LNBC Students

It is a special episode! The LNBC student ministry is welcoming Tucker Furr as the new Student Ministry Associate. Taylor and Carson sit down with him to hear his bio and have him answer some questions. 

Now that the state of NC is beginning to open up, Carson, Rich, Taylor, and (special guest) Ethan sit down six-feet-apart to reflect on their time in quarantine. 

Taylor gives a short update on the Student Ministry as the state of NC begins to open up from the COVID-19 quarantine. 

It is a special episode in our House Calls series! Students Jackson, Levi, Jordan, and Kylie take the mic and record some conversations with our student ministry leaders to see how they are doing during the COVID-19 quarantine. 

We take another pause from our normally scheduled posts during the COVID-19 quarantine and Taylor shares some short thoughts on Resurrection Sunday. 

Since we are in Holy Week under Covid-19 quarantine, I wanted to share some thoughts on this important day for Jesus followers. Why is "Good Friday" a day of significance? 

We continue our short Sunday-morning series contemplating a Psalm. This week we look at Psalm 42 and how it speaks to our sadness. If you are struggling through disappointment in this season, I encourage you to take a few minutes to listen through this episode.

Music:

• Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Part
• I Won't Let You Go Feat. Lauren Daigle (Live) by Switchfoot 

The house calls continue. As the COVID-19 quarantine persists, Taylor makes a few calls to students to see how they are doing in this season of life. As a special guest, Stephanie joins to have conversations with Jordan and Cadee. 

Doubt can be overwhelming, but God has given us a prayer book to pray our emotions back to Him. In the process, God turns our doubts to praise. 

At such a time where people are confined to their house, Taylor and Sam take a few minutes to Facetime people and check-in on them. It is like a good old-fashioned pastor's house call with a modern technological twist. 

One of the purposes of the practice of silence & solitude is to quiet the noise in order to hear the voice of God. What does it mean to hear God's voice? Many simplify this to mean simply reading scripture. Others expand it to include some mystical experience. Carson, Rich, Cam, and Taylor sit down to discuss the topic, attempt to strike a balance, and give practical ways to hear God's voice today. 

We thought it was really important for students to see how people implement the practice of silence and solitude in their everyday life, so we invited a few people from different backgrounds and in different life situations to share why and how they practice silence and solitude. We are super grateful for Erica, Elizabeth, and Cam sitting down to field some questions from Taylor. Hopefully the recording is bearable!

In this sermon, Taylor explores the Gospel of Matthew and how it presents what it means to follow Jesus. In short, followers of Jesus are filled with the life of Jesus to become more like Jesus and therefore imitate the life of Jesus. 

In the first session of this new series, we have some discussion and teaching around the question, "Who is Jesus?" 

As a quasi wrap-up to the "In the Beginning" series, we review one of the probing questions from Genesis 3: why is nakedness so central to the story? Carson, Taylor, and Cam sit down to discuss (after about 15 minutes talking about their favorite movies and books of 2019). 

Rich finishes up this series with a sermon on 3:14-24. 

The man and the woman have disobeyed, and now they have an encounter with the LORD God in the Garden. In one of the last sermons in this series, we see a God who leads his people to confess their sin, but who is also slow to anger and rich in love, mercy, and grace. 

Naked people, talking snakes, deception, desire, toxic trees - what is this story all about? In this sermon, we look at Genesis 3:1-7 to see what the first few pages of the Bible teach us about human disobedience and sin. 

As a follow-up to the latest sermon "A Suitable Helper" on Genesis 2:18-25, Carson, Cameron, and Taylor discuss the archetypal significance in the formation accounts in the bonus content episode. 

In the next sermon in our "In the Beginning" series, we look at the formation of woman and the meaning of marriage in Genesis 2:18-25. 

We have another bonus episode of content discussing some content from the previous sermon in our "In the Beginning" series regarding the Garden as sacred space. Carson, Cameron, and Taylor talk about the theme of God dwelling with man throughout scripture. 

The sermon series on the first pages of Genesis continues. We look at the beginning of a 'second creation account' and take note of the emphasis on the Garden of Eden as sacred space and the man's role as priest. What does it look like for us to expand Eden and cultivate culture, turning the Garden into a Garden-City?

It is another bonus episode for our series "In the Beginning." Carson, Rich, and Taylor discuss the theme of the image of God throughout scripture and note how it is a critical theme for understanding our salvation and God's intention for creation.

Continuing the "In the Beginning" series, the creation account culminates in God's rest on the seventh day. We look at why the seventh day is emphasized as the final act of creation, what the Sabbath day is all about, and how we can practice the Sabbath in our lives today. 

In this bonus content episode for our "In the Beginning" series, Carson, Rich, and Taylor sit down to discuss the question of whether Genesis is "literal."