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Episodes
151 episodes
No Shame: Standing On Gospel Truth | Diagnosis of the Heart
Do you ever catch yourself judging others more quickly than you want to admit? Have you felt the quiet relief of seeing someone else get called out while you stay unnoticed? Do you wonder what God sees when He looks past our comparisons and int...
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NO SHAME: STANDING ON GOSPEL TRUTH | UPSIDE DOWN ; INSIDE OUT
Have you ever felt pulled in two directions inside your own heart? Do you wonder why life can feel upside down even when you are trying your best? Have you sensed both a longing for God and a resistance to letting Him be at the center? In Roman...
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NO SHAME: STANDING ON GOSPEL TRUTH | THE CASE FOR SALVATION
Have you ever felt pressure to prove you can handle life on your own? Do you wonder why needing help can feel like weakness? Are you carrying shame about faith in a world that prizes self reliance? Paul speaks into that tension with hope that s...
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No Shame: Standing On Gospel Truth | For The Gospel
Paul was preparing to travel West with the Gospel, all the way to Spain. From Corinth, he wrote to the church in Rome, a mix of Jewish and Gentile Christians. The letter was to introduce himself and his ministry in hopes of eliciting support fo...
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Everlasting Light: We Belong to the Day
As you start a new year, turn over a new leaf with Jesus. How will 2026 play out? We want to live in the light of Christ. We want to be children of the day, not offspring of darkness. How will you keep watch this year? The Day of the Lord is ho...
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Everlasting Light: He is Our Light
The light we see in glimpses, or partially, now will one day envelop us for all eternity. To dwell with God in Heaven is to live in him as your everlasting light. Darkness comes from sin and disobedience. One day that will all be over. Every de...
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Everlasting Light | 12/24/25
In 1865, Phillips Brooks (1835–1893), an Episcopal priest, then rector of Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, had the opportunity to visit the Holy Land during Christmas. One evening after dinner the group rode on horseback two hours unti...
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Everlasting Light: Walk in the Light
God doesn’t expect perfection out of us. That’s why he sent his Son Jesus. God calls us to strive for a holy life, knowing that we will not attain it in this lifetime. If we pretend we have no faults, no sins, we stay lost in them. If we ...
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Everlasting Light: Exposure
We don’t want to be exposed. We don’t want a decent exposure! Something in us prefers the dark where we can stay hidden. What do we do when our deeds are exposed? Everything hidden will one day be revealed. There is forgiveness in Jesus, ...
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Everlasting Light: Everlasting
Everything dies out. Candles burn out. Battery powered flashlights and phones eventually die out. Even the sun is burning itself out! But there is an everlasting light. There is a light that is not diminished as it shines. God is our light that...
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Everlasting Light: In The Dark Streets
The world can get pretty dark. Our disobedience from God and unwillingness to honor his Word and seek his ways sends us into distress. We grope around for help, even trying various spiritual avenues, but the dawn never comes by those means. Sti...
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Faithful: The Truth Prevails
When you are slandered, take heart, the truth will eventually prevail. Let your actions be your testimony. Do what is right, as much as you can, and let the falsehood roll off your back. It is very hard not to take the low road and match attack...
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Faithful: Faithful Friends
Faithfulness is not a solo endeavor, not a lone wolf activity. We need the support of faithful friends. John celebrated his friend Gaius. His life is marked with faith, hope and love. John cares about his friend’s well-being, his health, his bu...
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Faithful: Truth & Lies
The evil one is known as diabolos, the divider, the deceiver. The devil attempts to divide the church through lies that wedge into the fellowship and split the church into factions. Lies are only given power by believing them. Some people...
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Faithful: Truth Endures
Novelty is fun, but in Christian circles, it is not always a good idea. We should be truly creative and innovative about many things surrounding our methods, but never compromising and never innovating about our message: the truth. The truth en...
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How to Get What You Want: Lasting Impact
We all long to have a lasting impact, to overcome death by making our names great so that all will remember. But this world is passing away, with its desires (cf. 1 John 2:17). How do we truly participate in the eternal? By following the will o...
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How to Get What You Want: Power
Sitting at the table for the Last Supper, the disciples start arguing about which one of them is greater. We long for power. We want to be in control. We want to know we have all it takes to overcome any obstacle without needing help. So, we se...
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How to Get What You Want: Value
When Jesus nears Jericho, a blind beggar refuses to be silenced. He cries out, not just for sight, but to be seen. Jesus stops, calls him near, and restores more than his vision. If you’ve felt overlooked or undervalued, this sermon is for you....
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How to Get What You Want: Peace
The rich young ruler does not find peace. He is like the seed in the Parable that falls among weeds, cares and concerns of the world choke out his peace. We long for peace, both outer and inner peace. Outer peace desires push us to set up confi...
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How to Get What You Want: Justice
We all have a longing for justice. We want to be treated fairly, and we want to see fairness and equal treatment for others. Where do we go with this longing for justice? Sometimes we go to social justice groups, protests, politics, and advocac...
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How to Get What You Want: Purity
What does it mean to be pure? For some, it sounds old-fashioned or even negative. But in Scripture, purity isn’t about rules or appearances—it’s about wholeness, integrity, and being made new from the inside out. In Mark 7:14–23, Jesus challenges ...
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How to Get What You Want: Desires of the Heart
This Psalm is a lament on how evil people seem get rewarded in this world while good people suffer. It sounds like if you do the right things, God will give you what you want! What it actually says is that when you love the Lord, when you take del...
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Vision Weekend 2025: Vision Sunday
The church is an embedded representation of the gospel. We are an outpost of the Kingdom making disciples, and as we stand up First Pres for the future, we are standing up an emblem of God’s own heart to seek and to save the lost of Colorado Sprin...
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