What happens when a church starts to grow—and growth creates new problems?

In this episode of Sunday to Monday, we continue our series The Church Jesus Built by looking at Acts 6 and one of the early church’s first major growing pains. As more people came to Jesus, more needs emerged, tensions surfaced, and the way ministry happened had to change.

We talk about why the mission of the church can’t depend on just a few people, the difference between being a consumer and a contributor, and why every follower of Jesus has a role to play. Growth may require new methods, new leaders, and even some uncomfortable change—but the mission stays the same.

The church isn’t built around one pastor, one personality, or one program. We are the church—and we all have a part to play.

What happens when following God puts you at odds with what people expect from you? In Acts 4, Peter and John faced real pressure because of their faith—but instead of praying for safety, the early church prayed for boldness. In this episode, we talk about what it means to obey God rather than people, why comfort can be dangerous to our faith, and how the voices around us can become louder than God’s voice if we aren’t careful. Plus, we look at what bold, faithful obedience can actually look like in our families, workplaces, leadership, and everyday conversations.

What actually makes a healthy church? In Acts 2, the early church devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking bread, and prayer. In this episode, we talk about why healthy churches aren’t built on programs alone, how good traditions can become distractions when we lose sight of the mission, and why following Jesus requires intentionality beyond Sunday morning. Plus, we look at practical ways to build these rhythms into everyday life.

In week two of The Church Jesus Built, we look at Pentecost in Acts 2 and what it really means to live filled with the Holy Spirit.

The church was never meant to operate on human talent alone. The same Spirit who empowered the early church still gives believers discernment, courage, gifts, and power to live out the gospel today.

What would change if we stopped relying on ourselves and started living like the Spirit of God is actually within us?

Are we spectators… or witnesses?

In the first episode of our new series, The Church Jesus Built, we open Acts 1 and explore Jesus’ final instructions before His ascension.

Before discussing methods, programs, or buildings, Jesus made the mission clear: receive the Holy Spirit and be My witnesses.

We talk about the difference between consuming church and living on mission, why the Church exists, and how every believer is called to take the gospel beyond Sunday morning.

The Church isn’t just a place you attend—it’s a people sent into the world.

What would change if you knew Jesus was coming back next week?

In the final week of True Religion, we walk through James 5 and talk about urgency, prayer, patience, and living with an eternal perspective.

We discuss why believers sometimes lose urgency in their faith, why prayer can feel difficult, and how God uses prayer to strengthen, restore, and bring people back to Him.

True religion isn’t passive.
It lives with urgency, prays with faith, and keeps eternity in view.

In week four of True Religion, we walk through James 4 and talk about the battle between pride and humility.

James shows us that conflict often starts with misplaced desires — when our wants, passions, and need for control take the lead.

But God gives greater grace.

In this episode, we talk about surrender, humility, resisting the enemy, and what it means to submit our lives fully to God.

True religion isn’t about control.
It’s about surrender.

What do your words reveal about your heart?

In week three of True Religion, we walk through James 3 and talk about the power of the tongue. Our words can encourage, heal, and build up — but they can also wound, divide, and destroy.

James reminds us that the tongue may seem small, but it can steer the direction of our lives and relationships.

In this episode, we talk about:

• why our words matter more than we think
• how gossip, sarcasm, and criticism shape community
• why the tongue reveals what’s happening in the heart
• how Scripture helps us become people who speak life

Your mouth exposes what your heart is full of.