The Sanctuary Church Podcast

Pastor Rod Collins continues with the Book of Romans by reading through the first 12 verses of chapter 14 and points out several guidelines for getting along with other believers, and then shares a few guidelines for navigating the gray areas in our personal lives.

Pastor Rod Collins shares the Easter story and four reasons for which Easter makes a difference: Jesus is the real deal, we have new hope, we have new power, and death is not the end of our story.

Pastor Rod Collins gives us the reasons why Good Friday is good: the devil's power died, all our sins are forgiven, and we have a right standing with God.

Pastor Ron Williams gives this Palm Sunday message by reading through Matthew 21, verses 1 through 16, and divides the passage into three parts, which explains what Palm Sunday instills, inspires, and inflames.

Pastor Rod Collins finishes the book of Romans by summarizing chapter 13 verses 11 through 14 by breaking it down into and explaining it with three phrases: wake up, clean up, and dress up.

Pastor Rod Collins begins chapter 13 of Romans reading through verse 4, and then explains how all authority on Earth is delegated authority, how each government authority is accountable to God, and how government authority is divinely limited.

Pastor Rod Collins finishes Romans chapter 12 by unpacking verse by verse 17 through 21, and also compares the passage to 1 Peter 2, verses 21 through 23.

Pastor Rod Collins recaps the book of Romans chapter 12, teaching previous verses and covering some more from 14 through 21, and gives stories to reflect the principles learned, such as not paying back evil with evil.

Pastors Jim Willard and Steve Mason both tackle the passage of Romans 12 from verses 14 through 21, which gives very practical ways to show the love of Christ to the world.

Pastor Rod Collins covers the practical verses of Romans 12, 9 through 13, which say love must be sincere, hate what is evil and cling to what is good, honor one another above yourselves, and to share with the Lord's people.

Pastor Rod Collins continues in Romans chapter 12, reading verses 3 through 8, which explains how we should not think we are better than we really are, and how each of us functions as a part of the church with God-given spiritual gifts.

Guest speaker Matt Higgins breaks down Romans 12 verses 3 through 10 which talk about spiritual gifts from God and gives some practical application such as being at church, being together with other believers, and being generous with time and talents.

Pastor Rod Collins resumes the Book of Romans series by reading the first two verses and then unpacks each sentence in relation to the motivation, manner, and mind of a new you.

Pastor Rod Collins concludes the "Say Yes" series with scriptures from Luke 5:27-31 and Luke 14:16-23 which talk about inviting people to meet Jesus, and encourages us each to invite five people this year to meet Jesus in some way.

Pastor Rod Collins continues the series Say Yes with some views and examples on serving, while asking a few questions about letting God shape us through it.

Pastor Rod Collins continues the series of saying "Yes" to God and community in various ways, and this week he encourages us to say yes to Scripture by loving it, learning it, and living it.

Pastor Rod Collins kicks off a new four week series titled "Say Yes", in which the church will explore different ways to say yes to community, serving, and other things which can change our destination and purpose in life. Pastor Steve Mason talks about saying yes to community in the form of small groups, and has a few guest speakers share their experiences as small group leaders.

Pastor Ron Williams begins the new year by jumping back into Romans chapter 13, verses 8 through 14, and breaks the passage into three ways in which we can live Christ-like: by loving obediently, thinking soberly, and being godly.

Pastor Rod Collins invites four pastors and two staff members to speak about their thoughts and reflections on Christmas this year and what they are looking forward to in the next year.

Pastor Rod Collins approaches the Christmas story in Luke 2:1-7 from a different angle by describing the three different people who missed Christ at his birth and talks about how we can avoid being like them.

Pastor Rod Collins talks about the greatest story ever told this week, the story of Christmas, from Matthew 1:18-23 and Luke 2:1-9, and sums up the story with a few powerful points.

Pastor Rod Collins runs through Romans chapter 8, verses 31 through 39, explaining what it means to be more than conquerors and the five things which cannot separate us from God. He also invites pastor Danny Thompson to share a remarkable story about how Romans 8:31 recently played out in his life.

Pastor Rod Collins expounds Romans chapter 8, verses 26 through 30, describing how the Holy Spirit helps us and how God chose people to become like His Son Jesus, and shares a life story which illustrates this passage.

Pastor Rod Collins covers a single verse, Romans 8:28, which contains the "greatest promise ever", and provides five ways that describe this promise.

Pastor Rod Collins shares the service with Pastor Ron Williams by giving a short sermon on God's design for us being a lifestyle of thanksgiving, while Pastor Ron talks about the three golden nuggets of gratitude (atonement, adoption, and assurance) which are found within Romans chapter 8.