Wasatch Christian church podcast

Cultural change always begins with yourself….unless you or I change as Christians, we will never impact the cultural chaos.  Instead of adjusting the bible to our lives, we must adjust our lives to the bible.  When we do that, God works in and through us to impact our society.  Because when we live as God has called us to live, we stand out.  To deal with change in Ephesus, the Apostle Paul encour...

The society that the young Pastor Timothy served in was insanely secular.  Therefore the Apostle Paul writes to him and urges him to live counter culture, to look and live different than those all around him.  Paul also encourages Timothy to teach the faithful how they should also live to glory God…..and that way of living is publicly, faithfully, in love, and with all humility.  Join us as we all...

Timothy was a young and timid pastor with a ministry in a very secular metropolitan area.  The Apostle Pauls encourages him to stand firm in his faith and to confront sin……but to confront it in love…….not like others confront sin.  Paul encourages the young pastor to put himself in the lives of those that he is ministering to in order to understand them better, to be able to love them as Jesus lov...

Unity.  The bible talks about it all the time concerning God’s people.  So, what is the problem, why are we not unified as one single church under Jesus. Simple…..people.  People, even with good intentions and being very sincere…..still struggle with sin’s, opinions, and prejudice.  So we have the 1st church of this, the 2nd church of this, the real church of this, and so on because opinions happe...

When it comes to suffering, God is not getting back at us…..rather, He’s getting us back to Him.  This morning, we look at Resurrection Hope in times of grief, times of loss.  Mary, Martha, and Lazarus give us a very clear picture of what grief and loss looks like.  Jesus, on the other hand, gives us a very clear picture on what God’s will and hope looks like.  Join us and be encouraged.

Disappointment is a terrible thing, especially when we are the one to cause disappointment. Today we look at a man who painfully disappointed Jesus in Jesus’ time of emotional need. He was in the worst and last days of His life and Peter betrays Jesus. Peter carries the emotional scar of his actions and goes back to his old ways of living….that is….until Jesus meets him where he is at and restores...

The message of Resurrection Sunday/Easter is hope.  But as we read the story in the gospels, its amazing how easily hope can turn to despair…..even when the answer to everything is right in front of you.  We just don’t see the answer because we are looking down.  Today, we see how God meets us in our times of despair…..not just at Easter…..but all the time.  We are never alone, He is always with u...

The bible tells us that if we keep our lives only for us, and reject God, in the end, we will lose the very thing we tried to save.  In contrast, the bible also tells us that if we “lose ourselves in God”, in the end we are given the very life that we hoped for.  In this Palm Sunday message, we look at the cost of the cross.  Today we are not looking at the cost to Jesus, even though it was tremen...

Jesus is often seen as “meek and mild” as He spoke His words of love, grace, and salvation to the world.  But Jesus is also a “disruptor” as he confronts sin and religion….whether it was at the time He ministered with the merchandisers at the synagogue…..or today when He disrupts our lives to draw us closer to Him.  He confronts and disrupts the things in our life that keep us from a deeper relati...

What is something that we all have in common, but we also can’t stand?  Prejudice.  In our message today we look at the damage that personal bias does and how we are called to be more Christlike and to see others in the same way that Jesus sees them.  He was crucified, died, and rose from the grave for both people like us……and for all other people.  We need to learn to mature in Christ and tear do...

Lethal injection by religion.  Religion vs a relationship with Jesus is one of the most damaging deceptions that keeps people from living in freedom in salvation in Jesus Christ.  Its subtle and easy to buy into.  We can slide into religious thinking so easily because its so well accepted…..but its deadly.  In the message today we look at how Jesus approached religion and why it is important to be...

When the devils temptations and subtle tactics don’t work, he turns to a more frontal assault.  The good news is that Peter and Paul give us direction on how to overcome the attacks through Jesus.  No one is immune from struggles or pain, but we do have a choice in how we respond to the struggles and pain.  We can allow them to beat us or divide us…..or, as the bible states, we can overwhelmingly...

