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#981
Yesterday · 44 min
Luke: The Days Are Coming
The Days Are Coming November 8, 2026 • Greg Pinkner • Luke 17 This Sunday, Greg teaches from Luke 17. In these verses, Jesus challenges the false teaching that salvation comes through good works, reminding us that we cannot save ourselves but must be rescued by His grace. Through His teachings on repentance, forgiveness, and faith, Jesus reveals that genuine Christianity is lived out in everyday obedience, humility, and a willingness to forgive others as we have been forgiven. The healing of the ten lepers demonstrates that even the smallest amount of faith in a great God can bring restoration and freedom from the shame of our sin. Jesus also warns that the routines and distractions of ordinary life can keep us from recognizing our need for Him just as easily as more obvious sins. Ultimately, we are called to seek Jesus in every part of our lives, remembering that our salvation rests not in our goodness but in His saving grace. WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#980
November 2 · 47 min
Luke: The Rich Man & Lazarus
The Rich Man and Lazarus November 1, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 16:19–31 This Sunday, RD teaches from Luke 16, where Jesus confronts the danger of allowing wealth, possessions, and worldly security to take the place of God in our hearts. Through the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Jesus reveals the eternal consequences of a life centered on earthly riches while overlooking the needs of others and the greater reality of eternity. The rich man's wealth and status could not save him, reminding us that neither our possessions nor our religious heritage can provide the security and salvation found in Christ alone. In contrast, Lazarus reveals the hope of those who depend on God, whose eternal promises far outweigh the suffering and circumstances of this present life. Through the gospel, we are reminded that salvation comes not through our own efforts or accomplishments, but through the mercy and grace of Jesus, who came to seek and save the lost. As followers of Christ, we are invited to loosen our grip on the things of this world, find our identity and security in belonging to Him, and live with generosity, compassion, and an eternal perspective that reflects the heart of God. WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#979
October 26 · 42 min
Luke: Lost and Found and Loved
Lost and Found and Loved October 25, 2026 • Devon Accardi • Luke 15 This Sunday, Devon teaches from Luke 15, the familiar parable of the prodigal son, revealing the extraordinary love, grace, and compassion of God toward those who are lost. Through the parables of the lost sheep, lost coin, and lost son, Jesus paints a picture of a Father who actively seeks the lost and rejoices when they return to Him. The younger son’s rebellion and reckless living reflect our own tendency to pursue life apart from God, while the father’s joyful embrace reveals that repentance is met not with condemnation but with forgiveness, restoration, and celebration. In contrast, the older brother’s resentment exposes the danger of allowing self-righteousness and comparison to blind us to the grace of God and His heart for the lost. Whether we are coming to Christ for the first time or returning to Him in our daily struggles, our heavenly Father welcomes us home with open arms, restores our dignity, and invites us to live in the freedom of His love and grace. WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#978
October 19 · 45 min
Luke: The Cost of Discipleship
The Cost of Discipleship October 18, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 14:25–33 This Sunday, RD teaches from Luke 14:25–33, exploring Jesus’ call to wholehearted discipleship, emphasizing that following Him requires placing our love and devotion to Christ above everything else. He challenges us to resist cultural compromise, reject divided allegiances, and surrender anything that competes with our devotion to God. While Jesus calls His followers to count the cost of discipleship and take up their cross, radical obedience is often lived out through small, intentional acts of everyday faithfulness. Rather than relying on our own effort, true transformation comes through the power of the Holy Spirit and is sustained by God’s love for us. Ultimately, the costly grace of Jesus Christ, who gave His life for us, is both the foundation and motivation for wholehearted discipleship, reminding us that He alone is worthy of everything. WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#977
October 12 · 38 min
Luke: The Great Banquet
The Great Banquet October 11, 2026 • Greg Pinkner • Luke 14:1–24 This Sunday, Greg teaches from Luke 14:1-24, exploring Jesus’ teaching on humility and the invitation to enter the kingdom of God, emphasizing that salvation is a gift of grace rather than something we can earn through our own righteousness. Through the parable of the wedding feast, Jesus calls us to take the lowest place, following His own example of humility, sacrifice, and obedience, rather than seeking recognition or exalting ourselves. The parable of the great banquet reveals that God’s kingdom is not for those who believe they have earned their place through good works, but for those who recognize their sin, acknowledge their need for a Savior, and humbly receive His invitation. As believers, we are to abandon self-righteousness and embrace the grace, mercy, and sacrificial love that characterize God’s kingdom, extending that same invitation to others who desperately need it. God's invitation is available now but will not remain open forever, urging us to seek Him while He may be found and trust in the gentle, loving work of the Holy Spirit to continually shape us into the likeness of Christ. WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#976
