Counterfeit Kingdoms - Pastor Tara Beth Leach

Counterfeit Kingdoms - Pastor Tara Beth Leach

What if the "beast" in Revelation isn't just about the future—but about the things competing for your loyalty today? This week, Pastor Tara Beth Leach joins host Ross Cochran to unpack one of the most challenging chapters in Revelation and explores how counterfeit kingdoms quietly shape our hearts. Together they discuss wisdom, political identity, Christian nationalism, social media algorithms, and the subtle ways we can begin giving our allegiance to something other than Jesus. SHOW NOTES The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together. We’d love to meet you! Email us [communications@goodshepherd-naperville.org], check out our website [http://gshepchurch.org], and come worship with us [https://gshepchurch.org/plan-your-visit]! We are moving forward in faith. Join us. [https://gshepchurch.org/forward] Get your copy of Dr. Scot McKnight’s book that has influenced our series, Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple [https://www.amazon.com/Revelation-Rest-Us-Prophetic-Dissident/dp/0310135788/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_image?pd_rd_w=89s4w&content-id=amzn1.sym.781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273%3Aamzn1.symc.c3d5766d-b606-46b8-ab07-1d9d1da0638a&pf_rd_p=781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273&pf_rd_r=NN2DQ9N5KWZ2BVWE13KA&pd_rd_wg=cfu1B&pd_rd_r=8dc93c5f-0c58-4dba-9aaa-9ee8e2229421&pd_rd_i=0310135788] Check out this conversation between host Ross Cochran [https://youtu.be/tEmHTIgtgRM?si=N8JzftOfBnqCkcoa] and Dr. Scot McKnight, author of the book Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple [https://www.amazon.com/Revelation-Rest-Us-Prophetic-Dissident/dp/0310135788/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_image?pd_rd_w=89s4w&content-id=amzn1.sym.781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273%3Aamzn1.symc.c3d5766d-b606-46b8-ab07-1d9d1da0638a&pf_rd_p=781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273&pf_rd_r=NN2DQ9N5KWZ2BVWE13KA&pd_rd_wg=cfu1B&pd_rd_r=8dc93c5f-0c58-4dba-9aaa-9ee8e2229421&pd_rd_i=0310135788].

Sermon Replay: 7.5.26 - Pastor Tara Beth Leach

Pastor Tara Beth continues our teaching series on the book of Revelation.  SHOW NOTES The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together. We’d love to meet you! Email us [communications@goodshepherd-naperville.org], check out our website [http://gshepchurch.org], and come worship with us [https://gshepchurch.org/plan-your-visit]! We are moving forward in faith. Join us. [https://gshepchurch.org/forward] Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday July 5 in our Sanctuary and you can watch it here. Get your copy of Dr. Scot McKnight’s book that has influenced our series, Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple [https://www.amazon.com/Revelation-Rest-Us-Prophetic-Dissident/dp/0310135788/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_image?pd_rd_w=89s4w&content-id=amzn1.sym.781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273%3Aamzn1.symc.c3d5766d-b606-46b8-ab07-1d9d1da0638a&pf_rd_p=781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273&pf_rd_r=NN2DQ9N5KWZ2BVWE13KA&pd_rd_wg=cfu1B&pd_rd_r=8dc93c5f-0c58-4dba-9aaa-9ee8e2229421&pd_rd_i=0310135788] Check out this conversation between host Ross Cochran [https://youtu.be/tEmHTIgtgRM?si=N8JzftOfBnqCkcoa] and Dr. Scot McKnight, author of the book Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple [https://www.amazon.com/Revelation-Rest-Us-Prophetic-Dissident/dp/0310135788/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_image?pd_rd_w=89s4w&content-id=amzn1.sym.781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273%3Aamzn1.symc.c3d5766d-b606-46b8-ab07-1d9d1da0638a&pf_rd_p=781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273&pf_rd_r=NN2DQ9N5KWZ2BVWE13KA&pd_rd_wg=cfu1B&pd_rd_r=8dc93c5f-0c58-4dba-9aaa-9ee8e2229421&pd_rd_i=0310135788].

