Building Faith and Family Podcast · Steve Demme

This Stone is Witness

October 29, 2025·28 min·2 clips

Steve Demme explains how believers are 'living stones' being built into a spiritual house for God.

The episode opens with Scott Moore welcoming Steve Demme and briefly discussing their Labor Day family gatherings. Steve shares about his family's annual festival with 14 attendees and the deepening relationships from extended time together. After a prayer focusing on knowing Christ, Steve quizzes Scott on previous episodes about Christ as the rock. Steve notes this theme is often overlooked in typical church teaching but reveals more of Jesus when understood. He begins with 'noodle bakers' - challenging connections between scriptures. Steve links Genesis 49's 'shepherd, the stone of Israel' to Jesus as the good shepherd. He examines Zechariah 3-4 where Joshua the high priest stands before God, and a stone with seven eyes appears before him. Steve connects this to Revelation 5's lamb with seven eyes and seven horns, representing the seven spirits of God. He then analyzes Joshua 24 where Joshua sets up a 'great stone' as a witness that heard all God's words. Steve suggests this might be the same rock that accompanied Israel in the wilderness. He references Psalm 28 where David calls God his rock and asks it not to be deaf, showing the rock has ears. Steve reads several Psalms mentioning God as rock. He then turns to 1 Peter 2, where Christ is called a 'living stone' chosen and precious, and believers are called 'living stones' being built into a spiritual house. Steve shares how his friend Donnie emphasized aligning with God's valuation of the stone as chosen and precious. He connects the rock that gave water in the wilderness to Jesus' promise in John 7 that rivers of living water flow from believers. Steve concludes that believers, as living stones, are sources of living water for others, flowing naturally without special prayer. The episode ends with a prayer thanking God as the rock and asking for living water to flow from believers.

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Family fellowship opens into a Christ-centered reading of Joshua, Zechariah, Revelation, and living water.

Building Faith and Family begins with an annual Labor Day festival and stays with the small things that make it feel lived in: meals, work, boat rides, and campfires.

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A family Labor Day weekend turns into a Scripture-rich reflection on living stones and living water.

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