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Join us for the New Testament Challenge, a weekly podcast designed to help you stay engaged as we read through the New Testament together. Through short, practical conversations with pastors, ministry leaders, and people from our church, we’ll explore what we’re reading, answer common questions, and hear how God is using Scripture to make us more mature disciples of Jesus.
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Average audio length:
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Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United States
10 episodes
since Aug. 19, 2026
episodic
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Pastor Wesley is joined by Stephanie Schulte, a law graduate and Immanuel member since 2022 who serves in children’s ministry. They discuss Acts as a “Law & Order” courtroom drama culminating in Paul’s voyage to Rome, highlighting Acts 23:11 where the Lord tells Paul to take courage and testify…
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The podcast opens with prayer and a correction that thisweek covers Acts 18–22, with Acts 23–28 to finish next week before moving into Romans. Guests Tom Cracchiolo and Tina Jansen share their history at Immanuel, including Bible studies, Walk to Emmaus leadership, women’s retreats, andmarriage min…
The podcast covers Acts 13–18 with guest Gene Archbold. Gene asks about Pastor Wesley’s typical week, and they discuss small group challenges through four ingredients for growth. They note that intimacy ranges from casual conversation to confession typically found in accountability groups. The conv…
Discussing Acts 7–12, Pastor Wesley is joined by Anna Jester.They discuss pivotal Acts stories emphasizing God’s pursuit of people such as Saul, the Ethiopian eunuch, and Cornelius, noting that God hears sincere prayers even before someone fully knows Him and that Cornelius reveals God receives Gen…
Pastor Wesley and Chad Simms reflect together on the beginning of Acts. They focus on Acts 1, noting the apostles’ expectation of the kingdom’s restoration to Israel versus Jesus’ emphasis on mission, the call to be witnesses from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth, and the command to wait for the …
In the final week reading through Luke 19–24, Wesley interviews longtime Immanuel member and teacher Betty Minor. They discuss fear as a major theme in Luke’s ending, noting religious leaders’ fear of the people rather than God, their self-interest in preserving ritual, position, “our temple,” and …
The podcast wraps up week three of the reading plan through Luke (Luke 13–18) and introduces Alan Gill, Immanuel’s church administrator, who oversees facilities, finances, communications, and HR and recently moved from Greensboro, North Carolina. Alan reflects on Luke 15’s three “lost” parables (lo…
The New Testament Challenge podcast discusses this week’s reading in Luke 7–12 with youth minister Jacob Booher, encouraging listeners to keep a daily/weekly reading rhythm, use the Immanuel website’s New Testament Challenge page for resources (BibleProject, the podcast, and Through the Word audio …
Pastor Wesley and Kelly Potter, Immanuel’s Director of Women’s and Children’s Ministries, discuss the week’s reading in Luke 1–6 and introduce the Immanuel Kids Daily Devotional as a simple family companion guide. Wesleyconnects the resource to Deuteronomy 6:4–9 (the Shema), emphasizing God’s word …
The Immanuel New Testament Challenge podcast launches as a weekly Friday show designed to support participants reading through the New Testament with discussion, common questions, and guests. In this opening episode, Pastor Wesley and Pastor Mike address the question of what Bible translation to us…
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