Heart Pocket Podcast

Thailand's predominant religion is Buddhism. Yet, youth and children in Thailand still wrestle with the same issues as other countries. Dim values teaching with 2 way communication and find boys in …

Butch Vernon, elder at Common Wealth City Church, continues spiritual observations and applications from a Bible story and discussion during Palm Sunday.  There might be a part of John 12:9-19 that …

Butch Vernon, elder at Common Wealth City Church, shares a Bible story and includes discussion in this thought provoking sermon.  Butch heads a direction with John 12:9-19 that might surprise some p…

Have you wondered how to implement Bible stories and discussion into sermons?  Pastor Dave Johnson from Calvary Chapel Orange utilized Good Friday as a great opportunity to bring families together f…

Butch and Steve continue their discussion about how Israel has impacted their sermons and their lives. Along with the blessing of being in Israel, they speak highly of the STS international leaders …

Butch Vernon interviews his good friend Pastor Steve Bruce. Both share their joys and great insights to Scripture as a result of their recent visit to Israel. Hear how the words to a song, "On a hil…

Sharon continues describing her specific joys of assisting the instructor at an STS or Simply The Story training. She never dreamed she would be back in Brazil. Hear the results and impact on Sharon…

Growing up as an MK or missionary kid can have benefits and challenges. One benefit to Sharon, she learned to speak Portuguese from her time in Brazil. Amazingly, Sharon attended her first STS train…

Butch continues his conversation with Diane reminiscing about how they met and how Diane found Simply The Story online. Both worked together recently in Brazil and share some key benefits of STS, po…

Training people in other countries can be a challenge. STS Instructor, Diane, shares the joys of working with translators, marvels at the YWAM team work, and makes a mind shift from normal universit…

Abigail and Clayton, a young couple, share their experience working at a Messianic Congregation and touring Israel. This was not your average tour with just a download of information, but included i…

Mark shares tremendous insights from his time in Israel.  How much is vanity that doesn't survive time? Mark relates the resurrection of Christ with His Words "I will be with you always" like "God's…

Pastor Dave Johnson has taken concrete steps to equip his church with God's Word while simultaneously preparing them to lead neighborhood fellowships. Are they ready yet? He also shares a unique way…

Pastor Dave Johnson shares how he moved from a tootsie pop timer to Simply The Story for special church occasions where families stay together. All ages spend the church service learning the Bible t…

If you thought a snow day was an incredible church outreach idea to the community, wait until you hear about the impact of the Christmas sermon on the hearts of the people.

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Megan and Naomi share the unique community outreach that their church in Southern California did just before Christmas. Hint: It really has snowed in Orange County.

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Pastor Steve Bruce continues asking probing questions that help people dig into Philippians 3:12-16. Please listen to last weeks podcast to get a greater understanding of this week's treasures we di…

Pastor Steve Bruce dives into Philippians 3:12-16, applying the discussion style of Simply The Story.  Enjoy what others discover and what the Lord might show you about this passage.

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Betty and Sharon just finished an STS workshop, and are looking forward to using STS when they become Biblical counsellors. They discuss how Simply The Story fits so well with sound counseling princ…

Larry and Butch continue their conversation on the value and ease of memorizing Bible verses in part 2.  They cover 3 topics:  How people today use their memory less because of electronic devices, f…