Ada Bible Church Podcast

Pastor Aaron Buer speaks about a religious leader's visit to Jesus at night. Through this conversation, we see what Jesus means when he says we must be born again. We are challenged to believe Jesus and follow him.

Pastor Jeff Manion talks about Jesus’s encounter with a funeral procession. Through this conversation, we see Jesus’s compassion as he resurrects the boy, providing a preview of the restoration of all things. We are challenged to see Jesus differently as well as be a church community that demonstrates Jesus’s compassion to the world.

Pastor Jeff Manion tells the story of Jesus healing the centurion's soldier. Through this conversation, we see the centurion understands the authority of Jesus in a unique way. We are challenged to trust Jesus during our own difficulties because of his power and authority as God.

Pastor Jeff Manion walks through Jesus's teaching to the crowd after a man asks a question about his inheritance. Through this conversation, we see that eating, drinking and being merry isn't the end all of life. We are challenged to use our possessions for God's glory and to help others.

Pastor Aaron Buer discusses how Jesus models serving one another. Through this conversation, we see that Jesus shows us the way to a blessed life. We are challenged to understand who we are in Jesus, accept Jesus's gift of life and serve others in our church community.

Pastor Brad Holmes teaches on the Pharisees' attempt to trap Jesus. Through this conversation we see Jesus's ability to navigate a difficult situation and his compassion for a woman being used by the Pharisees. We are challenged to remember God wants to enter into our brokenness with us and to trust God to help us in the midst of our seemingly impossible situation.

Pastor Aaron Buer discusses Jesus’s visit to the Decapolis. Through this conversation, we see that Jesus chooses to enter into the darkness to overcome the darkness. We are challenged to trust Jesus with the darkness in our lives, allow him to disrupt us and share with others what he has done for us.

Pastor Jeff Manion discusses Jesus’s healing of the ten lepers. Through this conversation, we see there is a significant difference between being grateful for something and being thankful to someone. We are challenged to be thankful to God, trust him and also obey him even when we can’t see all the details.

Pastor Jeff Manion discusses a passage from Luke with two healings in one story. Through this conversation, we see Jesus as the one true healer. We are challenged to consider how best to use our story of Jesus’s healing and forgiveness with those around us.

Guest Speaker John Dickson discusses Jesus's mission. Through this conversation, we see that Jesus loves those who are far from God and came to save them. We are challenged to recognize our own guilt and accept the life through Jesus's death and resurrection.

Pastor John Dickson discusses the good news of Jesus. Through this conversation, we learn that Christianity is about the person of Jesus. We see the deep layers of who he is as teacher, healer, savior and God. We are challenged to place our faith and trust in Jesus because he is God-in-flesh come to save us from our sin.

Pastor John Dickson discusses the good news of Jesus. Through this conversation, we learn that Christianity is biographical, historical, Jewish and personal. We are challenged to take a next step in following Jesus because of the trustworthiness of the gospel accounts.

Pastor Jeff shares from John 20: 11-18 about his followers’ perception of learning about the risen Savior. Through this conversation, we see their awaking from crisis and confusion, to a recovering faith. Just as his followers were called to experience his grace and love, we are called to come and experience the love of the One that calls us by name.

Pastor Jeff Manion walks us through the power of letting go with the help of the gospel. Through this conversation, we learn that when we go deep into the gospel story, it has the power to tranform us one day at a time. We are challenged to provide forgiveness and that optimal forgiveness can provide restoration of a relationship and end the flow and cycle of hate. Here is an additional video from Tim Keller that can help with understanding and practicing forgiveness "Why Tim Keller wrote his new book Forgiveness".

Pastor Jeff Manion discusses how the gospel shapes our material desires. Through this conversation, we see the gospel redefines what we want, what we need and what fills us. We are challenged to view ourselves as infinitely loved, infinitely treasured and infinitely secure.

Pastor Aaron Buer discusses ways we can sabotage the gospel message in our lives and the lives of others. Through this conversation, we see that when we try to add something to the gospel, think we can earn the gospel or that something is holding us back from being accepted, we sabotage the work of the gospel. We are challenged to focus on the role grace pays in the gospel.

