Growing Forward Episode 52: Be a Witness of the Good News

In this episode of Growing Forward, Pastor Andy and Heather unpack what it truly means to be a witness and a carrier of good news in everyday life. Drawing from Scripture and the original meanings of “witness” (martus) and “gospel” (euangelion), they show how the good news of Jesus …

Growing Forward Episode 51: Why We’re Going

In this episode of Growing Forward, Pastor Andy sits down with Beau and Alyssa as they share their journey of saying “yes” to God’s call to the nations. Raised in missionary families and now preparing to serve on a small island in the Mediterranean region, they …

Growing Forward Episode 50: Listener Questions!

In this 50th episode of Growing Forward, Pastor Andy Comer and Heather Ferrell celebrate a milestone by tackling five big faith questions from Growing Forward podcast listeners. They dive into questions like: How do I know God exists? Are spiritual gifts (and healing) still active today? Do we have apostles now? …

Growing Forward Episode 48: How to Suffer Well

In this episode of Growing Forward, Andy Comer and Heather Ferrell build on last week’s conversation about pain and suffering by exploring how to suffer well as followers of Christ. They walk through four practical biblical responses—giving thanks joyfully in suffering, trusting patiently through it, worshiping fully despite …

Growing Forward Episode 47: Why Does God Allow Pain and Suffering?

In this episode of Growing Forward, Andy Comer and Heather Ferrell discuss the biblical answer to one of the most difficult questions of the Christian life: Why does God allow pain and suffering?  Drawing from Scripture, including Ruth, Job, Paul, and Jesus’s teaching, they explore how suffering …

Growing Forward Episode 46: What Is True Freedom?

In this episode of Growing Forward, Andy and Heather explore what the Bible says about true freedom, challenging the cultural idea that freedom means “doing whatever we want.” Instead, drawing from passages like Galatians 5 and Romans 6, they explain how freedom and morality rise and …

Growing Forward Episode 45: How Should the Church Support Israel?

In this episode of Growing Forward, Pastor Andy Comer and Bill Katz of Hope4Israel explore the question, “How should the church support Israel?” Together, they unpack what biblical support for Israel really looks like, correcting common misconceptions, prophecy, and the people of Israel. This conversation …

Growing Forward Episode 44: What’s NXT?

What’s next for the next generation at Antioch? In this episode of Growing Forward, Pastor Andy Comer and Kids Director Angela Asher talk about the heart behind NXT (Antioch’s VBS), writing in-house KIDS curriculum, and why investing in the next generation may be the most …

Growing Forward Episode 43: Combat Your Wordly Desires

In this episode of Growing Forward, Andy and Heather unpack why our deepest longings can’t be satisfied by worldly desires—no matter how good they seem. Looking at Samson, Jesus’s wilderness temptations, and 1 John 2, they trace every temptation back to three root issues: the …

Growing Forward Episode 40: Are You Cursed?

Are you cursed or blessed? God’s Word tells us the answer to this question. In this episode of Growing Forward, Pastor Andy Comer and Heather Ferrell unpack the Bible’s teaching on blessing and cursing through the story of Abimelech and Jotham, along with the significance of Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal in Deuteronomy. These …

Growing Forward Ep. 39: Jesus Is Your Lifeline

In this episode of Growing Forward, Pastor Andy Comer and Heather Ferrell delve into John 15 and discuss how God is the active gardener of our lives, tending to us by removing and pruning branches, while our role as branches is not to strive but simply to remain in the vine, …