October 5 · 38 min
Luke: The Narrow Door
The Narrow Door October 4, 2026 • Greg Pinkner • Luke 13:22–30 This Sunday, Greg teaches from Luke 13:22-30. Jesus uses the parables of the mustard seed and leaven to show that God’s kingdom will grow beyond Israel and extend to people from every nation. He then warns His listeners to “strive to enter through the narrow door,” emphasizing that salvation is not earned through religious heritage, outward performance, or simply being around the things of God, but is received through God’s grace and mercy by those who genuinely seek Him. Jesus confronts the Pharisees’ focus on external cleanliness and reminds them that what matters is a heart that seeks the Lord, trusts the Holy Spirit, and produces a life shaped by that relationship. Through confession and repentance, believers acknowledge the truth about their sin and allow the Spirit to put those sinful parts of their lives to death, rather than excusing their actions or relying on good intentions. Ultimately, Jesus came to save those who recognize their need for a Savior, calling both unbelievers and believers to turn to Him continually and to live each day in the transforming power of the gospel. WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#974
September 29 · 1 hr 16 min
The Valley | Deeper Conversation
Our final episode features Abby Dias and Caleb Raby reflecting on what it means to follow Jesus through the valley. Suffering exposes what we trust, strips away our illusions of control, and forms us in ways comfort cannot. Yet the valley is not evidence that God has abandoned us. Jesus entered suffering Himself, meets us there, and uses even what we would never choose to make us more like Him. As we keep walking, asking, grieving, and trusting, we discover the deepest truth of God Has More: He is the more.
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September 28 · 59 min
Vision Series: The Valley | Sermon
Vision Series: The Valley September 27, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Psalm 23:4 In the final week of the God Has More vision series, RD McClenagan turns to the valley of suffering, grief, and loss, reminding us that hardship is not separate from the Christian life but often the place where what we truly believe about God is revealed. Drawing from Psalm 23, he emphasizes that our hope in the valley is not found in understanding every “why,” but in the promise that God is with us, a truth ultimately demonstrated through Jesus, who entered into our suffering and bore the cross for us. Though suffering can expose our lack of control and challenge the things we have built our identity upon, God does not waste the valley, but can use it to refine us, deepen our dependence on Him, and make us more like Christ. Through Vince and Karen Johnson’s testimony of losing their son, we are shown how God can bring healing, purpose, and even beauty from places of profound brokenness. Ultimately, we are encouraged to keep walking when the valley comes, and trust that the God who restores and makes all things new is faithfully at work even when we cannot yet see what He is doing. GOD HAS MORE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUh2XoKC-Rc WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#972
September 22 · 57 min
Sacrificial Mission | Deeper Conversation
Week Seven - Sacrificial Mission This week, Betsy Brooks and Kyle Landis join RD exploring what it looks like to live for the sake of others. Following Jesus is not meant to turn us inward or make us comfortable. As we grow in Christ, His love moves us outward toward the people and places He has put in front of us. Sacrificial mission is not about adding more to an already full life or earning God’s favor. It is the natural response to the grace we have already received, opening our hands, our time, our resources, and our lives to join God in His work of renewal.
#971
September 21 · 49 min
Vision Series: Sacrificial Mission | Sermon
Vision Series: Sacrificial Mission September 20, 2026 • RD McClenagan • John 20:21 This Sunday, RD McClenagan continues the vision series God Has More by focusing on sacrificial mission—the call to live not for ourselves, but for the sake of others. Throughout Scripture, God blesses and transforms His people in order to send them out, as seen in Abraham’s call to leave what was familiar and become a blessing to all nations. As followers of Jesus, we are called to live as ambassadors of His kingdom, bringing salt and light into the places God has already placed us through generosity, hospitality, evangelism, justice, mercy, work, and service. Rather than withdrawing from the world or simply blending into it, we are are invited to seek the flourishing of our communities and live with gospel intentionality in our neighborhoods, workplaces, churches, and relationships. Ultimately, sacrificial mission is sustained by the love of Christ, who gave Himself for us, so that through the power of God we can pour out our lives and bring His life and renewal into the broken and barren places around us. GOD HAS MORE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUh2XoKC-Rc WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#970
September 15 · 1 hr 5 min
Gospel Renewal | Deeper Conversation
This episode features Krista Elmore and Will Odom exploring the ongoing work of the gospel in our lives and in the world around us. The gospel is not simply the starting point of the Christian life; it is the good news that continually renews every part of it. In Christ, our identity is received rather than achieved, freeing us from both the pressure to prove ourselves and the need to define ourselves. As the gospel becomes the lens through which we see our lives, the Holy Spirit continues to reshape us through repentance, confession, and deeper dependence on Jesus, then sends us into the world to participate in His work of bringing renewal to every person and place.
