Midweek Podcast | "What about...?"

This week we’re with Pastor Adam Gibson from Midtown Downtown to talk more about this week’s sermon.

Questions? Comments? Just want to say hi? Fill out this form, we’d love to hear from you!

Columbia “You’d Rather Be Here” Local Spotlight:

• Busted Plug Plaza (World’s Largest Fire Hydrant) by artist Blue Sky - 1404 Taylor St, Columbia, SC 29201

Resources Mentioned:

• "Resources on Abortion" by The Gospel Coalition

• Fight: A Christian Case for Non-Violence by Preston Sprinkle

• War: Four Christian Views by Themelios

• For Our Good Always sermon series - Downtown | Lexington | Two Notch

Audio engineering by Andrew Miles

For Our Good Always | You Shall Not Murder | October 17

Sermon by Adam Gibson on October 17, 2021.

Because God made human beings in His image, all human life has tremendous dignity, value and worth. In light of the sixth commandment, our call as followers of Jesus is not just to “do not murder” but to protect life no matter what it costs us.

Midweek Podcast | Family as Character Formation

This week we’re with Pastor Brandon Clements from Midtown Lexington to talk more about this week’s sermon.

Questions? Comments? Just want to say hi? Fill out this form, we’d love to hear from you!

Columbia “You’d Rather Be Here” Local Spotlight:

• Wingards Market - 1403 N. Lake Drive Lexington, SC 29072

Resources Mentioned:

• Family Milestones Resources

• Milestones Family Event | Screens & Tech on Oct 30 - RSVP here

• For Our Good Always sermon series - Downtown | Lexington | Two Notch

Audio engineering by Andrew Miles

For Our Good Always | Honor Your Father & Mother | October 10

Sermon by Adam Gibson on October 10, 2021.

Learning how to submit to authority and be a part of a group bigger than us is for our good, and the nuclear family is one such structure God put in place to teach us to respect authority. Honoring our parents becomes the “training wheels” to learn how to honor those over us, and most especially, helps us learn how to honor God.

Midweek Podcast | The Sabbath Episode

*Apologies for sound quality this week, we’ll make sure to get it fixed for next time*

This week we’re with Pastor Brandon Clements from Midtown Lexington to talk more about this week’s sermon.

Questions? Comments? Just want to say hi? Fill out this form, we’d love to hear from you!

Columbia “You’d Rather Be Here” Local Spotlight:

• Reese’s Plants - 10418 Wilson Blvd, Blythewood, SC 29016 - reesesplants.com

  or follow them on Instagram - instagram.com/reesesplants

Resources Mentioned:

• "How to Sabbath" at FollowingJesusTogether.com

• For a more theological read (and slightly differing viewpoint), check out “Should Christians Keep the Sabbath?” by Desiring God

• The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel

• “Sabbath" by the Bible Project

• Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord? A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus by L. Michael Morales

• For Our Good Always sermon series - Downtown | Lexington | Two Notch

Audio engineering by Andrew Miles

For Our Good Always | Observe the Sabbath and Keep it Holy | October 3

Sermon by Jake Blair on October 3, 2021.

Through commandment four, God gives us a picture of His holiness, and a reminder that we can’t save ourselves: The Sabbath. The Sabbath is our call to stop once a week, to rest, and enjoy God. While we often think this is good for our own health, this commandment holds a communal aspect to it. Individuals keeping the Sabbath is for the good and the health of the group.

Midweek Podcast | What's in a Name?

This week we’re with Pastor Allen Tipping from Midtown Downtown to talk more about this week’s sermon. Plus...a mystery guest?!

Questions? Comments? Just want to say hi? Fill out this form, we’d love to hear from you!

Columbia “You’d Rather Be Here” Local Spotlight:

• The Original D's Restaurant & Bar - 415 Meeting Street, West Columbia, South Carolina 29169

Resources Mentioned:

• Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord? A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus by L. Michael Morales

• For Our Good Always sermon series - Downtown | Lexington | Two Notch

Audio engineering by Andrew Miles

For Our Good Always | You Shall Not Take the Name of the Lord Your God in Vain | September 26

Sermon by Allen Tipping on September 26, 2021.

The way we think about and speak about God is designed to reflect His holiness and defaming Him through our speech brings harm. Yet for many modern people, it’s probably fascinating that this would be one of the 10 most important commands. Commandment three is but another reminder that God takes His holiness and His name seriously.

Midweek Podcast | Sabbathing with Kids + The Inverse of Worship

This week we’re with Pastor Michael Bailey from Midtown Lexington to talk more about this week’s sermon.

Questions? Comments? Just want to say hi? Fill out this form, we’d love to hear from you!

Columbia “You’d Rather Be Here” Local Spotlight:

• Richland Library

Resources Mentioned:

• Visual Commentary: Exodus 34:6-7 by the Bible Project

• For Our Good Always sermon series - Downtown | Lexington | Two Notch

Audio engineering by Andrew Miles

For Our Good Always | You Shall Not Make Idols | September 19

Sermon by Jake Blair on September 19, 2021.

