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Ethos ChurchDisruptive Discipleship // Blessed Are The Persecuted | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 04.10.22As we continue our series on the Beatitudes, Jordan preached on Christ’s blessing over those who are persecuted. As we look back on church history and consider the global persecution of our brothers and sisters in other countries, we see countless examples of this. But in our modern, American context, we see a perhaps more subtle version of persecutions. Jesus confirms in this passage that we will experience persecution and if we do not, we must ask ourselves, why? Jesus also invites us to respond through rejoicing and gladness. Persecution develops in the Christian, a deep spiritual formation in...2022-04-1046 minEthos ChurchDisruptive Discipleship // To ‘Will One Thing’ in a Culture of Many Things | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 03.27.22This Sunday, Pastor Jordan preached about how to cultivate a pure heart (Matthew 5:8). Purity of heart is the radical reorientation of our entire lives to focus solely on God’s will and His goodness. Purity means leveraging our desires for His kingdom’s purpose and allowing God’s will on earth to be the single driving force of every decision that we make. Purity is not restrictive and condemning but is instead a person to love—a good God on a relentless pursuit for the people He loves.
“…The Lord does not look at the things people look at. Peo...2022-03-2737 minEthos ChurchDisruptive Discipleship // Community of Mourning in a Culture of Pleasure | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 02.27.22This week, Pastor Jordan taught on the second of the nine Beatitudes: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4 NIV). While it does not make logical sense that those who are experiencing deep sadness would also be ‘blessed’; there is blessing to be found in difficult times, because we can experience the provision, purpose, and presence of God. Psalm 34:18 (NIV) tells us that God is close to the brokenhearted. If we walk through mourning with a real understanding of who God is and how He is continuing to move in our lives, we can have deep com...2022-02-2740 minEthos ChurchEmotionally Healthy Relationships // Theology of Singleness | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 02.06.22Jordan dives into what the Scriptures have to say about singleness. Often there is an assumption that you will grow in love with someone, marry, and have children. When that assumption is delayed, you may become discouraged or at worst identify as incompetent or unlovable. We see that there is a purpose to singleness. The goal of this teaching is to reveal God’s plan for both the gift and calling of singleness as well as the anticipation and preparation of marriage. Pastor Jordan reminds us not to miss the benefits of the season we are in because we ar...2022-02-0648 minEthos ChurchAdvent // The Unexpected Experience? | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 12.05.21As we enter the Christmas season, it’s possible to miss some of the greatest things in your life because your heart is not tuned to look for them. God’s gift to us at the first Christmas was unexpected, but if you knew what you were looking for, and you recognized majesty when you saw it, it wasn’t disappointing. Pastor Jordan tells the story of Anna and Simeon, two of the first people to meet Jesus. Unlike so many others who missed Jesus, Anna and Simeon were able to recognize the unexpected majesty of the newborn King. Their...2021-12-0637 min
