Christ Chapel Video Podcasts

The Bible declares that one of the things Jesus will be known for and empowered to do is to give beauty for ashes, and the oil of joy for mourning. At the grave of Lazarus he made this statement: "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God"

Very few people began with more than King Solomon. The Lord loved him and named him as such. He gave him wisdom, wealth, peace, and prestige. Yet in his later years, he turned away from the Lord. This message reminds us that anyone is capable of anything, and that we should walk soberly in this world, keeping our heart clean of any offense.

We all know what it is to live in someone else's shadow. Who they are and what they have done or not done comes into our lives uninvited and if we are not careful, we can get lost there. It is OK to find rest in the shade of someone else, just not our identity. This message shows us how much Solomon was loved of the Lord independent of the greatest man in the history of Israel, King David.

Deep down we all know that personal evangelism is our responsibility, but very few practice it. Some do not because of fear, others do not care, but most feel that they cannot do this effectively because they are not sure how. This message deals with approach and telling of the gospel to others.

What I went to do was teach, preach, and minister...and I did. But what I saw changed my life. It was not the poverty, or the lack that surprised me, but the abundance. The abundance of Joy, Love, and Life that they possessed.

God has promised to lead us on the best pathway for our life.

Jesus Christ offers himself as a label in place of the labels we give ourselves.

"The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone," the people cry, "yet we are not saved!" This message is given for those who have stiffened their necks at the invitation of God, whose hearts have become hardened through sin and self-centeredness. The window of God's grace is closing, but it is not too late yet. There is a balm in Gilead, there is a physician there.

What many people call the Lord's prayer was really a teaching, not a prayer. His prayer was that the people that make up the church would live as one. Deep, intimate, consistent, joyful communion. To love and be loved, to know and be known, to serve and be served. To experience the power of God flowing in them, through them and for them. That their lives would be so blended (not just an hour on Su...

Jesus told his disciples, "blessed are your eyes, for they see". They see what others can't, they see what others won't, they see what others long to, but didn't. There are things that are freely given us…but we must have the spiritual vision to recognize them, appreciate them, assimilate them, possess them, and maximize them.

It is one thing to have faith, it is quite enough for it to be tested. Faith without an object has nothing to attach itself to; but once it attaches to something not yet seen, not held, not obtained…it will most always be tested. It is through great faith and great patience that we inherit the promises of God; and miracles seem to find those whose faith passes the tests of life.

This strength is divine, available, limitless, without cost, essential, pure, perceptible, and miraculous. The issue for us today is not whether you believe that is true or not, but are you living with an obstructed channel by which the part of God's nature can flow freely to you and through you to others.

The greatest need in the life of every believer is to live in the spirit and to walk in the fullness thereof. This message explores what this life looks like as it manifests itself in our day to day lives.

David lost his throne to his son Absalom who turned Israel against him. David walked up the mount of olives weeping, but worshipped when he got to the top.

Preparing your home for life and crisis.

The story of Zacchaeus is one of the first examples in the New Testament of God finding one of his own. Perched in a tree of curiosity, and tied there by his own sinfulness; Zacchaeus is content to only catch a glimpse of God. But God has other plans...eternity together.

Most of us feel like we should pray more, and often that our prayers go unanswered. There are no magic formulas for prayer but there are patterns in the scripture which guide us into the way that we should let our petitions be made known unto God.

What do you do when you have lost what is necessary for you to continue the Lord's work in your life? When you have lost your edge, your passion, your purity, your peace, or your power. Just like Elisha instructed, you take your master to the place you lost it and depend upon him to raise it. Once he has, it is your responsibility to reach out and take hold of it.

This is the story of David's fleeing his son Absalom, who is taking over the kingdom and seeking his life. This lament is both a realization, a declaration, a cry, and an expectancy that in the end God would have the last say in his life. He navigated the worst of times just like he did the bets; with his eyes fixed upon God.

In Matthew's account of the Resurrection, he uses the phrase "fear and joy". This describes not only the difference between those who do not believe and we who do, but our experiencing of both of these dynamics in our life with Christ.