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Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. This week on our episode, we are finishing up our conversation about relationships, at least for this series. And we have a guest, Andrea Jones, who brought the message on Sunday and will join us for this episode. And I think she just had some tremendous insight into how to cultivate a marriage that has a vision big enough to sustain all of life, even life beyond kids. And so I'm not gonna give you any more than that. We're gonna dive right in and listen to this week's episode. Thanks for tuning in.   A Vision for Your Marriage | Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, we're continuing our series entitled Between You & Me. And we're talking about marriage and marriage relationships. And this week, we're talking about what about when we throw kids in the mix? You know, marriage is already complicated enough without the kids. But then you throw sleepless nights and kids and their needs and all of that into the mix, and it can be complicated. But we're also talking about the Bible and how we answer questions like this because the Bible doesn't answer this particular question directly. So, what do we do when it comes to our relationships and decisions and all of these kinds of things when the Bible doesn't speak to it directly? We're gonna talk about all of that in this episode, and I've already gone on too long. So let's dive right on in. Kids vs. Marriage | Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast this week. I'm really excited because we have some special guests on our episode because Alex's basement was flooding. And so he's at his house bailing water. You can pray for the guy. But we had Jessica Rust and Teresa De Wit on our episode this week, and we're talking about communication in marriage and in relationships. And I think we had a great conversation. It was so good to get their insight on the subject, and I'm not gonna give you any more than that. We're just gonna tune right in. Communication in Marriage | Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week we're continuing in our series called Between You and Me about marriage and relationships. And this week, we're talking about divorce; we're talking about covenant and how strong and how committed we are supposed to be in this relationship. Anyway, we also take a few meandering rabbit trails into what is sin, what is holiness, what's purity, and where's the line on all of these issues? And I hope it's a helpful conversation for you without any further ado. Let's dive right in.   Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, you got a sleepy version of the Red Couch Theology Podcast because we actually prerecorded this episode. You might think that that would mean we're more polished and clear, and actually, it's quite the opposite because I was a little tired this week. Still, we're talking about marriage and relationships and what to look for when you're trying to find someone to get married, and then what do you do when you've already been married? And you're like, oh, no, maybe I chose poorly. We'll talk a little bit about those sorts of things in this week's episode. So, without any further ado, let's tune right in.   Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week we are kicking off a conversation about our newest series called Between You and Me. It's a relationship series, specifically those romantic relationships, marriage, finding someone to marry, and all those things. And this week on our episode, we're actually talking a lot about singleness because, believe it or not, one of the biblical ways you can approach marriage is to just not get married. That's actually one of the options. And so we're gonna talk about the complexity and confusion of that. We're also gonna answer some of your questions that are a little bit less related to singleness but more about when is it ok for a divorce to take place? So without any further ado, let's dive into this week's episode of the new series.

Well, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, we are talking about Easter and Resurrection. But the conversation took a turn right around the 25 to 30-minute mark of our conversation. And we talked about some of the challenging parts of the gospel. Gospel means good news; it is good news, and we think it means good news, but there are parts of the gospel that may be hard to stomach. We're gonna talk about that, and if you don't want to get through all our meandering, you can pick up the episode right around that 25 to 30-minute mark and hear about that. But without any further ado, you hear our sometimes meandering conversation about the gospel about resurrection and the good news. Let's tune in.   Easter- Is the Gospel actually Good News? | Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. I'm so glad I finally said our podcast name correctly. In this week's episode, we will talk about quantum physics. We're gonna talk about buying and selling a field, not much about that one, but we're gonna talk about the meaning of life and the challenges in life and how they might connect to the stories we see in scripture and stories in general. So if you're trying to figure out how we're gonna tie quantum physics to narrative arcs to Jeremiah and fields, then this episode is for you; why don't you tune in? And we'll dive in without any anymore preamble? Is God Still There if the Story is Bad? | Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week we're dealing with all sorts of fascinating subjects like predestination and election. Yeah, that sounds strange to come out of Jeremiah, but it's one of the questions you all submitted, so we deal with it. And it stems from this weird phrase found in Jeremiah where it says God plans destruction for Israel. So, what do we do? Does God plan our destruction? Anyway, these are the kinds of questions we're gonna be dealing with this in this episode, and I'm not going to belabor the subject anymore here. Let's dive right into this episode.   