What does it look like to completely trust God? Using his own personal journey and the story of Abraham, Pastor Randy Helms of Celebration Church in Georgetown, Texas, challenges us all to trust God completely.
In Mark 7:1-23, Jesus has a theological showdown with the scribes and Pharisees over ritual hand washing, and as a result, Jesus teaches us that rituals, words, and traditions are powerless to change us from the inside out.
When we follow Jesus, we begin to see people, provision, Jesus, and even ourselves from the right perspective. This message highlights those perspectives from the miraculous feeding of the 5,000.
The people of God are never fully at home in the world, and they often face persecution. John the Baptist, the last Old Covenant prophet is a great example of the conflict between the system of the world and the people of God.
Following Jesus means living a missional life. In Mark 6:6-13, Jesus sends the disciples out on a mission, and Pastor Derek uses this passage to help us think through what a missional life looks like.
Using Psalm 16, Pastor Derek teaches us that rejecting porn is not rejecting pleasure--it's rejecting a lesser pleasure in order to pursue a greater pleasure which can only be found in God Himself.
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About The Christ Centered Life
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Pastor Derek Allen and his wife, Lindsay, discuss what it means to live The Christ Centered Life--a life where Jesus is at the center of everything.