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National Community Church Video PodcastThe Good Life, Part 7: Good Heart - Pastor Joel Schmidgall2024-07-2800 minNational Community Church Video PodcastThe Good Life, Part 2: Good Works - Pastor Joel Schmidgall2024-06-2300 minNational Community Church Video PodcastFlourish, Part 8: Vocational Health - Pastor Joel Schmidgall2024-03-2400 minNational Community Church Video PodcastJesus, Part 14: How Much Does Your Worship Cost You? - Pastor Joel Schmidgall2023-09-0300 minNational Community Church Video PodcastJesus, Part 9: I Believe, Help Me With My Unbelief - Pastor Joel Schmidgall2023-07-3000 min
Calvary Church NapervilleEncounters at the Pool Join us for our sermon series exploring the many encounters people had with Jesus, how YOU can still encounter him today, and what happens to us when we do.This week, Pastor Joel Schmidgall takes us through John chapter 5. We'll look at how Jesus offers us an eternal identity and transforms our mindset. 2023-06-1836 minNational Community Church Video PodcastJesus, Part 2: Jesus in the House - Pastor Joel Schmidgall2023-06-1100 minNational Community Church Video PodcastHoly, Part 7: People of the Second Chance - Pastor Joel Schmidgall2023-04-0200 minNational Community Church Video PodcastHoly, Part 2: God’s Holiness Our Freedom - Pastor Joel Schmidgall & Pastor Marion Mason2023-02-2600 minNational Community Church Video PodcastSOLA, Part 2: Sola Fide - Pastor Joel Schmidgall2022-10-3000 minNational Community Church Video PodcastWelcome Home, Part 7: A Place of Redemption - Pastor Joel Schmidgall2022-10-1600 min
Beza ChurchActivated for Fruitfulness by Pastor Joel Schmidgall june 26 2022Activated for Fruitfulness
By Pastor Joel Schmidgall
Beza International Church
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
https://linktr.ee/bezachurch
www.bezachurch.org
Twitter: @Beza_Ministries
Facebook, Telegram, and Instagram: @Bezachurch2022-06-2832 min
Faith Assembly OrlandoWired For Relationship | Pastors Joel & Nina Schmidgall | Sunday, February 20, 2022Wired For Relationship | Pastors Joel & Nina Schmidgall | Sunday, February 20, 20222022-02-2044 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastGod With Us, Part 2: Living Hope - Pastor Joel SchmidgallHope. It’s become a frail and weakened concept. The consistency of hope being deferred or hope being disappointed has taken a toll on our society.
Are we speaking of a hope or a wish though? There’s a big difference between the two! To hope is something that is grounded in possibility or even probability. To actively hope in Christ, is to live and work in confidence with an eternal perspective on all the events of our life.
As expectations are disappointed through life, how do we continue to live a hope-filled existence? We have to examine the object of o...2021-12-0432 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastThe Best is Yet To Come - The Parable of the Fig Tree - Pastor Joel SchmidgallThe parable of the fig tree reveals the hidden truths of becoming who God desires us to become. He has made us not to merely exist, but to produce and provide wonderful fruit to our surroundings. It’s a story in which we find great points of learning in the process of becoming:
*Patience and urgency
*Growing through challenge
*Purpose in the places we’re planted
*A promise in need of activation
It’s ultimately a story that leads us to faith through repentance. We hope you’ll join us this week as we pray for guidance from the Spirit of God a...2021-10-0935 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastTBIYTC, Part 4: New Wine - Pastor Joel SchmidgallHave you ever felt stuck? In a jam? In a situation that is impossible to get out of without help? This is the story that Jesus enters into in John 2. The wedding party had run out of refreshments for its guests and had no options. That’s when Jesus got the call, that he then delivered. His very first miracle was to turn water into wine.
This miracle was not a magic trick that provided excess fun to a wedding, though. This miracle would set the tone for everything to come in the new covenant. Jesus would establish a new ki...2021-09-2538 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastJoy, Part 9: The Contentment Paradox - Pastor Joel SchmidgallThe Apostle Paul reveals one of the great mysteries in the book of Philippians: The secret of contentment. In learning and understanding what true contentment is, we find tension with our cultural understanding. It’s not attained by just accepting whatever happens. It’s also not attained through hard work and achievement.
