The Central Peninsula Church Podcast

Episode 17: Kingdom

This episode was recorded before the Uvalde shootings.

 

Brandon and Kevin bring a little humor and a lot of thought to this week’s episode of the CPC podcast. Listen in as they reflect on last Sunday’s sermon and how the book of Mark shows us that the Gospel is truly centered around the Kingdom of God.

 

Highlights 

 

Jesus’ Thesis - 4:41

• The kingdom of God: how we’ve come to understand it today and what we may be missing.
• What does it actually mean to be an evangelical?
• New creation dynamics vs old creation dynamics

Misconceptions about the Kingdom of God - 22:38

• Differences in the way we think about heaven
• Understand repentance
• What are the nets that we need to let go of?

Resources & References

• Kairos - According to Strong’s Greek Concordance, kairos means time or season, and it is a noun used to represent a fitting season or opportunity, an occasion.
• Evangelion - According to Merriam Webster: Late Greek euangelion, from Greek, good news, gospel.
• The Evangelical Quadrilateral by David W. Bebbington
• Metanoeo (or Metanoia) - to change one’s mind

Episode 16 Reimagine

General Info

• Recording Date: 5-16-22
• Release Date: 5-20-22
• Hosts: Kevin Sneed and Brandon Pasion
• Episode 16 Reimagine
• Guest: McKenna Mitchell Takech

Podcast Summary

Brandon and Kevin sit down with McKenna Mitchell Takach to reflect on the service from this past week. They break down what it means to reimagine royalty. They also take a deep dive to examine our relationship to Jesus and how that impacts our relationship with each other.

 

Highlights

Impressions of Jesus - 4:26

• Culture’s impact on how we see Jesus.
• Getting to know the Jesus of the scriptures.

 

Reimagining Royalty - 13:10

• Jesus, Mother Teresa, and Princess Diana: The intersection between them
• Recognizing the legacy of the people who came before us
• Determining the life we want to live as Christ-followers.

Walking in Right Relationship  - 25:44

• What we can learn from how Jesus related to God.
• What blocks are we putting on our relationship with God?
• Creating a culture of honor in our relationships with each other.

Quotables

• We have a truncated impression of love and we extend that to Jesus.
• We don’t compromise Christlikeness to imitate Christ

Resources & References

• John 10:10
• Princess Diana
• Mother Teresa
• The Meaning of Marriage - Tim Keller

Episode 15: Wilderness

General Info

• Wilderness
• Release Date: Friday, May 13
• Hosts: Brandon Pasion, Kevin Sneed
• Guests: Dan Reid
• Episode 15

 

Podcast Summary 

Dan Reid joins Kevin and Brandon as they delve into last week’s sermon and how John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus. They also talk through the significance of the metaphor of the wilderness.

Highlights

 

Who Is Jesus? - 5:38

• Dan’s bullet points about Mark.
• The importance of John the Baptist’s role.

 

Navigating The Wilderness - 11:18

• Calling Israel back to the wilderness.
• The parallels between where religion took people in the bible versus where religion is taking us now.
• Navigating our own personal wilderness seasons.

 

Resources & References 

• Matthew 3:4 - John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey
• Beef Tartare
• From the Inside Out by Ryan Kuja

Episode 14: Mark

General Info

• Release Date: April 29, 2022
• Hosts: Brandon Pasion, Kevin Sneed
• Guests: Rachel Almeida and Stephen Petiti
• Episode 14

 

Podcast Summary

Brandon and Kevin give a behind the scenes look at what we’re talking about in the coming weeks as we journey through the gospel of Mark. Rachel Almeida and Stephen Petiti guest star in this episode to share their perspective.

 

Highlights

 

The Gospel of Mark - 5:14

• Where we’ve been in the past couple of years and how that leads us into the book of Mark.
• How we can read through the gospels.

 

To Know and to Follow Jesus  - 18:16

• Jesus as the fulfillment of the Old Testament.
• The three questions to break down in this series.
• What makes Jesus so compelling?

Resources & References

• Picanha - Rachel’s favorite cut of steak
• Fogo de Chao - Brazilian steakhouse
• Darkwing Duck, Rugrats, and Spongebob
• The Gospel of Thomas
• The Gospel of Mark
• Long Obedience in the Same Direction - Eugene Peterson
• 2 Thessalonians 3:13
• John 10:7
• King of Glory - Third Day
• This I Believe (The Creed) - Hillsong Worship
• Wonderful Cross - Chris Tomlin

Episode 13: Resurrection

General Info

• Date: April 17, 2022
• Release Date: April 22, 2022
• Hosts: Brandon Pasion and Kevin Sneed
• Episode 13 - Resurrection

 

Podcast Summary 

On today’s episode of the CPC podcast, Kevin and Brandon take some time to debrief this past week’s service and dig a little deeper into resurrection.

