Thriving in The Word

We think we do such important work everyday. But is it really? Compared to the mission put forth by Jesus, is what you do really that important? Even after seeing the holy trinity manifest in front of his very eyes, John The Baptist still had doubts. This discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Ben Cossette, and Johnny V For more information visit: www.thrive.church If you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/ If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.church This is a presentation of Thrive.Church ©All Rights Reserved

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, Lenny Salgado, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonThe crew entire crew is sick, but we rallied through it and gathered up to record this episode. Lenny kicks of us talking about 1 John chapter 4, verse 1. James then shares about his downtime on Sunday when he was sick, watching sports and how fanatic people can be with their face paint, costumes, etc. Yet some people come to church, see people praising God and think it's weird, and then brings it full circle and using everyday moments to point people to Jesus. Judah shifts the conversation and starts talking about the gift of prophecy and uses the September 23rd rapture as the example. This is a page turner episode, throw on your mask, stand six feet from your speakers and come along for the ride...it's a great conversation!Please help us spread the word about Thriving in the Word, read 1 John 1-5 with us and come along for the journey. Thank you for listening and being part of the Thriving in the Word family.Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This discussion features: Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Johnny V., Lenny Salgado, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonJames kicks us off by sharing a takeaway from two of Judah's recent sermons about alone time with God, how the sun is all life giving, yet the closer you get to the sun, the more dangerous it gets. This evolves into David asking the big question, would anyone like to live forever? Then Judah shares a description of what he feels Heaven will be like and it just blasts off from there.Please help us spread the word about Thriving in the Word, read 1 John 1-5 with us and come along for the journey. Thank you for listening and being part of the Thriving in the Word family.Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This discussion features David LaManna, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonDavid kicks us off by sharing his takeaways from 1 John and the crew talks for over 45 minutes about this life transforming sermon in the form of a letter. Get ready to hear about flying over the bars, sloppy Christians, falling seven times and getting up eight, not conforming to this world, letting God prune you, prune you again, and much more.Please help us spread the word about Thriving in the Word, read 1 John 1-5 with us and come along for the journey. Thank you for listening and being part of the Thriving in the Word family.Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonDavid kicks us off by sharing his takeaways from 1 John and the conversation quickly turns to takeaways and sharing about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The crew shares their perspective on Charlie Kirk pointing people to Jesus, and the importance of keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, not the world.Bit of a different style of conversation, but with the world, family, social media being so loud, the Holy Spirit lead the way.Please help us spread the word about Thriving in the Word, read 1 John 1-5 with us and come along for the journey. Thank you for listening and being part of the Thriving in the Word family.Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, and Mike McHugh. Edited by: Tim NicholsonDavid kicks us off by sharing his takeaways from 1 John and leads to a discussion of the Law of Entropy and how things degenerate through a gradual change or evolution, aka devolve into chaos.Please help us spread the word about Thriving in the Word, read 1 John 1-5 with us and come along for the journey. Thank you for listening and being part of the Thriving in the Word family.Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonThe crew continues their discussion on 1 John and Mike kicks us off with some great questions about the letter/sermon from John. David (our history guru) responds with his research to address Mike's question and the conversation goes from there. Please help us spread the word about Thriving in the Word, read 1 John 1-5 with us and come along for the journey. Thank you for listening and being part of the Thriving in the Word family.Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

Thriving in the Word Podcast was live in Terryville CT for the recording of our 200th episode. This discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonHuge thank you to all who joined us, to Amanda, Shane for baking 200 cupcakes, Itty Bitty Cookie Company, other folks who brought snacks and ALL of the folks who helped greet, set up, tear down and listen.The crew jumped into 1 John live on Monday August 18th and we are grateful that the place was full of brothers and sisters (thank you again!).Judah kicks us off with a little of how the Bible study started, how it evolved into a podcast, as well as introducing the cast. David then gets into the history of 1 John, Johnny then shares the commonality with John and the rest is for you to listen, discern and we appreciate you listening. Please help us spread the word about Thriving in the Word, read 1 John 1-5 with us and come along for the journey. Thank you for listening and being part of the Thriving in the Word family.Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonJoin us for our wrap up episode of the Book of James. We could spend another 6 months discussing this book but we must move on and we are so excited for you all to join us for our live recording of the 200th episode on August 18th.We will be reading 1 John and we are excited to see what God has in store as we all read and discuss 1 John as a group and with you.Please read along with us!!Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

