Podcast with Pastor Larry

When you study the teaching of the Lord Jesus on the vine and branches, you realize that there is a great deal to the Christian life and yet the fruitfulness of the Christian life isn't always pleasant nor does it some easy or natural. Growing spiritually comes through God molding, shaping, and pruning us.    Any good gardener knows that beautiful roses require careful pruning.  Pieces of a l...

When you study the teaching of the Lord Jesus on the vine and branches, you realize that there is a great deal to the Christian life and yet the fruitfulness of the Christian life isn't always pleasant nor does it some easy or natural. Growing spiritually comes through God molding, shaping, and pruning us.    Any good gardener knows that beautiful roses require careful pruning.  Pieces of a l...

Matthew 27:55-56 Matthew 27:55 says, “Many women…. followed Jesus…. serving [ministering to] Him.” Verse 56 of Matthew 27 says these women included, “Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.” Many women followed Jesus. I believe one of the greatest assets this world can have is women of faith. The greatest influence a woman can have...

When you study the teaching of the Lord Jesus on the vine and branches, you realize that there is a great deal to the Christian life and yet the fruitfulness of the Christian life isn't always pleasant nor does it some easy or natural. Growing spiritually comes through God molding, shaping, and pruning us. Any good gardener knows that beautiful roses require careful pruning.  Pieces of a livi...

When you study the teaching of the Lord Jesus on the vine and branches, you realize that there is a great deal to the Christian life and yet the fruitfulness of the Christian life isn't always pleasant nor does it some easy or natural. Growing spiritually comes through God molding, shaping, and pruning us. Any good gardener knows that beautiful roses require careful pruning.  Pieces of a livi...

Have you ever noticed how we love to blame others when things fall apart? Do you think God ever gets blamed for bad things today? When problems and bad circumstances enter people’s lives, often they will turn and blame God.    But I need to tell you the truth about this…God is not the author of sin, death, confusion, and evil. God is a good and gracious God. Problems enter our lives for many reaso...

Join Pastor Larry with a look back at his message “Shine As Lights” in Acts 24; Ephesians 4 from August 29, 2021. Philippians 2:15, that you may be blameless and harmless, sons of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world. The world is perverse. How should Christians respond to that? It is to shine as lights. We should want to...

Have you ever noticed how we love to blame others when things fall apart? Do you think God ever gets blamed for bad things today? When problems and bad circumstances enter people’s lives, often they will turn and blame God.    But I need to tell you the truth about this…God is not the author of sin, death, confusion, and evil. God is a good and gracious God. Problems enter our lives for many reaso...

The Lord introduces some great truths in the gospel of John by the use of a vivid illustration. He uses the imagery of the vine to teach us about life in Him and bearing fruit for Him. He tells them 8 times in this chapter that they are to “abide in the vine.” To abide in Christ means to, to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy): abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain,...

The Lord introduces some great truths in the gospel of John by the use of a vivid illustration. He uses the imagery of the vine to teach us about life in Him and bearing fruit for Him. He tells them 8 times in this chapter that they are to “abide in the vine.” To abide in Christ means to, to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy): abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain,...

Have you ever noticed how we love to blame others when things fall apart? Do you think God ever gets blamed for bad things today? When problems and bad circumstances enter people’s lives, often they will turn and blame God.    But I need to tell you the truth about this…God is not the author of sin, death, confusion, and evil. God is a good and gracious God. Problems enter our lives for many reaso...

The Lord introduces some great truths in the gospel of John by the use of a vivid illustration. He uses the imagery of the vine to teach us about life in Him and bearing fruit for Him. He tells them 8 times in this chapter that they are to “abide in the vine.” To abide in Christ means to, to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy): abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain,...

The Lord introduces some great truths in the gospel of John by the use of a vivid illustration. He uses the imagery of the vine to teach us about life in Him and bearing fruit for Him. He tells them 8 times in this chapter that they are to “abide in the vine.” To abide in Christ means to, to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy): abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain,...

Have you ever noticed how we love to blame others when things fall apart? Do you think God ever gets blamed for bad things today? When problems and bad circumstances enter people’s lives, often they will turn and blame God. But I need to tell you the truth about this…God is not the author of sin, death, confusion, and evil. God is a good and gracious God. Problems enter our lives for many reasons...

When you remember the fact that our forefathers were seeking to be free from the tyranny of England and desiring religious freedom then you appreciate the fact that the battle cry for the Continental Army was, "No King, but Jesus." However, as you read this text of the trial of Jesus Christ just prior to His crucifixion, it appears that the battle cry in that day was "Any king but J...

When you remember the fact that our forefathers were seeking to be free from the tyranny of England and desiring religious freedom then you appreciate the fact that the battle cry for the Continental Army was, "No King, but Jesus." However, as you read this text of the trial of Jesus Christ just prior to His crucifixion, it appears that the battle cry in that day was "Any king but J...

John 11 is about an empty tomb. Not Christ’s empty tomb, but Christ’s friend Lazarus’ tomb. He had been dead for four days, but Christ raised him to life. vs. 41-44 With Christ performing a miracle of such magnitude like this (raising Lazarus from the dead) it forced people to get off the fence and make a true decision about Jesus Christ. Life is all about decisions. There is one decision you will...

In Christianity, the cross is the main thing! It is the only thing! It is the center piece of who we are and why we do what we do! What Jesus did, the price He paid, the sacrifice He made, the wrath of God that He satisfied and the redemptive work at the cross is the main thing. Without the cross there is no power , without the cross there is no freedom , without the cross there is no forgiveness...

In Christianity, the cross is the main thing! It is the only thing! It is the center piece of who we are and why we do what we do! What Jesus did, the price He paid, the sacrifice He made, the wrath of God that He satisfied and the redemptive work at the cross is the main thing. Without the cross there is no power , without the cross there is no freedom , without the cross there is no forgiveness...

Have you ever noticed how we love to blame others when things fall apart? Do you think God ever gets blamed for bad things today? When problems and bad circumstances enter people’s lives, often they will turn and blame God. But I need to tell you the truth about this…God is not the author of sin, death, confusion, and evil. God is a good and gracious God. Problems enter our lives for many reasons...

In Christianity, the cross is the main thing! It is the only thing! It is the center piece of who we are and why we do what we do! What Jesus did, the price He paid, the sacrifice He made, the wrath of God that He satisfied and the redemptive work at the cross is the main thing. Without the cross there is no power , without the cross there is no freedom , without the cross there is no forgiveness...

Temptation is a subject that should be of interest to every person. There is not one person who is immune to temptation. 1 Corinthians 10:13 - “There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”   What about us, c...

Temptation is a subject that should be of interest to every person. There is not one person who is immune to temptation. 1 Corinthians 10:13 - “There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”   What about us, c...

Temptation is a subject that should be of interest to every person. There is not one person who is immune to temptation. 1 Corinthians 10:13 - “There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”   What about us, c...

We live in a day and age in which few people believe in absolute truth, yet the Bible emphatically declares itself to be the truth. John 17:17; Ephesians 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 2:15 Answer this question for yourself…Am I committed to the truth of God? Does it impact my daily life, my home, my decisions, and my relationships? Every believer must be totally committed to God’s truth. W...