Pastor Aaron Buer teaches about the power of the Gospel to shape our family relationships. Through this conversation, we are challenged to live out our identity in Christ as completely full and recognize we don’t need anyone else to fill us. This truth enables us to live out love and respect in marriage relationships, empowers us to honor our parents and helps us train up our children in the ways of Jesus.

Pastor Aaron Buer walks us through how the gospel changes our view of pain. Through this conversation, we see that God offers hope for a day of complete restoration. We are also challenged to see the hope of transformation through pain as God uses the difficulty we face to develop the character of Jesus in us.

Pastor Jeff Manion talks about God’s plan to renovate our life. Through this conversation, we see that God has plans for our life even before we choose to follow him. We are challenged to allow our new identity as God’s beloved children to transform us into people who are truthful.

Pastor Jeff Manion helps us understand the gospel. Through this conversation, we see how bad off we are before Jesus and how good the grace of God is. We’re challenged to allow God to shape us into the masterpiece he created us to be.

Pastor Jeff Manion introduces us to Gospel Change. Through this conversation, we see that the deeper we go into the Gospel, the more we become the people God designed us to be. We are encouraged to remember that in Jesus we are infinitely loved, treasured and secure. We cannot earn God’s love, it is a gift we receive. As a result of receiving God’s love, we are able to live in love, forgiveness, sacrifice and generosity.

Pastor Aaron Buer teaches Peter’s instructions for honoring and respecting authority. Through this conversation, we are challenged to submit to, respect and honor those in authority in our government, at work and in our family. We are reminded that our honor for God guides how we respect and honor those in authority, including those we may not agree with.

Pastor Aaron Buer unpacks biblical sexuality. Through this conversation, we see God has called Jesus followers to counter-cultural sexuality. We are challenged to surrender our desires to God and to have a loving posture toward those around us with different desires than our own.

Guest Speaker John Dickson talks through Peter’s challenge to the church in modern-day Turkey. Through this conversation, we see the need for cheerful confidence to enter the fray and cheerful humility to lose well. We are challenged to treat others well, no matter how we are being treated.

Pastor Jeff Manion walks us through Peter’s instructions about not repaying evil for evil. Through this conversation, we see that Christians should respond to insult or meanness in a way that is extremely different than the world. We are challenged to desire the well-being of those who hurt us instead of the undoing.

Pastor Jeff Manion introduces us to the questionable life. Through this conversation, we see that our life should cause people to see Jesus through us. We are challenged to focus on one thing from the list of oneness, sympathy, brotherly love, compassion or humility.

Pastor Aaron Buer gives us some things to consider heading into a new year. Through this conversation, we see God give us our identity and purpose. We are challenged to let our identity and purpose shape the goals we make for the new year.

Jesus has many names. Living Water, Lamb of God, Prince of Peace. But Christmas lets us lean into one of the best names of all—Immanuel: God with us.

Pastor Jeff Manion discusses the weekly feast – Sabbath. Through this conversation we see Sabbath focuses on food, simplicity, proximity, stopping and freedom. We are challenged to recognize that God not only leads us into work, but also into rest.

Pastor Jeff Manion discusses the Feast of Tabernacles. Through this conversation, we see how God desires for us to celebrate his provision. We are challenged to see God’s provision in the difficult seasons of life as well as to recognize Jesus as the ultimate provision of God.

Pastor Aaron Buer talks about how the Feast of Pentecost. Through this conversation, we see how the feast shapes the hearts and minds of God’s people. We are challenged to trust God in the waiting, open our hearts to those around us and partner with the Holy Spirit to dig into God’s word.

Pastor Jeff Manion talks about Passover. Through this conversation, we see the meaning of Passover for the Israelites and for us. We’re challenged to engage community, celebrate spiritual growth, remember what God has done and embrace Jesus’s sacrifice to rescue us.

