Produced by Cornerstone Church of Ames, The Equip Podcast is designed to provide insight, resources and Biblical wisdom to help us live faithful and fruitful lives together.
Latest episodes
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21 min
Why and How to Read the Old Testament
Most Bible reading plans include an Old Testament column, but strange names, ancient customs, and unfamiliar history can make it the hardest part to read well. In this episode, Mar…
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26 min
Grow to Go: What Does Healthy Church Growth Look Like? w/ Alex Tuckness
Mark sits down with Alex Tuckness, Iowa State professor and longtime Cornerstone elder, to talk honestly about church growth. They trace Cornerstone's history, talk about church gr…
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33 min
Essentials of the Local Church: Leadership
In the final episode of the Essentials of the Local Church series, Mark and Emily talk about church leadership. Mark explains why Cornerstone is led by a plurality of elders, what…
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27 min
Essentials of the Local Church: Communion
Mark and Emily continue the Essentials of the Local Church series by digging into communion. They explore why a God who loves remembrance gave his people a repeated meal, what Paul…
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38 min
Essentials of the Local Church: Baptism
Mark and Emily continue the Essentials of the Local Church series by digging into baptism: what it is, why the church practices it, and what the Bible actually says about it. Mark…
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23 min
Essentials of the Local Church: Prayer
In this episode of the Essentials of the Local Church series, Mark and Emily get personal about prayer: naming the excuses, fears, and false theology that keep even seasoned believ…
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25 min
Essentials of the Local Church: Gathering on Sundays
In this episode of the Essentials of the Local Church series, Mark and Emily dig into a question every Christian eventually asks: why do we actually gather on Sundays, and what mak…
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28 min
Essentials of the Local Church: Gospel Friendship
In this first episode of a new series, Essentials of the Local Church, Mark and Emily introduce the "why" behind the series and dig into the first essential: Gospel Friendship. The…
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27 min
The Gospel Way with Trevin Wax: Ask Trevin Anything (Pt. 2)
In part two of this special series, Mark and Emily bring Trevin Wax back for an unscripted Q&A, pulling questions straight from his own writing and years of curiosity built up over…
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22 min
The Gospel Way with Trevin Wax: Why We Need a Catechism (Pt. 1)
In part one of a special two-part series, Mark and Emily sit down with author and pastor Trevin Wax to introduce The Gospel Way Catechism, a new 50-question resource he co-wrote wi…
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30 min
Building Spiritual Habits That Last (with Hannah Beth Gilbert & Chelle Lambert)
Mark sits down with Chelle Lambert and Hannah Beth Gilbert, two Salt Company staff members who've actually lived with the Spiritual Workout Plan, not just recommended it. They get…
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26 min
How Does Cornerstone Decide What to Teach? Introducing The Gospel Way
Mark and Emily pull back the curtain on how Cornerstone decides what to preach and introduce the church's new series through The Gospel Way. Mark walks through the history and phil…
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32 min
Ask Mark Anything: Dating Age Gaps, The Shroud of Turin & More
In this Ask Mark Anything episode of the Equip Podcast, Emily puts Mark in the hot seat for a round of listener questions kicked off with a back-to-school theme. From dating age ga…
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25 min
The Church Is the Answer to Iowa's Foster Care Crisis with Mel Pearson
In this episode of the Equip Podcast, Mark Vance sits down with Mel Pearson, who leads City Ministry at Cornerstone Church, to talk about the real state of foster care in Iowa righ…
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21 min
21 Days of Prayer: Praying for a Move of God This Fall
In this episode of the Equip Podcast, Mark and Emily introduce 21 Days of Prayer, a church-wide season of focused, kingdom-centered prayer leading into the fall semester. They talk…
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28 min
Sins We Tolerate: Sins of the Tongue
In the final part of the Sins We Tolerate series, Mark and Emily tackle a sin so common we barely notice it: the sins of the tongue. They unpack why our words are never neutral, al…
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23 min
Sins We Tolerate: Sloth
In this episode of the Equip Podcast, part of the Sins We Tolerate series, Mark and Emily turn to sloth, the "sister sin" to gluttony. They define sloth not simply as laziness, but…
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25 min
Sins We Tolerate: Gluttony
In this episode of the Equip Podcast, Mark flips the script, handing the mic to Emily Jensen to walk through the third entry in their series on hidden, respectable sins: gluttony.…
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19 min
What Does Christian Patriotism Look Like?
In this special Fourth of July episode of the Equip Podcast, Mark reflects on patriotism, love of country, and what it means for Christians to hold citizenship in heaven while livi…
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31 min
Sins We Tolerate: Judgement
In this episode, Mark and Emily kick off a brand new series called Since We Tolerate, a look at the "respectable sins" Christians often overlook or excuse. They start with one of t…