The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, AR

This week Pr Joe is joined by Roseann Bowlin and Tevo Christmann discussing the purpose of hosting a Snack Pack even during worship and meditating on the role of service in the Christian life. Philippians 3: 7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. 8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Chri

This week Pr Joe is joined by Roseann Bowlin and Tevo Christmann in going over 1 Peter 5. In this passage Peter exhorts the church on how to reconcile the hierarchical structures needed to organize large groups of people on the one hand, with the agape love that is to be the mark of a healthy Christian community on the other. His answer: humility. 1 Peter 5: 1 Now as an elder mysel

This week Pr Joe is joined by Roseann Bowlin, Tom Helmich, and last and for sure least, Tevo Christmann. We talk about Brandon Cox's message on Sunday when he reminded the Church that (read in Oprah's voice) "you're a priest, you're a priest, you're a priest, everyone's a priest." 1 Peter 2 4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s

This week Pr Joe is joined by Roseann Bowlin and Tevo Christmann in going over the book of 1 Peter, more specifically the first 10 verses of the 4th chapter. Peter urges the church in Rome to be hospitable to one another. In the context of persecution Peter appeals to the hope of heaven as an impetus for love when all else seems to be failing. 1 Peter 4 7 The end of all things is n

This week we are joined by none other than our most specialest Director of Operations Roseann Bowlin, who graced us with her easy going joy and faithfulness. You can expect to hear more from here going forward! We continue going over Pr Joe's suggestions for starting the year: 1) Find one person to walk your faith WITH... start by praying with them 2) Write down your prayers to ref

To start off the year Pr Joe and Tevo begin to breakdown the 5 challenges Pr Joe presented to the church on Sunday. The book of John tells us that the in the beginning the Word was WITH God and the Word WAS God. In what is one of the most revealing Christological passages in Scripture we are shown that God inherently relational. As image bearers, we are relational as well at the de

This week Pr Joe is joined by Tom Helmich and Tevo Christmann for a podcast that was supposed to be about Christmas but turned out to be mostly Tevo sharing stories of praying, hoping, and seeing it happen. In a way that surprised us too, the podcast did turn out to be about Christmas because Christmas is precisely a story of praying, hoping and seeing it happen - in this case hopi

This Week Par Joe, Tom and Tevo recap the joy of the KidCity Christmas play "The Bethlehem News Network" and we reminisce on the not-so-behind-the-scenes mishaps during the play. Today's passage comes out of Luke 3, when John the Baptist announces the coming of the one who yields the winnowing fork and separates the wheat form the chaff. Hint: It's Jesus. Plus: it's good news! Supp

This week Kim returns and brings an extra special guest. You cannot hear him because he is at this stage mostly non-verbal, but trust us Luke Kirby is on this podacst. Pr Joe, Kim and Tevo read out of Matthew 2 the announcement heard by the magi and reflect situations in our lives when God speaks unexpectedly and changes everything. Support the show Check out more here...

PR Joe and Tevo get together to muse on the church goings-on leading up to what some believe to be the most wonderful time of the year. Today's reading is out of Luke 2:8-20, the story of the angel's announcement of Christ's to the Shepherds in the field. In an unexpected moment, these lowly shepherds receive the most wonderful news: our savior is born! At first they are afraid but