Outside of Sunday

Christa

New Zealand-based Christian women's podcast with a focus on the bible, mum-life and pursuing Jesus outside of Sunday. From in-depth bible studies to biblical takes on local current affairs and personal struggles - nothing is off limits. Hosted by Christa.

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Message from Christa: Upcoming LIVE Event

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09/22/24 • 2 min

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Hey Outsiders! We are having a special LIVE event and I'd love for you to join us. Starting at 6am on Saturday 28th September I’m going to read the whole New Testament LIVE on all our social media platforms. It’s going to take approx 18hrs meaning I should be finished by around 1-2am the following morning.
The more people we can get engaged with Outside of Sunday, the more the social media algorithms will get this content in front of New Zealand and the world! I hope you will join us. Please share with your Christian friends and community. Saturday 28.09.24 - I’ll see you there!!

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Episode 33 - Biblical Transgender?

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10/26/22 • 45 min

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In this episode we are going to be looking at 3 sections/passages of scripture that people have been using to ‘prove’ that the bible actually supports transgenderism. One is the creation account in Genesis, then its Jesus’s comments on eunuchs which is found in Matthew 19 and finally Romans 12:2.
Now it may or may not surprise you to know that some transgender activists are using certain verses in the bible as ‘evidence’ that the bible supports gender diversity and transgenderism as a whole. These are not pastors or church leaders, they are activists who want to clear any objections to the transgender ideology and lifestyle.
Now before we get into their arguments, let’s start with the basics...
I think we all realise that you won’t find the word ‘transgender’ anywhere in the bible. What we will find is plenty of text that shows us the biblical stance on the topic. This is good. And that’s the bible for you - honestly, the answer to any question you have about life and faith, God has put it right there in that dusty bible on your bookcase, we just have to crack it open and have a proper look.
One word - context. Context is sooooo important. And that’s because just like we are going to look through and find the truth about transgenderism in the bible. Transgender activists are looking through the same bible, pulling verses out of context to ‘prove’ that the bible actually affirms/supports transgenderism.
As Christians we should look to the bible to shape our worldview and opinions, not take our worldview and opinions to the bible – and try to force them to fit by taking verses out of context and twisting the meaning of scripture.
So let’s start our investigation of the biblical stance on transgenderism by looking at the book of Matthew, chapter 19.
In the first part of the chapter Jesus is asked by some Pharisees about divorce. And instead of immediately replying with his answer about the divorce issue he says this:
Matthew 19:4
Jesus answered, “ Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
So here we have Jesus, the person on whom Christianity hangs, affirming what is recorded in Genesis. Gender binary. That God created us male and female. Jesus is quoting Genesis 1:27: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. This seems like a pretty open and shut case right there. No gender spectrum, only a gender binary - male and female. Established by God in Genesis, affirmed by Jesus here in the book Matthew.
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Episode 85 - Cora Dawson: How to have THAT Conversation with Your Husband

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11/19/24 • 80 min

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In this week’s episode we are diving into the intricate dynamics of faith and marriage, with practical wisdom from Team and Personal Mentor Cora Dawson of Restoring Connections. We begin the episode with Cora reflecting on growing up in France and how her faith has evolved over nearly three decades, sharing the contrast between the passion of fresh belief and the endurance required for a long walk with Christ.
In the second half of the episode we get to sit in on what feels like a personal coaching session with Cora, as she draws from her expertise to guide us through how to approach sensitive topics—like pornography addiction—with grace and love. Her gift for communication shines through the whole episode as she shares practical, empowering advice to help listeners navigate tough conversations, while maintaining and building connection in our relationships.
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0:00 - Coming up
1:00 - Intro
8:58 - Growing up in France and the beginning of a faith journey
15:28 - Exploring the contrast between fresh faith and 29 years of walking with Christ
18:43 - Parallels between a relationship with God and married life
19:13 - Cora shares how she met Matt
22:58 - Facing challenges and conflicts in married life
24:50 - Learning the meaning of tested love
25:40 - Practical advice on how to navigate hard conversations
27:15 - Has pornography ever been an issue in your marriage?
30:22 - Discussing sexuality: Is it a need or a gift?
36:10 - Understanding Job 31 and its relevance for men today
36:51 - God's introduction of Eve to Adam
38:30 - Coping with difficult seasons in marriage and tips for discussing sensitive topics like pornography
44:12 - Preparing your heart and mind for challenging conversations
50:58 - Choosing the right time to have a serious discussion
57:50 - Differentiating between communication and manipulation in relationships
59:15 - What to do if past conversations haven’t worked: Setting healthy boundaries
1:03:50 - Learning to love even when you’re hurt
1:10:50 - Finding follow-up support after tough discussions
1:14:04 - How a personal relationship with the Lord strengthens a marriage
1:17:30 - How Cora lives her faith outside of Sunday

