Gretchen Ronnevik

  1. Healthy Friendships Part 1

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    11/18/20
    2 mins
    By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik
    Gretchen and Katie are starting a new series on how law and gospel theology effects relationships.
    Healthy Friendships Part 1

  2. Simple Discipleship

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    11/11/20
    4 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Discipleship as a spiritual discipline can be a means of hearing the gospel repeated like a wave washing over you, bringing to mind the reality of God's faithfulness consistently.
    Simple Discipleship

  3. Meditation: The Freedom to Wrestle with God

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    11/05/20
    2 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Meditation is part of what C.S. Lewis calls the "baptism of the imagination." In Christ, we belong to him, all the parts of us--even our brain.
    Meditation: The Freedom to Wrestle with God

  4. From Guilt to Confession

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    10/29/20
    1 min
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Sometimes the guilt in us manifests itself in different ways. Whether it's a weight or sadness, anger or venting, blame or defensiveness, we see it in ourselves and we see it in our relationships.
    From Guilt to Confession

  5. Hope for When Bible Reading is Burdensome

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    10/22/20
    3 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    When we approach the Bible from a hyper-individualistic viewpoint, the burden to be in it daily is on our individual shoulders, the burden to interpret and understand it is all on our individual shoulders, and we can end up sitting down to what can appear at first glance to be an enormous to-do list we cannot live up to--an activity to dread. It's the "just read it and then do it" method.
    Hope for When Bible Reading is Burdensome

  6. Prayer-The Spirit Interceding

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    10/15/20
    1 min
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Whether it is the awkwardness of praying aloud in a group, starting a prayer journal and then forgetting about it, using prewritten prayers, or having notecards, we often feel like we aren't that good or consistent in prayer.
    Prayer-The Spirit Interceding

  7. The Need for Rest: Law or Gospel?

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    10/08/20
    1 min
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Today Gretchen and Katie talk about the spiritual discipline of rest.
    The Need for Rest: Law or Gospel?

  8. Everyday Liturgies

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    10/03/20
    2 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    In this episode, Katie and Gretchen get sidetracked and talk about food and the routines of farm life. That's mainly because eating is something we love to do every day. They address questions like: when are liturgies helpful, and when are they harmful?
    Everyday Liturgies

  9. Daily Devotions

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    09/25/20
    1 min
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    What "should" daily devotions look like for a Christian?
    Daily Devotions

  10. Dependence vs Independence

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    09/17/20
    2 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    It's easier to wrap our heads around independently performing for God, rather than understanding that as we were under the law, dying because it was to heavy for us, we couldn’t hold it, Christ set us free, completed the law on our behalf, and gave us his Spirit to hold us up and help us.
    Dependence vs Independence

  11. Living in Freedom

    book
    09/10/20
    1 min
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    In this episode Gretchen and Katie start at the beginning. In this episode they each share a bit about their faith, and why the law and gospel mean so much to them.
    Living in Freedom

  12. Freely Given

    book
    09/08/20
    1 min
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Welcome to Freely Given, hosted by Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin.
    Freely Given