Andover Community Church: Sharing Life

Want to deepen your relational life, struggling to connect to others, or wondering whether apprenticeship under Jesus can meet the longing you have for meaningful community with others? In this episode Becky and Chris explore the impact of Jesus' teaching and his life on our relationships with one another, why the earliest apprentices under Jesus saw an intrinsic link between their following of Jesus and how they were towards others, and why connecting with others is worth our investment if we want to grow spiritually.

Chris and Becky sit down for an in depth conversation on our mindsets and how they inform the way we live...and end up talking quite a lot about roast potatoes! Jesus was and is clearly very interested in the way we think, and as we apprentice under him our mindsets make a lot of difference! We hope this episode challenges you, gets you thinking, and ultimately leads you to ask some important questions about the way you think! Don't forget to access the Next Steps App by Andover Community Church on your device, and subscribe to this podcast for more episodes coming soon!

In this episode, Chris and Becky talk about Jesus' very real sense of connection to God - who he called his father. How did Jesus understand that relationship, what does it mean for his apprentices to be invited into that relationship, and how do we inject some life back into the practices that people typically call on to find connection with God? If you've ever experienced a sense that there's something bigger out there, then this episode will affirm that you are invited into a real relationship with the God of the universe!

Chris and Becky talk about the big MISSION or the big PURPOSE that Jesus invited his followers to take up for themselves. If you ever feel instruction-less, aim-less or purpose-less in your life, then this episode (and Jesus' invitation) is for you!

What is the goal of following Jesus? Is there a bigger point that we have missed? In this episode Chris and Becky ask WHY Jesus thought it was important that people followed him, and WHY it's worth being motivated to follow him today!

What did Jesus actually start? What was he initiating? A new religion, a new philosophy? Or something else? Becky and Chris kick off the Apprentice Series Podcast as they talk about Jesus' invitation to 'Follow Me.' What does that mean? What have we missed? And can I take him up on it?