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When is Divorce Ok? | Red Couch Theology

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, this week, it's a super light subject. We're gonna be talking about divorce. When is it? Ok. When is it? When isn't it? And we're also going to be talking about the interpretation of scripture because, let's be honest, this subject matter is very difficult to figure out in the scriptures. We're also gonna be getting multiple questions from you all about singleness and how to enter into a marriage in a healthy way without any further ado. Let's dive into this week's episode. Thanks for tuning in.

Let’s talk about...Lust? | Red Couch Theology

There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our podcast, “Red Couch Theology – Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron.” We record our podcast live every Thursday at 11am. What can you expect? Pastors Alex, Aaron, and the occasional guest have a casual conversation, diving deeper into ideas related to last Sunday’s teaching.

What to do with my Burning Rage | Red Couch Theology

Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, we're gonna be talking about one of our favorite subjects here on the podcast, which is anger and murder. Yay. Aren't you excited? I told Alex this week that his sermon was both my favorite sermon he's ever preached and my least favorite all at the same time because it weasels its way into my soul and pointed out some of the brokenness in me. We also dealt with some pretty heavy questions about childhood relationships with parents and anger there and all of this stuff. Without any further ado, we're just gonna dive right in, and you can rustle through some of these challenges with us.

Are we supposed to follow Old Testament Law? | Red Couch Theology

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, so this week we are talking, we're, we're really getting into the meat of the sermon on the Mount in our series right now. And this text that Alex preached on Sunday is really pivotal because it's gonna set up how we're supposed to think about Jesus's teachings versus the teachings of the Old Testament. And so we're gonna talk about the nature of scripture in this episode. We're gonna talk about what, what's up with the law and what percentage of it is abolished and all these things. We also have some great questions from all of you about some of those very same things. Without any further ado, let's dive into the complex nature of the scriptures and all of that.

What does Jesus Mean by Salt & Light? | Red Couch Theology

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week on our episode, we're talking about Salt and light, and we actually spent a little bit of time talking about an interesting textual translation challenge in this particular passage and about the nature of the scriptures and how we deal with textual challenges and translation issues and that sort of thing. Then we also are going to answer a question that came in from you all about Jesus referring to salt and light as actually predominantly light in a couple of different ways, and some of them feel contradictory like he's the light, we're the light, who's the light? And we'll deal with that on this week's episode without any further ado; let's dive right in.

How to Interpret the Beatitudes | Red Couch Theology

There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our podcast, “Red Couch Theology – Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron.” We record our podcast live every Thursday at 11am. What can you expect? Pastors Alex, Aaron, and the occasional guest have a casual conversation, diving deeper into ideas related to last Sunday’s teaching.

What are the Beatitudes about? | Red Couch Theology

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, we are diving into the sermon on the Mount proper, and we're talking about the Beatitudes. Yeah, I brought the message this week, and I shared some direction of interpretation that might be different from how you had grown up. And that's ok. There are different ways of approaching text, but we will wrestle through some of those things. What do the beatitudes actually mean for us, or is this a checklist of things we're supposed to strive for, or what is it anyway? We'll dive right in without any further ado to the sermon on the Mount, the beatitudes.

Red Couch Theology LIVE Q&A

There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our podcast, “Red Couch Theology – Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron.” We record our podcast live every Thursday at 11am. What can you expect? Pastors Alex, Aaron, and the occasional guest have a casual conversation, diving deeper into ideas related to last Sunday’s teaching.

God’s Love Despite Christian Failures | Red Couch Theology

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, we're only days away from our live in-person recording of this show in 6510, Sept. 11th, 6:30pm. Hey, if you're listening to this after that time, we're sorry you're unable to make it. We're gonna send the invitation here anyway. This week on the episode, we have a guest, Rob Karch, who brought our sermon on Sunday. He's one of our ministry partners. He's worked in the French-speaking world for most of his life, and we get to hear some fascinating stories about how God has worked in and through his church, sometimes the messiest parts of his church, to extend his love around society. We hear some history about the French-speaking world and all sorts of stuff, and we wrestle with some of those tensions that are in Christian history. So, without any further ado, let's dive in; let's hear from Rob Karch about some of those things.

Inward vs. Outward Church | Red Couch Theology

Well, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Hey, we're excited because we will do this thing live on the internet and in person with some of you in the room in just a couple of weeks. September 11th, check that out. There are details in this episode about that. This week on our episode, we actually did a deep dive into a whole bunch of things going on in our community. We announced on Sunday that we're going to stay at one service. We're gonna talk about why we did that. We're gonna talk about the counterintuitive reality that we want to be an invitational church, and yet this whole one-service thing almost seems counterintuitive to that. We also ask an incredible question about our dreams and hopes as church leadership: how much of our attention goes to outreach versus how much of our attention goes to discipleship internally for our current church members. Anyway, we're gonna talk about all this. So, without any further ado, let's dive right in.