Mineral Springs Church of Christ Podcast

What should we do when we encounter temptation? Do we stand and fight, or do we retreat? Guest speaker Scott Dutile discusses tactics we should use in our Christian walk to avoid the snares of the devil as we fight the fight of faith.

In this world, there are no guarantees. While there are many things in life that we would like to have guaranteed, the truth is we don't have the ability to make all of our desires become reality. Through God, however, we have guarantees far more important than what we can have in this life. John Martin discusses the various struggles that we and well-known people in the Bible have had, and t...

Six hundred years before the birth of Christ, the prophet Isaiah foretells the coming of the Messiah. We find the God has been thinking of us much longer than we've been thinking about Him. Minister Robert Peek focuses on Isaiah 9:6 in today's message: "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulders, and his name shall be called Wonde...

This episode fits the title "The End" in more than one way. The podcast will continue, but today is minister Aaron Hill's last sermon for us as our preacher. He and his wife will be moving to a church nearer their families in New Mexico. The message itself is from the last chapters of Revelation signifying another end, a narrative about the end of an age given to us by the apostle J...

In the last lesson in his "Identity Politics" series (Episode 366), minister Aaron Hill focused on the church at Ephesus, a church faced with the possibility of losing its candlestick because of its lack of love. In today's sermon, he discusses the plight of the church at Thyatira, which faces a vastly different challenge. They are commended for having the love that Ephesus lacked,...

Continuing the series concerning how we engage with politics in our world, minister Aaron Hill discusses John's message to the church in Ephesus in Revelation 2:1-7. The church at Ephesus is of note here because it is the only one of the seven churches that is threatened with the removal of its lampstand. What could bring about such a threat? They work; they are patient; they are discerning o...

Continuing his series on responding to politics in our world, minister Aaron Hill uses passages from a perhaps unexpected book. The book of Revelation, though it can be intimidating, often addresses the politics of the age in which it was written. John references Rome throughout the book, though it appears in the guise of Babylon. The imagery John uses to refer to the politics of Rome can be confu...

Scripture is not silent about politics and how we as Christians engage with it. How we engage with people before, during, and after the polls close is important. Minister Aaron Hill discusses how the apostle Paul tells us in Romans 12 how we as Christians should behave. What we do and say, whether that is face to face or in a social media context, matters. Paul encourages us to show genuine love t...

As minister Aaron Hill continues his series on the ways we live in response to the politics of our day, he focuses on the first two verses of Romans 12. He notes that we as people tend to take Jesus and try to conform Him to our world, more accurately translated as our age or time we're living. Some want just part of Christ, perhaps choosing His love but rejecting His truth. Others of us like...

As we approach election day, the candidates are trying how to win those voters who are as yet undecided. How will they go about doing that? As Christians, our loyalties need to be much greater to Christ than they are to our politics. What about the undecided when it comes to a relationship with Christ? Are we as concerned about those who haven't chosen to follow Jesus as we are about those wh...

Whom or what will we choose to serve? Will it be God, or will it be what culture dictates? Minister Aaron Hill continues his series on "Identity Politics" using Daniel 3 as his text. Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, otherwise known as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, choose God at the risk of their lives when they refuse to bow down to the gold statue set up by Nebuchadnezzar. We live in...

This week minister Aaron Hill begins a new series entitled Identity Politics , during which he will examine ways people in Bible times interact with their culture and respond to the politics of their day and how that relates to how we respond to politics in our time. In this first episode, Hill uses the text from Daniel 1 to illustrate the way political power worked in Daniel's day. King Nebu...

In the last sermon of his series on 1 John, minister Aaron Hill reminds listeners that John wants his fellow believers to have confidence, to know that they are saved. Though the whole world lies in the power of the evil one, John says that we know we are from God. If we could only see the evil spirits at work around us, our perspective would change. This world is evil. People aren't basicall...

In this week's sermon on 1 John 5, minister Aaron Hill addresses misconceptions that both John's audience at the time of his letter and some people today have about Jesus as the Son of God. Jesus is more than a prophet; He is more than a good teacher; He is more than just a divine being created by God. There is no other way to the Father except through His Son Jesus. The Father testifies...

Many believe that if we would just love one another, a lot of the world's issues would be solved. Maybe, but exactly what kind of love are we talking about? God sets the standard for love for one simple reason. God IS love! He IS the standard. He will solve the problems of the world because He loves the world (John 3:16). Minister Aaron Hill continues the series on 1 John from chapter 5 where...

What do we fear? Spiders? Public speaking? Punishment? Punishment by whom? Parents? Law enforcement? God? Preachers have used and in some cases still use divine punishment as currency to push people into repentance; however, people who are saved often fear divine punishment unnecessarily.  Minister Aaron Hill walks listeners through three verses in 1 John 4 that show that those who have been saved...

As he continues the series on 1 John, minister Aaron Hill points out that John's purpose in the book is to give his audience confidence in their salvation. John offers at least three proofs: the giving of God's Spirit, the saving confession, and the love of God. We are sanctified by the Spirit, and the Spirit guides us. He gives us gifts as He will. We confess Jesus, that He came in the...

We can know about someone without actually knowing the person. To know a person, we must have contact with them. We must dwell with them in some fashion. Minister Aaron Hill shows his audience how this principle works with God. We can know about Jesus without knowing Jesus. We can know about God without knowing God. In 1 John 4 we find that if we don't love like Jesus, we don't know God....

Many today will claim there is no absolute truth. It is said that we each have our own truth, but is that really so? Jim Corner, a guest speaker from World Bible School in Garland, Texas, refutes that claim and reminds listeners that God has commissioned all of us to share the gospel truth.

"Tell me the story of Jesus. Write on my heart every word." Eddie Beene uses the well-known song "Tell Me the Story of Jesus," as the basis for his sermon to tell listeners how Jesus came to repair the relationship between ourselves and God that we couldn't fix. Throughout the Bible, God seeks to redeem His people, and it is through Jesus, who willingly went to the cross,...

Minister Aaron Hill takes a detour from 1 John this week to focus on the Shema in the book of Deuteronomy, a book that reiterates the commandments given in the book of Exodus. He points out that the Old Testament isn't just a list of laws and commands. It isn't just about doing the right things. Jesus came to set the Jews straight. Of course, we need God to give us rules, but what is the...

Continuing his series on the book of 1 John, minister Aaron Hill begins in chapter 4 in which John instructs his readers to "test the spirits." So, how do we know what is right? Jesus is THE way, THE truth, and THE life! He is NOT a way, a truth, and a life. John warns that we are not to believe every spirit. Ephesians reminds us that the battle we are in is spiritual warfare. We are to...

How can we know we abide in Christ? How can we have confidence? Abiding is more than hearing, believing, repenting, confession, and baptism. Abiding is more than a list of steps we must complete. Included must be sanctification and glorification. These are works of God.  Minister Aaron Hill addresses these points as he continues his series on the book of 1 John.

It is important that we ask questions. Sometimes we can know the answers to our questions. Sometimes we cannot. We can know the answer, however, to why God answers prayers. Eleven times in the book of 1 John, the author uses the phrase "by this." These verses instill confidence in Christ's followers. If we have the fruit of love in us, we know we have confidence in our salvation.  M...