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Episode 40 - 5 Ways to Point Others to Christ this Christmas

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12/06/23 • 11 min

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This is the Outside of Sunday ‘Christmas Series’. In the lead up to Christmas we are going to be looking at some of the most controversial and curious questions surrounding Christmas. And today we are actually going to do something a little off-script - I’m going to share with you 5 ways to point others to Christ this Christmas.

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Episode 34 - Book Review: The Pilgrim's Progress

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03/29/23 • 14 min

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Welcome to the Outside of Sunday Podcast. This episode is the first book review for the podcast and our first book is - The Pilgrim's Progress.

The Pilgrim's Progress is a classic Christian allegory. An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. The Pilgrim's Progress is not only a Christian classic, but it has been described as the ultimate English classic, a book that has been continuously in print, from its first publication in 1678 to the present day. And despite the wide gap in time (almost 350 years) from the author to the modern 2023 reader it remains relevant. Not only relevant but helpful, inspiring, challenging and encouraging. The guardian newspaper (non-Christian newspaper) made it number 1 in their ‘top 100 best novels’:

“There's no book in English, apart from the Bible, to equal Bunyan's masterpiece for the range of its readership, or its influence on writers as diverse as William Thackeray, Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, CS Lewis, John Steinbeck and even Enid Blyton.” - The Guardian

If you are looking for a feel-good Christian book telling you how wonderful you are and how pleasant the Christian life is, or how to prosper financially as a Christian in the world this is not the book you are looking for. But I hope it’s the book you find. The Pilgrim's Progress cuts to the heart of Christianity and if you let it, it will shape your Christian walk for the better.

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Episode 76 - Winnie McClutchie, Part 2: Escaping Drug Addiction & Debt

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09/17/24 • 51 min

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In this episode, Winnie shares more of her powerful testimony. Winnie talks about being able to trust her children to her abusive mother, her half-siblings being kidnapped, and her struggles with alcohol and meth addiction. But through it all, Jesus was calling her back, and in 2014, she rededicated her life to Christ, committing to serve Him no matter what.
Winnie also reflects on God's provision during tough times and her journey out of debt with the help of Christians Against Poverty (CAP). We end the episode discussing the concept of taking thoughts captive to Christ, Winnie answers a listener's question and shares how she’s living her faith outside of Sunday. It's an inspiring and hope-filled conclusion to Winnie's heart-wrenching testimony of abuse and poverty - you don't want to miss this!
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0:00 - Previously
0:54 - Intro
1:09 - Trusting her babies to her abusive mother
1:48 - Winnie's older half-siblings kidnapped by their father
5:12 - Becoming an alcoholic after having her first drink at 4 years old
6:06 - Overcoming meth and alcohol addiction
10:28 - Jesus says 'come to me'
13:12 - Re-dedicating her life to Christ in 2014
20:06 - Choosing to serve the Lord no matter what
21:34 - The Kawerau Revival 2014
24:06 - God will give you all the things you need, not all that you want
26:49 - Miraculous healing
28:45 - God showed he was with Winnie always
29:37 - Debt catches up with Winnie
30:43 - Black market loan sharks
32:56 - Getting out of debt with the help of Christians Against Poverty (CAP)
35:33 - The power and gift of repentance
41:06 - Taking thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ
44:49 - Message for the listeners
46:32 - What is one piece of advice you would give to your younger self?
48:39 - How is Winnie living her faith Outside of Sunday?
49:58 - Coming up next week

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Episode 31 - Why go to Church?

