Connect Church Longview Podcast
Welcome to the Connect Church Longview podcast—your go-to source for uplifting messages, real-life insights, and Spirit-filled discussions rooted in God’s Word. Each episode is designed to help you grow closer to Jesus, find authentic community, and strengthen your faith for everyday life. As Scripture reminds us: “So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ” (Romans 10:17 NLT). Tune in weekly and discover how we’re connecting people to Christ and each other in Longview, Texas, and beyond.
Episodes
95 episodes
My Cup is Empty
Your life can look “fine” on the outside while you’re running on empty inside. We talk about what changes when you stop trying to muscle through anxiety, despair, and temptation with your own strength and start drawing from God’s unlimited reso...
Shut up And Dance
Joy is not a mood, it’s a lifeline and when it disappears, strength goes with it. We start with John 15: Jesus is the vine, we are the branches, and apart from him we can do nothing. That connection is not poetic, it’s practical: it shapes what...
The Anointing
You can be doing everything “right” and still get hit with a cave season. That tension sits at the center of Psalm 92:10, where the promise is not just oil, but fresh oil and the kind of spiritual renewal that doesn’t disappear when your circum...
Back To The First
Losing your first love rarely happens all at once. It happens in small compromises, quiet pride, and a faith that knows the right words but forgets the Person behind them. We open Revelation 2:4–5 and let it read us: God’s complaint is simple a...
Fruitful Faith
If your life is producing fruit you don’t like, the problem might not be your circumstances. It might be your seed. We get honest about the gap between public church behavior and private devotion, and we challenge the idea that faith is real if...
Planted In Faith
Where you’re planted determines what you grow and sooner or later the fruit tells the truth. We’re digging into what it means to be planted in faith, why your “soil” matters, and how hidden roots in bitterness, pride, and unforgiveness can quie...
Action Required
Faith can be loud and still be lifeless. James puts a mirror in front of us with one uncomfortable line: faith without works is dead, and we don’t get to edit that down to something easier. We dig into what it looks like when belief stays in ou...
The Laying on of Hands
Empty pews can look like failure, but what if they are proof that the church is finally doing its job? We start with a moment that flips the script: walking into an empty sanctuary during the week, feeling the sting, and then realizing the peop...
Faith To See
Your life is telling a story, but your perspective decides the genre. We talk about why thanksgiving is not a calendar event but a daily spiritual posture, rooted in 1 Chronicles 16:34: “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his faithful lov...
Back To Your First Love
You can sit in church every week and still feel your love for God go cold. That’s the tension we lean into as we open Revelation 2:4–5, where Jesus names the problem plainly: we stop loving Him and each other like we did at first, and we need t...
Pastor Stephen Tilmon | The Way
“But now.” Two words in Romans 3 that feel like a door cracking open in a locked room. We start where Paul starts: every one of us comes up guilty, religious or not, churchgoer or not, polished or messy. Then the turn hits and we lean into the ...
Guest Speaker Jim Rapp | When Plans Go Sideways
One moment you’re cruising along and the next you’re spinning on black ice, doing everything you can just to stay alive. That’s the feeling behind “When Plans Go Sideways,” a message about what happens when life turns without warning and your b...
Pastor Stephen Tilmon | When Death Lost Its Sting | Easter 2026
Death feels permanent. Regret feels defining. And a lot of us walk into Easter carrying things that feel buried for good. We go straight at that tension with 1 Corinthians 15 and the message Paul refuses to soften: if Jesus didn’t rise from the...
God Is Faithful
God doesn’t become less faithful when we become less faithful, and Romans 3 refuses to let us pretend otherwise. We start the year by commissioning Bill and Lori Fair as associate pastors and praying protection over their home and ministry, the...
The Light Has Come - 2025 Candle Light Service
What if the brightest part of Christmas isn’t the lights on the house, but the light within you that pushes back the night? We walk through John 1, Isaiah 9, and Luke 2 to show how Jesus doesn’t offer a system or a slogan—he offers himself. Tha...
Into The Deep Series - Growth & Pain - Week 4
Want power without the pain? We go straight at the tension many of us feel but rarely admit: everyone wants resurrection, few want crucifixion. Walking through Philippians 3, we talk about knowing Christ not just in triumph but in suffering, an...
Into The Deep Series - Surrender & Renew - Week 2
What if the difference between empty nets and breaking nets is a single line: “If You say so”? We trace a bold path from Romans 12’s living sacrifice to Luke 5’s deep-water obedience, confronting the modern trap of feeling-led faith. Without sh...
Into The Deep Series - Knowing Christ - Week 3
Hungry for a faith that goes beyond Sunday feelings? We dive straight into Philippians 3 and ask a bracing question: what are we still counting as valuable that Christ is asking us to count as loss? From family priorities to spiritual résumés a...
INTO THE DEEP Series - The Cost - Week 1
What if the missing piece in your spiritual life isn’t a new song or a bigger stage, but a truer surrender? We open Scripture with a clear-eyed look at what Jesus actually asked of His disciples: count the cost, carry the cross, and follow with...
It Is Well - Into the Deep Series - Week 9
What do you do when the outcome is unclear, the clock is loud, and your heart won’t settle? We open with an urgent moment—standing in the gap for Jacob—and move straight into the heartbeat of the hour: prayer over programs, presence over perfor...
Trusting God - Into the Deep Series - Week 8
What if the turning point you’re waiting for is not clarity, but trust? We dive into a bold, practical journey of faith that starts where our understanding ends—moving from self-reliance to God-reliance in grief, confusion, and cultural noise. ...
The Heart of Worship - Into the Deep Series- Week 7
What if the loudest part of church is drowning out the very thing that gives it life? We open this message by naming a hard truth: the heartbeat of a healthy church is the heartbeat of Christ, not the perfection of our programs. From there, we ...
Maturity & Mission - Into the Deep Series - Week 6
What if spiritual maturity isn’t what you know but what you multiply? We open with honest prayer for those wrestling with anxiety and depression, then pivot to a bracing challenge from Luke 19: you’ve been entrusted with something real—now inve...
Taking Out the Trash - Into the Deep Series - Week 5
What if your spiritual ceiling isn’t sin but clutter—old wins, safe roles, and the quiet pride that sounds holy but keeps you shallow? We open Philippians 3 and sit with Paul’s hard word—scubala—and let it reframe how we measure value: everythi...
Growth & Pain - Into the Deep Series - Week 4
Want power without pretense? We walk straight into Philippians 3:10–11 and sit with the uncomfortable truth that intimacy with Jesus includes sharing in His sufferings. Not to glamorize pain, but to see it clearly: as the forge where endurance ...