In week 2 of our "Different to Make a Difference" Series, guest speaker Jonathon Dunne, host of the "Freedom's Disciple" Podcast on The Blaze Radio Network, speaks to us about God's Law vs. Man's Law, why America is different and so important on the world stage and the history thereof, and on what we, as Christians and Americans need to do in order to make a positive change in the world and to be the people we are called to be.
In Week 1 of our new September Sunday Morning Series AND our new Vision Series for Elevation Community Church, Pastor Phil discusses the new vision that God has put upon our hearts to passionately pursue as His church. As well as why and how your life should look different once you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Because if you are truly living out what God wants for your life, it will look different from those around you who do not believe...as it should.
In this final Sunday of our "Counterfeit Gods" Series, Pastor Phil shows us how and where to look for and find the idols in our lives and what we need to do to remove them and redirect our worship and priorities to replace them with God.
In week three of our "Counterfeit Gods" series, Pastor Daniel discusses the hidden idols that most people have in their lives (including some of his own struggles), the necessity of uncovering them and facing what they are and why they are so important to you, and understanding why you must put God first in all things.
This week, in the second installment of our current "Counterfeit God's" series, Pastor Phil discusses the fact that we all have idols in our lives, the importance of discovering what those idols are, and the necessity of reprioritizing our lives so that we are always putting God first.
In this, the first week of our new series, "Counterfeit Gods," Pastor Phil teaches us about the meaning behind Counterfeit Gods, how and why they effect our lives, and the importance of recognizing what they are to each of us in order to reprioritize our lives in a kingdom way.
In this final Sunday of our "You Asked For It" Summer Series, to wrap things up, pastors Phil, Daniel, and Jacob take the stage as a panel and answer all of the remaining questions that you sent to us that we couldn't fit into any of the other messages up to this point. Questions range from topics like: Clarifying what the Bible means when it refers to evil spirits coming upon people (specifically Saul)...to what the Holy Trinity is and how it works. CCLI Stream License CSPL095030 OT
In this part of our current series, Pastor Phil takes on one of the toughest issues we face today; sexual immorality...in all of its forms, and addresses what God's holy word tells us who we, as Christians, are to be in the midst of it all.
In part 5 of our Summer Series, our good friend and brother, Dennis Morris, takes on the topic of prayer. In this message, he takes us through his relationship with prayer throughout his life and what it has done for him, and through this, he answers your questions about what prayer is, why we do it, and how to do it.
As we continue in our "You Asked For It" Series, (where we are taking your questions about the things that you want to know most about the faith we share...and providing answers as best as we can for you) Pastor Phil discusses the ins and outs of what it really takes and means to BECOME and to BE a Christian.
This week, Pastor Daniel takes on the question of, "Why is there pain and suffering in the world?" for his message, and is then followed by a panel of some of our most knowledgeable leaders taking questions from an open Q&A session with the congregation.
In Part 2 of our new summer series...and Part 2 of our first topic, "Can the Bible Be Trusted?", Pastors Phil, Jacob, and Daniel take on the task of delving into whether the God of the Bible, the God that we worship, can be trusted as we know Him from who He he is and Has been throughout history.
In part one of our exciting new Summer Series, titled: "You Asked For It", where we are taking real questions from our church congregation and answering them; Pastors Phil and Daniel address our first topic: The validity of the Bible and the Word of God that is written within it's pages.
This week Pastor Daniel teaches us about what it looks like to be a healthy church. What it looks like for a church to be for our neighbors, for our community, and characterized by love. God wants to use our church to reach our community. Are we ready and willing to be that church?
Join us this week as Pastor Daniel talks to us about the need for us to not only listen to the lessons and things that we need to do to begin our journey with Jesus in order to see the change that we hope for and expect in our lives once we are born again, but more importantly, our need to intentionally and actively implement those things into our daily lives in order to see that change begin to take place.
Following the week long "Restoring Lives International" conference that was hosted at ECC, Pastor Phil speaks to us about the importance of addressing the roadblocks in our lives that keep us from growing spiritually and emotionally and about how we can become equipped to break through these roadblocks and continue on our journey in becoming more like Christ in our daily lives.
Pastor Phil discusses what walking the journey of faith really means and why we need to learn to let go, grow up, and become mature in Christ so that we can break through into who we are truly meant to be in relationship with Christ and as a follower of His living on this earth in our daily lives and relationships.
Easter 2017 - Pastor Phil talks to us about the resurrection of Jesus Christ and how to use the gift that He gave to us to break the power of all the things from our past that hold us back from living in true freedom.
It is Good Friday and Pastor Phil presents us with the case of the millenium......who really killed Jesus of Nazareth?
Pastor Daniel guides us through 10 things Christians do that goes against what we are taught...and what it means to have healthy emotions and how focusing on doing so aligns with the truth of biblical principles in this first installment of our Healthy Emotions series.
In week two of our Healthy Finances Series, Pastor Phil hosts a panel of Elevation members who focus on healthy, kingdom based financial practices and the effects and benefits that living out these practices in our daily lives has on our spiritual lives.
Our good friend, Dennis Morris gives the message this week and speaks on how living a healthy financial life directly ties into living a healthy spiritual life.
Pastor Phil takes on the topic of forgiveness for a second week as he talks about the power of love and the importance of letting go of the wrongs and hurts that have been done to us in our past and forgiving those who committed them against us... and learning to love them instead.
In the final message from our 3 part "Back to the Basics: Healthy Relationships" series, Pastor Phil talks to us about the importance of Forgiveness in the life and relationships of a Christian, and how the healing and freeing power that forgiving those who have hurt or wronged you is almost always more important for you than it is for those you forgive.
In part 2 of our "Back to the Basics: Healthy Relationships" series, Pastor Daniel walks us through what scripture says about the roles that make up some of our most important relationships and how they are truly defined according to God's Holy Word.
Back to the Basics: Healthy Relationships Part 1: In Part 1 of our newest teaching series, Pastor Phil discusses the importance of having our "vertical" relationships with the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit in alignment... and how everything else in our "horizontal" relationships will fall into place if we keep ourselves grounded in Him and His Word and we love one another. according to how He loves us.
Pastor Phil discusses the problem of identity theft, who the ultimate thief of our spiritual identity is, and the importance of maintaining our focus on who we are as believers in the face of constant attack.
Pastor Daniel speaks to us about the importance of living a life of prayer and takes us through the importance of asking ourselves where we want God to move in our lives, the challenges that we face in living a life of prayer, and some of the practical ways we can apply prayer to our lives on a daily basis.
Pastor Phil teaches on our need to be filled...and constantly refilled, with and by the holy spirit in our lives every single day in order to function at our fullest ability and fulfill the individual design and purpose that God created us for.
Pastor Phil continues in our "Healthy Living: Back to the Basics" series, and teaches the first part of a two part message on the Holy Spirit and His foundational role and importance in our lives.
