Vaughn Forest Weekly Message Podcast

In a day and age where it seems like you can’t be sure about much of anything, you can always be sure that things will change. With this Tuesday being election day, that fact is more at the front of our minds than ever. So in such a turbulent world full of change, what can you really rely on? Scripture makes it clear that while everything else changes, our God never does. God is always who He is. He is the Great I AM, from everlasting to everlasting. He is always good, always faithful, always holy, and always constant. So what does that mean for us? What are the implications for our lives of an unchanging God? Join Pastors Jim, Chad, and Matt for a conversation on the nature of God and how His constancy provides peace in the midst of any storm.

Over the last five weeks we have taken a journey together through Scripture concerning the topic of marriage. This week on The Other Six Podcast, Pastors Jim, Chad, and Matt are talking through all the lessons we have learned in this series and unpacking each week’s topic in greater detail. Please consider sharing this podcast with a friend!

Divorce. It’s not something we talk about often in church. And yet, studies show that almost everyone has been impacted by divorce in some way. Maybe you have been through a divorce. Maybe you know someone who has. Maybe they were even super close to you and that divorce caused a lasting impact on your life. Regardless of to what level it has affected you, divorce is constantly around us and the statistics aren’t getting any better on it. So what do we do? Ignore the topic and hope it goes away? Or face it head on and learn what Scripture has to say about it? The truth is that no matter what your experience with or around divorce may be, there is hope and a future for those who are in Christ. Join Pastors Jim, Chad, and Matt for a discussion on divorce, what the Bible has to say on this topic, and how to guard our marriages against the attacks of the enemy.

Husbands, we examined your role closely last week, so this week on The Other Six Podcast it is all about Mrs Right! The role of the wife in marriage can be confusing or misunderstood. We hear words like “submit” and “leadership” in the marriage relationship, but what does that mean? Does the husband have carte blanche to make his wife do whatever he wants? What does it mean for a wife to follow her husband’s leadership? What about when he is not leading well, what is a wife to do then? These questions aren’t just an intellectual or theological exercise, they have real life implications for our lives and marriage relationships. So what does the Bible have to say? The good news is that Scripture is clear on these topics. Join Pastors Jim and Chad with special guest, Lindsay Layton, for a conversation on Mrs Right and her role in marriage as our “Oops! Did I Marry the Wrong Person?” series continues.

We have all seen the stereotypes: the bumbling husband in a marriage that can never do anything right, always making a mistake or saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. The other side of that coin is the domineering husband, who always seems to be harsh or unloving in his relationship with his wife. Just watch any sitcom or tv show and typically in less than 5 minutes you will see examples of these stereotypes play out. But is that reality? Is that how it should be? The truth is, God has called men in marriage to be an example of He loves the church. So how do we do that? How can we live up to being Mr Right in our marriage relationships? Join Pastors Jim, Chad, and Matt for a conversation on what a biblical Mr Right looks like and how husbands and wives can better live out the thriving marriages that the Lord desires for us.

Marriage. When we think of the word, most of us think of white dresses, cake, and wedding bells. We think of happily ever afters, romantic comedies, and undying passion. But is that what marriage really is? What happens when the shine of the wedding day fades and we are left with the reality of two people trying to live together and start a family, all the while dealing with incompatibilities and the difficulties of life? What do you do when you feel like maybe, just maybe, your marriage is heading in the wrong direction? The truth is that everyone who has ever been married throughout history has been there. Marriage is tough. The good news is that God’s Word has a lot to say about our marriages and how we can thrive in them. Join Pastors Jim, Chad, and Matt for a discussion on marriage as we kick off a new message series designed to help us see our marriages through the lens of God’s design and find true purpose in joy in our relationship with our spouse.

Welcome to the 100th episode of the Other Six Podcast! Thank you to everyone who has tuned in along the way to make this incredible milestone possible. Here is a question: have you ever had a bad habit in your life that you have tried to break? Most of us have. Maybe it was to stop drinking too much caffeine. Maybe you weren’t going to bed on time and always woke up tired in the morning. Or maybe it was something even more difficult. Bad habits can be tough to get rid of, but what about developing good habits in your life? That can often be just as challenging. Perhaps you are tying to get into a good exercise and diet routine, or maybe you are trying to find more time to spend with your family each day. Whatever it is, good habits take time to develop. What about the habit of reading God’s Word? Many of us want to spend time with the Lord each day, but so much of the time our Bible reading is the first thing to go when life gets busy. So how do we develop the good habit of engaging with Scripture on a daily

It’s hard to know who to trust these days. Between A.I., fake news, scammers, and a lack of credible sources of information, it can honestly be incredibly easy to fall into a pattern of skepticism in our lives. And while a healthy dose of being skeptical is good (Anyone want to buy a bridge? I am selling one!) it can lead to bitterness and an overflow of negativity in our lives. In our culture, the Bible is often the subject of high doses of skepticism. It’s a book that claims to be the inspired Word of God to humanity…that’s a big claim! And yet, there are big facts backing up that claim. So if the Bible is God’s message to us, then what does that mean for our lives? What are we expected to know about God’s Word and do with God’s Word? Join Pastors Jim, Chad, and Matt for a discussion on being skeptical in our culture today, the authority of the Bible in our lives, and the overall message of this amazing collection of books known as the Bible.

When you think about it, the entirety of what Christians believe is based on what is written in the Bible. It’s our ultimate authority, our ultimate truth, and our ultimate message from the Lord. Whenever we gage if something is trustworthy or not, it’s Scripture that we appeal to in order to determine if something is from God or not. But is it trustworthy? Do the copies of the Bible that we read today remain true to what was originally written? How can we even know the answer to that question? If the Bible is a collection of books written over 1500 years by so many different authors that we don’t even have the original copies of, how can we truly trust it? Join Pastors Jim, Chad, and Matt for a conversation on the reliability of the Bible, how we can have faith that it is truly the Word of God, and the overwhelming evidence of the miracle of Scripture.

As we begin our journey into the Bible, the first question that we must stop and ask is “how can we know that this is the Word of God?” It’s a great question. To say that God speaks to us and does so through this book known as the Bible is a pretty audacious claim, so is it true? As Christians, we say we believe every word of Scripture is given to us by God, but what does that really mean? And how did it happen? Was there a heavenly tape recorder or did God just tell the authors of Scripture to “jot this down real quick”? Join Pastors Jim, Chad, and Matt for a discussion on divine inspiration in the writing of God’s message to all of mankind in the form of the Bible.