The Neighborhood Church, Bentonville, AR
Welcome to the TNC Podcast, where real conversations meet raw emotions and faith!
Join Pastor Joe Liles and the team as they dive deep into life's messy moments, exploring everything from overwhelming feelings to the surprising emotional landscape of God. Each episode is like sitting down with friends who aren't afraid to get real about spirituality, personal struggles, and finding meaning in the everyday.
Whether you're seeking inspiration, looking to understand your emotions, or just want an authentic chat about life and faith, we've got you covered. Laugh, reflect, and grow with us as we navigate this journey together - no perfect answers, just honest conversations.
New episodes drop weekly, bringing you fresh perspectives and heart-to-heart moments that'll make you think, feel, and maybe even see life a little differently. Tune in and join our community!
Episodes
84 episodes
Baptism: The Role of Sacraments, Symbols and Rituals
The podcast discusses the significance of baptism and its historical context. The hosts, Tom Helmich, Tevo Christmann, and Andrea Lickfelt, explore the biblical narrative of Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist, emphasizing the symbolic and theol...
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Season 2025
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Episode 26
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57:45
Message - "Do you need to be baptized to go to Heaven? Did Jesus?"
Join Pastor Joe Liles as we explore the River Jordan and the profound meaning of baptism in our 'I Found Jesus' sermon series! Discover the historical significance of Jesus' baptism, learn about the River Jordan's geography, and understand what...
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Season 2025
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Episode 25
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31:53
"Take a Little Jesus with You" - Traveling with Jesus this Summer
In this TNC podcast episode, Pastor Joe Liles and his team explore the "I Found Jesus" series, diving into Jesus's transformative ministry around the Sea of Galilee. The hosts - Roseann Bowlin, Tom Helmich, and Tevo Christmann - unpack where th...
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Season 2025
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Episode 24
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51:58
Message - "Jesus Found Me or I found Jesus"
Join Pastor Joe Liles as he kicks off a new sermon series exploring where Jesus walked and how we can find Him in every aspect of our lives. Pastor Joe takes us on a geographical and spiritual journey around the Sea of Galilee, revealing how Je...
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Season 2025
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Episode 23
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38:58
In the World, Not of the World: A Graduation Sunday Reflection
Welcome to the TNC Podcast hosted by the staff of Neighborhood Church. Each episode features: Pastor Tom delivers his first sermon as the newly ordained pastor, exploring Jesus's prayer in John 17. The discussion centers on two key gifts for Ch...
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Season 2025
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Episode 22
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55:14
Graduation Sunday Message: Two Gifts, One Warning, and a Mission
Join Pastor Tom Helmich as he delivers his first message as "Pastor Tom." This message was for our graduates in high school, college, and post-graduate studies - and truly, for all believers. On this Memorial Day weekend, Pastor Tom...
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Season 2025
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Episode 21
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24:00
"Sacred Sunday" - Rediscovering Traditional Worship in a Modern Church
This past Sunday was Sacred Sunday, a special service at the Neighborhood Church, a traditional Lutheran liturgical worship. In this episode, Pastor Joe Liles, Tom Helmich, Roseann Bowlin, and Tevo Christman - talk through insights ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 21
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47:27
Sunday Message: Worship Styles and Christian Love..."Don't Yuck Someone's Yum"
Join Bishop Becca Middeke-Conlin as she unpacks the true meaning of worship, challenging traditional notions and exploring what really matters in Christian community. Bishop Becca breaks down some complex liturgical concepts and terms like "Lit...
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Season 2025
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Episode 20
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23:58
"Baptists, Pentecostals, and Lutherans, Oh My!" A throwback to 90's church...
In this episode of the TNC Podcast, Pastor Joe Liles, Tevo Christmann, and Roseanne Bowlin explore the landscape of 90s church culture through personal stories and spiritual reflection. Drawing from their diverse church backgrounds - Pentecosta...
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Season 2025
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Episode 19
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58:12
Sunday Message: What did we learn from the 1990's church...Jesus must increase.
In this Mother's Day message, Pastor Joe explores the landscape of 1990s church culture. The message provides a look at how the church evolved, discussing church sizes from house churches to giga-churches, and the rise of multi-site church mode...
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Season 2025
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Episode 18
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34:29
The Reformation: Exploring the Five Solas and the split from the Catholic Church
Explore the transformative moment in Christian history that reshaped theological understanding forever: the Reformation in 1517. In this episode of the TNC Podcast, Pastor Joe, Tom Helmich, Tevo Christmann, and Roseann Bowlin dive i...
