God Talk

James 1:13 says "God tempts no one," but we see in the Bible that Jesus was led out after His baptism "to be tempted." Jesus also teaches us in the Lord's prayer to pray "lead us not into temptation." In this podcast we will stretch our understanding of God and how He works in our lives and world as we look at 2 Chronicles 18 and see that God used a "deceiving spirit" to trick King Ahab to go into battle where he would ultimately die.

Evil is all around us in this world. Too many of us simply remain silent, but remaining silent to evil is evil.

Culture changes, but Truth does not, and today's message is a perfect example of that. Today, when we read the Parable of the Talents, it's easy for us to apply our lives to the text and argue that the man given one talent of gold was at a heavy disadvantage; we want to blame the master for being stingy. It's dangerous to read ourselves into the Bible. Rather, we seek what the Bible says in its own way and learn how to apply it to our lives. The lesson is to use what you're given, or lose it in the end.

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Scriptures today: Matthew 25:14-30 // John 14:10-14

A liberal anti Christian agenda is once again in full force. If we care about this country we MUST start speaking out and pushing back on the false narratives.

Since time immemorial, groups of people have cried out "the end is near!" We're familiar with images of old men on street corners with cardboard signs just in the last few decades, but writings throughout history have always shown marks of being concerned with the end of all things. How could we possibly know? Scripture says that the end will come like it did in the days of Noah: unpredictably, unexpectedly, and fiercely. Today, Pastor Greg offers wisdom for reading Scripture as it was written to bring both comfort and impetus for change in your life.

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Scriptures today: Matthew 24:36-39 // Matthew 28:38-41 // Matthew 24:42-51 // Matthew 25 // 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

It is time for pastors to be uncool and for churches to be uncool. It is time to speak ant teach truth rather than what pop culture wants to hear.

"This is fine, but that is not." We see it every day in both the large and the small things: people (ourselves included) give preference and permissibility to things we like but come down hard on things we don't like. Since when was that okay? Jesus says that judgment will be given to you in the same manner we give it to others. Should God play favorites? If not, then why should we? Let's examine areas of our lives where we've held double standards so we can let go.

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Scriptures today: Matthew 7:1-5 // 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 // Matthew 7:12

When Faith and life intersect amazing things happen. Here is a story of another "Mysterious Encounter" I have experienced in my lifetime. In this "encounter" I "heard God" tell me to stop praying for a sick family member...so I obeyed and stopped praying. The result was an amazing and mysterious encounter with the Almighty God of the universe who chooses to interact with the simple and ordinary of His creation.

We have known for millennia that you can't plant watermelons if you intend for that field to harvest cucumbers. Tomato seeds don't grow into elderberry bushes, wheat doesn't spawn redwoods, and sin doesn't grow a relationship with God. Every day, we choose to spend our hours planting, watering, and feeding things in our lives, and the things we spend that time on matters to God. He makes it clear: you reap what you sow. Today, Pastor Greg shares some spiritual gardening tips to cultivate what matters in the light of eternity.

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Scriptures today: Galatians 6:7-10 // Galatians 5:19-21 // Philippians 2:3-4 // Job 4:8 // Ecclesiastes 11:4 // 2 Corinthians 9:6

Misinformation and lies abound. People pass along information without thinking through it or fact checking it. Google, Twitter and Facebook believe it is their responsibility to censor speech and determine truth but they are blinded by their own biases. As Christians we have a moral obligation to know the difference between truth and lies and to only speak in truth.