Contentment is found through a combination of both – finding peace in who we are and what we have while pursuing that which God has called us to pursue. It’s in this endeavor that we realize the strength of God in our pursuit and begin to live in true con...2021-07-3132 min
Calvary Church NapervilleI Love My Church, Week 1We're celebrating 54 years as a church! Hear from our founding pastor's son, Joel Schmidgall!2021-07-0754 min
Calvary Church NapervilleA Blessed House We're kicking off our "I Love My Church" series with our anniversary weekend and a special guest message from Pastor Joel Schmidgall, the son of Calvary's founding pastor Bob Schmidgall. 2021-07-0454 min
New City ChurchThe Word Is Life | Pastor Joel Schmidgall 2021-06-0628 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastStirred, Part 5: Stoke The Fire - Joel Schmidgall2021-05-3000 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastStirred, Part 5: Stoke The Fire - Pastor Joel SchmidgallDo you know there is more to you than you realize? A pile of wood, logically, is a pile of wood. But a pile of wood, when heat and oxygen are added, becomes a bright, warm, and glowing fire.You are who you are. But when you add the Spirit of God to who you are, you become a bright and glowing example of His love and light. There is a spark of faith in each one of us. It’s when we “fan into flame the gift of God” that faith becomes something combustible. The questio...2021-05-2935 minNational Community Church Audio PodcastBeloved, Part 6: The Holy Spirit is the Strategy - Pastor Joel Schmidgall and Ernest Clover2021-03-2800 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastBeloved, Part 6: The Holy Spirit is the Strategy - Pastor Joel Schmidgall and Ernest Clover2021-03-2737 minNational Community Church Audio PodcastHope, Part 1: Proclamation of Hope - Joel Schmidgall Pastor Joel Schmidgall kicks off our 2020 advent series with a proclamation of Hope!Hope had and has been at the core of Jewish faith for its entirety of existence: hoping for freedom from slavery, hoping for justice, hoping for peace, hoping for a savior. When Christ came, heaven touched earth in a new and profound way. God’s glory was being shown, not by splitting a sea, with a pillar of fire, or by the glowing face of Moses. God’s glory was embodied in the small and breakable form of the human life of Jesus. Jesus is o...2020-12-0600 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastHope, Part 1: Proclamation of Hope - Joel SchmidgallHope had and has been at the core of Jewish faith for its entirety of existence: hoping for freedom from slavery, hoping for justice, hoping for peace, hoping for a savior. When Christ came, heaven touched earth in a new and profound way. God’s glory was being shown, not by splitting a sea, with a pillar of fire, or by the glowing face of Moses. God’s glory was embodied in the small and breakable form of the human life of Jesus. Jesus is our hope. He is THE hope.
When the shepherds found Christ, they couldn’t help but pr...2020-12-0632 minNational Community Church Audio PodcastHeaven on Earth, Part 9: Hang a Street Light - Joel Schmidgall From the very beginning of our lives, we learn and grow from imitating others. The question over time becomes WHAT and WHO should we imitate? When you find faith in Christ, you are given both an identity as a child of God and a calling to imitate God (Ephesians 5:1). Identity and action are interlinked. Things like love and purity and sacrifice are virtues that we should strive to imitate. But that only happens when we know who we are. What you believe about yourself determines how you live your life! Our passage today gives both guidance in who we...2020-11-0131 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastHeaven on Earth, Part 9: Hang a Street Light - Joel SchmidgallFrom the very beginning of our lives, we learn and grow from imitating others. The question over time becomes WHAT and WHO should we imitate? When you find faith in Christ, you are given both an identity as a child of God and a calling to imitate God (Ephesians 5:1). Identity and action are interlinked. Things like love and purity and sacrifice are virtues that we should strive to imitate. But that only happens when we know who we are. What you believe about yourself determines how you live your life! Our passage today gives both guidance in who we...2020-11-0131 minNational Community Church Audio PodcastHeaven on Earth, Part 3: Living Fully - Joel Schmidgall So many of us find ourselves stuck. Stuck in routine. Stuck in frustration. Stuck in systems that hold us down. Stuck in destructive patterns. Stuck in sin that tangles us up. It almost seems impossible to escape. But do you know that God works best in the impossible?Ephesians 2:1-10 speaks to our journey in Christ. It take us on a journey from who we were, to who we are, to who we can become. We go from our destruction, to God’s grace, to God’s purpose for us. Do you know that God’s grace can overcome...2020-09-2032 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastHeaven on Earth, Part 3: Living Fully - Joel SchmidgallSo many of us find ourselves stuck. Stuck in routine. Stuck in frustration. Stuck in systems that hold us down. Stuck in destructive patterns. Stuck in sin that tangles us up. It almost seems impossible to escape. But do you know that God works best in the impossible?
Ephesians 2:1-10 speaks to our journey in Christ. It take us on a journey from who we were, to who we are, to who we can become. We go from our destruction, to God’s grace, to God’s purpose for us. Do you know that God’s grace can ov...2020-09-2032 minNational Community Church Audio PodcastUnshaken, Part 10: The Unseen Battle - Joel Schmidgall Have you ever had your eyes opened to something that was always there, but you just hadn’t noticed before? Our text today will leave you with your eyes wide open! We continue in our series on the book of Daniel, and today walkthrough chapter 10. After seeking God through fasting and prayer for 3 weeks, God gives Daniel a vision and opens his eyes to see the realm of the unseen. The heavenly realm, in which there is good and evil clashing behind the scenes. Believe it or not, there is a spiritual battle happening. And when we lean...2020-08-1631 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastUnshaken, Part 10: The Unseen Battle - Joel SchmidgallHave you ever had your eyes opened to something that was always there, but you just hadn’t noticed before? Our text today will leave you with your eyes wide open!