Ethos ChurchYour Best Year Yet // Friend with God. Fear of God. Free in God. | Jordan Smucker | 01.31.21God is a loving Father, so why would the Bible talk about our need to fear God? In this message, Jordan tackles one of the most challenging truths of Scripture; that fear of God is necessary for real, authentic, friendship with God. We all have fears. In fact, right now is a very fearful time for us all. Too often, though, we have let fear rule our lives and stop us from taking a stand for what we know God wants us to do and what God says is true. When the Church has a true fear of God...2021-02-2035 minEthos ChurchYour Best Year Yet // The Cycle of Prayer for Normal People | Jordan Smucker | 01.24.21In one of his more famous quotes, Martin Luther King Jr. said, “To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.” Prayer is an essential part of our faith in Jesus. We learn through the teachings of Jesus that we pray to God, in the name of Jesus. It is because of what Jesus has done on your behalf that you have access to God, as your father. To say that’s incredible is a gross understatement and yet, prayer is still a bit of a mystery to us. The Bible called people...2021-02-2032 minEthos ChurchThree Invitations Of God | Jordan Smucker | 11.29.20What if the uncertainty of life with the new coronavirus could be one of the best things to ever happen to our spiritual formation? What if, when we tell the story of our life in old age, and people ask what it was that made us who we are, we boldly answered, “living through 2020”? Control is often the issue underneath so many of the issues that block, hamper, or derail our spiritual formation into people of love, joy, and peace. Fortunately for us, God never intended for us to be in control. Consequently, He guides and leads us the best...2020-11-3032 minEthos ChurchGod's Presence Makes All the Difference | Jordan Smucker | 11.15.20Need some good news? Our God is big enough to oversee the whole world and in the same breath He is loving enough to care about you. When we invite God’s presence to inhabit our daily lives, we set ourselves apart from the things of the world. Being in His presence is not dependent on us being in a particular place or in a certain circumstance. Rather it is dependent on simply our decision and determination to keep God in front of us at all times. When we make that daily decision, our posture towards everyday encounters change. Th...2020-11-1733 minEthos ChurchIt Is That Deep // Why Are We Talking About Hell | Jordan Smucker | 11.08.20It seems that many of us feel uncomfortable talking about the topic of Hell. Yet, Jesus talks about this topic more than all of the other New Testament authors combined. We often try to avoid it as if it doesn’t exist. However, when we live our lives disregarding the reality of Hell, we begin living with less conviction, less sacrifice, and less regard to Jesus.2020-11-1133 minEthos ChurchIt Is That Deep // Legacy People | Jordan Smucker | 11.01.20Legacy is not about being famous - it’s about living a life that honors God. It’s not an event, but a lifestyle. We live legacy lives when we love God, love people, and invest in something bigger than ourselves. A life lived for simply ourselves is uninspiring and dies merely with us. However, a life lived for others goes beyond just us and touches lives even after we are gone. Let us all accept the call to live a life of legacy!
“Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever.”
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Ethos ChurchIt Is That Deep // What Can I do Today That Will Be Celebrated in Heaven Forever? | Jordan Smucker | 10.25.20Having a heavenly mindset is especially important for advancing the kingdom. Not just advancing the kingdom in our own lives but advancing the kingdom on this earth. When we forcefully and with intention grab hold of the kingdom of heaven we in turn advance it here on earth.
Living with a heavenly mindset means we understand the future that is to come. We understand that our future, our eternity, is with Christ. So what are we doing today to keep an eternity driven mindset while we are still on Earth?2020-10-2733 min
Queen City ChurchChurch For All PeopleIn the Bible, we see that Jesus really liked people who were nothing like Him; and people who were nothing like Him really liked Jesus. This week, we are joined by Pastor Jordan Smucker of Ethos Church in Columbus, Ohio. He teaches us, through the story of The Good Samaritan, how Jesus gives us a vision of what He wants our church to look like.
