Midweek Move

Why would the Holy Spirit warn Paul not to go somewhere if that's exactly where God was leading him? In part 3 of our student interview series, film school student Aleesia asks Pastor Dallas about Acts 21 — prophetic warnings, the Nazarite vow, and Paul's arrest and Roman citizenship reveal in Jerusalem.

This episode continues our special series where students from THP Students interview Pastor Dallas about the passages we're studying together, recorded and edited by the students themselves as part of our church Film School program.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & Welcome
1:10 - Acts 21: Paul Warned Not to Go to Jerusalem
4:22 - Agabus Prophesies With Paul's Belt
5:19 - Meeting With James and the Jerusalem Elders
9:23 - Why Paul Took the Nazarite Vow
15:36 - Paul's Arrest and Roman Citizenship Reveal
21:57 - Closing & How to Visit The Healing Place

Why did Paul travel by land instead of sailing straight to Jerusalem? In part 2 of our student interview series, film school student Farren asks Pastor Dallas about Acts 20, covering ministry stewardship, safety in numbers, and Paul's tearful farewell to the Ephesian elders.

This episode continues our special series where students from THP Students interview Pastor Dallas about the passages we're studying together, recorded and edited by the students themselves as part of our church Film School program.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & Welcome
1:12 - Acts 20:1-3: Paul Leaves Ephesus for Macedonia
1:50 - Why Paul Avoided Sailing Straight to Jerusalem
4:43 - Acts 20:13-15: The Voyage to Assos and Mitylene
5:28 - Why Paul Walked Instead of Sailing With the Group
6:22 - Acts 20:34-38: Paul's Farewell to the Elders
8:12 - Closing & How to Visit The Healing Place

What happens when you use the name of Jesus without actually knowing Him? In this episode, one of our students, Brayson, flips the format and asks the questions, walking Pastor Dallas through Paul's ministry in Ephesus, the strange story of the sons of Sceva, and the riot that broke out when the gospel started costing people money. We talk about whether there's a time to stop pouring into someone who won't receive it, why imitating faith isn't the same as having it, and how to preach truth even when it disrupts people's lives.

Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro & the new studio built by our student film school
1:32 – Brayson takes over: introducing Acts 19
2:06 – When do you stop trying to reach someone? (Acts 19:8-10)
6:06 – The Sons of Sceva: what went wrong when they used Jesus's name (Acts 19:11-20)
11:21 – The Ephesus riot: preaching truth even when it's a hindrance (Acts 19:23-27)
16:08 – Closing thoughts & how to reach us

Acts 18 takes Paul to Corinth — where he meets Aquila and Priscilla, preaches to Jews and Gentiles, and stays a year and a half longer than he wanted to. But the real story is what that investment quietly produced: the discipleship of Apollos, one of the most gifted men in the early church.

Carlos shares what that looks like today — including a trip to Dubai that changed how he understands what it costs to actually walk with someone.

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Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro & What's Coming to the Podcast
1:45 – Acts 18: Paul in Corinth, the Tent Maker, and a Year and a Half He Didn't Plan
5:00 – Apollos: Gifted, Eloquent, and Missing Something
6:20 – How Aquila and Priscilla Discipled Apollos (And What That Cost Them)
7:45 – The Fruit You Plant That Someone Else Gets to See
9:50 – Carlos's Story: Being an Apollos at The Healing Place
12:15 – The Dubai Trip: What Discipleship Looks Like When It Gets Real
17:00 – How Being Discipled Changes How You Invest in Others
18:30 – Who Has the Authority to Speak Into Your Life?
19:30 – Practical Discipleship: A Marvel vs. Capcom Game and What It Really Means
21:00 – Closing Thoughts: Pour It Out

Paul and Silas preach in Thessalonica, get run out of town, land in Berea, and Paul ends up alone in Athens, face to face with a city full of idols. The question tying it all together: how do you keep sharing your faith when it keeps costing you something?

In this episode, we walk through Acts 17 with Carlos Renfroe — covering the Bereans, Paul's Mars Hill moment, and why your identity in Christ is what keeps you standing when the outcome isn't guaranteed.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro
1:49 - Thessalonica: When the Gospel Starts a Riot
4:00 - The Bereans: How to Study the Bible the Right Way
5:48 - Paul in Athens and the Altar to the Unknown God
8:04 - How Do You Keep Going When Sharing Your Faith Gets Hard?
9:41 - Your Identity in Christ Is What Holds You Together
11:54 - The Be-Know-Do Framework and Closing

Why did Paul fight to free Timothy from the law — and then turn around and circumcise him? The answer reveals one of the most practical ministry principles in all of Acts.

In this episode, Dallas and Carlos walk through Acts 16 and unpack three movements that still speak directly to how we live today: Timothy's willingness to sacrifice for the sake of the gospel, Lydia's conversion and what it means to run your home and business as an act of worship, and Paul and Silas singing hymns at midnight in a prison cell — right before God shook the walls down.

