Reconciling Grace Christian Podcast

The Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) spent some time discussing the dark times we are living in and through and yet we see the power of God's word to redeem and comfort us in and through Jesus Christ.

Pete Vecchi leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Jason Rensner and Don MacDonald) on the topic of Catastrophizing which is making something way worse than it actually is in other words "Is your glass half empty or full?" Come on in and take a listen to see how we approach life in today's world.

Don MacDonald leads the Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner and Pete Vecchi) in walking in the aura of the resurrected Christ and how we can do this on a daily basis. We will survey the I Corinthians 15 as we have have this discussion-come and take a listen.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi, Josh Cougle, Jasan Rensner and Don MacDonald) discuss the process in which we as Christians struggle with decision making as it relates to a variety issues that we face in our culture today. (Such as abortion,who to vote for etc.) If we are honest there are many times where we do have to compromise in these decisions. Come and take a listen as we present this podcast!

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi, Don MacDonald and Jason Rensner) reflect on Romans 12:11-12 and living in joy as we walk in Christ! Especially as we live in the Lent Season and the seriousness of that Season-Yet we have joy in Jesus!

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) share amongst each other the role culture and church in the life of the believer. Come on in and take a listen on this vital topic in the life of church.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Don Mac Donald, Jason Rensnser, Josh Cougle and Pete Vecchi) discuss the value of Lent observance in life of the church. We observe in lent the power of God's redeeming grace given to us through God's love demonstrated by the sacrifice of His one and only Son on the cross-which ultimately leads us to Easter-the empty tomb. So come and hear the reflection from the Reconciling Grace on the "Love of Lent"

Reconciling Grace Panel (Jason Rensner, Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses the authority Scripture as it relates to the church. So if you are wondering how to determine if the church is the true church in your life-come on in and take a listen.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi, Jason Rensner and Don MacDonald) reflect on the power of praying for others. We all agreed that this type of prayer involves a developing process of trusting God that God will move in our lives as God wishes. So come on in and take a listen to see where these reflections on intercessory prayer take us in our faith walks.

Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald-members of the Reconciling Grace panel -discuss the Matthew account of the birth of Jesus. We noted how Joseph was used by God to care for Jesus-the Messiah. We also noted how prophecy is fulfilled in and though Jesus Christ.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Jason Rensner, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses the observance of Advent and how it is done in each denomination represented by the panel. So come and take a listen as we prepare for the coming (birth) of the Christ child.

The Reconciling Grace panel (Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses how thanksgiving is a life long pursuit. So come on in and "take" a listen to learn how to have the "gratitude with attitude" approach to life.

The Reconciling Grace panel (Pete Vecchi, Josh Cougle and Don MacDonald) will discuss "Spiritual Battles" as it relates to Ephesians 6:10-20-We acknowledge that everything in life is a spiritual battle. Come and find out how to combat our spiritual battles.

Pete Vecchi leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Jason Rensner and Don MacDonald) in the discussion of coming back of Jesus to claim His believers...We read I Thessalonians 4:13-18:

13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words. (NIV) So come on in and take a listen and hear what Jesus coming back again means to us and you!

The reconciling Grace Panel-Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi, Don MacDonald and Jason Rensner-will discuss how many do not know the basic Bible Stories of our youth. (This also includes those who have been raised in the church.) So come on in and take a listen as we discuss why this could be happening....

Reconciling Grace adds a new member to the panel-Pastor Jason Rensner-from Faith Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls,SD. So come on in to the podcast and get to know Pastor Jason Rensner!

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discuss the reality of how hard it is to accept help from others. We tend to have the attitude "We can do it ourselves!" So come on in and learn how to accept the help that others offer us.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) will celebrate how we have been blest because God has gifted us with so many blessings here on earth. It is a time of seeing the "half full glass" in a time where we look at the "half empty glass" first in our daily living. So come on in and be blest!

Josh Cougle leads the Reconciling Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) in a discussion that involves how to encounter those agendas of companies or institutions that are anti Christian in their morality. Should we as Christians boycott these companies/institutions to make a statement of our Christian morality?