2020-10-1837 minEthos ChurchIt Is That Deep // Heaven Is Better | Jordan Smucker | 10.11.20 2020-10-1233 minEthos ChurchIt Is That Deep // Where Are You Headed? | Jordan Smucker | 10.04.20 2020-10-0528 minEthos ChurchIt Is That Deep // One Minute After You Die | Jordan Smucker | 9.27.20 2020-09-2931 minEthos Church2 Year Celebration | Jordan Smucker | 9.20.20 2020-09-2321 minEthos ChurchCommon Commitment | Jordan Smucker | 9.13.20 2020-09-1535 minEthos ChurchWhy We Need The Church to be More Like Jesus // Don't Try This Alone | Jordan Smucker | 9.06.20 2020-09-0828 minEthos ChurchWhy We Need the Church to be More Like Jesus // Relationships Without Boundaries | Jordan Smucker | 8.30.20 2020-08-3129 minEthos ChurchFaith For The Future | Jordan Smucker | 8.09.20 2020-08-1029 minEthos ChurchWhy I’m Going to Pray More in 2020 | Jordan Smucker | 8.02.20 2020-08-0328 minEthos ChurchStages Of Healthy Community | Jordan Smucker | 7.26.20 2020-07-2826 minEthos Church4 Things to Consider When Considering How to Love | Jordan Smucker | 7.19.20 2020-07-2334 minEthos ChurchThe Tension Between Grace and Truth | Jordan Smucker | 7.12.20 2020-07-1324 minEthos ChurchWe Are with You // Peacekeeping OR Peacemaking | Jordan Smucker | 7.05.20 2020-07-1327 minEthos ChurchWe Are With You // From God’s Heart to Your Home | Jordan Smucker | 6.14.20 2020-06-1531 minEthos ChurchConversations about Race, the Church & How We Can Make A Difference | Pastor Lonnie Keene & Jordan Smucker | 6.07.20 2020-06-0848 minEthos ChurchA Conversation on Race & Our Response // Rich Johnson & Jordan Smucker 2020-06-0352 minEthos ChurchHow's Your Soul? // Table talk | Jordan Smucker & Friends | 5.31.20 2020-06-0131 minEthos ChurchHow's Your Soul? // A Soul at Rest | Jordan Smucker | 5.24.20 2020-05-2627 minEthos ChurchHow's Your Soul? // Your Eternity & Your Mentality | Jordan Smucker | 5.17.20 2020-05-1828 minEthos ChurchHow's Your Soul? // Even God Grieves (Grieving is Good) | Jordan Smucker | 5.03.20 2020-05-0730 minEthos ChurchHow's Your Soul? // I’m Tired of Being Strong | Jordan Smucker | 4.26.20 2020-04-2936 minEthos ChurchHow's Your Soul? : Escape or Encounter | Jordan Smucker | 4.19.20 2020-04-2432 minEthos ChurchEaster with Ethos: Resurrection Sunday | Jordan Smucker | 4.12.20 2020-04-1430 minEthos ChurchGood Friday: Easter with Ethos | Jordan Smucker | 4.10.20 2020-04-1413 minEthos ChurchThe Rhythms of Jesus: The Pace of Peace | Jordan Smucker | 3.22.20 2020-03-2428 minEthos ChurchPeace: God With Us | Jordan Smucker | 3.15.20 2020-03-1628 minEthos ChurchRelationship Goals: Hard To Offend | Jordan Smucker | 03.01.20 2020-03-0232 minEthos ChurchRelationship Goals: Eradicate Loneliness | Jordan Smucker | 2.16.20 2020-02-1735 minEthos ChurchVision Weekend: 20/20 Vision | Jordan Smucker | 2.09.20 2020-02-1035 minEthos ChurchThis Is God's Year to Act: The Truth About God’s Calling | Jordan Smucker | 2.02.20 2020-02-0335 minEthos ChurchThis Is God's Year to Act: It's Time To Go Outside Again | Jordan Smucker | 1.19.20 2020-01-2036 minEthos ChurchThis Is God's Year to Act: The Love Language of God | Jordan Smucker | 1.12.20 2020-01-1337 minEthos ChurchThis Is God's Year to Act: Positioning Ourselves To Know God | Jordan Smucker | 1.05.20 2020-01-0633 minEthos ChurchChristmas @ Ethos: The Gift He Gives | Jordan Smucker | 12.22.19 2019-12-2323 minEthos ChurchHope Has a Name: The Answer Is Yes | Jordan Smucker | 12.15.19 2019-12-1532 minEthos ChurchHope Has A Name: It's Not What I Expected | Jordan Smucker | 12.08.19 2019-12-1034 minEthos ChurchLegacy: According to Jesus | Jordan Smucker | 11.24.19 2019-11-2532 min
Ethos ChurchLegacy: Is Tithing Still Relevant? | Jordan Smucker | 11.17.19 2019-11-1940 min
Ethos ChurchFor All People: What Does Love Require of Me? | Jordan Smucker | 10.20.19 2019-11-0634 min
Ethos ChurchFor All People: Love Is For People | Jordan Smucker | 10.20.19 2019-10-2135 min
Ethos ChurchFor All People: With All People | Jordan Smucker | 10.13.19 2019-10-1433 min
Ethos ChurchDon't Call Me A Christian: Do Whatever He Tells You | Jordan Smucker | 10.6.19 2019-10-0739 min
Ethos ChurchDon't Call Me A Christian: Don't Judge Me | Jordan Smucker | 9.29.19 2019-09-3039 min
Ethos ChurchDon't Call Me A Christian: Stages Of A Healthy Community | Jordan Smucker | 9.15.19 2019-09-1621 min
Ethos ChurchDon't Call Me A Christian: Christian 101 | Jordan Smucker | 9.8.19 2019-09-0939 minEthos ChurchVision Sunday | Jordan Smucker | 9.1.19 2019-09-0232 min
Ethos ChurchJust Like Them: Entrusted | Jordan Smucker | 8.25.19 2019-08-2538 min
