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The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARBaptism: The Role of Sacraments, Symbols and RitualsThe podcast discusses the significance of baptism and its historical context. The hosts, Tom Helmich, Tevo Christmann, and Andrea Lickfelt, explore the biblical narrative of Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist, emphasizing the symbolic and theological implications. They delve into the rituals of baptism, its role in Jewish identity, and its evolution into Christian practice. The conversation also touches on the theological debates around infant baptism, the distinction between sacraments and symbols, and the importance of faith and community in the Christian tradition. The discussion concludes with a reflection on the upcoming topic of the TransfigurationSupport...
2025-06-1157 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, AR"Take a Little Jesus with You" - Traveling with Jesus this SummerIn this TNC podcast episode, Pastor Joe Liles and his team explore the "I Found Jesus" series, diving into Jesus's transformative ministry around the Sea of Galilee. The hosts - Roseann Bowlin, Tom Helmich, and Tevo Christmann - unpack where they each seek Jesus and break down three powerful biblical passages that reveal the essence of discipleship.Key Takeaways:Personal Invitation: Jesus calls disciples personally, demonstrating that faith is fundamentally relational, not programmatic.Finding Jesus Everywhere: The team shares unique spaces where they encounter God - from quiet backyards and walking trails to old churches and...
2025-06-0451 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, AR"Baptists, Pentecostals, and Lutherans, Oh My!" A throwback to 90's church...In this episode of the TNC Podcast, Pastor Joe Liles, Tevo Christmann, and Roseanne Bowlin explore the landscape of 90s church culture through personal stories and spiritual reflection. Drawing from their diverse church backgrounds - Pentecostal, Baptist, and Lutheran - they unpack the meaning of discipleship and personal faith growth.Centered on the scripture John 3:30, "He must increase, I must decrease," the conversation delves into church trends, worship styles, and the importance of seeking a deeper relationship with Christ. We must move beyond church attendance and actively pursue spiritual development.From nostalgic 90s worship music...
2025-05-1458 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARThe Reformation: Exploring the Five Solas and the split from the Catholic ChurchExplore the transformative moment in Christian history that reshaped theological understanding forever: the Reformation in 1517. In this episode of the TNC Podcast, Pastor Joe, Tom Helmich, Tevo Christmann, and Roseann Bowlin dive into the Reformation, examining Martin Luther's groundbreaking challenges to the Catholic Church and the emergence of the five solas that fundamentally altered Christian doctrine.Drawing from historical insights and theological scholarship, we trace the origins of Protestant (not Catholic) thought, discussing how Luther's 95 Theses sparked a movement that democratized faith and scripture. Our conversation references the comprehensive podcast "Here We Stand" (ht...
2025-05-0746 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, AR"Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unpacking Anger and Jesus' Righteous Emotion"In this episode of the podcast, Pastor Joe, Pastor Tom Helmich, Roseann and Tyra, explore and unpack the often misunderstood emotion of anger within the context of spiritual growth. Drawing from the narrative of Jesus cleansing the temple, they make a critical distinction between destructive anger and righteous emotion.Breaking down the biblical text from multiple perspectives and challenging traditional interpretations, they offer fresh insights into Jesus' actions. The discussion traverses Jesus' journey, the complexities of temple commerce, and the systemic injustices of the time, all the while answering the question of, "what truly constitutes righteous emotion?"
2025-04-0941 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARWhen You’re Not Okay...Overwhelmed and Facing What’s UnderneathIn this week's episode of the TNC Podcast, we're diving deep into the dangerous territory of "I'm Fine" - you know, that classic response we all give when things are definitely NOT fine. Pastor Joe Liles and the team crack open a raw conversation about emotional honesty, exploring how we hide behind those two simple words. Discover the surprising emotional landscape of God, from His moments of joy to His deep grief, and learn why saying "I'm fine" might be keeping you from true connection. Hear personal stories about parenting, boundaries, and what happens when we get o...
