Welcome to our church planting podcast! We are a part of Aspire Church, which was planted in the foothills of Tucson, Arizona. Our vision for this podcast is to help church planters, leaders, and Jesus followers in general to understand church planting and why it is so important. By having authentic conversations with church leaders about the inner workings and experiences of church planting, we hope to encourage and inspire our listeners in their own planting endeavors. The people featured on this podcast will be leaders from Aspire, as well as other church planters and leaders from across the country. Why should you listen to a podcast about &#34;church planting?” Join us on our podcast and find out!

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In our Disciple-Making series we come to the topic deep spiritual truth of &#34;Society&#34; which we previously covered in a mini-series we titled &#34;KDSC&#34; on Episode 17. Rather than rehashing the conversation over again, we have decided to re-release episode 17 and we&#39;d recommend listening to the entire KDSC mini-series. Both the topics of Society and the Ministry of Reconciliation may be one of the most encouraging and necessary topics for members of a church to listen to. Enjoy!Speakers on today&#39;s episode: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, and Makenna AyresEmail for questions: rob@aspiretucson.com

Ep. 71 - Society KDSC (Re-Release Ep. 17)

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In our Disciple-Making series we come to the topic deep spiritual truth of &#34;Ministry of Reconciliation&#34; which is a topic we have previously covered here on this podcast. Rather than rehashing the conversation over again, we have decided to re-release episode 55 from our Kingdom Perspective series from 2025. If you find this podcast interesting, you should consider listening to our Kingdom Perspective series as a whole. You will have plenty of podcasts to go through as you&#39;d like. This may be one of the most encouraging and necessary topics for members of a church to listen to. Enjoy!Speakers on today&#39;s episode: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, and Makenna AyresEmail for questions: rob@aspiretucson.com

Ep. 70 - Ministry of Reconciliation (Re-Release of Ep. 55)

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One of the topics we are coving in our Disciple-Making series and class is the &#34;Eternal Purpose of God&#34; which is a topic we have covered previously on our podcast. Rather than rehashing the same conversation, we are re-releasing episode 35. This episode was the beginning of our &#34;Kingdom Perspective&#34; series from 2025. If you like this episode, consider listening to the rest of that series. Speakers on today&#39;s Episode: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, and Makenna AyresFor questions email: rob@aspiretucson.com

Ep. 69 - Eternal Purpose of God (Re-Release Ep. 35)

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Today we talk about prayer as we continue in our Disciple-Making series. What is important for every disciple to understand about prayer and what do we fall-back on when we need to be grounded and reminded of the importance and significance of our communication with the God of all creation. Speakers on Today&#39;s Episode: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, and Makenna AyresFor any questions or feedback, you can email me at: rob@aspiretucson.com

Ep. 68 - Prayer (Disciple-Making)

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What do we mean when we say &#34;the Word of God&#34;? Is it synonymous with the &#34;Bible&#34;? Join us on the conversation today as we talk through the Word of God and also talk about ways to better understand the Bible as you read it. Speakers on Today&#39;s Episode: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 67 - The Word of God

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We are continuing in our Disciple Making series. After talking about Baptism and the Body of Christ, it lends itself well to talking about the Holy Spirit. Join us today as we talk about the significance and importance of the Holy Spirit.Speakers on Today&#39;s Episode: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 66 - Holy Spirit

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What do we mean when we refer to the &#34;body of Christ&#34; and how does it work together? If we as a church truly understood how to live as the Body of Christ, what would be different? Join us for today&#39;s discussion as we continue to walk through our Disciple Making series. Speakers on Today&#39;s Episode: Brian Hook, Robert Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 65 - Body of Christ

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This is the second episode released this week. What is baptism and how can you explain it to a newer believer? Join us for the discussion today as we talk through the importance of new believers getting baptized.Speakers on Today&#39;s Episode: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 64 - Baptism (Disciple-Makers)

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Join us as we talk about Repent and Believe in our podcast series: Disciple Making.Our definition of Repent is: Actively turning from who I am without Christ, to trusting who I am in Christ.Speakers on Today&#39;s Episode: Brian Hook and Rob Romej

Ep. 63 - Repent and Believe

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This is the second episode released this week as part of our Disciple Makers series. Though the subject of The Cross is so closely tied to The Blood of Jesus, it deserves it&#39;s own thought and consideration. As stated in the episode: The blood is for God and the cross is for us. Tune in to hear us discuss what we mean when we say that and how the Cross plays a significant role in each of our lives as a disciple of Jesus.Speakers on Today&#39;s Episode: Brian Hook and Rob Romej

Ep. 62 - The Cross

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We have two podcast episodes for this week. In this episode, we are talking about the importance of the &#34;Blood of Jesus&#34;. Out of all the subjects we could pick to be in our Disciple Making class, why would we pick this one? We talk about it on today&#39;s podcast. Speakers on Today&#39;s Episode: Brian Hook and Rob Romej

Ep. 61 - The Blood of Jesus

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The topic of &#34;sin&#34; and the truth that surrounds it, is one of the topics any Jesus follower is bound to have to discuss with someone at some point. The only reason any of us have come to follow Jesus is because we have first acknowledged sin for what it is, before we then repent and put our faith in Jesus Christ. Join us as we talk through the topic of &#34;sin&#34; and what we hope people will gain after thinking and learning about the truth behind it. Speakers on Today&#39;s Episode: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 60 - Sin, How To Talk About It (Disciple-Makers)

