Generations Community Church
Religion & Spirituality
About
Generations is all about helping individuals and families become followers of Jesus Christ. We want to see people live the way Jesus lived, love the way Jesus loved and leave behind what Jesus left behind. We're located in Nicholasville, Kentucky, and w
Episodes
- Principles, Sminciples
You have likely been given formulas for success: five rules for a bulletproof marriage, three steps to ensure your kids stay in the faith, and seven financial laws to build wealth. While these frameworks sound great—offering structure, eli…
- The Happiness Trap
In "The Happiness Trap," Max Vanderpool examines the pervasive cycle of consumption in American culture and how this mindset can hinder spiritual satisfaction and well-being, particularly during challenging times. The message draws paralle…
- Perseverance (2026)
This episode discusses perseverance, encouraging listeners to not give up during difficult times by remembering that God is always present.
- The Sabbath Gives Birth
This episode discusses the procreative, life-giving aspects of the Sabbath, emphasizing how regular rest enhances energy, creativity, vision, and overall human functioning.
- Pharaoh, Inc
Max Vanderpool discusses the Pharaoh typology, an economic system focused on continuous growth built on labor, present in various societal structures like capitalism, socialism, and communism. The message offers guidance on resisting this…
- Stay or Go
This message from Generations Community Church addresses the dilemma of staying or leaving a job when asked to do something perceived as wrong. It examines how four men in the Bible responded to difficult leaders and situations, highlighti…
- Joy (2026)
This episode of Generations Community Church, titled 'Joy (2026),' focuses on the virtue of joy as presented by Jesus Christ. It contrasts modern understanding with ancient perspectives, highlighting Jesus's seemingly impossible actions an…
- Everything's Spiritual
This message from Generations Community Church by Max Vanderpool explores the idea that everything is spiritual, questioning the common distinction between spiritual and secular life. Vanderpool unpacks Jesus' perspective on this integrati…
- Graduation Speeches. Sigh.
This message from Generations Community Church critiques typical graduation speech clichés, arguing they don't reflect most Americans' experiences. Speaker Max Vanderpool suggests that God calls and gifts everyone, offering guidance on dis…
- A Ticket to Heaven Is Round Trip
This message from Generations Community Church, featuring Max Vanderpool, examines the common imagery of heaven and contrasts it with biblical descriptions. Vanderpool argues that the concept of heaven involves a 'round trip' and suggests…
- Humility (2026)
This episode defines humility as the act of putting others first by sacrificing personal desires.
- That Doesn't Work
Max Vanderpool explores the frustrations inherent in work, citing examples of effort not yielding success due to external factors or market reception. The message addresses why work is difficult and offers guidance on navigating these chal…
- Work Is Not a Four-Letter Word
This message by Max Vanderpool explores a theology of work by examining the biblical account in Genesis. It contrasts extreme views of work in America, such as "hustle culture" and minimal effort, suggesting both miss important aspects of…
- Making Up Is Hard to Do
This episode explores the challenges of online accountability and the internet's unforgiving nature. It emphasizes the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation in all relationships, suggesting that contrition is often insufficient in t…
- Love (2026)
This episode from Generations Community Church discusses the concept of love, defining it as choosing to treat others as Jesus treats us. It emphasizes that Jesus exemplifies what love is, what it does, and how it impacts interactions with…
- The Comparison Game
The episode discusses the societal tendency to compare ourselves to others, which can negatively impact hope and identity. It contrasts this with Jesus's invitation to a different way of living that embraces margins and avoids the comparis…
- When There Is No Hope
This message addresses feelings of hopelessness by comparing life experiences to events in the Old Testament book of Ezekiel. It explains that God's love and favor cannot be earned, which is presented as a positive aspect.
- Commitment (2026)
The episode focuses on commitment as a strategy for emulating Jesus. It highlights the practice of discussing faith in church, at home, and with friends and family as a key component of this commitment.
- Forgiving Yourself
Max Vanderpool discusses the importance of self-forgiveness and receiving forgiveness, noting that everyone will experience failure and require grace.
- Villains Are People, Too
When someone has hurt you, betrayed you, or taken something from you - it's hard to see anything in them but a villain - a bad guy - a jerk - an adulterer - a deadbeat dad - a demanding boss - a Harry Black. But people are complicated - ev…
- The Villain, the Victim, and the Story
Do you know anyone who's telling a grievance story? Chances are, you do. And the story they tell has a clear victim (that's THEM) and a one-dimensional villain - someone who hurt them, ignored them, passed them over, mistreated them, betra…
- Absorbing the Cost
If you lend your car out to someone and they TOTAL it, but they have no insurance and no way to financially reimburse you the cost, what does it mean to forgive them? Is there a magic "car fairy" that shows up and provides you with the mon…
- Hurt Is Embodied
In life, those closest to you have the capacity to hurt you the most. Your family. Your partner. Your "best friend." But we don't all respond to hurt the same way. Some of us verbalize it and tell everyone who will listen how we've been wr…
- Confidence
Tucked away in the book of 1 Kings is the encounter between Elijah and the prophets of Ba'al. And in that contest, we are reminded of something very important: God can do the impossible.