Whether you're navigating tension between your faith and your culture, trying to figure out what it looks like to be a Christian in the workplace, or just need a reminder that God moves in the hard moments — this one is for you.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 — Intro & The Question: Why Did Paul Circumcise Timothy?
1:20 — Welcome & Recap of Acts 15
2:00 — Acts 16:1–5 | Meet Timothy: Dual Citizen, New Disciple
3:45 — Jewish Law 101: Why This Moment Is Complicated
5:00 — Paul's Strategy: Remove the Roadblocks, Not the Gospel
7:00 — Dallas's Story: The Ponytail, the Calling & What God Asked
10:15 — What Are You Willing to Give Up So the Gospel Has Room to Breathe?
12:00 — Corey's Story: Gauged Ears and a Mission Trip to Cambodia
13:00 — Acts 16:11–15 | Lydia: Seller of Purple
15:00 — How God Opens Hearts — and What Lydia Did With Hers
16:30 — Your Business, Your Home & Your Whole Life as an Act of Worship
18:20 — More Than a Jesus Fish: What Living It Out Actually Looks Like
19:00 — Acts 16:16–40 | The Slave Girl, the Demon & the Arrest
20:30 — A Real Warning About Divination (and Miss Cleo)
21:30 — Paul and Silas: Beaten, Chained & Still Singing
22:00 — The Earthquake, the Jailer & a Sword He Almost Used
23:45 — "What Must I Do to Be Saved?" — The Simplest Answer in Scripture
25:00 — What the Prisoners Heard Before the Miracle Happened
26:30 — A Whole Family Gets Saved: What God Does Through Obedience
27:30 — Final Thoughts: Don't Be Afraid of Sacrifice If It Points to Christ
28:10 — Closing & How to Connect with The Healing Place

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The Midweek Move is a weekly Bible study podcast from The Healing Place in Shreveport, Louisiana — examining scripture in context and asking: what is actually happening here?

Can church conflict actually be a good thing? In this week's Midweek Move, we dig into Acts 15 — one of the most defining moments in the early church — where a fight over salvation itself forced the apostles to clarify what the Gospel really is. Carlos Renfroe and Dallas Mora sit down to unpack the Jerusalem Council, explain why Jewish believers were adding circumcision to the requirements for salvation, and explore why cultural identity and spiritual identity are not the same thing. Plus — the moment Paul and Barnabas went separate ways over John Mark, and why that "split" may have been exactly what God intended to double the mission.

Timestamps:
0:00 — Intro: Can you add things to salvation?
0:28 — Welcome to the Midweek Move
0:49 — Pastor Scott on sabbath — a word to leaders: take a break
1:21 — Series update: finishing Acts with Carlos Renfroe
1:55 — The early church wasn't conflict-free either
2:49 — What is actually happening in Acts 15?
3:22 — Jews, Gentiles, and a clash of cultural identity
4:10 — Acts 15:1–2 (ESV) — "Unless you are circumcised, you cannot be saved"
4:28 — Why did Jewish believers feel they needed to add the Law to salvation?
6:19 — Faith, comfort, or control? The three reasons we add to the Gospel
7:43 — Circumcision as a marker of covenant identity — going back to Abraham
8:29 — When controlling the gates of heaven means controlling people
9:27 — Is this your faith being challenged, or just your comfort?
10:00 — The youth room story: discomfort vs. spiritual resistance
11:00 — Spiritual complacency is the enemy of growth
12:05 — Acts 15:19–20 — What the Jerusalem Council actually decided
13:09 — What the four restrictions were (and what they weren't)
14:05 — Acts 15:36–38 — Paul and Barnabas plan to revisit the churches
15:01 — The John Mark problem: why Paul said no
15:59 — Is this a church split? What actually happened
16:36 — God used their disagreement to cover more ground, faster
17:40 — Personal example: conflict with a spiritual father doesn't mean it's over
18:29 — Stay on mission — what matters is where your eyes are fixed
19:31 — Closing: Romans 10:9 — what salvation actually requires
20:05 — Connect with The Healing Place | thpshreveport.com | 8957 Kingston Rd, Shreveport, LA

What do you do when opposition turns violent — do you stay or do you go? And once someone comes to faith, what does it actually mean to disciple them? Pastors Scott Ethridge and Dallas Mora walk verse by verse through Acts 14, where Paul and Barnabas face a city divided, a stoning, and a long journey back to strengthen the churches they planted.

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Midweek Move is the podcast extension of The Healing Place, Shreveport, LA — where we examine the scriptures in context and ask: "What is happening here?"

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0:00 — Intro
0:21 — Welcome 
1:06 — Acts 14 intro: Paul and Barnabas in Iconium
1:37 — Acts 14:1–3 read aloud; the gospel divides the city
2:46 — Why opposition didn't stop Paul and Barnabas
3:38 — Expecting resistance: ministry with the bigger picture in mind
4:34 — "They stayed there a long time" — what boldness looks like under pressure
5:07 — When smooth execution is not the measure of God's presence
6:29 — The parallel: Jesus interrupted mid-sermon; the Holy Spirit blows it open
8:51 — Acts 14:5–7: when violence becomes premeditated — Paul and Barnabas flee
9:25 — Discernment vs. fear: how do you know when it's time to leave?
10:57 — When it's no longer a conversation — a real-world example
12:09 — Paul and Barnabas don't pull back the message; they take it to the next city
13:35 — Acts 14:8–20: idolatry in Lystra, Paul stoned and left for dead
14:03 — He got up and went back into the city
14:48 — Acts 14:21–28: making disciples, appointing elders, strengthening churches
15:12 — Is the follow-up as important as the initial gospel presentation?
16:01 — What happens when nobody disciples the people who get saved
17:09 — "TikTok Christians" — why discipleship can't be outsourced
17:44 — We may be discipling people who haven't actually been saved yet
18:24 — The difference between a teacher and a spiritual father or mother
20:37 — What discipleship actually looks like: modeled life, not just curriculum
24:19 — "Your ceiling is supposed to be their floor" — how true fathers lead
26:38 — Closing: Acts 15 preview + prayer request invitation