Southside Baptist Church Podcast

Since the beginning of time the human race has been trying to find its way to God. Religion, nature, personal introspection and disciplines -- all of these and many more have proven helpful, but have ultimately fallen short. Jesus didn't recommend any of those things for those seeking God. Instead He made an incredibly radical claim about Himself when He said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Many consider this to be one of the most difficult and challenging claims Jesus ever made. Join Pastor Gary as we consider this claim and what it means for our search for God.

While Judas Iscariot is infamous for his betrayal of Jesus, he was not the only disciple that abandoned Jesus. In fact, disciples throughout history have abandoned God by worshiping idols of all kinds. Join us for the final message in the five-part series, Poured Out, as we consider how Peter and Judas both chose to worship something other than Jesus and how we often make the same choice today.

Many people have learned by experience that it is more blessed to give than to receive. But what happens when the shoe is on the other foot and the giver is the one who stands in need? For some people, it is far more difficult to receive help than it is to give it. However, the basic teachings of Jesus demonstrate that without a willingness to receive, we have nothing to give and are hopelessly lost. In part four of Poured Out, we discover Peter’s response to Jesus’ attempt to serve him and discover that worship begins with humility.

Jesus said the first and greatest commandment is to love God with everything we have and all that we are. That is what it means to worship. Our mission is to worship, but our worship also has a mission. As we abandon ourselves to the purposes of God, a watching world is impacted. Join us for part three of Poured Out, as we consider what Jesus meant when He said that unless a seed dies, it remains only a seed and how the mission of our worship is fulfilled through our selfless surrender to Him.

The “herd mentality” is that phenomenon where people get swept up in the emotion of a crowd. We have all seen and maybe even experiences this. Perhaps it happened for you at a college football game or at a political rally. The herd mentality can have devastating effects like those seen in a riot or it can produce something beautiful, as it often does after a natural disaster when people rally together to help their neighbors. But what, if any, effect does the herd mentality have on our religious believes and experiences? In this second message of the five-part series, Poured Out, we will consider a passage in John 12 where a crowd welcoming Jesus into Jerusalem proclaimed “Hosanna,” only to scream “crucify Him,” a few days later.