Pastor James Foster

Nov. 22, 2023

The Joys and Challenges of Church Planting with James Foster and Holl…

261: Pastors James Foster and Holland Greig are on the podcast with Pastor Plek and Catie today to talk about their personal experiences with planting churches. Holland planted Eastside Community Church about six years ago an...

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May 31, 2023

Change Management for Leaders

214: Pastor Plek is back with Nicole Troup and Special Guests Tim Chancellor and Pastor James Foster. In this episode we cover how to manage organizational changes as a leader and what it looks like to roll out new projects …

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May 18, 2023

Why submit to authority?

212: Pastor Plek is joined by Pastor James Foster, Tim Chancellor, and Nicole Troup this week to recap the last sermon in our Ecclesiastes series. In this episode we discuss why God calls us to submit to local authority and …

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June 30, 2022

Relationships & Temptation

138: Pastor Plek, James Foster, and Leah Brown discuss questions sent in by listeners on relationships and Jesus' temptation in the wilderness. Want to submit a question? Call or text 737-231-0605! Faith, Culture, and all thi...

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May 19, 2022

Impure Thoughts Part 2

126: Pastor Plek, Pastor Joseph, Pastor James and Catie Sas follow up on a question about struggling with impure thoughts. Want to submit a question? Text 737-231-0605! Faith, Culture, and all things in between. Question: Goi...

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May 17, 2022

Numbering Your Days

124: Pastor Joseph hosts Pastor James and Catie Sas as they recap this Sunday's sermon and answer a baptism question. Want to submit a question? Text 737-231-0605! Faith, Culture, and all things in between. Questions: Can som...

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March 22, 2022

Queen of Conflict

103: Pastor Plek, Pastor Joseph, Pastor James, and Catie Sas recap the sermon on hostility or humility and answer the question sent in this week. Want to submit a question? Text 737-231-0605! Faith, Culture, and all things in...

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Jan. 13, 2022

Do Babies Go to Hell?, Enoch, and How We Express our Worship

83: Pastor Plek, Pastor James, and Catie Sas follow up on the $1000 Plek gave away to strangers before Christmas and tackle several tough questions on this week's bonus episode. Want to submit a question? Text 737-231-0605! F...

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Jan. 6, 2022

How to Respond When the Church is Against Me

81: Pastor Plek, Pastor James, and Catie Sas discuss gossip and judgment in the church on this week's episode. Want to submit a question? Text 737-231-0605! Faith, Culture, and all things in between. Questions: - How do we ta...

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Jan. 4, 2022

Revelation 22 and How Should the Church Respond to Offended People

80: Join us as Pastor Plek, Pastor James, and Catie Sas discuss Revelation 22 and offending people through music selection. Want to submit a question? Text 737-231-0605! Faith, Culture, and all things in between. Questions: -...

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Dec. 1, 2021

Sin? : Entertainment and Santa

75: In this bonus episode, Pastor Plek, Pastor Joseph, Pastor James, and Catie Sas discuss questions sent in regarding sin, entertainment, and Christmas celebrations. Want to submit a question? Text 737-231-0605! Questions: -...

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Nov. 30, 2021

Literal vs. Allegorical and Self Care

74: Pastor Plek, Pastor Joseph, Pastor James, and Catie Sas tackle theological and self care questions in this week's episode. Want to submit a question? Text 737-231-0605! Questions: - What are your thoughts/feelings etc on ...

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Nov. 9, 2021

Revelation 14 and Adoption Clarification

72: Pastor Plek, Pastor Joseph, Pastor James, and Catie Sas answer several questions regarding Revelation 14 and also provide clarification from last week's discussion on adoption. Catie also provides an update on her challen...

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Aug. 3, 2021

Identity and Gideon's Fall

59: After wrapping up the sermon series on Testing God, Pastor James, Catie Sas, and Lizzie Turk tackle questions sent in for this week's podcast. Questions: What about your son not wanting water made you angry? You mentioned...

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July 20, 2021

Identifying and Killing Idols

57: After a sermon on tearing down idols, Pastor Joseph, Pastor James, Catie Sas, and Lizzie Turk discuss questions sent in for this week's podcast. Questions: How do we identify idols in our lives? Can we be used by God …

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July 13, 2021

Awkward and Anxious Christians

56: Pastor James, Pastor Joseph, Catie, and Lizzie discuss the awkwardness and anxiety we can encounter as Christians. Questions: I want to be bold in my faith and be able to recognize when the Holy Spirit is telling me to …

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July 8, 2021

Foundation, Salvation and Suicide

55: As Pastor Plek is on sabbatical for the month of July, we're continuing to answer questions with Pastor Joseph , Pastor James, Catie Sas, and Lizzie Turk. Questions: Please sell me on how Jesus isn't actually calling us t...

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June 29, 2021

Sacrifice vs. Investment and Is Jesus God?

53: Pastor Plek and Pastor James Foster tackle several questions in this week's episode. Questions: Can you talk more about the difference between sacrifice and investment? Aren't those synonymous? How is Jesus God / there is...

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June 24, 2021

Masturbation and Tattoos

52: Join Pastor Plek, Pastor James Foster, Pastor Joseph Aiken III, and special guest Jeshua Alonzo in this week's bonus episode. Question: Sexual immorality is a sin and the Body is the temple of Christ. Does that make Mastu...

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June 22, 2021

Barns, Guns, and Government

51: Pastor Plek, Pastor James Foster, and Pastor Joseph Aiken III discuss barns, guns, and government on this week's episode. Questions: - Based on the storage barn parable, what should Christians infer about saving for retir...

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June 15, 2021

Money Management

50: Pastor Plek is joined this week by Pastor James Foster and Pastor Joseph Aiken as they discuss money management. Questions: What are good ways we can invest in God's kingdom locally, nationally and globally? What if my li...

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June 8, 2021

Symbols in Revelation

49: Pastor Plek discusses the symbols in Revelation with Pastor James Foster in this week's podcast. Questions: So our church sees the millennium or 1000 years in revelation as a literal thousand years. If we are to read that...

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Dec. 15, 2020

Faith and Doubt

25: Pastor Plek and James Foster talk through living in Faith and living in Doubt Questions: 1) What's the difference between faith, and self-confidence? A lot of people worship themselves, so how do you know if you are liste...

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Aug. 26, 2020

Acts 6 Deacons?

Pastor Plek is joined by Pastor James Foster to answer the question: My question is around Acts 6. In this situation, the disciples ask for seven faithful people. Although it doesn't seem to actually say the noun deacon, it s...

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