Foothills Church (Video)

Welcome to Palm Sunday.  Today is traditionally the kick off of the Passion Week when we prepare our hearts and minds for the upcoming celebration of Easter.  This morning we will be continuing our series titled the Jesus Life: Learning, Loving, Living.  We are taking a fresh look at how Jesus lived and loved others and we are seeking to learn how to practice those patterns in our lives.

Today, we take a look at what Jesus has to say about how we manage our money. I’m calling this message the stewardship of the Jesus life.  If we desire to live the Jesus Life…we need to know what Jesus has to say about how we mange our money.

The people Jesus addresses today are making this fatal mistake. And Jesus calls them out because it is a completely fatal error to obsess about outward appearances in one’s life, while ignoring the inner condition of the heart. Look at Luke 11:37-38 with me.

For those of you who have a relationship with Jesus today we will be looking at a practice that helps us nurture that relationship and stay connected with Jesus. It’s a life that Allows the Holy Spirit to instill in you a desire to want what Jesus wants more than what you want.

So far in our series, we’ve seen him exercise absolute authority over evil, over all manner of sickness and disease, and over nature itself. He’s even raised the dead. But, today he talks to his disciples about something he has not said shared with them.

If you’re new with us today or maybe you have missed a couple of weeks we are continuing on in a series all the way through Easter titled the “Jesus Life.” In this series we are walking through the book of Luke and learning from Jesus’ life. We are witnessing how he lived life so that our life might reflect his. We are learning from what He taught, so that our lives can be fruitful and we are rece...

Today, we’re going to look at some words from Jesus that simultaneously make me uncomfortable and give me a real hope about how to embrace the Jesus life. Jesus describes is two kinds of people or lives: the well-built life and what I’m calling the ‘other’ life. Notice that Jesus only describes two kinds… not a spectrum, not several, equally good lives. Just two—one is well-built and the ‘other’ i...

Having made declarations about his identity and his purpose, he proceeds to demonstrate over and over again that he is fact, who he says he is, and he has the full power of God to bring the full favor of God into our lives. Today he’s going to demonstrate his unparalleled power over the forces of nature.

I want us to visit a few scenes in Luke’s account of the Jesus Life and observe Jesus’ undisputed power over all sickness. Luke includes a number of specific examples of Jesus exercising the power of God to heal all disease—spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically.

Today let’s talk about Jesus’ power over the demonic world since the very first story after Jesus formerly launches his ministry deals with this topic.

If you’re newer to faith in Jesus, I pray this series will orient you well to who Jesus really was, and to what he really taught. If you’re older in faith, I pray this series will refresh and revive your understanding and perspective of the One who has loved you first and best. And for all of us, may we learn some new insights on Jesus, inspiring deeper love for him, and a greater desire to live o...

Meaning is not found in your vocation, your title, your money, your trials. Meaning to life is found in your relationship with God. This relationship protects you from what is meaningless and begins to instill meaning into every facet of your life—your vocation, your family, your school, your pleasure, your finances.

Head scratchers are the injustices of life. Head scratchers are random tragedies of life. Solomon discovered them in his massive “under the sun” research project and he willing admits that life is full of things that make you scratch your head in dismay.

When you have a relationship with Jesus you bring meaning into every facet of who you are. This meaning is something that is eternal not contingent on your emotional, financial or social state but on the Character of God. This meaning is something that should be enjoyed and savored.

Today Solomon touches on the topic of money that we all have in our life. Some of us know it... others of us are ignorant of it... others choose to not believe it, but when push comes to shove in many of our lives Money is what we place our identity in; we place our meaning in, its what we live for. If we lose our money we will lose our identity, our security, our happiness etc. In Ecclesiastes 5:...

think we ask the wrong question when we encounter wickedness in our world? We often ask the question “Why doesn’t God punish evil?” “But the right question is why doesn’t God punish evil now?” We wonder privately why doesn’t God take action when we want him too? Why can’t I be God? If I were God we would see instant justice right?

How do we make sense of the craziness of life? How do we make sense of the past and move on from the past? How do we cope with the uncertainties of the future? Is it possible to find any peace or satisfaction in this thing called “Life?” Today, King Solomon, the writer of Ecclesiastes shares the key to finding true, lasting satisfaction in life.

The desire for meaning is rooted deep within humankind it’s a desire that keeps humankind alive. Therefore, we search for it all over this world but the fundamental thing we learned last week is that we won’t find it. One doesn’t find meaning “Under the sun” but in the creator of the Sun. In chapter two Solomon uses his personal testimony to demonstrate to the reader how life’s meaning cannot be f...

The thing I love about the Bible is that it provides answers to some of the toughest questions regarding life. The bible speaks to us in the midst of tragedy, in the midst of life altering events. The book that speaks directly to these life-altering questions is the book of Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes helps us find meaning in this world. Ecclesiastes helps orient our lives to true north when we are...

I want to share with you some more specific future growth plans our Leadership Board and Pastoral Staff have been praying through and talking through over the past many months. Pieces of this seem very clear to us... but we’re going to ask you to join us in prayer on the timing and feasibility of other pieces of it.

Now, there’s another tradition that the fall season brings around here at Church of the foothills: Our Fall Vision Refresh Series! Each Fall I try help us go the press-box, or review our playbook if you will, in order to help us get fresh perspective on how God’s game plan for the church is designed to work and how the position or role you play fits into that. And I hope that when you get that gli...

Today we come of our final topic in this series; the topic of future things. What is God’s plan for humankind at the end of the age? Is Jesus coming back? If so, when? Where? What’s involved in all of that? And primarily what I want you to realize today is that our sure hope for the future is to impact our living today!!

Seven Truths All People have knowledge of God. All People reject God: All people, including you and me, and the man in the African bush… we have an inherently sinful nature that distorts and plagues our minds and the idolatry that plagues our hearts. All people are Guilty before God: All people regardless, of religious, cultural, or ethnic background, stand guilty before God. You can’t earn salvat...

Today I want to talk with you about sanctification. Sanctification is a natural outflow of the salvation message and the appropriate next step because it is tied directly to salvation.

Today we get to splash around in the refreshing truths of salvation—which is our rescue and deliverance from the nasty power and consequences of sin. PLEASE REALIZE, this week is crucial! This week sets Christianity apart from every other world religion and worldview.