While visiting church in Europe and Asia Minor, Paul takes an offering for the poor in Jerusalem. He wants to bring back the offering in person, even if it means facing former colleagues with old scores to settle—the Pharisees. Sure enough, they have him arrested. Paul, a Roman citizen, exercises his legal rights and appeals to Rome. He is going to plead his case—and preach the gospel—to the most powerful man on earth. [Paul remained keenly focused on being faithful to the end of the mission Jes...
Mar 24, 2019•49 min
While visiting church in Europe and Asia Minor, Paul takes an offering for the poor in Jerusalem. He wants to bring back the offering in person, even if it means facing former colleagues with old scores to settle—the Pharisees. Sure enough, they have him arrested. Paul, a Roman citizen, exercises his legal rights and appeals to Rome. He is going to plead his case—and preach the gospel—to the most powerful man on earth. [Paul remained keenly focused on being faithful to the end of the mission Jes...
Mar 24, 2019•38 min
This week we look at Paul’s mission to the gentiles. It involves a number of missionary journeys and a bunch of letters Paul wrote to churches he started to encourage them when he was gone and to address specific issues in these fledgling congregations.
Mar 17, 2019•35 min
The new church continued to grow rapidly. The apostles were even able to perform miracles similar to those Jesus had done! As the apostles spread the word of the resurrection in Jerusalem, they incited outrage and opposition from the Jewish rulers. Peter refused to be silenced and continued to speak in spite of orders to stop.
Mar 10, 2019•44 min
His enemies thought they had finished Jesus off. But despite their great pains to discredit him and keep him in the tomb, he returned, just as he said he would - just as the prophets said he would. His own victory over death gives everyone the same opportunity to live forever with God, which has been the plan from the beginning. Jesus' mission on earth has been completed. Now it was up to a small group of men and women who believed.
Mar 03, 2019•47 min
His enemies thought they had finished Jesus off. But despite their great pains to discredit him and keep him in the tomb, he returned, just as he said he would - just as the prophets said he would. His own victory over death gives everyone the same opportunity to live forever with God, which has been the plan from the beginning. Jesus' mission on earth has been completed. Now it was up to a small group of men and women who believed.
Mar 03, 2019•43 min
Knowing that His time had come, Jesus spent His last few hours with His disciples. Scripture tells he knew everything that was going to happen to him. His dread was so palpable that even as an angel came and ministered to Him, His horror at enduring the full fury of God was such that he sweated drops of blood. This condition, known as hematidrosis, is the effusion of blood from veins. Under extreme distress, capillaries just under the skin dilate and burst, mingling blood with sweat. When He sai...
Feb 24, 2019•47 min
He never invited neutrality. His followers called Him the Christ. His contenders called Him a blasphemer. Some were drawn to Him, while others could muster nothing in His presence but contempt. His teachings were revolutionary and His miracles undeniable. He claimed nothing less than equality with God and proclaimed Himself as the long expected Messiah.
Feb 17, 2019•40 min
If God’s prophets were meant to be peculiar, John the Baptist did not disappoint. Eccentric is too mild a description for this wilderness dwelling preacher who wore odd clothes and lacked both a sense of tact and a balanced diet. His message, though, was right in step with a long line of prophetic predecessors. He called for Israel’s repentance and baptized the penitent in the Jordan River.
Feb 10, 2019•33 min
Special guest speaker, Danny Woodhead, former NFL Running Back.
Feb 03, 2019•47 min
When the timing was right according to God’s plan, Jesus was born into this world in order to show us the Father. Not every one accepted Jesus. But to those who did accept him, Jesus gave the right to become children of God.
Jan 27, 2019•44 min
When the timing was right according to God’s plan, Jesus was born into this world in order to show us the Father. Not every one accepted Jesus. But to those who did accept him, Jesus gave the right to become children of God.
Jan 26, 2019•39 min
It’s no surprise that the Hebrew people were homesick after 70 years of foreign captivity. At this point, it had been 80 years since King Cyrus first gave the green light for the exiles to return to their beloved Jerusalem.
Jan 20, 2019•45 min
King Xerxes of Persia had reason to party. His vast empire was powerful and prosperous. His queen was lovely. His palace was ideal for a celebration befitting such a monarch. His merrymaking continued for six months when Xerxes summoned Queen Vashti so he could put her on display for the inebriated revelers. She refused. With his advisers’ support, he stripped Vashti of her crown and banished her from his presence.
Jan 13, 2019•43 min
After generations of idolatry, God’s people had been defeated by the empires that controlled the ancient world. The Assyrians had conquered the Northern kingdom, deported the people, and re-populated the land with exiles from other countries. Their practice was to redistribute people from conquered nations throughout their vast empire. The foreigners who were resettled in northern Israel intermarried with the few remaining Jews and became the half-breed Samaritans.
Jan 06, 2019•38 min
Judah’s best and brightest were deported to Babylon when Jerusalem was conquered by Nebuchadnezzar’s armies. Daniel and his trio of friends were among their ranks. King Nebuchadnezzar introduced them to their new homeland by enrolling the four young men in his exclusive three-year "How to Live Like a Babylonian" Training Academy.
Dec 30, 2018•52 min
This Christmas Eve as we celebrate the birth of Jesus, we want to slow down from the busyness surrounding this season, unplug from the distractions that are constantly competing for attention, and gather for Simply Christmas.
Dec 23, 2018•25 min
Legacies are fragile things. Hezekiah had been King of Judah for nearly three decades. His reforms were sweeping, his achievements notable, his accolades many. After his death, his son Manasseh ascended to the throne and unraveled his father’s spiritual heritage.
Dec 16, 2018•39 min
For 209 years, the northern kingdom of Israel had endured one evil king after another. Their failure to keep God’s covenant meant they would be expelled from the covenant. They had been chosen to be a blessing to all other nations, but now they would be delivered over to those very nations.
Dec 09, 2018
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, it does. Israel sank deeper and deeper into the cesspool of idolatry under the royal wickedness of Ahab and Jezebel.
Dec 02, 2018•39 min
Solomon, whose name means peace, finds peace slipping away during his final years of reign.
Nov 25, 2018•41 min
David’s story closes with instruction and warning for his son, Solomon, who was already poised to carry on the heritage.
Nov 18, 2018•38 min
With over 20 years of experience through thousands of performances as an illusionist, storyteller, and renowned communicator, Harris has helped audiences around the globe discover a life beyond their imagination—the abundant life that God created them for. In a way that is uniquely his own, Harris helps audiences of all ages move past their fears and cynicism, and step into a life filled with faith, hope, and love, wide awake in wonder.
Nov 11, 2018•49 min
King Solomon: Wisdom is thousands of small choices
Nov 07, 2018•33 min
God wants to do something IN you more than something THROUGH you!
Oct 28, 2018•40 min
Saul is tall, good looking, and a kingly-looking guy, but he has deep character flaws
Oct 21, 2018•40 min
Faith and generosity have world-shaping implications.
Oct 14, 2018•37 min
Everything spirals down when people do ‘that which is right in their own eyes’ — the entire book of Judges.
Oct 07, 2018•42 min
Joshua took over the promised land through military conquest.
Sep 30, 2018•39 min
The Land Between is the best place for people to experience the power of God.
Sep 23, 2018•38 min
