Church is Messy

Jan 29 2025 93 ep. 36 mins 5
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Church is messy podcast recorded at Autumn Ridge Church in Rochester, MN

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Church Is Messy: The Lion's Share - Faithful and Generous

Jan 29 2025 26 mins  
Today Rick and Svea talk about their own struggles with greed and simplicity and the New Testament framework of faithful giving and generous giving.Bible passages referenced in today's episode:1 Timothy 6:17-19; 1 Corinthians 9:13-14; 2 Corinthians 8:1-5Topics Discussed in this Episode:00:00 Intro01:13 This message pushed Rick to wrestle down his own contentment.03:56 Simplicity: a

Church is Messy: The Lion's Share - the False Promise of the Prosperity Gospel

Jan 25 2025 41 mins  
Today Rick and Svea dig deep into the essence of the prosperity gospel, it falsehoods, and the various expressions of the prosperity gospel.Topics Discussed in this Episode:00:00 Intro01:47 Intro to the prosperity gospel.02:50 The real essence of the prosperity gospel.03:42 Live Q&A after most Saturday services (when Rick preaches).04:22 From the Q&A session last weekend: w

Church Is Messy: The Lion's Share - More than Enough

Jan 15 2025 32 mins  
In the first half of the episode Rick and Svea share where their vulnerabilities lie regarding money. In the second half they dig into contentment.Topics Discussed in this Episode:00:00 Intro01:12 Rick's history with Football.04:25 Rick and Svea wrestle through how calendars and money demonstrate who or what has our hearts.07:05 Svea talks about being vulnerable to finding security

Church Is Messy: The Lion's Share - Just Enough

Jan 08 2025 38 mins  
In this episode, Rick and Svea unpack some of the ideas behind "Just Enough."Topics Discussed in this Episode:00:00 Intro00:27 Review of 202404:45 The Lion's Share.07:37 The tension and awkwardness of a money message series.08:20 Wanting for people not from people.12:53 Resisting the temptation to sit the series out.15:00 The topics this series will cover.16:07 Just enough.18:23 Do

Church Is Messy: Jonah Week 6 - Unrelenting Grace

Nov 06 2024 33 mins  
Rick and Svea close out Jonah talking about traps, windows and mirrors, God's judgement in the Old Testament, and how we can apply the themes of Jonah to life after elections (this episode was recorded on Election Day, 2024). Ultimately, it boils down to this week's sermon topic: Unrelenting Grace.Topics discussed in this Episode:00:00 Intro01:22 Election Day banter.02:46 A pastora

Church Is Messy: Jonah Week 5 - God's Compassionate Love

Oct 30 2024 30 mins  
The roles are reversed: Rick asks Svea about her message on Jonah and we get insight into what didn't make it into the message this past week.Topics discussed in this episode:00:00 Intro01:33 Believing God is gracious, compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love at the heart level banishes fear, heals hurts, and melts anger.04:00 How do you recognize the real ugliness and br

Church Is Messy: Jonah Week 4 - Freedom

Oct 23 2024 36 mins  
Rick and Svea grapple with a number of important themes from Jonah this week:God's provisionJonah is full of biblical parallelsObedienceTopics discussed in this episode:00:00 Intro00:59 Lots of fun aspects and different connections in the text a more casual reading may miss. (Such as the fish in Jonah switches from masculine to feminine in Hebrew.)04:25 The fish: tomb or womb?05:51

Church Is Messy: Jonah week 3 - Repentance

Oct 16 2024 29 mins  
Rick and Svea make light of finally getting to "the whale" and how this is often given the lion's share of the messaging about Jonah when it's really an insignificant element of the story. This week's episode drips with challenges to go deeper and looking at what the text is actually saying.Topics discussed in this episode:00:00 Intro01:33 Svea is struck by how many of us grew up w

Church Is Messy: Jonah Week 2 - The Line

Oct 09 2024 36 mins  
This week Rick and Svea look at Jonah 1:1-16. Jonah acts as an enemy of God and yet God shows him grace. They draw out a number a parallels between Jonah and Jesus and how they differ in their motivation.Topics discussed in this episode:00:00 Intro01:42 Where is the line?06:51 Rick gets honest - some of his backstory.10:29 God sets his heart on his enemies and loves his enemies lik

Church Is Messy: A Question from Jonah Week 1

Oct 02 2024 21 mins  
In the weekend message introducing the book of Jonah, Rick stated there are two common views to interpreting the story of Jonah: historical narrative or primarily parable. In this episode Rick and Svea discuss a question posed to them: Does Jesus' reference to Jonah in Matthew 12, when foretelling his own death and resurrection, support a particular interpretation of Jonah?Topics d