Highland Church Podcast

January 23, 2019- Part 3 in this Wednesday night class series with Jim Martin. Life is hard. Everyday, ordinary people are called upon to be brave. The Bible is full of people for whom doing the right thing was difficult and challenging. Some give up, some become discouraged, and others learn to be brave.

January 16, 2019- Part 2 in this Wednesday night class series with Jim Martin. Life is hard. Everyday, ordinary people are called upon to be brave. The Bible is full of people for whom doing the right thing was difficult and challenging. Some give up, some become discouraged, and others learn to be brave.

January 9, 2019- Part 1 in this Wednesday night class series with Jim Martin. Life is hard. Everyday, ordinary people are called upon to be brave. The Bible is full of people for whom doing the right thing was difficult and challenging. Some give up, some become discouraged, and others learn to be brave.

Wilderness is a disruptive and destructive force in the world and in our lives. Biblically this is true. We look to powerful people to stop a spiritual force. They can’t. We look to scripture for a God who does (and he ultimately will), but we first find a God who does his work within the wilderness. Making a way where there seems to be no way.

God is immense. All that immensity is wrapped up in the person of Jesus, and in those who are one with Jesus. Sometimes we don’t feel that fullness because we chase satisfaction instead. But like Christ, we should embrace God’s fullness, and be thankful because of it.

God still speaks, though sometimes we don’t know it is God speaking. God speaks through phenomena. God speaks through dreams and visions. God speaks through angels. God speaks audibly. God speaks through humans. And God speaks in a still small voice. The right posture is: Speak Lord, for your servant is listenting.

Allen Black gives us part 4 in this study of the book of James. Believing that real faith is more than just belief and must result in action, the brother of Jesus wrote a guidebook for living the life of faith. He calls us away from our double-mindedness to a pure devotion that changes our lives and the lives of those around us. He encourages us to live as friends of God and not as friends of the...

Former Highland preacher, Harold Shank, joined us for our 90th Anniversary. He delivered a message about the wonders of God. God can do the impossible and he often does that through improbable people.

Culture thinks sex is good, and often the church says the opposite. But sex isn’t good or bad, its holy. Sex is the union of body and soul, a physical act with spiritual permanence. Jesus warns us about this, but statistics of sexual addiction are rampant. So 1) we & others do get hurt by our sexual sin of our bodies, 2) our bodies are eternal and 3) our bodies are not our own. Accountability help...

Allen Black: The Book of James_ Wisdom For Life Part 3 by Highland Church Podcast

Allen Black gives us part 2 in this study of the book of James. Believing that real faith is more than just belief and must result in action, the brother of Jesus wrote a guidebook for living the life of faith. He calls us away from our double-mindedness to a pure devotion that changes our lives and the lives of those around us. He encourages us to live as friends of God and not as friends of the...

Is it good or bad to be mad? The New Testament says bad, but of course God and Jesus get angry. Jesus gets angry for the sake of a man experiencing injustice. We tend to get angry because of our ego, not injustice. Even when mad for compassionate reasons, we tend to remain inactive. If anger can ever be righteous, it should be rare, for the sake of another, and producing compassionate action.

Allen Black gives us part 1 in this study of the book of James. Believing that real faith is more than just belief and must result in action, the brother of Jesus wrote a guidebook for living the life of faith. He calls us away from our double-mindedness to a pure devotion that changes our lives and the lives of those around us. He encourages us to live as friends of God and not as friends of the...

"The Story We tell Ourselves" about ourselves can put us in a downward spiral of depression and anxiety. God has hard wired each of us with the ability to change the way we use our minds to create an upward spiral of peace, joy, and well-being. Len Shelby shares some "tools and strategies" on how to change the stories we tell ourselves that create the downward spiral of depression.....to stories t...

Part 4 in this Wednesday Night Series. Most of us are ordinary. We know all too well that our lives, our marriages, and our families fall short of the ideal. The Bible gives us a candid picture of numerous examples of people, who like ourselves, also fall short of God’s ideal. Join us as we talk about some of these families, the God whom we serve, and his overwhelming grace.

Highland was host to nationally known speaker, Mark Gregston, from Heartlight Ministries in Hallsville, Texas. Mark spoke to our parents and grandparents at an afternoon conference from 3:00-6:00. In this session Mark explains a new model for parenting teens. Topics from this session include relating, asking questions, trusting, and fostering independence.

Highland was host to nationally known speaker, Mark Gregston, from Heartlight Ministries in Hallsville, Texas. Mark spoke to our parents and grandparents at an afternoon conference from 3:00-6:00. This session was on the topic why traditional parenting no longer works. Mark talks about parents who focus on perfection, authority, and judgement and how this is impacting our teens.

Highland was host to nationally known speaker, Mark Gregston, from Heartlight Ministries in Hallsville, Texas. Mark spoke to our parents and grandparents at an afternoon conference from 3:00-6:00. This session was all about the difference in today's teen culture. Mark talks about todays teens being over exposed, lacking real connections, gender confusion, and other topics that help parents know th...

Highland was host to nationally known speaker, Mark Gregston, from Heartlight Ministries in Hallsville, Texas. Mark spoke to our parents and grandparents during Sunday School from 10:00am to 11:00am. This is the audio from that class. Mark gives practical advice on raising teens in the current culture they are growing up in.

Part 3 in this Wednesday Night Series. Most of us are ordinary. We know all too well that our lives, our marriages, and our families fall short of the ideal. The Bible gives us a candid picture of numerous examples of people, who like ourselves, also fall short of God’s ideal. Join us as we talk about some of these families, the God whom we serve, and his overwhelming grace.

Our culture is a dangerous place for marriages. As Christians living in a mostly secular world, we have to make extra efforts to protect our God- ordained life-time relationships from dangerous outside influences. Many very innocent actions and relationships can unintentionally do great harm to our marriages. Join us for Protecting Our Marriages where we will look at some important warnings and st...

Lists are helpful in defining persons we want to be like, including Christ. At the same time, corresponding lists describe the kind of people we don’t want to be. The Seven Deadly Sins are one such list. Envy stems from competitive pride and produces malice. Malice prevents us from loving like we should, which is terrible for the church. So we need to derive our identity, not from our stuff, but f...

This week, we are hearing from Luke Guard & Jermaine Shorter, counselors who will team teach about those things that we don't address in life coming back to haunt us. Join us as we listen to those who deal with life issues. This class is for couples and any individuals wanting to grow in understanding.

Part 2 in this Wednesday Night Series. Most of us are ordinary. We know all too well that our lives, our marriages, and our families fall short of the ideal. The Bible gives us a candid picture of numerous examples of people, who like ourselves, also fall short of God’s ideal. Join us as we talk about some of these families, the God whom we serve, and his overwhelming grace.

We are blessed to have several outstanding counselors who are excellent teachers. These counselors were asked to talk to us about something present in their practice that they are passionate about. Dr. Kevin Shelby is an Assistant Professor in the counseling program at Harding School of Theology and in this podcast speaks to married couples about intimacy.