Christ is Life Podcast

During Jesus' earthly ministry, He helped people who were attacked and held captive by evil in this world.  Jesus continues to do that today as He expresses His life through you.  As you make yourself available to Him, He continues to push back the darkness and fight evil in our world. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE...

What is your purpose?  What are you here on earth to do?  In Luke 4:14-30, we see Jesus' purpose, and if He expresses His Life through us, then it becomes our purpose too.  What is it?  To selflessly serve needy people. Luke 4:18-19... 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery...

As we begin our "Life Expressed" Sermon Series on the Gospel of Luke, we look at Luke 1:1-4, where Dr. Luke shares how and why he wrote the Gospel account of Luke.  Luke carefully investigated the life of Jesus according to eyewitness accounts and wrote an orderly account that is widely respected for his brilliant writing and accuracy as a historian.  Most importantly though, we see how Jesus came...

Guest Speaker, Larry Robbins, walks us through his journey of being fired as a Senior Pastor, divorced by his wife, and facing confusion, doubts, and depression.  Through all of that suffering, God was faithful and revealed what real freedom in Christ looks like.  Larry was set free to enjoy and experience life in Christ that had always been there but that he had not known. CONNECT WITH US Are you...

The God of the universe was coming into the world, and while many did not receive Him, those who did were born of God, given a new nature, and became children of God.  The same is true today.  If you've received Jesus' gift of salvation, you are not who you once were.  You have God's spiritual DNA running through you and have become a child of God. John 1:9-13... 9 The true light that gives light...

John the Baptist came to be a witness and testify about Jesus.  As believers today, the Holy Spirit uses us as witnesses and to testify about Jesus as well.  What a privilege to be a part of God's Kingdom work here on earth! John 1:6-8... 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself...

Jesus is the life (zoe) and the light of the world, and as we put our faith in Him for salvation, we receive His life and light into our lives.  No matter how dark things get in our lives or this world we live in, we have abundant life in Him. John 1:4-5... 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. CONNE...

The gospel of John gives us a cosmic perspective of the birth of Christ.  In the first 3 verses of the opening chapter, John declares the deity of Jesus and that He was the agent of creation. John 1:1-3... In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been...

God uses small things in big ways.  We see this in the feeding of the 5,000, and we see this in the way He uses Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes that are sent all over the world.  As we trust God with small things, He can use them in big ways to make great impact on others. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ...

When faced with anxiety, fear, or worry, often times we try to take matters into our own hands and turn to God as a last resort.  Dr. Aaron Glover walks through 2 Chronicles 20:1-12, showing us how seeking God first will lead us to experience the victory we have in Christ! 2 Chronicles 12:12.... We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go t...

During the election season, it can be so easy to be overcome by fear over the outcome.  But Paul tells us that God does not give us a spirit of fear but of power, love, and sound judgment.  As the people of God, we walk by faith over fear! 2 Timothy 1:7… For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go t...

As we develop the rhythm of walking in the good works that God prepared in advance for us, we will experience Jesus expressing His Life in service to others through us.  Richard Foster says, “True service comes from a relationship with the divine Other deep inside."   CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ? Go to h...

God is a relational Being in and of Himself.  Being made in His image, makes you and I relational beings.  We were created to be in relationships with others.  God even said it is not good for man to be alone.  As we walk with Jesus, He will lead us into a rhythm of being involved in biblical, authentic community with others. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonia...

During His earthly ministry, Jesus had a rhythm of getting away to spend time in silence and solitude, and if He lives in you, you will experience Him leading you to do the same.  He'll use it to experience intimacy in His relationship with you. Psalm 46:10 - Be still and know that I am God. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover...

We don't read the Bible as a religious duty, as a book of rules, for inspiration, or to have more knowledge.  We read to know Jesus and to experience intimacy with Him.  We meditate on Scripture as A.W. Tozer says so that we may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and center of our hearts.

Developing a rhythm of relational prayer is foundational to experiencing intimacy in our relationship with Christ.  Relational prayer involves both talking to Jesus and listening for His voice all throughout each day.  Keep it short.  Keep it simple.  Keep it honest. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ? Go to ht...

Developing a rhythm of being acutely aware of Jesus' presence and personality is necessary to experience the intimate relationship and abundant life you already have in a spiritual union with Him. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/.../discover-life-in-christ/ Want to share...

Spiritual disciplines are not a checklist of things we ought to do to be good Christians.  They are more like rhythms of grace that lead us deeper into the fellowship and intimate relationship we have with Christ!  In this introductory message to this new sermon series, we look at how as we walk with Jesus, He will lead us into rhythms of grace that allow us to live freely and lightly, unburdened...

At CHBC, we have 4 core values that drive who we are as a church.  In this sermon, we dive into those core values from a biblical standpoint and show how they apply to each one of us in our lives. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/.../discover-life-in-christ/ Want to share...

Many of us experience unrest in our lives from physical exhaustion, sin struggles, relational conflict, and just the general dissatisfaction and emptiness we sometimes feel.  But the Bible tells us that there is a Sabbath-rest for the people of God.  Jesus is our rest, and as we keep our eyes fixed on Him, we will experience His rest no matter what situations and circumstances are going on in our...

Does 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 teach that people who commit certain sins won't go to heaven?  Does it teach that those who live in persistent sin are not true Christians?  No, that's not what that verse means.  Let's dive into the context and see what this passage really means and how it applies to us today. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want...

Jesus' model of discipleship during His earthly ministry was relational discipleship, and He expresses His life through us, He will lead us into relational discipleship in our own lives as well.  Through authentic, Spirit-led relationships, we can know others and be truly known by them as we participate in the "one-anothers" of Scripture together. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go...

Deny yourself?  Die to self?  Must I decrease?  Is this the way to live the Christian life?  No, the New Testament writers of Scripture tell us that your old self already died and that you've become a new creation in Christ.  If you are already dead and have already become a new self in Christ, then why would you need to die to self?  In Christ, you are holy, righteous, and filled with the fruit o...

Some will use Malachi 3:8-10 to say that tithing is commanded for all people.  They'll teach that God will bless you with more if you are faithful to tithe.  But that is not what that verse means.  This passage is addressed to the nation of Israel under the Old Covenant.  As New Covenant believers, we give from our hearts which is a work of God's grace in our lives. Malachi 3:8-10... 8 “Will a mer...

Some will tell you that if you are not fully committed to following Jesus then you should be worried about standing before Jesus one day and hear Him say, "Depart from me, for I never knew you."  But that is not what that verse means.  If you've received salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone then you have eternal security. Matthew 7:21-23... 21 “Not everyone who says to me,...