Saints‘ Hill Church Podcast

On Sunday we spent some time looking at the incredible story in Luke 17v11-19.  What we can ascertain from this story is that God’s intention behind signs and wonders is always relational. Jesus’ ultimate goal on earth was to restore connection and right relationship between God and the people He created.  Every healing, every miracle you experience in this life is designed to draw you to the feet...

On Sunday, we got to hear from one our deacons, Chris Sharp. Chris continued in our Luke Series with a teaching on Luke 17v1-10. All throughout the gospels, Jesus reveals to us that to follow Him and to live in His kingdom looks like something. This teaching in Luke highlights how radical it will be to live as a child, to offer forgiveness, and to exercise our faith. This lifestyle of complete tru...

This last Sunday we continued in our Luke series with a parable from Luke 16v19-31 about the relationship between worldly wealth and eternal wealth.  In this story, the rich man is the example of someone so consumed with lack, that they cannot use the material of their life to tell the truth of compassion and friendship. God is, and always has been, after a people who are so aware of His love for...

On Sunday Alex led us through Jesus’ teaching in Luke 16v14-18. In this teaching, Jesus is highlighting the shift from the era of the law and the prophets, to the era of His kingdom. To live in His kingdom is to submit to the internal rule of God within your heart. Jesus’s critique of the Pharisees is that they spend all their time trying to justify themselves by the law, yet their hearts grow col...

On Sunday we looked at an interesting parable in Luke 16v1-15 about a dishonest manager. Through this parable, Jesus teaches us that there is a way of using possessions and money that tells a heavenly truth but an earthly lie.  In the same way that Jesus used His possessions to gain our friendship, our lives on earth are to declare heavenly truth. Friendship, love, and generosity are eternal thing...

This last Sunday, Bria taught on the parable of the lost coin in Luke 15v8-10.   This parable is situated between two other parables like it, each one centered around God’s great love and pursuit of the lost. This parable in particular emphasizes the thoroughness of God’s pursuit of the lost. It acts as an invitation to receive the heart of God in order to love people the way He loves them.   We r...

On Sunday we had the privilege of hearing from one of our Saints’ Hill missionaries, Mariah Fredericks.  In teaching through Luke 15v1-7, Mariah was able to share how she’s seen God’s heart for the world on display in Spain. She told stories of many young un-churched people coming to saving faith in Jesus!  Her encouragement to us through this passage of Scripture, is to encounter God’s heart for...

This last Sunday Alex taught us through Luke 14v25-35. In this passage, Jesus gives multiple examples of the cost of discipleship. The West at large has bought into a costless gospel - that is, the idea that you can become a Christian without the demands of being a disciple.  The demand of discipleship is love - a singular love that orders your entire life. And while many will say the cost of disc...

On Sunday we continued in our Luke Series with a teaching on Luke 14v1-24. In this passage Jesus teaches His listeners that what they value in this age will reveal if they will accept His invitation to the next. Humans have been conditioned to play the game of this age: promotion, repayment, and protection of gain. It all stems from pride in this life. The only way out of pride and into the kingdo...

This last Sunday, Alex continued our Luke Series with a teaching on Luke 13v22-30. In this passage, Jesus explains that the door to the kingdom of heaven is narrow, and that the only way to enter is by understanding your need for Him and placing your trust in Him.  Jesus was abundantly clear about the road to salvation being narrow. It made Him controversial then, and it makes Him controversial no...

This last Sunday, Bria Wolter taught on Luke 13v18-21, where Jesus gives two examples of what the kingdom of God is like: a mustard seed that grows into a tree, and yeast that spreads through dough. From these parables, we learn that the kingdom of God requires trust, but He does the heavy lifting. Our obedience regenerates the soil of our hearts, and the impossible takes place. As we see the king...

On Sunday we continued in our Luke Series with a teaching from one of our elders, Andoni Montaño.  After reading through Luke 13v10-21, Andoni compared the yeast of the Pharisees with the yeast of the Kingdom.   Hypocrisy is the yeast of the Pharisees. Their need to see in order to believe kept their hearts from being moved by the awe of God when miracles happened. Jesus said this attitude, un-che...

