God Centered Life

The reason why we as a church are committed to the exposition of Scripture is because we believe that the Bible is living and active. And the preacher's job is to get out of the way and let Jesus speak through his Word. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You may struggle to believe that God's purpose is to bless you. It may be hard because you have cancer or your child is a prodigal or you are estranged from your spouse. These situations can be a barrier to belief that God has something good for us today no matter what we are facing. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choic...

God's purpose is to bless us. The Apostle Paul tries to persuade the Ephesians that God wants what is good for us, including salvation. God has ultimate good and everlasting favor for us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The theme of this series is The Heavenly Places and the aim is encouragement. If we really understand what Paul is saying here about the heavenlies, then the result will be not feeling so sad or depressed. Writing from prison, Paul encourages the Ephesians to focus on the spiritual reality around them so that their physical circumstances are put into a different context. To support this ministry f...

Josh Moody says that what drew him to study Ephesians is that it has a powerful message for today's culture, which has lost its morality. Paul's aim in Ephesians is to open up the heavenly, or spiritual, reality that's around us. Join us for this new series. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

Their reaction is so humanafter being told by the angel at the tomb to go and tell, they run away and are silent. They've been told by the angel, "Don't be afraid," and yet they are scared. But we would be likely to do the same thing. It's reassuring that our hope is not based on performance, but on who Jesus is. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29...

Many people have tried to define joy. Happiness is short-lived, joy is long-lasting. More than elevated feelings, joy is a mode of being. Joy is the sense that we are aligned with the ultimate purpose of life. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who finally gets it right? A Romana centurion of all people! He correctly identifies Jesus as the Son of God. It must have shocked others who were listening. This leads us to the point of opening up the extraordinary truth of who Jesus is as shown through the most unlikely places. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices....

One of the most amazing things about the gospels is how much time they spend talking about Jesus' death. This is not what you normally get in a biography! But everyone has some form of suffering, so the focus on his death can resonate with us. 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 a number of differing views on this passage about last days, but the topic is secondary, not affecting our salvation. Josh Moody teaches that when Jesus talks about stars falling, he is referring to Old Testament political authorities. 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 so many different views about the end times and what chapters like this might mean, but the critical part is that we realize it is a secondary doctrinal issue. Our salvation does not depend on it, and many Christian leaders have had differences of opinion about it. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Sometimes those who are closest to Christianity have the hardest time realizing they don't completely understand it. To hang out in or grow up in the church is not the same thing as to be saved; to know things about God is not the same as being saved. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

If you want fellowship, you have to have doctrine. If you want intimacy, you have to have truth. If you want healthy relationships, you have to have healthy biblical teaching. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It should not surprise us that Christianity is controversial. The message of the cross is a stumbling block for some and salvation for others. In today's passage, the religious leaders are unable to face the real issue while the widow sets the right example. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

Language has power. Today we look at how we might be affected by the words we use. The people in Jesus' time had a wrong idea of what his kingship would be like. They were expecting a military king, but his kingship was truly revealed at the cross. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...

There is a massive challenge in leadership today, whether it's in the family or a business or the government. We struggle just in leading our own lives, trying not to get distracted by all the technological input that's out there. Josh Moody helps us sort out what we really want. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices....

To such as thesethe poor, the marginalized, the elderly, the infirmbelongs the kingdom of heaven. To be in the kingdom of God at all requires leaving behind your respectability, your sense of importanceand instead to be utterly dependent upon God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

How different would the history of the church across the globe have been if we had just paid more attention to what Jesus teaches here: aim to be a servant, not the master. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is something in the human heart that is diminished by keeping but enlarged by giving. Our hand can only grasp on to life if we have released hold of the garbage of stuff. We cannot hold both together at the same time. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The view of children has changed throughout history. In Jesus' time, a distance was expected between children and adults. The disciples wanted to send the children away when they came to Jesus. The disciples were shocked at how Jesus responded to the children. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

What's remarkable in today's story is the saving sufficiency of unimpressive faith. The man has faithsort of; yet his boy is healed. Part of our journey as Christians is to put our trust in God and see who he is expand in our minds. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we look at the accounts of the transfiguration and the crucifixion. These stories aren't just a history of what happened, they are a message that can transform our lives today. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peter rebukes Jesus in this passage, but then Jesus rebukes Peter, saying, "Get behind me, Satan." To only see that Jesus is the Christ, but to deny that the Christ must be crucified is a message of Satan. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why was the blind man healed twice? Did Jesus not get it right the first time? What are we to learn from this? He is the Savior, not just a healer or a teacher. Jesus' miracles always point to spiritual lessons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Money is such a sensitive topic to teach on and there can be confusion and a lack of clarity. Jesus doesn't call for a monastic life, nor is he anti-treasure. He just encourages us to store up our treasure in heaven. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices