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THE WISEMEN AND JOSEPH DAVIDSON - January 8, 2012 Gene Curtis - Matthew 2 The birth of Christ from a close and intimate vantage point. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SHARE THE STORY - January 1, 2012 Jerry Beres - Sharing with each other what God has done in our lives - His love, faithfulness and provision - is a true blessing and encourages us to seek Him in a bold new way! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CHRISTMAS IN 3D: HEART CONDITION - December 18, 2011 Gene Curtis - John 3:16-17 Consider Christmas - does it indeed come without ribbons and tags, without packages, boxes or bags? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CHRISTMAS IN 3D: BELIEVING THE MIRACLE - December 11, 2011 Gene Curtis - Luke 2:8-20 Just like the shepherds that night in a field outside of Bethlehem, we find all we need in a small, unadorned stable. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CHRISTMAS IN 3D: HERO - December 4, 2011 Joel Vermillion - Isaiah 9:6-7; Philippians 2:5-11 There is often a vast difference between what we want Jesus to do for us and what He needs to do for us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CHRISTMAS IN 3D: HOME ALONE - November 27, 2011 Gene Curtis - Malachi 4:6; Luke 1:17 Because Jesus came at Christmas to bring forgiveness to the world, we can offer forgiveness to one another, especially to our family members. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE GREATEST: STRIVE TO FIND REST - November 20, 2011 Jerry Beres - Hebrews 3:7-4:13 In this busy season, the idea of finding time to rest seems almost impossible. Instead, find rest in the promises of God and the certainty that He is faithful. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE GREATEST - November 13, 2011 Gene Curtis - Hebrews 3:1-6 The life and legacy of Moses highlights his relationship with and reliance on an almighty, trustworthy God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE GREATEST: BE WHAT YOU WERE MEANT TO BE - November 6, 2011 Mike Allison - Hebrews 2:10-18 Our salvation through Jesus Christ makes us trusted, forgiven members of both an earthly & heavenly family. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE GREATEST: IS JESUS TOO HUMAN? - October 30, 2011 Gene Curtis - Hebrews 2:5-9 Who is the more appealing super hero - Ironman or Jesus? Jesus' life on earth was rather unremarkable. Being the Son of God, the question might be why He had to become human at all. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE GREATEST: DRIFTERS - October 23, 2011 Gene Curtis - Hebrews 2:1-4 The natural tendency is to slowly drift away from things, be it friends or faith. Instead, fix your eyes and your attention on the greateness and grandeur of Jesus Christ. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE GREATEST: DON'T LOOK BACK - October 16, 2011 Mike Allison - Hebrews 1:4-14 Angels are featured in the Old Testament as divine messengers - deliverers of God's word and direction to His people. However impressive the display, none is greater than the One who rules at God's right hand and has power over all the angels. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE GREATEST - October 9, 2011 Gene Curtis - Hebrews 1:1-3 As human beings, we express ourselves in ways that say 'this is me - this is who I am.' God expressed Himself, holy and glorious, through His Son, Jesus, as a perfect and complete picture of His character and who He is. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GENERATION TO GENERATION: WHEN YOUR CHILD ASKS... - October 2, 2011 Gene Curtis - Deuteronomy 6:20-25    Jesus Himself told stories to answer questions - stories embed ideas into our lives and make them real and concrete.  How real to you is the 'great' story - the one of salvation? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GENERATION TO GENERATION: THINK ORANGE - September 25, 2011 Jerry Beres & Gary Rosing - Deuteronomy 6   Don't make church just something that you 'do' - the church and the family have an amazing opportunity to join forces and impact the younger generation! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GENERATION TO GENERATION: THE REAPPEARING PARENT - September 18, 2011 Gene Curtis - Deuteronomy 6:6-9   In their lifetime, children will spend a vast amount of time under the influence of people other than their parents.  Teaching our kids to have a God-dominated imagination will develop a moment by moment awareness of Him, His creation and their relationship with Him. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GENERATION TO GENERATION: RELIGION AND FLYFISHING - September 11, 2011 Gene Curtis - Deuteronomy 6:4-9    Live your life in a manner that unquestionably displays your own reliance, trust and faith in Jesus for all your needs.  We will never be the perfect example we desire to be, but a legacy like that will not be lost on our children. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BANDANA ADVENTURES - September 4, 2011 Gene Curtis - A challenge was issued at the beginning of summer to photograph our  'adventures.'  Our lives are full of adventure - great and sometimes not so great - but always designed to bring us closer to Christ.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE REMIXED: STORIES OF CHANGE - August 28, 2011 Ben Petrick - A young man whose exceptional athletic talent led to a major league baseball career.  However, no level of skill, training or preparation could prepare him for the path God had designed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE REMIXED: STORIES OF CHANGE - August 21, 2011 Gary & Sandy Remsburg - Featured on The Discovery Channel's 'Gold Rush Alaska', Gary and Sandy share the story of God's calling in their lives and how the goal of this adventure became the opportunity to bring Christ into 60+ million domestic and international households. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE REMIXED:STORIES OF CHANGE - August 14, 2011 Benjamin Edwards - A man who has chosen to use his gifting and passion for photography not to elevate himself, but to glorify the person and name of Jesus Christ.  (Please view Ben's message at www.vimeo.com/cljacobsen.) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE REMIXED: STORIES OF CHANGE - August 7, 2011 Jessica Richardson -  A story of God's limitless love, grace and healing found amidst unspeakable circumstances. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BREAKING BARRIERS: SPIRITUAL RE-GIFTING - July 17, 2011 Jerry Beres - 1 Corinthians 12-14    The Lord not only gifts us spiritually, but He designs each of us with individual personalities, passions and purpose so we can use those spiritual gifts for His purpose and to serve others. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BREAKING BARRIERS: COMMUNITY & CHRISTIAN FREEDOM - July 10, 2011 Mike Allison - 1 Corinthians 8-10    Choices are an integral part of life - good ones, bad ones - and we are often not the only ones who have to live with the choices we make. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BREAKING BARRIERS: BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED - July 3, 2011 Mike Allison - 1 Corinthians 7     God has created each of us to fit uniquely into His kingdom and into our relationships - no one can be a better you than you.