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Jesus is the perfect fulfillment of the Law, revealing the Way to, the Truth about, and Life with the Father. Rather than rules and rituals, He invites us to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit as the only true path home.

Without resurrection we have no faith

The only way we can be good leaders if we follow Jesus who is the only Good Shepherd.

We let the Bible tell us the story of the birth of Christ through the prophets of the Old Testament. We also take time to reflect on the Word with beautiful Christmas songs. Enjoy. We do not own the rights to the music or songs.

How do we identify toxic church leadership? In John 10, Jesus states that He is the Gate and the Good Shepherd. In this teaching, we discuss bad shepherds: the thieves and robbers who skip over the gate and harm the sheep.

The light

This sermon wrestles with a hard teaching of Jesus as the living bread: sent by God from heaven and providing eternal life by offering up his own flesh and blood.

Join us as sister Cynthia teaches on the discipline of prayer.

The final attribute in the series points to God’s justice. If He didn’t judge rightly, all of His other attributes would be undermined.

Before we can know the great attribute of Gods forgiveness. We must understand what we are seeking to be forgiven for.

Pastor Trish had an amazing opportunity to bring a word at Renew Church Women's Conference: Dream Again.She reminded the women of how powerful they are and all the women in the Bible that changed the world for God. So they must speak up.She also taught on the time when we need to shut up and be powerful for God. At that point we let God put us in:1 Posture of Prayer2 Position of Power3 Prepare for the Prophetic

This sermon covers the fifth attribute of God found in Exodus 34:6-7: faithfulness. In Hebrew, emet means truth, trustworthy and faithful. God is faithful even when we are not! We should always respond by trusting Him and His word.

Nothing will ever separate us from the Love of God. Romans 8:38-39

In this next teaching on the attributes of God from Exodus 34:6-7, we discuss some aspects on how God experiences and expresses anger.

In this episode, as Pastor Max teaches on Psalm 23, he summarizes how God helps us become holistically healthy. We looked at four important aspects: relational, physical, mental and spiritual health. When we surrender to the Good Shepherd’s leading, we will be blessed with overflowing life.

God gives us favor and grace before we even realize how much we need it. Not because we deserve it, but because He desires the best for us.

From Exodus 34:6-7, we look at the first of 7 attributes of God, compassion. God shows compassion as sees us, hears us, and acts on our behalf. In response, we should be transformed into people who do the same for others.

One of our members, Oksanna, shares some reflections on miracles and a vulnerable testimony of her lifelong miracle. Warning: some content might be unsettling to certain audiences.

The last letter to the churches in Revelation brings some strong warnings, but there is still hope! Beware of apathy, pride, and spiritual ignorance, instead seek the Lord for growth, humility, and insight.

The letter to the church at Philadelphia reminds us to patiently persevere, stay true to God’s word and not lose faith even when we feel weak.

From the letter to Sardis we are warned against preoccupation with image but to focus on transformation from the inside out. The regenerative power of the Holy Spirit brings the fruit of a true believer.

The letter to the church of Thyatira reminds us to hold fast to the Word of God, to test so called “prophets,” and to resist any influences that blend Christian practice with other spiritual “truths”.

Pastor Max had the opportunity to speak at a memorial service for a great pastor friend who passed away last year. Pastor Dave as passionate for God and His people. His life verse was Jeremiah 29:11. This is a short message that Pastor Max shared with Pastor Dave’s congregation. We pray it will be a blessing to you all.

The letter to Church of Pergamum in Revelation 2 warns us of the dangers of compromise and conforming to the world.

We learn from the early Church of Smyrna how to face our afflictions and the need to stand firm in the face of trials like poverty, slander, suffering, and demonic attacks.

We can learn from the early church what we should and should not do. The letter to Ephesus in Revelation 2 reminds us to resist false teaching and idolatry but not to fall into legalism or salvation by works. Remember your first love!

Praise God to find favor in order that He can save others so they too can praise Him. This is how the Church will spread to become all we were meant to be.

Becoming the Church requires us to persevere together (not in isolation) through times of suffering as well as success. Like the early church, we should do so with sincerity and joy.

Becoming the Church as God intended means we work toward unity in mind and heart, sharing resources and caring for one another out of our overflow.

In order to truly become the Church, we need to reclaim a posture of holy fear, respect and reverence for the awesome power of our God.

In the example of the early Church, we should devote ourselves to the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking bread and prayer. Not as passive observers or in isolation, but as an intentional community.

Our final sermon in this series, we look at Jesus command to wait on the Holy Spirit for power, direction, and His return. In a world where waiting is a lost skill, we are called to be still and eagerly expect His return.

In the same way Jesus was sent to the world by the Father, He sends us out as ministers of reconciliation. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we are called to forgive.

To preach is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To witness or to testify is to share how the Gospel of Jesus Christ has impacted your life. There is power in our testimony. In this episode we discuss what testimony is, does, costs and the power in it.

What are the Good News? What is the Gospel? How do you share it with those who don’t believe? What is the difference between sharing the Gospel and disciplining?

We not only need to teach Jesus commandments but also how to obey them. We glance through over 50 commandments of Jesus in the Gospels and focus on 2 Timothy 3:16 for guidance of how to teach someone to obey them. List of the scriptures for the commandments can be found here https://iblp.org/what-are-commands-christ/

As we go and make disciples we must first baptize them. In this teaching we explore the two kinds of baptism that we find in scripture. First the that John the Baptist proclaimed, which was Baptism of repentance and forgiveness. The other one was the one John said will happen through Jesus which was the Baptism by the Holy Spirit.

Join us as dig deep into the the 5 commissions that Jesus shares with the disciples through all the Gospel's and Acts.

In this episode, we study Jesus’ vulnerable prayers and intense struggle in the garden of Gethsemane (at the Mount of Olives) just prior to His betrayal.

Welcome to Episode 100! Today we take a hard look at the difficult text in Mark 11. Why did Jesus lash out in a fit of rage at the temple? Why did He curse the fig tree? It wasn’t even the season for figs! Let’s dig deeper into Jesus’ apparent anger issues.

We continue our journey with Jesus as He, after being anointed, enter Jerusalem as the King of Kings. Sadly this does not lead to celebration but lamentation.

A Biblical perspective on the calling of women in Christ, by Rev. Dr. Trish Kholodenko.

Join us as we journey with Jesus as He spends the last days before the cross. We start His journey in John 11 as we see Jesus show His love for Lazarus but also seals His fate with the Jews who want to kill Him.

In this special episode, Pastor Max and Trish wrestles with a Biblical perspective for Discipleship. This teaching is from the 7th annual Christian Biker Unity Summit.

In this teaching we answer 3 questions about this command. How do we love ourselves?Who are our neighbors?How do we love our neighbors?

We break down the Hebrew word that is used here Moed and look into the 3 meanings behind it. We find a way to love God with our Strength, our Wholeness or Completion in Christ and in Power of the Holy Spirit.

Before we can love God with our soul we need to know what that is. We look deep into the Hebrew word nephesh that is used in this verse for soul. We also explore the 5 aspects of a human being and how we love God with all of them.

How do we love YHWH with our heart? Let’s look at what the Word says about our heart and how we can bring it to worship.

Before God gave the Israelites the commandments, He reminded them why He should be their God. He was the one who saved them from Egypt, provided for them in the desert and leading them to the promise land. In this episode we remind through the scripture why YHWH should be our God and how he loved us first. Because of His love we should love Him and surrender to Him.

The word HEAR in the Bible is call to action. Join us as we dig into the word about importance of Doing what God is telling you, Consequences of not following Gods instructions and what is involved in hearing God better.