The Price Chapel Podcast

When someone "Brings the Receipts" it's a nod to the originally predicted outcome of a situation. In this sense, Jesus' birth fulfilled many of God's Old Testament receipts. This Advent season we'll be exploring the prophecies that foretold Jesus' coming and birth. The very first receipt found in scripture goes all the way back to the beginning in Genesis chapter 3 when God is issuing the curse to...

Why do Christians use the Bible as an authority in our lives? The Bible is a credible source of authority because of its historical and textual reliability in addition to the reliability of God's promises and the unity and cohesion of the story it tells over 1000+ years. Alone, these should be reasons enough for it's place in our lives, but even more it are the claims that that Bible makes about i...

Self control is the ability to control one’s emotions, desires and actions. The Holy Spirit is the source and decisive cause of the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. So, when our desires and actions are out of control we need Spirit-empowered self-control. Jesus endured the temptation of Satan through this Spirit-empowered self-control at the beginning of his ministry; paralleling the temptations...

Body Life Sunday is when we celebrate the stories of what God is doing in and through Price Chapel. On Body Life Sunday we welcome New Members, Dedicate Children, and Celebrate Baptisms. All are best experienced in person or by viewing our Sunday Live Stream which is available during our 11AM service or afterward at pricechapel.org or on our YouTube or Facebook Pages.

Jesus displays the fruit of gentleness through his healing touch and actions of serving his disciples. Following in Jesus’ example is challenging because of the pride and selfishness we carry within, obstructing our ability to truly be gentle. But, Holy Spirit empowered gentleness demonstrates soothing restraint for the good of others and the glory of God.

God's faithfulness to humanity is astounding; filled with love and compassion. This kind of faithfulness is desperately needed in our world today. The word translated as "faithfulness" Galatians 5 contains two key components: trust and obedience. When it comes to our own faithfulness our trust often fades before obedience takes root; but, this is where God intervenes. For, what we cannot do on our...

Goodness is something we long for in this world. We see evil in the world all around us and it can cause us to doubt whether God is, indeed, good. When we understand the reasons for suffering in our world we can more clearly see God's goodness at work. Scripture calls us to be children of the light and as children of the light we will display the goodness of God.

Continuing in our series on the Fruit of the Spirit we examine the trait of kindness. The difficulty we experience with this trait is that we struggle to show kindness when we are looking out for our own interests. Selfishness reveals itself as the enemy of kindness. Jesus demonstrates kindness in the story of the woman caught in adultery. Here we see Jesus pause, invite, ask perceptive questions...

The fourth fruit of the spirit listed in Galatians 5:22-23 is Patience. However this is not the patience that immediately comes to mind when we think about waiting in line. There are at least 4 greek words that are used in scripture that are translated into English as patience. The word used in this list carries a related meaning, but also includes restraint in when provoked or wronged. As we look...

Peace is something that we long for in our world and in our lives. The Biblical concept of peace reaches far into our lives seeking a sense of wholeness and completeness. Inherent is a sense of confidence and rest in God's presence and control. Peace is a gift of God to his followers and can be experienced through engaging with Him. The steps to deep, abiding peace are: praying continually, entrus...

We spend our lives searching for joy. It is something we long for, but we end up settling for the temporary imitation of happiness. The difference is that joy is more than an emotion. Happiness is temporary and is based on fleeting circumstances. Joy is a quality of being. The depth of God's gift of joy is found when we remain in Jesus' love, follow his commands in obedience, when we rejoice in Hi...

Paul uses fruit a the illustration for the character traits of God that He grows in our hearts through the power of the Spirit making us more like Him. He lists these fruit as: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. Jesus demonstrates these perfectly as God in flesh. This series dives into how God develops these character traits in our lives and...

Proverbs has much to say about wisdom in finance. Here, generosity takes center stage as a high spiritual value. Proverbs 11:24-24 gives us the insight that “a generous person will prosper.” There is something about the way that wealth reveals the true nature of our heart. We can learn from Proverbs how to become a person of generosity by practicing these 3 principles of generosity.

The story of King Uzziah becomes a cautionary tale for the role of pride in our lives. Proverbs has little good to say about pride. Uzziah found favor in God’s eyes because of his dedication to the Lord, but eventually pride crept in and Uzziah crossed the line thinking too highly of himself. The antidote to this pride is humility which can be cultivated in surrender to Jesus.

Wisdom calls to us to work diligently and points to the ant as our example. The book of Proverbs and even the New Testament speak to the value of hard work and the rewards that it brings. The sluggard finds himself in a cycle of laziness which leads to a feeling of a lack of significance. And so scripture exhorts us to live lives as if we were working for Jesus in all things.

Who we surround ourselves with matters. The book of Proverbs give much wisdom in the way of relationships; which relationships lead to a life of trouble and which lead to a life of flourishing. Proverbs tells us that bad company corrupts good character, but that walking with the wise leads to becoming wise. So, how do we choose the people we surround ourselves with? We have to look for the charact...

We can all think of times when our words get us in trouble. Our words have enormous power in our world. Proverbs contrasts the wisdom of using our words well and the folly of using them poorly. Proverbs encourages us to use our words to diffuse, impart knowledge, and healing.

The heart/soul is the seat of who we are. The Bible uses these words interchangeably to refer to the person’s will or where the self resides. Guarding your heart means intentional choosing what you trust, what you value, what path you take. The book of proverbs shares the wisdom we need to follow God well and guard our hearts.

More than ever before, knowledge is more accessible through a click of a button. Yet, the practice of wisdom, seems to be so far away. The opening verses of Proverbs give us a blueprint for living with wisdom; beginning with the Fear of the Lord, proceeding through a deepening knowledge of God, following through on practicing God’s precepts, and rounding to home with eternal praise. Wisdom is a gi...

Our inclination is to do next whatever worked in the past, but the work of Jesus begins something new in the early church. Paul is keyed into this new reality as he continues his ministry while imprisoned and he moves from a ministry of miracles to a ministry of teaching writing many of the letters that we have in the Bible today. Paul's example demonstrates that we follow Jesus by embracing the n...

While being transferred across the Mediterranean to fulfill the legal appeal he filed, Paul finds himself trusting in God in the most perilous situations. In the midst of the storm, his boat breaking apart, Paul's words and character demonstrate something completely different than his shipmates. With chaos all around Paul's words are filled with kindness, wisdom, and courage all routed in his iden...

The Apostle Paul speaks to an audience of political leaders who are responsible for deciding his fate. Rather than pander, Paul doubles down on sharing the gospel message. In the eyes of these leaders, Paul’s testimony looks foolish. Our problem today is we can want to look good before people of importance. Paul’s bold stance made him look out of his mind; his character and integrity were more imp...

For all sorts of reasons, there are many decisions that stop us in our tracks in life and we don't know which path to follow. This often leads to a season of procrastination on the decisions we need to make. This type of delay can lead us into some dangerous places spiritually. Governor Antonius Felix experienced this danger first hand when he felt conviction, but lacked commitment he found spirit...

The fear of others often undermines our ability to follow Jesus courageously. We need courage to follow Jesus in calling out religious hypocrisy (within our own hearts and in bigger systems); we need courage to cause good trouble; and we need courage to persevere. But we don’t muster this courage on our own; courage is rooted in God’s presence and God’s purpose.