Messages - Area 10 Faith Community
By Area 10 Faith Community
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Description
Area 10 is a contemporary non-denominational church that's in the city and for the city of Richmond. This podcast contains messages from lead pastor, Chris Barras. To learn more, visit us at ChurchAtTheByrd.com.
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Clean05.20.18 - The Helpers | We kick off a new series this week looking at leadership in the life of Moses. While it might seem hard to relate to such an epic character, you'd be surprised at how much we have in common and can learn from him. | 5/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean05.13.18 - The Happy Meal | What does our food have to do with our happiness? Quite a lot actually! In this message we'll look at the gift from God that is our food and how we can use it well to build happiness. And to close out this series, we'll look at what is something greater than happiness that God brings to us. | 5/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean05.06.18 - My Happy Place | In our pursuit of happiness, often we get stuck in our own heads. We struggle with our thoughts, and the thoughts and feelings we have about our thoughts. In this message we will examine Paul’s teaching to the church in Philippi and see how his timeless words help us handle our anxiety and build up happiness. | 5/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean04.29.18 - Happy to Help | Most people look for happiness by going inside themselves and doing some sort of inner work. But what if happiness can be found by looking outside ourselves--by choosing to serve and put others first? In this message we'll look at ways we love and serve beyond ourselves and how that has historically helped people to become more happy. | 4/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean04.22.18 - Happy to Know You | How do we build happiness into our lives? Does it just come and go and we have get lucky, or can actually cultivate in our lives? What can we do to cultivate it? In this message we'll look at one way to build happiness—through being in relationship with other people. | 4/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean04.15.18 - Unhappy Returns | Our culture doesn’t know how to sell us happiness. Sure there are self-help books and advice all over the place—but the truth is happiness doesn’t sell. Pleasure sells. So what are the pleasure roads we go down thinking we're going to find happiness? In this message we'll look at those roads and someone in the ancient world who already went down and see what we can learn from him. | 4/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean04.08.18 - The Happiness Quest | Being happy is the stated or unstated goal of so many things that we do. But this isn’t anything new. Humanity has been on a happiness quest since the beginning. So where can we go to find real happiness? In this series we'll look at what happiness is and examine four elements that will help make us happier and where God meets us in our quest. | 4/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean04.01.18 - Raised | 2,000 years ago something changed the course of human history. A man died and allegedly came back to life. But did it really happen? Does it matter? And what difference does it make now? | 4/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean03.18.18 - Family Matters | Relationships between husband and wife and parent and child are some of the most important relationships in our lives. So how can we be the people God calls us to be in those relationships? How can we see flourishing at home and at work? In this message we'll look at some practical instructions from the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Colossians where he points us Jesus' example. | 3/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean03.11.18 - Picking Up and Laying Down | In order to change and grow, each of us has to pick something up and put something down. We have to let some things go (sins, destructive habits, etc) and start picking some things up (new habits, disciplines). In our study through Colossians, Paul challenges us to let go of things that are holding us back and adopt a new lifestyle with new habits. In this message we'll dive into that challenge and see how we can apply this to our lives. | 3/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean03.04.18 - Identity | Who are we? And who gets to decide who we are? These are important questions in a culture that is constantly shifting on questions of identity. In this message we'll be looking at Paul’s letter to the church at Colosse and walk through what it means to find our identity in Christ. | 3/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean02.25.18 - Rooted | In a culture that's constantly changing, what can we hold on to? How can we stay strongly rooted in something that will survive the storms? In this message we'll look at Paul’s words to the church in Colosse about how they can be rooted and we will see how that applies to our world today. | 2/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean02.18.18 What's The Big Deal About Jesus? | Jesus Christ is the most talked about, sung about, and worshipped person in all of history. But why is he such a big deal? Who was he really and what difference did he make in the world? And what difference does he make in your life? In this message from Colossians 2 we'll look at what's the big deal about Jesus. | 2/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean02.11.18 - A Powerful Prayer | Christians for a millenia have celebrated something known as the Gospel - this Good News about Jesus Christ. What is that good news? Why is it good? What difference does it make now? In this series we'll be diving into the letter Paul wrote to the Colossians and looking at the heart of the Gospel and its implications for our lives. | 2/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean02.04.18 - Pay It Forward | Jesus calls His followers to speak up and share their faith with others. But so often, believers are intimidated to do this. What if we poured our faith into other people? What if we spoke up and shared how God has been good to us? What kind of return might we get on that type of investment? How might God change us when we share His love? | 2/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean01.28.18 - Bull Market | "Where you invest your love, you invest your life."