We continue in our series on the book of Daniel, and today walkthrough chapter 10. After seeking God through fasting and prayer for 3 weeks, God gives Daniel a vision and opens his eyes to see the realm of the unseen. The heavenly realm, in which there is good and evil clashing behind the scenes. Believe it or not, there is a spiritual battle happening. And when we le...2020-08-1631 minNational Community Church Audio PodcastValleys, Part 3: The Valley of Weeping - Joel Schmidgall Have you ever gone through a season of life that has broken you? A season that drained your energy, that tested your resolve, that wore you out? Today, we want to talk about a place called “Baka.” It literally means weeping. It was a point on the journey of pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the ancient middle east. We’ll unpack Psalm 84:5-7 to learn how to not just go TO Baka, but to go THROUGH it. We have something to learn in that place. We have strength to gain. We have something to give. Don’t discount God’s purposes a...2020-05-0324 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastValleys, Part 3: The Valley of Weeping - Joel SchmidgallHave you ever gone through a season of life that has broken you? A season that drained your energy, that tested your resolve, that wore you out? Today, we want to talk about a place called “Baka.” It literally means weeping. It was a point on the journey of pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the ancient middle east. We’ll unpack Psalm 84:5-7 to learn how to not just go TO Baka, but to go THROUGH it. We have something to learn in that place. We have strength to gain. We have something to give. Don’t discount God’s purposes a...2020-05-0324 minNational Community Church Audio PodcastThe Jesus Way, Part 2: The Way of the Towel - Joel Schmidgall As we explore The Jesus Way, today’s passage leads us to Jesus turning the social structure of the day upside down in the way he leads. Jesus lays down his position and instead picks up a towel. It wasn’t a singular commendation of service or an isolated call to humility…it was the combination of both. We’ll spend our time today unpacking this beautiful story in the form of five values: Humility, identity, filling of the Spirit, obedience, and love. 2020-03-0235 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastThe Jesus Way, Part 2: The Way of the Towel - Joel SchmidgallAs we explore The Jesus Way, today’s passage leads us to Jesus turning the social structure of the day upside down in the way he leads. Jesus lays down his position and instead picks up a towel. It wasn’t a singular commendation of service or an isolated call to humility…it was the combination of both. We’ll spend our time today unpacking this beautiful story in the form of five values: Humility, identity, filling of the Spirit, obedience, and love.
2020-03-0235 minNational Community Church Audio PodcastDisorientation, Part 2: Peeling Back the Layers of Anger - Joel Schmidgall In Matthew 5:21-24, Jesus unpacks the true meaning behind the sixth commandment. The pharisees focused on the act of murder, but Jesus said, the anger in our hearts has the same judgment before God. Have you ever taken time to look under the hood of the anger in your life? Anger is a secondary emotion. When we dig beneath the surface, we find anger is often born out of an unmet need or expectation. And we find that there are other emotions and challenges at play that lead to anger being expressed. What is the underlying hurt in your...2020-01-1231 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastDisorientation, Part 2: Peeling Back the Layers of Anger - Joel SchmidgallIn Matthew 5:21-24, Jesus unpacks the true meaning behind the sixth commandment. The pharisees focused on the act of murder, but Jesus said, the anger in our hearts has the same judgment before God. Have you ever taken time to look under the hood of the anger in your life? Anger is a secondary emotion. When we dig beneath the surface, we find anger is often born out of an unmet need or expectation. And we find that there are other emotions and challenges at play that lead to anger being expressed. What is the underlying hurt in your...2020-01-1231 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastPeacemakers, Part 5: The Cost of the Peacemaker: Persecution - Joel SchmidgallToo many believers are following Christ, but at a distance. We’re close enough to see God’s power, but too far to experience his fellowship. In Matthew 5, the scripture inspires us to be peacemakers, but also exhorts us that there will be persecution that comes in following Christ. What we learn though is that challenges actually lead to purpose.
Today we lean in to both the scripture as well as stories of those who have walked through persecution. We pray you are both challenged and encouraged to go all in, in your pursuit of Christ and to l...2019-12-0223 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastUnsung, Part 2: Radical Obedience - Joel SchmidgallWhat miracle is on the other side of your bold action?
What story is God waiting to write beyond your act of obedience?
What revelation is ready in anticipation of your word of testimony?
Our story today will challenge you in your faith and the way you walk it out. What does radical obedience look like for you? It’s one thing to live your life dutifully. But what if it cost you something? Real giving, real sacrifice, real obedience should hurt!
Leonard Ravenhill said, "The early church was married to po...2019-09-0834 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastGet Wisdom, Part 3: Meet my friend, Wisdom - Joel SchmidgallWe continue our series in Proverbs, a book of poems and wisdom statements. But one thing we find in the book is that wisdom is more than just a collections of wise sayings, but it acts as a divine being that the scripture calls Lady wisdom. Wisdom is not found in a statement, but in a relationship with a person. We invite you to join us as we introduce you to a wonderful literary character. And also as we turn this series upside down to talk about the importance of getting & giving and how wisdom actually turns our focus...2019-08-0434 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastNaming, Healing, Sending, Part 2: God’s Not Finished Yet - Joel SchmidgallMany of us have had an experience or a revelation of God, whether through a church, in relationship, or out in nature. But most of us get discouraged when we don’t know where to go after that experience. So we allow it to be an isolated experience instead of seeking further, pressing into prayer, and seeking a fuller vision, revelation, and healing from the Great Healer. Today, we’ll talk about the progression of seeking healing that can come through Christ. Tucked away in Mark 8 is a strange and fascinating story about a blind man who received sight from...2019-07-0736 min
The 5 Minute Mom PodcastPraying For Your Marriage with Nina SchmidgallToday, Nina Schmidgall joins us to talk about the book she recently co-authored with her husband Joel called "Praying Circles Around Your Marriage"2019-07-0530 min
Married People PodcastHow can I put purpose around my marriage? (with Nina Schmidgall)About Our Guest For today’s episode, Ted sat down with Nina Schmidgall, the author of Praying Circles Around Your Marriage. Nina serves as Director of Family Ministry at National Community Church (NCC) in Washington DC. Nina’s husband, Joel, is the Executive Pastor at the church. Nina and Joel have been married for 15 years and live on Capitol Hill with their three kids. I think most of us understand that purpose can be a powerfully important thing in any marriage. But it can be difficult to understand what that means for us practically. So to g...2019-05-2900 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastOut of the Shadows, Part 6: Shame No More - Joel SchmidgallAll of us experience shame. None of us talk about shame. It’s a word that we don’t even like to say. Shame keeps us from being honest about our struggles, about our sins, about our hurts, about our abuse. And for many of us, it has become a debilitating factor that has hijacked our identity and halted us from reaching our God-given potential. Shame can be what you did, it can be what you didn’t do, it can be what someone did to you. So we approach this conversation asking for God’s grace and anointing.
