
Local Gig Harbor Church Podcast
By Local Church
Sunday messages and occasional midweek reflections from Local Church created to help us slow down and ponder the words of Jesus together throughout our week.
Local Church is committed to learning to be with Jesus together in Gig Harbor and Port Orchard.
To learn more visit www.localchurchgh.com
Local Church is committed to learning to be with Jesus together in Gig Harbor and Port Orchard.
To learn more visit www.localchurchgh.com

Luke 13: The Kingdom of God
Jesus speaks of the Kingdom of God, what it is like, how it is everywhere and the promise that it will rise!!!
55:17
August 09, 2022

Luke 12: Being Ready
Being ready for the return of Jesus and ready with joyful anticipation!!!
53:23
August 07, 2022

Luke 12: Pursuing True Peace
Can we purchase peace? If not, where can we find it? Jesus shares how to find true and lasting peace. Guiding our souls to a place of relaxation and rejoicing.
42:29
July 28, 2022

Luke 12: True Courage
Jesus teaches on fear and courage, counterfeits and authentic. Our friend Michael Bouterse preached this one.
38:58
July 19, 2022

Luke 11: Beyond Appearance
Jesus leads us to live for character and not mere appearance.
49:45
July 19, 2022

On Faith & Freedom
We reflect on the blessing of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and how these are ultimately found in Jesus.
48:20
July 10, 2022

Luke 11: Praying to a Good Father
We get to pray to a good Father and share our troubles, desires and ask for his house to grow!
53:45
June 28, 2022

Luke 10: Do Work!
The harvest is plenty but the laborers are few. Plenty of people need Jesus. Who will help people meet, know and follow Jesus?
40:13
June 19, 2022

Luke 9: Plow Forward
It is good news that we are not God. It is better news that Jesus is God. We discuss how Jesus makes a way for us even when we do not deserve it.
29:52
June 06, 2022

Luke 9: Who is the greatest?
Are you the greatest? Am I the greatest? Why do we want to know and what does Jesus have to say to this consuming question?
30:25
June 05, 2022

Luke 9: Mountain highs and valley lows.
We look at the glory of Jesus, finding places to pray and how to get through the ups and downs of life on mission.
32:37
May 25, 2022

Luke 9: A Priceless Soul
We look at the value of a soul and how to care for your soul.
40:56
May 17, 2022

Luke 7 & 8: Understanding Chain of Command
Understanding the authority of Jesus and living in harmony with his authority.
49:08
May 10, 2022

Luke 6: Firm Foundation
What are you building? What are you building on? Who are you building with? Jesus invites us to build things that last with him!
44:55
May 04, 2022

Luke 6: A Culture of Grace
Jesus invites us into a culture of graciousness over grievance, forgiveness over judgement. A community that is quick to confess, quick to forgive and quick to invite.
42:12
April 25, 2022

Easter: Believing the promises of God
He is Risen! We look at life lived believing the promises of God. What would have changed had the disciples trusted and remembered that Jesus would rise again?
33:51
April 20, 2022

Luke 6: Rising Above
We look at the teachings of Jesus, including this radical call to love out enemies and love in a way that makes know sense to the world.
34:27
April 04, 2022

Luke: Jesus shattering religion and consumerism
Jesus uses hyperbole, satire and truth to shatter our religious boxes and invite us into the Kingdom of Heaven. We look at the famous beattitudes and what they might say to us today.
42:18
April 01, 2022

Luke: Jesus Obliterates Religion
We look at the end of Luke 5 and beginning of Luke 6. Jesus burst through man-made religion with scandalous love and invites regular people not the religious elite to join his movement. The church is a Jesus movement and you are invited to be the local church!!!
38:10
March 21, 2022

Luke: Intentional Feasting & Intentional Fasting
We continue our exploration of Luke and look at the deeply spiritual habit of eating. How both feasting and fasting are used by Jesus to be and make disciples.
49:41
March 17, 2022

Luke 5: Make Disciples
Our friend Bill Dupenthaler shares from Luke, Mark and John on the call to not just "follow Jesus" but to commit to being his disciple! Learn from Jesus how to be and make disciples!
45:23
March 08, 2022

Luke 5: Going All In with Jesus
Jesus invites us to drop everything and follow him. To have our whole lives oriented around being with Jesus, being changed by Jesus and helping others to be with and follow Jesus.
51:22
March 01, 2022

