The 180 Church Podcast with Dr. Sammy and Friends

Dec 08 2024 311 ep. 54 mins 1
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Advent: Finding your place in the Adventus

Dec 08 2024 51 mins  
The Advent of Jesus is most often described as the arrival of Christ to the world, but implicit to an arrival is a story of departure. Christ’s departure from an eternal status quo to corporeal calling in the gospel of Mathew sets the scene for Nativity and the drama implied by His arrival. The significance of Christ’s arrival to the present invites us to take part in the story

Resilient: The Deep Well Inside Us

Dec 02 2024 31 mins  
In this next segment from his series on resilience, John Eldredge demonstrates the practice of spending time with Christ within us as the ultimate source of resilience. Most of the time, we operate in what Eldredge terms the shallows and the midlands of our being - the distractions and concerns of this world which leave us feeling exhausted or directionless. By practicing benevolen

Fortune Telling: The Distortion of Telling the Future

Nov 24 2024 42 mins  
When we face situations where we think failure is inevitable, we can become so caught up in our emotions that we focus only on the catastrophe ahead. However, no one is a fortune teller, and by getting caught up in fear, we rob ourselves of the opportunity to build towards a better future. Instead, when faced with such situations, we can start by recognizing that our emotional swin

Christ's Sacrifice For All And Forever

Nov 17 2024 44 mins  
We often wrestle with the weight of our past mistakes, living in the shadow of guilt and feeling like we must constantly atone for our failures. The gospel offers a radically different message: Christ has borne our guilt and shame through His one perfect sacrifice, freeing us from the need to earn forgiveness. This freedom doesn't absolve us of responsibility but invites us into a

An Antidote to Fatalism

Nov 11 2024 52 mins  
A common motif of the human experience is the grapple between fatalism and hope. It is a duality often cinematically depicted as a glistening ray of light cutting through darkness. As fickle as hope may seem to be, fatalism is just as paper thin. In what could feel like immense darkness, looming death, and utter despair, sometimes God shimmers a light that defies all calculable odd

Why Christianity is not just a beautiful philosophy, but rather a mind-blowing announcement!

Nov 05 2024 48 mins  
When so much of daily life is solving problems and overcoming difficult circumstances, it's not enough to have only lofty ideals or moral philosophies. And while Christianity has its share of moral teachings, the core of the gospel is Jesus himself, who offers up himself as Son of God and Savior. In response to human brokenness and suffering, Jesus did not come to preach - he came

Blind and Broke

Oct 27 2024 36 mins  
This week we examine the story of Bartimaeus, a beggar who physically was blind, but spiritually saw more clearly than anyone else. Despite being near a crowd that could offer him money, Bartimaeus prioritized calling out to Jesus, recognizing Jesus as God's promise. Then, after being healed of his blindness, he immediately followed Jesus, as he recognized that this was the opportu

Loving Out Loud

Oct 21 2024 20 mins  

The Parable of the Dunning–Kruger Christian

Oct 13 2024 46 mins  
What is the Dunning-Kruger Christian? The kind that overestimates their ability to lead their Christian life. In a post-pandemic church, where we increasingly see lesser commitments to our faith community and relationships, many of us have conflated spiritual discipleship with cognitive growth, but there isn’t a podcast or book in the world that would protect you against the spir

The Discipline of Scripture

Oct 06 2024 42 mins  
Things we have built into habits, we can easily do again, but things we rarely do, we may struggle to even remember how they're done. If we build a discipline of studying, internalizing, and applying Scripture, we will have solid ground to stand on when faced with difficulty. After all, God's words gave Joshua the confidence to lead a nation, and Paul the confidence to preach even