Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Who is shaping your faith—and whose faith are you helping shape? Spiritual maturity requires more than consuming sermons and Christian content. It grows through relationships with faithful believers who can model, correct, encourage, and walk alongside us.
Pastors Josh, Carlos, and Paul unpack the relationship between Paul and Timothy, explain how to find or become a spiritual parent, and examine whether apostles still exist in the church today. They also respond to cultural ideas about parental authority and show why Christians must use Scripture as the lens through which they understand the world.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why your heroes and influences shape your spiritual direction
• What Paul and Timothy teach us about spiritual fathers and sons
• How to find a mature Christian who can help you grow
• How to become a spiritual mother or father to someone else
• The difference between the original apostles and apostolic ministry today
• Why parents carry primary responsibility for discipling their children
• How to recognize cultural arguments that conflict with biblical truth
Stand firm. Think biblically. Live free.
✝️ Find out what DID make it into the sermon: youtu.be/R8tuE7FKYt8
💬 This week’s giveaway: Comment HAT
🧢 Want a Live Free hat of your own? Visit LiveFree.shop
📲 Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Check out the Lakepointe App to access our Discipleship Guide, daily Bible reading plan, and more. Text APP to 20411 to download
00:00:00 - Coming Up...
00:00:16 - Join Us for Church Online!
00:01:05 - Robert Moore: The Listener Who Breathed God's Name Through a Health Crisis
00:02:21 - At the Movies Recap: Over 4,200 Salvations
00:05:20 - Fight the Good Fight: Kicking Off 9 Weeks in 2 Timothy
00:06:12 - Pastor Josh’s Problem with Forrest Frank
00:10:20 - The Odyssey & the Gospel: How a Pagan Myth Points to Jesus
00:14:11 - What Didn't Make the Sermon: Paul's Prison Cell & 2 Timothy
00:19:34 - Did the Apostle Paul Have Dwarfism?
00:26:32 - 9 Fast Facts About Timothy
00:44:10 - How to Find a Spiritual Father or Mother
00:53:01 - Join Us to Serve at Lakepointe Church!
00:53:55 - Impartation, Exhortation & Affirmation: What Spiritual Fatherhood Looks Like
01:05:19 - Are There Still Apostles Today? 4 Views Explained
01:25:02 - Junia in Romans 16: Was She an Apostle?
01:32:26 - Progressivism, Marxism & the War on the Family
01:41:07 - Why "Uneducated" People Rarely Fall for Bad Ideas: C.S. Lewis Predicted This
01:48:35 - Closing Prayer
#livefreepodcast #lakepointechurch #joshhowerton #podcast #christian #bible
Who is shaping your faith—and whose faith are you helping shape? Spiritual maturity requires more than consuming sermons and Christian content. It grows through relationships with faithful believers who can model, correct, encourage, and walk alongside us.
Pastors Josh, Carlos, and Paul unpack the relationship between Paul and Timothy, explain how to find or become a spiritual parent, and examine whether apostles still exist in the church today. They also respond to cultural ideas about parental authority and show why Christians must use Scripture as the lens through which they understand the world.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why your heroes and influences shape your spiritual direction
• What Paul and Timothy teach us about spiritual fathers and sons
• How to find a mature Christian who can help you grow
• How to become a spiritual mother or father to someone else
• The difference between the original apostles and apostolic ministry today
• Why parents carry primary responsibility for discipling their children
• How to recognize cultural arguments that conflict with biblical truth
Stand firm. Think biblically. Live free.
✝️ Find out what DID make it into the sermon: youtu.be/R8tuE7FKYt8
💬 This week’s giveaway: Comment HAT
🧢 Want a Live Free hat of your own? Visit LiveFree.shop
📲 Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Check out the Lakepointe App to access our Discipleship Guide, daily Bible reading plan, and more. Text APP to 20411 to download
00:00:00 - Coming Up...
00:00:16 - Join Us for Church Online!
00:01:05 - Robert Moore: The Listener Who Breathed God's Name Through a Health Crisis
00:02:21 - At the Movies Recap: Over 4,200 Salvations
00:05:20 - Fight the Good Fight: Kicking Off 9 Weeks in 2 Timothy
00:06:12 - Pastor Josh’s Problem with Forrest Frank
00:10:20 - The Odyssey & the Gospel: How a Pagan Myth Points to Jesus
00:14:11 - What Didn't Make the Sermon: Paul's Prison Cell & 2 Timothy
00:19:34 - Did the Apostle Paul Have Dwarfism?
00:26:32 - 9 Fast Facts About Timothy
00:44:10 - How to Find a Spiritual Father or Mother
00:53:01 - Join Us to Serve at Lakepointe Church!
00:53:55 - Impartation, Exhortation & Affirmation: What Spiritual Fatherhood Looks Like
01:05:19 - Are There Still Apostles Today? 4 Views Explained
01:25:02 - Junia in Romans 16: Was She an Apostle?
01:32:26 - Progressivism, Marxism & the War on the Family
01:41:07 - Why "Uneducated" People Rarely Fall for Bad Ideas: C.S. Lewis Predicted This
01:48:35 - Closing Prayer
#livefreepodcast #lakepointechurch #joshhowerton #podcast #christian #bible
