Let's talk about Kanye. And cynicism. 

It's easy to see God when you're hearing a sermon on a Sunday, and God is pretty clear when you're studying Colossians, but how do you learn to see Him in your classroom, or your crazy co-workers? If God is truly omnipresent, He's present in every part of our lives; perhaps we just need to learn where to look.  This episode's featured song is Love Won't Give Up from Elevation Worship. 

The next generation (students in college, high school, middle school, and younger) have the lowest rates of faith in God and desire to go to Church in the history of our country, and the highest rates of depression, suicide, anxiety. And they don't know what to do about it. Can this generation really see revival? They can, and it starts with us.  Song is See a Victory from Elevation Worship. 

No matter our background or beliefs, many of us feel overwhelmed and sad in our lives. What if we were missing the miracles in our lives by simply overlooking the things around us? And what if the "supernatural miracles" that we read and hear about were happening all around us, even as you listen to this episode? Song is There is a Cloud by Elevation Worship.  Follow me everywhere @brandongarland http://instagram.com/brandongarland https://twitter.com/brandongarland

How do you find the balance between putting out quality content and being authentic? How do you avoid self-promotion yet maintain a humble desire to see God reach people through you? @itsjonwebster is back, and together, we're reminded that if you'll focus on building yourself, God will build your brand.  Opening and closing song is Hallelujah Here Below (Paradoxology) by Elevation Worship. Follow me everywhere @brandongarland http://instagram.com/brandongarland https://twitter.com/brandongarland

In the first episode of a short series on leadership, let's listen to why leadership matters, what it is, and what's central to it? The opening and closing song is Taking Me Back by my favorite band, LANY.  Follow me everywhere @brandongarland http://instagram.com/brandongarlandhttps://twitter.com/brandongarland Visit my website at brandongarland.co 

'Walk with God' has become more of a cliche than a concrete reality in many of our lives. In this special Easter Bonus episode, I sit down with my friend @itsjonwebster to talk about some stories from his life, as well as a few biblical passages, that will help you make 'walking with God' move from a phrase you repeat to a reality you experience. Opening and closing song is Mighty Cross from Elevation Worship. Follow me everywhere @brandongarland http://instagram.com/brandongarland https://twitter.com/brandongarland

This March, I visited my wonderful girlfriend Maya in British Columbia, where she lives. While I was there, God was speaking strongly to me from Psalm 145, and one day in a coffee shop, me and Maya talked about it. Enjoy!  Follow me everywhere @brandongarland http://instagram.com/brandongarland https://twitter.com/brandongarland Visit my website at brandongarland.co 

In this episode of Season 4, Brandon talks about how the battle against boredom can be the key to entering into your purpose and potential.  The opening and closing song is Sunflower by Vampire Weekend.  Follow me everywhere @brandongarland http://instagram.com/brandongarlandhttps://twitter.com/brandongarland Visit my website at brandongarland.co 

You were created by a creative God to create. How can you learn to approach your entire life through the lens of an artist, not just an employee?  The opening and closing song is So Will I by dvsn, as heard in Fear Of God's Sixth Season Trailer.  Follow me everywhere @brandongarland http://instagram.com/brandongarland https://twitter.com/brandongarland Visit my website at brandongarland.co 

Your testimony is the story of everything you've overcome and seen God do in your life. And the Enemy would like nothing more than to take your story. How does he try to do it, and why? Join me in episode one of season four. Opening and closing song is Whole Heart (Hold Me Now) from Hillsong United. Follow me everywhere @brandongarland http://instagram.com/brandongarland https://twitter.com/brandongarland Visit my website at brandongarland.co 

We'd all say that we believe that God wants to do great things through us, and we all probably understand that seeing God move through us takes faith. But what does faith look like, and how do we practically exercise it? Opening and closing song is Future Marches in by Hillsong United.  Follow me everywhere @brandongarland http://instagram.com/brandongarland https://twitter.com/brandongarland  Visit my website at brandongarland.co 

It's one of the most well-known verses in all of the Bible: "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it" (Proverbs 4:23). It sounds profound, and it is, but how do we make this principle practical? Maybe the practical is found right beside the principle. The opening song has become one of my favorite songs ever (truly), and it just came out today. Good Grace by Hillsong United. Follow me everywhere @brandongarland http://instagram.com/brandongarland https://twitter.com/brandongarland Visit my website at brandongarland.co

Join me after a way-too-long break to talk worship, plus a life update. Don't miss it. Opening and closing song is God of Breakthrough by Mack Brock.

Does loving someone mean that you always have to agree with everything they do and believe? If not, how can you speak truth into people's lives without fracturing your relationship with them? As we begin a mini-series on answering relevant questions that we face in today's world, please submit your question on the Anchor app. The opening and closing song is Christ is Risen, by Mack Brock. Follow me everywhere @brandongarland http://instagram.com/brandongarland https://twitter.com/brandongarland Visit my website at brandongarland.co

You'll never meet a person that you won't impact and influence in some way. So, how can you live a life that's marked by leaving people better than you found them? Join me as we think through that in S3 E5. The opening and closing song is Echo by Elevation Worship, off of their upcoming record Hallelujah Here Below. Start investing with Acorns today! Get $5 when you use my invite link: https://acorns.com/invite/NJPRGH. The iOS link to download Anchor is as follows: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/anchor/id1056182234?mt=8

We often view life through a lens of limitation and lack and become frustrated when we see other people being blessed because we believe that there's only so much to go around for everyone. God's Kingdom is limitless and unending, and learning to believe that there truly is enough for everyone in every area enables us to take up joy and drop jealously in every situation.    The opening and closing song is Won't Stop Now by Elevation Worship, off of their upcoming album Hallelujah Here Below, which releases on September 28, 2018. 