 

Highlights

 

Easter is about resurrection, not resuscitation - 4:30

• Jesus was resurrected not resuscitated
• Lazarus still died again
• Life, death, burial, and resurrection

 

Present Age and the Age to Come - 6:15

• Present Age: Human Evil, Natural disasters, Spiritual evil
• The Age to Come: the new creation, all evil is dealt with, God has healed all that was broken
• The age to come has started in the present and one day will be fully consummated in the future when all of that evil is done with.
• We live in that tension between those two kingdoms

 

 Folk Theology - 14:15

• We take them at full value without diving into it
• Michael Angelo paintings
• Heaven is God’s space, being in the presence of God
• Adam and Eve and the Garden
• Separation of Heaven and Earth
• Revelation 21
• What’s true of Jesus in the resurrection is true of us in the resurrection

 

Groaning and Labor Pains - 23:10

• Anticipation of new creation
• Winston the Sneed dog
• Groaning Posture

 

Praying the Magic Prayer - 28:08

• The Resurrection reshapes everything
• Ordering our lives around the reality of the resurrection of Jesus
• Repentance means “rethink”
• It gives us meaning as Jesus trains us as we live in the reality of the Kingdom of God
• Reorders our social relationships

Resources & References 

• East of Eden, John Steinbeck
• Revelation 21
• Winston the Sneed Dog
• April 17, 2022 CPC Sermon: A Surprising Hope
• Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy

Episode 12: Known

General Info

• Recording Date: April 11, 2022
• Release Date: April 15, 2022
• Hosts: Brandon Pasion and Kevin Sneed
• Episode 12 - Known

 

Podcast Summary 

On today’s episode of the CPC podcast, Kevin and Brandon take some time to debrief this past week’s service and dig a little deeper into being known.

 

Highlights

 

Easy Going Relativism - 4:30

• Guilt still persists
• No framework for guilt
• Freedom was the ability to say no to our desires
• Freedom in boundaries

 

Check Engine Light - 10:15

• When we feel guilty we move toward repentance
• It starts with confession
• Renouncing our sin
• Embrace God’s Forgiveness
• It’s the framework to deal with our guilt

 

Avoidance  - 12:15

• Humility vs. Humiliation
• Bringing our real selves. Opening ourselves up.
• Being known by God

 

Barriers to being known - 21:48

• Privacy
• Privacy hinders intimacy
• God is inescapably big
• There is no privacy between you and God

 

Being Fully Known- 27:09

• Recognize that you are known
• We want to be known, loved, and we want to be changed
• Search Me O God
• It’s an invitation to know yourself

 

Quotables

• “Being your own God isn’t as life-giving as we hoped.”

Resources & References 

• Velveteen Rabbit
• A.W. Toser
• Joni and Friends
• April 10, 2022 CPC Sermon: The Inescapable God
• Psalm 139

Episode 11: Guilt

General Info

• Recording Date: April 4, 2022
• Release Date: April 8, 2022
• Hosts: Brandon Pasion and Kevin Sneed
• Guest: Dan Reid
• Episode 11 - Guilt

 

Podcast Summary 

On today’s episode of the CPC podcast, Kevin and Brandon take some time to debrief this past week’s service and dig a little deeper into the role of guilt with Pastor Dan Reid. 

 

Highlights

 

Why People Go Into Ministry - 5:00

• Dan tells his story
• Motivation for going into full-time Christian ministry
• Kevin tells his story
• Brandon tells his story

 

Underwater - 10:03

• Depths of our sin
• Crushed with guilt

 

Lent  - 17:05

• Grieving and sacrifice
• Reflect on the uncomfortable
• Easter is COMING
• From death comes light

 

Reverence - 21:48

• Have we completely gotten rid of reverence?
• Reverent fear
• A high view of God
• Understanding our times

 

Waiting on God- 27:00

• Trusting Him
• Will I believe His promises or not?
• Reverence leads to service
• The awe of who God is and what He has done.
• What Christ did for me

 

Quotables

• “Without feeling the shadow side, we can’t experience the joy.”