- Mumford and Sons. Perhaps no other issue shows us where we invest our love, than where we invest our money. Where your money goes, your heart goes. In this message we'll look at the return on investments we can expect with money and we will look at what generosity does to our hearts. | 1/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean01.21.18 - The Investment Club | We accomplish more when we work together. This is true of so many of the investments we make in life. When we pool our money, we buy more. When we pool our time, we get more done. When we pool our energy, we move the needle. God designed us for community and designed us to connect. In this message we'll look at Paul’s advice to the church at Galatia and see the various ways in which we are better together. | 1/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean01.14.18 - All In | When we play scared, we end up not playing at our best. This is true in sports and it’s true with our faith. So what would it look like to be ALL IN with our faith? What would it look like to really embrace a life of servanthood and pour ourselves out for other people? And what return could we expect on that kind of investment in others? In this week's message we'll examine a rather awkward exchange Jesus has with his disciples that teaches us about servanthood. | 1/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean01.07.18 - Blue Chip God | Where are we investing our lives in 2018? You have limited resources, so where will you spend them? In this new series we'll look at different ways to invest our lives and look at what return we can expect form them. But like any investment, you want to count the cost first. In Sunday's message we'll look at God who has already invested in us. | 1/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean12.24.17 - Don't Miss the Moment | Angels, wise men, shepherds, Herod, Mary and Joseph--you’ve heard of all of them in the Christmas story, but what were they thinking? How did they experience the event and what difference does it make to us now? In this message we'll look at the first Christmas and who was there and who almost missed the moment. We'll also consider how we can prepare our hearts to not miss it this year. | 12/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean12.17.17 - I Need Hope | The birth of Jesus reminds us that God knows us and sees us. It is the story of hope for a hopeless world. In this message we're going to look at the very real and modern problem of hopelessness and how the birth of Christ brings hope to us once again. | 12/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean12.10.17 - I Feel Alone | While the Christmas season is one of great joy for many, it can be a sad time and lonely time for others. In this message we'll look at the struggle with loneliness and the ancient roots of this issue that go back all the way to the beginning of creation. We'll also consider Mary and how she may have felt when she first heard she was going to give birth to Jesus. | 12/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean12.03.17 - Consumed | Of all the countries of the world, the one most defined by consumerism is America. What does it mean when we consume so much? What does it mean to our humanity? In this second message of Advent we'll look at consumer culture and consider how Jesus challenges to walk a different road. | 12/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean11.26.17 - I'm So Hungry | At Thanksgiving time, food ends up front and center in our minds and conversation (and gratitude!). What are the modern problems we have around food? Specifically what are the social justice issues in our own city about food and what can we do about them? In this message we'll look at the concept of hunger in our city and how the ancient followers of Christ had a unique solution to address hunger- one that can still work today. | 11/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean11.12.17 - I'm Addicted to My Phone | Technology permeates every part of our lives--work, home, friendships, dating. And while much of technology is great and fun and even helpful, it isn’t all great. Are there limits to how we use technology? Should their be limits? In this message we'll look at Jesus' teaching on how to strategically retreat from culture. We'll also look at ways we can put healthy boundaries around technology so we can live healthier lives. | 11/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean11.5.17 - The New Sexual Revolution | Harvey Weinstein, Hugh Hefner and the #metoo hashtags have brought the topic of sex to the surface again in our culture. We live in our culture that is sexually conflicted and sends a lot of mixed messages. How do we cut through all that? In this message we'll look at how the Christian sexual ethic differed from the Roman culture of it’s day and how it differs from our culture today. In digging into Paul’s letter to the church at Corinth, we'll discover