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Life is hard, especially if you are trying to live for Jesus. Paul made it clear to the people he pastored, “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.” James calls us to be patient, because the coming of the Lord is near. However, it's not just about being patient, it's about perseverance, because there is no salvation without perseverance.

Well, hey, and welcome to another episode of the Becoming Better Podcast. I'm your host, Brendan Krismer, and we are so glad that you are here. Well, on today's episode, Jason Josh and I sit down, and we discuss saving money, how to know when your savings account becomes a hoarding account, and the hope that we have living a generous life. We hope that you enjoy this episode today.

James has some very severe words of warning for wealthy people (like us). He is especially harsh with those who have wealth they have hoarded. The questions for us are: How do you know you have enough? When does wise saving become excessive? What should we do to make sure the warnings of James don’t come to pass for us?

Welcome to the Becoming Better Podcast. On this weeks episode Jason, Josh and Corey sit down and they talk about James 4:13-17. they talk about whether you want to know about the day you will die, and they also talk through the verse of our life being a misty and what is the good that God is calling us to do.If you missed last Sundays message then we encourage you to stop here and listen back to it as it will help make this conversation make more sense to you.We hope you enjoy this episode.

On your tombstone there is a birth date and a death date and the rest of your life is a dash in-between. James teaches us that dash goes fast…our life is but a midst. Our time here is short. Which means we don’t have time to waste. Which is why wasting any opportunity to do good is a sin. We are presuming on God to assume we will have another chance to do the good tomorrow that we have the opportunity to do today.

As always, if you have not yet listened to last Sunday's message, we encourage you to stop here and go back and listen to that, as it will help make this conversation make more sense to you. If you have any comments or questions for last Sundaysundays's message, we would love for you to submit them at quadcity.church/Podcast to be answered right here on the show.We hope you enjoy this conversation.

Jesus made a promise to his friends that just as the world hated him, the world would hate them too. Yet, for many who claim Christ, they have instead chosen friendship with the world, without knowing that means enmity with God. There are two powers at work around us, the power of God and the power of the Devil. And inevitably we will submit to one, and resist the other.

Well Hey And welcome to another episode of the Becoming Better Podcast.I am your host, Brendan Krismer, and we are so glad that you are here. Well, on today's episode, Josh and I sit down and discuss the weight of leadership, teaching the weight of the words that we say, and how to speak life rather than death to those around you. As always, if you have not yet listened to last Sunday's message, we encourage you to stop here and go back and listen to that, as it will help make this conversation make more sense to you. If you have any comments or questions for last Sundaysundays's message, we would love for you to submit them at quadcity.church/Podcast to be answered right here on the show.We hope you enjoy this conversation.

We have all said things that we instantly regret. Things we wish we could unsay. Our words have deceived people, hurt people, insulted people, and angered people. While we often blame it on the tongue, the tongue only expresses what is in our heart. We have a heart problem, and while no man can tame the tongue, we worship a God who can transform our hearts.

Well, Hey, and welcome to another episode of the Becoming Better podcast. I am your host, Brendan Krismer, and we are so glad that you are here. Well, on today’s episode, Jason, Josh, and I sit down and we discuss. Faith and deeds and how they aren’t a dichotomy. We also talk about how to take your first steps if you don’t yet see good works in your life as a result of your faith in Jesus. In this episode, we also discuss a little bit about the Quadcity app and how it is the primary driver of taking the next right step in your faith. Again, it's not the end all be all of your faith, but it is an intelligent app that helps you do the next right thing, and again, I think that is something that we can all use. So be sure that if you don’t yet have that app downloaded, go to your app store on your mobile device and type in Quadcity Christian church. And it will be really easy to find and get logged into there, if you have any questions please reach out to us via the website. And as always, if you have not yet listened to the message from this past Sunday, pause this episode now. Listen to that on this podcast channel and then continue with this podcast, as that message will help make this conversation more meaningful to you. Well, thanks again for joining us. We hope you enjoy this episode.

It doesn’t matter what you believe if that belief doesn’t impact what you do. Biblical faith is not simply attesting to a set of doctrinal truths, it is living your life in the light of the doctrinal truths. True faith is always displayed through actions. And if you have no actions, then your faith is as good as dead.

Well, Hey, and Welcome to the Becoming Better Podcast. My name is Brendan Krismer, and I am so glad you are here. Well, on today's episode, Ken, Josh, and I sit down, and we discuss what it means to have a kingdom mindset rather than being polluted by the world. And why it is essential to have a diversity of thought and experience in the local church and how we see the fruit of that in our own lives. As always, if you have not yet listened to last Sunday's message, we encourage you to stop here and go back and listen to that, as it will help make this conversation make more sense to you. If you have any comments or questions for last Sundaysundays's message, we would love for you to submit them at quadcity.church/Podcast to be answered right here on the show.We hope you enjoy this conversation.

