Foothills Church (Audio)

Today we’re going to look at a little chunk of 1 Samuel. Go ahead and open your bibles to chapters 18-21. Some of you have already done the math and realized that we’re going to be digging into four chapters! But don’t worry. I’m not going to read it all—you can do that on your own. Instead, I’m going to read chapter 18, then highlight some key sections in the other chapters. My goal is to help us...

Today we take another step in our series on the life of David. Our text today contains the most widely known battle scene in the Bible. However, the battle is not between two armies but between two men—one man is named Goliath and the other named David. Turn in your Bibles to 1 Samuel 17. There is perhaps no other story in the Bible that teaches us how we can overcome the overwhelming challenges a...

“With me…without me” is the exact line the writer of 1 Samuel could use to describe chapter 16 as he compares and contrasts the rise of David and the demise of Saul. The presence and power of the Spirit makes all the difference. In this Chapter as David and Saul are set side by side in a study in contrasts, we should hear the Spirit of God saying, “With me…without me!” as God tries to help us real...

Today we launch into a very important study of the life of King David of Israel. The life of David is perhaps one of the most relevant character studies we could walk through together because David is so easy to relate with. Like each one of us David goes through peaks and valleys in his life. He celebrates grand victories in his life and mourns to his core his failures. All the while staying in u...

I want us to consider the other side of trust which the Bible teaches us is a reality. Not only does God clearly invite us to trust him and grow in that practice of trust and enjoy the rest, peace, and freedom of that trust; he also wants us to know that he has put his trust in us as his people.

I want us to consider the other side of trust which the Bible teaches us is a reality. Not only does God clearly invite us to trust him and grow in that practice of trust and enjoy the rest, peace, and freedom of that trust; he also wants us to know that he has put his trust in us as his people.

The practice of trust is absolutely central in our lives. When you stop to think about it in order to live our lives, we are exercising trust in tons of areas each and every day. It’s crazy the amount of trust we are called on to implement or exercise in a given day.

Developing greater trust in God will equip you to navigate the inevitable peaks and valleys this year will bring. In fact, the Bible tells us that God uses the peaks and valleys to strengthen our trust. So, whether it’s the aspirations you have, or the challenges that will come…I would argue few disciplines will help this year be your best year more than developing greater trust in God.

Sadly, not everyone is going to accept the gift of Jesus… many are going to reject Him and his followers. So this is my question this morning. As followers of Jesus… as people who embrace the gift… what do we do in the midst of rejection? When are mothers and fathers abandon relationship with us because they just don’t like the fact that you worship Jesus, how should you react? When your son or da...

Jesus is going to be a kind of watershed figure. You are either going to be hot toward him or cold toward him. By definition, Jesus—who he is, how he lived, and what he calls us to— requires a choice. When you are awakened to him….how will you choose?

It is our purpose this morning to discuss why the virgin birth of Jesus is important and why it can’t be scuttled like unwanted refuse or a failed mission. We are not better served in communicating the truth of God’s saving grace by dumping the virgin birth. In fact, we don’t have a message to give if Jesus was not born of a virgin. He would not be the Savior and we would all be lost without hope....

Today I want to talk about another aspect of Christmas that each of us might need to prepare for and be awakened to how God can work in it and through it. Today I’d like to talk about family!

I believe it’s important to be reminded each year that the Christmas season can backfire on us if we’re not careful. Many people miss the whole point of Christmas. They get caught up in the flash and sparkle of the season, and miss the brilliant light of the Savior. My hope is this series will connect people with Jesus by inviting them to open their eyes and AWAKEN to the truth of his birth, the s...

Today we come to the conclusion of our series in 1 Peter: Faithful Living in Faithless Times. I think it is safe to say that Peter has left the most fundamental piece of this for the end. Everything involved in living faithfully in faithless times is fundamentally rooted in the virtue Peter calls us to today. That virtue is humility! Faithful Living is rooted in humility.

Today is Peter taking time to describe what it looks like to abstain from sinful desires. What it looks like to live “good lives.” In these verses Peter paints a picture of what faithful living looks like in two relationships: first as Christian communities relating to their governing authority and secondly as slaves relating to their master. In each relationship Peter takes time to not only answe...

It is not secret that we live in a culture that is becoming less and less tolerant of Jesus followers who seek to live by Biblical, godly values. How are we to respond? How are Christians to live faithfully in an increasingly faithless culture? Retaliate? Fight back? Turn the other cheek? Be compliant citizens? Be gentle as lambs and retreat to the prayer closet?

This week at Church Of The Foothills we are blessed to have a special guest speaker teaching from the Gospel of Mark. Despite the state of our world The Gospel is being proclaimed and changing lives.

Today’s text addresses Christians in marriage. I can’t think of a more appropriate topic to talk about because most Christian couples never realize the power that their healthy marriage can have—not only in their home but in their workplace, their friendships, in their church and in their community. Healthy, Christ-centered marriages are a living, breathing demonstration of the power of the Gospel...

That is what we are going to be doing today friends. This morning we are going to be traveling back to the “Front Desk” if you will and asking the question who are we? Do you know who you are? I think as Christians we can often get Alzheimer’s in our faith. We can forget who we are. There are times that we can often think we are the creator and not the created. There are times when we might forget...

In the portion of his letter we’ll be looking at today, Peter drills down more specifically on this opportunity we now have as Christians to live different kinds of lives. Peter specifically helps us understand that Christians—those who have believed in Jesus as Savior and are learning to trust him as leader in their lives—have a new and improved capacity to love.

Not only do Christians have their hope set on the mercy of God, but this week Peter adds to mercy, grace. Peter actually commands us to set our hope fully on the grace of God.

This morning in the opening 12 verses of the letter (which in the original language is one super long sentence) Peter lays out the foundation which can inspire you and I to faithful living in faithless times. In these opening 12 verses his inspiration starts with a spirit of celebration and ends in with a spirit of awe and gratitude, in effect saying…it’s a great time to be alive and what a privil...

Today I want to focus on the strong foundation upon which our purpose is built. It doesn’t matter if you have a great vision statement, a profound mission, if you don’t have the unchanging, core beliefs, to fuel and sustain it! Our purpose must have a strong foundation or it’s not really a vision, mission or purpose: it’s just a fantasy.

Today I want to refresh us in our local purpose and priorities which align with and flow out of that bigger picture of the Alliance we looked at last week. Before we get to some specifics, I want you to know that our ministry pattern overall is modeled after the pattern we see Jesus using in his ministry while here on earth. We don’t do what we do simply because: Other churches are doing it We rea...

This week I want to let you know or remind you that our church here in these foothills is part of a much bigger alliance. We are part of global movement of churches called the The Alliance—the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Today I want to spend our time helping you acquainted or reacquainted with this Alliance we are a part of. The first thing I want you to know is that the Alliance we’re par...