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National Community Church Audio PodcastOut of the Shadows, Part 4: Loneliness - Joel SchmidgallDr. Gary Collins said “We live in a loneliness producing society.” So in this sermon we’ll peel away some of the misconceptions that might have been passed on to us regarding loneliness. We think those feelings are isolated to a few people, when in reality, the majority of our society deals with loneliness on some level. When we look at the scriptures we see that even Christ can relate. It’s not how do we get rid of loneliness, but how do we successfully navigate those seasons and come through better for it. We hope you’ll join us to get...2019-05-1341 min
Jesus Calling: Stories of FaithTransforming Relationships Through Prayer: Joel & Nina Schmidgall and Darlene BrockPastors Joel and Nina Schmidgall and writer Darlene Brock are finding balance in their lives by they committing their closest relationships to prayer and giving their worries and expectations to God. Joel and Nina Schmidgall live in Washington, D.C. and minister to couples at National Community Church. Over the years, they have learned how to include God’s love and guidance in their marriage by praying to Him. Joel and Nina have collaborated with their friends, Mark and Laura Batterson, and put their discoveries into a new book called Praying Circles Around Your Marriage....2019-02-2832 min
Jesus Calling: Stories of FaithTransforming Relationships Through Prayer: Joel & Nina Schmidgall and Darlene BrockPastors Joel and Nina Schmidgall and writer Darlene Brock are finding balance in their lives by they committing their closest relationships to prayer and giving their worries and expectations to God. Joel and Nina Schmidgall live in Washington, D.C. and minister to couples at National Community Church. Over the years, they have learned how to include God’s love and guidance in their marriage by praying to Him. Joel and Nina have collaborated with their friends, Mark and Laura Batterson, and put their discoveries into a new book called Praying Circles Around Your Marriage....2019-02-2832 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastBetter Together, Part 4: The Church - Joel SchmidgallWith every new season comes a new anointing. Today we will step into the season we’re walking in as a church and talk through some of the prayer convictions that will lead us into this next step of our church’s vision. It’s both about where we’re going as well as who we are becoming. Becoming a naming community, a house of healing, a sent people. Who we become is determined by the commitment of every person that’s a part of this church family. We hope you’ll consider joining us this journey as we don’t just s...2019-02-2534 min
Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsPraying Circles around Your Marriage by Nina Schmidgall, Joel SchmidgallPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344075to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Praying Circles around Your Marriage
Author: Nina Schmidgall, Joel Schmidgall
Narrator: Lora Batterson, Nina Schmidgall, Joel Schmidgall
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Release date: February 5, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
What your marriage will become is determined by how you pray. This book empowers you to dream big, pray hard, and think long--together. Marriage is your most sacred relationship on this earth, and prayer is the single most powerful way to transform it. It's time to learn...2019-02-055h 36
National Community Church Audio PodcastBetter Together, Part 1: Praying Circles Around Your Marriage - Joel & Nina SchmidgallYour quality of life isn’t just dependent upon WHAT you do, but WHO you do it WITH. The author of Ecclesiastes said, "Two are better than one.” The fact is this: We're not made to do life alone - we are better together! This month, we’ll talk about all kinds of relationships, but today we focus in on being better together within marriage. Joel and Nina Schmidgall will share some founding principles as well as a few thoughts out of their book Praying Circles Around Your Marriage. We pray you would be encouraged and challenged in your marria...2019-02-0436 minNational Community Church Audio PodcastBetter Together, Part 1: Praying Circles Around Your Marriage - Joel & Nina Schmidgall Your quality of life isn’t just dependent upon WHAT you do, but WHO you do it WITH. The author of Ecclesiastes said, "Two are better than one.” The fact is this: We're not made to do life alone - we are better together! This month, we’ll talk about all kinds of relationships, but today we focus in on being better together within marriage. Joel and Nina Schmidgall will share some founding principles as well as a few thoughts out of their book Praying Circles Around Your Marriage. We pray you would be encouraged and challenged in your marria...2019-02-0436 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastDetox, Part 2: Soul Detox - Joel SchmidgallMany of us have found out the horrible effect that toxins can have on our body. But today we want to talk about the effect that toxins can have on our soul. Many of us are ingesting things, knowingly or unknowingly, that are breaking down our spirit. Whether it's consumption of media, negative words, wrong relationships, DC mindset of position and status - we find ourselves taking in the very things that will tear us down in the long run. We want to learn from a scriptural example and walk through Psalm 51, a prayer of detox. What toxins have...2019-01-1334 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastLet There Be Light, Part 2: Light Eliminates Fear - Joel SchmidgallToday we continue in our series on light, focusing on light that eliminates fear. There are two kinds of fears: legitimate & illegitimate. Light exposes both. It teaches us that certain fears have no merit. But it also teaches us that some fears do have merit. Only legitimate fears have an element of truth, but the fact is that both kinds can have control over our minds. Faith does not get rid of fear as much as it teaches us to focus on our Father. Our fears still exist. But our God is greater than those fears. We want to...2018-12-0928 min
National Community Church Audio Podcast2018 Missions Series, Part 4: The Gospel - Joel SchmidgallWe put a lot of pressure on ourselves to produce life change, to produce hearts for God, to produce salvation. But is that our job as believers? We know we have a unique purpose, but understanding our place within the mission of the kingdom of God is of vital importance. We’ll try to step in to some critical questions:
What is the Gospel?
