The Ordinary Way: Life and Holiness
The Ordinary Way: Life and Holiness was created out of a shared pastoral calling to help people connect Scripture with the realities of everyday life. We have sat with people in moments of deep faith and deep struggle, hospital rooms, kitchen tables, sanctuaries, and quiet conversations filled with honest questions.We are shaped by the Methodist tradition, particularly its emphasis on grace, community, and holiness of heart and life. For us holiness is about becoming more fully who God created us to be, loving God, and loving neighbor in tangible, embodied ways.This podcast is not about having all the...
Grace & Salvation (Part 2)
In Episode 5 of the Ordinary Way Podcast, we continue our discussion on Grace & Salvation with Part 2, focusing on Justifying Grace and Sanctifying Grace.
What does it mean to be declared righteous? How is that different from actually becoming righteous? If justification is a one-time event, what does sanctification look like over a lifetime?
We explore:
The difference between justification (what God does for us) and sanctification (what God does in us)Practical indicators of spiritual growthThe fruit of the Spirit as evidence of transformationWhy Christianity is about transformation, not just self-improvementFrom Ezekiel’s...
Grace & Salvation Part 1
In this episode of the Ordinary Way Podcast, we begin a new conversation about God’s saving grace and how it works in our lives long before we realize it. Using John Wesley’s framework, we explore the three interconnected expressions of grace, Prevenient Grace, Justifying Grace, and Sanctifying Grace, and how they guide the Christian journey toward holy love.
This episode focuses on Prevenient Grace, the grace that comes before salvation. It’s the quiet, steady way God draws people toward Himself through conviction, longing, protection, and moments that seem too meaningful to be coincidence. We talk a...
It Begins with Grace Part 2
In It Begins with Grace: Pt. 2, the conversation moves beyond grace as forgiveness and into grace as power. Drawing from Romans 6:14, the episode emphasizes that grace doesn’t merely cover sin, it breaks sin’s control by empowering believers through the Holy Spirit.
The discussion challenges common assumptions about holiness, especially the idea that it comes from external rule-following rather than internal transformation. Jesus’ warnings in Matthew 15 and Matthew 7 highlight the danger of outward obedience disconnected from a heart that truly knows God.
Paul’s reflection in 1 Corinthians 15 reframes effort itself, not as self-driven striving, but as g...
It Begins with Grace - Part 1
In this episode of The Ordinary Way: Life and Holiness, we begin a multi-part conversation on grace and why everything truly begins there. Using a powerful sermon clip from Alistair Begg reflecting on the man on the cross, we’re reminded that grace has a human face and His name is Jesus.
We unpack what grace really means, why holiness is not something we earn through effort, and how forgiveness is a free and complete gift accomplished through Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice. We explore the inward pull of sin, our tendency toward self-reliance and striving, and how grac...
Why Life and Holiness?
Our focus is on fundamental themes appropriate to everyday life of Christians. It is an active life that responds to God's divine grace and in community with the church/other believers compelling us to devote all our efforts to the spiritual and material development of those around us.