We live in a world where prejudice is rampant. From the way one speaks, to the color of one's hair, the neighborhood they live in, the shape of one's body, and to the color of one's skin. However, it should not be that way among the people of God. We have been given a very specific command from God, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Your big neighbor, your black neighbor, your rich neighbor, your ugly neighbor, your Republican neighbor, your homeless neighbor, and even your pastor neighbor. In the end, we are not going to be judge, we are going to be judged. The way we judge now will impact how we are judged then.

Well, Welcome to the Becoming Better podcast. Where we go deeper into what we learned from last Sunday's message. Today on the show, Jason, Josh, and Ken sit down and talk about James chapter 1 versus 19-27. They answered a few questions that were submitted. And they finish off the podcast by talking about the call to action with foster care and adoption. If you are interested in fostering or adopting, we would love to invite you to a class that AZ 1.27 is doing at our Prescott campus. It's this Sunday from 1-5:30 you can register at https://quadcity.churchcenter.com/calendar/event/147968900

Most Christians thoroughly enjoy hearing good teaching. We are often wowed by truths that good teachers and preachers bring out of the text. The problem is, far too many of us don’t do anything with what we learn. In the words of James, we “deceive ourselves” by thinking that simply hearing the word does us any good. This week we are going to talk about actually doing what the Scriptures say.

Welcome to the Becoming Better Podcast. On this bonus episode, Josh and Ken sit down with Anthony and Stephanie Naimo. We are excited to share their story with you today. If you would like to check out their blog post you can visit at https://letnothingbewasted.com/

Well, hey, and welcome to another episode of the Becoming Better podcast. I am your host, Brendan Krismer, and I am so glad that you are here. Well, on today's episode, Jason, Josh, and I sit down and discuss trials, temptation, and the power that we have over them in Christ Jesus. We also spent some time answering really great questions this week, so we are so grateful to all of you who sent those questions to us for this episode. Before we get any deeper into this episode. I do want to share that we have a bonus episode this Thursday, so In just a few days, we will drop that here. It is a raw and honest conversation with some members here at Quadcity who have walked through trials of many kinds and are choosing obedience and perseverance in the midst of it. Like I said, it was a raw and honest conversation that many of you will benefit a lot from, so be sure to look for that episode this Thursday. And if you are tuning in with us today and haven’t heard the message from Sunday, we encourage you to pause right here and go back and listen to that message, as it will help make this conversation make more sense to you. Last but not least, if you do have any questions from last week's message, we encourage you to submit those questions to us so we can answer them on the show. Quadcity.church/podcast We hope you enjoy this episode.https://player.blubrry.com/?id=122382091&cache=1706025396&display=nwhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/10w8As-w4qYO8p92Aka79RPKPEmZqFtOv/view?usp=drive_link

There are three forces that lead us into temptation: The Devil, the world, and our flesh. James clarifies that God cannot and will not tempt us, our temptations come when we "are dragged away by [our] own evil desire and enticed."

Well, hey, and welcome back for another episode of the Becoming Better podcast. I'm your host, Brendan Krismer, and I am so glad you are here. Well, on today's episode, Jason, Josh, and I sit down and discuss all that we know about James, the brother of Jesus and the writer of the book that we will go through over the next 11 weeks. We also talk about how important it is to persevere in our faith and how we have an internal perspective on our suffering. As always, if you have questions or comments from Sunday's message, join us at Quadcity.church/podcast. You can submit your questions to be answered right here on the show. And hey, if you are new to the Becoming Better podcast, welcome. We are so glad that you are here. A little bit about the show, this podcast: these episodes are intended to dig a little deeper into the context and anything that we couldn’t get to from our Sunday's message, as well as answer any questions again. You can submit those at QuadCity.church/podcast but because this podcast is all about Sunday's message if you have not yet listened to the message from this past week go ahead and pause this episode now go back and listen to it, which it can be found on this same quad city podcast feed and then you can continue as it will help this conversation make much more sense to you. Well, again, thanks for joining us today. We hope you enjoy this wide-ranging conversation as we kick off Beyond Belief: The Study through James.

How can we consider it "pure joy" when we face trials? It's not that the trials are joyful, but rather it's what the trials produce that we should take joy in. Trials test our faith and produce perseverance. Therefore we should be joyful in the perseverance that is produced through trials, which strengthens our faith.

