Netcast Church Podcast

All of us come into Christianity with pre-suppositional thoughts on certain things. The challenge is to allow the scriptures to define our views and not our pre-suppositional thoughts. So, who is this biblical Jesus, what is biblical worship and what is a biblical church?

We all want to see Jesus do the miraculous in our life? However, we neglect the most simple truth to seeing it. Listen for his voice, and do whatever he tells you to do. "Don't be just a hearer of the word, be a doer of the word."

Everyone wants to be great. No one woke up this morning with this deep desire to be lame. So, what does it mean to be great and what does greatness look like as a Christian living in the 21st century?

The Greek word (Zo-ay) which means "life", isn't talking about being alive, its talking about the fullest expression of joy and blessing a life can obtain on earth. How do we obtain this life?

Mission is always most effective when it is birthed out of proper motivation. Our mission for making disciples should not be done out of unhealthy compulsion but rather out of an overflow of worship heart transformed by the gospel.

Often times we don't have all the answers for the skeptics who ask us questions. However, we learn in this passage that sometimes answers aren't what people actually need. Sometimes they need to just Come and See.

If we are called to make disciples of all the nations, how do we go about doing that? In John 13, Jesus gives us an example to follow. He models to us the importance of servant hood in disciple making.

When God saves a person, He turns them into something. And that something is not something that we originally signed up for. Jesus says, "Follow me and I'll make you....Fishers of Men!"

A clear God ordained vision is so important to seek because it doesn't just define what you'll be doing in your future, but it also will define your direction today.

There's a sense in which we live between two worlds. Christ's incarnational mission- His taking on flesh, dwelling among us, dying for the forgiveness of our sins, and his resurrection to new life to secure the same for us- all that Christ did ushered in a new age. He established his Kingdom here on earth, but then let us know that more restoration would come. He made very clear that one day, He'll return to set everything right. Spiritually, it is finished- our debt has been paid and new life is ours through Christ. Physically, we live in a broken, sin-sick world. There is for now an "already/not yet" nature to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. How should we live in this world. How should we approach our attitude toward where God has us for now? Jeremiah 29 speaks directly to this issue. The Israelites had been taken captive and forced to leave their homes in Judea to live in Babylon. They were in exile. God gives his people specific directives in how to live while in exile. You may not like where you

Sabbath is more than not working one day a week. Sabbath is actually trusting Jesus with the provision of your future so that you will grow in faithfulness and worship.

Forgiveness is not forgetting. Forgiveness is remembering clearly how we have been offended and in light of Gods grace towards us in Christ, choosing to extend that same grace to others.

The Christian faith is one of risk. If a person is going to walk on water, they first need to get out of the boat. What does it look like for you to risk everything to walk on water?

A good servant of Christ Jesus is one who's life actually lines up with what they claim to believe. Paul tells Timothy to "Guard your life and your doctrine." Good servants of Jesus don't allow there to be a disconnect between life and doctrine.

If worship is everything ,than naturally worship becomes nothing. Music is a wonderful opportunity for God's children to engage in the praise of Gods name. So, what does Jesus say is an acceptable posture of worship?

Worship is more than just singing love songs to Jesus. Worship is our battle cry. In moments of battle, we are not called to engage in war, we are called to worship Christ because he has already won the war. We fight from victory, not for victory.

One way that we worship Jesus is to simply remember all that he has done for us. This is a sermon documenting how the local church fits into the grand scheme of Gods plan.

People who are marked by an encounter with God in worship will shake the foundations of a city. Pastor Josh demonstrates through powerful personal examples what happens "When God Shows Up." When people worship (truly worship) the foundations in the spiritual realms are shaken. Just as Moses encountered God's glory and led Israel out of captivity, we can encounter God's glory. Josh teaches on the difference between God's Omnipresence and Manifest Presence. Josh also answers the question, "Why music?" Music is an integral part of the creation. Every culture, every tongue, even in heaven, music is a central part of how we interact with the creation.

When our eyes are opened to who we are in light of who God is, we are always moved to action.