Mercy Culture

Noleen Sedra is back on Holy Disruption, and this time she and Heather Schott are breaking down Islam — not as a religion, but as what Noleen argues it actually is: a political ideology with no concept of freedom. Co-founder of Echo Church in Sydney alongside her Egyptian-born husband Andrew, Noleen has spent years debating Muslims and studying the Quran, and she walks through what the text says about women, child marriage, jihad, and the "infidels" — and why she believes the so-called radicals are simply the faithful ones. This is a conversation most Christians are afraid to have. Heather, Jasmine and Noleen go there anyway: why the West is romanticizing Islam, how Christian freedom is being used as a loophole, what's happening in Egypt, Iran, and Columbus, Ohio — and four practical ways to actually share Jesus with a Muslim friend. It ends with intercession for America and the women of Iran.

Spiritual battles require spiritual strategies. In “Your War Cry is a Weapon,” Senior Lead Pastor Landon Schott teaches how holy ground prepares us for spiritual warfare—and how a true war cry is not simply a loud shout, but an expression of faith, obedience, and agreement with God. Discover how surrendering to the Commander, dying to the flesh, and being filled with the Holy Spirit prepares you to become an instrument God can use in battle.

Most of us picture spiritual warfare as getting louder and more aggressive. What if winning the fight starts with going lower?

In this episode, we continue our series on spiritual warfare and look at James 4:1-7, where the battle is described as the war inside us over who rules our will. We start by clearing up a common mix-up: humility is not timidity. Jesus flipped tables and David faced Goliath, and neither of them stopped being humble when they started being bold.

From there we look at what keeps us from humility: pride, which blinds us to ourselves and puts us in opposition to God, insecurity, which convinces us God can't use us, and false humility, which tries to make itself low without God's help. Then we cover four practical ways to walk in humility: daily encounters with God, seeing yourself the way He sees you, going low in service, and giving Him the glory.

The key point of the message is this: submission isn't preparation for spiritual warfare, it is spiritual warfare. Humility-based warfare means coming under God's authority so you can fight from His victory.

Hear Pastor Les Cody teach us how to identify and combat the spirit of Jezebel in our lives!