The Local Church with Susan Hunt

Journeywomen

Hunter Beless

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of the Journeywomen podcast, I’m chatting with Susan Hunt about the local church! One of our mutual friends rightly stated that Susan bleeds ecclesiology, or the theology of the church. After talking with her, I couldn’t agree more. She said, “I can barely speak the word ‘church’ without weeping in wonder at the very idea! The Body of Christ, the Bride of Christ, the family of God! The church is the people of God in all times and in all places! We’re those who were chosen in Christ in eternity past! We’re being redeemed, adopted, and sanctified in him! The church is those who are indwelt by God’s Holy Spirit! Think of that! The very Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead! We’re the ones with the potential to make Jesus known! To reflect the glory of God in a dark, broken world! So, the church is the people who have been entrusted with the living Word of the living God.”

SUSAN’S RESOURCES

The Bible

Consider the historic creeds (like Westminster Confession of Faith and the Heidelberg Catechism)

Discover a biblical perspective of our womanhood and God’s calling for us as women in our church

Find a small group of women to dig into the Word with other women

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

Ephesians 4:11

1 Peter 2:9

Numbers 2:2

Acts 2

Hebrews 10:22

Philippians 3

John 17 - Jesus’ prayer

Psalm 92

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

What is the local church?
What is the purpose of the local church?
How were you uniquely designed to be a part of the local church?
What are some of the joys and hardships of being involved in the local church?
How have you been shaped by covenant community?
What are you going to do or implement as a result of what you’ve learned this week?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Journey Women Podcast. I'm your host, Hunter Beelis. Life's a journey
0:08.4	we were never meant to walk alone. We all need friends along the way. On the Journey Women
0:13.0	Podcast, we'll chat with mentors about gracefully navigating the seasons and challenges we face
0:18.2	on our journeys to glorify God. On today's episode of the Journey Women Podcast, I'm chatting
0:23.9	with Susan Hunt about the local church. One of our mutual friends rightly stated that Susan
0:29.3	just bleeds ecclesiology, which if you haven't heard that term before, it just means that theology
0:34.1	of the church. I could not agree more. She said, if we are in love with Christ, we will want to be a
0:42.8	part of a local church, we'll want to be a part of his body. Our adoption in Christ means that we
0:49.1	are united to his other children. We are part of the invisible church, but we live out that reality
0:58.0	and time and space by connecting ourselves to a local body of believers. We're supposed to get
1:05.4	down in the trenches with this concept. Y'all from everything that I know of Susan, she does just
1:12.0	that. She gets into the trenches and she loves and serves the family of God. And I can't think of
1:17.2	anybody that I'd rather hear from on this topic. Or let's be real, any topic. So you'll know her
1:25.4	a little better. Susan's been happily married to Jean Hunt, a retired PCA pastor for 55 years.
1:31.7	She formerly served as the coordinator of women's ministries for the PCA, and she's actually
1:36.4	authored several dozen books for women and children. I can't wait for you guys to hear from her today,
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