#969
September 14 · 49 min
Vision Series: Gospel Renewal | Sermon
Vision Series: Gospel Renewal September 13, 2026 • RD McClenagan • John 20:21 In this week of the God Has More vision series, RD McClenagan introduces Fellowship’s value of gospel renewal by challenging believers to see the gospel as far bigger than a one-time message that brings salvation—it is the truth and power that continually transforms every part of the Christian life. Using Paul’s confrontation of Peter in Galatians 2, RD shows how even mature believers can live out of step with the gospel when fear, approval, performance, or other idols become more real to them than their identity and acceptance in Christ. The fullness of the gospel reminds believers that in Christ they are justified, regenerated, sanctified, adopted, and continually being transformed by the Holy Spirit, giving them a secure foundation that does not depend on their behavior, circumstances, or the approval of others. Gospel renewal happens as Christians continually preach the gospel to themselves, behold Christ, confess and put sin to death, and intentionally apply gospel truth to the specific places in their lives where they are tempted to look elsewhere for security or worth. Rather than moving on from the gospel, believers are invited to move more deeply into it, discovering throughout their lives just how great, beautiful, and sufficient God’s saving work in Christ has always been. GOD HAS MORE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUh2XoKC-Rc WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#968
September 8 · 1 hr 7 min
Prayer and Pursuit | Deeper Conversation
This companion podcast will be available on September 8. Week Five - Prayer & Pursuit This episode features Spencer Garland, Mindy Allen, and Emmaline Bartlett sharing from their own journeys of prayer and pursuing God. Prayer is more than asking God for an outcome; it is an invitation to know Him, depend on Him, and continually reorient our lives around His presence. A life of prayer requires both boldness and surrender, choosing to ask, seek, and knock even when desire is weak or answers do not come quickly. As we keep returning to God, prayer becomes less transactional and more relational, forming us through both answered and unanswered prayers as we learn to pursue Him for who He is.
#967
September 8 · 55 min
Vision Series: Prayer & Pursuit | Sermon
Vision Series: Prayer & Pursuit September 6, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Psalm 63:1–3 In the fifth week of the vision series God Has More, RD McClenagan introduces Fellowship’s value of being a people of prayer and pursuit, emphasizing that prayer is central to growing as mature disciples of Jesus. Prayer allows believers to encounter God, call on Him to fulfill the promises of His Word, and approach Him confidently as a loving Father who welcomes His children to come honestly in weariness, fear, grief, and need. RD encourages believers to develop a practical rhythm of prayer through adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication, while also remembering that the goal is not a perfect system but simply learning to make prayer our first response. Because Jesus is continually interceding for His people, believers can pray with confidence and persistence, continuing to ask, seek, and knock even when answers do not come immediately. Ultimately, Fellowship is called to become a church increasingly marked by hunger for God’s presence and dependence on His power, trusting that whether the need is great or small, our instinct should be to “just pray.” GOD HAS MORE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUh2XoKC-Rc WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#966
August 31 · 1 hr
Theological Integration | Deeper Conversation
Week Four - Theological Integration This episode features Greg Pinkner and Sarah Scott exploring what it means for theology to shape the whole of our lives. Theology is not reserved for classrooms or scholars. What we believe about God shapes how we understand ourselves, walk through suffering, make decisions, and live every part of our lives. Theological integration brings together right thinking and right living, allowing the truth of who God is to move from our minds into our hearts and ultimately into our actions. As we know God more deeply through His Word, theology becomes more than information. It becomes an invitation to love Him, become more like Him, and live in response to who He is. Today's episode ties with the sermon from August 30 called “Theological Integration.”