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BREAKING BARRIERS: COMMUNITY & COMMUNION - June 26, 2011 Gene Curtis - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34   Next time you share a meal gathered around a table or next to a campfire, remember Jesus and His last supper that draws us into community with Him and with each other. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BREAKING BARRIERS: COMMUNITY & 1 CORINTHIANS - June 19, 2011 Gene Curtis - 1 Corinthians 1:10-31    Living in community is much more than sharing a zip code - it's living together through the good and bad and leaning on the risen Lord. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE IN 3D: MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES - June 12, 2011 Joel Vermillion - Philippians 1:27   Whatever your circumstances - conduct yourself in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Jesus. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE IN 3D: GENEROSITY Mike Allison - 2 Corinthians 9    Giving of not just your money, but of your time and talents requires a conversation and commitment between you and God - and your family.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE IN 3D: BUILDING YOUR LIFE ON RELATIONSHIPS Gene Curtis - Matthew 7:24-29     Any home we construct and the life we build inside its walls needs to be anchored into and built upon a firm foundation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE IN 3D: MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TIME - May 22, 2011 Gene Curtis - Eph. 5:15-17   Our life here on this earth is short and precious. Are we just killing that time or are we redeeming each moment as something to cherish?  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website INTO THE WILD - May 15, 2011 Gene Curtis & Jerry Beres      A vision update - what has God been doing as we have stepped out, as a body, in faith? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MOTHERHOOD AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD - May 8, 2011 Gene Curtis - Genesis 27 & Exodus 2    Raising children is not a task for the faint of heart - love, patience and sometimes desperation lead to the unfailing truth of God's love and control over our kids' lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FINDING GOD'S COMFORT - May 1, 2011 Jerry Beres - Book of Isaiah   We can find hope and comfort by trusting God, His Word and His ways. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE GREAT INVITATION - April 24, 2011 Gene Curtis - Isaiah 55:1-3    Food and drink, no matter how extravagant, offer only temporary satisfaction. Jesus Christ, through His work on the cross, offers everyone the opportunity to be filled with what truly satisfies.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE PASSION OF THE SERVANT - April 17, 2011 Isaiah 53:4-6     The essence of sin is choosing our own way rather than God and His way.  God's way was the cross of Christ, and He chose us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UNDERSTANDING BEAUTY - April 10, 2011 Mike Allison - Isaiah 52:13-15   Beauty encompasses more than just what we can see with our eyes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LISTENING IN THE DARK - April 3, 2011 Gene Curtis - Isaiah 50:4-11   Tuning out all but the voice of God in our lives is difficult.  When we do, we are able to better listen to and ultimately hear Him.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD - March 20, 2011 Mike Allison - Isaiah 40:12-31   We all have a problem.  We are members of the human race and we fail.  The good news is that God chooses to be actively involved and He cannot fail. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD - March 20, 2011 Mike Allison - Isaiah 40:12-31. We all have a problem. We are members of the human race and we fail. The good news is that God chooses to be actively involved and He cannot fail. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CRIME AND PUNISHMENT...AND COMFORT - March 13, 2011 Jerry Beres - Isaiah 40:1-11   Discipline is always best received when it is followed by a loving embrace. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GETTING READY FOR EASTER - March 6, 2011 Gene Curtis - Isaiah 38-39    Even those considered to be 'the best' sometimes fail miserably. It is these failures that magnify the perfection of the cross. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website WHAT TO DO WHEN THE BAD GUYS WIN - February 27, 2011 Mike Allison - Isaiah 10:5-19    Evil presents itself in many ways - some too hideous to fathom.  God can turn even the most unspeakable acts of evil into something that draws people to Himself and displays His glory. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS - February 20, 2011 Gene Curtis - Isaiah 40:3   Run, walk or dragged - however you arrive, time in the wilderness is certain.  Question is, will you trust God to lead you out? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE LOVING JUDGE - February 13, 2011 Jerry Beres - Isaiah 30:8-17   God's judgement and His justice are tempered by an unceasing, jealous love.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RUIN AND REDEMPTION - February 6, 2011 Gene Curtis - Isaiah 6    Separated from God, things are nothing more than a pile of dust - most notably, our lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE IN 3D: JUMPING INTO THE STORY - January 30, 2011 Gene Curtis - 1 Samuel 14:1-23    Our lives are not meant to be filled with vague ambition.  Instead, direct your story onto a new, exciting and unchangeable path. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE IN 3D: YOU'RE THE HERO - January 23, 2011 Jerry Beres - Eph. 2-4   Making our own stories come alive brings out the hero in all of us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE IN 3D:MAKING YOUR STORY COME ALIVE - January 16, 2011 Gene Curtis - 1 Chronicles 1-9    Make your own story come alive - don't be counted in the lineage of those who did not!  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ONCE UPON A TIME - January 9, 2011 Gene Curtis - Gen. 1-Rev. 21    We were created to be loved by God and play a part in the story of His creation.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ENEMY OF THE STATE - January 2, 2011 Gene Curtis - Matthew 2    So tiny was baby Jesus, yet His birth did not go unnoticed.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website AND HE WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELOR - December 19, 2010 Gene Curtis - Isaiah 9:6-7    The wonder and expectation of Christmas goes far beyond what is wrapped and hidden under the tree. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A VIRGIN WILL...GIVE BIRTH TO A SON - December 12, 2010 Gene Curtis - Isaiah 7    A first person presentation of Ithe prophet Isaiah's life and ministry in Israel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A LIGHT HAS DAWNED - December 5, 2010 Mike Allison - Isaiah 8:19-9:2   The darkness enveloping the time of Isaiah has been broken and a great and glorious light has been revealed.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THANKSGIVING SERVICE - November 28, 2010 Jerry Beres - Psalm 107   There are so many things for which to be thankful - among them is our church family. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A TALE OF TWO PRIESTS - November 21, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis - Judges 17-21   As the book of Judges comes to a close, it is clear that murder and mayhem are not exclusive to modern times.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SAMSON: LAST ACTION HERO - November 14, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis - Judges 13-16   Samson is known for his status as a 'strong' biblical hero, but God's calling on his life was not fulfilled until his weakest moment.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GIDEON: HERO & HYPOCRITE - November 7, 2010 Jerry Beres - Judges 6-8   Yahweh desires to be the God of our everyday lives, not just to whom we turn in crisis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE DOWNSIDE OF 'FAITH ALONE' 10-31-2010 Dr. Gene Curtis  Judges 10&11  By grace we have been saved, through faith, but faith without an intimate knowledge of the Scriptures can be a dangerous thing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website WHO'S THE HERO?-October 24, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis, Judges 4&5 A first person presentation from Heber, the husband of Jael, in the book of Judges.  A call to men for leadership and an encouragement to women for their faith and strength. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE LEFT-HANDED ASSASSIN-October 17, 2010 Mike Allison - Judges 1-3 We begin our new series in the book of Judges.  As you listen to these chapters and some history on the book of Judges you may think, "How does this apply to me?"... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TOUCHING GOD-October 10, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis, Song of Songs, The question left unanswered is: If Song of Songs points us from a human intimate relationship to intimacy with God, then how do we experience intimacy in our relationship with God? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BODY LANGUAGE - October 3, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis, Song of Songs 5:10-16, 7:1-9 Dr. Curtis explains how the intimate love of marriage is a mirror of God's love for us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE BROKENNESS OF INTIMACY -September 26, 2010 Pastor Jerry Beres, Song of Songs, God desires true intimacy and a relationship with us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BROKEN HALLELUJAH-September 19, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis, Song of Songs 5:2-8, Find out what God says about Love and intimacy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stronger Than Death-March 9, 2003 Dr. Gene Curtis, Song of Songs, God's Design for Dating, Marriage and Sexuality Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Remedy for Love-Feb 23, 2003 Dr. Gene Curtis, Song of Songs, God's Design for Dating, Marriage and Sexuality Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Secret Garden-Feb 16, 2003 Dr. Gene Curtis, Song of Songs, God's Design for Dating, Marriage and Sexuality Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Ecstasy and Agony of Love-Feb 9, 2003 Dr. Gene Curtis, Song of Songs, God's Design for Dating, Marriage and Sexuality Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Art of Falling in Love-Feb 2, 2003 Dr. Gene Curtis, Song of Songs, God's Design for Dating, Marriage and Sexuality Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BETTER THAN WINE -September 12, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis, Song of Songs, Dr. Curtis shows snap shots of a Love relationship in an overview of the Book of Song of Solomon. Find out the Hebrew history of God's relationship to His people and what the poetry, imagery and emotions of the book mean to us today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LABOR OF LOVE - September 5, 2010 Jerry Beres, Sharing Sunday reflecting on God's labor of love towards us in a myriad of ways. Listen to the stories of God's faithfulness and love to us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website HOW GREEN SHOULD WE BE? - August 29, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis, Find out what the Bible has to say about our environment and what part we are to play in it as children of God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CAN THE BIBLE BE TRUSTED? Part 2 -August 22, 2010 Dr. Daniel Lockwood, President, Multnomah University & Seminary, continues his sermon from last week about the Revelation, Inspiration, Canonicity, Transmission and Translation of scripture to the Holy Bible of today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CAN THE BIBLE BE TRUSTED? - August 15, 2010 Dr. Daniel Lockwood, President, Multnnomah University & Seminary. The reliability of Scripture through Internal Evidence, External Evidence and Supernatural Evidence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE UNFAMILIAR PASSIONS OF GOD - August 8, 2010 Mike Hogan, NW Regional Director of Church Mobilization for IJM. Mike discussed world wide slavery, human trafficking and how we can educate ourselves and help others. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website STORY CORE SUNDAY - July 25, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis, Philippians, Saul's life and plans were drastically changed on the road to Damascus. Listen to those in our church whose lives have "recomputed" to God's plans. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LOVE! LOVE, PAUL - July 18, 2010 Elder Mike Allison, Romans 16, Mike becomes "Paul" this morning and gives his testimony and transformation from Saul along the road to Damascus. Paul talks about his letter to the Romans and God's love to all of us.  We are to model our love for each other after Jesus and His example to us.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ONE MAN'S FAITH IS ANOTHER MAN'S POISON - July 11, 2010 Elder Mike Allison, Romans 14, What happened in 1054 to cause a division of the Christian church?  Mike explains the difference between a disputable matter in the church and how we should handle it and what is not disputable according to scripture. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN OR EARTH?-July 4, 2010 Pastor Jerry Beres, Romans 13:1-7,  Our allegiance is to God first. Find out what is expected of us when our government asks, demands or forces behavior that is sinful. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE REST OF THE STORY - June 27, 2010 Missionary Joel Vermillion, John 4, Jesus meets the woman at the well with the deepest needs of her life, a relationship with Him. Jesus gave her freedom and a transformation of her life. Jesus is still in the business of meeting our deepest needs and changing our lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE HEART OF THE FATHER, June 20, 2010 Jerry Beres, Luke 15:11-31 Father's Day. The message of the prodigal son is God our Father created us to have a relationship with Him. Our heavenly Father meets our needs like no earthly father can. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website WAKE UP - June 13, 2010 Elder Mike Allison, Romans 13:8-14, This section explains what a transformed life looks like. We have the choice to Love others as Christ loves us. The time is now and we are to just do it! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website REAL LOVE IN REAL LIFE - June 6, 2010 Pastor Jerry Beres, Romans 12:9-21, Jesus Christ redefines how we relate to all people. Find out what genuine Love looks like and how we are to approach relationships with others. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website WILL THE CHARISMATICS PLEASE STAND UP - May 30, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis, Romans 12:3-8, Be the person God made you to be. Take a look at yourself through the perspective of Grace as this gift is explained as a transaction of both giving and receiving. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website I AM YOUR MAN - May 23, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis, Romans 12:1-2, What is the reasonable, rational response to God's mercies to us?  A life wholly dedicated to God. Find out  your true identity as a child of God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website WHAT'S GOD DOING? - May 16, 2010 Worship Pastor Jeremy Thom, Romans 9-11, Paul confronts the questions Jews were asking about God's inheritance to Israel. Pastor Jeremy gives 4 points about the hope we all have and that God's wisdom is unsearchable, unfathomable and His plan is always at work.  Some of the congregations stories will be shared on the Web site of www.meadowsprings.org so check them out for inspiration of how God is working among us today! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OF MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS - May 9, 2010 Dr. Gene Curtis, 2 Timothy 1:1-5,  Are there perfect role models of Mothers and Grandmothers in the Bible?  Find out how the women in your life can be influential by the testimony of their faith. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ben Ochs' Financial Update Ben Ochs shares a brief presentation regarding the current financial state of MSCC. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SET FREE - May 2, 2010 Gene Curtis, Romans 8, Find out the 5 activities of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Romans 8:35-39 states no one as we are conquers through Christ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Ongoing Struggle - April 25, 2010 Mike Allison, Romans 7, Why don't people do what they're supposed to do?  Find out why we struggle and where our deliverance comes from. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RAISED TO A NEW LIFE - April 18, 2010 Three points on how we have new life and the power to defeat sin through Jesus Christ. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website HERE I STAND - April 11, 2010 Gene Beres, Romans 1:17,  The story of Martin Luther and how his life contributed to our lives today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BROKEN NO MORE - April 4, 2010 Gene Curtis, Romans 5:10, Jesus fixed what was broken at The Core. He Loves you, He rescued you, He saved you every way a person can be saved. Alleluia! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GOD FORSAKEN - March 28, 2010 Gene Curtis, Matthew 27:46, John 19:30, What happened to Jesus and why?  Three truths explain the cost of Jesus for our free gift of Salvation. What can we add to that? Nothing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A CLOUD OVER EASTER - March 21, 2010 Gene Curtis, Romans 9:1-5: There is great joy in Easter but also pain and sorrow.  Those people closest to us can be the hardest to reach with Christ's story of Love and redemption. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE - March 14, 2010 Gene Curtis, Romans 4:4-5, The world's standard in life is . . . You get what you work for . . .How many good works have you done . . .How well have you behaved. Is that the stand God has? Find out what God says about Grace, Trust, Faith and belief. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GOD'S PROBLEM: HIS JUSTICE - March 7, 2010 Mike Allison, Romans 3, 21-26. Why did Jesus die for me? God's perfect justice required a sacrifice to be paid for all sin. God loves you so much that He choose to take your place to satisfy His justice. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE PROBLEM: OUR SIN, February 28, 2010 Jerry Beres, Romans 3:9-20:  How does Easter fit into the greatest Love story ever told?  We just need to accept the divine diagnosis, we're all a mess and God has the tools to correct it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OVERCOMING THE BAD GUY - February 21, 2010 Mike Allison, Revelation 2:26, This story of God's love for us is a word of encouragement to the church and a promise to us. Find out how we can overcome Satan by the unity we live as a church and community of believers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE PARTY CHURCH - November 8, 2009 Gene Curtis - Deuteronomy 14:22-29, Money matters, Let's talk about it and see what scripture says about tithing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CRAZY LOVE - February 14, 2010 Gene Curtis, Hosea 1-3: The first 3 chapters of Hosea describe how God feels about people today. God demonstrates His "Crazy Love" to us, in spite of what we do. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CELEBRATION: 15 YEARS OF LIFE - February 7, 2010 Jerry Beres - Philippians 1:3-11, Thessalonians 1: 1-3 Meadowsprings is a gathering of people living in community, a family who can find rest, peace, healing, hope and encouragement. Listen to what some of our family said about our church and why we're celebrating. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website AN ORDINARY STORY, LIKE OURS - January 31, 2010 Gene Curtis - An ordinary life doesn't mean it isn't significant, look at the book of Ruth and our family here at Meadowsprings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MEADOW SPRINGS COMES TO LIFE - January 24, 2010 Jerry Beres - The history of Meadowsprings Community Church 15 years ago. Listen to the miraculous story of God's working and starting this ministry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A COMPANY OF HEROS - January 17, 2010 Gene Curtis, Church, why bother? We are true to Christ and heroic to each other, no matter what the cost.  Find out what church is and is not this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ONCE UPON A TIME Dr. Gene Curtis, New Vision Series 2010, There's a story at the core. Join us in the biggest Love Story of all time that will end "happily ever after." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2010: HE HOLDS THE FUTURE Jerry Beres, Sharing Sunday. What do you trust God for in 2010?  Congregation sharing what we trust God for this year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE ANGEL'S SONG Dr Gene Curtis, Luke 2:7-15 The armies of heaven gathered to praise God. What did they mean by "peace on the earth to all"? What kind of peace do we have on earth or will we have? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE CHURCH'S SONG Dr. Gene Curtis-Philippians 2:5-11.What exactly happened to Jesus before His time on earth, during His time here and after His time on earth?  Why did Jesus do it?  Find out this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DECEMBER 13, 2009 ZECHARIAH'S SONG - Luke 1:67-80       Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website REMEMBERING MOSES Remembering the life of Moses and his final blessing to the sons of Israel before his death. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CHOOSE LIFE - November 22, 2009 How do you choose life?  Being in God's Word is showing God that you love him.  Dr. Gene Curtis, Deuteronomy 30:11-20   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ARE THOSE WEIRD COMMANDS FOR US? - November 15, 2009 Have you ever wondered how some specific chapters relate to life today?  Dr Curtis shows us how to take some of these obscure Deuteronomy chapters and relates them to our life today.  Dr. Gene Curtis, Multiple Deuteronomy Chapters 12-26 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWO OF LIFE'S GREATEST TESTS - November 1, 2009 Dr. Gene Curtis, Deuteronomy 8 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website IDENTITY THEFT - October 25, 2009 Deuteronomy 7 begins with passages that we can often skip or just try and get through as quickly as possible.  We can tend to avoid these passages.  Dr. Gene Curtis looks hard at Deuteronomy 7:1-11 as these passages still do reveal who God is.  And ultimately God loves unconditionally! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TOTAL LOVE - October 18, 2009 Pastor Jerry Beres.  Deuteronomy 6 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ISAAC MOMENT - October 11, 2009 Have you ever been asked to give up what is most precious to you?  Abraham was asked to give up his one and only son that he had waited for so long to have.  But when we trust God in our "Isaac Moment" great blessing will come from our Faithful Father.  Speaker: Dr. Adrienne Ochs Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TEN WORDS THAT SET US FREE - October 4, 2009 Dr. Gene Curtis took us on a walk through the Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy 5.  There are ten words in this scripture that truly will set us free.    Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE TROUBLE WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - September 27, 2009 It's not about a "To Do" list and it's not about "me".  Elder Mike Allison looks at Deuteronomy 4:32-40. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CONSUMING FIRE - September 20, 2009 Dr. Gene Curtis.  Deuteronomy 4:9-24 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A CHALLENGE FROM THE PAST - September 13, 2009 A "First Person" introduction to our series on Deuteronomy.  Dr. Gene Curtis, Deuteronomy 1-3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIFE TOGETHER - September 6, 2009 Simply gathering and living life together is the heart of Jesus.  Listen to an exciting gathering of family with a child dedication, baptism, and communion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SUMMER ADVENTURES - August 30, 2009 The MSCC Family and Staff share some of the Summer Adventures in Following Jesus Christ. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MARKETPLACE ETHICS - August 23. 2009 The final sermon in our 4 week ethics series was given by Guest Speaker Kent Wilcox.  Be inspired to work for the Lord. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MEDICAL ETHICS - August 16, 2009 Guest speaker Reverend John F Tuohey, PhD spoke about ethical decision making in regards to end of life.  He is the director of Providence Center for Health Care Ethics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website WAR ETHICS - August 9, 2009 In continuation of our Ethics series guest Speaker from Multnomah University, Michael Gurney gave us his thoughts on war ethics.  Looking at Romans 12 & 13 he shared his opinion of "Just War". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIVING ETHICALLY - August 2, 2009 Dr. Wayne Strickland gave an introduction to our August series, "Supreme Court: Biblical Choices in the 21st Century."  Dr. Strickland offers his beliefs regarding how Christians should think ethically in today's world. Message Powerpoint 1.35 Mb Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A LAST WORD FROM LUKE - July 19, 2009 Do we really have ears to hear what the messenger intends for us to hear?  Or do we have ears that give us the message we would like to hear?  Dr. Gene Curtis, Luke 16:14-31 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LORD, HAVE MERCY - July 12, 2009 Pastor Jerry Beres, Luke 18:9-14 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BUYING FRIENDS - July 5, 2009 Jesus loved telling stories that caught people off guard, and really made them think about their lives.  He accomplished that in Luke 16, when he told a story about a business manager who was an example of shrewdness.  Jesus went on to say that in God's eyes, money is a very little thing, but it can be used to make friends who we can enjoy forever in heaven.  And that's a big thing!  That's being wise, being shrewd.  Dr. Gene Curtis, Luke 16:1-13 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joel Vermillion, Missionary with Torchbearers Intl. - June 28, 2009 This week was part two of our vision statement, "...live the adventure of following Jesus Christ."  Joel Vermillion, a missionary with Torchbearers International, has some first hand experience in adventurous living in Sweden, but understands the real adventure in our call to follow Jesus. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website INTO THE WILD - June 21, 2009 At Meadow Springs Community Church our passion is to experience together the reality of God's love and to live the adventure of following Jesus Christ.  This was a vision Sunday lead by Dr. Curtis and Kevin Penner, an elder of the church. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE REST OF THE STORY - June 14, 2009 The Prodigal Son is a great story told by Jesus.  We can often relate to the younger son and his decision to wander away for what looked to be a better life.  But there is more to this story.  What about the older son?  He has done everything on the list of "to do's".  He has remained in his fathers house.  Yet, is he just as far away from the father as the prodigal son was in that distant land?  Dr. Gene Curtis, Luke 15:25-32 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE JOY OF THE FATHER - June 7, 2009 Sometimes we leave everything that we truly desire because we lose perspective.  Our lenses become smeared with the lies of Satan and we walk away from the freedom and gifts of our Heavenly Father and go to slavery in a foreign land.  But when that humbling moment comes and we return to Him, there is joy.  We are always welcome to return home.  Pastor Jerry Beres, Luke 15:1-24 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DON'T GIVE UP, DON'T EVER GIVE UP - May 31, 2009 Even though injustice exists and bad things still happen, Jesus tells us to never give up.  We know for sure that regardless of circumstances, we have the promise that God will one day come back and justice will be swift.  In the meantime, Jesus wants people who are engaged with Him through prayer.  Speaker Mike Allison, Luke 18 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE" - May 24, 2009 Can you imagine going to God the Father, in the name of God the Son, and asking for more of the power, or wisdom, or joy of the Holy Spirit and being told to go away?  No.  It's impossible, Jesus says, the Father will get up and give you as much of himself as you need.  