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Church Is Messy: Loaded Questions - How do I not feel like a failure?

Church Is Messy: Loaded Questions - How do I not feel like a failure?

Update: 2025-05-28
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Pastor Caleb Smith joins Rick and Svea to close the Loaded Questions series. They discuss success and failure and how society's framework for success is at odds with the Gospel's framework for success.

Topics Discussed in this Episode:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:57 Reflecting on the Loaded Questions series.
  • 04:42 What was it like preparing to speak on failure?
  • 06:20 Svea to Caleb: Did your definitions of success and failure change or grow as a part preparing for this message?
  • 09:46 Embracing the tension of the gospel's framework of success and the inescapable realities of life.
  • 17:17 The rich, young ruler: a case study in questioning the framework of success.
  • 24:39 What does it look like if everything is stripped away and we're satisfied with only Jesus?
  • 30:20 How do we develop into being satisfied with having nothing but Jesus?
  • 36:39 Micah 6:8 - act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.
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Church Is Messy: Loaded Questions - How do I not feel like a failure?

Church Is Messy: Loaded Questions - How do I not feel like a failure?

Rick Henderson and Svea Merry