Midweek Move

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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Website: www.thpshreveport.com 
Questions or prayer requests: mediahub@thpshreveport.com 

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

Most people pair apostles with prophets, pastors with teachers. Acts 13 verse 1 puts prophets and teachers in the same room — and uses them together to change the history of the church. Pastor Scott Ethridge and Carlos Renfroe dig into why that combination matters more than we've been taught.

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Connect With The Healing Place
Website: www.thpshreveport.com 
Questions or prayer requests: mediahub@thpshreveport.com

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 — Cold open: "Prophets and teachers together. Really?"
0:21 — Welcome + Acts 13 intro; why this chapter matters
1:12 — Acts 13:1–3 read aloud by Carlos; the unusual pairing of prophets and teachers
2:16 — Breaking down the leaders: Simeon called Niger, Lucius, Manaen (who grew up with Herod), Barnabas, Saul
3:36 — Manaen and Herod: same upbringing, completely different paths
4:05 — "They ministered to the Lord" — not to each other; what that distinction means
4:11 — Why prayer and fasting matters before major decisions
5:14 — Fasting as a denial of the flesh: "giving up something in the physical to receive something in the spiritual"
6:15 — The test that comes with fasting (the pork loin story)
7:40 — How a "no" during a fast becomes a supernatural response
8:01 — The church's posture toward the Holy Spirit's direction
9:07 — Acts 13:4–12: Barnabas and Saul sent out; they arrive at Salamis
9:43 — Sergius Paulus and Bar-Jesus (Elymas): a false prophet trying to block the true gospel
11:02 — Paul filled with the Spirit confronts Elymas — and why his response wasn't from the flesh
12:08 — Paul strikes Elymas blind; the proconsul believes
13:26 — "We never know who is listening" — the lesson from Paul's obedience
13:46 — Acts 13:13–52: preaching to the Jews first, then calling the Gentiles
14:21 — "Shaking the dust" — they're following Jesus, not the Law
14:40 — Persecution producing joy and the Holy Spirit
15:06 — The recurring theme: every attempt to stop the work of God multiplies it
15:50 — A real-world story from Nigeria: a non-believer refuses to denounce Christ after watching believers stand firm
16:36 — How God uses our response in difficulty, not just the difficulty itself
17:12 — Final thought: the Word of God grows and multiplies through what looks like opposition

They prayed all night for Peter. When he showed up at the door, they told the girl she was imagining things.

Acts 12 walks through Herod's persecution of the early church, the death of James, Peter's arrest and release, and what the church's response to all of it reveals about where their faith had landed. Pastor Scott Ethridge and Carlos Renfroe break it down verse by verse.

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00:00 Intro
00:47 Welcome / Acts 11 recap
01:12 What's different about Acts 12
02:03 Reading Acts 12:1-4
02:46 Herod's political calculation
04:13 Why James and not Peter?
05:53 James: First of the Twelve martyred
07:14 How persecution fueled the church
08:31 Peter's release
09:20 Prayer and church maturity
10:17 Rhoda at the door
17:43 Praying earnestly
18:03 Acts 12:24 — the Word grew and multiplied
19:16 Close / Acts 13 preview

What happens when God opens a door you didn't want — and your community pushes back?
In Acts 11, Peter returns to Jerusalem and immediately faces criticism — not for what God did, but for where Peter was when He did it. The tension between religious tradition and a fresh move of God is as real today as it was then.
This week on Midweek Move, we dig into what it actually looks like to recognize God's hand in something unexpected — and what it costs to say yes.
Ask yourself this week:

Is there a door God has opened that you've been hesitant to walk through?
How do you know when something is truly from God — and not just your own desire?

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction
0:22 Why Following God Gets Uncomfortable
3:43 Acts 11 — When the Church Pushed Back on Peter
7:33 What Do You Do When You Hit a Threshold?
10:02 How Peter Defended What God Did
12:08 If God Is In It, Don't Fight It
14:11 The Humble Response That Changes Everything
16:35 When the Prophetic Becomes Practical
17:31 Closing — Natural Meets Supernatural