ways the Christian understanding of sex can challenge and even help correct our current cultural ideas. | 11/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean10.29.17 - This Job is Killing Me | Over the course of our lives, we'll spend about 80,000 hours of our lives at a job. So it’s important that we think about what we're doing there and how we're doing it. God is interested in our whole lives and a big part of our lives is spent at work. What is the purpose of work? How should we view it? And what are the modern traps we fall into when we think about work? In this message we'll look at the Biblical ideas about work and see how they help us deal with our modern work frustrations. | 10/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean10.22.17 - Ancient Habits for the Modern Storm | Modern America is in an unprecedented age of anxiety. The experience of feeling overwhelmed by normal life is so common that it leads us to ask - Is there something bigger going on in our culture? There is. In this message we'll see that the cultural storm is a crisis of habit, and it's affecting everyone. But we'll also see there are ancient answers for this modern problem in the centuries-old practice of the "rule of life," which refers to a set of communal habits intended to shape a community in love. We'll look at a modern adaptation of a rule of life called The Common Rule, and talk about how formational habits are central to living lives of love for God and neighbor. | 10/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean10.15.17 - A New Kind of Slavery | Our world is improving in so many ways. Technology is amazing. Who would’ve thought that we could video chat easily with people from all over the world? Even though many things are getting easier we still have a lot of problems.When we drill down into those problems we see things that humanity has always struggled with. In this series, we'll reflect on problems we all deal with and look to some ancient sources to find answers. In this message we'll explore freedom and what it takes to truly be free. | 10/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean10.08.17 - Live With The End in Mind | If Heaven and Hell are real places and real people will actually go there, then what can we do about that? How should we live now? In this message, we'll look at the difference this makes to our lives now and how we should be living in light of eternity. | 10/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean10.1.17 - Is Hell For Real? | Jesus teaches about Hell more than anyone else in the Bible. He believed that it's real and that people will actually go there one day. Perhaps no other idea is offensive to the modern mind than this idea that a supposedly loving God could send people to Hell. In this message we'll look at Hell and how it is actually related to peace and love and see what it teaches us about our own hearts. | 10/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean09.24.17 - What Will Heaven Be Like? | Many Americans believe in a place like Heaven that they go to when they die. However, we have lots of questions about Heaven.Who will be there? What will our bodies be like? How old will we be? Will we know people there? In this message we'll look at the scriptures on this and see what they teach about these questions | 9/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean09.17.17 - What Happens When You Die? | It’s a fact of life, we all die; but what happens after that? Is that really the end? Is there nothing after that? In this message we'll look at what one of Jesus’s closest followers believed about what happens after death, and what difference that makes for how we live our lives here and now. | 9/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean09.10.17 - What If It Doesn't Get Better? | Surveys show that most Americans believe in some kind of heaven, but our specific beliefs about heaven are all over the place. What will it be like? Who goes there? Who doesn’t go there? In this new series we'll be talking all about Heaven, Hell and HOPE and why any of that stuff matters. In this first message we'll explore why we need Heaven and those situations where things on Earth just don’t actually seem to get any better. | 9/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean09.03.17 - The Goodness of Relationships | The first thing that God said was not good was for man to be alone. This sentiment is echoed in all of Scriptures. What does it look like to build strong life-giving friendships? | 9/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean08.27.17 - The Goodness of Man | God's creation of mankind is the climax of the Creation Story. God tells us that we are made in His image. What exactly does that mean and how do we reconcile it with all of the pain and suffering we see in the world? | 8/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean08.20.17 - The Goodness of Time | At some point in life, we must all face our mortality and how limited our time here on earth actually is. During the Creation Story, God creates time and calls it 'good.' How do we understand the goodness of time and make the most of ours? | 8/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean08.13.17 - The Goodness of Creation | "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth..." Those words at the beginning of Genesis comprise one of the most recognized sentences in the world. We've heard it a thousand times, but have we ever stopped to consider what it means? What does the creation story in Genesis 1 and 2 tell us? What doesn't it tell us? There is far more going on in the story that we may have realized. In this message we'll explore the Creation Story and what the rest of the Bible