Pastor Jeff Manion introduces the three main feasts God plans for the Israelites. Through this conversation, we see the feast are tied to both history and agriculture. We are challenged to thank God, be generous and create community.

Pastor Aaron Buer unpacks what it means to honor God through adversity. Through this conversation, we see that often our greatest opportunity to honor God comes when we face difficulty. We are challenged to have good works+good character, choose God’s honor over ours and trust God in the midst of adversity.

Pastor Aaron Buer discusses the writing on the wall at King Belshazzar’s party. Through this conversation, we see that honoring God matters. We are challenged to recognize who God is, honor him wherever we are and not ignore God’s teachings on how to live.

Pastor Jeff Manion discusses Nebuchadnezzar’s pride, fall and restoration. Through this conversation, we see the danger of looking at our accomplishments and thinking we did it without God’s help. We are challenged to practice humility by recognizing God’s role and showing kindness to those around us.

Pastor Jeff Manion discusses Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego’s decision to stand up to king Nebuchadnezzar’s decree. Through this conversation, we see that there are times obedience to God may be costly. We are challenged to obey God even if they are consequences while at the same time trusting that God will meet us there.

Pastor Jeff Manion discusses Nebuchadnezzar’s troubling dream. Through this conversation, we see that God is at work even in the places we least expect him to be. We are challenged to both turn to God in times of need and to give God credit when he answers our prayer.

Pastor Jeff Manion unpacks the first chapter of Daniel. Through this conversation, we see how God moves in, around and through difficult circumstances. We are challenged to trust God when things are hard and also be polite when drawing a line as citizens in two kingdoms.

Pastor Aaron Buer tackles the topic of desire. Through this conversation, we see that not all desires are good and that there’s a war going on inside of us. We’re challenged to connect to God’s Spirit through the Bible and the church community to properly respond to our desires.

Pastor Aaron Buer discusses God’s directions to Joshua on the eve of entering the promised land. Through this conversation, we see God is with us, has given us a path to follow and can handle the pressure. We are challenged to trust and obey God to successfully navigate the fear and anxiety we face.

Pastor Jeff Manion discusses navigating sadness. Through this conversation, we see the Bible is a book of real, raw emotions. We are challenged to express sadness, feel more than sadness, remember we’re not alone in our sadness and find hope in the promise that there will be an end to sadness.

Pastor Jeff Manion teaches how our human anger does not achieve the rightness God desires. Through this conversation we learn how our anger is often focused on the wrong thing, has the wrong speed, and the wrong duration. We are encouraged to listen to right voice in our anger and allow God to transform us.

Pastor Aaron Buer discusses Peter’s description of the church community as the temple of God. Through this conversation we see that the church community is the place where God is present. We are challenged to worship God with our whole lives and to declare his greatness to those around us.

Pastor Aaron Buer helps us view the church as a bride. Through this conversation, we see the church is incredibly loved by God as his bride. We are challenged to be faithful to God and show our love to him through obedience.

Pastor Jeff Manion helps us understand the church as a body. Through this conversation, we see that God has gifted each of us uniquely. We are challenged not to feel inferior or superior because of the status of our gifting, but to see each gift as from God.

Pastor Jeff Manion shares how Paul describes the church as a family. Through this conversation, we see three family metaphors for the church: children, mothers and fathers. We are challenged to engage our church community by being real about what’s going on in our lives, watching out for each other and encouraging one another.

Pastor Brad Holmes chats about Jesus’s appearance to two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Through this conversation, we see that Jesus longs to meet us in our hurts, doesn’t hide his scars and has a job for us. We are challenged to trust Jesus more and be a part of what he is doing in the world.

Pastor Aaron Buer discusses a rich man’s question about eternal life. Through this conversation, we see that life is not found in following rules or chasing after meaning through possessions or status. We are challenged to find real life through trusting in Jesus and the life he offers.

Pastor Aaron Buer talks about life in the Kingdom of God. Through this conversation, we begin to see that those living in the Kingdom of God continue to listen to God’s word to grow, share the good news with others and provide shade to the world. We are challenged to spread the kingdom of God through the way we live.