Life Lessons Radio

What are we to do when under pressure to sin? How do we recognize when demonic forces are coming into play? What do we do when we fail? Today Pastor Steve answers these questions and shows us how to play and win the mental game of living the Christian life.

Today Pastor Steve is back in the book of Genesis with the familiar story of Cain and Abel. Although this story took place eons ago, it has a timely message for our "victim" culture in America. Each of us have areas of weakness and are under intense pressure to give in to temptation ... but there are ways to avoid giving in. Stay tuned for encouragement and wisdom on how to play this mental game and live a victorious life.

From the very beginning, from the very first sin of Adam and Eve, God made a way for mankind to come back to Him. And He’s still at work today, drawing each one of us to Him. But there’s a problem ... Pastor Steve refers to it as the "rain coat" syndrome: people take God out of the closet when it "rains" and put Him back in the closet when circumstances are "sunny" again. Today Pastor Steve shows us how important it is to continually position ourselves to receive God’s blessing in his message, "Recapturing Adam." Stay tuned for encouragement and wisdom on how to have a close, abiding relationship with God in both the good times and the bad.

Today on Life Lessons, Pastor Steve takes us back to the 3rd chapter of Genesis where we find verses that have raised a lot of questions throughout history. What does it mean that women will have pain in child birth? Are men supposed to be in charge of women? And why did God curse the ground? Pastor Steve answers these questions in ways that might surprise you in his message, "Recapturing Adam."

When Adam and Eve took the first bite of the forbidden fruit everything changed. They no longer walked with God in the cool of the afternoon, they experienced guilt and shame, they experienced death. But all is not lost. God keeps alive the hope of a relationship with Him and the hope of eternal life. In today’s message, "Recapturing Adam", we’ll see the relentless pursuit by God to drive Adam, and Adam’s children - you and me, back to Himself.

There are lots of Sunday School stories we’ve heard and know well. Or do we? Have we read them recently? Or did we just see the movie? Unfortunately, there are many misunderstandings and even lies we believe to be the gospel truth. Today Pastor Steve is going to dispel some of these confusions as he takes us to the familiar story found in Genesis 3, the so-called "curse of Eve."

The word judgment congers up lots of ill feelings and unfortunately God is part of the package deal. Today, as Pastor Steve looks at the familiar story of Genesis 3, the story of the first judgments, we’ll begin to see how the loving, merciful character of God is fundamental to His role as judge. If you’re confused about how the Lord deals with us after we sin, then this is a perfect message for you.

Many of us don’t really know the true character of God. So when we do wrong we act just like Adam and Eve - we hide, lie and blame. Today Pastor Steve tells us that when we’re in trouble, even when we’re at fault, running to God - not away from Him - is the wisest, in fact the safest, thing to do.

We have two paths to take after we sin. We can be like Adam and Eve and hide, lie and blame - or - we can run to God and experience His abundant mercy. If your life is characterized by avoidance, denial, victimization and other unhealthy responses to sin be sure to stick around and learn a much better way.

You know how one lie leads to another the covers up the first one? And then we lie again to cover up the first two. It becomes a vicious cycle with no end in sight. Well, that’s how we often handle our failures. Instead of turning to God we resort to our own devices. In today’s message, "Hiding, Lying and Blaming", Pastor Steve shows us that what we do after we sin can be just as damaging as the sin itself.