This last Sunday we entered back into our Luke Series. One of our elders, Austin Smith, taught on Luke 12v49-13v9 where Jesus poses some important questions to us about who we are, who He is, and if we will follow Him. We all have to decide what we believe about ourselves. Were we made for God? Do we need a Savior? Or will we try to find some other way to justify our existence… We all have to deci...

On Sunday one of our deacons, Chris Sharp, gave a word on what obedience looks like as we walk in the Spirit.  Our desire for revival in this town starts with our individual obedience. A sacrifice that didn’t come from a place of obedience is not a pleasing sacrifice to God.  The only way we get to true obedience is through trust. The goal of our lives is to learn and know God’s heart - to come to...

This last Sunday, Bria wrapped up our Pentecost series with a teaching on 1 Corinthians 14v1. In this passage Paul exhorts the church in Corinth to “follow the way of love and eagerly desire the gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.” To follow the way of love is to be connected to God’s love by the ministry of His Spirit. It is only when you freely receive God’s extravagant love that you are a...

This last Sunday Alex read from 1 Corinthians 12:7-11, teaching us about how the fullness of God’s glory is best witnessed in the Church, through the corporate ministry of the Holy Spirit. The church gathers so that each of us would be spurred on to live in the fullness of the presence of God. We have been designed to experience His manifest presence and to be a reflection to those around us.  Pri...

This last Sunday Alex read from 2 Corinthians 3v7-18, teaching us about the completely radical life available to us through Jesus’ death and resurrection. This life comes to us through the ministry of the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirt’s job is to reveal the love and glory of God to us - to reveal Christ.  As we behold Christ we grow to love and trust Him with increasing measure. Our thoughts, our w...

In the weeks leading up to Pentecost we will be in a series on the Holy Spirit. The aim of this series is that we would increase in our need of, desire for, and dependence on the Spirit of Jesus. On Sunday Alex taught us through Galatians 5v13-25 and dismantled the lie that you were called to be something you cannot become. Jesus went to the cross to take away our sins and He gave us His Spirit so...

On Sunday we were joined by our friend Theresa Dion, from After the Rain Christian Ministries. Theresa talked to us about what it means to be the holy bride of Christ. If a ready bride is free, then a holy bride has consecrated herself to do the will of God. Jesus is looking for faithfulness. He is looking for those who will continually receive His unending love, and respond in trust with obedienc...

This last Sunday we were joined by guest speaker, Phil Zahn. Phil imparted to us single-mindedness and simple love for Jesus. When we give up our right to understand and control our lives, Jesus is able to lead us the way He wants to. Our job is to never get ahead of Him, but to stay close beside Him and behind Him, to let Him lead. God is so trustworthy. He protects us, tells us the truth, keeps...

This last Sunday, we wrapped up our Baptism Series with a teaching on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus intended you to live a life completely submerged in His Holy Spirit. Throughout the New Testament we see the filling of the Holy Spirit as a repeated experience in the life of the believer.  The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is a baptism of love. It’s designed to purify you, to...

As Christians, we believe that Jesus’ Resurrection is the most significant event in all of human history.    The Resurrection solves the ultimate problem that all other problems point to - death.   Ever since Adam and Eve chose death in the garden, humans have been arranging their lives to avoid the pain, loss and suffering that comes with mortality.    God didn’t make humans to die, so He came an...

This last Sunday, we heard from Bria Wolter on what it means to steward the reality of our baptism into Christ. Your baptism affords you a new position in life that comes with a new way of living. We live out this new position through a life of communion, consecration, and fresh oil.  Everything He did, He did so He could be close to you. We pray that you are filled with fresh hope and joy at the...

This last Sunday we got to hear from one of our elders, Austin Smith, on baptism as the entry into New Covenant family. When you got baptized, you entered into a family, not just a religion. The culture of this family is distinct, and in order to live the life you were mean to live in Christ, you must learn to prioritize the one thing that the family prioritizes - loving and cherishing God above a...

Last week we laid the foundation for baptism with a thorough examination of the gospel. This week Alex talked more in depth about what baptism is and what it does. Different traditions have held different stances throughout the centuries on what baptism is. Our stance is that the act of baptism doesn’t save you but should always accompany the faith that does.  Baptism gives you a new identity. It...