Trey VanCamp Teachings Podcast

Ephesians 1:15-23 In a society that is constantly spinning the narrative, it is imperative that the church shifts the narrative. Mainly, concerning our hope, our dignity, and our power.

Unless our love is shaped by the Trinity, it will not become our chief identity. Ephesians 1:3-14 Our identity is shaped by: 1) being loved by the Father, 2) becoming love in the Son, 3) doing love through the Spirit.

4 goals that deaden souls: 1. Holiness 2. Service 3. Wholeness 4. Enlightenment Our Primary Goal is Love (Matthew 22:34-40) “Love is the essence of our relationship with God and its goal. From a biblical perspective, a loving relationship with God produces the fruits of holiness, service, and wholeness.” Ashbrook First Half of the Christian Life: We pursue a life of love by leaning into our longings. Stage One – Awakening [Eph. 2:1-10; 1 Cor. 3:1-3] Redeemed from a pointless life to a purpose in life. “God, I believe in you!” Stage Two – Purgation [Gal. 5:16-25; Eph. 6:10-18] Releasing disordered desires to feast on deeper desires. “God, I belong to you!” “God doesn’t hate sin because he’s anti-pleasure. He invented pleasure. He hates sin because it promises so much and offers so little.” John Ortberg “We often blame God or ourselves, when much of the turmoil in our heads is caused by the devil’s harassment.” Ashbrook Second Half of the Christian Life: We pursue a life of love by leaning into our limitations. Stage Three – Illumination [Eph. 4:1-3; Phil. 2:12-16] Redeemed from an impressive life to an empowering life. “God, I’m working for you!” Dark Night of the Soul [Psalm 51; Habakkuk] A wall that works through your wounds and wickedness. “God, where are you?” “We underestimate the depth of our dependence on this world, our distrust of God’s goodness, and the brokenness of our human nature. God sees it all but loves us too much to let us remain there.” Ashbrook Stage Four – Union [John 15-17; Phil. 3:7-11] Releasing what’s interesting to feast on what’s integrating. “God, I long to be with you!” RECOMMENDED RESOURCES: Mansions of the Heart by R. Thomas Ashbrook Becoming Sage by Michelle Van Loon Invitation to a Journey by Robert Mulholland Eternity is Now in Session by Ortberg

One of our biggest problems in these Not-So-United States is our identity. In this message, I look at Ephesians 1 to establish the foundation of our identity in Christ. It is truly the only identity that can be simultaneously humble and confident. Ephesians 1:1-4

You will be reckless and restless if you adopt the wrong prospectus. Analyzing Acts 19:1-20, we see Paul's plan to establish a Jesus loving church in Ephesus. It has so much relevance for our society today. 1. We must make personal the presence of Jesus. 2. We must make personal the practices of Jesus. 3. We must take personal the passion of Jesus.

Looking at Ephesians 6:21-24, we learn that God has a vision for every church in every era to be a "fairy-tale landscape of grace" in the middle of hell on earth. Our prayer is that you'd see how peace, love with faith, and grace only make sense in the context of community. You rob your soul of immunity when you deny your role in community.

How do we lead our people to practice the Way of Jesus?

Ephesians 6:17 The word of God is a powerful weapon when we understand and use it in its proper context.

Ephesians 6:17 - what does Paul mean when he says we are to put on "the helmet of salvation"? Your fractured vision of God's love produces a fragile version of your hope.

Pastor Caleb Martinez and I walk through the 3 daily and 3 weekly practices that will draw us closer to the love of God and neighbor during these hard times.

I chat with fellow YouTube Pastor Joshua Verwers and discuss the implications of staying online post COVID-19.

Ephesians 6:10-15 // The church is "in decline" and has lost a seat at the table of power and influence. Why did this happen? Should it be our goal to gain it back? Or is there a better question to ask?

Luke 24:13-33 - Happy Easter everyone! In this message, I compare and contrast the three different stories of hope... only one lasts.

This isn't the Palm Sunday any of us expected and it wasn't what Israel expected 2,000 years ago either. Mark 10:35-45

So thankful my friend and mentor jumped on a convo with me about how pastors should face this current crisis.

Ephesians 6:10-14 - The truth isn't powerful until it gets personal.