Happy New Year, and welcome back to the Becoming Better Podcast. This show is where we break down more of what we covered last Sunday and dig deeper into how we should apply what we learn to our daily walk.On this episode, Jason, Brendan, and Josh sit down, and they discuss what they enjoyed from last Sunday's message. They also talk more about what you can expect this coming year. If you have any questions from Sunday's message, you can submit them to Quadcity.church/podcast, and we will answer them right here on the show. We are excited about what this year offers, and we hope you join us.

For our annual Family Meeting, we review all that happened at QuadCity during 2023 and discuss upcoming things to look forward to in 2024.

We've all heard of the "New Year New Me" mentality when it comes to New Year's resolutions. This year, instead of starting a diet or workout routine, becoming more productive, or other self focused improvements, maybe we should shift our focus to God and becoming more like Him. If you've already dedicated your life to the Lord, this year could be "New Year, New EVERYONE ELSE" as you focus on sharing the gospel and making more and better disciples of Jesus. Everywhere. Always.

Over the last few weeks as a church, we have been focusing on some parts of the Christmas story that often get skipped, namely the four songs recorded for us in the Christmas story in Luke chapters 1 and 2. Today we will look at a few thoughts about the least known song from the first Christmas, the song of Simeon, a guy who knows what it means to wait.

Join us Saturday 3:30 and 4:30 and Sunday at 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 for our Christmas services. You can find more info at https://quadcity.church/Christmas. We will also not be recording any other episodes until January 7th so come back then and hear what the guys have to say about the next year. We hope that you have a great Christmas and hope to see you at one of our services.

Luke 2:14…14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”This is one of the most famous lines connected to the Christmas story…Peace on earth. You will see this phrase written in lights…crocheted on pillows…painted on coffee cups…we love to talk about peace this time of year. Peace on earth is a message that everyone can get behind. But don’t miss this…the peace that Jesus came to give…isn’t for everyone.

Well, Hey, and Welcome to the Becoming Better Podcast. I am your host, Brendan Krismer, and We are so glad that you are here. On today’s episode, Jason, Josh, and I sit down and discuss. The song of Zechariah in Luke chapter 1, we talk a lot about his son John the Baptist and his role and the role of his ministry all the way through the life of Jesus. But before you continue in this episode. If you have not yet listened to this past Sunday's message, then go ahead and pause now and go listen to that first as that will give you context to this podcast for you. That message can be found wherever you are listening to this podcast and can also be found on our website at Quadcity.church and on our YouTube channel. And as always if you have any comments or questions from last Sundays message then you can submit them at Quadcity.church/podcast as we would love to answer those questions right here on the show. Thank you so much for joining us we hope you enjoy this show.

Zechariah was a priest, and the father of John the Baptist. He and his wife were very old and unable to have children. Then one day the angel Gabriel visits Zechariah to tell him that God has chosen his family to fulfill the final promise of the Old testament, that they would give birth the the "prophet of the power of Elijah" who would declare and pave the way for the Messiah. Because of his doubts, Zechariah was made mute (and possibly deaf as well) until the birth of his son. When Zechariah names him John, his tongue is released, and the response is praise and thanksgiving in the form of Zechariah's Song.

Hello and Welcome to the Becoming Better Podcast. My name is Brendan Krismer and I am so glad that you are here. Well on today's episode Jason, Josh and I sit down and talk through how mary was blessed and who Jesus was more blessed in Luke chapter 11. We unpack Luke 1 26-30. Then we discuss the 400 years of silence before the coming of Jesus. As always if you haven't heard the message from Sunday we will encourage you to do so as it will help make this conversation make more sense. Also want to invite you to our Christmas services this year. We will have 8 services across both of our campuses and would love to see you at one of those.

We don't know a lot about Mary, but we do know from the book of Luke that she was highly favored by God. But why was she so "highly favored?" Why did God choose her as the one to birth and raise the Messiah? What made Mary so special? The answers are found in "The Magnificat" also known as "Mary's Song of Praise" in Luke 1:46-55.

Thanks for joining us on the Becoming Better Podcast. This week, Jason, Josh, and Brendan sit down and wrap up the sermon series that we were in Someone Is Missing. If you have questions that you would love to have answered on the show you can submit them at Quadcity.church/Podcast . We hope that you join us next Sunday as we dive into a new series called "Songs of Christmas".

God once resided with His people in the sinless garden, and later in the Holy of Holies. But today, when the Holy Spirit dwells in us, our bodies become the Holy of Holies. We are the Temple of the Holy Spirit. How should that affect the way we live our lives?