What is our responsibility as believers?
What does co-mission mean?
We hope you’re provoked to action, word, and deed as we unpack the beginning of 1 Corinthians 3 to finish out...2018-11-2636 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastDear Church, Part 6: Out Of Little Strength Grows Great Endurance - Joel SchmidgallWe think "little" is insignificant. Whereas God calls out “little” as substantial. The woman with two mites. The boy with the small lunch. And the church at Philadelphia. All little offerings…that God used in large ways. We will hone in on the Church at Philadelphia to talk about how endurance of a small group of people is of great value in the kingdom of God. Join us for the sixth of seven letters written to the church in Revelation.
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National Community Church Audio PodcastDear Church, Part 1: Dear Church - Joel SchmidgallThere is nothing more personal than a hand written letter. It is a uniquely customized message to you and speaks directly to who you are. In the beginning of the book of Revelation, God speaks directly to the church in seven unique letters. In this sermon we will explore what the text DID mean (to it’s original audience) and what the text DOES mean (to us today). From history to background to foundation to application, this podcast will set up the book of revelation as well as the series to come. Our prayer is that you don’t just...2018-09-1633 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastWont you be My Neighbor, Part 1: Love your neighbor - Joel SchmidgallJesus summation of the Old Testament law was to love God and love your neighbor. It’s sounds like a simple task. But Jesus unpacks the complexity of the truth of what it means to authentically love those around you. And he also redefines our definition of a neighbor. And he challenges us to neighbor in a way that crosses lines, inconveniences our schedules, and forces us to step into the awkward spaces. He does all of this in one parable known as "The Good Samaritan." Join us as we walk through Luke 10 and try to attack our biases an...2018-06-1130 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastGod in the Hands of Angry People, Part 2: Counterfeit gods - Joel SchmidgallAssumptions, associations, and misconceptions all tear down our faith in God. The problem is that they are rooted in untruth and so we walk away from a god that doesn’t actually exist. The goal of today’s message is not to push you to a next level faith, it’s not to convince anyone to believe in God, the goal is to weed through the misconceptions and identify the counterfeit gods in our thought process. Those ideas that we learned as a kid but never gained a great understanding or, those ill-fitted explanations from good intentioned people, or the ou...2018-04-1635 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastThe Lord’s Prayer, Part 3: Daily Bread - Joel SchmidgallToday we make the transition in the Lord’s Prayer from talking about God the Father to talking about ourselves. But the prayer is a wonderful model of relationship. It starts with relationship building (Our Father), moves to character (Hallowed be your name) and progresses towards need (Give us daily bread). To seek God for daily bread is an act of trust. He doesn’t promise us weekly bread or monthly bread, but daily bread, so as to keep us cultivated relationship with Him. But the secret of this request is that bread is broader than bread. He is ulti...2018-03-0541 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastThe Lord’s Prayer, Part 2: Thy Kingdom Come - Joel SchmidgallThe prayer "thy kingdom come” is not a prayer we pray and then wait for things to happen. It’s a prayer that demands our own repentance, demands faith, and demands that we live out the actions of Christ. But the actions of Christ are counter culture to the ways that we have seen power abused throughout history. His kingdom is about service and justice and grace. When we pray that his name would be great and pray that his kingdom would come, we must continue the Lord’s prayer to the next line. Because those two things are accomp...2018-02-2525 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastReboot, Part 4: A New Mindset - Joel SchmidgallA reboot is to make a change in something in order to establish a new beginning. Zig Ziglar said, “No one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start now and make a brand new ending." Our prayer over this series has been to help people go from the old to the new. From an old way of thinking, from an old habit, from an old mindset to a new mindset through Christ. To get a new mindset, we’ve got to peel back the bad habits and uproot those wrong ideas and replace them with...2018-01-2818 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastWonderful Anticipation, Part 2: The Work in the Waiting - Joel SchmidgallThere is little that makes us more upset than having to wait. Culture and technology does everything possible to satiate the desire for NOW that we have. But now isn’t always the best answer. God actually has a plan in our waiting. But it’s so hard for us not to give up our wait. But the story of Simeon and Anna teaches us there is something to be found in waiting. That God isn’t just in the reward, but He is also in the waiting. And there’s a big difference between passive waiting and active waiting...2017-12-1737 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastBrave, Part 4: A1:8 Storytellers - Joel SchmidgallThis is not our typical podcast. This is an attempt to SHOW missions instead of just TALK about missions. So we put together 4 short films that highlight 4 short stories of what it means to actually live out your brave. From a community based Spanish-speaking center, to refugee chefs providing nourishment, to café work in Greece, to young people caring for the poor of our own city.
