Living Savior Podcast

March 22, 2020 - John 3:1-17 - "Salvation through God's Son" by Living Savior

This is part of a midweek series entitled "The Journey." Tonight we see how God has used water as an important part of our salvation - the journey of redemptive history.

Companionship. Stability. Security. Love. Health?! Peace. Happiness. Fallen human beings have always thirsted for the things that this world cannot satisfy. Like that nation that God favored above all others, and still they test him with one complaint after another. Or like that woman who has had five husbands already, and now there’s a sixth man in her life, and she knows that that relationship w...

Companionship. Stability. Security. Love. Health?! Peace. Happiness. Fallen human beings have always thirsted for the things that this world cannot satisfy. Like that nation that God favored above all others, and still they test him with one complaint after another. Or like that woman who has had five husbands already, and now there’s a sixth man in her life, and she knows that that relationship w...

Amazing grace -- how sweet the sound -- that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see. The poet who wrote this popular hymn had good eyesight. So do most of the believers who sing it. So why such words? Because the very Person who once gave physical sight to those who were physically blind keeps doing something even more amazing and enduring. He steps into...

Amazing grace -- how sweet the sound -- that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see. The poet who wrote this popular hymn had good eyesight. So do most of the believers who sing it. So why such words? Because the very Person who once gave physical sight to those who were physically blind keeps doing something even more amazing and enduring. He steps into...

Imagine rounding the corner and finding children in the biggest, nastiest mess. You really don’t want to clean it up — unless, of course, it’s your child. God created a perfect world where humankind lived in perfect harmony with him and with one another. All that changed when they believed the Tempter’s lies. Yet when God found them in that awful mess he didn’t turn away. Instead, he chose to step...

Imagine rounding the corner and finding children in the biggest, nastiest mess. You really don’t want to clean it up — unless, of course, it’s your child. God created a perfect world where humankind lived in perfect harmony with him and with one another. All that changed when they believed the Tempter’s lies. Yet when God found them in that awful mess he didn’t turn away. Instead, he chose to step...

In a criminal court case, the testimony of eyewitnesses sheds light on truth that demands the attention of the judge and jury. First-hand accounts that agree with one another can then lead either to an acquittal or a conviction, to freedom for the accused or a death sentence. What Jesus’ apostles recorded in the Scriptures is quite similar. What they wrote about our Lord’s mighty miracles, innocen...

“Like a moth to a flame.” Light has a way of attracting like few things can. God knows that, of course. So he has given us a new identity in the light of his Son Jesus. He completely changes who we are. That, in turn, completely changes how we live. This dark world and every person who occupies it need light. So let your light shine, dear disciple, so that others may see your good deeds and ultima...

“Like a moth to a flame.” Light has a way of attracting like few things can. God knows that, of course. So he has given us a new identity in the light of his Son Jesus. He completely changes who we are. That, in turn, completely changes how we live. This dark world and every person who occupies it need light. So let your light shine, dear disciple, so that others may see your good deeds and ultima...

The poor will rule like kings. Those who mourn are always comforted. The meek inherit the earth. The hungry are filled with good things. Those who are persecuted rejoice. Foolishness? To the world such notions certainly are. Yet our God has flipped the script, so to speak. With the light of his Word, God exposes the world’s wisdom as shameful. Instead he makes his own Son our righteousness, holine...

The poor will rule like kings. Those who mourn are always comforted. The meek inherit the earth. The hungry are filled with good things. Those who are persecuted rejoice. Foolishness? To the world such notions certainly are. Yet our God has flipped the script, so to speak. With the light of his Word, God exposes the world’s wisdom as shameful. Instead he makes his own Son our righteousness, holine...

“Let’s get up really early and go out and watch the sunrise.” Those are words spoken by folks who see beauty and hope in the arrival of a new day. Yet what if every day began with the promise of better things? For those who despair over life’s distress and disappointments even at 6:30 in the  morning, Jesus Christ always brings a new day. “On those living in the land of deep darkness a Light has d...

Sunday's Focus Today we maintain our focus on the Lamb of God and on his cross. Why should something so simple, lowly, and even ugly keep our attention? Because nothing else in all the world can save. Careers and careful planning, friends and family, our best efforts and loftiest goals — none of those things can give us what we really need. But Jesus can. Jesus has! We have been buried with him an...

As with a spotlight on a stage or a flashlight in a dark hallway, light helps identify what otherwise could not be known. Likewise when Jesus launched onto the scene, God    identified him for all the world to see. Heaven opened, the Father spoke, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in the form of a dove. At his baptism Jesus is not only identified as the Servant in whom God delights (Isaiah 42);...

As with a spotlight on a stage or a flashlight in a dark hallway, light helps identify what otherwise could not be known. Likewise when Jesus launched onto the scene, God    identified him for all the world to see. Heaven opened, the Father spoke, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in the form of a dove. At his baptism Jesus is not only identified as the Servant in whom God delights (Isaiah 42);...

Few things are more necessary for life than light. It's no surprise that the very first thing God did when he created the world was pierce the primordial darkness with light. It's also no surprise that Jesus does the same thing. He illuminates our world of darkness with his beautiful, life-giving light. This wasn't true only when he walked the earth. He still breaks into our darkness and gives us...

Few things are more necessary for life than light. It's no surprise that the very first thing God did when he created the world was pierce the primordial darkness with light. It's also no surprise that Jesus does the same thing. He illuminates our world of darkness with his beautiful, life-giving light. This wasn't true only when he walked the earth. He still breaks into our darkness and gives us...

December 29, 2019 - Hendersonville Location Sermon - Isaiah 63:7-9 - “Christmas Is for the Children" by Living Savior

The calmness and pageantry of Christmas wears off quickly. Such was the case that first Christmas. Evil was in the world before the Son of God dwelled in flesh and was wrapped in a manger. Behind the wicked plans of King Herod is greater evil that sought to destroy God’s Son and salvation along with him. And it is for this reason that the Son of God came, to destroy the devil’s work (1 John 3:8)....

December 25, 2019 - John 1:1-14 - Christmas Day Sermon by Pastor Paul Zell by Living Savior

December 24, 2019 - Christmas Eve Devotion - Part 2 - Luke 2 - Pastor Caleb Kurbis by Living Savior

December 24, 2019 - Christmas Eve Devotion - Part 1 - Luke 2 - Pastor Paul Zell by Living Savior

December 22, 2019 - Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1-14 - "All of These Promises Are for You" by Living Savior