What of God do you need today to extend hospitality to your children or your spouse or the world?  He has anaideian, and he will get up and give you as much of himself as you need.  Dr. Gene Curtis, Luke 11:5-13.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY - May 17, 2009 The Lord's Prayer is so much more than just words to memorize and repeat...it is God given instruction on how to approach Him and what to pray for.  Guest Speaker Craig Hammond preaches on Luke 11:1-4 when the disciples are asking Jesus to teach them to pray. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website WHO'S YOUR NEIGHBOR - May 10, 2009 Join us as we start a series on the parables in the book of Luke.  We begin with "The Good Samaritan" and Dr. Gene Curtis challenging us with the question, "Who's Your Neighbor?". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE SOUTH AFRICA STORY There is only one God and He is a Great God!  Hear stories from the team of youth and adults that served on the mission field in South Africa for two weeks in March. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website THE RIPPLES We exist to make ripples that echo through eternity.  With each conversation about Jesus and relationship built we drop a rock into the water and the ripples begin.  How big they'll be and whether they'll reach the shore remains to be seen.   Speaker: Dr. Gene Curtis Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NOW WHAT? Now What?  Jesus was dead.  What will happen to what He started?  He cried out on the cross, "It is Finished".  It sure seemed that way from the disciples' point of view!  The work that Jesus came to do was completed when He died on the Cross.  But the work of the Kingdom wasn't finished.  The risen Jesus surprises His followers, then charged them (and us!) with being witnesses to the world about what they saw and to declare the message of repentance and forgiveness.  The good news ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website We Had Hoped     Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Too Big To Tell - January 18, 2009 Our Luke series continues with "Too Big To Tell". Dr. Gene Curtis speaks on Luke 9:28-36. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Enchev Sharing - January 4, 2009 Vesselin and Magdalena Enchev are pastors in Bulgaria that Meadow Springs supports through Seed Sowers International. They shared about their story, their ministry and their vision for what they are trusting God for in 2009. Their testimony will both challenge you and bless you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Christmas Carol - December 28, 2008 Dr. Gene Curtis uses a "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens to deliver a message on Christ, His power, and the potential to change because of Him. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Extreme Power Plus - November 9, 2008 Pastor Jerry Beres looks at the text Luke 8:26-39 and reminds of the Extreme Power Plus that is found in our Lord Jesus Christ. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What to do When the Ship is Going Down - November 2, 2008 The Storm was too great and the fishermen were scared. It was more than they could handle. Do you know what to do when the ship is going down? Dr. Gene Curtis uses Luke 8:22-25 to teach about faith. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Be Careful How You Listen - October 26, 2008 Be Careful How You Listen. Dr. Gene Curtis and Luke 8:1-21. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Growth Zone - September 28, 2008 The Growth Zone...a place where we face risk or challenge of any kind. Hear stories from the Meadow Springs congregation about the adventure of following Jesus Christ. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Show the Love - September 21, 2008 The call to "Show the Love" to people outside the church AND to people within our own MSCC congregation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How to Get a Good Night's Sleep - September 7, 2008 Prayer...it really is "How to Get a Good Night's Sleep". Dr. Gene Curtis walks us through the evening prayer model of Psalm 4. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Congregational Sharing - August 31, 2008 What is God asking you to Trust Him For? Listen to stories from the MSCC family about God's faithfulness in times of need and what He is teaching in those moments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lifestyle Christianity - August 24, 2008 Daniel Griffiths from Blanket Coverage challenges us with "Lifestyle Christianity". Let's get out there and love our neighbors! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Meaning of Greatness - August 17, 2008 What is the meaning of greatness? In Luke 9:46-50 we read of the disciples struggle to see what greatness is in the Kingdom of God. This struggle is relevant today as we deal daily with the primary obstacles of "kingdom greatness", pride and envy. Dr. Daniel Lockwood walks us through the teaching of Jesus Christ as he helps his disciples to see "The Meaning of Greatness". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Role of Prayer in Community Care - August 10, 2008 Continuing our August series, "If you want to be great...", Mike Higgs director of the Portland Youth Foundation and founder of LINC Ministries spoke to us on The Role of Prayer in Community Care. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "Living in the Real World, Monday thru Saturday" - August 3, 2008 Mike Brantley, Church Resourse Ministries (CRM) director living in and ministering to New Orleans gave an inspiring message to prompt people who are '>"Living in the Real World, Monday thru Saturday" to be looking around in their own sphere and sharing the love of Jesus right where they are. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Missions Sharing - July 13, 2008 This Missions Sharing Sunday includes the experiences of our youth/adult missions trip to a remote Canadian island, ministering to a First Nations tribe there, as well as, a mother/daughter team's trip to Egypt and Israel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Sermon on the Plain - July 20, 2008 "The Sermon on the Plain" by guest speaker Skip Hansen. Due to some technical difficulties during the service there are about two minutes missing from the middle of the sermon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Following Jesus - July 6, 2008 Jesus' disciple Matthew, tells of when he began "Following Jesus". Listen to pastor Gene Curtis play this character and give the message in first person. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Facing the Opposition - June 29, 2008 Jesus, "Facing the Opposition", reveals to the Pharisees their rigidity in keeping the Law, thus keeping people from Jesus. Some things are more like "guidelines". Pastor Gene Curtis speaks from Luke 5:17-6:11. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website He Touched Me - June 22, 2008 I walked away from my colony. I didn't know for sure that He would choose to heal me, but I knew He had the power. I asked Him to heal my leprosy and "He Touched Me." Pastor Jerry Beres delivers a message about the leper in Luke 5:12-16. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Unstoppable - June 15, 2008 Guest Speaker Brad Butcher gave us a "kick-off" for our Season of Service. Let the story of the prodigal son help you to see the Lord's "Unstoppable" purpose. