Breakaway Ministries Podcast

After laying out the armor of God, Paul addresses an important question -- now what? Brian McCormack walks us through Paul's answer, which charges us to pray, watch, and persevere as the soldiers we have been called to be. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

If you truly understand and embrace Christ's final days, it will transform the rest of yours. Executive Director, Brian McCormack walks us from the Triumphal Entry, to the crucifixion...and we come face to face with a love that declares war on distance. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

We are not just protected when we put on the armor of God, we are equipped with a weapon. The Sword we wield is the Spirit-inspired, Spirit-given Word of God…and it is the only weapon we need. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

On a historic night in Kyle Field, we sit down to ask this prolific father/son duo some big questions about doubt, suffering, mental health, and hope that is only found in Jesus Christ. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

The enemy is always looking for a chance to take a headshot...and is attacks often come from all sides. But with the helmet of salvation in place, our past, present and future are all secure in God's hands. It seems the Gospel is bigger and better than we realize. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

We often seek protection behind things that will never actually provide it, so God offers us a shield. But before we can take it up, we'll need to drop whatever we've been clinging to. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

The enemy uses anxiety and apathy to hijack our peace, but God gives us shoes of peace so strong they turn every step into solid ground...even as we walk through hardship and suffering. We experience this peace as the Gospel change our position before him and our proximity to him...but first we must change our posture toward him. In brief...it's all about repentance. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

As we are made righteous, live righteously, and DO righteousness, we essentially put on a bulletproof vest that protects what's most important, and gives us confidence for the battle we find ourselves in. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

We need something bigger than the lies of the enemy that come against us, that can hold us together when we are falling apart. Turns out there is a truth that saves, seals, and transforms us as we speak it to one another in love. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 6:10-20 Too many Christians say they believe they are in a battle, but live as if that were not the case. Jonathan Pokluda leads us through a fly-by of the armor of God, and tells us what it looks like to live suited up and ready for the attacks of the enemy. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 6:10-13 Are we really in a spiritual battle? Who is our enemy and how does he attack? How do I discern if I'm hearing God, Satan, or my own thoughts? How do I fight?Jonathan Pokluda, Joel Muddamalle, and Brian McCormack point us toward the answers. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Matthew 13:1-23 91% of us have our phones on us 24 hours a day. What might change if we reclaimed those minutes and hours and repurpose them toward God and the people he has called us to love? Short answer: everything. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 4:14-16 One of the primary ways followers of Jesus must mature is in their ability to discern what is true from what is false, especially when it comes to the teachings they hear. Confidence doesn't come from being deeply familiar with the alternatives and imposters, but from intimate connection to the authentic. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 5:14-16 Passion and zeal for God are not just admirable traits. They are commands — things we must cultivate. But where do we start when don't feel much of anything about what we say matters most? Well, if the cause of apathy is distance, the cure for it will include drawing near…regardless of what we feel. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 5:1-21 If the Gospel changes everything, then everything must change...and our areas of greatest temptation will not be the exceptions. Although Paul has clear commands that affect every area of our lives, beneath them is an invitation -- to find true satisfaction in the only place it can be found. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 4:17-32 Most of us know growth is a divine command -- and even want to change -- but get discouraged when "putting off the old self and putting on the new" proves easier said than done. But for those who remember who they were, remember what they were taught, and start with forgiveness....there is ALWAYS hope. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 4:11-16 The divine invitation to costly obedience is not just about unity -- it's about maturity. Discipleship calls us to a child-LIKE faith, not a child-ISH one. When we sell out to believing in Jesus, befriending Jesus, and becoming like Jesus, there is a cost...but on the other side of full devotion is fullness of joy. It will be worth it...because HE is worth it. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 4-5 Every devoted disciple must answer this question: How will I Walk? As Brian McCormack highlights the 5 times in Ephesians where Paul commands us to walk a particular way, we come face to face with a crucial truth -- to be fully free IN Christ, we must be fully submitted TO Christ. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

John 11 The word "revival" is being used more and more in this season. But what precedes it? And how will we recognize it when it arrives? Using the story of Lazarus in John 11, Brian McCormack presents the the 3 calls that many people will respond to when revival comes -- Come Alive, Come Awake, and Come Home. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

2 Timothy 2:1-7 Friend of Breakaway and NYT Bestseller, Jeff Bethke walks us through the 3 things God calls men to be -- soldiers who sacrifice, athletes with discipline, and farmers with patience. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 3:14-21 Paul is committed to enlarging his readers' understanding of how BIG the Good News really is. In this prayer, he asks the Father -- to strengthen us with the Spirit -- so we might know how BIG the love of Christ is. Spoiler: it is much bigger than you think. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 2:1-10 The bad news is worse than you feared...but the Good News is better than you can imagine. In this message Brian shows us how Paul unpacks the heart of the Gospel...which is not about bad people becoming good, but dead people COMING ALIVE. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 1:15-23 Paul's prayer for his readers is that the Father would give them the Spirit, so they might know the inheritance, power, and HOPE that comes from an ever-deepening knowledge of Him. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 1:1-10 We've identified the top things Gen Z is looking for… and god is using Ephesians to give us everything we know we need, Gods gift to an anxious generation is a revival of PEACE…delivered through family, freedom, and forgiveness. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Does my life have a purpose? Former Director, Timothy Ateek, now lead pastor of Watermark, walks us through 1 Chronicles 28 where David commissions Solomon. We finish an incredible school year by asking the Lord to grant us two crucial things: 1) an undivided heart, and 2) a clear calling. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

