Essential Church exists to remove every non-essential barrier between people and God and move them towards a loving relationship with Jesus Christ that can be enjoyed for all eternity. For more information, visit www.essentialchurch.com
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Weird Things Have Value - Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working
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Message from Alex Goff on August 11, 2024.
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Message from Steve Swisher on August 4, 2024.
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Should Church Be So Judgmental? - Dechurched
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Message from Steve Swisher on July 28, 2024
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Message from Steve Swisher on July 21, 2024.
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Why Is Church So Complicated? - Dechurched
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Message from Chris Gill on July 14, 2024.
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Message from Chris Gill on July 7, 2024.
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Message from Steve Swisher on June 30, 2024.
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Message from Chris Gill, Ron Jones, Katie Streeter and Ramsey Goshert on June 23, 2024.
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The Mystery of Contentment - Peace in the Chaos
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Message from Steve Swisher on June 16, 2024
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Peace From Thinking Differently - Peace in the Chaos
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Message from Steve Swisher on June 9, 2024
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Message from Steve Swisher on June 2, 2024
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Message from Steve Swisher on May 26, 2024.
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Choosing Peace Over Being Right - Peace in the Chaos
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Message from Steve Swisher on May 19, 2024
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Finding Peace With Aging Parents - Peace in the Chaos
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Message from Steve Swisher on May 12, 2024
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Growing Up With Training - Growing Up With Your Kids
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Message from Chris Gill on May 5, 2024
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Growing Up With Discipline - Growing Up With Your Kids
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Message from Steve Swisher on April 28, 2024
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Episode 166: A Conversation with Christine Westhoff
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Message from Ron Jones on April 21, 2024.
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Message from Steve Swisher on April 14, 2024.
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Episode 165: A Conversation with Jared Patrick Boyd
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On this episodes hosts Andrew Arndt and Daniel Grothe have a conversation with Jared Patrick Boyd, a pastor, spiritual director, and founding director of the Order of the Common Life. In this conversation, the trio dive into Jared’s complex origin story of church and the Christian ‘story.,’ as well as the topic of Christian deconstruction — and how…
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Message from Steve Swisher on April 7, 2024.
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Message from Steve Swisher on March 31, 2024
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Episode 164: A Conversation with Ian Simkins
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Humbled to Serve Others - It's Not Me, It's You
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Essential Church, message from Pastor Steve Swisher Shownotes Main Points - Analogy of NCAA tournament seeding to have congregation think about where they rank themselves among fellow churchgoers (1-300) - Discusses how people can move from being self-focused to open-handed and thinking of others - Wonders if it takes a near death experience to pro…
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Inspired to Serve Others - It's Not Me, It's You
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Message from Steve Swisher on March 17, 2024 Pastor Steve references a scene from The Princess Bride where Wesley responds to Buttercup's commands with "As you wish," which she eventually realizes means "I love you." He notes this unconditional love. Pastor Steve discusses a Bible scene where Jesus washes his disciples' feet, exemplifying his humbl…
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Episode 163: How to Have Difficult Conversations
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Message from Eddy Morales on March 10, 2024By Essential Church
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Episode 162: A Conversation with Brit Windel
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On this brief episode of Essential Church, Andrew and Rory sit down with Brit Windel a pastor and church planter from Kenosha, Wisconsin. Brit shares the story of Daybreak Church, a church that is ‘making much of Jesus’ and serving the city. Brit’s story is one of faithfulness, longevity and serving. Host: Andrew Arndt Co-Host: Rory Green Guests: B…
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Message from Steve Swisher on March 3, 2024
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Message from Steve Swisher on February 25, 2024By Essential Church
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Message from Steve Swisher on February 18, 2024By Essential Church
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Pre-decide Your Best Decision - Better Decisions, No Ragrets
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Message from Chris Gill on February 11, 2024
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Pre-decide Wise Counsel - Better Decisions, No Ragrets
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Message from Steve Swisher on February 4, 2024.
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Episode 161: A Conversation with Kenneth Tanner
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On this week’s episode Andrew and Daniel are joined by Ken Tanner, Pastor of Church of the Holy Redeemer in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Ken takes the time to wade through his own story of life and maturity, as well as the complexities of living a life devoted to ministry(2:30). Much of Ken’s life and ministry is wrapped up in the great journey he to…
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Pre-decide My Boundaries - Better Decisions, No Ragrets
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Message from Steve Swisher on January 28, 2024By Essential Church
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Pre-decide Values - Better Decisions, No Ragrets
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Message from Steve Swisher on January 21, 2024By Essential Church
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Episode 160: A Conversation with Greg Waybright
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Greg is a former university president and pastor, and Andrew and Daniel start a conversation around how to sustain longevity in ministry (01:18). The trio lean into a discussion around Sabbath and work, and the reciprocal relationship they hold for pastoral faithfulness (11:05). The pod wraps up with an emphasis on the pastoral relationships we nee…
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Pre-decide to Pre-decide - Better Decisions, No Ragrets
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Message from Steve Swisher on January 14, 2024By Essential Church
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Episode 159: A Conversation with Geoff Holsclaw
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Andrew and Geoff Holsclaw sit down to discuss how the field of neuroscience and spiritual formation intersect in the life of faith (3:43). Andrew and Geoff go on to discuss how these new fields of combined study can actually help people who are beginning to wrestle with, or even deconstruct their faith (12:45). A rabbit trail about attachment theor…
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Message from Steve Swisher on January 7, 2024.
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2023: A Year In Review - 2023: A Year In Review
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Message from Steve Swisher on January 7, 2024By Essential Church
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Message from April Bradford on December 31, 2023By Essential Church
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John: Why Christmas? - Christmas 4 Everyone
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Message from Steve Swisher on December 24, 2023By Essential Church
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Luke: The Magic of Christmas - Christmas 4 Everyone
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Message from Steve Swisher on December 17, 2023By Essential Church
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Message from Steve Swisher on December 10, 2023By Essential Church
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Mark: Skipping Christmas - Christmas 4 Everyone
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Message from Chris Gill on December 3, 2023By Essential Church
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Episode 158: A Conversation with Bri Stensrud
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Andrew Arndt and Daniel Grothe are joined by a New Life congregation member and author Bri Stensrud to talk about the complexities and challenges of what it looks like to “meet the strangers at our gates.” (01:35) The trio discuss how this issue moves far beyond simply a social or political issue, Bri helps guide a discussion around immigration and…
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