Faith Forward #116 - Off-brand Jesus Wk 3 - Christian Fellowship Ashburn

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Faith Forward #116 - Off-brand Jesus Wk 3

Narcissism & Selfishness

September 22, 2024 • Lee Towns, Jon Ackerman • 2 Timothy 3:1–5, Genesis 3:1–13

There are many ways to end up with an "off-brand" life with Jesus -- accepting less than life to the full in order to be more comfortable and less challenged. In this week's episode, Lee and Jon tackle one of the sneakiest and most common causes of the off-brand life: selfishness. How do we overcome our deep-seated desire to make our life -- and God -- work on our terms? Pull up a chair and listen as Lee and Jon share some honest confessions and helpful suggestions on overcoming selfishness and embracing the delight of surrender.

Faith Forward #114 - Off-brand Jesus Wk 1

September 8, 2024 • Brian Bales, Jon Ackerman • 2 Timothy 3:1–5

Off-brand products have the appearance of the real thing but lack the true quality or benefit of the original. Similarly, we have often settled for less than the true quality and benefit of Jesus because the alternative promised to cost us less or be close enough. How do we discover the places in our life where we've accepted an off-brand substitute for the real thing? Join Brian and Jon for a practical look at our off-brand choices and how we recover the authentic Jesus.

Faith Forward #115 - Off-brand Jesus Wk 2

September 15, 2024 • Brian Bales, Jon Ackerman • Jude 18–21

We've accepted an "off-brand Jesus" when we accept less than life to the full in order to be more comfortable and less challenged. What does that look like when it comes to judging and judgementalism? Join Brian and Jon for a deeper look at why we often leap to critique or else avoid speaking truth at all. More importantly, listen in as we talk about embracing the ultimate purpose of judging rightly -- transformation!

Faith Forward #113 - Jesus Stories Wk 3

May 19, 2024 • Brian Bales, Jon Ackerman • Matthew 18:21–35, Luke 7:36–48, Luke 17:3–4

Jesus taught about "forgiveness" on several occasions, and almost every time the teaching was accompanied by a story. As we've mentioned over several weeks, Jesus uses parables to help us understand that we don't understand as well as we think we do -- and this is especially true when it comes to forgiveness! Join Brian and Jon for the last episode of this season as they share their own stories and experiences of re-learning what it means to forgive from the heart.