Well, hey, and welcome to another episode of the Becoming Better podcast I am your host, Brendan Krismer, and we are so glad you are here. Well, on this episode, Jason, Josh, and I sit down and talk a ton about how to know what gifts of the spirit you have been given and how and when they should be used in the local church expression. The purpose and place of the gift of speaking in tongues. Paul has a lot to say about that one, so we want to make sure we are as clear as possible from the text. As always, if you have any questions or comments on Sunday, message that you would like to be answered here on the Podcast. Then, you can head to Quadcity.church/podcast and submit your questions there. Well, we hope that you enjoy this podcast.

People get fixated on the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit. Some say those supernatural gifts don’t apply to us today, while others say that spiritual gifts like healing, prophecy, speaking in tongues, etc, are the only way to know that the Holy Spirit truly dwells in us. Which is correct? What does the Bible say about it?

Well, Hey, and welcome to the Becoming Better Podcast. My name is Brendan Krismer, and I am so excited you are here. On this week's episode, Jason, Josh, and I sit down, and we go over practically how to be read by the spirit and dig real deep into the spiritual discipline has role in us doing just that. We talk about what it looks like to read your bible consistently, practice silence and solitude, and get away so that you can intentionally listen to the lord. If you haven't listened to this last Sunday's message, then we encourage you to do so, as it will help to make this conversation make more sense to you. If you have any questions you would love to be answered on the podcast, we invite you to submit them at Quadcity.church/podcast to be answered right here on the show.

Most people who believe in God expect to be led by the Spirit. The issue isn’t that we don’t want to be led by the Spirit, the issue is that we don’t know how to be led by the Spirit.

Well Hey, and welcome to the Becoming Better podcast. My name is Brendan Krismer, and I am so glad that you are here. Well, on this week's podcast, we take the Show on the road. Jason Josh and I and the rest of the team at Quadcity are heading out to our annual staff retreat. just a warning that the audio may get a little wonky since we are recording this on the road but we do hope you enjoy the episode.

This week, we learn what types of fruit the Holy Spirit is trying to produce in us.

Well, Hey, and Welcome to the Becoming Better Podcast. I am your host Brendan Krismer, and I am so glad you are here. Well, on this episode, Jason, Josh, and I sit down, and we discuss our call to do more than just pray for our friends and family. We also discuss some of the differences between the spirit's actions in the old vs the new covenant. Lastly, at the very end of the episode, we end with a super fun 90s throwback that you will not want to miss. As always, if you have any questions or comments that you would like to be answered on the show. You can submit them at quadcity.church/podcast.

What won’t the Holy Spirit do for you? You can rest assure that the Holy Spirit will never: Speak for you, control you, overpower you, replace your need for scripture, or contradict God’s word.

Well, Hey friends, and welcome to another episode of the Becoming Better podcast. I am your host Brendan Krismer, and we’re so glad you’re here. We hope this finds you well wherever and whenever you listen to it. On it Jason, Josh, and I sit down and we discuss how the spirit shows up in our lives, a proper theology of worship involving the spirit at the end of this episode we take a little bit of a turn and discuss revelation chapter seven. if you weren’t able to make it on Sunday or gone back and listen to the message, than I encourage you to go on to help this conversation make much more sense. Additionally, if you weren’t here on Sunday, you wanna go back and watch the full service on our YouTube channel. We were able to share some exciting news in regards to Excel initiative, not only were we able to share how many commitments came in and some exciting stats around those commitments. But we also were able to share the total amounts committed and expected gifts in the Excel initiative over the next two years. As a reminder, These funds are not only gonna help us with our dedication to Jesus and show our willingness and eagerness to grow in the grace of giving but they’re also the same funds going towards our Prescott Valley location, permanent location in Preskett Valley to building balcony in Preskett giving $1 million away to our local global missions partners if you want to hear that part of the message and Jason share that exciting news then go ahead and go to excel.quadcity.church right there is a landing page where the clip from the sermon on Sunday will be posted, last but not least if you have any questions or comments from last Sundays message we do encourage you to join us at QuadCity.church/podcast where you can submit your questions to be answered right here on the show.

So what does the Holy Spirit actually do? In a quick summary, He comforts, advocates, intercedes, convicts, guides, teaches, seals our adoption, gives us words to speak, empowers us, helps us, and sanctifies us (just to name a few).

