Category: Seeing Their Faith
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Seeing Their Faith – Ep. 07 | Where is God
Episode 7: Where is God Where do we go to find God? In the time of Jesus, the answer seemed obvious: the temple. It was the center of religious life, authority, and access to God. If you wanted forgiveness, truth, or connection with God, that’s where you were supposed to go. But when the story…
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The Dragon and the Righteous King – Part Two
The Desperation of Smaug In the first post of this series, we looked at the damnation of Smaug, how hoarded wealth corrodes the soul. Smaug sits enthroned on treasure he did not create, guarding riches he does not use, his identity wrapped entirely around possession. But the story of Smaug in The Hobbit does not…
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Seeing Their Faith – Ep. 06 | Words of Life
Episode 6: Words of Life Scripture: John 6:60–69 What do you do when following Jesus becomes difficult? In John 6, many of Jesus’ disciples walk away. Not strangers. Not enemies. Disciples. They had seen the miracles. They had eaten the bread. But when his teaching became hard—when it no longer met their expectations—they turned back.…
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The Dragon and the Righteous King – Part One
The Damnation of Smaug I’ve been thinking a lot about Middle-earth lately. Middle-earth is the setting for the epic and wonderful stories created by J.R.R. Tolkien. You might know Middle-earth from stories like The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. I often go back to these stories because, even though they are pure fantasy…
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Seeing Their Faith – Ep. 05 | The Bread We’re Actually Hungry For
Episode 5: The Bread We’re Actually Hungry For Sometimes what we think we need most isn’t what truly gives life. After feeding five thousand people with a few loaves of bread, Jesus becomes wildly popular. The crowd goes looking for him the next day because they are hungry for more. But instead of repeating the…
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Grace That Does More Than Forgive
Somewhere along the way, many of us accepted a quiet lie. The lie goes like this: Christianity is something done for us, but not necessarily in us or through us. We were told (sometimes explicitly, often subtly) that if we affirm a few essential truths about God, agree that Jesus died for our sins, and…
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Seeing Their Faith – Ep. 04 | A Familiar Feast
Episode 4: A Familiar Feast There’s something sacred about a table. In this episode of Seeing Their Faith, we reflect on a simple but profound truth: Those seeking Jesus will find community in Christ. And those seeking community will find Jesus in their midst. Again and again in the Gospels, Jesus reveals himself around a…
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When Christianity Stops Believing in Jesus
This is the third and final post in a short series reflecting on formation, power, and the public witness of the church. In the first post, I explored how concern for culture became an economy of outrage. In the second, I reflected on how a tradition shaped by revival and conversion drifted toward control and…
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Seeing Their Faith – Ep. 03 | Walking Away Disappointed
Episode 3: Walking Away Disappointed In Luke 24, two disciples are walking away from Jerusalem. Away from the crucifixion. Away from shattered expectations. Away from the story they thought would end differently. They had hoped Jesus was the one. Instead, they are leaving disappointed. In this episode of Seeing Their Faith, we step onto the…
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The Gospel That Doesn’t Need Changed Hearts
This is the second post in a short series reflecting on formation, power, and the witness of the church in this moment. In the first post, “When Moral Concern Becomes Clickbait,” I explored how moral concern within American Christianity was slowly reshaped by platforms and systems that thrive on fear and outrage, and how that kind…
Tanner H Griffin 