See God, Yourself, and Life Through the Truth Revealed in Jesus Christ

Many believers carry ideas about God shaped by painful experiences, religious expectations, cultural assumptions, and personal fears. Scripture directs our attention to Jesus Christ, who makes the Father known and reveals God’s character, heart, and redemptive purpose.

Through careful biblical teaching, Dr. Goodenough helps audiences see God more clearly through Christ and understand how their knowledge of God shapes their identity, faith, relationships, and daily lives.

Biblical foundation: John 1:14–18; John 14:6–11; Colossians 1:15–20; Hebrews 1:1–3

Audience outcome: Participants will gain a clearer, Christ-centered understanding of God and recognize how their perception of God influences the way they approach Him and live within His design and purpose.

Possible messages:

• What Jesus Reveals About God
• The God We See in the Face of Christ
• When Our Picture of God Is Distorted
• Knowing the Father Through the Son
• How Your Picture of God Shapes Your Life

Many believers understand that Christ has forgiven them, yet continue to see themselves through past failures, painful experiences, the expectations of others, and deeply rooted feelings of inadequacy. Scripture declares that those who belong to Christ have been made new, reconciled to God, adopted into His family, and called to live from the reality of who they have become in Christ.

Through faithful exposition of Scripture, Dr. Goodenough helps believers understand their identity as new creations and recognize how this settled truth shapes their perception of themselves, their relationships, their purpose, and their daily lives.

Biblical foundation: 2 Corinthians 5:14–21; Ephesians 1:3–14; Ephesians 2:1–10; Colossians 3:1–17

Audience outcome: Participants will develop a clearer biblical understanding of who they are in Christ and learn to live through faith from the identity God has established for them in Christ.

Possible messages:

• Who Are You in Christ?
• Living as a New Creation
• Your Identity Was Established by Relationship
• When You Don’t Feel Like You Matter
• Free from the Identity of Your Past
• Created in Christ for God’s Purpose
• Living from What God Says Is True

Many believers sincerely desire to grow, yet struggle to understand how biblical transformation takes place. Scripture presents transformation as the work of the Holy Spirit, who renews believers as they receive God’s truth, trust what He has revealed, and live through faith in Christ.

Through faithful biblical teaching, Dr. Goodenough helps believers understand how truth becomes settled belief, how belief shapes perception, and how renewed perception directs the way they live. This theme gives audiences a practical, Scripture-governed understanding of their active participation through faith in the Spirit’s transforming work.

Biblical foundation: Romans 12:1–2; 2 Corinthians 3:17–18; Ephesians 4:17–24; Colossians 3:1–17

Audience outcome: Participants will understand the Holy Spirit’s work in biblical transformation and learn how to participate through faith as God’s truth renews their beliefs, perceptions, and daily lives.

Possible messages:

• How Does God Change Us?
• Renewed from the Inside Out
• Be Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind
• Why Lasting Change Begins with What You Believe
• The Holy Spirit and the Renewal of the Inner Life
• Living Through Faith in What God Has Revealed
• From Perception to Practice

Streaming films and serialized programs invite viewers into narrative worlds that shape the imagination, influence perception, reinforce beliefs, and present visions of what makes life meaningful. Because Christians spend many hours engaging these stories, churches need a thoughtful biblical framework for understanding their formative influence.

Drawing from Scripture, practical theology, and his doctoral research, Dr. Goodenough helps believers recognize how streaming narratives shape the way they see themselves, others, God, and the world. He equips audiences to engage media with spiritual awareness, biblical discernment, and a renewed imagination governed by the truth revealed in Christ.

Biblical foundation: Genesis 3:1–7; Proverbs 4:23; Romans 12:1–2; Ephesians 4:17–24; Colossians 3:1–17

Audience outcome: Participants will understand how narrative media can influence Christian belief and practice and develop a biblical framework for engaging streaming content with discernment.

Possible messages and workshops:

• How Streaming Stories Shape What We Believe
• Faithful Formation in a Media-Saturated World
• Guarding the Heart in the Age of Streaming
• The Stories That Shape Us
• Imagination, Perception, and Christian Formation
• From Screen to Life: How Narratives Shape Christian Practice
• Helping Families Develop Biblical Media Discernment