Grace Hills Church Podcast

What if you had an older brother who inherited double what you received from your father. How would you handle it? In the Parable of the Rich Fool in Luke 12:13-21, we have this happening. What does Jesus think about this? More importantly, what does He say about being generous as a way to overcome greed and covetousness. Good questions - questions answered in the form of a valuable story.

On the subject of prayer, Martin Luther once said, "To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing." In this message from Luke 11:1-13, we encounter the Lord's Prayer and learn about eight important lessons for why we should pray. When we follow these lessons for prayer, we discover we are exercising the power of the Gospel and a God who saves us back to Hi...

What comes to mind when you hear the word, "priest"? If you're a believer in Christ, do you think of yourself? As we continue our study through the Parables - Vignettes of Spiritual Truth, we come to the Parable of the Tenants in Mark 12:1-12. From this parable, we're reminded that if you're a believer in Christ, you are a priest... God's royal priesthood.

Forgiveness is something we all want and need from God and others. But what about you? How are you at forgiving those who have hurt you and wronged you? In today's message from Matthew 18:21-35, we explore the parable of The Unforgiving Servant to learn what Jesus has to say about the heart of forgiveness.

What happens when you value God's Word, memorize it, desire to obey it, want others to follow God and worship Him... and you compare how you're doing with all of this to how others are doing? You have a perfect set up for a parable! In this message from Luke 18:9-14, we learn a lesson about repentance that Jesus wants all to know.

The Parable of the Prodigal Son could also be called the Parable of the Loving Father. In this message from Luke 15:11-32, we explore a familiar story and will be reminded that "we are not saved by God's love, we are saved by his grace. Grace is love that pays a price." (Warren Wiersbe)

Life can be complicated at times. Living the Christian life can be complicated at times too. So what are we to do when life is complicated? Keep it simple! Keep it simple? How? In today's message from Colossians 2:6-7, we discover four ways to keep it simple when we choose to live by faith in Christ.

Mystery Island VBS 2021: Searching for the One True God - Today's message from Psalm 145 takes a look back at what our "VBS Islanders" learned this past week about our amazing God.

Do 'IT' the Jesus Way. What is 'IT'? 'IT' is living the life of Jesus. 'IT' is sharing the life of Jesus. This is what we see happening in John 4:1-42. Through Jesus' example with the woman at the well, we're reminded that God's people are called to know Him and to make Him known. So the question for you is this: Do you have 'IT' and are you doing 'IT'?

What does it mean to be born again? The correct answer to this question will permit you to see the kinging of God! Nicodemus wanted to answer correctly. How about you? And... how do you know if you're born again? In this message from John 3:1-21, we join Jesus and Nicodemus in their meeting to discover the answers to these most important questions.

What would you do for a friend in need? What if that need was for your friend who couldn't walk? Would you take them to Jesus? As we look at Mark 1:40-2:14, we see that's what some people did for their friend. But beyond this miraculous healing, why else did people come to Jesus? In this message we find several reasons - reasons for us to care about people who need God's care.

If you went to Sunday school as a child, you may remember singing a song about Jesus making people fishers of men. In today's message from Luke 5:1-11, we continue in our series The Chosen in the Gospels where we look in at the event when Jesus called on Peter to become a fisher of men.

Love is not a feeling that leads to action, but love is an action that leads to feelings. This is confirmed in our text for this message, 1 John 3:16 where we're told that Jesus laid down His life for us. What is our response? We ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. This is love in action.

As we at Grace Hills watch season one of the TV series drama "The Chosen" based on the life of Christ, we do so with a sermon series entitled, The Chosen in the Gospels. In today's message from Matthew 16:13-20, we seek to answer the most pivotal question Jesus asked his disciples: "Who do you say that I am?" What's your answer? What say you?

As Peter wraps up his first letter, he concludes with a message for everyone. In this sermon from 1 Peter 5:5-14, Peter offers all believers some helpful instruction - so helpful that you can be hopeful, not matter what.

How can we lead well spiritually? In this message from 1 Peter 5:1-4, we learn about three important steps we can take to lead well spiritually.

How would you respond if someone said to you, "Do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you."? As we'll see in today's message from 1 Peter 4:12-19, that someone is Peter. This is the charge that he gave to believers in Christ who were undergoing trials and persecution because of following Christ. Today we'll look at six steps you can take to remain faithful to Christ when the temperature ris...

Often at the conclusion of an old movie, you'll see the words, "The End". But what about "the end" in real life? Scripture says, "the end of all things is near..." What does this mean? How is the end of all things near? In this message from 1 Peter 4:7-11, we discover some answers - answers that provide us with specific action steps so we're ready for "the end" whenever it comes.

Why be hopeful when you're not? What good is it to be hopeful? In this message from 1 Peter 4:1-6, we discover five important reasons - reasons that can give us hope!

In this fallen and imperfect world we live in, all of us have encountered suffering. Suffering is part of life. But are there any ways to understand suffering? In this message from 1 Peter 3:17-22, we explore five ways that can help us not only understand suffering, but endure it.

1 Peter 3:15 says, "but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence." How do we do this? How do you become a source of hope? In this message from 1 Peter 3:13-16, we discover the steps we need to take to be a source of hope to others.

If you've been part of a church for any length of time, then you have a beginning for when church started for you. In today's message from Acts 2:42-47, we explore the beginning of Christ's church. As we do, we'll see the church had purpose and that the believers were devoted to Christ and his church. From then until now, Christ's church continues to be the greatest cause for good in all of human...

When we look in at coming of the Holy Spirit following Christ's resurrection, we may think about the Day of Pentecost. But as we'll see in this message today, there is actually more to the Holy Spirit than this one time event. In fact, the Holy Spirit was active in Old Testament days and He remains active in the lives of believers today. Wherever you are today in your walk with Jesus, you have the...

The Bible tells us when the tomb that Jesus was in was looked in at, it was found to be empty. Could there be a natural explanation to this? Could there be a supernatural explanation? The answer to both of these questions is, "yes". But, which one makes more sense? Today from John 20 and Philippians 3, we seek to answer both of these questions. The question for you is, "Which explanation do you be...

On that first Easter Sunday, who came to look in and what happened? John 20:1-10 informs us that Mary Magdalene, Peter and John looked in. How did they respond to what they saw? For us today, what does the empty tomb and the resurrection of Jesus mean to those who believe? When we look in, we can find the answers to this most important question. Are you ready? Then let's look in!