Placed for a purpose: discerning God’s will when your heart wants to move. With the summer months especially, many of us can find ourselves in a place of wanting to travel, change jobs, or mix up something in our lives. However, when we have a continuous desire for change, how do we know if that is from God? How can we discern His will vs. our own wants and desires?In this episode, we invite Hannah Bidne, our college ministry intern, on to discuss discerning God's will versus our own wants and desires.

In this episode, we chat through how praying through the psalms will enrich your prayer life. What to expect: learning the value of the praying the psalms along with how to pray them and 4 different types of psalms.

What men and women's roles look like at ProvidenceLast week, we discussed the different views of men's and women's roles within the church. In this episode, we discuss what it practically looks like for our men and women leaders. We look at elders / pastors, staff members, teachings / trainings / classes and more.

In this episode, we look at differing views on men's and women's roles within the church and discuss the theology behind those views.

The Bible has been translated into different languages throughout history... but how did we end up with many different English translations and how do we know which one to read?In this episode, we describe the different English Bible translations, as well as discuss how Providence chose the ESV Bible to preach from each Sunday and which translations would be helpful for personal study.

Children in big church or children in KIDS ministry... is one a better answer? In this week's episode, we answer a listener's question as to whether or not children should be sitting in big church rather than attending KIDS ministry, and we explain Providence's stance on KIDS ministry overall.

We take the Lord's Supper, or communion, every Sunday, but we can easily take it for granted and lessen its significance. In this week's episode on the Christian Formation podcast, we discuss why we observe communion the way we do and what to think about when observing communion.

At Providence, we practice the Lord's Supper differently than say the Catholic Church down the street or the Lutheran church on the other side of town... but why?In this episode, we explain the four different views of communion—Transubstantiation (Roman Catholic wiew), Consubstantiation (Martin Luther's view), Reformed (John Calvin's view), and Memorialism (Zwingli/Baptist/Our view). For further study on these views, check out this article from The Gospel Coalition.

There are 5 commitments to church membership here at Providence. The first two we touched on last week were "follow" and "gather." This week, we are diving into the last three: gospel proclamation, a lifestyle of contribution, and a healthy partaking of the sacraments.

The word "commitment" may evoke a feeling of joy or discomfort. In today's world, commitment is most likely met with disdain and tension. However, we are called to commitments not only in daily life, but also in the church if you call yourself a member.In this episode, we discuss church membership commitments as they related to Providence members. Join the discussion learn with us!