Is Repentance Enough? | Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello, hello and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. This week, we're talking about another delightful subject in the book of Jeremiah, and that subject is lament. And we actually got some really, really interesting questions about this week because I'm actually gonna give you one of the questions now, it says, "what's the difference between lament and complaining?" And we're gonna talk about that in this episode and I'm not gonna give you the answer. Now, you're gonna have to listen to the rest of the episode. And so without any further ado, how do we lament and not complain and whine and all of that stuff? Let's dive right in   Lamenting or Complaining? | Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, we're talking about generosity and giving. Actually, I think I learned a bunch of things from this week's episode and I hope you do too because my mind was shifted ever so slightly about God's heart when he talks about generosity is such a good, beautiful invitation because it's not just about healing and helping the person that the gift is given to. It's also about healing your soul. So I'm not going to give it any more of it away to you. So you're gonna have to listen to the episode, but it's, I hope it's helpful to you like it was helpful to me. Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, it's a food show. I will be eating crackers on this show. And that's exciting and strange for a theology podcast. But that's okay. We're actually talking about thirst. And if you've ever woken up and wondered, gosh, there's something missing in my life. There's something, there's gotta be more to this existence than what I have right now. We're going to talk about that. Maybe your soul is thirsty for something more. And we're going to talk about, how do you acquire that? How do you drink from a well that actually quenches your thirst? So, anyway, let's dive right into this episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. Thanks for tuning in. Thirsting for Jesus | Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week on the episode, I'm both excited and a little bit nervous if I'm honest because we tackle some really hairy scary subjects when it comes to prophesy and maybe even what's going on. Is there a prophetic voice that needs to happen in America today? Are we going off the rails? We're going to deal with a lot of those questions in this book of Jeremiah in the season of lent. It's a little bit heavy and there are some tricky subjects to navigate, but we're going to try our best. So tune in and find out how do we wrestle with some of these issues that we've just talked about? So without any further ado, let's jump right into this week's episode   Is God Punishing America? | Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello, Hello and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast This week, we're diving into our last week talking about hearing God's voice and it's kind of an interesting one I think because Alex starts to shift what we might have thought of as friendship with God, and he actually shifts it to this language of patronage, and that might make you squirm a little bit, that if God is our patron and that's what friendship means, does that mean he always is walking around with this attitude like we owe him something and that might actually make you squirm a little bit, but I want to invite you in to listen and you're gonna have to find out. Is he right? Do you agree with him about this? And maybe just, maybe it's actually a more beautiful perspective of friendship than we thought initially. So let's tune in and hear about friendship and patronage and hearing God's voice and do we owe God something? Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well hello hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week we have a guest because Yvonne Biel was a guest preacher on Sunday. So she joined us on the episode today and I'm really excited. I know I say that every single week, I say I'm really excited about this week's episode, and it is true every week. But this week I feel like we had a really provocative conversation about the nuances of hearing God's voice, about the complexity of that, about maybe some personal examples from each of us of how God's voice sounds to us. And then I think interestingly we also talked about what if I don't really want to hear God's voice sometimes, what if he tells me to give something up that I don't want to give up or to do something scary that I'm nervous to do or those sorts of things. So we're going to talk about all those things in this episode. So I hope you lean in a little bit and learn from the wisdom of Yvonne and Alex, and occasionally I'll say some things too. Yeah, let's dive in. Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well, hello, hello and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. This week, I'm gonna try and keep our intro a little bit short because we're talking about listening to God's voice and actually, that's a more complicated subject than you might think. We're going to talk about the nature of the scriptures, how do we know if it's got voice or not God's voice? We're going to deal with some tricky questions that people also submitted about this. And yeah, it's a long episode, but hang in there because I hope that this helps you start to frame the breadth and the width of this complicated subject of hearing God's voice in our everyday lives. So let's tune in. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3c8hYPz Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Well hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. Thank you so much for tuning in. If you've been listening and some of this content has been helpful to you, we'd appreciate it if you like, subscribe on Youtube, comment, or whatever. That all helps with the algorithm to get the word out about this podcast. Or, give us a rating on your favorite podcast service. That also helps us out. This week, we're gonna be talking about something we did a little bit differently this past Sunday, which was Ministry Partner Sunday and we're going to make a case for why this subject of church partnerships in the city, caring for the needy, caring for the poor...all these sorts of things are actually one of the most important things that we've talked about in a while here and we're gonna make a case for that in this episode. And so I'm not going to give it any more than that. You're gonna have to listen to the rest of this. Without any further ado, let's dive right in. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3c8hYPz The Power of Social Justice | Red Couch Theology Pastor Alex Walton & Pastor Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. I'm excited. This week, we're finishing up the series that we've been in on anxiety. And this week, we're talking about the anxiety that stems from the present, and really what that means is some anxiety stems from the fact that we are walking around through our everyday lives, wondering if people are going to realize that we're an imposter, we really aren't who we say we are, or maybe we're not as good as that as we appear to be to others and all that sort of thing. And there's this anxiety under the surface that says, I'm really not as valuable as I wish I was. And what if people find out? We're going to talk about that, and we're gonna talk about some of the remedies that the scriptures have to offer to that. We're also going to wrestle with this identity issue in a couple other ways that I'm excited for you to hear, but I'm not going to get into that now. Instead, we're going to dive right into the episode, and you can hear how our identity connects to anxiety and what God has to teach us about that.   Connect with us ⬇️ About Us: https://southfellowship.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southfellowship Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/southfellowship Twitter: https://twitter.com/southfellowship   Give Online ⬇️ https://southfellowship.churchcenter.com/giving   Red Couch Theology Alex Walton & Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

"Well, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology podcast. In this week's episode, we're going to continue with the subject matter that we've been in this series about anxiety; specifically...we're gonna be talking about those anxieties that come when we think about the future. I mean, we can't control the future, and there's a lot of uncertainty that stems from our inability to predict the future. And so we're going to talk about that, but we're also gonna be talking about this challenge that we got in this text that Alex preached on last week, where Jesus says, don't worry about your life; God takes care of the birds, he takes care of the flowers of the field. And in this episode, we're gonna say, well, does he really take care of the birds? Birds die! Sometimes they get harmed, and sometimes they get eaten by other animals. Or what about the flowers of the field? Does he actually take care of the flowers of the field? And what about the many situations we've met, really faithful followers of Jesus, and bad stuff happens to them? What is Jesus actually promising, and maybe we should be worrying about, you know, these are the kinds of things we're going to wrestle with in this episode. And so, with that teaser, I'm gonna dive right into the episode, and you can hear for yourself what we conclude about some of these very tricky and sticky questions. Thanks for tuning in"   Connect with us ⬇️ About Us: https://southfellowship.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southfellowship Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/southfellowship Twitter: https://twitter.com/southfellowship   Give Online ⬇️ https://southfellowship.churchcenter.com/giving   Red Couch Theology Alex Walton & Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO

"Well, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Red Couch Theology Podcast. Thanks for tuning in. My name is Aaron Bjorklund, I'm your host for this episode, and Alex Walton, our Lead Pastor at South Fellowship, will be joining us in just a moment, and this week we're talking a little bit about anxiety. Have you ever had this moment where someone said something to you in the past, and it still haunts you today, maybe 10 years later, 20 years later, 30, or 60 years later? Well, we're going to talk about that, and maybe it's something you did or said in the past, and you're afraid if someone finds this out my whole life, people will respect me less, and maybe I'll get canceled or whatever. We're going to talk about all that on this episode; we're gonna talk about how the way of Jesus and the invitation of Jesus is to be freed from those kinds of anxiety. So without any further ado, let's dive into this week's episode, where we talk about the anxiety that's rooted in the past."   Connect with us ⬇️ About Us: https://southfellowship.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southfellowship Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/southfellowship Twitter: https://twitter.com/southfellowship   Give Online ⬇️ https://southfellowship.churchcenter.com/giving   Red Couch Theology Alex Walton & Aaron Bjorklund South Fellowship Church Based in Littleton, CO