Thriving in the Word Podcast – Ep. 200: LIVE at our Terryville Campus! We’re celebrating a huge milestone—our 200th episode of Thriving in the Word—and you’re invited to join us LIVE for this special recording! Come be part of the experience on Monday, August 18th at 7:00PMat our Terryville campus: 284 Town Hill Road, Terryville, CT.Our regular crew: Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell and editor Tim Nicholson.New Series Launch: 1 John We’re excited to announce that we’re kicking off a brand new series diving into the book of 1 John! We encourage you to start reading 1 John with us before the live discussion. Bring your friends and family for an evening of food, snacks, fellowship, and fun as we dig into Scripture together.All are welcome—let’s pack the house and make this a night to remember!Help us spread the word:Share this event with your friends, church family, and on social media so no one misses out on this special night!Thank you for listening and being part of the Thriving in the Word family.Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

Thriving in the Word is preparing for our 200th episode and we are excited to share the details very soon. For now, we put together a long bonus version of our study on the Book of Acts, chapters 15 through 28.Stayed tuned for the details on our 200th and we are so grateful for all who listen and encourage you keep reading scripture as well as tuning in. This episode features, Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Selgado, Johnny V., Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell.Enjoy, we will be back next week and have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonThis week, Lenny kicks us off by going back to chapter 1 and shares a story from his Pentecostal days at church. Lenny shares about the importance of endurance, suffering and eventually needing nothing. Judah then jumps in and doesn't sugar coat it by saying, "practice makes perfect is a lie" and how practicing the wrong things will not make you perfect, it is all about endurance.A ton more to share, but we will let you listen and we welcome your feedback, suggestions and encourage you to share this with others.Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This week's discussion features David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonThis week, Johnny kicks us off by sharing how at times, he can be abrasive when he shares the Gospel with others and shares how what he was reading James, he himself felt convicted when reading about the care of orphans and widows. He asked himself, when was the last time I helped, visited or even prayed for orphans and widows. David then jumps in with his past experience of helping many people, taking many missionary trips...but his regret of not having it all center around sharing Jesus Christ with these various people.Lenny shares how the world often says, "well, thats not my problem."Mike then jumps in and shares his experience in pastoring our nursing home ministry at Thrive Church and how impactful it is to these people and their families. It is not done for glory, but for the spread of the Good News.James shares chapter 5:6 in the Book of James and shares the historical perspective of this scripture reading and adds the element of hoarding treasures versus being generous to expand upon the caring of the others.David talks about his experience trying to fill the God sized holes in our hearts with wordly things. It's never enough!!A ton more to share, but we will let you listen and we welcome your feedback, suggestions and encourage you to share this with others.Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonThis week, David kicks us off by asking the question, "do you understand God's Way's?" and shares what stood out to him from chapter 3 in the book of James.The conversation stays on the rails for the most part and you will hear each of the Thriving crew share about the importance of leading a Spirit lead life.A ton more to share, but we will let you listen and we welcome your feedback, suggestions and encourage you to share this with others.Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonThis week, David kicks us off by sharing some current 2025 events and how relevant "taming the tongue" is thousands of years later. Ben then shares how powerful words can be to either tear you down or build you up. Judah then talks about the power of silence.Mike shares about a time when he would pause before he spoke and found himself saying nothing.Johnny then shares a testimony of being out with his family, two teenage daughters and weeping at his flesh when some men were looking at his daughters. This then turns into a conversation about the importance of Being in Christ, denying ourselves gives us freedom. If you want to taste freedom, draw near to God as He will draw near to you.Join us for an amazing discussion on the Book of James, real life stories, practicing righteousness and how our past, our limitations, DO NOT DEFINE US, our IDENTITY IN CHRIST defines us.This is an awesome, awesome discussion and we encourage you to share this episode with a few friends. Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonThis week, James kicks us off by sharing James 5:13 where we are instructed to pray when we suffer hardships, praise when we are happy, ask for prayer when we are sick. Our James talks about being in constant communication with God versus putting Him on and off the shelf.Mike shares his perspective and personal testimony on how he has seen this impact his life and how he is grateful he no longer looks at God as a geni in a bottle.Johnny takes us in a different direction by sharing about the importance of taming our tongues and what would we insert into our own mouths to tame our tongues? How about feasting on the Bible?Judah then goes on a mini soap box about a meme accoubt that bashes pastors for using props and Judah talks about how Jesus used logs, specs, etc to teach others.We then go on a long discussion about the power of confession to a friend and the authority each of us have (in Christ) to forgive others or reinforce their forgiveness.This is an awesome, awesome discussion and we encourage you to share this episode with a few friends. Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Kirsten Salgado, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. This week, David launches the episode and James chats about we've all shared the Book of James is the Proverbs of the New Testament, many ref's to the Sermon on the Mount, but the Holy Spirit shined a light on the Book of James being the practical application of the Sermon on the Mount.David then shifts to chapter 4, and the spiritual adultery references and being humble in the face of God. Some people put and take God on and off the shelf versus going all in.We go all over the place in this episode and have a powerful discussion of the fact that life, goes by in a moment and we are so groomed by the world to be wordly, and so many think they have weeks and years...but today is the day, seize the moment and give your life to Christ.Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Kirsten Salgado, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonWhat does it really mean to be a “badass for Jesus” in today’s world? In this episode, we’re keeping it real and talking about the stuff that quietly pulls our hearts away from God—like our phones, comfort, and even our own pride. Let’s be honest: modern idols don’t usually look like golden statues. Most of the time, they’re just the things that eat up our time and attention without us even noticing.We’ll chat about how the Book of James calls out “spiritual adultery” (yep, that’s a thing!), why it’s so easy to get distracted, and how giving your life to Christ is about way more than just showing up on Sundays. Plus, we’ll dive into the book Tortured for Christ and talk about what it means to actually suffer for Jesus—and why, believe it or not, that’s something to be proud of.If you’ve ever wondered if you’re loving the world a little too much, or just want some encouragement to go all-in for Jesus, this episode’s for you. Let’s laugh, get honest, and take some real steps toward living boldly for Christ.Also, we've included a little bonus feature at the end where the crew discusses Denny's, Waffle House, and Walmart.Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Selgado, Johnny V., Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonAnother amazing convo about the Book of James. Johnny kicks us off by sharing a verse about boasting about tomorrow. We often get caught in that trap, forgetting that God opposes the proud, not to mention, God chooses us.The conversation takes a shift when Judah shares how this relates to Abram and Lot. Abram places his tent facing Sodom and how we can all get caught in that "slow degradation" trap where we see something, we edge closer to it and next thing you know, we are right dab in the middle of it.The crew then talks about the catatonic state of the world, distracted by shows, doom scrolling and we end up as couch potatoes watching life go by.David brings us back on the tracks by talking about being good stewards with not only our financial means, but the gifts that God has given to us. Being Do'ers of the Word, not just hearers.Judah elaborates and shares about knowing people who could crush anyone in Biblical Jeopardy, yet their lives are off the rails.All in all, whether it be hearing and doing, or knowing and sitting idle, we get our title for this episode, The Great Omission? Information without Application.So, lets encourage one another to read scripture as well as the importance of being obedient to the Holy Spirits calling to be Jesus' hands n feet in this world.Too often, we treat faith as a collection of facts, verses, and Sunday sermons—while our daily lives remain unchanged. James calls this out directly, urging us not to be hearers only, but doers of the Word. We’ll explore how easy it is to fall into the trap of spiritual complacency, where knowing the right thing becomes a substitute for actually living it out.Together, we’ll examine real-life scenarios where “the great omission” happens—when we withhold love, ignore opportunities to serve, or rationalize inaction. This episode invites listeners to reflect on the gap between what we know and what we do, and to consider how true faith is proven by action. Through stories, scripture, and honest conversation, we’ll encourage each other to move beyond passive belief and step boldly into a faith that’s alive, visible, and transformative. Are you ready to close the gap between information and application?Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved