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When our community faces affliction, do we lead by consensus or do we lead by conviction? Ephesians 4:7-16

“Tribalism seems like a way to restore the bonds of community. It certainly does bind people together. But it is actually the dark twin of community. Community is connection based on mutual affection. Tribalism, in the sense I’m using it here, is connection based on mutual hatred... Life is a battle for scarce resources and it’s always us versus them, zero-sum. The ends justify the means. Politics is war. Ideas are combat. It’s kill or be killed... Tribalism is community for lonely narcissists.” David Brooks

This was the last session for our retreat in Flagstaff, Arizona. This is for the numbers 8s, 9s and 1s. I hope it brings you value!

In this session, we look at the last half of emotional intelligence: social-awareness and relationship-management. We break that down into communication and care. I hope this is helpful!

Looking at Ephesians 5:22-33, we learn that God has called men to be both woundable and responsible.

In this workshop, we cover why your emotional maturity is vital to your marriage. I hope you're encouraged by this one.

We can move forwards if we redeem these 4 words: helper, respect, submit and splendor. Ephesians 5:22-33

4:00 - We aren’t fully alive because we are full of fear. 5:03 - Fear believes the lie, “I won’t have enough.” 5:53 - Outwardly, you may be seen as clear, convinced and clever… 6:30 - Broken cistern of security and survival. 7:35 - explaining 5s, 6s, 7s 14:15 - You experience fear because you crave contentment.

Walking through Ephesians 5:29-33, we look at how emotions play an integral role in marriage. It seems many of us have an improper view of emotions. Some of us deaden our emotions while others of us are driven by our emotions. How has Jesus offered us a third way of living?

In this workshop, we talk about 2s, 3s and 4s. However, it's applicable for all of us because God has called all of us to operate with our heart. I hope this brings you closer to Jesus. #JesusIsBetter

You'll have no problem telling when a story is clear and compelling. In this message, we examine why the gospel is the most clear and compelling message ever told.

Looking at Proverbs 4, we learn that our minds are deceived through destructive ideas and distorted images... thankfully, Jesus comes to redeem us and reveal a new reality that is only found in Christ.

Looking at Deuteronomy 30, we see why God values our affections more than our actions.

Pastor Charlie Mitchell and Pastor Derek Parks hop on to a zoom call with me to talk about my productivity. These are guys I look up to and so it was fun to share my daily and weekly schedule with them. I hope you are encouraged by this!

Looking at Luke 10:38-42, we examine what it looks like to have the metrics of Mary in a Martha world. Our 3 metrics are: Presence, Formation and Mission. I pray it blesses you.

Imagine God crying. This is a short Christmas Eve message that I hope will bring you some value and joy. Sorry for a few audio cuts (this was at a different venue than our normal church).

In this episode, I sit down with my wife to talk about the practice of slowing and how we tried to apply it at Disneyland. Parts of this convo are featured in my latest vlog.

Life, like Christmas, is complicated. We often hurt a lot of people when we try to over-simplify hope. Simeon gives us a great grasp of peace and pain, life and strife.

Passage: Matthew 2:1-18 In this message, we compare and contrast the way of Herod with the way of Jesus.

In today's message, we examine the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth in Luke 1. This passage is a great reminder that the Advent season is a lot about waiting in silence... and silence isn't as bad as you and I are led to believe.

Ephesians 5:18-21 - Paul is comparing and contrasting drunkenness to being filled by the Spirit. The lessons in this passage are rich and I pray it blesses you.

Welcome to the MinisTrey Podcast. Its a privilege that you’d tune in.All of my content is designed to bring hope to the dreamers and doers that Jesus offers us a better way to life and a better way to lead.

Ephesians 5:14-17 // We cannot preach redemption if we do not teach routine.... We cannot preach routine if we do not teach redemption.

Looking at Ephesians 5:8-14, we examine what the fruit of the light looks like in our dark world.

Paul is constantly warning Timothy and the Ephesians from engaging in "empty words and arguments." In this message, we do a deep dive on what that means for us today. Book referenced: Edwin Friedman's "A Failure of Nerve"

Ephesians 5:3-5 can seem daunting if you forget verses 1-2. How should we fight against our delights? We can view these commands as troublesome, tiresome or transformative. My prayer is that it'll be the latter for you.

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