In this episode, we answer a listener question by talking about Jesus and the Next Generation. The question was, “How do we teach our children to love Jesus and not just the Church or it’s programs?” We share three principles to keep in mind for us to help lead the next generation to love and follow…
In this episode, we talk about our wishes for humans in 2023. Things we wish we could all get better at doing. 1. Conversation instead of condemnation 2. Unity without uniformity John 17:20-23 20 “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their me…
New Year’s Resolutions are really about refocusing your priorities. That’s what Sabrina, and I just took a day to do last week, and it’s part of what we talk about in Episode 033 of the Naked Party Time Podcast. It might be 2022 already, but it’s never too late to take some time, sit down, and revie…
In Episode 033 of the Naked Party Time Podcast, Sabrina and I talked about planning for the new year. One of the steps in living out that plan is to re-order your life around your new goals. If you don’t do this step of re-ordering your life, you don’t have goals; you have wishes. You hope these thi…
In Episode 033 of The Naked Party Time Podcast, Sabrina and I talk about how you can be intentional with a plan to get the most out of the coming year. If you aren’t intentional about where you’re going in life, then you’ll just end up going wherever life takes you. Benjamin Franklin said, “If you f…
We’ve been talking about doing this episode for quite a while now but other topics or life situations kept getting in the way, but we are finally here. We are doing an episode on truth statements, destroying the lies that derail us. We’ve mentioned them a ton on different episodes, but we’ve never r…
In Episode 031, Sabrina and I talk about some principles that help you to wait well when you are waiting in your calling. Do you ever feel like God is preventing a dream from being fulfilled, or forcing you to wait on something you believe He called you to? In those moments, remember this, when it s…
In this episode, we continue our conversation about mental health and what we can learn from the Simone Biles situation. In Episode 028, we focused on those who are currently facing a mental health struggle of some kind. In this episode, we focus on those who are walking with someone or know someone…
In this episode, we start to tackle the subject we’ve been teasing about since we started the podcast…sexual intimacy. We’ve titled this episode, “Let’s talk about sex, baby!” If you know the song, you know! Sex is awesome! It is a good gift from God. But like every good gift, our enemy the devil wa…
Episode 020 of The Naked Partytime Podcast is live! In this episode, Jeff and Sabrina dive into the five levels of intimacy in relationships and marriage. If we don’t cultivate every area of intimacy in marriage, we’ll be in danger of being great roommates, but only average spouses. 20% of US coupl…
In this episode, we pick up where we left off last time talking about living our lives on mission. If your marriage is not focused on the right mission, then your mission will become only about your marriage. If you haven’t yet, make sure and listen to Episode 018 of the podcast. We start talking ab…
I am frustrated with today’s politics, so much so that I feel a bit politically homeless. I don’t fit in their camp and I don’t fit in their circle. Anyone else feel that way? “I’m a Christian who is theologically conservative & socially compassionate, too conservative for progressives & too progres…
In this episode, we start a conversation about living out a marriage that is on mission (And stuff for singles too) If your marriage is not focused on the right mission, then your mission will become only about your marriage. This affects single people too because as singles, you are also on missi…
What is Lent? I can tell you this; it’s more than pocket fuzz. In this kickoff episode of “The Naked Weekly,” I talk about the season of Lent, where it came from, why we do it, and some practical tips if you want to seek God during the Lenten season intentionally. The Naked Weekly will drop…
In Episode 016 I interview Pastor Fred Gallop. Fred is a Chaplain in the USAF who served on the Element Church pastoral team while stationed here in Cheyenne. In this episode, we get real and raw by diving into the conversation on race: Fred answers questions like, “Why do we need Black H…
In Episode #002 we start a four-part series of podcasts called “I don’t want to go back to normal, because normal wasn’t working.” Today we’re going to highlight six things total that we don’t want to go back to normal on, then in the next three podcasts, we’re going to cover two of the six things e…
Episode 001 of the Naked Party Time Podcast is ready to consume. In this podcast, Sabrina and I talk about “How we can come out of this season even stronger.” Today’s spotlight is on Hayley Laban, @hayleystorm16 on Instagram. Hayley did our amazing podcast artwork and is an incredible graphic artist…
Hey Element Church ! This is Travis and he is this week’s volunteer of the week. Travis was nominated by our Outreach Pastor, Steve Doolin, who said this: “Travis serves as a leader in the OneReach Men’s group. He serves selflessly every two weeks and has given his leadership, time, and resources to…
On Sunday at Element Church we concluded our series called “Don’t Be A Fan”. In this series we’ve been looking at what it means to truly follow Jesus. We don’t want to be fans of Jesus = Enthusiastic Admirers. We want to be followers of His. This week I preached from Luke 9:57-62 and asked the quest…
Just because you’re doing a lot doesn’t mean you’re accomplishing anything. [Tweet “Just because you’re doing a lot doesn’t mean you’re accomplishing anything. “] There is a difference between attempting lots of things and accomplishing anything, right? In Exodus 18, Moses was hearing all the people…
I have a confession to make right here on the blog. I’m addicted to pornography. Not the pornography you might be thinking of, but quite honestly as a pastor it might be a worse kind. I’m addicted to ministry pornography. I’m in recovery for sure, but there is still a pull in my heart to get sucked…
If you are a church ministry leader or a small group leader looking for some new content or resources as we are into the Fall small group ministry season, or maybe something for the start of 2017, I encourage you to check out my book and group study guides entitled “ Because Your’e Called: Three wor…
I LOVE the Broncos but I cheer for the Raiders. You won’t hear a true Bronco fan ever say that, right? Why? Because Bronco fans don’t cheer for the Raiders and that illustration helped us this last weekend at Element Church as we talked about what it truly means to follow Jesus. No, I didn’t teach t…
If I was preaching I would say, “Everyone say ‘I’m surrounded!’” Did you know that you’re surrounded? It sounds like a bad thing right? Some of us would agree by saying, “I know I’m surrounded. I’m surrounded by trouble. I’m surrounded by pain. I’m surrounded by fear. I’m surrounded by doubt. I’m su…
Just one “t” in that word by the way and that one word, “but,” was a BIG word in our sermon on Sunday at Element Church . We concluded our sermon series called “Labels”, based out of 1 Peter 2:9-11 . We’ve been talking about how when we clearly know who we are and whose we are, we can live in the fr…
God would not command us to “not be afraid” if it was not also paired with a promise. [Tweet “God would not command us to “not be afraid” if it wasn’t also paired with a promise.”] More than 300 times in the Bible, God commands His people to “not be afraid,” “do not fear” or “fear not.” By mere math…
That was a lens I used on Sunday at Element Church to talk about a specific issue as we continued our sermon series called “Labels: Living in our true identity”. In this series we are talking about WHO we are in Christ because we believe in Him. The whole series is built around one passage in the Bi…
If you are a church ministry leader or a small group leader looking for some new content or resources as we head into the Fall small group ministry season, I encourage you to check out my book and group study guides entitled “ Because Your’e Called: Three words that will change your life. ” Everyone…
On Sunday at Element Church we continued our sermon series called “Labels: Living in our true identity”. We’re looking at four different labels found in 1 Peter 2:9-11 . This last week we talked about the fact that, as children of God, we are Royal Priests. But what in the world does that mean, righ…
