Renew Bible Church Podcast

Seasons | Ecclesiastes | Pastor Chris Heller   Join us this Sunday for the opening of our spring/summer series, "Seasons", a study in the book of Ecclesiastes. This series will help us recognize how we might be wasting our energy in futile pursuits and point us to the things that bring us purpose and meaning. It should be a study with a lot of practical application, and even some fun as well.

Vision Sunday | Pastor Chris Heller   This Sunday is Vision Sunday, where we’ll be unpacking new and exciting plans for the future at Renew. We’ll be sharing info about all our summer camps, as well as news for kids, youth, and adult ministries this summer. We’ll also talk about plans for our current campus, including strategies to manage our seating and parking lot capabilities.   You’ll hear abo...

Gospel Of Mark | Nobody | Pastor Chris Heller   The last few weeks have been heavy as we’ve watched Jesus cry out to God in Gethsemane, stand before the Jewish Sanhedrin and Pilate, endure a Roman scourging, and submit to his horrific crucifixion and death on the cross. But, praise God, the story doesn't end there! After three days in the tomb, Jesus conquered death and arose from the grave! Becau...

Gospel of Mark | The Death of the Son of God | Pastor Jon Adams   Mark 15:20-41 Mark’s gospel has been a book of action as we’ve traveled with Jesus from his earliest moments of ministry to his final week. But, as Mark brings his gospel to a close, he slows the pace and we get an almost hour-by-hour account of what Jesus experienced.    We’ve watched Jesus cry out to God in Gethsemane, stand befor...

This Is Who He Is - Gospel of Mark | Not Guilty | Pastor Chris Heller   Mark 15:1-15 Last week, Jesus was betrayed by a kiss, arrested, beaten, and falsely accused.    Join us this week as our innocent Savior is brought before Pilate to be publicly declared innocent or guilty. Driven by fear, we will witness Pilate allowing the crowds to actually decide. Fortunately, God the Father has a very diff...

This Is Who He Is - Gospel of Mark | Lest I Forget | Pastor Chris Heller Mark 14:32-72 Have you ever been betrayed? It's not a pleasant feeling, especially when carried out by someone you were close to. You have some idea what it was like for Jesus that night in Gethsemane. But he knew there was even greater agony coming than just the pain of a betrayal. He knew it would lead to his very death.  ...

This Is Who He Is - Gospel of Mark | Fall Away | Pastor Chris Heller   Mark 14:10-31 Why does it feel we are seeing more and more people “falling away” from the faith? This Sunday, as we follow Jesus into an upper room to take the last Passover meal with His disciples, we find this is not a new phenomenon.     During this first communion, which we will commemorate as a church this week, Jesus says...

This Is Who He Is - Gospel of Mark | Alabaster Worship | Pastor Chris Heller   Mark 14:1-11 Do you know those times in our lives when we find ourselves broken and empty?  All our words seem to fall short and we have nothing really new to say. In despair, we simply throw up our broken hearts and empty hands to the Lord, with tears flowing down our face and without a care of what people might say. ...

This Is Who He Is - Gospel of Mark | Stay Awake | Pastor Chris Heller   This Sunday we'll return to our Gospel of Mark series where, over the next few weeks leading up to Easter, we'll focus on the final events in Jesus' ministry that culminate in His death and resurrection.   This week, we'll be looking at Mark chapter 13, where Jesus warns his disciples of the things to come. His message is one...

Gospel Of Mark | Real Or Rendered | Pastor Jon Adams What does real devotion to God look like? That’s the question our text raises this week in the Gospel of Mark (Mark 12:35-42). In Jesus’ final clash with religious leaders before his arrest, we’ll see him lay out what devotion to God really looks like. He’ll give us two examples to consider—one familiar, and one that’s totally unexpected.  Join...

Gospel Of Mark | It's A Trap | Pastor Chris Heller   This week in our Gospel of Mark sermon series, we'll be looking at Mark 12:13-34, where Jesus continues to be questioned by the pharisees, sadducees, and scribes in an effort to catch him in a trap. But once again, his answers diffuse their arguments and bring them to silence. Join us as we watch how Jesus responds to their questioning and gain...

This Is Who He Is - Gospel Of Mark | Whose Authority? | Pastor Chris Heller   Join us this week as we listen to Jesus answer those who confront him about his credentials. Specifically, what authority does he think he possesses to justify what he is doing and saying in the temple? I think his response will both surprise and challenge us.