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06/14/22 • 43 min

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Welcome to this episode of the Outside of Sunday Podcast. This week we are asking the question - why go to church? And we will be addressing a recent scandal in the NZ church.
With the COVID lockdowns shaking up how we do church, and more scandals coming to light within the wider Christian community. Why should we bother? My faith is in Jesus, not church. Wouldn’t it just be better to hang out with our Christian friends on a Sunday and watch a message together on YouTube? Or even just at home on our own? Do a little bible reading and then get on with the day. Why go to church?
I have been so tempted to do just that. Hang out with my Christian friends every Sunday, watch a message together online and just spend time in fellowship. We did do a bit of that over lockdown, but there's a reason why it stopped and why we don’t do that every Sunday. There’s no verse that says we have to go to church every week - so why should we do it?
And what about the scandals? Why go to church when the pastor is just going to let you down?
I’ve been praying about it for a while; what should I sayin this episode. Because I feel like I need to address what’s going on with Arise church. This is not something I am doing lightly, I’ve been very prayerful about it and I feel like there is something to be said.
We have all heard by now that the senior pastors of Arise have been facing a major scandal within their church, and have resigned. I’m not going to outline exactly what happened, the accusations are wide ranging, but it boils down to this: there were multiple, major moral failures by certain pastors and the victims of those moral failures have brought their stories to light through a secular journalist.
This is a terrible thing. But it is good that this has come out. Sin should always be brought to the light.

Ephesians 5:11-13

11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.

James 5:16 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
So yes, I think it’s good that this has all come to the light.
What is not good however, and what I find disgraceful about the situation (in addition to what we are hearing in the reports), is that it wasn’t brought to the light by the ones who needed to confess, repent and face the consequences of their sin. The pastors themselves should have been the ones to expose their sin. Instead, it was brought to the light by an unbeliever - it’s not only a shameful thing for the Christian community that it happened that way, it’s a tragedy for those who are the victims. I can’t even begin to imagine how alone, how unheard and how desperate the people affected must have felt to not be able to have their claims heard and addressed within the church.
Everything should be brought to the light. I understand that the full extent of the abuse allegations have not been revealed because some of the victims were required to sign NDA

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Episode 28 - The Daughter of Zion, pt 3

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03/23/22 • 30 min

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This is now the third and final part of our study of the Daughter of Zion. In part one we saw the Daughter of Zion’s birth through the prophetic words of the prophet Isaiah. Although her past actions were sinful and full of idolatry, she comes to God in repentance and because of that God accepts her and sees her as His precious, pure daughter and he calls her Virgin Daughter Zion.

In part two of our study we read about the betrothal of Daughter Zion. The Daughter of Zion has come of age. She is betrothed to a ‘Lord who will take delight in her’. A prophetic word about the coming Messiah, Jesus. But then, almost just as soon as the engagement has been proclaimed, Israel, Daughter Zion once again rebels and sins greatly against God. The bride has ignored her commitment to her future husband and has instead committed adultery repeatedly. Although He is willing to reconcile, the Daughter of Zion is not. She has rejected her husband-to-be. And so God issues her a certificate of divorce, and hands Daughter Zion over for just judgment. Israel is exiled and Jerusalem is destroyed. Zion, the heartbeat of Israel, is lost. The Daughter of Zion is no more.

Welcome back to the Outside of Sunday Podcast. This is a podcast for women, a bible study and one-sided conversation to encourage you to get outside of Sunday. Jesus doesn’t live in your church; His Holy Spirit lives in His people, in you! Yes, go to church, but don’t save everything for Sunday. Take your worship outside of Sunday, your bible reading outside of Sunday, your prayer life outside of Sunday. I’m not a pastor or a theologian, I definitely don’t have it all together. But I love the Lord. I am passionate about His word and I want to spend my life bringing as much glory to Him as I possibly can. I hope that this podcast can help you to pursue our Lord, and grow in your faith, outside of Sunday.

Alrighty, let’s get into the conclusion of our study of the Daughter of Zion.