Our goal is not to guilt you into feeling bad, but to inspire you into doing good. And then we’ll unpack Acts 3 to talk about our motivation behind living out...2017-11-2634 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastUnfolded, Part 2: Love Your Enemy - Joel SchmidgallThe passage we look at today might one of the hardest passages to live out in all of scripture. Jesus combines the common actions of love your neighbor and hate your enemy, and essentially redefines our enemy…as our neighbor. And He calls us to love our enemy. The opening questions is this: Who is your enemy? You might think it’s only that one very evil person you know. But think in more common terms. The co-worker in competition with you, the family member that selfishly puts you aside, the person on the other side of the political aisl...2017-09-2433 minNational Community Church Audio PodcastKnown, Part 4: Known in Marriage - Joel & Nina Schmidgall You can love, appreciate, you can value your spouse. But do you truly know them? One of the richest forms of being known is to be known in marriage. Pastor Joel and Nina tag team to present a biblical look at marriage, explore distortions and misunderstandings, and present some habits that are healthy in marriage. At the end of the day, the goal is not marriage, but it’s to glorify God in all we do. The prayer of this message is to bring hope where hope has been lost. To speak love when love has been lost. To re...2017-07-3039 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastKnown, Part 4: Known in Marriage - Joel & Nina SchmidgallYou can love, appreciate, you can value your spouse. But do you truly know them? One of the richest forms of being known is to be known in marriage. Pastor Joel and Nina tag team to present a biblical look at marriage, explore distortions and misunderstandings, and present some habits that are healthy in marriage. At the end of the day, the goal is not marriage, but it’s to glorify God in all we do. The prayer of this message is to bring hope where hope has been lost. To speak love when love has been lost. To re...2017-07-3039 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastKnown, Part 3: The Prepositional Gospel - Joel SchmidgallWhat does it mean to be a disciple of Christ? We’ll explore Jesus’ words on this topic and talk about the call to love.The scriptures give us a progression of understanding of love. In John 4, we’re taught to "love one another.” In Mark 12, the measure is increased. Don’t just love one another, but "love your neighbor as yourself.” And in John 13:34-35, the measure is increased yet again. Don’t just love one another, don’t just love as you love yourself. But love "as Christ has loved us". Because he knows our love for each ot...2017-07-2335 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastStraight From the Heart, Part 3: Embrace the Battle - Joel SchmidgallOur first reaction when we find ourselves in trial is to seek God for deliverance. But what the book of James teaches is that what is produced from trial is a perfection process. Perfecting does not happen when you get immediate deliverance. It happens in perseverance.
2017-05-2829 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastLong Story Short, Part 9: The Coming - Joel SchmidgallThe turn from the old covenant to the new covenant, the hundreds of prophecies finally fulfilled, even our calendar as we know it is all built around one pivotal event: The incarnation. God putting skin on and coming into our world. When He did that, everything changed. Jesus taught us how to love, how to live, how to forgive. He sacrificed his life for us. Our sin deserves death, but he took on death so that we might have life and have it to the fullest. Our great God in heaven stooped down low, down on our level to...2017-04-0934 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastLong Story Short, Part 4: The Covenant - Joel SchmidgallWe use words like covenant and contract interchangeably, when in reality they have drastically different meanings. A contract is transactional, a covenant is relational. We will talk about the idea of Biblical covenant and it’s effect on our relationship with God by outlining the basis, the result, the beauty, and the fulfillment. God’s covenant is not about a set of do’s and don’ts, but a loving relationship of a Father with his children and His attempt to guide and love and sacrifice so that we can find freedom in our relationship with Him.
2017-03-0532 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastImage, Part 1: The Beginnings - Joel SchmidgallWe start a new year thinking about what we need to accomplish, what we need to do less, what we need to do more, what we need to do. But we are going to step back from the WHAT today, and talk about the WHO. Because the DO is dependent on the WHO. What you need to DO is an outgrowth of WHO you are & how you see yourself. So we want to go back to the beginning, to the Genesis to talk about who we are – our image.We begin our collective story in Genesis as du...2017-01-0831 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastHark, Part 1: The Shepherds - Joel SchmidgallThe word “hark” originated as a hunter’s term. A hunter would shout “hark” to his hounds to encourage them to follow a scent. To sniff it out and find it’s origin. To “hark back” meant to find the scent once again. A calling back to the trail and a call back to the original scent.In Luke 2, the shepherds had heard the message of hope before. The prophecy was 600+ years old from the book of Isaiah. It was already stated and people were well aware of it. But in this story, they are being harkened back by God to w...2016-12-0439 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastDream, Part : Wake up and Dream - Joel SchmidgallIt’s easy for us to fall into the ruts and the routines and sleepwalk through our daily existance. There’s a big different between sleep walking and dreaming. You can sleep walk past need. Past your calling. Past God’s work. But to dream on earth is to be awakened to a heavily realm. Dreaming is essential to living fully awake. We have a saying at NCC. We want to be a part of the dream that God has given you, and we also want to invite you to be a part of the dream that God ha...2016-11-0635 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastMy NCC, Part 1: My NCC - Joel Schmidgall2016-08-2835 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastMountains Move, Part 7: Change or Die - Joel SchmidgallThe scriptures said in John 8:36, “If the Son has set you free, you are free indeed.” The problem is that many of us have heard the good news, but we don’t live out the good news. We’ll talk about how to walk free. It’s starts with three primary understandings: Your issue is not your identity. God is bigger than your bondage. Focus on the process. Don’t tolerate the issues that you have become accustomed to. God has called you out to live free and live life in abundance.
