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Host Francesca Amiker sits down with directors Joe and Anthony Russo, producer Angela Russo-Otstot, stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, and more to uncover how family was the key to building the emotional core of The Electric State . From the Russos’ own experiences growing up in a large Italian family to the film’s central relationship between Michelle and her robot brother Kid Cosmo, family relationships both on and off of the set were the key to bringing The Electric State to life. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts . State Secrets: Inside the Making of The Electric State is produced by Netflix and Treefort Media.…

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451 episodes

#Religion #City Church - Leo Schuster

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The Triumph of the Son of Man 36:08

1 day ago36:08

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Apocalyptic literature can fire up the praying imagination when the beasts of life come at us and when we see the beasts in our own heart. There is a God who is in control. In destabilizing times, where are your eyes fixed? Jesus takes the fire and faces the beast for us.

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Faith & Science 31:44

36 weeks ago31:44

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When we seek the deep answers of science, and use our God-given intellects to discern the laws of the universe, we are exploring the very nature and fingerprints of God, the supreme, creative force of all life. Faith and science are not opposed; they are engaged in an involved and intricate dance.

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Faith & Vocation 29:18

37 weeks ago29:18

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Faith & Courage 29:57

38 weeks ago29:57

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All of us struggle at times mustering the courage we need in life. God's instructions to Joshua when he was called to succeed Moses give us timeless truths to help us deal with debilitating fear and discouragement.

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Faith & Pain 33:08

39 weeks ago33:08

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Trust God in your pain while waiting for him to deliver you from your pain.

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Faith & The Bible 29:08

40 weeks ago29:08

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What's the role of the Bible for Christians or people curious about faith? Can we rely on it? How do we make sense of it? And how can it help us improve our lives?

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Faith & Justice 33:43

40 weeks ago33:43

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Paul's only strictly personal letter, Philemon, tells us about not only his heart for justice, but also the gospel's heart for justice. Our faith must arc, like the Bible itself, ever toward a more radical ethic of freedom and love for the other.

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Faith & Hypocrisy 29:11

42 weeks ago29:11

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Faith is found at an intersection where we learn to set aside our sometimes hypocritical performances of self and embrace our true selves—more broken than we like to admit but more loved than we could ever imagine.

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Faith & Loneliness 25:45

43 weeks ago25:45

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In our fast-paced, hyper-online world, loneliness poses a growing challenge to human flourishing. Whatever new form this ancient problem takes, this psalm reminds us that we are ever held in God's hands.

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Faith & Art 27:44

44 weeks ago27:44

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Are art and faith compatible or in conflict? Why do artists often feel disenfranchised by the church? How can art help us understand ourselves? How might art actually be an alternative window into the world of faith? In this message we'll consider these and other questions as we explore a biblical theology of art.…

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Faith & Church 22:32

45 weeks ago22:32

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Many today are disillusioned with the church or just disinterested in it. This message will take modern concerns seriously and reflect on a passage that offers a refreshing vision for the church.

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Faith & Purpose 31:55

46 weeks ago31:55

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Not only does having a sense of purpose infuse meaning in our life, research suggests it is linked to a number of positive health outcomes. So why is it so elusive? What spiritual steps can we take to discover it and build our life around it?

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Faith & Emotions 30:28

47 weeks ago30:28

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The shortest verse in the Bible is by no means short on significance. When Jesus weeps over the loss of his friend, he reminds us that emotions are a vital part of our human lives, deserving of both our attention and our understanding.

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reNEW: The Opportunity 16:20

48 weeks ago16:20

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What can shape us into people who are open-handed and big-hearted? The answer is found in this stirring and stretching ancient prayer.

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reNEW: The Sacrifice 25:02

49 weeks ago25:02

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Can you imagine sacrificial generosity in the midst of extreme suffering giving rise to overwhelming joy? While this may surprise us, it's exactly what we find in a moving story about an ancient community of faith. This beautiful example has the power to renew our modern sensibilities about the meaning of life.…

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reNEW: The Investment 28:57

50 weeks ago28:57

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Generosity is found less by facing greed than by facing fear, which is the root of greed. Sobering as it may sound, Jesus tells us that the path to overcoming our worldly worry is to accept that much of what we treasure will be lost. Only his Kingdom is eternal.

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reNEW: The Vision 22:37

51 weeks ago22:37

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What biblical themes animate City Church's vision to renew Houston? How might this kind of church address cultural trends?

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A Curious Easter Case Study 19:28

52 weeks ago19:28

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The New Testament author, Luke, was so taken with the story of Saul of Tarsus that he couldn't stop telling it. It's a curious case study of the power of Easter to change a person's life.

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More than Conquerors 22:14

1 year ago22:14

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When we're struggling, what do we really need? In these concluding words from Romans 8, a high-water mark in the entire Bible, Paul shares words that can lift us and lead through even the most challenging of circumstances.

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Suffering and Glory 33:48

1 year ago33:48

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Though far from comfortable, true spiritual growth leads us into the heart of suffering, so that we may taste more fully the goodness of the hope of Christ—who was himself no stranger to pain and loss.

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Love Without Exceptions 39:45

1 year ago39:45

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Essential to spiritual growth is going out of our way to care for the practical needs people face. We can sacrificially enter in to other people's suffering because Jesus did so for us at great cost.

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The War Within 28:16

1 year ago28:16

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How do we change? What do we do with competing desires within us? Here we'll consider different paradigms for spiritual growth and what a healthy and hopeful way forward might be.

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The Grace of Freedom 18:13

1 year ago18:13

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Grace is a radical concept. If it grabs hold of us, it will absolutely change us--not making us different versions of ourselves, but new people altogether. This new identity means we're no longer struggling to be free, but free to struggle.

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Dead or Alive? 25:44

1 year ago25:44

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While suffering is often listed as the reason why people struggle to believe or disbelieve in God, it's curious that for the Apostle Paul it is central to spiritual growth and what it means to flourish in life.

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Blind Faith 31:08

1 year ago31:08

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Jesus came to serve not the religious, but the relegated, not those in possession of might, but those in want of mercy. The figure "Blind Bartimaeus" provides us a model for how realizing our need for Christ's mercy lies at the very root of our faith transformation.

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How to be Truly Great 28:27

1 year ago28:27

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How do we know if we can trust our desires and ambitions? How should we think about power? Here Jesus paints a counterintuitive and countercultural vision for dealing with these important dynamics.

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Impossibility of Belief 16:23

1 year ago16:23

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Jesus' famous encounter with a rich young ruler teaches us important lessons about our relationship to money.

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First and Last 25:15

1 year ago25:15

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What makes us feel like we're somebody? Instead of tweaking our assumptions, Jesus turns things upside down and offers a radically different and refreshingly contrasting vision of life from what we're used to.

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Bedazzled Belief 33:02

1 year ago33:02

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Faith cannot last without wonder. While our spiritual lives must be intellectually and emotionally satisfying, the Gospels remind us that Christ's love and glory are more than we can exhaustively describe or understand. Wonder leads to love, love leads to life.

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Blurred Belief 31:50

1 year ago31:50