The heartbeat of Israel is still. There’s no blip on the monitor. When we left our study last week we were in the book of Jeremiah. The book immediately following Jeremiah is the book of Lamentations. A book of lament. And it’s pretty much all about the Daughter of Zion. A lament is a passionate expression of sorrow or grief. The anonymous writer is lamenting, mourning over the fall of Jerusalem, the Daughter of Zion. Listen to this:

Lamentations 1:4-6

The roads to Zion mourn,

for no one comes to her appointed festivals.

All her gateways are desolate,

her priests groan,

her young women grieve,

and she is in bitter anguish.

5 Her foes have become her masters;

her enemies are at ease.

The Lord has brought her grief

because of her many sins.

Her children have gone into exile,

captive before the foe.

6 All the splendor has departed

from Daughter Zion.

Her princes are like deer

that find no pasture;

in weakness they have fled

before

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Episode 19 - Struggling with Sin and Fixing our Eyes on Jesus

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08/12/21 • 49 min

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It's been too long Outsiders, but your girl is back and ready to go! This week we are talking about struggling with sin and fixing our eyes on Jesus.
I feel like I might have left you all on a bit of a cliffhanger in the last episode. So I’ve got some resolving to do.... One of the things I really dislike is when we Christians, have like this varnish on, where we don’t be real, we don’t talk about what’s really going on in our lives. It’s like, if we are having a hard time or a bad day, we can’t let anybody see that - as if that’s going to hurt the other persons faith or as if it means that I’m somehow doing a dis-service to Jesus. I feel like by doing that, and pretending that once you become a Christian from now on your life is just perfect, I think that is worse. Not only that, but it’s also not actually biblical. In Galatians 6 it talks about carrying each others burdens, but how can we do that if we pretend to be perfect?

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Episode 73 - Sarah Heuvel, Part 2: Miracles, Deliverance & A Life Transformed

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08/27/24 • 51 min

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In this episode, Sarah shares with us the next chapter of her incredible journey. We pick things up with the moment she turned away from the 'Universe', asking the one true God to heal her from endometriosis. Sarah experienced miraculous healing and deliverance one evening at Youth Group all at the same time as committing her life to Christ. Sarah shares about how she received the gift of tongues from the Holy Spirit and how her life changed dramatically after embracing her faith in Jesus Christ. Sarah compares her past in the New Age with her newfound Christianity, and we geek out together about how amazing Jesus is!

Sarah also opens up about her family's reaction to her conversion and offers a message to anyone currently involved in the New Age or drugs. We discuss Christian celibacy, the joy of healing, and the sense of belonging that comes with joining the Christian faith. Finally, Sarah answers a listener question about marijuana and pain relief, and shares how she's living out her faith outside of Sunday.
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0:00 - Previously
0:37 - Intro
1:37 - Sarah asks God to heal her Endometriosis
5:17 - Miraculous healing and deliverance from demons
12:47 - Receiving the gift of tongues from the Holy Spirit
15:46 - Comparing Christianity to the New Age
17:28 - Christian meditation
19:37 - The change in Sarah after coming to Christ
24:27 - Geeking out about how great Jesus is
29:12 - How Sarah's family has reacted to her conversion to Christianity
30:38 - Message for anyone currently in the New Age or Drugs
33:14 - Discussing Christian celibacy
37:31 - Don't be afraid to heal
39:50 - When you become a Christian you join a family
42:17 - Being able to eat Gluten and Dairy again
43:36 - Listener question: Did smoking marijuana help with pain relief or just get you high?
47:17 - How is Sarah living her faith outside of Sunday?
50:32 - Coming up Next Week

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How many episodes does Outside of Sunday have?

Outside of Sunday currently has 90 episodes available.

What topics does Outside of Sunday cover?

The podcast is about Christianity, Women, Religion & Spirituality, Bible Study, Podcasts, Religion, New Zealand, Christian Podcast and Christian.

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The episode title 'Episode 51 - 3 Unique Family Friendly Ways to Celebrate Easter' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Outside of Sunday is 37 minutes.

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Episodes of Outside of Sunday are typically released every 7 days.

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The first episode of Outside of Sunday was released on Sep 15, 2020.

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