We seem live in a world of perpetual stimulation, with no satisfaction. Is a truly fulfilled life even possible? If so, where is such a life found? Brian McCormack walks us through Jesus' encounter with a Samaritan woman in John 4, and makes a bold claim — that truly knowing Jesus is the most satisfying thing in the universe. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Is real, lasting change even possible? If so, is it our own responsibility to make ourselves more like Jesus using our own resources and nothing more? Brian McCormack lays out the beauty of sanctification, and invites us to rest in God's promise to finish the work he has started in us. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Does your soul have an anchor? In the storms of life, what do you count on to see you through Brian McCormack (re)introduces us to the BIG Jesus of Colossians 1, and invites us to trust him — not only to save us for the life yet to come, but to sustain us in our lives here and now. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

What is God's heart toward those who are far from him? Is there really a place for people who have previously chosen distance from him over nearness to him? Brian McCormack walks us through Luke 15 to see what happens when the lost get found. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Question: What does Jesus save us from? Answer: More than we think. And the best news of all time deserves a deep dive to see the glory of it all. Brian McCormack walks us through Romans 3 to see the depth of our problem, and the beauty of God's solution. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Statistically, the vast majority of us are fearful about messing up God's plans for our lives. Brian McCormack uses a look at the life of Paul to build a list of principles to inform our understanding of God's plan, and provide a process for making big decisions as a follower of Jesus. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Brenna Blain takes us to the city of Corinth to see just how broken people were in the first century church…then uses her own story to show us how true freedom comes through an unexpected means — submission of one's entire life to Jesus… messy parts and all. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Sometimes prayer changes our circumstances, but more often it changes US. Brian McCormack takes us for a walk through the conversion story of Saul in Acts 9, which provides an unexpected framework for the kind of prayer that changes people. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

An informal response to Richard Dawkins and his question about how anyone could ever trust the Bible, Clint Knechtle lays out his evidence for God's Word being worthy of our trust and devotion. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Breakaway Director, Brian McCormack sits down with evangelists and apologists, Cliffe and Stuart Knechtle in front of an arena full of college students for an unscripted time featuring some of the biggest questions one can ask. What's so special about Christianity compared to other religions? Isn't the cross just a barbaric act of divine child abuse? And more. Dive into the deep end with us, and see the hope waiting for you there. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

By walking us through the story of Stephen in Acts 5-7, Brian McCormack challenges us to live in the tension with a God who CAN do any miracle, but often leaves our immediate hopes for the miraculous unfulfilled. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

What if God was actually with us in our suffering? Passion City Church DC Pastor and Former Breakaway Director Ben Stuart challenges us to remember that we have a great comforter in Jesus as we walk through pain. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

What if the truest thing about you, is who God says you are? Sadie Robertson Huff challenges us to remember that if we are in Christ, we are salt and light, we are the light of the world, and we are God's temple. For more information about Breakaway, check out http://www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit http://www.breakaway.org/give

What are the essentials one must be devoted to in order to be a Christian, and to experience the fullness of the Christian life? Brian McCormack walks us through Peter's sermon in Acts 3 -- highlighting the core beliefs he proclaims -- and challenges us to believe what Peter believed, so we can live how Peter lived. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

This semester's study of Acts 1 and Acts 2 revealed our true identity and invited us into our purpose here on Earth. But sometimes, our best intentions to live this out don't always lead to our desired actions. Jack Thweatt helps us examine 3 areas of our life where we distort our purpose and identity, which can lead to a results-oriented faith when we were made for relationships. Jesus is the key, and we have to learn to abide before we can fully live out all the He has called us to be. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, find information on supporting financially at www.breakaway.org/give

Don't let the enemy steal your wonder. Brian McCormack takes us on a biblical tour of AWE - from creation, to the cross, to very throne room of God himself - and challenges us to fight for the thing that inspires our worship more than any other. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, find information on supporting financially at www.breakaway.org/give

A culture marked by division needs Christians who walk in unity…with God, and with one another. Brian McCormack makes a case for unity as central to the Bible's story, presents the path to unity, and passes along God's invitation into unity…also known as "the Gospel." For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, find information on supporting financially at www.breakaway.org/give

Christians believe they can speak with God... any time. Yet most of us admit our prayer lives feel more like a growth area than an area of strength. Brian McCormack walks us through 3 simple questions as we seek to be a community devoted to prayer. What is prayer? Why should I want to pray? How do I pray? For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, find information on supporting financially at www.breakaway.org/give

The table is dying. More and more young adults report not being able to recall the last time they had a real meal, at a real table, with real people. This is a problem, because we are called to devote ourselves to the breaking of bread. What if what we need most is waiting for us at the table? Brian McCormack reminds us what Christ did to bring us to the table, and challenges us to gather around tables of our own. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, find information on supporting financially at www.breakaway.org/give

Do I really have to live in community to follow Jesus? Why can't it just be me, my bible, my coffee, and my God? What if I've been hurt in Christian environments in the past? Brian McCormack walks us through these questions ABOUT community, as he points us toward the God who IS community. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, find information on supporting financially at www.breakaway.org/give

What is the Bible? Can I trust it? Why Should I read it? How should I read it? Brian McCormack walks us through these questions as we strive to be a community devoted to Scripture…and points us toward the God who is inviting us to feast with him. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, find information on supporting financially at www.breakaway.org/give

Dr. Joel Muddamalle provides a theological fly-by of the book of Acts, reminding us of two simple, essential truths: you are welcome, and you have purpose. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, find information on supporting financially at www.breakaway.org/give