God Centered Life

Do you know why you believe? If you want to rise above life's difficulties and have a ministry, you must know the answer to that question. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do you get unstuck spiritually? The Bible unchained! My encouragement is to read it regularly, daily if possible. The Bible does say, "meditate on the law day and night." To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are all made in the image of God, and there's a restlessness that we all feel unless we are in relationship with Jesus. Our culture is running around trying to find satisfaction, looking for something to fill that need, and they are deeply dissatisfied. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

It is possible in our association with institutional religion to have some kind of vague belief in God and being a good person and a good "Christian"and not be born again or receive the Holy Spirit. So if we have truly encountered Jesus, then we have something to share. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

We come to the story of Abraham in Genesis and we find a command, a blessing, and then an action. The hard part for us is to believe that it is actually the case that to center our lives on God, to commit our lives to God, is indeed good. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are people drifting merrily on their way all around us, thinking that a few occasional religious acts, or a prayer here or there, or something they said in their youththey think that will save them. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's important that we have clarity in the Christian church on what we're trying to achieve, based on the Scriptures and the gospel. And it needs to be memorable, so that everyone in the church understands what the common goal is. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

God is commanding repentance. Paul is saying a change of heart and life is required. A day of judgment is coming. So we say: Meet this person called Jesus, and you'll find he is the truth and he is also love. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many people today are moving beyond an orthodox belief in God to relativism. We need to find a way to point people to the truth and to encounter the personal Truth, Jesus. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How can the Paul and Silas sing praise when God has allowed them to be beaten and thrown in prison? Shouldn't they be complaining? The answer is that they realized that the ultimate prize in life is not freedom from physical pain, but the presence of spiritual peace. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...

I sometimes wonder whether one of the signs of pride is a lack of rest or an increasing intensity. We do need to work hard and work for God. Yet where is the Sabbath principle in our lives? There is a temptation to take pride in how busy we areand wear it like a badge. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

The Spirit is about advancing the gospel of Jesus. So an irrefutable sign of our experiencing the Spirit will be that we will be telling our friends about Christ. We will be a church that doesn't just send out missionaries, we will be on mission here and now. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

When the Bible clearly teaches on something, we stand on that, even if that means we are counter-cultural. There are things that we as a church stand on that people strongly disagree about, but if the Bible says it, we stick to it. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They had a sharp disagreement in Acts 15 over a minor matter after resolving a much larger matter earlier. But God is one so we must be one. Our unity is a reflection of God's nature and an answer to Jesus' prayer. We must make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more abou...

Each Christian is precious and we are to consider others as better than ourselves. Legalism always considers others worse than you because they don't meet your standardsthey don't do things your way. But why should they? They are bound to follow Christ! The Law is good but it cannot saveit's a guiderail. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn mor...

Acts 15 is the turning point of the whole story of the early church as they struggle with legalism regarding Gentiles following the law. Legalism seems attractive because we think we can save ourselves by doing straightforward tasks. But neither of those things are true. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...

The reality of the fallen world in which we all live is evidenced in Nehemiah 13. Here we have another Bible hero being seen honestly. Why does the Bible show us these things? Pastor Josh says it's to point us to the one real hero who won't disappoint us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...

Suffering and trials can be a reason for joy in the Holy Spirit. The disciples' spiritual encounter with the source of all meaning brought them joy in spite of the suffering. As Christians, we need to trust God in trials and rest in his sovereignty. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...

God has sent his Son and now the message is going out to the ends of the earth. We are a part of that story, and our lives have meaning for we are connected to the divine story of the whole universe. This gives us something to share in personal evangelism. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

The New Testament knows nothing of the Christian who is not connected to the local churchit just does not exist in the Bible. Today, our society is so disconnected. The gathering of God's people and our fellowship as we love one another is one of the most essential elements of the body. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad ch...

In Acts 13, the early church begins to select leaders. Even today, church planting begins with the outreach of the gospel, and then as people come to faith in Jesus, they are gathered into a fellowship. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What makes prayer so challenging? The human element causes us to be so distracted. And it's speaking to God who isn't visible. Learn more about the importance of prayer today. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In one of his most startling statements, Jesus said that the cities where he was doing his miracles would fare worse than Sodom and Gomorrah, because the miracles these cities had received were far greater. So where does that leave us in our spiritually wealthy land? We have a wealth of resources available to us, and we need to take the opportunities we have seriously and respond. To support this...

In today's story, we may struggle to believe that God would send an angel to open prison doors. But Peter didn't believe it either! Prayer is important because it is the lifeblood of our Christian walk. Without prayer, we are disconnected from the experience of the presence of God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices...

Culture can influence us positively, but criticizing our culture is a necessary Christian responsibilityotherwise we'll just end up imitating it. Jesus prayed that we would be in the world but not of it. This requires our minds to be shaped by the truth of the Bible and then to bring that lens to our culture. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Lear...