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Calvary Life Podcast- where we share about life, faith, and God with people from Calvary Church.
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Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Where do Eric and Matt find it most easy and most challenging to be generous? How do simplicity and generosity connect? How can we simplify our lives? When do we know we need to simplify our lifes? Does simplicity look the same to different people?
In this week's episode of the Calvary Life Podcast, Pastors Eric and Matt will go over all those questions and more. Don't forget to email your questions to Podcast@Calvarylife.org
TIMESTAMPS:
What area in simplicity do Eric and Matt find most easy and most challenging? (4:09), How do simplicity and generosity connect? (10:07), What generosity is not (19:13), Simplifying our lives (24:52), How do we know when we need to simplify? (38:00), Answering your emails (51:11)
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
What’s Eric’s and Matt’s personal experience with fasting? When is it not wise to do the spiritual practice of fasting? Is God a vending machine? Why does Satan use specifically food to tempt us?
In this week's episode of the Calvary Life Podcast, Pastors Eric and Matt will go over all those questions and more. Don't forget to email your questions to Podcast@Calvarylife.org
TIMESTAMPS:
Matt’s sermon (4:17), Eric’s experience of fasting (8:10), When should we not fast (13:53), God isn’t a vending machine discussion (17:20), Satan uses food to tempt us (28:15), Wednesday’s church wide fast as a church (36:33), Eric and Matt halloween discussion (46:24)
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
What does it mean to do life with God? What is the spiritual practice of Scripture? Why should we practice memorizing Scripture? What apps or other resources can help us with Scripture? What's the best way to take in God's Word?
In this week's episode of the Calvary Life Podcast, Pastors Eric and Matt will go over all those questions and more. Don't forget to email your questions to Podcast@Calvarylife.org
TIMESTAMPS:
The Christian life isn't life over God, or under God, it's life with God (1:43), Christians don't read the Bible as much as they should (8:07), the spiritual practice of Scripture (17:38), what apps help with this spiritual practice (25:48), the value of memorizing Scripture (32:20), Lectio Divina (38:04), mailbag time (47:08).
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
What’s the difference between rest and relaxation? How do you handle rules in regard to rest? What are some helpful guides to practicing sabbath rest?
In this week's episode of the Calvary Life Podcast, Pastors Eric and Matt will go over all those questions and more. Don't forget to email your questions to Podcast@Calvarylife.org
TIMESTAMPS:
Eric’s and Matt’s go-to cereal (4:04), conversation about Matt Hemphill’s sermon (9:12), three guides to Sabbath (24:46), last comments on practicing sabbath (39:01)
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
The Podcast is back for Season 6! What did Eric do on his Sabbatical? What is it like for him to be back? What's the difference between solitude and community? Is it harder to have solitude now that we have phones in our pockets? What are some helpful tips for solitude?
In this week's episode of the Calvary Life Podcast, Pastors Eric and Matt will go over all those questions and more. And, for the first time, we are having timestamps in the description. So, feel free use them to jump ahead at any point or return to a part of the podcast you really enjoyed.
TIMESTAMPS:
The podcast sabbatical (1:09), Eric’s Sabbatical (3:14), What Eric feels is Calvary’s next big thing is? (20:49), Does Eric or Matt lean more towards Solitude or community? (26:44), Is solitude the same as being isolated? (29:31), Is it harder to have silence and solitude with a cell phone? (35:59), Tips for solitude (40:36), what Matt loves to do for solitude (43:49), Eric’s Ironman (46:56), final remarks (52:18)
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
What's Calvary's plans for the summer? When does Eric come back from Sabbatical? What's the difference between a Sabbatical and a vacation? What's Eric's project for the summer? How can we respond to the upcoming series on the book of Proverbs?
In this week's episode of the Calvary Life Podcast, Pastor Eric goes over the plans Calvary Church, including Eric's own Sabbatical. He shares about the differences of a Sabbatical and a vacation, the particular project he will be working on throughout the summer, and how we can respond to our upcoming series on the book of Proverbs.
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
What was it like growing up in China? When did Christian's faith become his own? When did Christian feel Jesus calling him to ministry? How did Christian end up here at Calvary?
In this week's episode of the Calvary Life Podcast, Pastor Eric chats with Calvary's new High School Pastor Christian Hemerling about his life, growing up in China, and the experiences that shaped him into the person we're excited to be leading our high school students, plus we go over some mailbag questions.
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
What does the Bible say about sabbaticals? Why is Eric taking a sabbatical? What do pastors do on their sabbaticals? Who is in charge when Eric on his sabbatical? What are practical implications of a sabbath for Christians? What are small ways to incorporate principles of Sabbath into our weeks?
In this week's episode of the Calvary Life Podcast, Pastors Eric and Matt discuss many topics related to rest and joy. Eric shares about why he will be taking a sabbatical for three months this summer, both Eric and Matt discuss what the Bible says about Sabbaticals and the practical implications of a Sabbath for Christians, and how we can have little ways to practice Sabbath principles in our daily lives.
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Why did Eric write the book "God Joy"? What was it like writing it? Were there any stories that were hard to share? What's the difference between guilt and shame? What's the God Joy holiday? What's a spirit of generosity?
In this week's episode of the Calvary Life Podcast, Pastors Eric and Matt discuss many topics related to Eric's new book "God Joy". Eric shares what led him to write this book, what it was like writing it, and he talks about certain stories that were difficult to share in the book. Eric and Matt also talk about the difference between guilt and shame, and the relationship between suffering and joy. And we end the podcast with questions sent in from our viewers.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
What is it like to prepare an Easter sermon? Is there a preferable technique to baptize someone? What's your family Easter tradition? What's your favorite holidays? Should Christians celebrate the Passover?
In this week's episode of the Calvary Life Podcast, Pastors Eric and Matt discuss how to prepare an Easter sermon that can reach both a wide variety of people on different faith journeys, what's their family Easter traditions, they rank their favorite holiday (Shocker: Eric loves Christmas), and why it's important for Christians to celebrate the Passover.