Hillside Community Church Podcast

John 4: 7-26Many of us struggle with evangelism. We want to tell others about Jesus, but most of the time we don't know how. We feel embarrassed and it's outside of our comfort zone. This morning we will learn from Jesus the why and the how of evangelism. Support the show

John 3:1-15Many of us know what it’s like to try to be good. We really want to be good, not just look good or feel good. But it’s really hard to be good. In fact the Bible says that we can’t be good on our own. This morning we’ll look at an essential thing the Bible says we need if we are going to be what God created us to be. Support the show

Matthew 4: 1-11This morning we're going to continue to think about what it means to live The Jesus Way, what it means to grow to be more and more like Jesus. As we do that, we're going to learn a very important truth: if we try to follow The Jesus Way, we have an enemy who would like to keep us from moving ahead on the journey. This morning we'll look at some of the temptation that...

1 Timothy 4:6-8As followers of Jesus we are not only supposed to believe in Him, but we are also supposed to live like Jesus. We are supposed to love and serve and give and put others first. But how do we do that? How do we grow to be more like Jesus? This morning we’ll talk about training to be godly. Support the show

Genesis 4:17-6:8As we’ve worked our way through the first four chapters of Genesis, the stories we’ve looked at have been fairly familiar to some of us. But now we come to some material that most of us would simply choose to skip—lists of family names, strange stories of the sons of God, and a little information about the Nephilim (whoever they are!). We can read this a couple of times and still f...

Genesis 4: 1-16All of us have high expectations for our kids, especially when they are first born. But, what do you do when your first born is break bad? In Genesis 3:15, God promises Eve that her seed/son will be 'the deliverer'. Can you imagine the disappointment Adam and Eve felt after realizing that Cain turned into a murderer and not a deliverer? Support the show

Genesis 3:21-24Last Sunday we talked about how nothing works the way it’s supposed to work in our world anymore. We don’t do what we’re supposed to do, the world around us doesn’t work right—there’s cancer and pain and death, and our relationship with God is off kilter. God has every right to just let us go. But this coming Sunday we we’ll see that He doesn’t do that. We’ll see how God begins to s...

Genesis 3:8-19Last week we looked at how Adam and Eve decided not to trust God. We saw how they decided that they knew better than God and they did the one thing God said they couldn't do - they ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And we said that everything was changed after that - their sin - and ours - changes things - and always for the worse. This morning we'll take a l...

Genesis 3:1-7Some of the fundamental questions everyone asks at some point in their lives are, "Why are things the way they are? Why is there so much sickness and death and anger and attacking? Why is there so much pain? What's wrong with the world?" This morning we'll take a look at the answer to those questions that we find in the Bible. Support the show

Guest Speaker Dr. John Perkins from the Spencer Perkins Center in West Jackson, MS Support the show

Genesis 2:18As we've gone through the opening chapters of Genesis, one of the things we've seen is that what God created was good. Seven times in Genesis 1 we read that God saw what He had made and it was good. But now we come to something really interesting. In Genesis 2:18, we read that something was not good. This morning we'll look at what wasn't good and what God did about...

Genesis 1 and 2As we return to our study of the opening chapters of Genesis, we'll see that God built us for relationships - with Him, with the world we live in, and with each other. This morning we'll take a look at the relationship we have with creation. Support the show

Matthew 1:18-25Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, has been called the forgotten man of Christmas. We never read a word he said in the Bible. There are no quotes from him. Like the father of the bride at the wedding, he seems to be there to pay the bills and stay out of the way. But that is not all Joseph does. As he takes on this amazing role of being Jesus' earthly father, Joseph shows us...

Titus 2:11-14 Support the show

Matthew 11:1-15What do you do when you're under attack? What is your reaction when your spouse criticizes you day and night, when going to your workplace seems like facing the firing squad every day? What do you do when your bothers and sisters in faith criticize you? Who do you turn to when even the church is not a safe place for you? Let's explore this morning what sort of expectations...

Matthew 3:1-12Many of us have already put some time into getting our homes ready for Christmas. We've put up trees, or hung lights, or lit some candles or played some Christmas music. It can be fun to get our homes ready for Christmas. But how are we doing getting our hearts ready for Christmas? This morning we'll take a look at what John the Baptist tells us about preparing ourselves fo...

2 Corinthians 4:7-10As Christians, we have a light that dwells within us. This light is comparable to treasure, it is beyond comparison and immeasurably glorious. Unfortunately, we too often hide that light. We let our pride and fear of weakness contain it. In 2 Corinthians the Apostle Paul is not afraid to let go of fear and to let God be his strength in time of weakness so that his light be on d...

Genesis 2:4-25We've been thinking about what Genesis 1 and 2 tell us about who God is, what the world is like and who we are and this morning we come to one of the really important things about us. We were created for community, created to live in relationships. We'll think about what that means for us this morning. Support the show

Genesis 2:1-4What do you do when you are sick or tired? When life is heavy? Where do you find rest? Is it in the newest organic diet? Is it in the membership in that country club? Is it in your new job? Is it in this or that toy? Is it in that exotic vacation? You're invited to experience REST. Come and let God work on you to give you his rest. Support the show

Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15 - Last week we talked about what Genesis 1 has to teach us about who God is. This morning we're going to look at Genesis 1 and 2 and see what they have to teach us about who we are. Are we good or bad? Important or unimportant? Souls or bodies? The answers we give to these questions have a huge impact on how we live. Teaching Slides Support the show

Genesis 1 One of the really important things we learn as we look at Genesis 1 (the very 1st chapter in the whole Bible) is what God is like. As we watch God at work in creation, we learn some important lessons about who He is. This morning we'll think about those lessons. Teaching Slides Support the show

Genesis 1. While we don't always think about it, one of the most important things we do in our lives is to try to figure out our place in this world. Where do we fit? Are we important? Is this world safe? There are big questions and in order to think about them it can be good to start at the very beginning - with God creating everything. This morning we're starting a new sermon series on...

Luke 16:19-31Your friend makes plans for her 50th birthday or for her wedding, but why isn't your friend making any plans for her death? In 1908 only 14% of all deaths occurred in an institution but by 2000 it is nearly 80%. The past century also led to many people denying even talking about death. How can we learn to see death as the completion of a well-lived life? What would it take for yo...

Did you know that one out of every four people in the U.S. (including Christians) believe that they can learn about themselves and the future from the stars? Did you that three out of ten people in the U.S. (including Christians) believe that they have had contact with a dead person? What about this? Is this ok? Harmless fun? Dangerous stuff? This morning we'll think about what to do with a f...

Galatians 6:1-2, John 1:14Proverbs 17:17 says that "A friend loves at all times." But what about when our friend is doing something we don't think is wise? Or that we think is wrong? What do we do then? What does it mean to be a friend to someone who is doing something we don't think she should - like have an abortion? Support the show