 

Resources & References 

• Wisconsin Cheese
• Trader Joe’s Plain Yogurt
• John Wesley
• April 3, 2022 CPC Sermon on Hope for the Guilty
• InterVarsity
• William Jessup University
• Abba
• Inside Out
• Psalm 130

Episode 10: Self-Deception

General Info

• Recording Date: March 27, 2022
• Release Date: April 1, 2022
• Hosts: Brandon Pasion and Kevin Sneed
• Episode 10 - Self-Deception

 

Podcast Summary 

On today’s episode of the CPC podcast, Kevin and Brandon take some time to debrief this past week’s service and dig a little deeper into the role of self-deception. 

 

Highlights

 

Self Preservation Mode - 7:03

• Minimizing-think of our actions in small ways
• Relativize-everybody else is doing it
• Trivialize-our actions don’t really bring about any harm

 

Renouncing Sin - 14:06

• Renouncing sin strips sin of its power
• Through renouncing sin change happens

 

Restoration Process at CPC - 16:18

• Exposing Sin - is it something they want to change in their life.
• Repenting of Sin 
• Realigning your way with Jesus

 

Do you want to get well? - 20:44

• When you are in self-deception mode, you will always find people to agree with you
• Where do you find your joy?
• How do we shape our loves?

 

Pay attention to the story you are telling yourself - 29:42

• Find your Nathan
• You have permission to speak into my life

 

Four Stages of Purgation - 33:05

Quotables

• “Sometimes we want our sin, more than we want God.”

 

Resources & References 

• Nutribullet
• March 27, 2022, CPC Sermon on The Process of Confession 
• The Spirituality of the Psalms - Walter Bruggeman
• Psalm 51
• John 5:1-15
• Create In My Clean Heart
• John 10:10
• McDonald's Chicken Nuggets
• Invitation To A Journey by Robert Mulholland

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Episode 9: Confession

General Info

• Recording Date: March 21, 2022
• Release Date: March 25, 2022
• Hosts: Brandon Pasion and Kevin Sneed
• Episode 9 - Confession

 

Podcast Summary 

On today’s episode of the CPC podcast, Kevin and Brandon take some time to debrief this past week’s service and dig a little deeper into the role of limitlessness and confession in our faith.

 

Highlights

 

The Myth of Limitlessness - 2:11

• Every industry is trying to overcome limitations.
• The doctrine of progress.
• Our heroes that seem to defy limits.

 

Examples of Limitlessness - 6:40

• Time
• Workaholics
• Consumerism
• Social media

 

The Solution to our Problem is Confession - 12:02

• Confession is a way we bring those problems to light.
• We tend to think of sin as only disobedience.
• The forgiveness God has to offer.
• Does forgiveness happen without confession?

 

Three Acts of Confession - 26:20

• Acknowledge sin and brokenness within me
• Don’t cover it up.
• Confess - name it as a problem and ask God for help and forgiveness. Confess with others in community.

 

What do you need to bring to God - 31:16

• Where are you operating out of a place of limitlessness?
• Where do you need rest?
• Where do you need to realign with Jesus?
• We can’t always see it, so ask some trusted people!

Quotables

• “Time holds us back from being limitless.”
• “The pursuit of limitlessness leads us to restlessness.”
• Augustine - “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”

 

Resources & References 

• Twinkies
• March 20, 2022 CPC Sermon on Confession
• The Spirituality of the Psalms - Walter Bruggeman
• Psalm 51

Episode 8: Lament

General Info

• Recording Date: Mar 14, 2022
• Release Date: Mar 19, 2022
• Hosts: Brandon Pasion and Kevin Sneed
• Episode 8 - Lament

 

Podcast Summary

On today’s episode of the CPC podcast, Kevin and Brandon take some time to debrief after this past week’s service and dig a little deeper into the role of lament in our faith.

 

Highlights

 

Seasons of Faith - 1:10

• How do we create a faith that encompasses the whole human experience?
• Is there room for grief and lament in our faith?
• The three seasons of faith.

 

The Purpose of Lament in the Christian Walk - 9:43

• Can lament be productive?
• How can we invite God into our lament?

 

Lament in Real-Time - 15:28

• The framework of lament.
• How we can use lament to connect with God.

Quotables

• “Lament done well is naming the brokenness in the world. And so in that act of prayer, it isn’t a passive withdrawal. But it actually gives us a footing to say “no, this is calling out what’s wrong and calling something broken that is broken”.
• Every great movement that we know of started with this… Holy discontent where you see what God intended and you see what is, and there’s something that wells up in our soul that says “This is not right and this will not stand”.
• It’s an act of realism to say “The world’s broken, but God we trust you”.

 

Resources & References

• The Spirituality of the Psalms - Walter Bruggeman
• Kevin’s Sermon
• The Framework of Lament references Psalm 13