The spiritual battle rages on all around us and sometimes it is so subtle that we both carry it on for generations and propagate the deception ourselves.  As we continue our study of this spiritual battle, we look at the deception today of traditions and of keeping thee status quo.  Its as real today as it was in the time of Christ.  The problem is, tradition and keeping the status quo often keeps...

There is a diabolical battle that is going on for our world that is completely unseen.  It’s a spiritual battle that is going on all around us.  John 10:10 tells us about this battle. The apostles Peter and Paul warn us about this battle.  And Ephesians 6 instructs us to attire ourselves in spiritual armor.  As Christians, we need to be aware of this spiritual battle and how the devil tries to dis...

The story of Nehemiah is an amazing one as we look at the highlights today.  This man was called by God to rebuild; to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem that stood as a symbol of God’s protection and provision.  The people had neglected it and allowed it ruin to continue is to get worse.  No action, until Nehemiah, was made by the people to rebuild the wall.  It was a symbol of their relationship...

Service.  It’s a foundational part of the Christian life and runs completely counter-culture to our American lifestyle.  Even in the church, service is often overlooked. Why?  Often because we believe that we’ve earned the money and resources that we have and that many don’t deserve what we might give them.  Today we look at both the biblical importance of serving and the motivation as to why we s...

Confession is one of the foundations of the Christian faith.  Through confession to Jesus, we come to salvation.   In continued confession to Jesus, we grow in our spiritual maturity.  Although confession is not practiced often, it is something that we need to make a daily part of our relationship with God.  For hidden sin makes us run from God expecting condemnation.  God forgives our sins and wa...

“Back to the basics” is our theme in January as we turn our attention to the foundations of the Christian faith.  We want to have those “basic” so involved in our daily lives that it bothers us when they are not there.  This week we look at the importance of daily spending time with God in the bible.  Ironically, most people know the bible is important, but most people also don’t make time to inve...

Starting the new year is like starting on a long hike in the mountains.  Its important to know that you are starting at the correct trailhead, because if you don’t, you won’t make it to your destination and you’ll be lost.  As we seek to know God’s plans for us this new year, we want to go “back to the basics” of the Christian life.  We want to make sure that we are founded and grounded in the ele...

Christmas is more than just the birth of our Savior, it is Gods saving an unfaithful people and the fulfilment of God’s promises.  We often make promises and break them, but God never does.  Join us as we celebrate all that God had done for us in the gift of Hi Son. Merry CHRISTmas everyone!

Love.  It is the most powerful thing.  And when God ushered love into a tired and weary world with the birth of Jesus, not only did it change history, it changed our lives.  The love of God is a radical, unfair thing.  And yet, God first loved us so that we could love others.  Join us this morning as we consider Godly love, and the gift that it is, over what the world calls love.

Todays Advent theme is joy.  Not joy as the world offers, but Joy as only Jesus offers, it’s a different joy, a real joy.  But what if I’ve been a Christian or in church for a long time and don’t sense this joy.  Well, great news for you as we address this question also.  The joy of Jesus is always there and readily available.  Often times, we need to adjust ourselves before God to experience it. ...

As we celebrate the second Sunday of Advent, we focus on peace.  The birth of Jesus ushered in peace to our world, but not as the world defines peace.  Since the birth of Jesus there have been wars, bloodshed, tyranny, and the such.  So, what is this peace the bible speaks of?  Well, it’s a spiritual peace that happens in salvation.  The peace that Jesus brought was one of our reconciliation with...

We enter the season of Advent as we focus on hope.  Hope for a weary world, hope for weary people, we all need hope.  The prophet Isaiah prophesied of a coming messiah which gave the Jews hope.  That prophecy and hope was fulfilled in the birth of Jesus.  We celebrate that and the second coming of Jesus which gives Christians even more hope.  Therefore, let us not just have hope. In salvation in J...

Our final message in our series on overcoming struggles.  Today we take a more introspective view on overcoming the things that challenge us in the context of our faith.  Reality is, either we are a slave to the things that overcome us…..or we make those things a slave to our will.  And it is fear or control issues that often keep us from overcoming our issues.  Join us as we see the power of salv...