We're in a series that we're calling What in the World, and we're answering what I believe is one of the greatest questions anyone could ever be asked which is, "What in the world does God want from me"? Because 99% of the [...]

So, I thought it would be a great, great question to flip and that is, okay, what if we took the time just to say, "Well, what does God want from me"? So, we're beginning a series today that we're calling "What in the [...]

What I want to do as we wind up this series is answer a, give a biblical answer to a question that I am asked quite a bit frankly. And by the way, I'm really asked this a lot as people are in the process of dying. "So what does happen [...]

I want you to turn to Judges 19. Now, let me just warn you of something, 'cause I've seen some little kids in here. I want to just be, I've got to tell you. If you put the story that we're going to read, if Hollywood made a movie [...]

Solomon says, "You know what? You don't have to have fame or fortune. You don't have to have position of power. You don't have to have silver or gold. You don't have to be really, very smart or have a high I.Q". He [...]

Who am I and how did I get here? Why am I here? Okay, I'm here but what's my purpose? What is the meaning? Why am I even here to begin with? What is right and wrong and how should I live? Where do I go after I die? Now, there's a lot [...]

So what do you look to for answers? Where do you look for guidance? Who do you look to for answers and for leadership in your life? Now to be honest, there are a lot of people I meet and frankly, they just don't feel like they need any help at [...]

And so, as we're heading toward the climatic part of this movie that we've been watching, I want you to see with me today a God that is too big to fail, even if everyone else fails. A God who is too big to fail, even if everything else [...]

I wanna take you back 2,000 years and I want you to think about Jesus. For three years His family had been 12 disciples. For three years He spent more time loving them and teaching them and discipling them than anyone else in His life. They really [...]

This may be, if you're a believer, this may be the single most life-transforming message you'll ever hear me preach in my ministry. I'm dead serious. If you're a believer, you really need to stay awake for this one and especially [...]

Here's where we are in the movie. We now have come to this act in the movie and there are three scenes in the movie. All right? The first scene is good news. The second scene is bad news. And the third scene is the best news. All right? So [...]

We're beginning a series today that I'm super pumped about. We're calling it "Unleashed". And we're gonna be talking about the Holy Spirit of God and the impact that He has both in the life of people who are believers [...]

When Jesus came back from the dead and He ascended into heaven, He kept a promise that He had made to His disciples. He said, "I will not leave you without a divine presence. I'm not going to leave you alone. You're not going to be [...]

Just to kind of catch all of us up or those of us who have been who have already forgotten what we talked about, let me just kind of summarize where we are in the plot so far. We've learned, first of all, we cannot be right with God apart from [...]

What we do in life echoes in eternity. I believe that is absolutely true. Say, "Why do you believe that"? 'Cause every one of us have living inside of us a soul. The body dies; the soul doesn't. The soul is eternal and I believe [...]

Why are we all flawed? Why do we all do wrong? I mean, why can't just one person, think about the billions of people that have come and gone on this planet. Why can't just one person break the mold and get it right all the time? Now, you [...]

We're going to look at a passage of scripture today that many Bible scholars call the five most important verses in the Bible, and for what it's worth, I don't know that I would disagree with that. I really believe they may very well [...]

How many of you like to go to movies? How many of you like to read? You like to go to movies or read or do both, you're going to love this series. I mean, I promise you, you're going to love this series we're about to start because [...]

"...be sure your sin will find you out". Now, that's a short little statement, but it's amazing to me as I study the Bible how much truth God can put in just one short statement of scripture. We're going to study that [...]

What I want us to learn today is how to experience thankful living. What will you do if you thankfully live your life? How can you take your life to an entirely new level? Because here's what I want you to take out the door this morning. [...]

Scientists now tell us they've estimated that if you count all of the stars, in all of the galaxies in our entire universe, I want you to listen to this. They estimate there are one billion, trillion stars. That's not one billion stars. [...]

Jesus, to me, made one of the most remarkable statements about Himself that He ever made in all of the four gospels. As a matter of fact, knowing who Jesus was and believing who Jesus was, it may be the most incredible statement anybody's ever [...]

