Open Door Church Podcast

Send us Fan Mail How does the Gospel motivate us to serve, and also to lose while winning as we apply it to all our relationships? We find out in this message from Romans 12:14-21. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The gospel is this: we are not loved because we are intrinsically lovely or because we have made ourselves worthy of love. We are loved because Jesus died for us when we were unattractive in order to make us attractive. When we love others, and repent of our selfishness at the same time, we become more and more sincere in our love towards others and empty of our hypocrisy. Text: R...

Send us Fan Mail What is the believer's relationship to sin now that we have been born again, and how can we tell the difference when we sin as believers and when someone who doesn't know Christ lives in sin? These are questions we answer from our study in 1 John. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In preparation for Ministry Involvement Night, Pastor Teis speaks to the core members of Open Door about church membership, discipleship, ministry, spiritual leadership and service to Christ. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A Message from Romans 12 1-13 The Gospel helps us identify our distinct gifts & abilities within the body of christ. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Where is our hope truly grounded as believers? If we say in Christ, but we live abiding in the wrong source of hope we will find ourselves empty and fruitless. True believers have found their hope in Jesus Christ alone. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Now that we have established that the works of the Law don't save us, and it is only by grace through faith that we come into new life in Jesus. What then is purpose of the Law in the lives of a believer? We discover the purpose, pointing, and practicality of the Law through Galatians 3:15-25. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail As we enter chapter 3 of Galatians, Paul begins to correct the church for coming into the family of God by faith, but leaving faith behind for their works in order to grow.  As we have begun in the Spirit, we will progress as believers by the Spirit. The just will live by faith. The entire Christian life is built on faith, not performance; this is the way it has always been, and t...

Send us Fan Mail What is the spirit of Anti-Christ? How does it affect church, and what are the marks of true believers? In 1 John 2:18-27 we discover the marks of Anti-Christ, and the Mark of Christians. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail As we look at Galatians 2:16-21 we often overlook what justification is because we assume the church knows, or that we ourselves have fully grasped it.  What is justification? How does it enable us to live the Christian life? Peter needed the reminder and so do we. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What is the world in 1 John 2, and what is it about the world that we aren't to love? In 1 John 2:14-17 reveals to us the Christian responsible to love what God loves and hate what He hates. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In Galatians 2:1-10 we see how the gospel benefits the church and brings us to proper unity in Jesus Christ. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Paul correct Peter at Antioch for his hypocrisy in not walking according to the truth of the gospel. When we don't live according to the Gospel, we live hypocritically.  What are some causes of hypocrisy, what are its consequences, and how do can we cure ourselves from hypocrisy in our own lives? We find out in this message from Galatians 2:11-21. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In Galatians 2:10-24 Paul gives his testimony not to draw attention to himself as being of use and potential to God and therefore "redeemable", but rather to highlight that the true Gospel of Jesus Christ is all of God's grace. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In 1 John 2, we understand that all believers are growing in grace at different rates in the body of Christ, but all can take assurance that spiritual growth doesn't hinge on their performance, but is according to God's work and plan in all believers. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In 1 John 2, God shows us that real love is revealed to us in Jesus, and then placed into every believer by His Spirit to be lived out in our lives. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail When we revise the gospel, we reverse the gospel. In Galatians 1:7-9 Paul lays down the plumb line for what the gospel is, and how it works. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail One of the most obvious and overlooked facts about the historical context of Galatians is that Paul is writing to believers, who have deserted the message of the true gospel, for one that has mixed in performance-driven acceptance based on obedience to Mosaic Law. Galatians is not only Bible evidence that legalism is possible in believers, it is evidence that it is common in belie...

Send us Fan Mail As we look at the narrative of Judges 17-18 we can see a picture of a people who claim the name of the Lord, but are truly serving gods they have made unto themselves.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail As we close our study in the life of Samson we can see the Scriptures pointing us to faith in God through the final prayer he prayed to God. Because the Bible tells us his faith was genuine we can see some very real things about the nature of God and how He saves & sanctifies us. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A challenge from Daniel chapter 3 to stand for God, not to bow to the idols of this world, and to proclaim Christ wherever we go. Allosius Woods is with the Voices of Zambia ministry traveling to raise support for Ambassador International University in Lusaka, Zambia. You can find more information at http://www.gospelink.org/participate/trips/zambia/ Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A message from the series, Clarity, a study in 1 Corinthians. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Justin preaches from the penitent Psalms about God's grace that brings us to true repentance instead of just rote religious confessions. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In chapter 16, we find the spiral of Samson's life spiraling down and ultimately coming to a fall.  In this message we will see the dangers of operating in the flesh in the way we live, the way we love, and in the way we lose. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail By Judges 15 the life of Samson is a contradiction of God's blessing & spiritual power in a man who is impulsive, unteachable, and driven by his own fleshly desires. Samson is living by the mantra, "As they did unto me, so have I done unto them..." In Samson we have the example of the lust of the flesh, so what does it mean to "walk in the Spirit", and...