TGP West

The humility of Christ is one of the most attractive and unattractive characteristics of Jesus. It attracts our spirit and our flesh wants to turn away from it. Take a look in today's message from Luke 14.

Boldness and compassion are rarely seen in the same person. These two characteristics of Jesus are clearly revealed in the story today found in Luke 13. Listen and rejoice over the person you find in the gospel.

When the Greeks want to come to Jesus, how does He respond? In today's message Will shares the heart of Jesus as He receives and loves all who will come to Him. What is the natural response of people who have been experienced his acceptance? Grab a challenge in today's podcast.

Jesus has two encounters with women during the week before his crucifixion that reveal his desire to promote intimacy with us. In addition to seeing Jesus' response, we can discover the secrets to building intimacy through their example. Jesus not only desires intimacy above all else, he will defend you as you seek it!

Jesus makes it clear in today's passage that obedience to his commands is expected and will be the only way that his will is accomplished. We have the privilege to experience him through obedience.

Jesus had just taught his disciples that to be greatest in the kingdom of God meant to be the servant of all. On the days that followed he demonstrated to them by example what that meant. Through his interaction with Bartimaeus and Zacchaeus we can find principles to apply to our lives and celebrater that Jesus sees us.

How much of what we do in Jesus' name is really to draw attention to ourselves? See how Jesus handles his disciples when they attempt to use their connection with him for their own benefit.

The story of the prodigal son is really a parable about the grace and love of God. Listen and find yourself in the story even if, and maybe especially if, you consider yourself not to have squandered what the Father has given you.

The Gathering Place is a church of sinners! That fact reveals one of the most enticing aspects of the character of Jesus. Jesus receives sinners. Today’s message comes from Luke 15:1 which is the passage where we got our name. Listen and discover why we are so connected to this portion of Scripture.

What happens when someone whom Jesus loves dearly has an illness that will be fatal if Jesus doesn't use his power? That is the scenario in today's message and how Jesus follows his Father's will is suprising. The result is that we discover a beautiful and necessary attribute of Jesus that will change our lives.

We have the hardest time knowing what to do with our "good works." It seems that even though we know that Christ has purchased our right standing with God, we still think our works obligate God in some way. Today's message reveals that Jesus will be faithful to bring us to the point of total dependence on Him.

What happens when God reveals his glory and people see/experience it? Those people have to make sense of the God-exclusiveness of the event. Today's message evaluates how a blind man and Jewish leaders responded and gives us help in evaluating God's work in our lives.

Does Jesus have a plan to reveal his glory in us? Do we have to be really "good" Christians for that to happen? Today's text reveals God's intent to reveal his glory in the strangest of places.

There has always been a struggle with the truth about who God is. Unfortunately, as in Jesus’ day, religion has often been used by Satan to keep people in darkness rather than set them free. What does Jesus do when he faces this situation in Jerusalem?

With so many books on prayer available, bought, and read, why is it that prayer is so misunderstood and rarely practiced with consistency by believers? Maybe it's because we haven't learned to pray from Jesus himself. This message attempts to help us see how that is possible.

Today Will takes a look at the encounter that Jesus had with Mary and Martha in Luke 10. How does Jesus respond when we are more focused on busy(ness) than him?

In this message we look at how Jesus interacts with a lawyer that wants to argue over theology. We learn how Jesus handles the confrontation and changes the converstaion from theology to personal application.

Do you ever think about how Jesus feels whenever he reveals another aspect of his mysterious character to you? Does it affect him when our eyes are opened to see his glory? 

So many of us have grown up thinking wrong thoughts regarding ministry. In this message we are taking a look at who Jesus is in regard to our ministry. What is his role in the ministry of the church? Enjoy.

How do you respond when after mutiple powerful experiences with God you find yourself in doubt? How do you think God responds? I hope you will be encouraged to hear that Jesus talks behind your back. Enjoy.

In today's story we see who Jesus is to us in the storms of life. Jesus is very present in ways that we would never imagine. Listen and discover.

What do you do when people who sound like they know what they are talking about challenge your beliefs and practices? What if your were very confident that the Holy Spirit already filled your heart with the truth? In today's story we find Jesus defending the disciples from exactly that. Jesus is enough!

Do you ever wonder where faith comes from? Some people speak as though faith comes through osmosis or some magical infusion. The truth is that faith comes from God and in today's story we will see how.

There are so many ideas going around in regard to healing that may or may not be biblical. In today's message we look at Jesus and the healing of many in Capernaum. Listen as we try to focus on the person of Jesus instead of the event.

Do you ever wonder why Jesus stayed on the cross? Listen as Glen describes the future joy that kept him there...