Meet Pastor Tim Nybroten

On a special episode of the podcast, we wanted to make sure you didn't miss the chance to meet Pastor Tim Nybroten. He'll be joining the Good Shepherd staff in August, and he joined Pastor Tara Beth for an extensive Q+A about his career, personal life, and why he's looking forward to joining the Good Shepherd community. Thanks for listening, and have a happy 4th of July weekend! SHOW NOTES The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together. We’d love to meet you! Email us [communications@goodshepherd-naperville.org], check out our website [http://gshepchurch.org], and come worship with us [https://gshepchurch.org/plan-your-visit]! We are moving forward in faith. Join us. [https://gshepchurch.org/forward] You can watch the conversation between Pastor Tim and Pastor Tara Beth here. [https://www.youtube.com/live/kIBYAodWlFU?si=LHTMNcZ7g7euPtEf]

Sermon Replay: 6.28.26 - Pastor Elisabeth Lectka

Pastor Elisabeth Lectka continues our series on Revelation. SHOW NOTES The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together. We’d love to meet you! Email us [communications@goodshepherd-naperville.org], check out our website [http://gshepchurch.org], and come worship with us [https://gshepchurch.org/plan-your-visit]! We are moving forward in faith. Join us. [https://gshepchurch.org/forward] Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday June 28 in our Chapel and you can watch it here. [https://www.youtube.com/live/G3gh4H6PoLM?si=KF2G7MmSJZiZIf5o] Get your copy of Dr. Scot McKnight’s book that has influenced our series, Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple [https://www.amazon.com/Revelation-Rest-Us-Prophetic-Dissident/dp/0310135788/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_image?pd_rd_w=89s4w&content-id=amzn1.sym.781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273%3Aamzn1.symc.c3d5766d-b606-46b8-ab07-1d9d1da0638a&pf_rd_p=781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273&pf_rd_r=NN2DQ9N5KWZ2BVWE13KA&pd_rd_wg=cfu1B&pd_rd_r=8dc93c5f-0c58-4dba-9aaa-9ee8e2229421&pd_rd_i=0310135788] Check out this conversation between host Ross Cochran [https://youtu.be/tEmHTIgtgRM?si=N8JzftOfBnqCkcoa] and Dr. Scot McKnight, author of the book Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple [https://www.amazon.com/Revelation-Rest-Us-Prophetic-Dissident/dp/0310135788/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_image?pd_rd_w=89s4w&content-id=amzn1.sym.781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273%3Aamzn1.symc.c3d5766d-b606-46b8-ab07-1d9d1da0638a&pf_rd_p=781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273&pf_rd_r=NN2DQ9N5KWZ2BVWE13KA&pd_rd_wg=cfu1B&pd_rd_r=8dc93c5f-0c58-4dba-9aaa-9ee8e2229421&pd_rd_i=0310135788].

Sermon Replay: 6.28.26 - Pastor Tara Beth Leach

Pastor Tara Beth continues our series on Revelation, and opens up our Sanctuary for Contemporary Worship. SHOW NOTES The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together. We’d love to meet you! Email us [communications@goodshepherd-naperville.org], check out our website [http://gshepchurch.org], and come worship with us [https://gshepchurch.org/plan-your-visit]! We are moving forward in faith. Join us. [https://gshepchurch.org/forward] Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday June 28 in our Sanctuary and you can watch it here. [https://www.youtube.com/live/I38PSGsG1Bw?si=TVImbDSLYppFku5R] Get your copy of Dr. Scot McKnight’s book that has influenced our series, Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple [https://www.amazon.com/Revelation-Rest-Us-Prophetic-Dissident/dp/0310135788/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_image?pd_rd_w=89s4w&content-id=amzn1.sym.781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273%3Aamzn1.symc.c3d5766d-b606-46b8-ab07-1d9d1da0638a&pf_rd_p=781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273&pf_rd_r=NN2DQ9N5KWZ2BVWE13KA&pd_rd_wg=cfu1B&pd_rd_r=8dc93c5f-0c58-4dba-9aaa-9ee8e2229421&pd_rd_i=0310135788] Check out this conversation between host Ross Cochran [https://youtu.be/tEmHTIgtgRM?si=N8JzftOfBnqCkcoa] and Dr. Scot McKnight, author of the book Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple [https://www.amazon.com/Revelation-Rest-Us-Prophetic-Dissident/dp/0310135788/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_image?pd_rd_w=89s4w&content-id=amzn1.sym.781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273%3Aamzn1.symc.c3d5766d-b606-46b8-ab07-1d9d1da0638a&pf_rd_p=781fe6e1-9487-4a74-b81e-5a879e5ec273&pf_rd_r=NN2DQ9N5KWZ2BVWE13KA&pd_rd_wg=cfu1B&pd_rd_r=8dc93c5f-0c58-4dba-9aaa-9ee8e2229421&pd_rd_i=0310135788].