#965
August 30 · 42 min
Vision Series: Theological Integration | Sermon
Vision Series: Theological Integration August 30, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Romans 12:2 In the fourth week of our vision series God Has More, RD McClenagan introduces Fellowship’s value of theological integration—the conviction that what we believe about God should shape how we think, feel, and live. Because everyone has beliefs about God that influence their lives, mature discipleship requires holding together sound doctrine, transformed affections, and faithful action rather than separating what we know from how we live. Drawing from Paul’s instruction to Timothy to watch both his life and doctrine closely, RD encourages believers to spend time prayerfully reflecting on God’s Word and depending on the Holy Spirit so that truth moves beyond information and becomes deeply rooted in the heart. True theological integration means allowing what we know to be true about God to shape our everyday responses while embracing the whole counsel of God rather than emphasizing only the parts of the Christian life we naturally gravitate toward. Ultimately, growing in theology should lead us toward greater humility, love for God and neighbor, the fruit of the Spirit, worship, and increasing Christlikeness as our lives become more consistent with the truths we profess. GOD HAS MORE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUh2XoKC-Rc WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#964
August 25 · 59 min
The Truth & Story of the Bible | Deeper Conversation
Week Three - The Truth & Story of the Bible This episode features Devon Accardi, Zach Hume, and Greg Pinkner exploring why the Bible is central to the life and formation of every follower of Jesus. The Bible is more than a collection of verses or helpful principles. It is God’s true Word and the unfolding story of creation, rebellion, redemption, and restoration. As we learn to see Scripture as one unified story and return to it faithfully, the Holy Spirit uses it to reveal who God is, anchor us in truth, and form us more deeply into the likeness of Christ. Today's episode ties with the sermon from August 23 called “The Truth & Story of the Bible.” Watch today's episode on Youtube.
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August 24 · 44 min
Vision Series: The Truth & Story of the Bible | Sermon
Vision Series: The Truth & Story of the Bible August 23, 2026 • RD McClenagan • John 17:17 On the third Sunday of the vision series God Has More, RD McClenagan introduces Fellowship’s first value: to be a people devoted to and shaped by the truth and story of the Bible. Scripture is not simply a source of information or instruction, but God’s living and active Word that reveals who He is, transforms us, and sanctifies us as we grow in Christlikeness. The Bible is one cohesive story of God’s pursuit of His people, ultimately centered on Jesus, and reading it rightly means allowing that story to shape how we understand God, ourselves, and the world around us. Because God’s Word is true and trustworthy, believers can anchor themselves in its promises through suffering, uncertainty, and the shifting circumstances of life, calling His faithfulness to mind even when what they see feels overwhelming. As we continually read, meditate on, pray through, and store Scripture in our hearts, God uses His Word to revive our souls, reshape our lives, deepen our love for Him, and mature us into the people He has called us to be. GOD HAS MORE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUh2XoKC-Rc WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/
#962
August 18 · 1 hr 4 min
Making & Maturing Disciples | Deeper Conversation
Week Two - Making & Maturing Disciples This episode features Erik Chandler and Stacey Tafao reflecting on Fellowship Church’s mission to make and mature disciples of Jesus. They explore how spiritual formation is not about more activity, information, or trying harder, but becoming more like Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit, in community with others. The conversation emphasizes that following Jesus is a lifelong process of transformation, learning to recognize His voice, respond in obedience, and live as His people wherever He sends us. Today's episode ties with the sermon from August 16 called “Making & Maturing Disciples.” Watch today's episode on Youtube.
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August 17 · 44 min
Vision Series: Making & Maturing Disciples | Sermon
Vision Series: Making & Maturing Disciples August 16, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Colossians 1:27–29 This Sunday, RD McClenagan continues the vision series God Has More, focusing on Fellowship’s mission: “To be a church that makes and matures disciples of Jesus.” Through the story of Judah, RD shows how God can take someone marked by sin and brokenness and reshape him into a person of sacrificial love, demonstrating the depth of God’s transforming grace. Salvation is only the beginning of discipleship, because believers are called to continually grow into maturity as Christ is formed in them through the work of the Holy Spirit. This transformation requires grace-driven effort, often involves painful pruning, and should produce visible fruit in everyday life. Ultimately, we can trust that Jesus is deeply committed to our transformation, patiently helping us continue walking with Him and faithfully completing the work He has begun in us. GOD HAS MORE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUh2XoKC-Rc WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

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