Ethos ChurchJust Like Them: The Whisper | Jordan Smucker | 8.18.19 2019-08-1933 min
Ethos ChurchWhat Difference Does God Make?: Jesus Changes Everything | Jordan Smucker | 6.23.19 2019-06-2437 min
Ethos ChurchWhat Difference Does God Make?: The God Of Jesus | Jordan Smucker | 6.16.19 2019-06-1738 min
Ethos ChurchWhat Difference Does God Make?: I Just Want To Be Good | Jordan Smucker | 6.9.19 2019-06-0936 min
Ethos ChurchWhat Difference Does God Make?: Know God or No God? Part 2 | Jordan Smucker | 5.19.19 2019-06-0342 min
Ethos ChurchWhat Difference Does God Make?: Know God or No God? | Jordan Smucker | 5.19.19 2019-05-2037 min
ARC Events PodcastChurch Planting Series – Keys to Fundraising for a Large Launch | Lee DomingueLee Domingue with Rich Romero, Jordan Smucker, and Dustin McClain2019-04-2900 min
Ethos ChurchEaster Matters | Jordan Smucker | 4.21.19 2019-04-2435 min
Ethos ChurchOne Day: He Loves To Be With the Ones He Loves | Jordan Smucker | 4.14.19 2019-04-1726 min
Ethos ChurchOne Day: Take 'Em With You | Jordan Smucker | 4.7.19 2019-04-1734 min
Ethos ChurchOne Day: Not Another Day | Jordan Smucker | 3.31.19Join us as we start our new series, One Day!2019-04-0436 min
Ethos ChurchSeasons: Small Beginnings | Jordan Smucker | 3.17.19Every deed is a seed and in time we will reap a reward for every seed we plant. In this talk, you will discover how to see the potential and reap the reward in every seed we plant. 2019-03-1832 min
Ethos ChurchSeasons: It's Worth the Wait | Jordan Smucker | 3.10.19What do you want to harvest? Sometimes in the season we're in, we're looking to the next season like it's going to be better. But, are we putting off the hard work today that God wants us to work on in this season?2019-03-1142 min
Ethos ChurchSeasons: Weathering the Winter | Jordan Smucker | 3.3.19Join us as Pastor Jordan continues our series on Seasons.2019-03-0433 min
Ethos ChurchSeasons: The Secret To Your Seasons | Jordan Smucker | 2.24.19Join us as Pastor Jordan kicks off our new series on the different seasons of our lives. 2019-02-2537 min
Ethos ChurchRelationships: Coffee Beans and Sharp Knives | Jordan Smucker | 2.17.19Join us as Pastor Jordan continues our series of talks on relationships. 2019-02-1831 min
Ethos ChurchRelationships: The Myth of Relationship | Jordan Smucker | 2.10.19Join us as Pastor Jordan talks about the myths of relationships. 2019-02-1134 min
Ethos ChurchRelationships: Healthy Relationships Part 2 | Jordan Smucker | 2.3.19Join us as Pastors Jordan and Courtney continue their talk on the foundation of healthy relationships. 2019-02-0443 min
Ethos ChurchRelationships: Healthy Relationships Part 1 | Jordan Smucker | 1.27.19Join us as Pastors Jordan and Courtney talk about the foundation of healthy relationships.2019-01-2946 min
Ethos ChurchRelationships: No Fences Here | Jordan Smucker | 1.13.19Grow with us as Pastor Jordan continues our series on Relationships!2019-01-1442 min
Ethos ChurchRelationships: We Is Better Than Me | Jordan Smucker | 1.6.19Join us as we start our new series, Relationships!2019-01-0733 min
Ethos ChurchThe Hope of Christmas | Jordan Smucker | 12.23.18Join us as we celebrate Christmas!2019-01-0327 min
Ethos ChurchLegacy : We Own The Light | Jordan Smucker | 12.9.18Matthew 5:14,16 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Join us as Pastor Jordan continues our series on Legacy.2018-12-1030 min
Ethos ChurchLegacy: God Math | Jordan Smucker | 12.2.18Matthew 6:21 "Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be." Join us as Pastor Jordan continues our series on Legacy.2018-12-0343 min
Ethos ChurchLegacy: It's All About The Heart | Jordan Smucker | 11.25.18God is less concerned with getting things to you than He is with giving things through you. Join us as Pastor Jordan kicks off our new series, Legacy!2018-11-2725 min
Ethos ChurchPray : The Reward of Prayer | Jordan Smucker | 11.18.18"Prayer doesn't move God, prayer moves us." Pastor Jordan finishes our series "Pray."2018-11-1934 min
Ethos ChurchPray: It's A Kingdom Thing | Jordan Smucker | 11.4.18"It doesn't matter what's happening to you, nothing can steal what God's doing through you." Join us as Pastor Jordan continues our series "Pray" and we talk about surrendering our will to God's will.2018-11-0529 min