Gospel Of Mark | Zeal For His House | Pastor Chris Heller   Mark 11:12-25 Last week, we saw Jesus approaching Jerusalem among throngs of cheering crowds while harboring a sorrowful secret . . . knowing he would soon suffer his own brutal death.   This week, we’ll look at Jesus’ reaction as he encounters merchants and moneychangers in the temple, having turned it into a bustling marketplace rather...

Gospel of Mark - Part 3 | The Last Ride - Part 1 | Pastor Chris Heller   After a brief departure to focus on our December Christmas series, we are back in the gospel of Mark to finish our study of the entire book. These next weeks will be the third section of the three-part series we began back in April. This Sunday, we will be picking up in Mark 11, with Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. W...

ThanksGiver |  Humility Towards One Another - Part 6 | Pastor Chris Heller   This week, we look forward to opening the rest of our one another boxes. Its been a great Christmas season and we'll put a bow on the ThanksGiver series. We hope you've been blessed by learning from scripture how we should be treating one another.

Christmas Eve 23 | Make Joy | Pastor Chris Heller   We look forward to this weekend with anticipation as we gather to celebrate the birth of our Savior and share the light of Christ’s love with a hurting world. In this season of profound joy and sacred reflection, we come together as a family of faith, in His name, to express our gratitude, love, and hope.   We pray the message of the true meaning...

ThanksGiver | Members Of One Another - Part 4 | Pastor Chris Heller   In Romans 12:5 we read, “ . . . so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.” In past weeks of our Thanks Giver series, we’ve examined the 'one another' responsibilities given for the church to carry out when they come together to eat and sing. This Sunday, we will continue our Christmas s...

ThanksGiver | Harmony - Part 3 | Pastor Chris Heller   This Sunday, in part 3 of our "Thanks Giver" Christmas series, we'll explore the concept of being in harmony with one another. As believers, Jesus encourages us to live in harmony -- showing love, compassion and humility towards each other. It's not merely the absence of conflict, but an active pursuit of unity, understanding, forgiveness, emp...

ThanksGiver | Together Dynamics - Part 2 | Pastor Chris Heller Join us this Sunday as we begin our Christmas sermon series, Thanks Giver! We will be focusing on different aspects of conduct as we encounter the "one another's" in our lives. This week, we'll learn what God intended when he told us to 'have the same mind' with one another, and how we can implement that in practical ways. We've been p...

ThanksGiver | Interstate 30 | Pastor Chris Heller This week we celebrated Thanksgiving. Today we learn how we should be treating one another 'as the days draw near'. We can stir one another up by encouraging, loving, and supporting one another instead of tearing one another down. We pray you are blessed this week. #thanksgiver #encourage #oneanother

This Is Who He Is - Gospel Of Mark | Call Him - Part 28 | Pastor Chris Heller   This Sunday will be our last sermon in the book of Mark before taking a break for the holiday season and Christmas series.   We’ve noted that the book of Mark is divided into three sections, each section transitioning with a story of a blind man.   Join us this week as Jesus not only calls for the blind man, but asks H...

This Is Who He Is - Gospel Of Mark | The Great Cupbearer - Part 27 | Pastor Chris Heller Mark 10:32-45 This Sunday, two of Jesus’ disciples have a special request -- they asked for a position on His right and left in His coming kingdom. Jesus asks them, “Are you able drink the cup I have to drink?” They replied, “We are able!” With long suffering, He responds, “You do not know what you are asking...

Gospel Of Mark | Go & Come - Part 26 | Pastor Jon Adams   Mark 10:17-31 When’s the last time you stepped back and thought about the story of your life? What have been some of the high and low points? What challenges did you face and overcome? What lesson does your life teach? If someone were making a documentary of your life, what would it be called? This Sunday, we’ll see a man whose entire l...

This Is Who He Is - Gospel Of Mark | Joined Together - Part 25 | Pastor Chris Heller   Last week, in an intense discourse about not leading His ‘little ones’ astray, Jesus warned about the unquenchable fire. This Sunday, in another intense discourse, Jesus is tested by the Pharisees on his position concerning divorce. Join us as we gain insight into what Jesus says was the original plan, pursuit,...

Gospel Of Mark | A Great Millstone - Part 24 | Pastor Chris Heller   Mark 9:42-50 A warning label is a label attached to a product by the manufacturer in order to warn the user about the potential risks associated if proper action is not taken. This Sunday’s sermon should be viewed as such . . . a warning label for all of those who would take heed about the reality of hell, the terror of hell, and...