Principles For Lasting Change

Have you ever tried to make a good change in your life, only to find yourself back into your old bad habits? How do you make changes that stick? I talk about 6 Biblical principles for making lasting changes.

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The Love Cycle

God is love. In our own ability we cannot love God. What we can do is love Him back! Pastor Todd Pierce, filling in for his brother Mark, explains the love cycle from 1 John 4:7-16. God is love and His love flows! We, who are the children of God, find lasting satisfaction when, and only when, God’s love sacrificially shows up through us to soothe the pain of a hurting world.

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Sin Battle

Every Christ-follower will face a sin battle in his or her life. This past Sunday I reached back 1600 years to St. Augustine to explain the history and future of our struggle with sin. Then we considered 4 questions to ask ourselves, when (not if) temptation comes our way.

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The Real Deal

How can I know if I am a real Christ-follower? How can I know if someone else is a Christ-follower? The first is the question of assurance. The second is the question of authenticity. In this past weekend's sermon I talk about what makes for a Real Deal Christian in our study of 1 John 2:3-6.

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Lifeless Lazarus

What do you do when you feel disappointed by Christ? Most Christ-followers experience a dark time of their soul when God does not respond the way they thought. In this podcast I consider the story of Mary, Martha and Lazarus from John 11 to discover how our faith survives grief and disappointment.

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Learning To Be My Own Boss

In this week's Church Requel podcast Pastor Mark talks about the following:

1. Reflections on death of Chuck Colson;
2. Management Lessons from Secret Service Scandal; 
3. 6 Reasons Young People Leave Church; 
4. Writing Talks with an Early Ending Clause; 
5. Handy Habits - the Children's sermon this weekend; 
6. Sermon - "How To Be My Own Boss" from Luke 12.

When Heart Meets Mind

We serve God best with ALL of our hearts and ALL of our minds.  Join Pastor Mark Pierce for this peek at the emotional life of Jesus on Palm Sunday. Plus Pastor Mark talks about conversations with his brother and the men's breakfast.

Nothing Will Separate Me From God's Love

Here's what we have queued up in this week's Church Requel podcast.  For those that want to skip right to the weekly sermon, fast forward to the 25-minute mark.

1. Reflections from the Momentum Conference I attended last week
2. Encouraging Conversations and the First Steps Principle
3. Handling Post Sermon Depression Syndrome.
4. The children’s sermon - Kid’s Say The darndest things!
5. This weekend’s talk: “Nothing Will Separate Me From God’s Love”

When God says that NOTHING will separate us from His love in Christ, He means it. In this final message from Romans 8, Pastor Mark explores just how exhaustive and far reaching God's love really is.