2025-03-2659 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARWhat happens when you "let go" and "let God?"...special guests Tyra Dennis and Pastor Drew TruckerJoin Pastor Joe Liles, featuring special guests Tyra Dennis, an interim worship leader from Los Angeles, and Drew Tucker, executive director of Camp Hopewood in Ohio. Dive into a conversation about leadership, mentorship, creativity in ministry, and the transformative power of inviting others to use their gifts. Discover inspiring stories of personal growth, denominational experiences, and the importance of raising up new leaders within the church. Whether you're involved in ministry, seeking spiritual insights, or interested in leadership development, this podcast offers profound reflections on faith, community, and calling.Great quotes from the Podcast"God doesn't...
2025-03-1257 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARSnack Packs and the Joy of ServiceThis week Pr Joe is joined by Roseann Bowlin and Tevo Christmann discussing the purpose of hosting a Snack Pack even during worship and meditating on the role of service in the Christian life.Philippians 3:7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. 8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be...
2025-02-1254 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARNot For Sordid Gain: The Heart vs The Business of ChurchThis week Pr Joe is joined by Roseann Bowlin and Tevo Christmann in going over 1 Peter 5. In this passage Peter exhorts the church on how to reconcile the hierarchical structures needed to organize large groups of people on the one hand, with the agape love that is to be the mark of a healthy Christian community on the other. His answer: humility.1 Peter 5:1 Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among y...
2025-02-0551 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARYou're a Stone in the Temple, a Priest in the KingdomThis week Pr Joe is joined by Roseann Bowlin, Tom Helmich, and last and for sure least, Tevo Christmann. We talk about Brandon Cox's message on Sunday when he reminded the Church that (read in Oprah's voice) "you're a priest, you're a priest, you're a priest, everyone's a priest."1 Peter 24 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and 5 like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. S...
2025-01-3054 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARPain, and Disappointment, and Heaven, and... HospitalityThis week Pr Joe is joined by Roseann Bowlin and Tevo Christmann in going over the book of 1 Peter, more specifically the first 10 verses of the 4th chapter. Peter urges the church in Rome to be hospitable to one another. In the context of persecution Peter appeals to the hope of heaven as an impetus for love when all else seems to be failing. 1 Peter 47 The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers. 8 Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love c...
2025-01-2254 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARSabbath Sunday - Christmas Is Hope Into The New YearThis week Pr Joe is joined by Tom Helmich and Tevo Christmann for a podcast that was supposed to be about Christmas but turned out to be mostly Tevo sharing stories of praying, hoping, and seeing it happen. In a way that surprised us too, the podcast did turn out to be about Christmas because Christmas is precisely a story of praying, hoping and seeing it happen - in this case hoping and seeing our Savior. We delve into the Luke 2;21-24 and reflect on the names of Jesus and their meaning.Support the show...
2024-12-2940 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARA Seat At The Table - Cornelius and the Breaking of BarriersThis week Pr Joe Liles is joined by Tom Helmich and Tevo Christmann in reflecting on the story of Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10.Cornelius was a Roman centurion who believed, gave alms and prayed constantly. However, as a gentile and a Roman, he did not enjoy participation in the Jewish community. After Pentecost, gentiles were coming to Christ and so there was a decision to be made about whether gentiles, unable able to join ranks with Jews, would be able join in with Christians. How is such a decision to be made? Through prayer God made...
2024-11-2052 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARA Seat At The Table with Emily HarkinsThis week Pr Joe is joined by Tom Helmich, Tevo Christmann and very special guest Emily Harkins who, having preached at church on Sunday, stayed a couple of extra days to share a bit more of how she creates room for unlikely people to have a seat at the table.Emily Harkins was ordained as a Pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in May of 2020 and serves as the Lead Pastor and Founding Developer of this new community of faith, The Dwelling.Since 2013, Emily has worked alongside persons experiencing homelessness through the...
