Lakeside Community Church

As we celebrate Christmas, we celebrate Jesus coming to provide our salvation and we rejoice in the fact that God is with us, and we are never alone. Listen as Brian Pursley shares this hope from Matthew 1.

How can we have peace in the midst of chaos? Listen as Brian Pursley discusses 2 Thessalonians 3 and reveals how peace is ours when we include God in every area of our lives, follow the mandates of Scripture, avoid some people, and refuse to grow tired of doing what we should.

Listen to Brian Pursley discuss how we can live every day like it’s Christmas and be full of comfort, hope, and grace even when we live in an evil, uncertain world, from 2 Thessalonians 2.

How well we love each other is the greatest indicator of our spiritual health. Watch Brian Pursley discuss 2 Thessalonians 1 and why loving each other and doing good are vital for those of us who follow Jesus.

Listen to Brian Pursley discuss how we can be full of faith, love, and hope, even when uncertainty and turmoil come into our lives, from 1 Thessalonians 5.

If you’ve ever wished life came with a manual 1 Thessalonians 4 is for you. Listen as Brian Pursley shares how our spiritual lives are a process, why God wants every aspect of our lives, how to live lives of love, and why death is nothing to fear when we follow Jesus.

It isn’t a question of if suffering is going to come our way but how we’re going to handle it when it does. Listen as Brian Pursley shares why we must have a theology and philosophy for dealing with hard times and how our faith can be strengthened when they occur from 1 Thessalonians 3.

Listen as Brian Pursley discusses 1 Thessalonians 2 and why Lakeside must be a place of love, support, and truth. Join us as we are challenged to think of how we will respond when we face opposition, why Jesus is the only thing the church can be built around, and what our responsibilities are in living in community.

While hopelessness may seem to be winning, listen to Brian Pursley share why hope, love, and faith can and should define our lives and the impact we will have on others when it does based on 1 Thessalonians 1.

Judges 19 is one of the darkest parts of Scripture. Listen as Brian Pursley explains how the murder, rape, and dismemberment conveyed in this passage reveals the problem of evil in our world and how God has called us to respond in light of that evil individually and collectively as a church.

An orgy with an unsuspecting end. A king out of control. An unforgettable night. Listen as Brian Pursley discusses Daniel 5 and the questions we all need to ask regarding coping, support, addiction, and loving others.

When you picture God taking you to a valley you probably don’t picture death, decay, and zombies, but that’s exactly what God did to Ezekiel. Listen as Brian Pursley breaks down Ezekiel 37 and explains how this scene of death and zombies reveals God’s love for his people and how we can cling to the certainty that God provides in the midst of all of the uncertainty.

When God seems silent and distant what do you do? King Saul sought a medium to conjure up the spirit of Samuel and heard a distressing message. Join Brian Pursley as he looks at 1 Samuel 28 and what led Saul to seek out a medium he had driven away, how the unseen realm is very real and why we have nothing to fear, what we should do when God is distant, and the importance of spreading love to those...

So many people struggle with anxiety and depression. Our emotions and thoughts will betray us and turn us away from who God says that He is. Join us as Derek takes us through Psalm 42, tells us how we can overcome negative emotions with the power of scripture, and why having community helps us with our struggles.

Listen as Brian Pursley breaks down Romans 12:9-18, and discusses why love must be authentic, letting go of evil while clinging to good, why serving God is a privilege, why we need to pray regardless of our circumstances, why we must be the bigger person and how all of this works together to helping us become the community we need to be.

Whether you realize it or not, you need others in your life. That is why God’s design for those who follow him, is for people to live in intentional community. Communities that encourage and support one another. Communities that push each other to grow stronger and are there to walk through the most difficult moments of life together. Listen as Brian Pursley discusses Acts 4:32-37 and how the earl...

The church has tried to “go out from their midst, and be separate from them”, to create a safe place or a safe harbor. But is that where Jesus wants us to stay? Join us as Gordie Krogh teaches us what it means to be Christians in this world proclaiming the good news of Jesus.

In a world that is out of control we must control our thoughts and actions. Listen as Brian Pursley discusses what the uncertainty of the angst around us means and how we should respond by loving and serving others, based on 1 Peter 4:7-11.

The heart of love against the plot of hell. Listen as Brian Pursley discusses John 13 and how the heart of Jesus was full of love, sacrifice, and service, while the heart of Judas was full of betrayal. Nevertheless, Jesus still served him and that should direct how we, as followers of Jesus, live as well.

Discovering God's will for your life begins with loving God and loving people. Listen as Brian Pursley discusses Luke 17:1-10, and how we should respond when tempted, what we should focus on, how often we should forgive others, how big our faith should be, and what reward we should expect from God.

Watch as Brian Pursley discusses how the dynamic in the kingdom of God is unique; how contrary to what we’re often times told, serving is the true pathway to greatness and how Jesus provided the greatest example of service and what we should implement in our lives as a result.

Being with God is more important than doing for God. Listen as Brian Pursley discusses Luke 10:38-42 and why God cares more about being with you than what you accomplish for him.