Sermon Suggestions: Episode 935
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Teaching we want to hear in 2026, plus God’s plan for your career, and an executive’s career resource recommendations.
Featured musical artist: Zach Williams
Roundtable: What I Wish My Church Would Talk About
As you look forward to spiritual growth in 2026, what do you hope your pastor will preach on? What do you feel is needed by Christians in terms of scriptural guidance and instruction? Or maybe encouragement? Any specific Bible passages or topics seem especially relevant? Our guests ponder this potential; actually talking to their pastors about it — well, we’ll see!
Culture: God’s Will for Your Career
Does God have specific direction for your career? Does it matter what you do? Jordan Raynor lives, thinks and breathes all things calling and vocation. He spends time this week helping us decipher what listening to the Holy Spirit looks like when it comes to our jobs. He also offers tips for being proactive, pursuing growth, and moving on.
The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You’re Not Sharing the Gospel)
Inbox: Favorite Career Resources
If you’re a successful executive coach, what are your go-to career resources? Ken Lane has a list of books, podcasts and assessments that you should check out.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Your church comes to you each week to fill their cup. But when the crowd leaves, who's filling yours? |
| 0:07.3 | That's exactly what I'm here to do with my new podcast from Focus on the Family. It's called |
| 0:12.1 | Pastor to Pastor with Dave Stone. I'm so excited to help you navigate the unique challenges |
| 0:17.7 | that pastors face in their ministry journey, both personally and professionally. |
| 0:22.8 | So I invite you to listen and subscribe to pastor to pastor wherever you get your podcasts. Well, friends, welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show and happy New Year from the Boundless team. |
| 0:49.3 | I will give you a little preview of what is coming up on this week's show. |
| 0:53.2 | For our inbox, what are some good |
| 0:55.5 | professional development books, podcasts, or other resources that you can invest your time in? |
| 1:02.3 | Well, our friend Ken Lane, who's an executive coach, is going to give his best ideas. |
| 1:07.4 | And then for our culture segment, Jordan Rayner, is back with us. He has been on our show before, |
| 1:12.4 | and he is going to talk today about how to know God's will for your career in particular. So |
| 1:19.0 | a big topic. We're looking forward to hearing his insights. Okay, here we are for a roundtable. |
| 1:24.1 | And because, again, we are in a new year, I thought I would ask some of our |
| 1:28.4 | super fun young adult friends what it looks like for them to script, if you could decide |
| 1:36.5 | what your church was going to talk about this year, in sermons, in the way that you do ministry, |
| 1:42.9 | kind of topically, what do people need to know? What |
| 1:45.3 | do they need to learn? How do you need to grow? What would that be? And so let's talk generally |
| 1:51.5 | as we kick this off because we have Dakota, John, and Georgia here. Hey, you guys. Hi, Lisa. |
| 1:56.4 | Okay. So, first of all, we're assuming that you go to church, hopefully. Oh, everyone's nodding. That's so great. Thank you. Okay. So first of all, we're assuming that you go to church, hopefully. Oh, everyone's |
| 2:02.4 | nodding. That's so great. Thank you. So my first question is, what, when you just think of a |
| 2:08.3 | really great sermon that really hits, what are the qualities of it? Like, what would be when you |
| 2:13.7 | walk away and you're just like, that was amazing. That really blessed me. I'm going to have to |
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