2016-08-1436 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastMountains Move, Part 4: From Independence to Reliance - Joel SchmidgallThe highest form of status in our nation is not power, it’s not money, it’s not social status, it’s the person that has ultimate independence. Who answers to no one. We spend most of our life working towards complete independence with our finances, with schedule, with authority. But John 15 teaches us that true greatness doesn’t come from detachment, but from attachment to the source of life. Moving mountains is not about our independent abilities, but having faith in God’s supernatural abilities. But the challenge is that we have such a hard time letting go of control...2016-07-2433 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastBlessing No. 10, Part 5: The Pursuit of Peace - Joel SchmidgallThe culmination of the Priestly blessing is God's gift of peace. But how do we reclaim the Biblical ideal? When our world is in constant conflict, war is waged, chaos is prevalent, what should a hope for peace look like? In this sermon we’ll break down the Biblical definition and ethic, how it applies to our life, what our relationship with it should be, and what calling we have within it. Peace is both a gift as well as a pursuit. At the end of the day, we look to Jesus words in John 6:33 “I have told you thes...2016-06-1933 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastBlessing No. 10, Part 2: The Lord keeps us - Joel Schmidgall
To say, "God keeps you" sounds like a benign statement. When in fact it is quite the opposite. It’s one of the most powerful statements that can be made. To keep is not a one time act of affection. It’s not a flash in the pan. It’s not young love. It’s not sexy. To keep is hard work. It’s faithfulness. It’s loyalty. It’s commitment. God does not just watch over us, but He actively keeps us in His purposes. In this message, we’ll unpack the kaleidoscopic meaning of this statement as well as wrestle...2016-05-2934 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastScript, Part 4: Faith Over Fear - Joel and Nina Schmidgall
Perhaps you are suffocating under the weight of your own self-expectation. Or handicapped to walk in God's plan because of paralyzing fear. In this message, Joel and Nina share their story of overcoming insufficiencies. God doesn't just use you in spite of but because of your weakness. Through God's power, you can rewrite the script of fear and self-doubt in your life.
2016-04-2436 minNational Community Church Audio PodcastScript, Part 4: Faith Over Fear - Joel and Nina Schmidgall Perhaps you are suffocating under the weight of your own self-expectation. Or handicapped to walk in God's plan because of paralyzing fear. In this message, Joel and Nina share their story of overcoming insufficiencies. God doesn't just use you in spite of but because of your weakness. Through God's power, you can rewrite the script of fear and self-doubt in your life. 2016-04-2436 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastAltars, Part 6: Altar of Worship - Joel Schmidgall
The altar was a place of encounter between God and man. Quite literally it was a place of sacrifice. We’ll break down it’s importance in entering the presence of God by looking at the Old Testament Tabernacle, the specifications of the altar itself, and the sacrifice which needed to be made. God’s sacrifice of His son incites our sacrifice of praise. And our praise leads to His presence. Now the question becomes, “Are we willing to wait on God?" For many in our generation, we have not learned what it means to wait, to wrestle, to linger...2016-03-1326 min
unSeminary Mobile MP4Joel Schmidgall on Moving People to Active Faith
Hey, everyone! Thanks so much for joining us today for the unSeminary podcast. We have a great guest today, Joel Schmidgall of National Community Church in Washington, DC.
National Community Church was started in 1996 by Mark Batterson and is known as the Theater Church because it has several locations in old theaters. Joel is the executive pastor at NCC and oversees launches of new locations, plus is also a campus pastor at one of the locations. He got started by just showing up one day and volunteering before being hired on full-time.
Be a coa...2016-03-0329 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastAltars, Part 4: Altar of sovereignty - Joel Schmidgall
Have you had an experience with God, but don’t actively follow him? Are you living with one foot in the world and one foot in Christ? Elijah addresses the people of Israel who have “two opinions” in 1 Kings 18, but also speaks to our mindset today. He gives a powerful liturgy to lead people to an altar experience. He draws people in, builds an altar up, lays a sacrifice down, pours his trust out, then steps forward in confident prayer as God reveals himself to the people of God…and to us.
2016-02-2931 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastReset, Part 1: Physical Reset - Joel SchmidgallHow do you view your body? The tendency in the church is to separate the physical and the spiritual. But the scriptures exhort us to be aware of both. In fact, the incarnation teaches us God doesn’t devalue the physical, but hyper values it. But different from physical new year’s resolutions of losing weight or getting in shape, we’ll talk about how to give our bodies as “living sacrifices” (Romans 12) unto God.
2016-01-0332 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastHolidaze, Part 1: Our plans versus God’s purposes - Joel Schmidgall
No matter how hard we prepare for Holidays, they somehow always turn a little chaotic and stressful. The Holidays can leave us in a holidaze. In Matthew 1, Joseph faces one of the messiest holiday situations that you’ve ever seen. No matter how hard he tried to plan his way out of it, his plans kept getting interrupted. But his interruptions were actually God’s plan. Joseph teaches us to let go of our plans and embrace God’s purposes in the midst of the craziness.
2015-12-0731 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastRevealed, Part 5: Mission Revealed - Joel SchmidgallGod calls us to live ON mission, but he also equips us to fight FOR that mission. Ephesians 6 shows us who were battling, what we’re battling for, and how we go about winning daily battles in our life.
