We talk about grace, because the purpose of grace and mercy is to bring you to repentance. The goal of grace and mercy is not a get out of jail free card, it’s the recognition that you deserve punishment. And God suspended it to give you an [...]

We’re walking through a study on the tabernacle, temple, synagogues, and churches. And that really is a, kind of an expanding story. When God delivered the Hebrew slaves from Egypt, the challenge was to take a group of people who’ve been slaves in a [...]

I’m gonna ask you to believe that God knows your name. He knows your name. The Bible tells us he knows how many hairs are on our head, he knows when we sit or we stand, when we come in or when we go out. See, we haven’t lived with this awareness, [...]

I began in a previous session, a study that I want to continue with you for a bit on the «Tabernacle, Temple, Synagogues & Churches». If you are just a casual reader of the Bible, I think those would all be familiar to you when God delivered the [...]

At the very end of creation, God created human beings. He created us male and female in the language of Genesis 1. As Christ followers, I’m going to submit to you that we have a biblical mandate to be culture builders. We can’t simply ask for the [...]

I want to begin a new study with you under the title of the «Tabernacle, The Temple, Synagogues, and Churches». If you’re a reader of scripture, you’ll recognize there, an emerging story after the Hebrew slaves were delivered from Egypt after [...]

The first few chapters the book of Revelation dealt with the present, the seven churches in Asia Minor that John was familiar with. The middle section dealt with that season that was ahead of him. The last couple of chapters deal with the distant [...]

It’s good to be with you again, we’re continuing our study on «Angels, Demons and You». It’s that end «You» part that makes all the difference. This is not a theoretical discussion, we’re trying to understand how spiritual forces influence our [...]

Hello, church, we’re going to finish our study on angels in the book of Revelation today. It’s an amazing book. So often Christians are afraid of it, but it’s the story of the end of the age, of our King returning, and his angels busily preparing [...]

We’re working on a topic, «Angels, Demons & You,» and I put the «You» in there on purpose because it’s so easy, when we pick up our Bible, to study it in a theoretical way. It’d be like having a conversation about diet and exercise, that doesn’t [...]

Let’s start with some scripture. You’ve got a page full of it. Romans chapter 1 and verse 20, it says: «Since the creation of the world,» which is really in the biblical language since the beginning of the story of Adam and his descendants. This is [...]

Our topic these days has been «Angels, Demons, and You». And the «and You» is the most important part of the title. We could have endless seminars on angels and demons, and there would really be a little pushback. There’d be a lot of enthusiasm, but [...]

It's an honor to be with you again. I'm excited about the program today. I sat down recently with a good friend, Dr. Neil Anderson. We did a podcast on "Spiritual Conflict". This is the conclusion of that podcast. He gives you a [...]

I sat down recently with my friend Dr. Neil Anderson, and we did a podcast discussing spiritual conflict. Some of the challenges in our world, I don't think can be understood simply by watching the news and trying to understand what's [...]

Angels and demons and you, they’re in play today just as much in the first century. Kingdoms in conflict, we have to decide what our alignment’s going to be. You cannot be both. There’s no dual citizenship. It’s very important to understand. John [...]

Our topic is a continuation of a study we’ve been doing, «Angels, Demons and You». They exist, angels and demons as a theoretical discussion isn’t particularly interesting to me. Angels, demons, and you, that intrigues me. I assure you that today [...]

In John chapter 9, this is the chapter where the blind man is healed, the man that Jesus put mud on his eyes. He was born blind. It stirred the whole city. It’s caused the angst of the religious leaders because he’s saying Jesus did it, but he [...]

We’re continuing our study on angels, demons, and you. And in this session, I wanna talk specifically about our vision. Can we see? And really below the titles, this is a discussion of a dimensional faith. The acknowledgement that there are [...]

We have too little imagination of spiritual things or we make too few allowances for spiritual influences in our lives. We prefer to blend in with the rest of the world that doesn’t believe this stuff, that don’t read their Bibles. They don’t have [...]

We began a new study this weekend. The title’s familiar, the material, we’re a bit removed from, but it’s «Angels, Demons, and You». And in this session, I want to talk specifically about the existence of another dimension. You know our five [...]

And Mark chapter 10, Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem. The last city he’ll pass through, the significant city is Jericho. It’s one of the oldest oases in the world, one of the oldest inhabited locations on the planet. It’s a miserable hot place at [...]

I want to start a new discussion, a new series. It’s a familiar title, but we didn’t exhaust it and it’s been a bit. I wanna talk about «Angels, Demons, and You». It’s the «And You» part that really makes the difference. We could do seminars on [...]

See the mercy of God is he makes us aware of our sin, he makes us aware of our shortcoming, he makes us aware of our cowardice so that we can repent and change. Change how we think, change how we behave, and then we stand in a place where the [...]

I want to continue the theme we began couple sessions ago talking about «Why Israel Matters». I think for the most part, the church is largely unaware. And that’s unfortunate because I believe we have a great debt to the Jewish people. And [...]

So, I’ll take a few minutes and explore with you a bit more about why I believe Israel matters to the people of God, why they’re significant in the earth. It’s not broadly understood. It’s not unique to me. I’m not suggesting it’s some hidden [...]

