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290 episodes
Basic Assumptions #4: In His Image
Why are we here? Do we have purpose? How does mankind uniquely reflect God's image? Through the capacity for relationship, abstract thought, and moral agency, capacities no other creature shares. We shouldn't take for granted the unique relatio...
Basic Assumptions #3: God said Let There Be
What came first the chicken or the egg? This message explores a deeper question: Did matter come first, or did an idea come first? Beginning with Genesis 1, the sermon examines the repeated pattern of “God said…and there was,” arguing that crea...
Basic Assumptions #2: God Created
How did the universe begin and what does its existence tell us about God? This message explores the evidence and assumptions behind the Christian belief that creation is not the result of random chance, but points to an intentional Creator. As ...
Basic Assumptions #1: In the Beginning
What if the basic assumptions of Christianity aren’t foolish, but actually provide a better explanation of the reality we experience? Beginning with Genesis 1:1, this sermon examines whether the universe had a beginning and contrasts the Christ...
Authentic Christianity #18: Dear Children
To know what good is, is to be able to make distinctions. Everything is confusing in life if we can't make distinctions. God, wants to make sure that his dear children, his spiritual children don't make life's most fundamental mistake and confu...
Authentic Christianity #17: He Came to Stay
Have you ever wondered whether Jesus is truly present today, not just a figure from history, but someone you can actually know and experience right now? In this message from 1 John 5:20, we explore what John means when he says the Son of God "h...
Authentic Christianity #16: Our Brothers Keeper
What is the right response when you see, one of your fellow Christians messing up what's the right thing to do when you see, a brother or sister in Christ that's, doing something wrong or something sinful? What is the most valuable and the most...
Authentic Christianity #15: Experiencing Eternity
What is your experience with God like? How have you experienced him and what is your experience with him, like? Is our experience with God, and relating to God more like relating to a theoretical idea? Or is our experience with God actually, to...
Authentic Christianity #14: Is a Good Liar
Has everything that you've put your faith in is everything that you have believed in actually, turned out to be true in your life? Has everything that we have put our faith in turned out to be, reliable? What happens to us, when we believe in w...
Authentic Christianity #13: He First Loved Us
Why do we love? And where does our ability to love actually come from? In this message from 1 John 4:19–21, we discover that all love begins with God. His love is not merely an example for us to follow, it is the very foundation of reality and ...
Authentic Christianity #12: Overcoming Fear
Fear is something everyone experiences... but what if God’s love is the answer to overcoming it? In this message from 1 John 4:13–18, we explore the relationship between fear and love and discover how the gospel transforms our perspective on bo...
Authentic Christianity 11: Love Makes Complete
Why did God send His Son into the world? What was His ultimate purpose in such a costly act of love? In this message from 1 John 4:7–12, we explore one of the most profound truths in Scripture: God is love. More than an emotion, biblical love i...
Authentic Christianity #10: Testing the Spirits
How do we know what's true in a world filled with competing voices, opinions, and spiritual claims? In this message from 1 John 4:1–6, we explore the biblical call to “test the spirits” and develop spiritual discernment. The sermon emphasizes t...
Authentic Christianity #9: What is Love?
What is love, really? In this message from 1 John 3:16–24, we explore the biblical definition of love and discover that love is far more than a feeling or emotion. According to Scripture, love is sacrificial action. Looking to the cross of Jesu...
Authentic Christianity #8: Opposites that Don't Attract
What we love and what we hate reveals more about us than we may realize. In this message from 1 John 3, we explore the contrast between Cain and Abel, the children of God and the children of the devil, life and death, love and hate. Jesus came ...
Authentic Christianity #7: The Best is Yet to Come
God’s incredible love has made us His children and secured a future beyond anything we can fully imagine. When we fix our eyes on Christ, it gives us the hope of eternity and the power to shape and purify how we live today.
Authentic Christianity #6: Lie Detectors
Discover how deception and false ideologies can become our greatest spiritual danger, and how believers are equipped through Christ—the Anointed One—to discern truth, stand firm in faith, and resist the lies that seek to lead us astray.
Authentic Christianity #5: If Anyone Loves the World
This sermon explores the question of what we are truly devoted to, arguing that people are shaped by what they love most. Using 1 John 2:15–17, the message contrasts loving the temporary things of the world with loving God, emphasizing that wor...
Authentic Christianity #4: Knowing Christ
In this message from 1 John 2:3–8, we explore how authentic Christianity is never meant to become dull or routine. Though God’s truth is ancient and unchanging, it becomes fresh and alive as we obey Christ and apply His love in everyday life. T...
Authentic Christianity #3: Self Deceived
True freedom from guilt comes through confession and repentance, made possible by Jesus Christ, who paid the price for sin. God remains both just and merciful because Jesus took on the punishment we deserve. When we admit our guilt, Christ advo...
Authentic Christianity #2: God is Light
Believers are called not just to walk in the light but to be the light, reflecting God’s nature so that others can see Him through their lives.
Authentic Christianity #1: Touching Eternity
This sermon launches a series on authentic Christianity rooted in 1 John. The central question is: What does it mean to be a true, authentic Christian?The message confronts false ideas about Jesus, specifically the ancient Gnostic belief...
Are You Listening: #8 The Final Word
In our powerful conclusion to the “Are You Listening?” series, Richard opens Isaiah 55:6-13 and asks a life-changing question: In a world where nothing is truly secure, jobs, health, possessions, is there anything you can have absolute confiden...
Are You Listening: #7 From One Man
Abraham believed God's promise he left everything by faith, seeking a heavenly homeland whose designer and builder is God (Hebrews 11). In a world chasing empty utopias, his obedience gave us the Ten Commandments' justice, true liberty, and Jes...
Are You Listening: #6 Recipe for Folly
Anyone who turns, listens, and seeks Wisdom like hidden treasure (Proverbs 2) will dwell securely, protected, and at peace, no matter how foolish the culture around them. our lives are largely the consequence of whose voice we choose to tune in...