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The first Deep Spiritual Truth we decided to cover was the &#34;Kingdom of God.&#34; In this episode we talk about why we decided to begin the conversation with God&#39;s Kingdom as well as talk about how it impacts each one of us as disciples of Jesus. What could happen if you focus your attention and time on the Kingdom of God, and what could happen if you allow it to shape the way you live your life? Speakers on Today&#39;s Episode: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 59 - Kingdom of God (Disciple-Makers)

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This is our first podcast episode recorded in 2026!We begin a new series where we will spend the next 10 weeks talking through disciple-making. This will be for church planters thinking through ideas of how to equip people and make disciples as well as for our church members to learn deep spiritual truths from the Bible. This first week we will release two episodes to kick off our new series. Speakers on today&#39;s podcast: Brian Hook, Robert Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 58 - Disciple-Making

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We are wrapping up our Kingdom Perspective series in this final episode with a conversation on Form vs. Essence. We want to get to the essence of our life with Jesus, and make sure we aren&#39;t just &#34;going through the motions&#34; with the form a Christian life. Join us as we wrap up the series and talk about seeing things for what they really are by focusing on the essence of Christ. Speakers on today&#39;s podcast: Brian Hook, Robert Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 57 - Form vs. Essence - Kingdom Perspective

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It is hard to think about our walk with Jesus without talking about &#34;Spiritual Disciplines.&#34; There is no pre-defined list of spiritual disciplines that work for everyone. We each need to consider what works for us, ask God to reveal it to us, and sometimes just try things out to see what works or doesn&#39;t work. Join us as we talk through spiritual disciplines! Speakers on today&#39;s podcast: Brian Hook, Robert Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 56 - Spiritual Disciplines - Kingdom Perspective

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All of us are engaging in society either where we work every week, where we live in our different neighborhoods or where we play and hang out for our hobbies and fun activities. What if each of these places were reconciled to God and His Kingdom permeated those places. What if we looked at our lives differently and had a Kingdom Perspective as we entered those areas of society each week?Speakers on today&#39;s podcast: Brian Hook, Robert Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 55 - Redeem Where You Work, Live, and Play - Kingdom Perspective

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We are joined by a special guest, David Hook, who is soon to become the worship leader at Aspire church. David hook has been leading worship for over 45 years and is the founder of a non-profit organization called &#34;Rooted Worship&#34; which is designed to help worship leaders and teams go deeper in their understanding of true, biblically faithful worship. David is passionate to train up other worship leaders on how to biblically lead worship and be sent out to lead other churches and church plants. On today&#39;s podcast we talk about what &#34;worship&#34; really means and how it goes beyond the songs we sing in our church services. This would be a great podcast for any pastor, worship leader, and disciple of Jesus to listen to and make sure to get to the root of why we worship.  More Links and Connections:<a href="https://rooted-worship.com/" rel="nofollow">https://rooted-worship.com/</a> dave@rooted-worship.com Speakers on Today&#39;s Podcast: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, Makenna Ayres, and special guest David Hook

Ep. 54 - What is at the Root of Worship? (ft. David Hook)

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This is the second part to a conversation about &#39;Walking in the Spirit&#39;. As we begin Walking in the Spirit, this effects how we think, feel, and what we do, or in other words, our Spirit effects our mind, will and emotions. The Bible refers to our mind, will, and emotions as the &#34;soul&#34;. In our continued conversation on Walking in the Spirit, we touch on how the Spirit touches our soul, our soul touches our body, and our body is what touches the physical world around us. Sometimes we try to change what we do or how we think on it&#39;s own, without looking at the most important part which is the new Spirit God has given us as disciples of Jesus. Join us for today&#39;s episode! Speakers on Today&#39;s Podcast: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 53 - Soul Talk - Walking in the Spirit pt. 2

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Possibly one of the most important concepts for a disciple of Jesus to live out and understand is what the Bible calls &#34;Walking in the Spirit&#34;. We begin our conversation on &#39;Walking in the Spirit&#34; in part 1 of the conversation. If you live with a God given, Kingdom Perspective in your life, you effectively would be &#34;Walking in the Spirit&#34;. There is no step-by-step formula for what this looks like and how this works, yet it is something all disciples of Jesus need to lean into. Speakers on Today&#39;s Podcast: Brian Hook, Rob Romej, and Makenna Ayres

Ep. 52 - Walking in the Spirit pt. 1

REAL TALK - REAL LEADERS - A REAL CHURCH PLANT

Welcome to our church planting podcast! We are a part of Aspire Church, which was planted in the foothills of Tucson, Arizona. Our vision for this podcast is to help church planters, leaders, and Jesus followers in general to understand church planting and why it is so important. By having authentic conversations with church leaders about the inner workings and experiences of church planting, we hope to encourage and inspire our listeners in their own planting endeavors. The people featured on this podcast will be leaders from Aspire, as well as other church planters and leaders from across the country.

Why should you listen to a podcast about "church planting?” Join us on our podcast and find out!