the betterment of the kingdom. All of our official Bible Studies and Seminars done in the server are recorded and posted online for others to take part in. Join our Discord to take part in...
Jan 11, 2025•1 hr 32 min
Join us for our 30th session in our study of the Gospel of John on Discord. We are in John 17 and don't use many of the study guide questions honestly. We primarily discuss what it means to be in relationship with the Father and how Christians should be growing in the right direction. We are walking through the Journey-Church study guide of John and encourage you to check out their other study guides as well online. We hope you find this time to be as edifying and uplifting as we did. Thank you ...
Dec 26, 2024•1 hr 2 min