teaches us about God's Creation and how we should relate to it. | 8/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean08.06.17 - The Goodness of God | The way in which we communicate often says as much about us as what we communicate. God first revealed Himself to us through the act of creation. What does Genesis 1 tell us about the nature and character of God? | 8/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean07.30.17 - Rewrite Your Future - The Choice is Yours | The road to a new future is paved with all sorts of choices. The challenge is to recognize where we are making them and then own them. In this final message of the series we will look at how Jesus challenges us to look beyond surface actions and look at our own hearts. The choices we make reveal our hearts. | 7/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean07.23.17 - Rewrite Your Future - Help Me Out! | As you continue on the journey you will come to the end of your own abilities and realize that you need help. None of us corner the market on knowledge so it’s helpful to reach out to others and ask for help. Other people can help shape and refine or expand your vision. Other people can see things in you that you can’t see. In order to transform we need to swallow our pride, admit our powerlessness and ask others for help. | 7/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean07.16.17 Rewrite Your Future - Bound to Your Future | When you start setting a vision for your life, you're going to start making some promises and commitments and that’s when the rubber hits the road. One of our struggles is that we take our promises and commitments too lightly. In this message we return to the Sermon on the Mount and see what Jesus teaches about letting our yes be yes and our no be no. We'll also dive into the power of the spoken and written word and how being consistent with our commitments helps drive transformation. | 7/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean07.09.17 - Rewrite Your Future - A New Way Forward | Do you have a vision for your life? Do you know what God is calling you to? Do you know where you want to go in the next year, 5 years or 10 years? If you're feeling stuck in your life, it's highly likely that you aren’t really clear on where you want to go. What does it look like to really develop a vision for your life—to get crystal clear on what you are here for and where this is all headed? Using the Parable of the Talents as a backdrop, we'll examine why we should develop a clear vision and get some guidance on how to do it. | 7/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean07.02.17 - Formula Free | Did you like math in school? Seems like people either loved it or hated it. However you may have felt about math, you probably found yourself attracted to formulas. Not the algebra from school, but the ones you learned growing up...like study + work hard = good grades. We were taught that if we do this plus that then we should expect a certain outcome. But is that true? And how does that apply to our faith? Is there a formula to reach God? Maybe Jesus had something different in mind. | 7/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean06.25.17 Rewrite Your Future - Bound to Your Past | In order to rewrite our future we're going to need to look at our past. This means we're going to deal with our regrets and pain. In this message we'll take a deep dive into the concept of forgiveness as Jesus teaches it in Matthew 18. We'll see what forgiveness does for us and why it's so crucial for us to be able to move forward. We will also examine the idea of trust and what it means to trust again when we have been hurt. | 6/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean06.18.17 Rewrite Your Future - Mind Games | Does your brain lie to you? And if it does how would you know? In this message, we'll take a close look at what we tell ourselves and gain understanding about why we tell ourselves those things. We'll also look at how Jesus asks a penetrating question that helps us dig deeper into our own hearts. | 6/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean06.11.17 Rewrite Your Future - Out of the Fog | The first step in rewriting our future is to get very clear on our current reality. And getting clear on our current reality starts with our thoughts. What are you thinking? And more importantly, why do you think the way you do? In this message we'll go into our minds and look at our thoughts so we can begin the work of transformation. | 6/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean06.04.17 - Rewrite Your Future - Ready or Not, Here it Comes | Your future is approaching, but what kind of future will it be? As you look down the road of your life…5 …10 years do you like where it's headed? Or do you long for something else? Not something better- because better is just a word that talks about a relationship to your past. As you look down the road, what does a completely new future look like? And how do you rewrite a future that seems to be already written? In this message we'll look at this idea of rewriting our futures and how one ancient man was given the chance to rewrite his future and learn from the choices he made. | 6/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean05.28.17 Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone | So what does getting out of our comfort zone look and serving our neighbor look like? Do we have to quit our jobs and start a non-profit? Sometimes it feels like that's the only option to make a difference in our world. But that isn't true. In this message we'll hear from people at Area 10 who are finding creative ways to share a love beyond reason with those around them. | 