Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday Bible companion. Host Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety as they dig into Mark chapter 9, verses 1 through 29, uncovering what this passage reveals about prayer, doubt, and our dependence on God.

Scripture Focus: Mark 9:1-29 - From the Transfiguration on the mountain to a father's desperate plea for his son's deliverance, this passage confronts the disciples' failure and Jesus's call to a deeper faith through prayer.

In This Episode:

• What the Transfiguration reveals about the supremacy of Jesus
• The father's honest cry - "I believe; help my unbelief" - and why that vulnerability is a model for every believer
• How doubt weakens ministry and spreads through a community of faith
• Why dependence on God must come before spiritual authority

Key Quote: "Dependance precedes authority. Before we have authority, we have to recognize our need to depend on God."

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Welcome to One Single Story, a daily podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, where each weekday we walk through the One Year Bible together. Today Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety, for a conversation on Mark 8:11-38 and the cost of true discipleship.

In this episode we discuss why demanding signs from God can cost us his very presence, how fear overrides faith and distorts our view of God, and what Jesus really means when he calls us to lose our life in order to gain it. As one voice in the episode puts it, discipleship is not a decision you add to your life — it is an exchange.

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Welcome to One Single Story, the daily Bible podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina. Host Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Cheryl Doty for a discussion on Mark chapters seven and eight, where Jesus crosses cultural and religious boundaries to minister to Jew and Gentile alike, challenging every form of tribalism along the way.

Scripture Focus: Mark 7-8 - Jesus enters Gentile territory, heals the Syrophoenician woman's daughter in response to persistent faith, restores a deaf man's hearing, and feeds four thousand people, proving that his grace knows no boundary.

In This Episode:

• The persistent faith of the Syrophoenician woman and why God honors enduring trust
• What Jesus's unorthodox healing methods reveal about humility in ministry
• A candid conversation about how churches can unknowingly become tribal
• Why salvation is a heart issue, not a territorial one

Key Quote: "Grace doesn't ask where you're from. It asks who you trust."

About One Single Story: A daily devotional podcast from Open Door Church walking listeners through the One Year Bible, offering brief, practical lessons from each day's reading every weekday.

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