2024-11-121h 20The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, AROnly the Spirit can Give you a Seat at the TableThis week Pr Joe is joined by Tom Helmich, Tevo Christmann and first-time special guest Bryan O'Patry to discuss the first chapter of the book of Acts.This discussion follows up Tom's message this past Sunday where he talked about the primacy of the work of the Holy Spirit over any thing done by human beings. As an example he discussed baptism as a sacrament performed in obedience, but whose validity really comes from the Spirit rather than any sacred rite or special pastoral ordination. This means that anyone who has the Spirit has a seat at...
2024-11-0659 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARCan We Talk? Opinions May DifferIn the Church today, like in the time Paul wrote the letter to the Romans, it is possible to hold different opinions from our brothers and sisters in Christ. In Romans paul sets out to explain how that is possible. First, he explains that we are all fallen, and therefore are are all equal. Then he explains that our justification comes from Christ and not our deeds. How then should we live?Pr Joe Lies is joined by Tom Helmich and Tevo Christmann in discussing the 14th chapter of Romans where Paul concludes that the Christian life...
2024-10-3047 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARThe Meaning of Mission and the Power of Justification**We are aware of the problem with this audio and decided to post this podacst anyway**Pr Joe returns with Tom Helmich, Tevo Christmann and second time special guest Taylor Smith in reading from Romans 5, exploring the meaning of Mission, and understanding that the mark of justification, which we are given by faith, is what leads us to mission in all its forms.As mentioned by Taylor, a quote from Karen Watson, a missionary to Iraq, killed by unknown assailants on March 15, 2044:"You should only be opening this in the event of death.
2024-10-2454 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARCan We Talk? Hard Conversations For True RelationshipsWhile Pr Joe Liles travels and Tom Helmich enjoy vacation, Kim and Ryan Kirby, Cheryl Schilb and Tevo Christmann get together to discuss the necessity and purpose of hard conversations.Support the showCheck out more here...
2024-10-1751 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARCan We Talk? Hard Conversations For Hard TruthsThis week Pr Joe Liles is joined by Tom Helmich, Tevo Christmann and our very special and distinguished guest Taylor Smith!Taylor is a worship leader at TNC, former CORE Team member, a dad to 4 awesome girls, avid board gamer, and an all-around great guy to be around.Following the kick of to the series "Can We Talk?" where Pr Joe invited the congregation to think through our differences and how to resolve them in love, we sat together and asked questions like "what de we do with our emotions?" or "when is the right...
2024-10-091h 03
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, AREliminate Hurry: Practice Spiritual DisciplinesIn this episode Pastor Joe, Tom Helmich, Kim Kirby and Tevo Christmann share each other's strategies and hopes for growing in spiritual disciplines as they reflect back on the impact The Elimination Of Hurry study and series has had on their lives.Support the showCheck out more here...
2024-10-0354 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, AREliminate Hurry: SimplifyA late and short episode this week because of a total technical halt during our regularly scheduled recording.This week Pr Joe is joined by Tevo Christmann and his wife Kara in exploring strategies for simplifying life and making room for devotion. The question that opens up the podcast is "What do you hope for your devotional life to be?" which leads to a beautiful discussion about our current devotions and spiritual practices!Support the showCheck out more here...
2024-09-2827 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARBible 101: Persecuted for what?With Kim out this week recovering from Covid, Pr Joe Liles welcomes Tom Helmich and Tevo Christmann to go over the 3rd chapter of 2 Timothy. In this chapter Paul charges Timothy to draw boundaries with certain people and tells him to expect persecution. What could Timothy have to say that would be so offensive? What could we say that could be so offensive? Here it is: the gospel is not at work in those who are godly only in outward appearance. Like Jesus said, they have received their reward. "But when you pray, go into your room a...