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle and Don MacDonald) led by Pete Vecchi discuss the love of God and country and how we can not confuse the two in our faith walks in Jesus Christ. So come on in and take a listen and see where we journey with this great discussion.

Pete Vecchi leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle and Don MacDonald) in a discussion that involves the church in Ephesus as described in Revelation 2:1-5. The basic question is "What does it mean to loose your first love?" This question relates to our faith walks in Jesus Christ and have we kept it alive and vital in our lives today. Come on in and take a listen to this podcast....

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) have a discussion about how the American Church discusses sin in the culture we live and breathe in today. We discussed the concern about "church hurt" as we deal with in the body of believers' sinfulness. We ended with the prayer of II Chronicles 7:14..... if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land....So come on in and take a listen and tell us what you think.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses popular sayings that are apart of our Christian lives...the two sayings that are going to be discussed are "God won't give you more than you can handle" and "All sin is the same sin" so come on in and take a listen on these two popular sayings from the Reconciling Grace panel.

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle, Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) discusses the care of missionaries while they are presenting the gospel in the place God has placed them. Thus the challenge is to keep the missionaries aware that they are not alone in the work that God has called them too. So come on in and see how this challenge is answered!

Josh Cougle leads the Reconcile Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) on a Vision Trip to Thailand. The purpose of this mission trip is develop a heart for the people of Thailand. Josh prays for safety for everyone he is traveling with, but later changes his prayer request to another. Come on in and discover what the changed prayer request was!

Reconciling Grace Panel (Don MacDonald, Josh Cougle and Pete Vecchi) discuss the spiritual movements that are taking place in America in the last couple of months. Ashbury College is the place where this spiritual movement began. So some on in and see what the panel thinks about revival or a spiritual movement that draws us closer to God the Father in and through Jesus Christ here in America! 

Don MacDonald leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle and Peter Vecchi) on the topic of "What is Godly Love?". The main point of this discussion evolves around the way we make moral and ethical decisions that are tied to Godly love. This topic strives to define our decision making especially as it deals with the reality of sin our culture today. So come on in and take a listen to this podcast. 

The Reconciling Grace Panel-Pete  Vecchi, Don MacDonald and Josh Cougle-discusses this controversial topic as it relates to the nation and the church bringing to life the Christian values in our culture today. So come on in and take a listen. We pray that this topic will make you reflect on your own Christian walk as you walk in  our culture today.  

Pete Vecchi, Josh Cougle and Don MacDonald-Reconciling Grace Panel-spend sometime discussing the Bible and how it is and not used in our culture today. We found ourselves discussing how accurate is the Bible as we deal with our daily lives. Come on and in and take a listen! 

The Reconciling Grace Panel-Pete Vecchi, Josh Cougle and Don MacDonald-reflect on the lack of presence of men in the life of the church. We discuss possible ways to alleviate this observation in the life of the church.  Please take a listen and be blest.  

Josh Cougle leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) in a discussion of the centrality of the virgin birth as it relates to our salvation in Jesus Christ. We reflected on Jesus Christ being the new Adam to the power of miracles in our lives then and today. Come one and all to listen to this great discussion this Christmas Season! 

The Reconciling Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi, Josh Cougle, and Don MacDonald) surveys the church and the way we relate to our culture of our day. Is it purely a social justice issue in our world? Is it purely a Jesus issue in our world? The panel strives to survey this topic with Scripture and understanding. So come on in and listen to this episode. 

Josh Cougle leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) in this  podcast concerning "Mission and the Church" -Josh and some other people from his church went to Florida after hurricane Ian devastated this state. They helped tear out drywall and empty out people's homes so that the people could begin to rebuild their homes after hurricane Ian's devastation. Then the podcast went on to discuss the greater church and it's mission to the world. Come on in and take a listen to this podcast. 

Pete Vecchi reflects with the Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle and Don MacDonald) on the thought that Christians are called to swim upstream in drawing people towards God the Father through Jesus Christ rather than away from God the Father. Pete begins our time of reflection with the image how dead fish flow down stream-Come on in and take a listen to this time of reflection! 