- It's Hard to Trust God (Sometimes)
We're living at a time of tremendous INSTABILITY and UNCERTAINTY. And, when facing the unknown, we tend to respond with fear and with faith. Fear says that we're not sure of the outcome, but we have a feeling it's going to be bad. Faith sa…
- Elon Musk, Andrew Carnegie, and Me
Elon Musk is arguably the world's richest man, and he has given away roughly $7 BILLION. He's given MORE money away than railroad tycoon Andrew Carnegie who, adjusted for inflation to today's dollars, managed to amass a fortune of only $6.…
- Sharecroppers, Coal Miners, and Us
Think about your digital life for a moment. What do you actually OWN anymore? Microsoft Office? Music? Movies? Your social media accounts? WRONG! In all of those spaces (and more), you're just a digital sharecropper. Americans have become…
- CFO of Me, Inc
Because wages have not kept up with the price of housing or healthcare or tuition or groceries or electricity, you and I cannot afford to simply “wing it" when it comes to our finances - when it comes to the money that enters and exits our…
- And God Ain't Happy about It
Since, 2019, groceries prices are up 30.8%, housing prices are UP 60%, healthcare costs are UP 60%, and child-care costs are UP 32%. Want to guess how much wages are up? That's right - ONLY 23%. For the average American, wages simply haven…
- I'm in Love with Cheap Stuff from China
America has an affordability crisis...in housing, with healthcare, with college tuition, and with child-care. It's just not possible for many families to have the SAME purchasing power as families did a generation ago. And yet, there IS on…
- Diverse But Loved
This episode of Generations Community Church, titled "Diverse But Loved," discusses the challenge of loving Christians who differ from oneself, drawing parallels to biblical figures Ananias and Peter. It poses the question of how the Ameri…
- Another Kind of Prayer
This message from Generations Community Church by Max Vanderpool explores a different type of prayer, suggesting it's acceptable not to be speaking or communicating directly with God.
- Freedom, Limits, and Authority
Max Vanderpool discusses the nature of authority, asserting that all authority originates from God. The message emphasizes the Bible as God's word and advocates for listening to and obeying its teachings.
- Nice Guys Aren't Crucified
Be nice. Play nice. Yeah - we've all been told that. And being nice typically means speaking softly, deferring to others, and smiling (even when you're sad or angry). Most of all, being nice means avoiding conflict - don't debate or argue…
- Jesus Does the Heavy Lifting
The Choluteca Bridge stands as a testament to how things can change. Originally built in 1935 and completely rebuilt in 1996 - the Choluteca Bridge no longer spans the Choluteca River. Why is that? Because in 1998, Hurricane Mitch dumped 7…
- The School of Hard Knocks
All of us will attend (at one point or another) the “school of hard knocks.” What is the school of hard knocks, you ask? It's the twists & turns of life – the hardship, adversity, difficulty, loss, tragedy, and suffering that life sometime…
- A String of Decisions
One of the more fascinating things about God - the transdimensional being who made all of created reality, like our entire universe - is that he doesn't force a relationship with the people he made in his image. God doesn't MAKE anyone "wa…
- God Speaks through Desires
God is actively involved in our lives, and God speaks to us through our desires. It's NOT our fleeting wants - things like that "doo-hickey" we see at Sam's Club and think to ourselves, “Oh, I want that.” But it's the deep, core desires of…
- Live Like Jesus (Summer, 2025)
If you live with other people, there's always ONE job no one wants to do. Maybe it's cleaning the bathrooms or folding laundry or picking up dog poop. But there's always SOMETHING everyone avoids. Not so with Jesus. There was a job to do -…
- God Sees Our Blind-spots
We have different "windows" of our life. There's the window that we see and know - and that others see and know. We post about it on social media. It's "us" (our love for Star Wars, etc.). And then there's the window that only our spouse o…
- The Disguised God
God parted the Red Sea. Jesus fed the 5,000. Big stuff. Big miracles. Clear and unmistakable. But even though God can and does do "big stuff" from time to time, he actually PREFERS to come to us in disguise - in a way we don't immediately…
- The Language of God's Heart
Pharisees. Got to love 'em, right? They were absolutely CONVINCED that they had God all figured out. They just knew exactly what God loved and what God hated, what God would (or wouldn't) do in a particular set of circumstances, and what e…
- Initiative (2025)
God is a God who initaties. He makes the first move. He takes the first step. And that's really, really good news, considering the mess we've made of relationships and the world He made. May's virtue focus at Generations is INITIATIVE: see…
- Hearing God through Prophecy
When we Americans hear the word PROPHET, we tend to think of a fortune teller or someone who can predict the future. But predicting the future is only a SMALL part of what prophecy is in both the Old and New Testaments. Much of what prophe…
- The Whispering God
Have you ever felt like God was speaking to you? Saying something? Prompting you to do or NOT do something? How did you KNOW it was God? All of us are born with a natural capacity to hear God's voice - but learning to distinguish God's voi…
- Indifference Is a Sin
You fall in love. You're captivated. You date, court, propose, and marry. You're IN love. Everything is passionate and real and authentic and natural. But over time, things change. Life happens. And some married people find that their love…
- Food Hyperfixation
We Americans think that (the sin of) gluttony is simply eating too much. And we think the results of that speak for themselves in larger bodies and higher fat indexes. But we're missing a LOT of what gluttony is (really all) about. In fact…
- When You See a Body
There's always some politician or someone at the office who is simply lusting after power. And then there's that moment when someone blurts out: “I’m lusting after some dark chocolate right now.” Lust. Lusting. We use that phrase to descri…
- Spitting Fire
Did you grow up with at least one brother or sister? Can you recall a time when you got so angry with them that you could SPIT FIRE? Of course, you can! There's nothing like an annoying little brother or sister or stuck-up older brother or…
- Cooperation (2025)
Cooperation is working together to do more than you can do alone. And God LOVES to put people together who are very DIFFERENT from each other to accomplish His purposes.