This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell. Edited by: Tim NicholsonJoin us for our new study on the Book of James, wait a minute, we have a theme going here, the brothers of Jesus. David kicks us off this week talking about perseverance and endurance in chapter 1 of the Book of James. When followers of Christ go through trials with patient endurance, we can consider it all joy. In the end, you will be perfect and needing nothing.Judah takes us on a journey by sharing his research on ultra marathons. When one runs 1,000 miles, the importance of taking it one step at a time. David then shares about trying to take on the world by yourself versus truly surrendering your life over to Jesus Christ. When we are weak, He is strong.Johnny then elaborates on the importance of the person who is being blessed and then endures testing, we often think of blessings like winning the lottery? The disciples for example were hunted, tortured, betrayed, martyred and they considered it all joy to suffer for the Lord.The group talks about the importance of "Check Points" throughout your week, instead of relying on your one hour on Sunday to carry you through the week, join a small group, go to church on Wednesday Nights.So much more is covered and every journey of faith brings us to pivotal moments—those crossroads where we must decide: Do we turn down the easy path of Give Up Canyon, or tackle the climb toward Patient Endurance Peak? In Week 6 of our James 1-5 series, we dig into scripture for wisdom on navigating these tough choices. With real-life stories, biblical encouragement, and practical steps, this episode will inspire you to keep moving forward, even when the trail gets steep.Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?Have a blessed day.For more information visit: www.thrive.churchIf you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.churchThis is a presentation of Thrive.Church©All Rights Reserved