Ethos ChurchPray: Prayer 101 | Jordan Smucker | 10.28.18"Big prayers honor a Big God." Join us as Pastor Jordan dives into our new series "Pray" and we dive into what prayer is truly meant to look like.2018-10-2934 min
Ethos ChurchThe Good Gospel: A Purpose And A Promise | Jordan Smucker | 10.21.18There is a purpose and a promise with your weakness. Pastor Jordan finishes our series, The Good Gospel, with a message about how embracing our inabilities is a prerequisite to experiencing Christ's abilities. What if your weakness is central to the fulfillment of your potential.2018-10-2236 min
Discover Top Full Trial Audiobooks in MemoirsaphyOnce We Were Strangers: What Friendship With a Syrian Refugee Taught Me About Loving My Neighbor by Shawn SmuckerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once We Were Strangers: What Friendship With a Syrian Refugee Taught Me About Loving My Neighbor Author: Shawn Smucker Narrator: Shawn Smucker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 16, 2018 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In 2012, Mohammad fled his Syrian village along with his wife and four sons, escaping to Jordan through the wilderness. Four years later he sat across from Shawn Smucker in a small conference room in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Though neither of them knew it, Mohammad had arrived in Shawn's life just in time. This is...2018-10-1605 min
Escape Reality, Dive Into a Full Audiobook's FantasyOnce We Were Strangers: What Friendship With a Syrian Refugee Taught Me About Loving My Neighbor Audiobook by Shawn SmuckerListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 356028
Title: Once We Were Strangers: What Friendship With a Syrian Refugee Taught Me About Loving My Neighbor
Author: Shawn Smucker
Narrator: Shawn Smucker
Format: Unabridged
Length: 03:52:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-16-18
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Genres: Biography & Memoir
Summary:
In 2012, Mohammad fled his Syrian village along with his wife and four sons, escaping to Jordan through the wilderness. Four years later he sat across from Shawn Smucker in a small conference room in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Though neither of them knew it, Mohammad had arrived in Shawn's life just...2018-10-163h 52
Ethos ChurchThe Good Gospel: And Not But | Jordan Smucker | 10.14.18Jesus came to bring grace AND truth, not grace BUT truth. Grace and truth tells us we are forgiven and loved because we are God's children. Grace but truth tells us we are forgiven but we are loved, in spite of who we are. In this message, we dig into John 1:14 and the importance of understanding the difference between AND and BUT.2018-10-1532 min
Ethos ChurchThe Good Gospel: More Like Jesus | Jordan Smucker | 10.7.18Join us as Pastor Jordan continues our series The Good Gospel and we talk about what it means to live more like Jesus. It's different than what we think.2018-10-0840 minEthos ChurchLaunch Sunday: In This Together | Jordan Smucker | 9.16.18Launch Sunday! Check out our first teaching and hear the heart of Ethos Church.2018-10-0540 min
Ethos ChurchThe Good Gospel: Grace Through Our Eyes | Jordan Smucker | 9.30.18Pastor Jordan continues his series on The Good Gospel. In this episode, we dig into the differences between a religious perspective and the gospel perspective.2018-10-0130 min
Ethos ChurchThe Good Gospel: Grace Through The Father's Eyes | Jordan Smucker | 9.23.18Pastor Jordan Smucker breaks down Luke 15 and what it reveals about God's love for us.2018-09-2636 min
Family Life ChurchYou Asked For It Part 4: I will Fight - Pastor Jordan Smucker2018-07-2200 minFamily Life ChurchYou Asked For It Part 4: I Will Fight - Pastor Jordan Smucker2018-07-2200 min
The U PodcastSons and Daughters 2017 - Jordan Smucker - I Will FightGuest Pastor Jordan Smucker talks about the need for us to stand up and fight for what we know God has called us to at the first ever Sons and Daughters event at the U.2017-12-0500 min
The Mount OHTalking About Boats - Jordan SmuckerThere are people who make us better and people who make us worse.2016-09-2645 min