The Pastor Brad Podcast

Jesus knew that the crucifixion and resurrection was coming. It was His central focus and mission. All throughout His ministry He taught about it, discussed it, and shared it with key people. Find our what Jesus shared and how we should respond to His gift of grace.

Why is community such a central part of Christianity? What does God want to demonstrate through Christian community? See how God is redeeming the world through His church.

If we understand that community is an important part of Christianity, then we need to ask why? In this message we are going to look at some key things to which we should aspire to in our faith and how community helps us get there.

Is there something more to our attending church then just having a place to do religious things? Why do we need to even gather? Can't we just have a faith by ourselves? Isn't it just between God and us anyway? In today's sermon we are going to explore God's purpose for gathering.

Who is God and why do we worship Him? We are going to explore how God is worthy of our praise and why we choose to do so.

As we continue in this series about worship, we are taking a deeper look into what worship is and what happens when we worship. Worship is more than just singing some songs on a Sunday morning, there is something that happens as we engage God in worship. Find out more in this sermon.

So what is supposed to happen at church? What do we do when we gather? In this message we begin to look at how worship is a major part of the Christian life. In fact, Jesus defines the Christian as a worshipper before he ever uses the term disciple. Join us as we explore Jesus' understanding of worship.

We know that God gathers the saint and the sinner. We know that God desires church to be a place where both can encounter God. In this sermon we are going to discover why God gathers us. It all boils down to healing the hurt that each one of us carries. We're going to dive into three different kinds of hurt that we all need to heal.

What happens when we gather together at church? God has a plan for our coming together. Did you know that church is a place for the outcast, the lost, and the hurt to come? Why? This is what we are looking at today, how God uses the church as a place for unGodly people to find Him.

What is supposed to happen when we come to church? Most of us understand the mission of the church, to share the good news about Jesus Christ, but what is supposed to take place when we gather? What can we expect and what is the purpose of our getting together? Join us in this sermon as we begin to unpack the healing and we receive when we come to church.

Discover how you can identify what God is up to and how you can get involved. We'll also touch on how God can work with out imperfection and how to have confidence as we minister to others.

What happens when God shows up? How do we respond to a divine encounter? How do we make the most of God's calling? Well we have a great example in the shepherds who were told of Christ's birth. We're going to look at their example to understand how one moment changed their lives forever.

Christmas is about more than the birth of Jesus, it is about the light of God bursting forth into the earth. Since the fall of man, people lived in darkness hoping for a time when everything would be illuminated. When Christ came the eyes of man where opened so that they could see. Christ ushered in truth, He ushered in clarity, He ushered in freedom from our bondage. Paul referred to this as bein...

In preparation for purchasing the building out on Poplar Street, we are dedicating this morning to taking up a special offering. The sermon was focused on how God has supplied for us in our past when we needed it and what we need to do in order to be cheerful givers. It was a powerful Sunday morning.

Join us as we celebrate 16 years as a church. It's a day of celebration beginning with our Sunday morning worship and concluding with our Anniversary Dinner. Sunday morning was a powerful time of worship with special guest Steve Martin and his family.

We all need a revival of faith. Whether we travelled our journey with the Lord for a long time or we are new to this. Pastor Brad dives deeper into cultivating the kinds of things that will stir our faith up and get us laser focused on the mission of the gospel. Today we tackle three messages that get preached in churches that are sending the wrong signals and which keep us focused on the wrong th...

If we believe that our children are precious then how do we invest into their lives and faith? How do we raise kids who will love the Lord? How do we create an environment in our home that draws them close to Jesus? We're taking a look at how we can raise Godly children.

Nathan Peacock shares about the hope that we have in Jesus. As Nate has travelled extensively for his business he has noticed something everywhere he goes...that people seem hopeless, depressed, stressed, disillusioned, and searching for something significant, something worth following. His conclusion: That Jesus brings hope to a fallen and broken world.

In a time when marriage is devalued, attacked, and reimagined, Christians need to understand what a healthy and Godly marriage is. How do we set ourselves up for a lifetime commitment? How do we treat each other in the home? What about the sexual relationship? What does marriage teach us about God? We're going to look into these questions and unpack what the Bible says about marriage.

So far we've looked at why God created women, their eternal purpose, and how women represent the bride of Christ. Today we are going to look at some of the difficult scriptures and understand what Paul intended in writing them.