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Deborah - You're Hired Hear our special guest, Adrienne Ochs, talk about Judge Deborah and her great display of leadership principles that we can use in our own worklife. If the "trumpster" himself were to meet up with her he would say, "Deborah, you're hired!" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Voices of Experience Listen to"the voices of experience"tell of their struggles and successes of motherhood. Meadow Springs "seasoned mom's" shared their hearts through video interviews as Pastor Jerry Beres encouraged us in the knowledge that as women, we too have stamped on us the image of God and thus the ability to mother and nurture. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jesus' Confirmation - April 13, 2008 You think you have them for 18+ years - the day they were born until they leave the nest. In reality, our children are gifts from God, from day one, to be given back to Him. We want our kids to come to a personal faith in Jesus -"Jesus' Confirmation"in the book of Luke displays that even He, in His youth, was slowly pulling away from his parents and following the path that was meant for Him. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bad Friday - March 16, 2008 An eye witness account of "Bad Friday" and how the crucifixion of Jesus took one Centurion soldier to the depths of despair. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website WorkLife: What Is A Woman's Work? - February 17, 2008 The concept of work and exactly what it is can be somewhat of an enigma. Does work happen during the day, the evening, on weekends? Consider this: "WorkLife: What Is A Woman's Work?" According to Proverbs 31, it's all of the above. The saying about a woman's work never being done might have a more than a bit of truth to it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website WorkLife: What's Love Got To Do With It? Erase all visions of silver sequins and lame' from your mind because this is the question: "WorkLife: What's Love Got To Do With It?" I'm not sure what answer Tina Turner was looking for, but in our work life, love has got everything to do with it! Showing love for God and for our neighbor are the 2 greatest commandments - do we obey them at work? Do we work with excellence and honesty? Do we use our work place to know and love our neighbors? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008: Looking Ahead Figuring out what to do next can be exciting. Not the little things like in your morning routine where teeth brushing always follows breakfast, but next as in making plans for an entire new year. What will this year hold? As we dive into "2008: Looking Ahead" is exciting for many, fearful for some. Take time to ask what God would have for you this new year - oh, the wonderful places we'll go! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Enemy of the State - January 6, 2008 Action/suspense movies go something like this: innocent man is pursued for something he didn't do and is ultimately vindicated or guilty man is pursued and is finally caught and brought to justice. The story of Jesus' birth is marked by suspense - when, where and finally, what? What will it mean? Even at birth, baby Jesus was considered an "Enemy of the State" and was relentlessly pursued until He finally paid the ultimate price. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Waiting - December 30, 2007 Whether its for traffic, holidays or a good meal - it seems we are always "Waiting." Some do it better than others - some can't imagine waiting and some wait forever. What makes something worth waiting for? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ruth: An Ordinary Story Everyone has a story. Air travelers can divulge their life stories to one another in the exact time it takes to arrive at their destination. Some seem too good to be true and others, well, ordinary. "Ruth: An Ordinary Story" is one of the latter, but one that is no less significant than the story of a king. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Master's Mission - November 4, 2007 The work happening on Copper Island, B.C. is exciting. Ray Badgero, director of this camp and educational center, ministers to countless native American and native Canadian families each year. These people hear about the gospel - they see it in action. "The Master's Mission" teaches the word of God by living the life of Jesus Christ. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The World's Last Day - October 28, 2007 I have signed at least a dozen guest books - events I went to and had a good time, but I am reasonably sure those people don't remember me. They had other things on their mind. Somehow, through the mess that is the history of the world, God remembered us - thought we were worth it - and offered us a Savior. On "The World's Last Day", will your name be entered in the only guest book that really matters? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When God Goes Silent - August 19, 2007 People pray some strange prayers in some strange places. Fortunately, God doesn't care about that - He just listens. He hears every prayer. But what happens if He doesn't answer the prayer? Why wouldn't God want for us what we want for ourselves? "When God Goes Silent" we should examine our lives, looking for active sin and questionable motives. The Bible is full of unanswered prayers simply because God's ways are not our ways. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website God's Voice of Comfort - August 12, 2007 I once saw Tony Bennett in the Chicago airport. He is a big name in the music business, yet no one seemed to recognize him. Jesus is the name in the salvation business and when the people on the road outside of Jerusalem were not able to recognize him as the source of their despair, Jesus listened to them talk about the terrible events occurring just days before. In times of overwhelming sadness and despair, "God's Voice of Comfort" may not be His words at all, but your own. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website See No Evil - July 1, 2007 "See No Evil" - there's a nice idea. Most days you don't have to look further than the front page of the paper to see all the bad news and bad people you can stomach. Evil is not new, but what does it really look like? The face of evil is not always the 3-headed green monster you remember from childhood. Satan is evil and purposes to distract us from God - to imitate what God has created. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Story Behind The Story - June 24, 2007 It happens all the time. Someone tells a story and nobody gets it. They haven't heard the details - "The Story Behind The Story." The world in it's current state of despair is part of that story. Even though Satan has experienced the ultimate defeat at the hands of Christ, we are still experiencing his rage. Be encouraged, however, because God has the final victory and the redemption of this world is sure. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Real Men, Real Dads - June 17, 2007 Do as I say, not as I do. People, that is a desperate phrase that may lead to control for a moment, but just wait...havoc will ensue. "Real Men, Real Dads" are guys dedicated to teaching this generation of boys how to be men - real men that seek after God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Great Drama - June 10, 2007 "The Great Drama" of Revelation continues to unfold and things are getting serious - the world is in bad shape. The kingdom of God is coming and the question remains - How many chances are we gonna get? What will it take for those who are lost to turn to Him? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Great Commission - June 3, 2007 What does the phrase "The Great Commission" mean? Throughout history, Christians have done everything from foreign missions work to crazy tent revivals hoping to point people to Jesus. But what about those people who still turn away from God? Do they realize what eternity, totally separated from Him, will be like? Even though our words may fall on deaf ears and rejection may leave a sour taste in our mouths, we are to continue to warn those who do not believe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beyond Description - April 1, 2007 Unimaginable. Indescribable. Take a moment and, in your mind, try to generate a fantastic image. What do you see? There is nothing in all the universe that is so absolutely"Beyond Description"as the throne of heaven - perfect and worthy of all creation's worship. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What On Earth Is Going On, On Earth? - March 4, 2007 "What On Earth is Going On, On Earth?"That is a very good question, considering all that we hear on the news these days. Is it really as bad as it seems? Even if it is, we know this world is not out of God's control. Times like these are not unfamiliar to Him. Do you know where you'll stand when God comes back and redeems all that we have messed up? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Apocalypse of Jesus - February 25, 2007 WHat things come to mind when you visualize Jesus? Is He wearing a soft white robe and gazing down into the eyes of a child? Or do you see Him more like a fantastic creature from a scene in a feature film?"The Apocalypse of Jesus"is a glimpse into what will be the end times and the physical nature of Christ himself. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wake Up! - February 18, 2007 Does looking at something from a different angle make it more interesting? Does the alternate view enhance one's appreciation of the object? Taking time to"Wake Up"- take in all the God has for us or perhaps looking at Him and His promises with fresh eyes will be a great thing as we step into a series in Revelation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Living in 3D - January 14, 2007 Ok - changing someone's eternal destination can be as simple as walking across the room. So what do we do when we get there? Pray like crazy for direction from the Holy Spirit! If we try to do it on our own, we're going to mess it up. Instead, think about "Living in 3D." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Single Greatest Gift - January 7, 2007 The first in a series of messages called "Just Walk Across the Room," taken from materials written by Bill Hybels. "The Single Greatest Gift" outlines how taking a few steps toward someone, literally across the room, can impact that person for eternity. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Blessings - November 5, 2006 Picture this - a very old man, near death. He has known you well for a very long time. He has seen your triumphs and your failures. Are you going to like what is said about you? This is the picture of Jacob as he gives "The Blessings" to his sons. He has given each of his sons an appropriate blessing - some can look forward to powerful and prosperous decendants. Some are facing generations of futility and struggle. In our lives, God has promised, through His son Jesus, that nobody's failure ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Great Reversal - October 29, 2006 Winning the lottery. Inheriting a substantial fortune. Finding a hidden treasure. Aren't these the things for which we secretly wish? Something that will give us a boost and lift us from our current despair? Jacob and his family find themselves in dire circumstances, yet God has prepared the way for them - Joseph has offered them unimaginable wealth in Egypt. Yet for us, it about so much more than riches. God, through his son Jesus Christ, has offered us "The Great Reversal." We can exchang ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Radical Transformation - October 1, 2006 God's way is reconciliation and restoration - the world favors retribution and revenge. Which way will Judah go? We can let Satan's subtle strategies chart our path or we can immerse ourselves in divine truth - we can undergo a "Radical Transformation" and learn how, with God's help, to squash the desire for retribution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dad Always Liked You Best - September 24, 2006 "Dad Always Liked You Best" - the realization that you are not the favorite is tough. What do you do with that? Get angry? This is the situation in which Joseph's brothers found themselves. Jacob had favored Joseph and after 20 years, there were still feelings of jealousy and hurt. Will their family ever be reconciled? Will Joseph, the object of their jealousy, be the one God uses to finally bring them back together? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Shock of Recognition - September 17, 2006 We are all sinners - that's a fact. But coming face to face with a particular sin or a pattern of sinful behavior leads to "The Shock of Recognition." God uses people and circumstances in order to highlight the not-so-favorable parts of our character. Is it pleasant? Probably not. Is it necessary? Absolutely! Recognizing this is key to intimate fellowship with God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Christ Alone - September 3, 2006 "In Christ Alone, " a song written by Stuart Townsend and Keith Getty, speaks in a powerful way to Christ's redemptive work on the cross. As we celebrate communion, Pastor Gene Curtishighlights phrases from this song that turn our thoughts to Christ's love and the hope and freedom we have in Him. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website God Honors Godly Women - August 20, 2006 Genesis 1:27 - "So God created man in his own image...male and female he created them." What does this scripture say about how God feels about women? He created them to reflect His image. Carly Wecks, Dean of Students for Multnomah Biblical College & Seminary, details the lives of women in the Bible who honored, worshipped and served Jesus and how, in return, "God Honors Godly Women." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Parenting: Trust or Consequences - July 9, 2006 The fact that our lives resemble that of our parents is no surprise. They raised us, after all and we are bound to be influenced. As we begin to mature, we can in our own lives, repeat the mistakes of our parents or choose to change the aspects we find undesirable. In his message "Parenting: Trust or Consequences," Pastor Jerry Beres is clear that when we choose to live a life that honors God and live by His principles, we are leaving for our children and generations thereafter a heritage t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website