Erin Church of the Nazarene

At ECN, you already BELONG , even if you don’t yet BELIEVE no matter your background or what you’ve done. Learn to TRUST God as he molds you to BECOME what you have been called to be. More resources and ways to connect: ErinNaz.com

Erin Church of the Nazarene is a religion podcast hosted by erinnazarene, with 55 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

erinnazarene hosts Erin Church of the Nazarene, a religion show with 55 episodes published.

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  Episode #45

  From the Overflow: Finding Stillness and Strength in God

  Sep 8, 202640 minS12

  Pastor Daniel Medders shares how mounting responsibilities and a knee injury brought months of unsettling physical symptoms and health concerns, leading him to recognize his limits. Through medical evaluations, his wife's support, and honest conversations with trusted friends and fellow pastors, he began learning to acknowledge his needs and depend more deeply on God. He explains that serving others requires allowing God to fill us so we can give from the overflow rather than continually exhaust ourselves. Drawing on Jesus' example in Luke 5, he encourages intentional time in stillness and prayer, trusting God to sustain us through struggles that may not yet be resolved.

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  Episode #44

  The Right Target: Aiming for Christlikeness

  Sep 1, 202634 minS12

  Pastor Daniel Medders uses a humorous turkey-hunting story about accurately shooting the wrong bird to illustrate how people can be skilled and successful while pursuing the wrong target. Drawing from Ephesians 2, he explains sin as "missing the mark" and points to Paul's former persecution of Christians as an example of zealously aiming at the wrong goal before encountering Christ. He challenges men and women to reject cultural definitions of success centered on work, money, status, and self-sufficiency, and instead model prayer, vulnerability, spiritual guidance, healthy responsibility, and faithfulness within their families. The true target is Christlikeness in the home, workplace, parenting, and every part of life as believers seek to make Christ known.

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  Episode #43

  Who's in Control?: The Discipline of Fasting

  Aug 25, 202632 minS12

  Pastor Daniel Medders introduces fasting through ECN’s growing discipleship culture and his experience completing a two-day fast with the Men of the Ridge, which brought unexpected focus and mental clarity. Using Matthew 6, he explains that fasting is a normal Christian discipline practiced privately to seek God, not to gain attention or manipulate God into granting requests. The examples of Moses, Esther, and Jesus show fasting accompanying focused communion with God, intercession, difficult decisions, and preparation for ministry. Fasting also helps believers identify with Christ’s suffering and teaches them to bring physical and mental impulses under control, including temptations involving anger, speech, lust, addiction, and food. Pastor Daniel encourages believers to combine fasting with prayer when seeking discernment or carrying a burden, asking God to use the practice to deepen their faith and strengthen their self-control.

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  Episode #42

  Use It or Lose It: Invest What God Has Given You

  Aug 18, 202630 minS12

  Pastor Daniel Medders uses stories about his friend Ronnie Mitchell and the gradual filling of Kentucky Lake to introduce the idea that things left idle tend to decline or return to what they once were. Drawing from Matthew 25 and the parable of the talents, he explains that God expects people not simply to preserve what they have been given, but to invest, develop, and faithfully use their gifts, relationships, and spiritual lives. Through examples involving money, unused equipment, marriage, and natural ability, Pastor Daniel emphasizes that neglect is not neutral and that growth requires intentional investment. He challenges listeners to recognize what God has entrusted to them, develop those gifts rather than coast on them, and use them to glorify God so that they may one day hear, "Well done, good and faithful servant."

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  Episode #41

  Comedy of Control: Trading Control for Trust

  Aug 11, 202626 minS12

  Pastor Daniel Medders reflects on the human desire for control, using humorous examples from his own life before sharing how knee surgery and the unexpected death of a close friend reminded him how little control people actually have. Drawing from Adam and Eve, Israel’s demand for a king, the rich young ruler, and Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, he shows how the desire to control our future, decisions, possessions, and circumstances can keep us from trusting God. He distinguishes biblical self-control from the attempt to control everything around us and challenges the idea that confidence in our own abilities can replace dependence on God. Pastor Daniel encourages each person to consider what they are still trying to control, including finances, family, possessions, decisions, and future plans, and to instead seek God’s guidance and trust Him with what has been entrusted to them. He closes in prayer, asking God to reveal where people are still “holding the reins” and help them grow in dependence on His direction.

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