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Season 2025
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Episode 18
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46:33
Sunday Message: The Church Split - How Martin Luther Sparked a Spiritual Reformation in 1517
Pastor Joe takes a deep dive into the Reformation, a little church history lesson, talking about the BIG split from the Catholic church in the year 1500 that created Protestant Churches (not Catholic) like Lutheran, Methodist, Episcopal, etc. I...
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Season 2025
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Episode 17
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34:29
"The Making of a Pastor: Tom's Seminary Experience"
Join us as we dive deep into the faithful world of seminary education with Tom Helmich. Tom shares his seven-year journey towards pastoral ordination through the Evangelical Lutheran Church and Wartburg Theological Seminary. This is...
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Season 2025
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Episode 16
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44:24
Sunday Message: "I am church shopping..."
Join Pastor Joe Liles as he starts a new Series called, "Church Shopping." This series is..“An honest look at how church has changed—and why what we’re really searching for is something only God can give.”...
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Season 2025
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Episode 15
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31:31
"He Is Not Here: Are You Looking for Jesus in the Right Places?" - Easter Podcast
Join Pastor Joe Liles, Roseanne, and Tavo as they dive deep into the resurrection story and the messy, beautiful realities of faith, family, and following Jesus. In this raw and candid episode, we explore the Easter message, unpack the challeng...
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Season 2025
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Episode 14
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58:38
Easter Message: "Jesus is on the move..."
In this Easter Message, Pastor Joe unpacks the unexpected meaning of Christ's resurrection, asking each of us to look beyond our past and embrace a future filled with God's promise. Even the disciples didn't believe what Christ said, that he mu...
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Season 2025
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Episode 13
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20:47
"Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unpacking Anger and Jesus' Righteous Emotion"
In this episode of the podcast, Pastor Joe, Pastor Tom Helmich, Roseann and Tyra, explore and unpack the often misunderstood emotion of anger within the context of spiritual growth. Drawing from the narrative of Jesus cleansing the temple, they...
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Season 2025
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Episode 13
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41:30
Jesus Wept...When was the last time you truly let yourself feel sadness?
In this deeply personal episode of the TNC Podcast, Pastor Joe Liles, Tom Helmich, and Roseanne Bowlin explore the complex emotions of sadness and grief through the lens of the biblical story of Lazarus. Drawing from personal experi...
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Season 2025
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Episode 12
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33:29
When You’re Not Okay...Overwhelmed and Facing What’s Underneath
In this week's episode of the TNC Podcast, we're diving deep into the dangerous territory of "I'm Fine" - you know, that classic response we all give when things are definitely NOT fine. Pastor Joe Liles and the team crack open a ra...
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Season 2025
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Episode 11
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59:53
"I'm Fine, Everything's Fine" - Exploring Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
Ever find yourself saying "I'm fine" when you're anything but? Join Pastor Joe Liles, Tom Helmich, and Roseann from The Neighborhood Church as they dive deep into what it really means to have an emotionally healthy spiritual life.Based o...
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Season 2025
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Episode 10
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56:04
What happens when you "let go" and "let God?"...special guests Tyra Dennis and Pastor Drew Trucker
Join Pastor Joe Liles, featuring special guests Tyra Dennis, an interim worship leader from Los Angeles, and Drew Tucker, executive director of Camp Hopewood in Ohio. Dive into a conversation about leadership, mentorship, creativity in ministry...
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Season 2025
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Episode 9
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57:55
Breaking the Piggy Bank - A Journey of Faith, Generosity, and Transformation
Join Pastor Joe Liles, Tom Helmich, and Roseanne as they dive deep into the meaning of true treasure, exploring how faith, generosity, and personal growth intersect. Through a powerful message, watermelon-smashing illustration, and candid conve...
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Season 2025
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Episode 8
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50:07
Beyond Sunday...the church goes outside in the cold.
In this week's TNC Podcast, Pastor Joe Liles, Tom Helmich, and Roseanne dive into a heartfelt discussion on generosity, community, and living out faith. Celebrating the birth of Tevo's daughter Hope, the team explores the meaning of Christian k...
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Season 2025
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Episode 7
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47:20
Snack Packs and the Joy of Service
This week Pr Joe is joined by Roseann Bowlin and Tevo Christmann discussing the purpose of hosting a Snack Pack even during worship and meditating on the role of service in the Christian life.Philippians 3:7 Yet whatever gains I had,...
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Season 2025
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Episode 6
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54:08
Not For Sordid Gain: The Heart vs The Business of Church
This week Pr Joe is joined by Roseann Bowlin and Tevo Christmann in going over 1 Peter 5. In this passage Peter exhorts the church on how to reconcile the hierarchical structures needed to organize large groups of people on the one ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 5
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51:56