5/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean05.21.17 Get Out There - Out of Your Neighborhood | Richmond, VA - A city that’s easy to love. While we all love RVA, there are some challenges here. If God is calling us to reach the world with the message of God then we need to start in our own city. In this message we'll look at how our own biases come into play when we think of our own city and we will look at how God pushes out of our neighborhoods and even out of the country to share the Good News. | 5/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean05.14.17 Get Out There - Out of Your House | Being a good neighbor--is that even something we think about anymore? We used to think about it. We used to know what it meant to be neighborly, but now we don’t even know our neighbors' names. In this series we are looking at Jesus’ call to “Get Out There” and share our faith. What if we simply started by stepping outside of our house and building a friendship with our neighbors? | 5/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean05.07.17 Get Out There - Out of Your Zone | Comfort and security are big parts of modern American life. We want to be comfortable. But what if some of the greatest things in life happen because we were willing to get uncomfortable? What is our need to be comfortable costing us? In this new series, we'll look at Jesus’ call for us to tell others about Him. He calls us to get out there and make Him known. In this first message we'll address how uncomfortable that can be. | 5/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean04.30.17 TYMB - The New Community | Jesus frequently spoke about a New Kingdom that he was bringing to Earth. In the final chapter of the Book of John we get a little glimpse of what that Kingdom looks like. In this message we'll look at the new community that has formed after the resurrection and talk about ways we can be that kind of community today. | 4/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean04.23.17 - That You May Believe | Jesus rose from the dead. Is that so hard to believe? Well, in our modern American culture the answer is, Yes! But the truth is, it was hard for people to believe in 1st century Israel also. In this message, we'll look at one guy who was close to Jesus who wanted more proof that he had really come back from the dead. His skepticism mirrors our own. So we will look at his story and look at why John wrote all this down for us. | 4/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean04.16.17 TYMB - Seeing the Unseen | This Sunday we're celebrating Easter which has nothing to do with a bunny but everything to do with the greatest man who ever lived--Jesus Christ. His story can change our story, but we have to know it and understand. We all have a way of seeing the world. We all see things we want to see and ignore the things we don’t want to see. In this message we're going to look at the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and perhaps see it in a new light. | 4/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean04.09.17 TYMB - The Crucifixion | Familiarity breeds unfamiliarity. The crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus are the two most important things that happened in Jesus’s life. However, because we’ve often heard about these events before, we sometimes tend to gloss over them or forget the powerful lessons to learn from those two events. In this message, we we'll look at the crucifixion of Jesus as recorded in the Gospel of John and see what difference the crucifixion makes in our lives today. | 4/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean04.02.17 TYMB - Power Trip | What is power and how should we use it? As we explore Jesus’ trial, we see power used in very different ways by the priests, Pontius Pilate and Jesus. By exploring this story we may discover how we choose to use or abuse of power and see what we can learn from Jesus’ example. | 4/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean03.26.17 TYMB - What is Truth? | Our world is doing some pretty bizarre things with truth right now. It seems as if facts and alternative facts are leading people to just throw their hands up and wonder what is even true anymore or if we can know any truth at all. The reality is, there has always been uncertainty about truth. This isn't necessarily a new thing. In this message we'll look at Jesus under trial when he stands before the Roman leader Pontius Pilate who famously asks “What is truth?” | 3/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean03.19.17 TYMB - Revolution and Denial | Jesus gets arrested and it looks like the story is over. In the midst of that, one of his closest friends, Peter, shows incredible bravado and then incredible cowardice. In this message we'll look at the real revolution Jesus was leading and learn a lesson from Peter about what we can do when we blow it. | 3/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean03.12.17 TYMB - The Prayer | Before Christ was arrested, we have his longest recorded prayer in the scriptures. What did he pray about? What did he care about? What difference does it make to us? In this message we'll look at this prayer and in particular, examine his call for unity in the church and how we can be unified as a faith community. | 3/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean03.05.17 Thinking Biblically | The Bible is the most famous book of all time, but how can we understand it well? How can we apply to our modern age and problems? This message we’re welcoming Dr. Jon Weatherly, PhD in New Testament, to present a message where we examine these difficult issues. | 3/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean02.26.17 TYMB - Help Is On The Way | Before Jesus leaves his followers and returns to Heaven, he tells them he'll send the Holy Spirit. But who is the Holy Spirit and what does he do? How is He involved in our lives and how can we access Him? There is a lot of confusion about the Holy Spirit. In this message we'll dig into Jesus teaching on the Holy Spirit, our Helper. | 2/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean02.19.17 TYMB - Stay With Me | Jesus tells us that he is the true vine. What does that mean? Why does it matter? In this message we're going to look at some of Jesus’s words in his final teaching to his disciples. He really wanted to impress on them the need to stay with him and not give up. What does this mean for us today? | 2/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean02.12.17 - Note to Self - The Friends That Get Me | All of us want friends. We don’t need a million of them, but we need a few. And we need real friends who know the real us. But how will they know the real us if we don’t ever show them? In this message we'll wrap up the Note to Self series with one final key piece of our growth. We'll look at the one thing we need to do with our friends that will help us move past our sense of shame. | 2/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean02.05.17 Note to Self - The Shame That Bind Me | We carry around a toxic voice in our heads. Not only does it tell us when we've messed up, but it actually judges us and says we're a bad person. In this message we're going to look at the voice of shame from someone in the Bible who dealt with it. From there we'll see a better way forward as we quiet the voice of shame in our own lives. | 2/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean01.29.17 Note to Self - The Fear That Grips Me | What are you afraid of? The truth is for many of us, we're afraid of numerous things. And often we have voices in our heads constantly telling us what to be afraid of. But when we look at scripture we see a different message about fear coming from God. In this message we'll look at what we tell ourselves about fear and what God wants us to hear. | 1/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean01.22.17 Donkeys, Elephants and Hope | This past presidential election was the most divisive election we’ve had in our lifetimes. Now that the dust has settled, let's talk about how people of faith can be faithful in a politically divided culture. How do we live in a country divided and be a people of hope in hard times? This Sunday we'll interview two members of Area 10 who have served or serve in high levels of our government in the Democrat and Republican parties. We'll hear how they can hold strong personal convictions and yet still work in politics for the common good. And we'll discuss what's the responsibility of Christians in the public realm. | 1/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean01.15.17 Note to Self - The Voice That Paralyzes Me | Ever write post it notes for yourself? Maybe "Get groceries!"..."Send dad a card"..."Pick up dry cleaning." Inside our heads, we also make little mental notes. Sometimes they are little and harmless, and sometimes they are big and harmful. In this message we're going to look at insecurity and the messages we tell ourselves and the truth from scripture that can help us write a healthier note to ourselves. | 1/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean01.01.17 Never Break the Chain | New Year's message on one habit this year that could change your life. | 1/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean12.24.16 By A Different Road | Christmas Eve message | 12/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean12.18.16 Christmas Is Not Your Birthday - Jesus' Wish List | Some people are impossibly hard to shop for. Maybe they are picky or maybe they just have everything they want. Well if Christmas is not your birthday but it’s Jesus’ birthday what could we get him? In this message we'll examine His teaching from Matthew 25 where Jesus tells us what He wants--not just for Christmas, but all year long. This Sunday we'll also honor Jesus by taking up our special Advent Offering to support the work Glocal Ventures is doing in Vietnam. | 12/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean12.11.16 Christmas Is Not Your Birthday - Scandalous Love | One of the biggest things we celebrate at Christmas is that in Jesus’ birth the love of God has come to earth. God’s love for humanity is strong and there is a curious Old Testament story about a man who demonstrated how far God goes to win back us- His people. In this message we'll look at the Old Testament prophet Hosea and learn about God’s scandalous love that we can experience at Christmastime. | 12/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean12.04.16 Christmas is Not Your Birthday - Giving Up on Perfect | There’s a lot of pressure in our culture to have a perfect Christmas— to get together with all the right people and purchase all the right gifts. But Christmas doesn’t have to be perfect. If you look at the original Christmas story with Mary and Joseph, you can see how it never really has been perfect. But Christmas can be good if we handle it differently than our culture does. In this message we’ll dig into the first Christmas story and learn some lessons about how we can celebrate differently in this Advent season. | 12/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean11.27.16 Christmas is Not Your Birthday - Santa Claus Jesus | So many times the noise of Christmas consumerism can distort and diminish the real meaning of the season. Jesus is bigger than our narratives and expectations, and His birth teaches us some important things about God. | 