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05/28/2026

Where is God when you’re suffering?
When God feels silent, many Christians—especially leaders—assume Jesus is near our pain, but not in it.

In this teaching, we explore a deeper biblical truth: Jesus doesn’t merely observe suffering—He enters it. Drawing from the Gospels and the story of Gethsemane, this episode reframes how we understand pain, silence, and God’s presence in seasons of anguish.

For pastors, ministry leaders, and marketplace leaders carrying hidden weight, this conversation speaks directly to the question we rarely say out loud: Where is Jesus when obedience still hurts?

We’ll look at:
Why silence is not the absence of God
How Jesus’ suffering reshapes our theology of pain
What it means to lead faithfully when God feels distant
How the cross forms resilient, honest leaders

This isn’t abstract theology—it’s formation for real people in real pain.

05/21/2026

We can’t make sense of God’s voice—or silence—if we’re not reading it through the lens of His larger story.

When we come to a difficult passage or try to make sense of a moment in our own lives, we have to remember:

God is on a mission to redeem humanity to Himself through Jesus.
That’s the through-line of all scripture: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Reconciliation.

If we miss that, we’ll misinterpret the moment.
We’ll read silence as abandonment, suffering as punishment, and hard texts as cruelty instead of context.

But if we hold onto the meta-narrative, we can start to see even silence as part of a redemptive arc.

05/04/2026

Welcome to the Ministry Growth Show. If you've been in ministry for any length of time, you've probably felt this tension. You can build programs, you can grow the audience, you can even create real momentum, and still feel like something underneath all of it is missing. There's a quiet question many leaders carry. Are we actually making disciples, or are we just managing activity?
That's the conversation we're sitting in today.
I'm joined by Vic Green from Replicate Ministries. Their work has helped thousands of churches rethink how disciple making actually happens. Not in theory. In real, lived-out practice. And what I appreciate about this conversation is how honest it is.
We talk about why strategies alone don't work. Why culture matters more than we tend to admit. Why real disciple making movements don't start at a whiteboard, they start on our knees. Vic also names something I think a lot of pastors feel but don't always have language for. The gap between what we say discipleship is and what our churches actually produce.

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04/23/2026

Parables aren’t riddles. They are windows. Jesus uses story to train our attention to notice God’s reign already present in ordinary life.

Read the full article here: https://vist.ly/4zkiz

Why did Jesus speak in parables instead of explaining the Kingdom clearly? Because the Kingdom requires perception before understanding. A formation-depth answer.

04/23/2026

In this video, we will explore the powerful "rags to riches" theme in the Bible — from Adam to Jesus — showing how God lifts the lowly, redeems the broken, and crowns the humble. It’s not about success, but identity, grace, and transformation.

04/22/2026

The Kingdom of God does not primarily confront us with new explanations about reality. Jesus does not argue people into the Kingdom. He reveals it. He invites people to notice what has been present all along.

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What is biblical imagination and why does it matter? The stories we trust shape what feels real before ideas are named. How the Church can recover imagination as the gateway to faith.

04/21/2026

Why does the kingdom of God feels so distant from the world we actually experience.

Read the full article: https://vist.ly/4zays

What is the kingdom of god? Jesus says it is already here. The real challenge is not belief but learning to see what He describes. A formation-depth exploration.

04/17/2026

Belief remained strong in the modern church, but discipleship quietly thinned. This article explores why belief survived while formation collapsed.

Check out the full article here: https://vist.ly/4yv29

How and why belief survived by itself, quietly becoming the endpoint of Christian faith rather than the doorway into a transformed way of life.

04/16/2026

Why does discipleship feel optional in many churches? When the gospel shrinks to sin management, apprenticeship to Jesus fades. Recover the Kingdom gospel.

Read the article here: https://vist.ly/4yri8

When the Gospel Shrunk - In many churches that care deeply about salvation, discipleship functions as an important but secondary concern.

04/16/2026

Today, I want to talk about the Tree of Life, a powerful and profound symbol and narrative arc woven throughout all of scripture. This is not just a simple botanical symbol; but a physical reality and thread that weaves through the entire narrative of the Bible, revealing God's heart, His plan of redemption, and His ultimate vision for all creation.