Awakening The Sleeping Giant

Awakening The Sleeping Giant

Awakening The Sleeping Giant focuses on the North American church and the various changes necessary for it to reflect a biblical model of the church. This podcast is based on the book, Awakening The Sleeping Giant: Church Re-discovered and is hosted by its author, John C. Hoogeveen III. John has earned his BA and MA in religion, focusing on evangelism and global studies. John is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in communication, culture, and media and is an adjunct professor at multiple Christian universities. John is President and Advisor for Church Effectiveness at The Exchange, www.madetheexchange.com. In this podcast, you will receive teaching, insight, and valuable tools to help your local church improve its effectiveness and live out the Great Commission.

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April 15, 2024 10 mins
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  • In this episode, we read chapter 7 of my book, Awakening The Sleeping Giant: A Guide to Living Out the New Testament Church, and discuss a consumer-minded church vs a producer-minded church. 
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In this episode we read through chapter four of my book, Awakening The Sleeping Giant: A Guide to Living Out the New Testament Church and discuss what true Christian community looks like. 

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In this chapter, we read through chapter three of Awakening The Sleeping Giant: A Guide to Living Out the New Testament Church and discuss how the church should gauge growth. 

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In this episode, we discuss chapter two of my book, Awakening The Sleeping Giant, which goes over the church community. 

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In this podcast, we discuss chapter one of Awakening The Sleeping Giant: A Guide to Living Out the New Testament Church, which focuses on outside influences and church agendas. 

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In this series, we will discuss my newest book, Awakening The Sleeping Giant: A Guide to Living Out the New Testament Church. My hope is to provide you with a picture of what the church could look like based on what we find in scripture. 

Please, take notes as you listen and reach out with your thoughts. 

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www.madetheexchange.com 

 

 

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In this episode, we talk with missionary Nicole Martinez as she shares the challenges she and her husband David went through once they were exposed to the New Testament Church as laid out in Awakening The Sleeping Giant: A Guide For Living Out The New Testament Church.

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In this episode, we discuss sin in both the natural sin sense and the sin act sense. We use it in the context of Pride Month and the LGBTQ movement. #pridemonth2023 #whyisthishappening #lgbtq #faith #jesus #forgivness 

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May 30, 2023 58 secs
due to our celebration of the Memorial Day holiday, we will not be having a new episode this week. We will, however be back next Tuesday at 8 AM with a brand new episode.
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In this episode, we discuss a news headline that reads, "Does God exist? Only half of Americans say a definite yes".

We discuss why this is not a shock and what the church is called to do about it. 

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May 16, 2023 14 mins

In this episode, we discuss being bold for Jesus but being bold for Jesus in truth. We talk about a few instances where a false gospel was preached and the consequences of preaching a false gospel. 

Church, let's be bold in truth for Jesus and Awaken The Sleeping Giant.

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Order, Awakening The Sleeping Giant: A Guide to Living Out the New Testament Church, today! https://a.co/d/caNynW4 

 

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May 2, 2023 16 mins

In this episode, we discuss how the Bible teaches us to start churches and how we can begin new churches that reflect the Bible.

To learn more, purchase Awakening The Sleeping Giant: A Guide For Living Out the New Testament Church, or to financially support The Exchange and the ministry we do please go to our website at,   www.madetheexchange.com.

 

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In this episode, we continue our discussion from last week regarding who should be paid for ministry work. This week share suggestions for how local churches can increase ministry by financially supporting those working in ministry within their own church body. 

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In this episode, we get real and open up to the struggles in ministry when it comes to providing for our families while serving in the ministry. 

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April 11, 2023 36 mins

In this episode, Larry Cleveringa and J.C. Hoogeveen III discuss the many definitions of love and how they hope to share it with others. 

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April 4, 2023 22 mins

In this episode, we discuss taking the Bible out of context as we talk about guns, gun control, and how we should understand scripture when scripture seems to go against what we want it to say. 

#guns #guncontrol #jesus #bible

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In this episode, Gary Bronson joins us again as we discuss salvation and what three elements are necessary for a person to be saved. 

*sorry for the audio quality this week.

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