As people who aim to follow Jesus, we tend to feel like we need a certain measure of talent or perfection to be used by God. In this episode, we talk about the only ability God actually needs from us.    Opening and closing song is New Wine by Hillsong Worship.

Often, we experience internal frustration because we're more focused on God's promise of outward fruit than on His process of obtaining it. Jesus' teaching in John 15 shows us how to fix our focus on the one thing that will actually produce fruit in and through our lives.  Opening and closing song is Do It Again by Elevation Worship. 

The message that we claim to believe as Christians, that God loves broken, fallen humanity enough to leave heaven to save us by dying on the Cross and defeating sin and death by being resurrected three days after dying, should change absolutely everything about our lives. But so often, it doesn't. What's the disconnect, and how can we allow the revolutionary message of Jesus to permeate increasingly more of our lives?   The opening and closing song is The Passion by Hillsong Worship, off their new record THERE IS MORE. 

There has never been a group of humans so busy and distracted as 21st Century Americans. It can be easy to start with our hearts in the right place, seeking to honor God, know His love, and build our lives around the Gospel. But how do we manage the growing number of things competing for our attention, in order to keep the main thing the main thing? Opening and Closing song is Touch of Heaven by Hillsong Worship. 

Voices of self-doubt and self-accusation run rampant in all of our minds, and threaten to derail us from our destiny, because ultimately, if we believe we can't we, we won't. Let's come together this Easter and walk out of the tomb of negative self-talk and into God's purposes on our lives.  Opening and closing song is Mighty Cross by Elevation Worship. 

We can only show real love once we've recieved real love, but we'll only allow ourselves to recieve love to the level that we believe ourselves worthy of love. In this episode, we look at how God's love completes us and compels us to selflessly love others.    The opening and closing song is Neon Sign by The Royal Royal. They're really good; check out their entire album, 'Rococo.' 

Fear is one thing we all experience. God's Word speaks to real things that we genuinely struggle with, and since fear is so common, it makes sense for God to talk about it consistently in the Bible.    Opening and Closing song is Won't Stop Now by Elevation Worship. 

Proverbs 27:3 says that 'As a man thinketh, so he is.' The way we think determines who we are. So, how do we align our thoughts with God's, and why is it so important?   Opening and closing song is Fool's Gold by S. Carey. 

God is a God of miracles, and He desires to work them in and through us. But how do we see them come to pass in our lives? In Matthew 20, two blind men ask for and receive their sight from Jesus, and in the process, show us five key factors in seeing God move in impossible ways, both in 18 AD and 2018.  The opening and closing song is Here in the Presence by Elevation Collective, featuring Israel Houghton and Sheretta Ivey. 

In this episode, we look at the book of Nehemiah, and what the God dream in Nehemiah's heart teaches us about the ones in our hearts.   The opening and closing song is Ultralight Beam by Kanye West. 

Many of us have heard stories and read passages of the miracle-working, supernatural God of the Bible, but have yet to have a personal interaction with His wonder-working power. What if miracles and truly having experiences with God wasn't just a thing of the New Testament, but a thing for the 21st century? What if the Cross wasn't meant to be the final revelation of God’s goodness, but rather an open door into a life full of experiences of His faithfulness? Scripture invites us to "taste and see that the Lord is good," but how is can we practically do it?   The opening and closing song is Tremble by Mosaic MSC.

There is no better human life than the one that seeks to honor God in everything. But, how do we prevent ourselves from a life that outwardly appers to glorify God but in reality seeks to use God to make much of ourselves?

There are very few people, Christian or otherwise, who would say they don't want to sin less. We all live imperfectly, and we know it, and for the most part, we genuinely want to change. What if within the narrrative of the very first sin were both the same mistakes that we make each and every time that we sin, as well as solutions that will empower us to sin less?    The opening and closing track is Resurrecting by Elevation Worship. 

Jesus' call on the lives of all who follow Him is to live as He lived (Colossians 1:27). Knowing we can't do it alone, He gives us the Holy Spirit to empower us to do it. And as we live as He lived, we point people to Him. What if the best way to point people to Jesus is to live as He lived: fully alive and called as a son or daughter?    The opening song is Swim by Valley. Check out their enitre record The Room is White, especially this song, 'You' and 'Soldier.'

As you enter the 2018, you may just have an unwelcomed guest trying to come with you. For all the new things you want to start, there may be something you need to quit. Learn how to leave fear in 2017 and replace it with faith and courage in the new year.    The opening song is Souls by Hippo Campus. 

Outside of following Christ, the person you marry will be the single biggest decision of your life. With the stakes being this high, the amount of high potential, quality young Christians end up settling in this area of life is shocking. How do you know what to look for in someone to date, and what does it really mean to settle? To settle on your spouse is to settle on your purpose, so how can you confidently decide who you should date? All that and more in this episode of The Rise Podcast.  The opening song is love somebody like you by joan. 

Prayer is often something that gets crowded out when life gets busy. But what if we could gain a new perspective on it, one that shows that we actually play a part in God moving in other people's lives? The opening and closing song is Super Natural by Turnover.

At any given time, our souls only have the ability to focus on one thing. When we allow fear to sit in the foreground of our minds, we inevitably prevent ourselves from living in the strength that God wants to give us. In this meditation from the book of Zechariah, we look at how to reject fear and recieve strength.  The opening song is Everything's New by Mutemath. 

So often in life, we seem to be reaching for something that we just can't grasp. That thing is love, and though we often look for it in other poeple, we're truly searching for it from God. But how can we know for sure if He loves us, especially when there are so many tragic, painful realities in this world an in our lives? The opening song is Seasons by Hillsong Worship.