Teaching by Speaker: Mike Minter
Gathered and Scattered: God’s Design for His Church
The church is the most powerful gathering in the world, but in today’s culture it has been domesticated. The church is not simply a building or a meeting; it is a fellowship of believers who worship God together, carry forth the gospel, and share their hearts, minds, and possessions.
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In the Beginning, Part 43: Echoes of Human Nature
Genesis 34 is a tragic chapter that depicts the dangers of poor parenting, favoritism, the escalation of sin, worldliness, and self-centeredness. But we all will act deceptively when we don’t trust in God’s sovereignty.
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Why the Resurrection?
C.S. Lewis said, “All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.” The resurrection is not eternally out of date. The future of your life, and of this universe, walked out of the tomb 2000 years ago.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 42: The Anatomy of Unresolved Conflict
Conflict emerges out of the sin of pride. Resolving a conflict comes through humility, forgiveness, and trusting the results to the Lord.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 41: Wrestling with God
Coming to the end of ourselves happens when eternal matters outweigh temporal matters. Our souls are not designed to find satisfaction in this world.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 40: Appeasing Esau
Manipulation doesn’t relieve us of our problems; it just creates more problems. Our good deeds never erase our bad deeds.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 39: The Importance of Integrity
Integrity sets an example, is void of selfish ambition, doesn’t shift the blame, admits wrong, calms conflict, creates a safe environment, and keeps short accounts.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 38: The Trajectory of Sin
By nature man is addicted to knowledge and allergic to wisdom.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 37: Jealousy, Envy, and Eternity
Filling a temporal void will never satisfy our eternal longings. When you drain life from another, you drain life from yourself. We must replace the temporal with the eternal.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 36: The Power of Providence
Providence does not condone the wrongdoing of men, but it does leverage the wrongdoing of men. Man’s schemes are no match for the providence of God.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 35: Divine Protection
Divine protection is no guarantee of a trouble-free life.
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Moral Integrity, Part 2
When you surround yourself with a community who truly understands the Christian faith, you are able to find true victory in your walk with Jesus.
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All Men’s Meeting, Session 1: The Starting Point
To be able to find hope and healing from sexual sin, we must first recognize our true identity in Christ.
Watch / ListenMoral Integrity, Part 1
Understand that you will never fully understand the opposite sex. But if you seek to learn someone’s story, you might have more sympathy than judgment.
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Sanitizing Christmas
Sometimes our understanding of the events surrounding Jesus’ birth become “sanitized” when we don’t realize how difficult those events were. The Messiah brought “peace on earth,” but maybe not the way you think.
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