2024-08-2253 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARBible 101 Series: Youth Sunday, Backpack Blessing and What is the Gospel?Pastor Joe Liles, Tom "The Intern and Vicar" Helmich, Kim Kirby and Tevo Christmann get together to reminisce on a very special youth-led Sunday this past week at The Neighborhood Church. They then set out to delve into the second chapter of 2 Timothy but are stopped in their tracks at the very first verse by the phrase, "Be strong in the grace that is in Christ." The rest of the conversation reflects on the meaning of the word grace in order to understand what it means to stand strong in it.Support the showCheck...
2024-08-1557 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARPhilippians 2: The Surprising Joy of Emptying OneselfPr Joe Liles, Kim Kirby and Tevo Christmann sit together ahead of the upcoming sermon on Philippians 2. When we learn to, like Jesus, press into humility and empty ourselves, we discover joy to be a surprising result. It is surprising becuase it is not where we would usually expect to find it. It's not in seek riches for ourselves. Instead it is in emptying ourselves, surrendering to Christ and serving our neighbor.Support the showCheck out more here...
2024-07-1729 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARJoy Ride: Learning Joy from the Book of PhilippiansPr Joe Liles, Kim Kirby, and Tevo Christmann sit together to discuss the first chapter of the book of Philippians. We will open the podcast in a new way this week, and in the future, we will ground ourselves in the Word and read scripture together. This week, the reading is Philippians Chapter 1. Breaking down last week's message, the questions that come up in conversation this week are: Where does joy come from? How does one find it? How can Paul talk about joy while in prison? PS.: Tom Helmich was also there but was...
2024-07-1141 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARThe future of libraries, the joy of books, the ending of Jonah and the end of faith.After some lively discussion on visiting books stores, our favorite books and the future of publishing...Pr Joe Liles, Tom Helmich and Tevo Christmann discuss the end of the book of Jonah. They explore the difficulty in forgiveness, what it's like when our faith falters and end with a call, like Joshua, to "choose this day whom you will serve." Support the showCheck out more here...
2024-07-0347 min
The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARGet Up And Go: Jonah And The Fruit of ObediencePr. Joe Liles is joined by Kim Kirby and Tevo Christmann in discussing the third chapter of Jonah. They discuss colors, personalities, share personal experiences, and reflect on what it means to listen. How do we respond when God calls us to get up and go? The race which starts with hearing the Gospel moves into believing it through faith. Faith in turns begets obedience, which finds its fruit in a life of hope. As Paul said, "hope does not put us to shame because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit." Romans 3:5
2024-06-2652 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARFrom The Belly of The Fish: Sin, Repentance and ForgivenessWhile Pr. Joe is away, Tom Helmich, Kim Kirby and Tevo Christmann come together to reflect on Jonah's poem of repentance in the second chapter of the book of Jonah. In discussing the experience of repentance, they delve into the nature of sin, the power of baptism, what forgiveness looks like, what Christian obedience looks like, and how to live in community knowing we are all both flawed and forgiven, both sinner and saint.Support the showCheck out more here...
2024-06-2046 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, ARLife at TNC and God's Sovereignty in JonahPr Joe is joined by Tom Helmich, Kim Kirby and Tevo Christmann once again to go over some of the latest at TNC and recap the sermon Tom Helmich preached on Sunday. They reflect on God's all encompassing presence and sovereignty. God has the ability to see what we cannot, even through storms. Often what appears to us to be consequences are in fact blessings. Knowing we cannot hide from the Lord, we must learn to press in and trust Him.Support the showCheck out more here...
2024-06-1541 minThe Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, AR12 Days of Christmas | Day 1 - The one, God made flesh, the light in the darkness, Jesus Christ. Birthday cake for Jesus' birthday?It's the beginning of 12 days of podcast devotionals to celebrate the 12 days of Christmas! On day one, Pastor Joe, Deacon Jess, Kids leader Stevie Bowen, and Worship Leader Tevo Christmann discuss what they think about when they hear the name "Jesus." This podcast is a worship session podcast, Tevo leads O Holy Night!Support the showCheck out more here...
2022-12-2530 min