Faith and Life Podcast

Our faith now is revealed in mind-blowing, active, death-defying, out-of-the-box, amazing actions that reflect our confidence in what Jesus has accomplish and will yet accomplish for us.   After hearing this sermon, we hope you will pray e ach day this week the “Acting On My Faith” prayer and be ready to act on your faith where God leads you.    Lessons: Micah 6:6-8 , James 2:14-26 , Luke 3:7-18  ...

Just as Joseph believed what God spoke to him in the dream and changed his mind, so also do we act in faith when we live out the changes that God is bringing into our lives.   After hearing this sermon, we  hope you will identify one change God is bringing into what you think, say or do. In faith, take the first step in living out that change.     Lessons: Matthew 1:18-25

Wilderness experiences can tear us down and making us feel unworthy of the life in which we are called but God still called out to us, faults and fortunes together, to prepare Kingdom for all.   After hearing this sermon, we hope you will ask in prayer what God has for you and wait for God to reveal your calling to your neighbor and beyond.     Lessons: Malachi 3:1-4 , Luke 3:1-6

Just as God revealed to Simeon and Anna what they had been waiting for, so will God reveal to us clear answers for what we are waiting. Most often God’s answers are found in the ordinary events like it was for Simeon and Anna.   After you listen to this sermon, we hope that you will continue to pray the prayer that was given out on Sunday and trust what you see when God answers your prayers.   Les...

Faith is Hopeful Waiting The center of what we are as Christ followers is having faith in what Jesus will do when he comes again. While our faith is based on what Jesus already did in his life, death, and resurrection, our faith now is our hopeful waiting for what Jesus will yet do to bring us into our eternal home.   After hearing this sermon, we hope that you will pray each day this week the “Ho...

Because of the worries of our daily lives, we sometimes forget that it is the nature of God to have every care and detail of our lives under his capable and compassionate oversight. Because of this, we need not worry but rather are moved to give God thanks in all circumstances.   After hearing this sermon, we hope that you will look at one care that is worrying you and give God thanks for having t...

Why do we give thanks to God? The answer may seem obvious, but it is always helpful to be remind in a new way why we give God thanks. In this sermon we will reminded why we give God thanks by an ancient prayer that was spoken by Hannah whom the Lord blessed with a child after many years of not be able to conceive a child. In her prayer, Hannah beautifully and thoroughly expresses why we give thank...

With so many worthy causes asking for our financial support, it is wise to intentionally plan out how you will give to the missions that matter most to you. In doing so we are more likely to experience joyful giving that is not frustrated with reluctance and guilt-driven compulsion. After hearing this sermon, we hope you will make a prayer-driven and intentional plan for your giving.    Lessons: M...

So now that we've seen the cross and we believe in the resurrection… What do we do now. Jesus has presented us with the free gift of grace, how do we enjoy that Grace and live in that Grace forever?   Lessons: Jeremiah 3:12-14 , Luke 18:9-14 , Luke 23:39-47

As we celebrate that through Jesus we have all been made saints in God’s eternal kingdom, this sermon will begin with a brief apologetic for the resurrection of the dead followed by a brief description of life in the resurrection. It will conclude with a teaching on living the resurrected life today.   After hearing this sermon we hope you will, in prayerful contemplation, identify one area of you...

This sermon will walk us from our sinful state to the foot of the cross, following Jesus’ excruciating journey.  We will look at the need for this and the plan for this from the beginning.  We will weep for our sin and glory in His work! Lessons: Jeremiah 31:31-34 , Romans 3:23, 6:23a, 5:6-8

How do you account for the fact that we suffer really horrible experiences, including death itself?  This Sunday , Pastor Steve, will take the next step in  our sermon series "God's Work of Salvation ... Straight Up" as he answers the question, "How bad is our sin ... really?" He will teach that our rebellion against God and God's values causes us to suffer horrible experiences. Our sin is not sim...

