The 180 Church Podcast with Dr. Sammy and Friends

Day in the Sun: A Fellowship of Grace

In today’s world, as we gain more followers and connect with more friends over social media, it seems we develop more layers of friendship, but inversely lose emotional connectedness. For seekers and believers alike, small group has served the purpose of gathering people together to not only grow in depth and intimacy with one another, but to develop a fellowship that is centered around Christ. The invitation is for anyone to join this community that cares for you and me, shares life and a deeper fellowship with Jesus.

Day in the Sun: The Church

The Podcast crew is back from another awesome Day in the Sun. With all the great food and fellowship that is had during these outings in beautiful Central Park in NYC, we take a moment to pause, take a breathe and reflect on a little secret Doctor Sammy let us in on as a church. We tend to see church as a building or a place we attend on Sundays with other Christians, but the secrets out: folks, you are the church!

Holy Ghost: The Race

With all of the competing commitments that fight for our attention day in and day out, there's often a collision of values that take place between the calling of God and these also other good things that occupy our lives. So, how do we stay faithful to the calling of God when we feel like we're faltering? Establishing non-negotiable values, so that we can win for the kingdom of Heaven.

Holy Ghost: Calling

In today's podcast, the crew dives deep in discussing what the true purpose and calling of Jesus is for our lives. We often mistake our pseudo narratives as our mission, but the Father called us all to one immutable call until Jesus returns: to join God in restoring the world to Him.

Holy Ghost: Blindness

Sin is often associated with the depravity and moral failings that point to the necessity for change in our lives, but sometimes, we are blind to the reality of how sin truly grips us. But what is also often overlooked about sin is that it highlights the true beauty of the gospel message: that despite our sins and transgressions, we are undeservedly and magnanimously loved and have been forgiven by the grace of God. At some point, we begin to see the depth of our sins and want to change our ways. The good news is that through the Son, we can.

Holy Ghost: Grief

In today's podcast, the crew comes together to talk about loss, grief and how we can make sense of the pain and suffering we undergo with a spirit-filled community. It's not that community is a place where nothing bad happens, it's that when they do, it means more that we are with each other through it.

Holy Ghost: A Spirit Filled Community

Every new, budding relationship has the stage commonly known as the "honeymoon phase". It’s the rose tinted, picture-perfect feeling we all know that eventually dissipates as reality comes into focus. It is this utopian ideal that often bleeds into our expectations of the church, though what we come to find is that any spirit-filled community will not as perfect as we deem it should be. The spirit-filled community is a learning community, who gleans wisdom from our personal shortcomings and fails forward, in the likeness of the Biblical forefathers.

Holy Ghost: Wind and Fire

How do you know whether the Holy Spirit is leading our lives? By wind and fire. In today's podcast, we talk about how we distinguish the voice of God apart from the voices of this world and identify the fruit of the Spirit that provides evidence for the working of God's mission for humanity.

Holy Ghost: Influence

In this week's episode, the podcast crew discusses the mysterious nature of the third person of the Trinity: The Holy Spirit. Though hard to grasp, for us who are seeking and for believers alike, we are still able to recognize the work and influence of the Holy Spirit in our lives and witness the unbelievable transformations we experience through him. So, what does it mean to be filled by the Spirit? Some good indicators are changed hearts and lives.

Holy Ghost: A Family Affair

In this week's podcast, we are continuing on the series, "Holy Ghost" and talk about how we are invited into a family affair when we join the family of God. We're bombarded with the cultural voice that glorifies independence and seeks no help from God, our communities, and our friends, but kingdom culture goes against the very grain of self-reliance and calls for total dependence on it's family. Jesus leaves us with the Spirit so that we could join God in his mission, know the safety of his coddling, and be pushed beyond mediocrity.