2015-07-2639 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastRevealed, Part 1: Identity Revealed - Joel SchmidgallOur whole life we are peppered with pursuing our purpose. As kids we are asked, “What are you going to do when you grow up?” As adults, we are constantly in search of feeling the highest level of fulfillment through our jobs. But this is an eternal search that is never fulfilled until we can find proper understanding of who we are. Pastor Joel & Nina tag team to talk about the power of being chosen, adopted, predestined, and purposed for the glory of God. It is only in stepping out of selfish ambition and into eternal purposes that we find...2015-06-2839 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastSalt & Light, Part 1: Salt: Invisible yet valuable - Joel SchmidgallThe Spirit of God is on us and in us. And He sees incredible value in our lives, so much so that He has empowered us to experience His goodness and then to pull out flavor within our world. In the 1st part of this series we unpack Jesus call to be the salt of the earth in Matthew 5. Every person is uniquely and wonderfully made, so our job is to pull out what God has already placed within every person.
2015-06-1435 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastOne Little Yes, Part 2: Yes to Priorities - Joel SchmidgallOne little yes to priorities is not a singular yes. It's a residual yes. It's coming back and saying yes to what is important, day after day. In Haggai 1, Israel believes in God as priority. But they don't practice their belief. Haggai calls them out and gives them clear instruction in how to come back in line with the priorities to which God has called them. He calls them back to their one little yes.
2015-04-1231 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastElements, Part 7: Faithfulness - Joel Schmidgall
Faithfulness is not just doing good. It’s doing good. It’s doing good. It’s doing good. It's divine repetition. It’s a loop of love. It’s joy continuous. It’s a pattern of patience. It’s routine kindness. It’s goodness on repeat.
But at the end of the day, to talk about faithfulness IN us, is to know about God’s faithfulness that has been given TO us. Because you can’t produce faithfulness. Faithfulness is God and God is faithfulness. When you reside in the Spirit of God, the natural outcome of your life will be fa...2015-03-1539 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastElements, Part 5: Kindness - Joel SchmidgallWe underestimate the power of a God-inspired act towards our fellow man. Kindness doesn’t happen by accident. It happens by intention. But the fruit of the Spirit known as kindness is more than a single, isolated action. It is a constant awareness and obedience to the promptings of the life of the Spirit within us to care for those around us.
2015-03-0142 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastThe Blessing, Part 3: The Beatitudes - Joel SchmidgallWe all desire God's blessing, but Jesus' description of “blessed" turns our description upside down. He desires for us to live blessed whether we’re poor in spirit, mourning, or persecuted. Blessing and suffering sometimes go hand in hand. No matter where we are, no matter what our circumstances are, his blessing is available.
2015-01-1932 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastThrill of Hope 2014, Part 1: Declare Joy - Joel Schmidgall
The biggest gifts are not the best gifts. The best gifts are those you have to hunt down. Christmas is is a story of a treasure hunt. Shepherds and Magi searching out the Messiah. When you seek and search out a treasure in Christ, they clear reaction is joy. Not happiness. But joy. And when you find joy in Christ, it doesn’t just affect you but it affects those around you. And your life becomes a declaration of joy.
2014-12-2132 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastPsalms, Part 7: Psalm 24 - Joel Schmidgall
Even in victory we can fail, when we decide to take all the credit. After an unsuccessful attempt to bring the Ark of the Covenant back to Jerusalem, David humbles himself before the Lord and gives to God what was dearest to him: Kingship. Psalm 24 is a declaration of David unto the King of Glory and an incredible example of prayer to all of us.
2014-08-0333 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastPsalms, Part 2: Psalm 23 - Joel Schmidgall
We'll dive into one of the great scriptures of all time: Psalm 23. An incredible encouragement to millions, it's true worth is opened up when you can really say that The Lord is not just A shepherd, or THE shepherd, but that He is MY shepherd.
2014-06-2944 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastHoly Spirit, Part 3: Desperate for Holy Spirit - Joel SchmidgallFor 30 years Jesus life and ministry went largely unnoticed. Enter the Holy Spirit. And His ministry exploded on to the scene with miracles, salvation, and countless lives impacted. Jesus doesn't just teach and tell us what to do. But He models how to live and walk in the Spirit. You'll be challenged to follow in His footsteps. It starts with being desperate for His presence - when you seek His presence, His power follows.
2014-06-1534 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastFAIL, Part 3: Jacob and Esau - Joel SchmidgallA story filled with mistakes and failure. Two main challenges come from this message. The first is understanding that God's great purpose always exceeds our momentary gratification. The second is a challenge for those who have failed. God is not done writing your story. You can let failure define you or you can allow failure to motivate you...the latter precedes greatness. Don't give up on God's greatness being accomplished in and through your life.
2014-03-2335 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastNon-series, Part : The 40 day Lent Challenge - Joel SchmidgallYou can't expect new results if you're doing the same old thing. Lent is an opportunity to get out of routine, to re-center yourself on God, and step out of habits to pursue God with abandon. For more info on joining us for the 40 day Lent Challenge, visit: http://theaterchurch.com/publications/40-days-of-lent-2014
2014-03-0337 min
National Community Church Audio PodcastThe Advent, Part 3: From Obedience to Joy - Joel SchmidgallJoseph's voice is silent in the scriptures, but his life is loud. His life preaches a powerful sermon on going from obedience to joy. There's a big difference between happiness and joy and Joseph teaches us the latter.
2013-12-1641 min