JCC: Jamuligans

Pastor Byron shares the full version of his sermon from our Valley Fire weekend. His sermon on 1 Peter 4:7-11 was cut short on that hot and electricity-free Sunday, so here's some of the details you didn't get the first time around. "You are in the final act of salvation history, so live it out in God-glorifying service!"

Local news crews featured various JCC members regarding the Valley Fire which impacted our Jamul community this week. Pastor Ryan shares their stories and relates God's Word to these challenging times. Thank you to CalFire and all our first responders for their service! NBC 7/39, CBS 8.

Pastor Ryan shares a timely message about our tendency to protect our health and safety above all else. Does our American culture value personal security more than the Bible values it? How can we see the trials and sufferings we face in our physical bodies in light of eternity? Job 2:4, Philippians 1:21, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, 1 Peter 4:12-13

All five pastors partner up for this historic roundtable edition of the show--our 50th episode! Every sound effect, a trivia contest, a never-before-heard ballad in honor of the show, and so much more. Plus, find out who does the pastors' make-up before each episode.

Missionary Rick Eisemann joins the show this week to talk about the growth and changes in his work with churches in Ethiopia. Plus, the real truth about what it was like to be a roommate of Pastor Gary.

Pastor Ryan shares three conversion stories from Acts 16:11-34 and reflects how each of them resembles part of his own conversion story. Let this Bible study inspire you to tell your own story--in three minutes or less--with our #JCCStories project. All you need is a smart phone and a few minutes to tell the story of how Jesus changed your life...and can change others too!

Gary, Danny, and Ryan gather in a round table discussion to field questions about sin in heaven and superior chicken sandwiches. One of these debates finds resolution in the Bible, and the other deals with poultry and bread. Hungry for more?

Pastor Danny delivered this message at Thrive Live on July 29th about how to kindle a greater love for Jesus, no matter what society throws our way, and how to let His light shine to those around us.

Pastor Ryan interviews Craig and Julie, JCC missionaries to Asia, about how the pandemic has redirected their ministry over the past year and where the Lord is leading them next. Plus, the 100th listener to this podcast gets one of Craig's millions of books.

Gary and Ryan discuss yet another change in our Sunday services due to the state's COVID-19 restrictions. Plus, a listener asks them for a story about their dumbest injury. Be careful what you ask for!

Pastor Ryan interviews David and Mandy in South Asia, two of JCC's newest missionaries. You'll hear about how the normal challenges of starting life on the mission field were compounded these past four months by the pandemic and about what the next few tenuous weeks might bring for these medical missionaries.

Pastor Gary recalls the grisly details of a rock fight on Willow Street to uncover the ways of his arch enemy. You'll see sad similarities to the arch enemy all of us face in our daily lives--the devil. Are you prepared for the cosmic rock fight all around you?

Pastor Ryan asks, "How do we respond to greatness in our midst?" Through a survey of divine encounters throughout the Bible, we will notice a trend in the reactions of human beings to the glory of God. Our fear of God inspires pure worship in all parts of our lives. Exodus 3, Isaiah 6, Numbers 20, 1 Kings 18, Luke 2, Matthew 2, Matthew 17, John 15, 2 Corinthians 3.

Pastor Ryan continues our "Around the World" series with a ZOOM interview with Pastor Marcos Schultz of Olive Tree Ministries in Mexico. JCC loves its missionaries and wants to know how the current pandemic is affecting their work. Marco encourages the church to get going, to not see this time as a crisis to be survived but as an opportunity to be seized for the glory of Christ.

Pastor Byron shares his Senior Lunch ZOOM message from 2 Samuel 23:13-17. How do our gifts to each other show love? What gifts has God given to each of us to demonstrate his love for us?

Pastor Ryan recaps the emotional protests and devastating riots in San Diego County following the heart-rending George Floyd killing. Plus, a remembrance of the "Father of Gospel Music" Thomas A. Dorsey and a recommendation of a classic piece of literature regarding race and reconciliation--"Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton. (Podcast title from Proverbs 31:8-9)

Pastor Ryan uncovers God's battle plan for His people, His church, to be united and to build His kingdom here. Psalm 133 lays out the antidote for the strife and division and hatred we find billowing around us today.

Gary, Danny, Vic, and Ryan discuss what the Bible says about obeying the government, what Peter's life teaches us about active living in the present, and what loosening San Diego restrictions might mean for the church in June. Plus, Gary offers helpful weedwacking tips.

Pastor Byron focuses on the differences between living by law and living by the gospel--how does the law succeed, where does it fail, and who rescues us from the struggle. Galatians 1:6-9, Romans 6:14, Colossians 3:1

Pastor Ryan adds another example of David and Saul's differences for our recent "A Tale of Two Kings" series. Humility and obedience marked King David's reign, but only King Jesus could do both perfectly. Pastor Byron ends the message with a poem called "Not Like David" from Paul David Tripp.

Pastor Gary explains who the Colonel of Willow Street was and wonders about what kind of authority he really had over the neighborhood. Gary compares the Colonel with the authority of moral relativism in our world today. Jude 1:24-25.

The pastors travel back in time to AD 1859 to consider why we don't sing about God's wrath anymore, to 1000 BC for lessons in trusting God, and to AD 1527 for tips on Christian life and ministry during times of pandemic and plague. Plus, culinary tips for the present quarantine. DeLorean and flux capacitor optional for this journey.

Pastor Byron takes us back to the burning bush and God's revelation of His name. What does that tell us about His character? How does God further reveal His name through Jesus? Genesis 3:1-17, John 8:48-59.

Maricela V. Larkin, a licensed therapist and JCC member, shares with us the open doors for help and healing that God has created through her crisis counseling of Wal-Mart and Costco employees. The interview also features some tips that will help you find peace and strength through these uncertain times.

Pastor Ryan delivered this message to our April Senior ZOOM Lunch from Colossians 3:1-4. We are to set our minds and thoughts on Christ, but what about our unruly and untamed emotions? Do our feelings make a difference in how we worship the Lord? Does our heart matter to God?