Work through the following questions and scriptures on your own, and get together with your running partner, life group, or friends and family to talk through what you are learning. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. What intrigued you about this message? 2. Can you relate to what you heard in the message? Has this same idea/challenge come up in your life before, or is it new? 3. How does what you heard affect your life right now (maybe it speaks to something you are going through, struggling with, looking...
Sep 04, 2022•37 min
As you walk by faith, God guides you to make a difference in the lives of others. Serving, loving, and pointing them to the Source of Love creates a ripple effect throughout generations. Rather than the number of places you’ve seen or shows you’ve watched or widgets you’ve sold, in the end what matters most are the lives impacted through our life of faith.
Aug 28, 2022•39 min
A few of our leaders from our college network and our 20s and 30s network met up with John Burke to ask him questions about a life of faith and leaving a legacy.
Aug 28, 2022•31 min
What is your favorite thing you’ve ever made? Describe the process of making this item and why it is your favorite? What is something in creation, whether it be natural or man-made, that when you experience it, it draws your heart to awe and worship of God? What stood out to you from the message?
Aug 21, 2022•35 min
What is the greatest risk you have taken in your life? Why was it risky? What was the outcome of that risk? Join John Burke as he explores these questions and more in our series Your Next Great Adventure.
Aug 14, 2022•33 min
You were created on purpose and with a purpose. A relationship with God allows you to make the most of every good and bad experience life throws at us. Walking by faith is not always easy, but it’s a life most worth living. Discover how setting aside the instant gratification of today can enable us to accomplish a mission that’s far greater than we could imagine.
Aug 07, 2022•35 min
Dr. Elmore has trained more than 500,000 leaders in hundreds of organizations worldwide. He’s also the Founder and CEO of Growing Leaders, a non-profit team that equips students & young professionals around the world to become life-giving leaders. Author of the well known Habitudes: Images that Form Leadership Habits and Attitudes and Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population, rather than hearing his story, he is going to help us understand the eme...
Jul 31, 2022•41 min
This Sunday, “Sledge” is coming back to Gateway! Long-time Gatewayers know how compelling and hilarious Sledge is as a speaker. You may also know him from his work on Medium.com where he writes primarily on mental health. His new book Where Cowards Go To Die , is a memoir from his time serving in the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan. His book “cuts through the bravado to reveal a brutal portrait of war and the cost of returning to a country that no longer feels like home.”
Jul 24, 2022•33 min
Dr. Salviander shares her story of exploring faith as an atheist and scientist.
Jul 17, 2022•32 min
We all love a great story, and this summer we’ve got some great ones to share! We have an unlikely pretzel maker, an astrophysicist, a war veteran, and an expert in Generation Z. Each week you and those you invite will be inspired and even more equipped to live your great story! This week we have the incredible story of grace from Anne Beiler the founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels.
Jul 10, 2022•36 min
The Church is not a service or a building. The church is actually the people who come together to follow Jesus. As our nation celebrates our independence on July 4th, Gateway Church will be mobilized throughout the city to love our neighbor. Whether by serving those in need, hosting a party, helping at a neighborhood parade, or inviting friends over to watch the Online Inspire Service, this Sunday the Church has left the building!
Jul 06, 2022•18 min
When asked to choose the most important and greatest commandment, Jesus pointed towards loving God and loving your neighbor as yourself. He summarized all 613 commandments in the Hebrew Scriptures into these two interconnected ideas. The world is a better place when we decide to love our neighbors.
Jun 26, 2022•35 min
Happy Father's Day from Gateway Church in Austin, Tx!
Jun 19, 2022•35 min
Everyone needs/wants more money, time, and energy. What if the ways the world teaches us to “gain more” are not actually going to help us “experience more?” God’s ways and all God says about living generously shows that “more” is a matter of the heart. God gives us resources to teach our hearts how to love Him and love people.
Jun 12, 2022•48 min
In a fast-growing city or county, it can be easy to get lost in the crowd and experience loneliness. We need to be intentional about engaging in a community that is both confessional and missional. A confessional community allows you to share your heart and struggles. Being missional means seeking to B.L.E.S.S. our neighbors on our own and together as a community.
Jun 05, 2022•34 min
God speaks to us and reveals His character through the Scriptures. When we discover how to read and apply the Bible, we learn how to hear God’s Word to us. There are specific ways to engage the Scriptures in order to discover what God has for us.