Josh Cougle leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Don MacDonald and Pete Vecchi) in the discussion the involves the book of Revelation  which is from the Bible and how that book can relate to our today's world. Come on and in and take a listening and  see what you think.... 

The Reconciling Grace panel reflects on  the phrase,"Trust the Science" and its implications not only for the church but the culture of our day. Come on in and reflect with us on the phrase,"Trust the Science". 

Pete Vecchi leads the Reconcile Grace Panel (Josh Cougle and Don MacDonald) in a conversation about church leadership in the last 30 years-Has it really changed? How are the leaders leading in the church today-as the times have been changing? For example "How are we taking a census in the church attendance today?" So come on in and discover what we are thinking about this topic. 

Don MacDonald leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle and Pete Vecchi) in this question that recognizes the tension between Scripture leading us in daily life verses cultural norms leading us in daily life. Come on in and take a listen on this topic. 

Don MacDonald leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle and Pete Vecchi) with the introspective question,"Have we gotten lazy in our decision making-especially with the availability of smart devices?"  Come on in and see how the panel handles this introspective question. 

Don MacDonald leads the Reconciling Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi and Josh Cougle) on the topic of needing God and not needing God in America. So come on in and see where we come out on this great and controversial topic this in our country today. 

Pastor Don MacDonald leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle and Pete Vecchi) on the reality of christian parental authority and mentoring in our society-especially as it relates to the public school environment. The goal of this conversation is to be aware of the dynamics that are taking place in the mentoring of our children today-both in the home and in the school. So come on in and take a listen to this very sensitive topic. 

Josh Cougle leads the Reconciling Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) with the reflection that the church needs to be more sensitive in celebrating parents in the life of the church. So come on in and see how the panel handle this reflection of Josh Cougle. 

Josh Cougle leads the Reconciling Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) on the topic of "What will heaven be like?" Josh introduces this topic identifying that there are two extremes of viewing heaven-Surrounding the throne of God praising him for all eternity verses that we can do everything that we were to able to do here on earth. Come on in and discover some reflections on heaven. 

Josh Cougle and Don MacDonald lead Pete Vecchi in a discussion concerning the role of children's ministry in the life of the church. We all can see the value of ministering to children and their whole families in the life of the church. Please come on in and take listen to how this discussion evolves on the role of children's ministry in the life of the church. 

Josh Cougle leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) in the meaning and the purpose of Jesus Christ's empty tomb! So come on in and listen to the Reconciling Grace panel on the power of Jesus' resurrection in our lives. 

Pastor Don MacDonald leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Pastor Josh Cougle and Pastor Pete Vecchi) in one of his favorite Scripture text for the lent season of the church Isaiah 53. Come on in and discover the eternal effect of the "Suffering Servant" of Jesus Christ as experienced in and through Isaiah 53! 

Pete Vecchi leads the Reconciling Grace Panel (Josh Cougle and Don MacDonald) on the topic of "Responding to War". Pete begins with the reading of Ecclesiates 3:1-8-there is a time/season for everything in life. Then Pete begins the with the statement-"I do not believe that God likes war." Coem on in an dtake a listen to this podcast on "Responding to War". 

Pete Vecchi leads the Reconciling Grace panel (Josh Cougle and Don MacDonald) on this topic of "Pastoral Visitation"-These questions are being reflected upon.."When was the last time your pastor visit you?" and  "Are there different expectations among different age groups concerning pastoral visitations?" Come on in and listen to this topic! 

Pete Vecchi leads the Reconciling Grace's panel (Josh Cougle and Don Macdonald) on the topic of Virtue Signaling. Pete brings to life the contrast some believers do in the light of saying"I am more Holy than you when I do this action or that action." Pete reflects this "Virtue Signaling" from Matthew 23:1-12-come on in and take a listen to this topic from the Reconciling Grace's panel. 

Josh Cougle leads the reconciling Grace Panel (Pete Vecchi and Don MacDonald) on the negative effect social media has on our ciulture-especially as it relates to our children. Though, to be honest, not all our members are as strong of opinion on the negative effect as Josh Cougle is...So come on in and listen to this podcast of Reconciling Grace.