Luke 4: Demonology 101...Jesus wins.
Jesus has all authority and power over the spiritual realm and even the demons know it. His presence makes the darkness flee!
50:15
February 23, 2022

Luke: Offensive Grace
Jake continues to guide us through Luke as we look at the offensive grace of Jesus.
35:46
February 08, 2022

Luke 4:16 Seaglass Spirituality
Jake preaching on the book of Luke and the power of habit in the life of Jesus. How did healthy habits play a part in the life of Jesus and how can it shape and play a role in our life as we learn to live the Jesus lifestyle together.
31:25
February 02, 2022

Rest of Nehemiah 7 and Nehemiah 8
Joining Jesus in the nitty gritty for the sake of others.
15:25
November 24, 2021

Nehemiah 6 and a lil bit of 7
Living out your calling with boldness and perseverance.
23:31
November 07, 2021

Nehemiah 4
Living out our calling and persevering with Jesus even in the face of discouragement.
29:49
October 22, 2021

Nehemiah 3
Rebuilding whats broken together with Jesus. Taking action to spread love, truth and freedom one step at a time.
25:09
October 15, 2021

Nehemiah 2
Gospel courage. Arise and build the Kingdom of heaven with King Jesus!!!
18:38
October 08, 2021

Nehemiah 1
A biblical view of loss. How to grieve healthily and join Jesus in redeeming brokenness!
15:14
October 08, 2021

James: A Prayerful Servant
James leaves us with a call to prayer. A servant pray's with a servant's heart. We are not the master but the servant.
15:08
July 02, 2021

James: A Servant's Patience
James encourages us to be patient until Jesus returns!
10:29
July 02, 2021

James: A Servant's View of Wealth
James instructs us in how we can use money to love people instead of using people to love money.
18:41
June 18, 2021

James: A Servant's Ambition
As followers of Jesus our ambition is to be more like Jesus.
15:21
June 04, 2021

James: A Servant's Words
Serving Jesus and bringing about the Kingdom of heaven with words of love and encouragement.
10:44
May 21, 2021

James: A Servant's Good Works
James invites to not just say we believe in Jesus but to live a Jesus lifestyle filled with good works that demonstrates our love and faith in Jesus.
17:55
May 14, 2021

James: A Servant's Command
At the start of chapter 2 James encourages us to love like Jesus loves, a love that shows no partiality.
13:56
May 14, 2021

James: A Servant Acts
Being not just hearers of the word but doers of the word. Moving from Christian consumerism to participating in the lie and way of Jesus. Joining Jesus in bringing light, love, healing and hope to our world.
13:38
April 28, 2021

James: A Servant Listener
We are servants and we serve by listening to God and to others. We get to be a community that loves well by listening well.
15:37
April 18, 2021

James: A Servant's Trap
James warns the church that sin leads to death. We must be proactive in fighting sin and not sitting on our heels!
14:52
March 26, 2021

James: A Servant's Perspective
Life is fleeting, enjoy the moment and live for eternity. The rest is vanity.
17:12
March 19, 2021

James: A Servant's Wisdom
Followers of Jesus, find wisdom from Jesus. We look to Jesus for wisdom.
13:54
March 13, 2021

James: A Servant's Reward
Counting trials as all joy and seeking the crown of life!
11:55
March 05, 2021

James: A Content Servant
We look at the second part of James 1:1. How can we grow as content servants dispersed throughout a consumeristic world?
27:58
February 26, 2021

James: A Servant Brother
A simple reflection on the first verse of the book of James. Why the brother of Jesus finds his identity in being a servant over even being the biological brother of Jesus.
14:02
February 12, 2021

Foundations: Simply Jesus
We trust in Jesus alone. Church is to be all about Jesus. Not about programs, numbers, buildings or social media followers. It is all about Jesus alone. Simply Jesus.
16:28
February 05, 2021

Foundations: Invitation
Jesus grows his Kingdom not by force, violence, marketing tricks or winning arguments but by loving invitation. He invites us to find life, joy and hope in him and to join him in living an invitational lifestyle.
14:51
February 05, 2021

Foundations: Presence
We look at the gift of God's presence through the lens of Psalm 84.
20:47
January 22, 2021

