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Inevitable: Loss - Collin McKnight
Feb 21, 202500:56:39Tap to summarizePastor Collin McKnight discusses loss, sorrow, and mourning in this edition of our series called Inevitable. Grief and sorrow are inevitable for all human beings. We are created with the understanding that we will encounter loss. Jesus revealed His humanity through grief when He wept over Lazarus's death. Collin explains why it is absolutely acceptable to bring your questions to God while in the midst of grief. The conversations we have with God that are born of despair are some of the most honest conversations we will ever have. William Barclay said, "Endurance is not just the ability to bear hard things, but to turn it into glory.”
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Inevitable - Week 3: Death
Feb 21, 202500:52:52Tap to summarizeIn the third message of our series called Inevitable, Pastor Mel teaches how we should prepare for death and how the reality of death should impact our perspective. The unknown scares us and so part of how we prepare for death is focus on what we know. We know death is assured and we know eternity is assured. We know Hell is real but we also know Heaven is real. Seneca said, "The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity." When thinking about death we must remind ourselves that God's presence is also assured. Despite our impending deaths, we can live our lives without regret if we steward our health well, steward our finances well, steward our time well, and steward Christ well. We must live our lives with an eternal perspective.
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Inevitable - Week 2: Health Setbacks
Feb 14, 202500:40:17Tap to summarizeIn the second week of our series called Inevitable, Pastor Mel teaches how Christians should walk through health setbacks. Proverbs says, "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person's strength." A positive outlook as you endure health crises doesn't mean you're denying what's happening, it means you're trusting God. Mel unpacks several of Christ's healing miracles and explains why God wants us to confess our lack and our need to be healed. Being healed is an invitation to change, and we don't like change even if it's healthy change. Are you so comfortable with the broken life that you are leading, that you would rather stay this way? The message finishes with Mel explaining why Jesus is more interested in fixing our hearts than fixing our problems.
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Inevitable - Week 1: Financial Setbacks
Feb 7, 202500:49:33Tap to summarizeIn week one of our series called Inevitable, Pastor Mel talks about the inevitability of financial setbacks and how we should strive for a godly relationship with money. He explains how a large number of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, even those who have a relatively high income. Scripture warns us that our lives are not measured by how much we own, but that we should seek first the kingdom of God rather than building our own temporary kingdoms. Mel points out how the two words Jesus uses to describe how we feel when we ignore God in our finances are "fear and anxiety." The message finishes with an encouragement for us to tithe our first-fruits and how doing so is a reminder that God is responsible for our provision.
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Meet God Here - Week 4: The Presence of God
Jan 31, 202500:50:23Tap to summarizeIn the fourth and final week of our series called Meet God Here, Pastor Mel teaches about the characteristics of God's presence. Preaching through selected scriptures in Exodus, Mel shows how the presence of God provides rest. Moses was a great man of faith and he didn't want to enter the Promised Land without God. Moses understood it's better to be in the wilderness with God than to be in the Promised Land without God. God's presence is more important than the promise. Mel explains how in the absence of God's presence, we will find alternative gods. In this message you'll learn why God's presence is greater than success, wealth, and happiness. The message concludes with Mel making the case that God's presence is what differentiates His people.
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Meet God Here: On the Mountain - Collin McKnight
Jan 25, 202500:50:49Tap to summarizePastor Collin McKnight preaches live in Blairsville on week three of our series called Meet God Here. Throughout scripture God met with His people on the mountain, but now we can meet Him through Jesus wherever we go. Charles Swindoll said, "God enjoys turning wandering people into worshipers, transforming drifters into pilgrims who receive His words, follow His ways, believe His promises." Israel was called to the mountain to worship God, and today Jesus is the mountain to whom God is calling all who believe.
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Meet God Here - Week 3: Holy Places
Jan 24, 202500:50:55Tap to summarizeIn the third message of our series called Meet God Here, Pastor Mel explains the role of holy places in our worship. Throughout history, both inside and outside the faith, people have considered high places to be holy. Elevations like mountains and hills have frequently been considered holy locations. Mel talks about several locations in scripture which God's people privileged as being holy. These include Shiloh, Jerusalem, and Mount Gerizim. It's easy for the faithful to become attached to specific places like churches or cathedrals as unique venues where one must go in order to meet God. In the final analysis, the sole factor for determining holiness is the presence of God - so any location where God is present becomes a holy place.
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BACK40 E73 - Inauguration, How to Treat Grieving People, Problems with Unity
Jan 24, 202501:10:16Tap to summarizeMel, Collin, and Michael discuss their thoughts on the Inauguration of President Donald Trump. Was the pageantry appropriate or did it go over the top? What can church leaders learn from the technical failure during Carrie Underwood's performance? Should schools close on Inauguration Day? The conversation turns to the best way to treat those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. What should you say? What should you avoid saying? How does this treatment differ from how you treat someone whose loved one is dying but still alive? What about how you handle someone who is himself dying? The episode finishes with a discussion about why unity may not be desirable as an ultimate goal. What are some problems with making unity your highest value?
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Meet God Here - Week 2: Community
Jan 17, 202500:54:01Tap to summarizeIn the second part of our series called Meet God Here, Pastor Kim teaches how we meet God in community. Western culture has made individualism an ideal by promoting freedom, rights, and satisfaction of our own desires. Kim explains how human beings are created as image bearers of God with an inner need to connect with each other. Preaching through Acts 2, Kim presents four marks of a healthy Church and a healthy follower of Christ. The Church should be devoted to the teachings of scripture, to fellowship, to sharing meals together (including taking Communion), and to prayer. The Spirit of God brings followers of Christ into intimate relationship with Himself, but He also brings followers of Christ into abiding relationship with each other.
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BACK40 E72 - Keeping Leaders Together, Jesus on the Church, Staying Calm, Moralism
Jan 17, 2025Tap to summarizeMel and Michael discuss Craig Groeschel's perspective on the value of keeping tenured, trusted leaders together. They also talk about how Jesus viewed the Church. Is Christianity really about relationship more than it is about religion? We learn from Mel why it's important to remain calm when leading through challenges. What are his strategies for inspiring confidence when things are uncertain? Is there such a thing as a noble lie? The conversation finishes with ways a leader can be decisive with his use of authority despite the universal inner-need to be liked by others. Listen to Wesley Huff on Joe Rogan's podcast here. Listen to Craig Groeschel's Leadership podcast here.
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