One Right Church

Nobody likes to be rejected. It is also unhappy to be the person who does the rejecting. This week Mark talks about the unnecessary pain that everyone feels when someone leaves the one right church. Mark has had the unique experience of having been the person who rejects family members and has been rejected himself.

In this episode, Mark discusses the fear he experienced as he began to look for another church. He had been told he was in the "right church." How could the next church also be right? Did it need to be? Does every church think it is the right church?

In this episode, we talk about Mark's journey out of the Followers of Christ. As with most journeys, it was not a straight line. It took time and several difficult decisions.

Mark sees spiritual things, the church, and Christ differently than when he was younger. This episode tells the story of his journey of faith, which required him to change his mind and ultimately led him to step out of his church.

This is the episode that started it all. The podcast was almost called, "Don't Be Afraid to Ask Questions."

Good Friday prompted us to talk about the cross of Jesus. The cross is the centerpiece of Christianity because it is there that God dealt with our sin. He reconciled us to himself and defeated the devil. You cannot make too much of the cross.

"You don't need to read the Old Testament." Many of us have heard something like that. In this episode, we discuss some of the benefits of reading the Old Testament. The main benefit is that Jesus makes more sense if you read the Old Testament. In fact, Jesus himself showed as much in Luke 24:27, after he rose from the dead.

We all tell ourselves stories. We try to fit our lives into a story that makes sense and has a beginning and an end. Which story you tell yourself makes all the difference. The gospel is the story God tells. In this episode, we examine God's story and compare it with alternate stories. We hope that looking at them side-by-side will be helpful.

Sometimes you tell yourself a story to make things okay. In this episode, we look at one of those stories. "God will make a way." It sounds good but falls short of good news. We hope this helps you think about this and the other things you might tell yourself. Don't settle for hope that is not good enough.

This episode is about the fullness of the Gentiles. It may seem like an unusual topic for an episode, and it is. Yet, it has been a part of the explanation for many about why the One Right Church was the right one. So we thought we should talk about it. We hope this is helpful to you.

In this episode, we discuss weddings in the One Right Church. Weddings reflect what is important both to the couple and to their community. Mark tells us that weddings in the One Right Church are pretty different from weddings outside.

This episode is simple. Christ Alone is the topic. It is simple that one must believe in Christ alone for salvation, but everything hangs on it. If we advocate for Christ-And something else, we will miss out on the gift of salvation that Christ offers. It is our hope that you will not add to or subtract from Jesus when you think of eternal things.

We talk again with Laren Eells, this time about his testimony. His story of coming to faith in Jesus is one of the most dramatic and inspiring we've ever heard. Enjoy!

Do you believe lightning can strike twice? We interview Laren Eells about his experience of the revival in the Idaho Followers of Christ Church about the same time it happened in Oregon City. This is part one of a two-part interview. Laren shares some of the unique things about his branch of Followers, along with some similarities and differences from Oregon City. Laren is a wonderful storyteller. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Come back next week to hear his personal testimony.

In this episode, we talk about how to understand the Bible. What are you trying to do when you read the Bible? What are some common mistakes people make when they go to the Bible? Here are a couple of ways we misunderstand the Bible: Here are a couple of safe-guards when you read your Bible:

It's not what you know; it's who you know! Knowing people who can help or hurt you is one thing. It is another thing to know Jesus. This episode is about who you know!

We all struggle to submit to authority. Yet, the use of authority sets the One Right Church apart from others. So, in this episode we discuss what it means to have and submit to proper authority.

Where do you draw the lines about who is in and who is out? That is a very important question and one that most people don't think about even though they do it. In this episode, we discuss where that line is drawn and where it should be drawn.

Nothing shapes the present like the past. This week we interview Marshall Phillips about the History of the Followers of Christ. History has a way of orienting us because we didn't get here from nowhere!

The parable of the Good Samaritan always hits close to home. This week Mark compares what it means to him now with what it would have meant before. We hope it helps you love your neighbor.