Paul Arneberg and Pastor Brent Kompelien are joined by New Life member and returning guest Tiffany Neuharth, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Rise Up Recovery in Hastings, MN. As a follow-up to Tiffany’s previous interview on Roots & Branches (Episode 6, 1/12/23), this two-part deeper dive covers Tiffany’s personal testimony; the origin story of the ministry co-founded by her and her husband, Chad; and ways to be involved and supportive of Rise Up.
Episode 59 - Medical Ministry - Part 2
Paul concludes his conversation with New Lifer Jim Bahrke, discussing Jim’s vision for using his Christian faith and Physician’s Associate (P.A.) knowledge and experience to bless our local body of Christ.
Episode 58 - Medical Ministry - Part 1
Paul Arneberg sits down with New Life EFC regular attender Jim Bahrke to hear Jim’s faith story, his call to the medical field as a P.A. (Physician’s Associate), and his vision for using his professional knowledge of physical health care to bless our local body of Christ.
Episode 57 - Acts Sermon Series Overview - Part 2
Pastor Brent Kompelien and Paul Arneberg overview New Life EFC's current sermon series on the Book of Acts. They discuss two main themes: 1) the relationship between the Old and New Testaments; and 2) the Lord's promises and the fulfillment of His promises.
Episode 56 - Acts Sermon Series Overview - Part 1
Pastor Brent Kompelien and Paul Arneberg overview New Life EFC’s current sermon series on the Book of Acts. They discuss two main themes: 1) the relationship between the Old and New Testaments; and 2) the Lord’s promises and the fulfillment of His promises.
Episode 55 - In Memory of Jugheads - Part 2
Paul Arneberg concludes his retrospective with his wife Wendy and former artistic director Erica Liddle in remembrance of Jugheads Youth Juggling Company (1994-2023). They recount the juggling standards, club structure, community, belonging, personal growth, leadership development, and traditions of their former unique calling. Many enduring lessons apply to the Christian life, the local church, marriage, and kids & youth ministries.
Episode 54 - In Memory of Jugheads - Part 1
Paul Arneberg sits down with his wife Wendy and former head coach Erica Liddle to remember and celebrate Jugheads Youth Juggling Company. This was a wonderful example of disciple-by-doing that Paul and Wendy poured their lives into for 29 years. Paul, Wendy, and Erica swap stories and inspire how we can disciple all ages through creative hands-on learning.
Episode 53 - Renewing Our Minds
Paul and Pastor Brent discuss the importance of our intellect and our mental capacity for glorifying God. Our minds are renewed in the gospel so that our thoughts are taken captive for Christ. What do you think about? Are your thoughts aligned with God and his priorities? How can you use your intellect to worship God?
Episode 52 - Babies and Children and Youth, Oh My!
Paul and Pastor Brent discuss a biblical view of children and youth. These are challenging days to raise kids and we need to see the high value of kids in the Bible, as well as understand the importance of everyone having a child-like faith.
Episode 51 - Centrality of the Word - Part 2
Paul and Pastor Brent continue our discussion about the centrality of the Word of God in the local church. We dive into 2 Timothy 4 in order to talk about the authority of God’s Word and Paul’s warning to Timothy that many people will turn away from the truth of Scripture. It is so important that we humble ourselves to hear from God through the Bible.
Episode 50 - Centrality of the Word - Part 1
Paul and Pastor Brent start a discussion about the centrality of the Word of God in the life of a local church. One of the most important aspects of this is the proclamation of the Word through preaching and teaching. We examine Psalm 19 and 2 Corinthians 4 to describe how we must keep the treasure of God’s revealed truth at the center, even as we are jars of clay.
Episode 49 - Roots & Branches Recap - Part 2
Paul and Pastor Brent are joined again by Jeff Moulton to talk about the future of our Deepening Roots and Growing Branches ministry initiative. We are prayerfully waiting upon the Lord by making adjustments to the concept plans, adapting to our growing ministry needs, and working hard at developing our current facility and grounds for discipleship. We are excited for the future!
Episode 48 - Roots & Branches Recap - Part 1
Pastor Brent and Paul Arneberg sit down with special guest Jeff Moulton to recap the history of our Deepening Roots and Growing Branches ministry initiative. We are now 3 years in and God has been incredibly faithful as we’ve pursued the Lord’s vision for our church. Listen to Paul, Brent, and Jeff reflect on the amazing ways we’ve grown as a church family.
Episode 47 - Prayer - Part 2
Paul and Pastor Brent continue our conversation about the importance of prayer. We talk about individual and corporate prayer, recommend some good resources about prayer, and give a challenge for our church to grow in prayer this year. You will be encouraged by this episode!
Episode 46 - Prayer - Part 1
Paul and Pastor Brent start a new two-part discussion on the importance of prayer. Prayer is central in the Bible and imperative for the Christian life. Paul and Brent discuss examples of prayer in the Bible and how we can best understand prayer theologically. As a church, we want to grow in prayer this year. Join us!
Episode 45 - Individual to Community - Part 2
Paul and Pastor Brent discuss God’s amazing design for the church as a community of faith, a family of believers, and a spiritual house within which individual image-bearers can grow into mature Christ-likeness through the gospel. We need each other as we follow Jesus! Paul and Brent dive into Ephesians 4 to help us understand the importance of the Body of Christ.
Episode 44 - Individual to Community - Part 1
Paul and Pastor Brent sit down for our last transformational outcome: Individual to Community. We live in a hyper-individualistic culture where we have elevated personal autonomy and self-defined identity to be supreme. This “expressive individualism” is a culture that has moved from forming to performing. Listen as Paul and Brent discuss the problems with radical individualism today.
Episode 43 - EFCA Theology Conference Recap - Part 2
Paul and Pastor Brent recap the special pre-conference sessions by Dr. Jonathan Leeman, the editorial director of 9Marks. The theme was on the church, state, and civic engagement. Listen to Paul and Brent recap some of the most important lessons about how we approach politics and understanding the role of the state.
Episode 42 - EFCA Theology Conference Recap - Part 1
Paul and Pastor Brent had the opportunity to attend the annual EFCA Theology Conference in Chicago. The sessions covered biblical marriage, divorce/remarriage, abuse, singleness, and many other important topics regarding how we glorify God through marriage and family. Listen as Paul and Brent recap this conference.
Episode 41 - Digital to Analog - Part 2
Paul and Pastor Brent cover more of our transformational outcome: digital to analog. We explore more about the side-effects of the digital age and the unique ways we need to put technology in its proper place. Paul and Brent also discuss Disciple-by-Doing and the ways we can recover analog activities at New Life.