Jacob's Well Church

Jesus and Retaliation • TSOU S2 E119

The wisdom of Jesus challenges us to reconsider our anger and desire for revenge and retaliation. Special guest: Formation Pastor Brian Faught

Unloading Relational Baggage

Formation Pastor Brian Faught

And the Truth Will Set You Free… • TSOU S2 E118

Honesty, Transparency, Vulnerability… what does it look like to live these out in a complicated world?

Honest

Relationship are difficult with dishonest people. Live with a radical commitment to honesty, integrity, and doing what you said you would do. Live Authentic.

Divorce • TSOU S2 E117

This week we’re joined by Mackenzie Fisk to talk about Jesus’ teaching on Divorce and protecting the oppressed.

Oppress

We need to feel safe to have healthy relationships. Make your relationships safe.

The Need To Rehumanize • TSOU S2 E116

Special Guest Ryan Robinson joins us to discuss the damaging effects of lust and objectification.

Love People as People, Not Objects

Connection, intimacy, relationship. We all desire for closeness with people, to know and be known. But tragically, we often trade true, pure love for a form of lust. When we use and abuse people, it numbs us to real connection and intimacy. Jesus wants all of us to experience deep relationships, but if we treat people like objects, we won't be able to connect.

The Epidemic of Contempt • TSOU S2 E115

Understanding Anger and Contempt provides a framework for the entire Sermon on the Mount.

Dehumanize

Contempt - When we dehumanize others, we dehumanize ourselves.

The Wisdom Writings of Jesus • TSOU S2 E114

The Sermon On The Mount is full of wisdom, with the power to heal our fragmented relationships.

Fortunate & Wise

“I hate conflict.” Most people would resonate with this comment. But relational conflicts are inevitable. As followers of Jesus, we have his teaching and example to show us how to do healthy conflict. Jesus not only modeled healthy conflict, but he also actually created relational conflict when needed. In this series, we will discover Jesus’ teaching in the sermon on the mount and consider the wisdom of this life. Follow Jesus as he transforms you into a good person from whom good things natural...

A Lament: Ashes, Salt & Bitteroot

This service is a lament. We will take time to lament personally and corporately. As we enter into Lent. Let's draw close to Jesus, the suffering servant.

Making Room For LENT • TSOU S2 E113

This week we discuss the strong connections between our series in Lamentations and the season of Lent.

Don’t Forget Me

It is easy to feel forgotten. Trauma can cause us to create a narrative that God and everyone else has forsaken us. At those times, we can feel conflicted because we want to hide and be seen simultaneously. A lament allows us to express these feelings and tell ourselves a better story.

JW Care: Drew Hagen's Story

*We apologize for intermittent audio quality in this podcast, we experienced technical difficulties at the time of the recording.

Symbols of Lament • TSOU S2 E113

Ashes, Salt and Wormwood. This week we discuss the power of these metaphors.

Ashes, Salt and Bitterroot

There are three metaphors for Lament: Ashes – Loss, Salt – Tears, and Wormwood (bitter root) – Bitterness. When we Lament, we enter a deep grief that expresses loss, pain, bitterness, and often regret. Grief is acknowledging what has been lost and what we had hoped for that we will not receive. The contrast between where we were and where we had hoped to be contrasted with where we find ourselves needs to be acknowledged before it can be accepted.

Open The Door • TSOU S2 E112

Through the bitterness of Lament we have an opportunity to experience deep mercy.

From Wormwood to Mercy

Many of us don't want to draw near to our pain because we fear we will get trapped in pain and bitterness. Lament opens the door to see and experience the mercy of God. We need to experience and receive God’s mercy, so we do not lose our humanity and become something broken under the terrible weight of bitterness caused by the pain of this world.

Corporate Repentance • TSOU S2 E111

Lamentations challenges us to see ourselves as deeply intertwined with one another. How do we learn to embrace corporate responsibility in our hyper individualized world?

Songs of Lament

Joshua Sköyen, Worship Pastor

The Liturgy of Lament

Trauma wants to be seen. Trauma creates a deep need to be felt and understood, while at the same time, a desire to hide in fear, shame and embarrassment.

Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, Wk 1 - TSOU S2 E110

The Thing About Trauma

Learning the Liturgy of Lament helps us understand the Nature of Trauma and gives us a Pathway of Trust through trauma, grief, and loss.

Colossians Wrap-Up • TSOU S2 E109

This follow up podcast wraps up 2022 and our last series in Colossians!

New Year's Day 2022 • Coming Home, Wk 16

The World Before Christmas - Christmas Eve 2022 9pm

What was the world like before the coming of Jesus? What changed? What is still changing? Christmas changed EVERYTHING. This is a challenge for us to follow the person and the way of Jesus. Fighting injustice, loving people and walking in the way of the cross.

Devotion is the Spice of Life

When we are Devoted to Jesus and each other, our lives take on the proper "spice" (inspiration) that makes the outside world want to seek Jesus for themselves. But devotion takes intentionality. We must make every effort; not to be perfect, but to be Devoted.

Good and Bad, Strong and Weak

Is there a difference between men and women? What is the dynamic of a marriage? Become the kind of person who can shoulder responsibility for yourself and others.