Pastor Sherman Burkhead

Most Fathers day messages are either about God being the perfect father, or about how fathers should grow to be more like God. But today special guest Dr. David Larsen explores the question "How can we be better children of God?".

The ideas of submission and resistance are complete opposites, yet the foundation of learning to overcome temptation and sin is to apply both of these things in our lives at the same time. In fact by learning to submit and resist we find new power over the temptations in our lives. Listen to Part 3

Even though temptation has its roots in our own desires it is not impossible to overcome temptation. If you trust in Jesus you have the ability to withstand the trial, in fact we really do not have an excuse not to stand strong. Listen to part 2 as we explore the reason why we all can stand up under the weight of temptation.

Speak oh Lord by Sherman Burkhead

It's not about how you dress, it's not about the style of the building, its not about the instruments used in worship, it is about what you believe.

Listen to this special presentation.

If there is anything we are waiting for is for Jesus to come back and make all things right. But how are we to wait? We don't know when Christ will return. It could be tomorrow it could be 100 years from now. So how does God expect for us to live as Christ followers as we wait for that great and glorious day?

Listen to part 4

Just as sure as our lives change is the fact that we will face difficult times in life. With out question we will all suffer, we will all struggle, we will all have our times of deep pain. How do we wait on God in these times?

The answer is both challenging to our understanding of God but it is also comforting as Christ is God in the flesh choosing to suffer with us and for us.

Listen to part 3

If there is one thing we can count on is the fact that life changes. But how do we make decisions when we face change? How to we react when life changes? Do we walk in our own strength or do we Wait on God?

Listen to Part 2

For most of us the word "WAIT" is simply a four letter word. We hate to wait! We hate to wait for fast food, we hate to wait on hold on the phone, we hate to wait on our tax returns, and we hate to wait for our spouses to get ready. But waiting is simply a part of life. And waiting is an important part of the Christian life. In fact God often times makes us wait for our own good. He uses waiting to shape us, to sharpen us and to grow us. Listen to Part 1 as we talk about waiting on God daily.

Can we ever really know if we are saved? The issue of being assured of our salvation seems like it should be simple. But for some reason it is not. One the one hand there are those who believe that a person can never be certain because they can loose their salvation at any moment because we all continue to sin. On the other there are those who believe that being saved is nothing more than saying some prayer and you are saved regardless of what your life is like?

But what is the truth? Listen to Part 4