Foundations: Abide
As we learn to abide in the love of Jesus together we are transformed by his perfect love. We get to be a people motivated and led by love in a world that can fall into hate. Jesus loves us.
14:53
January 14, 2021

New Year New Mercies
His mercies are new every morning. Jesus gives us a fresh start.
17:35
January 14, 2021

Advent: Better Moses
The story of how Jesus is an even better Moses. He leads us out of slavery and into an eternal promise land!!!
11:54
January 02, 2021

Advent: Shepherd King
We continue our Advent series as we reflect on the beauty of Jesus being both our promised Shepherd and our promised King. He is the Shepherd King!!!
09:33
December 14, 2020

Advent: Immanuel God With Us
We reflect on Advent and the beautiful truth that God desires to be with us.
12:03
December 12, 2020

The Truth
We end our study on Psalm 119 with a meditation on the truth of God's word.
15:01
December 12, 2020

The Lamp: Looking to Jesus for guidance
We continue in Psalm 119 and reflect on how we must look to Jesus and the word of God for guidance in the midst of confusing times.
12:19
November 16, 2020

The Cave: Following Jesus in the dark seasons of life.
We continue our reflection on Psalm 119 and learn how to look to Jesus in the dark seasons of life.
15:13
November 16, 2020

The Way
Psalm 119 continued as the Psalmist longs to learn the way of heaven and to walk in that way.
24:33
November 02, 2020

Your Word In My Heart
A look at Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the bible and a stunning love poem written by the Psalmist to the scriptures.
15:40
October 29, 2020

Rev 10-20: True & Just
Jesus is the true and just judge. And all who witness his final judgment will praise him.
36:49
September 18, 2020

Rev 6-9 A Sheltering Presence
Even in the midst of some of the craziest and freakiest passages of scripture we see a God who loves, comforts and shelters his people with his loving presence.
15:26
September 09, 2020

Rev 5 Worthy Is The Lamb
Jesus is worthy. He defeats sin, satan and death through sacrificial love. All creation, all of God's people, all of the angelic hosts praise Jesus the one who is worthy!!!
17:08
September 05, 2020

Rev 4 On the Throne
God is on the throne. He is worthy of all glory, honor and power.
14:19
August 27, 2020

Revelation 3: Wake Up Church
A surprisingly encouraging chapter as Jesus reveals the motivation for his harsh words of correction and warning and extends an invitation to deep community to even the most rebellious of churches.
20:16
August 19, 2020

Revelation 2: Dear Church Sincerely Jesus
We look at the first 4 letters to the 7 churches found in Revelation 7. Encouragement, correction, warning and reward. These letters from Jesus are a gift for us today. They can be confusing at first glance but as we look at the context of the church and city in this time there are some beautiful and helpful insights that can guide us today.
26:27
August 09, 2020

Revelation Chapter 1: All About Jesus
We start our journey through Revelation and remember that the Big Idea of this book is the comfort, presence, promises and power of Jesus. This apocalyptic, prophetic letter to the church is an encouragement today. We also learn what the word apocalypse means.... and it might not be what you think.
Also, here are some links to further your study of Revelation.
Three helpful videos by the Bible Project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nvVVcYD-0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpnIrbq2bKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNDX4tUdj1Y
A study by Richard Bauckam https://www.amazon.com/Theology-Book-Revelation-New-Testament/dp/0521356911
A book on the poetic imagery of Revelation by Eugene Peterson https://www.amazon.com/Reversed-Thunder-Revelation-Praying-Imagination/dp/0060665033
18:29
August 03, 2020

A Jesus Follower
What does it mean to be a disciple? A Jesus follower. And how does baptism symbolize and celebrate this? This is the second part of our two-part series on baptism.
10:41
July 26, 2020

A New Creation
Part 1 of a 2 part series on baptism. Old had gone, the new has come. What does it mean that we are new creation's in Christ? And how does baptism reflect this truth?
12:10
July 19, 2020

The Grace of Your Ministry
God has a purpose and a calling for your life. Your unique ministry gets to be a gift to you and a gift to others as you join Jesus in bringing light, love, healing and hope in the world.
14:37
July 13, 2020

The Relational Church
A vision for a deeply relational church and the cultural realities that hinder this vision.
15:48
July 06, 2020

Words like honey
A reflection on the sweetness and power of gracious words. A picture of the type of community that can be formed when we speak with love and grace to one another.
14:31
June 30, 2020