Doable Discipleship

Description:Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland is joined by Phillip Congelliere to talk about how to keep going when faced with hardship. Phillip is a former Saddleback pastor and now runs Love Multiplies, a non-profit centered on helping people in the world of infertility and adoption. Phillip and his wife Alex have a popular YouTube channel, Phil and Alex, where they have chronicled their own journey with infertility and adoption. This Doable Discipleship conversation talks about ways to prepare yourself now for hardships that may come later, lessons learned through difficult seasons, the importance of relationships, tips for a healthy marriage amidst trials, and offers hope to anybody in the middle of their own hardship right now. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTu

Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland and Saddleback Lake Forest Campus Pastor Katie Edwards talk about the importance of having fun and joy in life. This episode part of an ongoing series on emotional health. When we talk about emotional health, we usually talk about anger, or sadness, or any of the hard, negative feelings. Bu it’s also important to look at the positive emotions – in particular, fun. There can be confusion too about how we should navigate church and our relationship with God, with fun. Am I supposed to have constant posture of reverence and piety, or is there a way to be reverent and fun at the same time? Jason and Katie talk about these questions, along with looking at what it means to have child-like faith, how fun can lead to deeper relationships, and the benefits of having fun within the family of God. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episo

Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Rob Jacobs talk about The Wall, an experience that all Christians face at some point or multiple points. Sometimes called “the dark night of the soul”, the wall is a season of spiritual dryness where one feels that God is distant. Rob and Jason talk about the wall’s place in the JESUS stages, what it looks like being at the wall, and the emotional toll that the wall can take. The conversation, though, continues to talk about the wall as an invitation to step into a new season of deep, vulnerable growth with Jesus. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit

Description:Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar take a look at two prominent people in the Bible, Jesus and David, and how they exhibited emotions. Their emotions ran the full range from the highest of highs, to the lowest of lows, and everything in-between. These pictures help us to accept that emotions are not a bad thing. In fact, they are given by God. We are not called to be stoic, or to only by happy. We were created to experience emotions of all shapes and kinds and Jesus and David are great examples of this truth. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/p

Saddleback Lead Pastor Andy Wood joins Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland for a continuing conversation from the May 6/7 weekend message titled From “Obstacles to Opportunities”, part of the Created to Dream series. In this conversation, Pastor Andy continues looking at the book of Nehemiah and offers three questions that you can ask yourself to help you persevere in your dream: What wall am I building? Why am I building it? And Who am I building it for? This episode will offer you some practical examples and advice on how to continue focusing on building the dream that God gave you. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddle

Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Brandon Bathauer talk about a common question for Christians: what does it mean that I am simultaneously a sinner and a saint? The conversation starts by looking at what the Bible says about us as sinner, then what the Bible talks about us as saints. It addresses the confusion of what it means to hold these two in tension and talks about the difficult emotional toll that this can have on people. Many people find themselves stuck in cycles of shame, guilt, or doubt when wrestling with their sin vs. their supposed saved nature. Jason and Brandon talk about the powerful reality of sanctification, what it means to live in a new identity, and provide some tools and resources for anybody who is struggling to understand and live out this reality of being both a sinner and a saint. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes rele

Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland talks with Todd Olthoff, Pastor of Pastoral Care at Saddleback Church. The conversation starts focused on how we have transitioned from a culture that refused to openly talk about issues of emotional health to one that is vocal and more willing to share about the issue. They talk about what happens in the brain to cause emotional responses, why people may have a difficult time processing their emotions, and how emotions are deeply tied to attachment issues. The conversation shifts to talk about ways to recognize what emotions you are feeling at any given moment and how to respond to them in appropriate ways. They give tips and advice on how to react to emotions and then talk about the power of teaching kids about emotional intelligence. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast

Description: Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar look at some relationships from the Bible and what we can learn, both positively and negatively. For relationship goals they talk about Ruth and Naomi, Job and his friends, the paralytic and his four friends, Noah and his sons, the parable of the prodigal son, and Paul and Timothy. The conversation then looks some relationship warnings, including Samson and Delilah, King Rehoboam, Bar-Jesus, Pharoah’s Cupbearer, and Judas. This conversation caps a series on relational health, with episode topics including boundaries, influence, neighboring, and how your relationship with God affects your relationship with others. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Doable Di

Description: Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar talk about the reality that every interaction you have with others is an exercise in influence. Other people influence you, and you influence other people. This episode looks at what the Bible says about influence and our call to be intentional about the types of influence we allow in our lives and the power we have in how we influence others. Learn how to pre-plan your boundaries, do a self-check on what you are allowing in your life, and how influence is cyclical – what influences us impacts how we influence others. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleba

Description: Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar talk with Celebrate Recovery Pastor Meaghan Grider about Boundaries. This conversation follows up the last episode’s interview with Dr. Henry Cloud. This conversation defines boundaries, talks about why it’s okay for Christians to set relational boundaries and how Jesus set boundaries. It continues by looking at different areas of your life where boundaries might be helpful, the importance of seeking wise counsel, and the beauty that can emerge in relationships where boundaries are established. The episode ends by offering some tips for how to set boundaries in relationships and what to do when somebody violates those boundaries. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddl

Dr. Henry Cloud joins Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland for a conversation on Dr. Cloud’s new book, Trust: When to Give It, When to Withhold It, How to Earn It, and How to Fix It When It Gets Broken. Dr. Cloud talks about how we are wired to trust and why people have a hard time thinking intentionally about trust. The conversation then focuses on Dr. Cloud’s five essentials of trust and how they works in the way we trust others, in our own trustworthiness, and our relationship with God. Jason and Dr. Cloud then finish talking about ways you can build your trust muscle. Dr. Henry Cloud is an acclaimed leadership expert, clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author. His 45 books, including the iconic Boundaries, have sold nearly 20 million copies worldwide. He has an extensive executive coaching background and experience as a leadership consultant, devoting the majority of his time working with CEOs, leadership teams, and executives to improve performance, leadership skills and cul

Saddleback Teaching Pastor Stacie Wood joins Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland for a conversation on Revival. Many people have heard the word “revival” used in church settings but may not be sure what is meant by it. Stacie and Jason talk about what we mean when we say revival, the recent revival in Asbury, Kentucky, and traits and characteristics of revival. They look at the example of the revival in the Hebrides, talk about the work of the Holy Spirit and the connection between revival and John 15 and John 10, and then answer fundamental questions such as: Why do we want to seek revival?, Are there things we can do to help set the stage for revival? and How would we know we are in a revival? Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/sadd

Saddleback Teaching Pastor Stacie Wood joins Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar for a conversation on how to engage in a deeper practice of Bible study. Stacie recently preached a message at Saddleback called “The Sword and the Spirit” which talked about the importance of being devoted to the Bible and dependent on the Holy Spirit. In this message, she noted that she wanted to share additional information on how we can pursue deeper Bible study, but didn’t have time in her message so this episode of Doable Discipleship fills that need. Stacie talks about her background with Bible study, why people may have a hard time diving into Scripture, and how the Holy Spirit works with us as we read. The conversation then talks about good resources available for people who are new to Bible study, as well as resources for people who are looking for more advanced Bible study. Look at the show notes for links to Stacie’s sermon and all resources talked about during the episode. Doable Discipleship is a

Description: In this episode of Doable Discipleship, Linda Tokar and Brandon Bathauer from the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team talk about a unique relationship that we all find ourselves in: neighboring. We all have neighbors, and yet often we don’t think intentionally about how to approach the relationships with our neighbors. This episode looks at what the Bible says about neighboring, why it’s important to be intentional about these relationships, and some tips for how we can approach the art of neighboring. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.Related Links: The Art of Neighb

Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland talks with Dr. Todd Hall, professor of Psychology at the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University and author of The Connected Life: The Art and Science of Relational Spirituality. The conversation seeks to respond to the question “How does my relationship with God affect my relationships with others?”. They discuss attachment theory, the link between social disconnection and spiritual disconnection, symptoms of spiritual disconnection, the difference between pseudo-connection and healthy connection, ways to improve our attachment to God, helpful spiritual practices, and tips for deepening your relationships. Dr. Todd W. Hall (PhD, Rosemead School of Psychology) is professor of psychology at Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University, where he teaches courses on the integration of psychology and theology, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and positive psychology. He is also a faculty affiliate at the Harvard Human flourishing Program at Harvard Univer

Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastors Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar talk about key ingredients needed to help deepen relationships. Have you found that the relationships in your life are shallower than you want them to be? If someone were to ask you how many deep relationships you have, would you struggle to be able to answer them honestly? Everybody likely has some relationships that they want to grow deeper. This conversation looks at how adding time, authenticity, vulnerability, accountability, grace, and servant-heartedness to the recipe of your friendships will see them grow into something delicious. Looking at scripture and with real-life examples, this episode will help you take the next steps in your relational health. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www

Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar from the Saddleback Spiritual Growth team are joined by Buddy Owens for a conversation on spiritual warfare. Buddy talks through what spiritual warfare means, what the Bible says about it, and how we are called to participate in it. He discusses our identity in Christ, the importance of what it means to have Christ’s authority, and how these truths mean we do not have to live in fear even while in a spiritual battle. Buddy looks at the power of prayer as a strategy for spiritual warfare and provides some resource suggestions for people who want to learn more. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Fami

Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar from the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team are joined by Saddleback’s Lead Pastor Andy Wood to talk about Better Decisions. Saddleback recently finished a sermon series called Better (Better Vision, Better Habits, Better Mindset, Better Priorities, Better Relationship with God) and Pastor Andy had another message he wanted to add to that series: Better Decisions. This episode looks at the role our values and principles play in our decision-making, the power of pre-decisions, and what the Bible says about making decisions. Pastor Andy addresses some barriers to making good decisions and then shares some first steps to start making better decisions. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Doable Discipleship is a

Jason Wieland and Linda Tokar from the Saddleback Spiritual Growth team are joined by Saddleback Celebrate Recovery’s Meaghan Grider to talk about everyone’s favorite topic: confession. Many people are raised to believe in the rigid responsibility of confession, or approach the idea with a lot of fear and trepidation. Meaghan breaks down why confession is one of the most powerful spiritual practices and one that can lead to a life of joy and fullness. The conversation looks at what the Bible says about confession, how confession is a relational exercise between us and God and us and others, and the importance of finding the right people to have a confession relationship with. The episode ends with an explanation of Celebrate Recovery and the importance of remembering your true identity. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcas

Join Saddleback Spiritual Growth Pastor Jason Wieland as he talks with Ed Salas, Spiritual Formation Pastor at Newsong Church in Southern California. Ed and Jason talk about his prayer journey and how prayer became an integral part of his life. They talk about common struggles that people have with prayer and the opportunity of God inviting us into something grander. Then they focus specifically on intercessory prayer, what it is, how Christians are called to engage with it, and next steps for people looking to be more intentional in it. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit Saddleback.com/podcasts.Relate