Well, welcome to another episode of the Becoming Better podcast. I’m your host, Brendan Krismer. And we are so glad you’re here. Thanks for joining us again. As we are in week three of the series, we are taking a deep dive into the role and Personhood of the holy spirit in the life of a believer. This week's message spurred a ton of questions, and so did Jason. Josh and I sat down. We discussed primarily the role of baptism in our indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and because of how many questions we had on this specific topic, a couple of other topics were revolving around this one. This is a longer episode, about 90 minutes in total, but I do hope that you stay all the way through to the end, even if you have to do it in a couple of sittings, because the last question is a really, really fun one so I do hope that you stick around for that at the very end of this conversation, and as I hope you do see in this conversation your questions really do make these conversations so much more productive for us. So we are grateful if you’ve ever sent any questions, but if not, and you do have any questions, I hope you join us at quadcity.church/podcast where you can submit your question to be answered right here on the Show. as I said, I hope you buckle up for a longer episode of the Becoming Better podcast. Let’s go ahead and jump in now.

The Holy Spirit can’t be purchased, so how do I receive Him? Is it when I believe? When I am baptized? Does someone need to lay hands on me? Can the Spirit be taken away?

Well, welcome to the Becoming Better Podcast (Week 2). Talking about Someone is Missing, deep dive into the Holy Spirit, and on today’s episode, Cory, Jason, and myself, Josh. We discussed Cory and his role with us, specifically at the Prescott Valley campus. Jason shares a little bit about his weekend and his hunting story, which they’re always fantastic, and then we spend just a couple of minutes talking about Israel and Palestine and just stuff that’s happening on that side of the world and have a moment of opportunity to pray. Our intro may be a little longer this week. It’s about 20 minutes, so if you are looking to fast-forward into the conversation about this week's sermon. You can jump over to the 20-minute mark to do that, but we’ll talk about some of the roles of the Holy Spirit, ask why the Holy Spirit isn’t talked about as much, and then we’ll finish off talking about the gender of a God and the gender of the Holy Spirit, and it’s a fantastic conversation as always.

Jesus promised that He wouldn’t leave us as orphans, but rather He would send an Advocate to help us. The Holy Spirit comes as a great promise of the New Covenant. He is the great gift that the Father and Son want to give us.

Well, hey, friends, and welcome to another episode of the Becoming Better podcast. I’m your host, Brendan Krismer. We’re so glad you’re here. Well, on today's episode, Jason Josh and I sat down and discussed the launch of a brand new series called "Someone is Missing | A Study on the Holy Spirit," and we talked a lot about why the Trinity has this doctrine of a trying God can be so difficult to understand. As always, if you have any questions from Sunday’s message, please join us at QuadCity.church/podcast, where you can submit your questions to be answered right here on the show. This week, we’ve got four great questions that we get to answer, and it just always gives us such a fruitful conversation when we can directly answer some questions you ask. Last but not least, if you were with us on Sunday, you heard us talk about Candy Crawl. Our Halloween event is approaching, and we need your help. We had a pretty good response of people raising their hands and saying they want to serve candy, but just a reminder, this is the largest outreach event that we do as a church every single year. The point of Candy Crawl is to open up our campus to everyone who trick-or-treats just right down Mount Vernon St. from us people who may or may not have a church background because what we know is we want to give opportunities for people to walk through the doors of the church who may not be comfortable doing so on a Sunday morning and I have a great experience to feel welcomed to allow their kids to have a fun festive Halloween evening and we need your help to do just that to learn more about candy crawler to sign up to serve as part of that event go to QuadCity.church and then look for the event tab we would love to have you serve alongside our team on Halloween all right I hope you enjoy the episode.

Understanding the person of the Holy Spirit. Talk about the Trinity. Who is he? Who not what? Paraclete. He can be grieved, lied to, pleased, quenched, resisted.

Well, hey, and welcome to another episode of the Becoming Better podcast. I am your host, Brendan Krismer, and I am so glad you are here. On this episode, Jason, Josh, and I sit down and wrap up our series in Excel. It’s been an exciting season for our church. We discuss some things that we’re looking forward to over the next couple of years as we see it to Fruition, and we talk about the future we talk about the next series; as always, we would love for you to engage by asking questions or sharing some comments from Sunday’s message you can do so, by joining us at QuadCity.Church/podcast where you can submit your questions to be answered on the show. And just as a reminder, even though the Excel series is done, this podcast is Becoming Better. Episodes will continue to drop every single week of all series that we do from here on out right here on this channel, so be sure to join us next week as we jump into our new series on the Holy Spirit called "Someone is Missing" all right without further ado. We hope you enjoy this episode.

It doesn’t matter what you are committing to; it is tempting to walk away. We often make a commitment with excitement and joy, but over time that excitement wanes, and only the commitment remains. The people in Corinth were once excited about joining in the generosity initiative that Paul was inviting them into. But it seems as if that excitement waned, and they needed a little prodding. Today is the day we make a commitment. The question is, what do we need to do to keep it?