Teaching by Book: 1 Timothy
Guard Your Heart
Your heart is like a computer operating system, in that it directs your thoughts, decisions, and actions. The Bible tells you to “above all else, guard your heart,” but first you need to make sure that the Spirit of Jesus is your “OS.”
Watch / ListenSpiritual Disciplines: The Great Gain of Training in Godliness
Crisis drives people to take spiritual inventory. During this crisis, and in our whole lives, we should be proactive in pursuing the disciplines of solitude, Bible reading, prayer, and meditation.
Watch / ListenThe Conscience
We tend to think of our conscience as a thermometer that registers the moral temperature around us. In reality, the conscience is more like a thermostat, which can be "reprogrammed" by the influences around us.
Watch / ListenIs That a Fact?
With all of the modern advances in economics, technology, and medicine, life should always be getting better and better. But instead, things seem to be going downhill, almost as if the world is cursed.
Watch / ListenRole Call, Part 3: In the Church
As we continue in our series on gender roles, Pastor Mike looks at roles in the context of the body of Christ – the church. The second half of 1 Timothy 2 has often been misinterpreted and misused. While scripture prohibits women from pastor/elder roles in context of the local church, the sweeping narrative of scripture provides clarity – men and women, while different in role, are equal in value before God.
Watch / ListenThe Greatest Movement Ever, Part 3
RBC elder Ray Shoaff continues our series on the church with an explanation of biblical eldership and how RBC is governed.
Watch / ListenThe Almighty Dollar and The Almighty God, Part 4
Contentment is not having everything we want, but coming to a place where we desire nothing. There’s a reason hearses aren’t followed by U-Hauls. We’ve heard the phrase “money talks,” and that’s true: money does talk – it says, “Goodbye!”
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