Island Christian Podcast

This week we will continue our PLOT TWIST series and study one of the hardest days of Joseph’s life. His brothers attacked him, left him in isolation, and ultimately sold him as a slave. It may be hard to imagine going through that much difficulty and pain, but some of you may be in a season like that right now! You may be facing setbacks, discouragement, pain, or isolation and you are looki...

Join us for week two of our PLOT TWIST series as we continue to study the life of Joseph.

Tomorrow is the best Sunday of the year! Every Sunday is a great day, but there is nothing better than Resurrection Day as we celebrate the greatest plot twist of all time: Jesus rose from the dead! It’s going to be an awesome day with powerful worship, the Ao1 dance ministry leading us in worship, and a brand new series, too!  On Easter Sunday we are kicking off a series called  P...

Palm Sunday. You may be familiar with the story - Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey, people get really excited, and the children sing and wave a bunch of palm branches (hence the name). Pretty straight forward, right? Not so fast… there’s a clue in the text that reveals something ordinarily extraordinary about what’s actually taking place. Come on Sunday as we dive into wha...

This Sunday will be an interesting day at Island Christian! We will be talking about SEX in our services. Yes, it is the day the Staff has affectionately started calling Sex Sunday. Accordingly, you could consider the sermon to be rated PG-13. Parents, you should make the best decision for your family, but I do think it is an excellent week for your middle school and high school students to be in...

When you think of worship, what comes to mind? I would bet many of us think of gathering together on Sunday morning to sing a few songs and hear an inspiring sermon. What if I told you that God actually invites us into something each time we worship Him? Would that change your approach to Sunday mornings or your devotional time during the week? Join us as we uncover this invitation from the Psalms...

What is the biggest threat that churches face today? Some will say that external forces like culture, isolation, or even apathy have the greatest potential to derail. What if the greatest threat wasn’t from the outside but instead from the inside?

Our former Senior Pastor, Mike O’Connor, is visiting to preach from Psalm 126 on Joy’s Surprising Pathways. Join us live, in-person or online at 9 AM + 11 AM

What is the fullness of the Christian life? This winter, we have studied the book of Titus and learned so much! We have seen that Christians are saved to serve. God’s people have received grace and should give grace to others. Christians, and especially leaders, should be different from the culture that surrounds us. This is not just for our own good, but for the good of the culture.

This week we are studying a section of scripture that most people would rather skip over! The whole Bible is God’s Word and every part of it is authoritative and relevant to our lives…but that doesn’t make it all easy to swallow.

For our physical bodies, there is a day that we stop growing. We are not aware of the exact day, but our growth becomes slower and slower until it stops altogether. After that moment, any further “growth” is often in a direction we don’t want! The same thing can happen in our spiritual life. We may have been growing at one point, but we can become complacent and stuck in one plac...

The book of Titus is short, but intense. There is such an urgency about this letter that makes us wonder…what was happening in Crete to prompt such firm instruction? To answer that, we have to dive deep into the historical and cultural backdrop of Crete. We will see the primary audience was a culture that was so different from the Jesus way! This brief journey into the ancient world is goin...

It’s time to exercise your leadership gift! You may be a leader in your job, your school, or the church. Others of you might be thinking… “I’m not a leader! I keep it simple.” Leadership is influence…and everyone has opportunities to lead every day. One author believes that even the introverted person will influence 10,000 people in their lifetime!

Rebekah Hagan shares with us her amazing testimony for Sanctity of Life Sunday.

It's our last week going Back To The 90’s! Pastor Lee will be bringing a message from Psalm 99 about God and how He is Holy. As part of his message we’ve prepared an awesome video from The Bible Project, so, don’t miss that. Be sure to join us live, in person or online, 9AM + 11AM!

We are back to the 90’s again this Sunday! This week we are studying Psalm 95. This scripture is a great outpouring of worship combined with a moment of reflection on the mistakes of the past. What does it look like to make a joyful noise?

We are launching a short, new teaching series called “Back to the 90s.” The series has a retro feel and we will study a few of the Psalms from “the 90s.” This Sunday we start with Psalm 91 (get it?) with a reminder that when you make a Resolution you should take Refuge as well.

Merry Christmas from Island Christian!   This is the series finale of FULFILLED: Christmas 2022, Jesus is for Everyone. We are finishing up the Christmas story in the book of Matthew and are diving into the prophecy fulfilled in Isaiah 9.

This Sunday, we are talking about how Christmas is “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." Right? Or maybe not… For a lot of people, they’re not quite so sure. These are difficult times in many ways. In a difficult season, Christians have the hope of Jesus, the guidance of his Word, and the strength of a Community on Purpose. Join us for Week 3 of Fulfilled: Christmas 2022, as we...

Join us for the second week of our sermon series, FULFILLED: Christmas 2022! This week we examine the birth of Jesus as recorded in Matthew 1. The text in Matthew 1 talks about how the birth of Jesus fulfilled a prophecy from 7 centuries before Jesus was born. The original prophecy in Isaiah 7 was thought to be about protection from war and invasion during that time, but we would later come to see...

The book of Matthew tells the Christmas story, and says that “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet…” When Jesus was born, he was the fulfillment of all the hopes and expectations of God’s people.

It's Vision Sunday at Island Christian! We are taking time as a church to celebrate what God has done in our midst in 2022 and looking forward with great anticipation toward 2023. We will be setting goals as a church for how we can have an impact for Jesus on both a local and a global scale; while also asking God to use all of us together to accomplish so much more than we could ever do alone. A w...

A Pointed Reminder—is the story of how Samuel, the leader of Israel at that point, set up a stone of remembrance and said, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” This victory monument was not merely to focus Israel on past victories but on the Lord, his present provision and future promises. The same God who gave his help at that time is looking for present-day followers who will dec...