Life and Faith Together

It happens to all of us. We look around our lives and see that there is so much brokenness, so much destruction. How, in those moments, can we find comfort, much less hope? A foundational Christian belief is that we are created by God. If we are created by God, can the hands of our Creator repair, restore, or re-create a beautiful image from our shattered lives? Looking to Jeremiah during his visi...

Believers of every time and in every place are citizens of this world and, at the same time, citizens of the Kingdom of God. According to the Bible, what duty do we owe to the institutions of this world? And what do we owe as citizens of the Kingdom of God? The circumstances of this message may be uniquely American (the July 4 th celebration of Independence Day), but the questions are truly univer...

It happens to everyone. And it most certainly has happened to you -- a moment when it feels like light has gone out in your life. Looking back at this all too human experience, there are a couple of questions to be considered: What do you do when life goes out of your life? How does our belief (our faith) change and grow?  We can learn from the example of a man named Saul (later known as the Apost...

The way that we go through life is important. When a Commencement Ceremony is over, you commence.  Every participant, the graduates included, go out the door to whatever is next in life. Jesus teaches that when we go through a door, our character matters.  Focusing on the words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew (chapter 7), we can learn more about the importance of understanding and following the...

The moment was tense. A betrayal was in progress. Within the next 24 hours Jesus' dead body would be placed in a tomb.  And he knew it. As Jesus prepared the assembled disciples to confront the most terrible moment in their life together, he had a very clear message for them. This same message continues to speak with power and importance today. 

We are to prepare the way.... Generations have done this before us. And, we pray, generations will do this after us.  But what exactly are we suppposed to be doing? And how will this work as we live our life and faith together? A note about this eposode: The recording is from the 8:30 communion service at the First Presbyterian Church in Conroe, Texas on May 1, 2022.  This worship service draws a...

To say that we put our faith in Jesus Christ is to acknowledge that we are doing the very best that we can do every day. We trust our God to offer His blessings and to help us through difficult moments and seasons of life.  Sometimes we want to look back to a time that felt less complicated. But we are called to go forward with faith.

This is a very strange time in the United States.  Our annual observance of Memorial Day comes together with news of a tragic shooting in an Elementary School.  This raises important questions for every Christian. How does our faith shape our life in a time of grief? What message can we share from the Bible? And, perhaps most important, how can we communicate the message of hope in a way that it c...

This mid-week podcast (with a sermon, lesson, or interview) is designed to help you to live with your life and your faith together. At 30 minutes or less, this podcast fits easily in your busy schedule. You can listen during your daily commute, during your lunch break, or while you are getting a bit of exercise. Hosted by Dr. David H Green (a pastor, preacher, and teacher of the Bible), the goal o...