May 29, 2022•38 min
God is everywhere! Even more miraculous, the Spirit of God comes to guide all who follow Jesus. We can discover what God has for us in the future and the wisdom we need now when we learn how to “keep in step with the Spirit.”
May 22, 2022•40 min
Spiritual alignment is the bedrock on which all else is built in marriage, partnerships, and friendships. Spiritual growth in the same direction connects you to the Source of love, and helps you learn to lay down your life for the other, to sacrifice, to serve, even when it’s not “better for you” because you’re doing it to please God.
May 15, 2022•37 min
Spiritual alignment is the bedrock on which all else is built in marriage, partnerships, and friendships. Spiritual growth in the same direction connects you to the Source of love, and helps you learn to lay down your life for the other, to sacrifice, to serve, even when it’s not “better for you” because you’re doing it to please God.
May 15, 2022•31 min
Mothers play a critical role in setting the culture and the dynamics in their families. Every relationship must address the reality that no family is perfect, or the perfect model. Discover how to create healthy family dynamics by considering the dysfunctional examples from our own childhood while creating something new.
May 08, 2022•32 min
This week, Kenny Green of Gateway Church’s Central Campus and Jesse Sampson of Gateway Buda share their parenthood experiences, how they have cultivated healthy family dynamics, and how to lead where dysfunction, self-healing, shame and love meet.
May 08, 2022•35 min
Every close relationship has conflict and relational breaks. The difference between healthy, lasting loving relationships and those that don’t last or do well is not how often they have conflict (or relational breaks) it’s how quickly they can repair those breaks and get back to growing their enjoyment of life together.
May 01, 2022•33 min
In this bonus episode of Healthy Relationships, Ricky Echeona interviews Hannah Ojeda and Eric Bryant from Gateway Church in South Austin. This week’s episode is all about approaching conflict in relationships and how to practice grace and forgiveness.
May 01, 2022•25 min
Relationships get complicated! Communication is the backbone of any lasting marriage, friendship, or close relationship. Intimacy is all about knowing and being known, but that requires healthy communication.
Apr 24, 2022•36 min
In this bonus episode of Healthy Relationships, Ricky Echeona interviews Carlos and Libby Ortiz from Gateway in North Austin. Relationships get complicated! Communication is the backbone of any lasting marriage, friendship, or close relationship. Intimacy is all about knowing and being known, but that requires healthy communication.
Apr 24, 2022•23 min
Jesus willingly suffered on behalf of humanity. He took upon himself all of the evil and sin ever committed or ever will be committed. The result was his death on a cross, yet on the third day, Jesus rose from the dead! The greatest miracle in history changed everything! Jesus demonstrated He truly was God among us! Now through Him, we can truly live – now and into eternity!
Apr 17, 2022•40 min
Knowing his time with his followers was limited, Jesus brought them together for one last meal. Jesus demonstrated his love and power by washing their feet, sharing with them about the coming Holy Spirit, and sharing with them about the importance of sacrifice. The night ended with his betrayal from one of his own followers, and his response surprised those closest to him and remains a great example for all of us.
Apr 10, 2022•38 min
Passion. Webster’s dictionary defines “passion” as “the sufferings of Christ between the night of the Last Supper and his death.” Passion isn’t something we like or something we really enjoy. Genuine passion is what we are willing to die for. God demonstrated His passion for you and me by sending His Son to give His life for us. The week in the life of Jesus called “Passion Week” began with a cheering crowd and a stand for justice.
Apr 03, 2022•37 min
As we are seeking faith, new to faith, growing in faith, there are words that just seem foreign to us. There are some “big Ideas” and keywords in scripture that, in the original Greek language, hold deep insights into God and His heart. Discover how understanding the biblical ideas of “selflessness,” “justice,” and “change” can affect us deeply today.
Mar 27, 2022•36 min
We protest for justice. We work and pray for social justice. We watch movies about the Justice League. What actually is justice? According to the Scriptures, justice originates from God and His righteousness. We can discover how to bring God’s kind of righteousness and justice to earth without being “self-righteous,” “judging others,” or hypocritical. Instead, we can bring healing to our world.
Mar 20, 2022•32 min