Our pursuit of the Glory of God has been infinitely frustrated because of the Fall, and our often selfish or worldly pursuit to restore our standing before the Lord has led us to run to many counterfeit idols and limited doctors which do more harm to our soul than good.    Lessons: Jeremiah 2:1-8 , Psalm 1 , Luke 8:40-48.

Jesus is the Word of God made flesh. As the Word Jesus accomplishes what he says, so when he promises that when we come to him we will find rest and peace for our souls, he does that. All the promises that Jesus made are accomplished because God’s Word does what it says and in the resurrection of Jesus all this is confirmed.   Lessons: Isaiah 55:8-12a , 1 Thessalonians 2:13 , Matthew 11:25-30

How can we know that God exists? While in the end believing in God takes a step of faith, there are proofs for the existence of God that many have found to be helpful. In this week's sermon we will explore these proofs. Lessons: Genesis 1:1-3, 11-12, 20-22, 24, 26-28 ; Romans 1:18-20 , John 1:1-5 .   Sermon Outline

  We will present some thoughts and ask some questions on who is Jesus and what is it about him that draws us to him? Lessons: Isaiah 35:1-7 , Luke 7:18-22 , John 5:1-9 .   We had some technical difficulties with the first minute of this podcast. The audio quality returns to normal about one minute in.

Christian community is not an ideal but a divine reality, it is a spiritual not a human reality. This sermon will contrast authentically Christian community from all other human communities. In doing so this sermon will give testimony to the transforming growth that we experience in our life together with other believers. After hearing this sermon, we hope you will p ut yourself in a place where y...

God has designed us to live together in community and to do life together. This truth is especially vivid to us when we are going through difficult times in life. After hearing this sermon, we hope you will put yourself in a place where you can deepen your relationships with other believers. Lessons:  Ecclesiastes 4:7-12 , Hebrews 10:23-25 ,  Luke 22:14-20

In his sermon recorded in John 6, Jesus’ claims about himself grew increasingly radical to the point that everyone, except the Twelve disciples, rejected and left following Jesus. The Twelve stayed and believed. This has remained the two reactions to Jesus through the centuries and still remains today.  After hearing this sermon, we hope you will, In faith, embrace Jesus as the true bread of life...

Hello to our special friends from Freibrug, Germany who may be listening today! We loved having Tini back today and learning about your ministry on campus. Jesus came to and for those who are skeptical. God works in, on, and through us to help us and others understand and experience that he is the bread of life! When we come to him with our scepsis, he will give us an answer.  After listening to t...

When God, the Holy Spirit, has moved you to faith and given you over to truly trusting in Jesus, you cannot lose your salvation. This is the doctrine of eternal security.  After hearing this sermon we hope you will never doubt that you are saved and from that overflow do whatever it takes to lead others to trust in Jesus and be saved. Lessons: Deuteronomy 31:7-8 , 1 Peter 1:3-5 , John 6:35-40 . Se...

When we look at the heart of God in the bible, it ultimately is centered on the worship and glorification of His name. Jesus in John 6 is teaching that the needs of the people go far beyond physical, emotional, etc... Their needs terminate (thankfully) on worship and adoration of the Lord, our needs being met are a glorious by product of the Lord allowing us a way to worship Him more completely. J...

When faced with hungry people Jesus stops preaching to physically feed them. We must never forget that our daily bread comes from God and to always receive our daily bread with thanks. Receiving our daily bread with thanks in part means to be Jesus to those who are hungry and feed them.    After hearing this sermon we hope you will recognize that all your daily bread comes from Jesus, receive it a...

This Sunday every year we pause and hear from the students how God is working in their lives. 

The Bible is constantly assert Gods rightful place not just as our father, but our redeemer, Shepard, Lord, and Creator. We on the other hand are constantly removing the weight of those titles, often we keep the names but find ourselves inserting other things or even ourselves into the roles that God has rightfully reserved for Himself. Today we will look and ask God to reconcile our hearts view t...