I want to talk about a life beyond busyness. Now, let me tell you a little bit about me and some of you have probably figured out my staff would be happy to tell you this about me, and my wife will certainly be happy to tell you. There are type A [...]

When I read about the life of a believer and I read about what the life of a believer ought to look like and I'm just being honest, I'm not being fussy when I say this, I'm just having to be honest and I think you'll agree with [...]

Leo told a story in the middle of his life, faced this great crisis, and it resulted in him becoming a follower of Jesus. But it was during that time that he literally almost ended his life. And he wrote some words that I want you to listen to [...]

I want you to turn to the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1, and we're going to study today about two people. We're going to talk about a really old man, and we're going to talk about a really young woman. And, both of them are going to [...]

The story of Christmas doesn't actually begin in the gospels. And the story of Christmas doesn't actually begin 2,000 years ago. No the truth is the story of Christmas actually begins in the beginning. And it actually begins in the first [...]

What I want to share with you today is there is a third dimension of Christmas, and what the third dimension of Christmas tells us is not only did God keep His promise, He more than kept His promise. And what He gave exceeded all expectations, and [...]

We should clarify what we think about Jesus. Now, before I get into what Jesus said, and I want to remind you of something, keep this in mind. Up until this point, he's been with the disciples three years now, and up until this point, he has [...]

2,000 years ago the early church had this magnetic draw that to this day is unparalleled because the growth of the early church was so expansive and the growth of the early church was so explosive there was actually an entire book of the Bible that [...]

My second favorite country on the planet, next to the United States is Israel. I've been to Israel over 20 times and I love the nation of Israel, I love to go over there. And you learn after you go, takes you about two trips to figure it out, [...]

I want to go back, Teresa didn't know, I don't think, I was going to tell this story, but I want to go back to a time, been a long time ago. Teresa and I, we were at the seminary. I was pastoring a little country church. James, my oldest [...]

I want to tell you a story about a lady. Some of you may recognize her name. Her name is Dawn Smith Jordan. Dawn Smith Jordan was Miss South Carolina and was actually the first runner up to Miss America in 1986. But an event took place in [...]

Today we're gonna flip the scenario. We're gonna kind of turn it on its ear. We're gonna ask the question: How do you repair a relationship when you're not the one that ruptured it? In other words, how do you deal with a [...]

Well, we're in a series that we're calling "Fault". And we've been talking about those times when things go wrong in our relationships, whether it's our relationship with God, our relationship with each other. And what [...]

We're going to talk about a topic today that frankly most churches today won't touch. They don't talk about it. You never hear it mentioned. It's a word that's very rarely heard in the church anymore. I listen to a lot of, [...]

Is it possible that your problems appear big because your God is too small. I think sometimes we tend to reduce God to the size of our biggest problem. As a matter of fact, for some of us, it's really sad, it's really sad to watch people [...]

You know, prior to its invention, a telephone was only used for one purpose, and that was communication. You made a call. You got a call. But then the smartphone came along, and the smartphone is... 'cause it's smart. That's why [...]

The church today is waning in its influence. The church today doesn't have the impact on the community it had when I was growing up. When I was growing up, the church was a big deal. Not so much anymore. When I was growing up, one of the most [...]

Are you satisfied with your prayer life? If you would answer the way I would answer, I want to tell you right now, I'm not. The most frustrating thing about my life as a believer is my prayer life. Prayer is hard work to me. I don't make [...]

Something happened at my house and it probably happened at your house. On a Friday night, February 14th, 2014, and something that I never thought would happen, and I hope and pray will never happen again. And many of you experienced the same thing [...]

There's a book in the Bible called Titus. T-I-T-U-S. OK? It's about six or eight from the back, so if you'll just go to the back of the Bible, start turning left, you'll run into the Book of Titus. I want you to turn to Titus 2. [...]

There are fathers and mothers, and brothers and sisters, and sons and daughters, but one of the longest chapters in the Bible is given over to the description of a mom. You're not going to see what I'm going to show you this morning about [...]