We’re in a series of talks on «Why Israel Matters». And in this particular session, we’re gonna look at that from the perspective of a chosen people. Is that legitimate? I believe it is. I’ll give you the short answer. But I wanna start with a verse [...]

And then there’s this whole notion of prophetic confirmation. And this is really fascinating, we’re gonna do this very quickly because if we get into it, I’d have a hard time getting back out. But the history of the Jewish people from Abraham onward [...]

We’re gonna pick up a study on Why Israel Matters because Israel does matter, and I don’t believe that you can understand the Bible, to be candid, if you don’t have some insight and understanding into the role of Israel and the Jewish people. I [...]

Acts chapter 5 is a good example. The friends that we have in the New Testament, these were the men and women that Jesus recruited and then trained, he left in Acts chapter 1, he returned to heaven and they begin their assignment in Acts chapter 2 [...]

We’re working on a little study called «When Kingdoms Collide», really built around this idea that there are multiple kingdoms that the Bible invites us to be aware of that exist simultaneously. You know, we tend to think in terms of the nation [...]

Matthew is describing an event in Jesus’s life and ministry, but he’s gonna quote Isaiah 53, which is the great Messianic chapter in the prophet Isaiah. Hundreds of years before Jesus was born, Isaiah wrote about the Messiah and what he would do. [...]

We began this in the previous session, and we’ll continue for at least one more. So don’t get too stressed about the outline. What I don’t do, we will get to. That’s probably a pretty good survival tip around here on most weekends, so. But we are [...]

In the current environment, I keep this kind of running list in my head between the theater of the absurd and the truth of God’s Word 'cause they seem to be in focus all the time depending on the messaging you listen to and how they spin what [...]

I want to begin a discussion that I know we’re gonna spend two or three sessions on under the general theme of «When Kingdoms Collide». And please don’t let the outline be too cumbersome for you tonight. I’m gonna try to not to do that myself. So, [...]

Good to be with you again. I wanna give you an invitation. You may have heard me do this before, but we've started a podcast. It's called "Culture & Christianity". I interview people who are making a difference in our culture [...]

It's good to be with you again. I wanna give you an invitation today. We do a weekly podcast called "Culture & Christianity". I sit down with friends who are making a difference in our culture or who have experienced God in a very [...]

Now, the challenge in every generation is this issue of compromise. People of God don’t typically just say, «God, I want nothing to do with you». We don’t typically say, «I no longer want to be a Christian, I think I’ll be Buddhist,» or, «I think I [...]

The topic for this session is «Compassion, Compromise, and Conflict». I’m gonna see if we can understand those three ideas from a biblical perspective with a little bit more clarity. God is moving in the Earth in a way I’ve never seen, to be quite [...]

It’s good to be with you today. We’re gonna continue our study on what do we do, and I wanna particularly talk to you about when God’s judgment begins. I suspect you’ve heard me say that I think it’s a very plausible explanation that God’s judgment [...]

The assignment biblically is to remove the high places. It’s a much larger topic than we can process in this session. Judges 6 is Gideon, one of the judges, the people have done evil in the sight of the Lord again. You see, God will raise up a godly [...]

We’re working through a series on how to stormproof the foundations of our lives. Jesus told a parable about that. Jesus told us, forewarned us that storms come to everyone, nobody is exempt. But that in the midst of that, we can prepare ourselves [...]

There’s some ideas in the battle in your mind you’ll have to avoid: they’re toxic. They will completely derail you and if you embrace them fully, they will destroy you. I don’t have time to unpack them in detail, but I’m gonna hand them to you [...]

I’m gonna extend it one more time that invitation. We’ve been reading our Bibles around here for a long time. That’s not new. I hope you’ve joined us in that. If you haven’t, come on. But this year, I changed the invitation just a bit. I said let’s [...]

It’s a privilege to be with you today. I’ve had the honor of meeting and interviewing Dr. Alveda King a number of times, but recently she visited our congregation and we had such a remarkable conversation that I wanted to share it with you. I [...]

The devil is a tactician. Now, if he has a strategy for you, if he has game-planned for you, I would humbly suggest perhaps you should have a plan of your own. Now, we’re given one. I gave you Luke 4 just as a little support for that. It says, this [...]

I want to extend the invitation. I’ve only got a few more days left before we’re gonna move on, but for a long time now, for several years, I invite you at the beginning of the year to read your Bible with us and certainly I wanna extend that. But [...]

I want to take two or three passages. How much time have I got? I got a bit. It’s a confusing topic, and I’m going to take just a minute. It’s a less formal service. I said one time to a group of people with whom I was traveling to Israel that the [...]

No, I’m grateful you’re here. I wanna extend the invitation from the video personally to read the gospels with us. I’m really inviting you to read the Bible, but I wanna ask you to begin the year, if you’ve never done the Bible reading with us [...]

Some of you say, you know, «I work in a place where it’s difficult to be a Christian,» «I live in this neighborhood and it’s filled with godless people,» or «My kids go to a school and it’s not», yeah. «I’m sending you out like sheep amongst wolves. [...]

If you’ve been around here for very long, you know the invitation to read your Bible at the beginning of the year is not a new idea. I don’t apologize for revisiting that. It is transformational. And I’m happy for you to read on another agenda. I’m [...]