PonderingGod

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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This is a message recorded on March 3, 2024 from a series of sermons called the Forgiving Challenge. Based on the 40 day devotional journey by Zach Zehnder.

For more on the Forgiving Challenge visit: Red Letter Challenge | Your Trusted Source for Bible Studies & Books 

Todays Episode focuses on living your faith out loud! we begin with a clip from C J Stroud from his Ohio State Days.

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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Today's message is part 4 of a 4 part series on the Book of Philippians - Learning to Live with Joy - No Matter What! - In this message, we look at Chapter 4 of Philippians. Join us on the Journey

Philippians 4:4-13

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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This is our midweek Ponder, fresh from our Studio in the heart of Arlington, Minnesota. We pray that these GodPonders are an extra boost of encouragement to you and don't hurt your head.

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message, visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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Today's message is part three of a 4 part series on the Book of Philippians - Learning to Live with Joy - No Matter What! - In this message, we look at Chapter 3 of Philippians. Join us on the Journey

Philippians 3:12-15

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message, visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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Today's message is part two of a 4 part series on the Book of Philippians - Learning to Live with Joy - No Matter What! - In this message, we look at Chapter 2 of Philippians. Join us on the Journey

Philippians 2:1-18

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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Today's message is part one of a 4 part series on the Book of Philippians - Learning to Live with Joy - No Matter What! - In this message, we look at Chapter 1 of Philippians. Join us on the Journey

Philippians 1:12-14; 19-30

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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Today's Message is from September 17, 2023 at Peace Lutheran Church - The title is "Forgiveness - The Kingdom of Heaven is like..."

Today's Text is Matthew 18:21-35

Each Monday Morning, we bring you a message, hot off the press or from the archives. We pray that these messages are an extra boost of encouragement to you.

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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The first reference to sound in the Bible is the "Sound" of the Lord walking in the cool of the Garden.  This should have been an encouraging sound, but it was not - Sin and it's guilt made it into a fearful sound.

What sounds encourage you?

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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Today's Message is from September 3, 2023, at Peace Lutheran Church - The title is "I have been Called"

Today's Text is Jeremiah 15:16 and selected texts

Each Monday Morning, we bring you a message, hot off the press or from the archives. We pray that these messages are an extra boost of encouragement to you.

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

Please share this podcast with a friend, and do us a favor by giving us a rating and review wherever you listen to this podcast!

To Support the ministry of PonderinGod and help cover our online and production costs, visit our support page

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

Please share this podcast with a friend, and do us a favor by giving us a rating and review wherever you listen to this podcast!

To Support the ministry of PonderinGod and help cover our online and production costs, visit our support page

Today's Message is from August 13, 2023, at Peace Lutheran Church - The title is "Living With Hope"

Today's Text is Romans 8:28-39

Each Monday Morning, we bring you a message, hot off the press or from the archives. We pray that these messages are an extra boost of encouragement to you.

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

Please share this podcast with a friend, and do us a favor by giving us a rating and review wherever you listen to this podcast!

To Support the ministry of PonderinGod and help cover our online and production costs, visit our support page

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

Please share this podcast with a friend, and do us a favor by giving us a rating and review wherever you listen to this podcast!

To Support the ministry of PonderinGod and help cover our online and production costs, visit our support page

WHAT ARE YOU PONDERING? We would love to hear from you send us a note to craig@GodPonders.org 

Each Monday Morning, we bring you a message, hot off the press or from the archives. We pray that these messages are an extra boost of encouragement to you.

Today's Message is from August 6, 2023, at Peace Lutheran Church - The title is "Lamenting and Longing"

Today's Text is Romans 8:17-27

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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To Support the ministry of PonderinGod and help cover our online and production costs, visit our support page

Each Monday Morning, we bring you a message, hot off the press or from the archives. We pray that these messages are an extra boost of encouragement to you.

Today's Message is from July, 5 2015, at St. Michael's Lutheran Church - The title is "I'm not Normal - and neither are you"

Today's Text is 1 Peter 2:4-12

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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In a world where everything seems disposable and even our ideas are constantly on the move we focus on the Rock Solid Word of God! VDMA

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

Please share this podcast with a friend, and do us a favor by giving us a rating and review wherever you listen to this podcast!

To Support the ministry of PonderinGod and help cover our online and production costs, visit our support page

Each Monday Morning, we bring you a message, hot off the press or from the archives. We pray that these messages are an extra boost of encouragement to you.

Today's Message is from Set. 6, 2015, at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Bloomington - The title is "The Power is In The Seed"

Today's Text is Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 - The Parable of the Sower

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

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Today Pastor Craig and his faithful sidekick Robert examine what has created quite a buzz, in the world of Lutheranism, and thinking Christians everywhere.  The Sparkle Creed.  A recording of this creed written in 2021 and used in a ELCA Church in Edina in 2023, is all over the internet.  It caught our attention and we just can't let this one go by.  

This creed is one more example of the woke church gone mad.  

2 Timothy 4:3-4 (ESV)
³  For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, ⁴  and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

We are seeing these words of warning to the young pastor Timothy come true as they have over and over and over in the church.

We invite you to pray for those who are so deceived by satan and the untruths of this world that the Lord of the Church - Jesus the Christ would call them back to the truth.

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

Please share this podcast with a friend, and do us a favor by giving us a rating and review wherever you listen to this podcast!

To Support the ministry of PonderinGod and help cover our online and production costs, visit our support page

Each Monday Morning, we bring you a message, hot off the press or from the archives. We pray that these messages are an extra boost of encouragement to you.

Today's Message is from July 16, 2023, at Peace Lutheran Church - The title is "All in the Family - Romans 8 Part 1"

Today's Text is Romans 8:12-17

For more information on Pastor Craig McCourt and the ministry of Pondering God or to send us a message visit us at www.ponderinggod.org

For more information on Peace Lutheran Church, where Craig currently serves as Pastor, visit www.peacearlington.org

Please share this podcast with a friend, and do us a favor by giving us a rating and review wherever you listen to this podcast!

To Support the ministry of PonderinGod and help cover our online and production costs, visit our support page