This week we look at the second commandment, “You shall not make images of God.” Now to our modern ears, this command sounds strange. However, in Deuteronomy 5, Romans 1, and Colossians 1, we see “image making” as describing something universal to the human condition. Ultimately, we need a better image of God and His name is Jesus.

Midweek Podcast | The Heart is an Idol Factory + New Corporate Practice

This week we’re with pastor Michael Bailey from Midtown Lexington to talk more about this week’s sermon. Plus, the return of listener Scott.

Questions? Comments? Just want to say hi? Fill out this form, we’d love to hear from you!

Columbia “You’d Rather Be Here” Local Spotlight:

• Mr. Friendly's | New Southern Cafe - 2001 Greene St A, Columbia, SC 29205

Resources Mentioned:

• For Our Good Always sermon series - Downtown | Lexington | Two Notch

Audio engineering by Andrew Miles

For Our Good Always | You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me | September 12

Sermon by Adam Gibson on September 12, 2021.

The Israelites spent 430 years in circumstances that normalized the worship and service of different gods. This week we’ll look at the first commandment in Deuteronomy 5 where God gives His people a marker to look back and show them that He is the one true God. No one and no thing come before Him.

Midweek Podcast | Concept Creep

This week we’re with pastor Brandon Clements from Midtown Lexington to talk more about this week’s sermon.

Questions? Comments? Just want to say hi? Fill out this form, we’d love to hear from you!

Columbia “You’d Rather Be Here” Local Spotlight:

• Eudora Farms - 219 Salem Ln, Salley, SC 29137

Resources Mentioned:

• “How Americans Became So Sensitive to Harm” by Conor Friedersdorf in The Atlantic - here

• For Our Good Always sermon series - Downtown | Lexington | Two Notch

Audio engineering by Andrew Miles

For Our Good Always | Do Not Harden Your Heart | September 5

Sermon by Adam Gibson on September 5, 2021.

Last week, we introduced a concept called moral foundations theory. It argues that different cultures base their sense of right and wrong through five different moral categories. This week, we'll look at Hebrews 3-4 to see exactly what happens when we forget God’s view of morality and look to ourselves or our culture to determine what’s right and what’s wrong.

Midweek Podcast | Moral Foundations, Mr. Rogers, and the Silencing of Cultural Prophets

This week we’re with Pastor Adam Gibson from Midtown Downtown to talk more about this week’s sermon.

Questions? Comments? Just want to say hi? Fill out this form, we’d love to hear from you!

Columbia “You’d Rather Be Here” Local Spotlight:

• LJs Par and Grill - 381 Pilgrim Church Rd, Lexington, SC 29072

Resources Mentioned:

• Take this Moral Foundations Test to see which of the moral categories you favor.

• For Our Good Always sermon series - Downtown | Lexington | Two Notch

For Our Good Always | God’s Morals are Different than Yours | August 29

Sermon by Adam Gibson on August 29, 2021.

Have you ever encountered people who think differently than you and thought they were so incredibly wrong? Do you know of other Christians with opposing political views to yours and wonder how you’ll ever get along with them? Have you ever read the Bible and thought, “Hold up! How is this okay?” In this week’s sermon, we’ll look at Romans 2:14-16 to unpack the issue of morality, conscience, and ultimately how God’s Spirit and God’s Word lead us into truth.

Midweek Podcast | "You’ll always find what you’re looking for”

This week we’re with pastor Brandon Clements from Midtown Lexington to talk more about this week’s sermon and new series, For Our Good Always.

Questions? Comments? Just want to say hi? Fill out this form, we’d love to hear from you!

Columbia “You’d Rather Be Here” Local Spotlight:

• Publick House - 2307 Devine St, Columbia, SC 29205

Resources Mentioned:

• For Our Good Always sermon series - Downtown | Lexington | Two Notch

Audio engineering by Andrew Miles

For Our Good Always | August 22

Sermon by Adam Gibson on August 22, 2021.

Why should we trust God in the first place? Why should we believe him? The good news is we aren’t the first people to ask that question and in fact, God himself expected that question. In this week's sermon we’ll look at Deuteronomy 6:20-25 where God predicts and answers this very question.

Following Jesus Together: Gathering | People of the Table | August 15

Sermon by Adam Gibson on August 15, 2021.

In Luke 22:14-20 Jesus institutes the sacrament of communion to His disciples. Now we don’t know what all they understood at this point, but this was a category breaking event. This was no normal Passover meal. Jesus says He is starting a new covenant, a new way of relating to God the Father. And every week when we gather, we participate to remind ourselves of this reality.

Following Jesus Together: Gathering | People of the Word | August 8

Sermon by Adam Gibson on August 8, 2021.

The average sermon is 40 minutes in length. So if you were to attend each Sunday, the total cumulative time spent listening to sermons in a year would be 36 hours. Taking that in account, what are you hoping will happen as a result of that time? Why spend so much time having someone teach you from the Bible each and every week? More broadly, why is one of the focal points of our time together reading from, explaining and applying a 2000+ year old collection of literature?

To answer that, we’ll look at a handful of passages including 2 Timothy 3, Hebrews 4, Titus 2, and Luke 8.