Impact Nations Podcast

• Advent 2025 - Part Two - Supernatural Peace

  Send us a textIn this second installment of our Advent 2025 series, Tim and Steve reflect on the Advent theme of peace—not a passive feeling, but a bold, active calling to become peacemakers in a world marked by anxiety, division, and injustice.Drawing from Scripture, the Church Fathers, and personal stories, they explore what it means to receive Christ’s supernatural peace and extend it to others.🔍 Topics include:• Jesus’ peace vs. the world’s peace• Peace as a fruit of the Spirit and evidence of spiritual maturity• Shalom as wholeness, restoration, and community• The danger of separation theology• Reconciliation as the mission of God• Why the Church must reclaim countercultural peacemaking• Advent as a time of active waiting and inner stillness• Practical practices for contemplative prayer• How to be a neighbor of peace• Chesterton’s “The House at Christmas” poem📖 Scriptures: Luke 2, John 14, Colossians 1, Romans 5, Ephesians 4💡 Key quote:“God is completely at peace with us—now. That’s the good news.”🕯️ Advent Week 2: Peace🌐 Explore the Gift Catalog: https://www.impactnations.com/catalog📩 Send us your thoughts: [email protected]🔔 Subscribe and join us next Sunday for Week 3: Joy#ImpactNationsPodcast #AdventSeries #Peace #Peacemaking #Shalom #GospelHope #JesusIsPeace #ContemplativePrayer #ChristmasPodcast #ChristianTeaching #Reconciliation #KingdomOfGod #Advent2025

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• Behind the Scenes: Building the Impact Nations Gift Catalog (2025–2026)

  Send us a textWelcome to a special episode of the Impact Nations Podcast! This week, Tim is joined by two of Impact Nations’ core team members—Jordan Moody (Project Manager) and Bill Verbakel (Program Director)—for an inside look at the making of this year’s Gift Catalog.From story collection to global collaboration with partners in Uganda and Nepal, discover what it takes to bring together this powerful annual tool that tells stories of rescue, transformation, and Kingdom impact—and makes it possible for you to participate directly in that impact.🎯 In this episode:How Impact Nations curates and verifies stories from across five continentsWhy many stories are told 1–2 years after rescue for maximum transformation impactWhat it takes to design the print and digital versions of the catalogThe heartwarming family traditions behind gift catalog givingA new digital shopping experience and greeting card systemBehind-the-scenes insights from our partners in Uganda and Nepal12 brand new gifts—including reunion trips, early childhood care, and moreWhy the catalog now extends beyond Christmas and how to use it year-roundHow every donation through the catalog will be matched through the Double Your Impact campaign🔗 Explore the catalog: https://impactnations.com/catalog✉️ Request a print copy: [email protected]💌 Send a physical or digital greeting card with your gift🎥 Watch story videos on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@impactnations📣 Share your favorite story or tradition!Leave a comment or send us an email—we’d love to hear how your family uses the catalog each year.#ImpactNations #GiftCatalog2025 #GivingWithImpact #KingdomTransformation #GospelInAction #RescueStory #HopeRestored #DoubleYourImpact #GospelJustice #ChristianGenerosity #AdventGiving

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• Advent 2025 - Part One - Waiting in Hope

  Send us a textWe’re kicking off a powerful four-part Advent series with this week’s theme: HOPE. But not hope as wishful thinking—hope as trust.In this deeply reflective episode, Tim and Steve explore what it means to wait well. Drawing from scripture, Church history, and personal experience, they show us how waiting is actually an active, hope-filled posture of spiritual maturity.🕯️ What’s inside:Why biblical hope is about trust, not optimismThe ancient purpose of Advent: repentance, reflection, and preparationHow early Church Fathers like Maximus and Isaac the Syrian shaped our understanding of waiting and mercyThe role of community in keeping the flame of hope aliveWhy impatience steals our joyThe danger of confusing wishing with trusting📖 Featured Scriptures:Isaiah 40:31, Psalm 40:1, Romans 15:13, Luke 1, Matthew 25👂 Take a moment to slow down, light your own candle, and prepare Him room.💬 We want to hear from you!Send us your questions for our upcoming Listener Q&A episode in January:📧 [email protected]🔗 More from Impact Nations:Website: https://impactnations.comGift Catalog: https://impactnations.com/catalogInstagram: https://instagram.com/impactnationsYouTube: https://youtube.com/@impactnations#AdventPodcast #ChristianHope #FaithAndWaiting #ImpactNations #Advent2025 #ChurchFathers #ChristianSpirituality #PodcastCommunity #HopeNotHype #PrepareHimRoom #ChristianFormation

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• 11-6 - The Other Side of the Cross: The Pattern for Life

  Send us a textIn the powerful conclusion to our Resurrection series, Tim and Steve explore what it really means to live in light of Jesus’ resurrection.This episode takes a hard look at the way Western theology has drifted into escapism—through rapture teaching, disembodied heaven myths, and even the use of violence in the name of Christ. They unpack the biblical and early church vision of new creation, how our glorified bodies will participate in it, and what happens when we die.🔍 In this episode:Why resurrection means transformation, not evacuationHow Plato’s dualism shaped modern Christian misconceptionsWhat is “paradise” and what happens between death and resurrection?Why Jesus' resurrected body is your futureA biblical look at glorification from Daniel, Ezekiel, Revelation & 1 JohnJonah and the whale: a model of death-resurrection discipleshipDeath isn’t the end. It’s the path to glory.💥 “Christ’s enemies are not people. His enemies are death, sin, and Satan.”🎁 Support rescue and transformation at: https://www.impactnations.com/monthly-giving-champions🛫 Join Tim in Pakistan or Uganda for a Journey of Compassion: https://www.impactnations.com/journeys-of-compassion📣 Share this episode, write a review, and subscribe so you don’t miss our Advent series and 2025 Genesis teaching journey!#ImpactNations #TheResurrectionSeries #KingdomNow #DeathAndResurrection #BiblicalTheology #EndTimes #HeavenOnEarth #GospelHope #JourneyOfCompassion #AdventSeries #TimStewart #SteveStewart

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• 11-5 - The Other Side of the Cross: Three Great Truths

  Send us a textIn this fifth episode of our Resurrection Series, Steve and Tim turn to Paul’s sweeping proclamation of the Gospel in 1 Corinthians 15—the “resurrection chapter.” They unpack what it means to have a living hope through the resurrection of Christ and why that matters for us today.Key topics include:The centrality of resurrection to the GospelPaul’s response to Greek dualism and modern misunderstandingsThe enemies of Christ: death, sin, and the powers (not people!)What Scripture and the Church Fathers say about resurrected bodiesThe difference between defeat and destruction of deathWhat “God will be all in all” really meansWhy our work today echoes into eternityQuote of the week:“The resurrection doesn’t point to an alternate reality—it invites us into the ultimate reality we’re already part of.”🟡 Join the global mission: https://www.impactnations.com/monthly-giving-champions📲 Subscribe to this podcast and leave us a review—your engagement helps spread the Gospel!#ResurrectionHope #1Corinthians15 #ImpactNationsPodcast #ChristusVictor #KingdomNow #ChristianTheology #GospelOfHope #DeathDefeated #NTWright #SteveStewart #TimStewart

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