God Centered Life

Our approach to culture and God is a little like: "I'm sorry, God, the internet connection that you're providing may be out there somewhere, but this culture is my preferred network and I'm just unable to connect with you." Too often, we prioritize our culture over our God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

When Saul was persecuting the early Christians, he was actually persecuting Jesus. The church is the body of Christ, so when someone opposes the church, they are opposing Jesus. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The biblical qualifications of an apostle are to be someone appointed by the Lord Jesus himself, and to be someone who has seen the risen Lord. Today we learn how Paul qualified in an unusual way. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here we look at the response of Nehemiah's people to God's Word. Misreading the Word to define what it means to be a Christian can be problematic. We have to come back to who Jesus is and what it really means to be a Christian. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Perhaps you think of religion as racist, with the most divided hour in the country being 11 am on Sunday morning. This message delves into confrontation. Josh Moody teaches that the best way to avoid conflict is to confront the issue with loving graciousness. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

How do we become the kind of people who, if thrown out of one city by religious zealots, stay anyway because duty demands it, or flee and spread the Word of God wherever we go? What would that sort of devotion look like in the 21st century west? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Spirit of the Lord can change us from being greedy for ourselves to wanting to serve others. This passage teaches us about pastors, elders, and deacons, and the ministry of all believers. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The church is meant to preach humility and meekness, and we are told that the world will know we are his disciples by the love we have for one another. There should never be a "Nightmare on Church Street," but there can be. We need to learn the lessons found in Acts 6. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Why do people today think that Christians are intolerant, and what can we do about it? Josh Moody explains that the definition of tolerance has changednow it means we have to agree with what everyone thinks. The Christian view of tolerance is to love your neighbor as yourself even if you disagree with them. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn...

It's very important to get these simple steps right when studying the Bible: what does it say, what does it mean, and what does it mean to me? It needs to be in that order, one after the other, and it produces great joy because we now understand the Word that has been made known to us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad cho...

Today Christians face persecution all around the world. Even in countries where persecution isn't a risk, there can be real opposition. The key to standing firm is having a big view of God. When we face challenges, let's keep our eyes fixed on the sheer scale and sovereignty of God. Don't try to stop God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn mo...

People today are looking for the real deal, for the real Jesus experience. They are looking for people who are actually following him. We live in a watching world, so the health of the church is vital. Stay tuned for 7 points on how to help other believers who are straying from the straight and narrow. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more...

This passage about Ananias and Sapphira is included because Luke is a truthful historian, and also it teaches us that having moral integrity is essential for church unity and church health. It is key for churches not to sweep issues under the rug, but to deal with them. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

We start with the view of God's sovereignty, where he is in charge and everything that's happening is what he is doing. But that doesn't mean we don't praythe fact of God's sovereignty doesn't discourage prayer. Really, why would you pray to him if he wasn't sovereign? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Today the one thing you must not say is the words of Acts 4:12. You can get excited about your faith or be strict about religion, but if you say there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be savedthen you're asking for trouble. But this is our glorious truth. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choi...

Nehemiah 8 speaks about the recovery of the centrality of God's Word, among God's covenant people when they returned to His land, and it sets a framework for the importance of His Word for the church today. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Even in the godliest of Christians there is something reprehensible. It is not our godliness that makes another person believe or makes a church growit is not our power. Listen today as Josh Moody teaches that the whole Bible has a message of grace and transformative power through Jesus' name. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about you...

The story of the lame man asking for money yet receiving healing from Peter is important for us today. We live in a time when Jesus' name and who he is has been trivialized. But Josh Moody says that this passage shows the real power of the name of Jesus. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...

Paul urges his readers to keep worship easy for outsiders to understand. Today, worship can be very divisive or divine. Worship is all about God, but in some people's minds it has been reduced to the level of furniture placement preference. Josh Moody explains what God teaches about worship. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your...

Having a biblical church is the real way to have church growth. Josh Moody talks about "doing church right." To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What is it that makes us put out the Spirit's fire? Perhaps is it sin? A particular area in our life that needs to be dealt with? Lethargywhen we don't want to be bothered with things? Josh Moody teaches us more about the Spirit. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What we have here is an encouragement to be honest with God when facing opposition. Very often, people find it hard to pray in difficult times because they feel they have to say nice things to God. But God wants us to pray with authenticity and tell Him how we feel from our heart. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices....

Western Christianity often fails in communication with our culture today. When we say "God," they say "don't tell me what to do." When we say "Jesus," they hear "crusade." When we say "church," they say "not my party!" Josh Moody explains more about outreach. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

If you go into any school today, you will find difficulties with discipline because there is no buy-in to authority. Authority itself is seen to be wrong because we see ourselves as innately good. While we are special and made in the image of God, we are marred. Learn more from Josh Moody. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad...

Sometimes we expect God to interact with us like a GPS. We expect clear directions from the divine to turn left in 50 meters. But we need our understanding of guidance to be rooted in God's Word. This passage in Acts will show us more. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices