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In Part 3 of our series on issues Jesus talked about in His Sermon on the Mount, we tackle giving, prayer, fasting, treasures in heaven, and worry. We talk about each of these topics in great detail and give practical examples on how we can apply what Jesus has taught in Matthew 6 in our daily lives.  Tune in on this episode to see what is the point of talking about these topics and what Jesus wan...

In Part 2 of our Sermon on the Mount series, we discuss some important topics that Jesus taught about namely divorce, oaths, and loving our enemies.  As we talked about in Part 1 of the series, Jesus was teaching to his disciples so some of the topics are profound. Jesus was emphasizing on love and complete surrender to God in all our issues because we can't do it on our own. Many were shocke...

As we continue our series on the life and ministry of Jesus, we dive deeper on his teachings on His Sermon on the Mount. This sermon was more of a discipleship sermon. He tackles specific issues and puts a New Testament perspective on Old Testament issues. Jesus didn't go on the letter of the law but rather focused on the substance of the law. This is a multi-part series as we discuss each of...

In this second episode of our series about the life and ministry of Jesus, we break down the Lord's Prayer line by line. This is something that a lot of people have memorized and recite as their prayer but we discuss the true significance of this prayer. It is a template of how to pray not necessarily what to pray about. This short prayer is very powerful and encompasses the whole gamut of th...

In this episode, we discuss personal worship and family worship. We talk about the importance of family worship in keeping a strong family dynamic. Worship comes in different forms to include singing and praising God, reading our Bibles, and praying. Family worship is so important because it is a time for the family to learn about God but this is also a good time for families to unpack their days...

We are starting a new series of doing a deep dive in the life and ministry of Jesus. We will be discussing his most popular teachings and studying them closely. In the first part of this series, we break down The Beatitudes sermon line by line to learn about what is it that Jesus really wanted us to learn from this. This is his first major teaching since his ministry started at 30 years old so thi...

In our final episode of our Uprooting Covert Sins series, we tackle the sin of laziness. Most of the time people don’t even realize that laziness is a sin. Laziness is defined as not doing enough with the time, skills, and talents that God has given us. When defined this way, we can see why most of us fall into the covert sin of laziness without even realizing it. It is a wrong stewardship of our...

Hate is an extreme dislike or prejudice against someone. People think this is a choice but really this is also a sin because we are called to love even the unlovable. In this episode, we talk about what is the root cause of hate and is there really a Godly "hate". We also talk a little about unforgiveness and how this causes hate. Hate is a sin that is covert because we don't even k...

Worldliness is loving the world either knowingly or unknowingly above God. We have to love the eternal instead of the temporal and have a more spiritual mindset because this world is only temporary. In this episode, we discuss what it means to "love God" and how does that really look like in our everyday lives. We also answer the question, "Is there such thing as too much serving?&q...

A lot of people do not know that worry is a covert sin. Worry is an attitude or state of mind where you are overly concerned about something that might never happen. The definition of a sin is disobedience and if we worry about something, then we are disobeying God's command of putting our faith in him.  In this episode we discuss worry and also talk about anxiety. We dive deep into what is r...

This week we talked about anger. Anger isn't always a negative thing. Even Jesus got angry. But anger becomes a covert sin when the motives of anger are of a negative nature or it comes from a place of selfishness. If your anger is due to sin, injustice, wrong policies, corruption, etc. then this type of anger is not wrong. Your response to anger is even more important because you can be angr...

Lust is a passionate desire to want something for yourself. It usually manifests in sexual desires but it is also present in other areas of our lives when we desire something above God. In this episode, take a deep dive into lust and how it manifests even in our areas of our lives such as a lust for power, items, people, etc. We discuss the importance of discussing lust because it is a sin that gr...

In this episode we discuss what unforgiveness means and how it shows up in our daily lives. Unforgiveness is a covert sin because we come up with justifications that seem warranted such as past hurt, pain, suffering, etc. but at the end of the day, it is God's command for us to forgive. Unforgiveness has such a deep hold on us that it can even manifest itself in physical conditions due to the...

What does envy really mean? Why is this considered a covert sin? Envy is a very close relative to jealousy and can be similar to greed. Envy is the lack of contentment and being jealous of what others have or what others have received. In this episode, we talk about how envy shows up in our daily life. We discuss how it can creep up and we don't even realize that we are already being envious...

We discuss pride in this episode and how it can show up in our daily lives. Pride can be a covert sin because most of the time we don't really notice that we are being prideful. Pride is trying to put yourself above others and oftentimes there is a very fine line between establishing our dignity and the covert sin of pride. We talk about examples on how pride shows up and it's present in...

Gas prices has been increasing all over the world. In this episode, we discuss how the price of gas is determined. We talk about who determines this and why the prices fluctuate so dramatically. We also discuss what we can do to help.  As stewards of God's kingdom, we need to also be mindful of how we are impacting the environment. We need to understand our role in preserving God's creat...

We start a new series of uprooting covert sins and the first sin we tackle is Greed. In the previous episode we talked about how greed plays into the rising gas prices so it is fitting to discuss greed as the first covert sin to uproot.  In this episode we talk about what is greed and how it manifests in our daily lives. We may not know that we are being greedy and there are so many actions we do...

We end our Bible characters series with Paul. In the last episode we talked about a background on Paul but on this episode we talk more about his ministry. Paul was persecuting Christians left and right but God changed his life. He ended up writing over half of the New Testament. Through Paul's life and ministry, we can see that Paul loved and understood people more because he knew how broken...

We discuss one of the most famous characters of the Bible. He wrote over half of the New Testament. Paul's testimony and the story of his life is so amazing because it shows us that God can really use anyone for his glory. Paul used to be a Pharisee. He was part of the religious council and persecuted Christians after Jesus' death. But God turned his life around. The same intensity he ha...

Stephen is one of the most selfless characters in the Bible. He might have been the first martyr after Jesus. He was one of the 7 deacons chosen by the apostles. Although he was young, he was very knowledgeable and active in the ministry. Stephen was willing to be used by God and he was killed because he would not stop talking about God. Even on his last breath, Stephen was selfless and humble.  I...

In this episode we have lots of guests! Our entire family joins us on this Christmas tradition that we have done when we were children. Before we opened presents we had to answer the question, "What does Christmas mean to you?" It was amazing to have everyone chime in. At the end of the day, Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus who came to die for our sins. It's about...

Philip is one of those characters in the Bible who aren't really talked about much but he had such an important role too. He was one of the seven deacons appointed by the first Christian church. He had an administrative role but he ended up becoming an evangelist and ministered to people also. He was very influential in witnessing to a man from Ethiopia that this could have been one of the pe...

In this episode we talk about Mary, the mother of Jesus. We discuss why Mary was chosen to be Jesus' earthly mother. There could have been many other women but God chose Mary for her character, her heart, and her faith. It was not easy to go through what she had to go through because she had to accept the ridicule and humiliation from society from people who couldn't believe of the virgi...

Tune in as we dive deeper into the life of Peter.  Peter was one of the most prominent disciples. He was all in for Jesus but can also be "all out" so quickly. We talk about why he was chosen as a disciple. We also discuss his ministry after Jesus' ascension and why a commoner like Peter was tasked to preach to the Jews, who were the most knowledgeable about the law at that time. Pe...

Jesus is different because not only did he die for us but He resurrected and ascended to Heaven as well. These two things that happened after his death are just as important because it sets Him apart from any deity that people worship.  In this episode, we discuss in detail what the resurrection and ascension of Jesus really means for us today. He had to be perfectly human and perfectly divine in...