11/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean11.20.16 - Home for the Holidays | What does it mean to have a home and be part of a family? What does it mean when we say that we're part of God’s family? How's that true? If God has made us part of His family, what responsibility comes with that? In this question we'll look at this idea of what home really means and we'll be talking about kids in our state who aren’t able to live with the families they were born into. | 11/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean11.13.16 That You May Believe - The Exclusivity of Jesus | Jesus Christ is unlike any man who has ever walked the face of the earth. He also claims to be unlike anyone else. He claims to be God. What do we do with that? Is he right about that? Is he wrong? What does that mean for other religions? In this message we will look at one of Jesus’s most bold claims and consider it’s implications for our lives. | 11/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean11.06.16 That You May Believe - Bigger Than Betrayal | There are few things that cut as deeply as being betrayed by a friend. Others may hurt us, but betrayal is different. Whether we were the betrayed or the betrayer, it can be difficult to forget. Even Jesus experienced the sting of betrayal. Sunday we’ll look at betrayals from some of Jesus' closest friends and how each man responded. | 11/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean10.30.16 That You May Believe - Taking the Hit | Jesus is the most powerful leader in all of history. So what does Jesus do with that power? Well in a surprising move, on the most intense night of his life, Jesus uses his power in a pretty unusual way. In this message we'll look at the concept of servant leadership and see how Jesus demonstrated it to those he loved and also see why it matters for us today. | 10/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean10.23.16 That You May Believe - Politics and Power | As election season approaches, people get pretty tense and concerned about the outcome of the elections. Governmental policies affect us all. In ancient Israel the people had the same concerns. Into a tense political environment came a man named Jesus Christ who challenged the seat of power and showed the world what true power looks like. In this message we will look at a conversation Jesus had with some people in Jerusalem who were pinning all their hopes on Jesus to be a certain type of leader. | 10/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean10.16.16 That You May Believe - Lose to Gain | So often we think the key to happiness or fulfillment comes when we make it all about our lives. But Jesus teaches us something very different. He teaches us what glory truly is and what it means to have glory in this life and in the life to come. In this message we'll look at how we can honor God with our lives and what He does for us in return. | 10/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean10.09.16 BEYOND - Break the Jar | What does it look like to honor God with all we have and to be generous beyond reason? In this message we look at John 12 where a friend of Jesus pours an extravagant amount of perfume on him. In this account we see some principles of worship and honor. This message wraps up our BEYOND Campaign as we commit to giving towards a new future for Area 10. | 10/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean10.02.16 BEYOND - Matters of the Heart | “Just follow your heart” sounds like great advice, and we give that advice all the time in American culture. But is following your heart actually a great idea? And specifically when it comes to decisions about how you spend your money, should you just follow your heart? Jesus actually teaches us the opposite. In this message we will talk about money as we examine our own hearts. | 10/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean09.25.16 BEYOND - Community Impact | The message of Christ is good news, but it's not just good news for individuals, it's good news for the whole city. In this message we'll look at how the early church made a huge impact on the city of Ephesus and how we can also make an impact in city of Richmond for generations to come. | 9/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean09.18.16 BEYOND - Committed Leaders | No matter who you are, someone is probably watching you to see how you do things and how you live your life? So how are you leading other people—at work, school, home or church? We need strong leaders to change the world. In this message we'll take a learn what commitment looks like from some leaders and what are three characteristics of that commitment. | 9/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean09.11.16 - BEYOND - Changed Lives | Are you a dreamer? Do you have big hopes and aspirations?—or have you given up on those? In this message we will see look at how God exceeds our hopes and dreams and how he changes peoples lives both in the New Testament city of Philippi and in our own city of Richmond. | 9/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean09.04.16 Facing Your Fears | Fear is a universal human emotion and experience. At times it can protect us, but more often that not it hinders us from living our lives in the way God intended. How can we learn to deal with fear? | 9/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean08.28.16 That You May Believe - Losing a Friend | Most of us have lost someone close to us, and at that moment Christians say so many things to be helpful in those moments. But the truth is…death is awful and it hurts. How does Jesus handle losing a friend? We'll look at how he deals with the death of his friend Lazarus and learn some important principles for us to help navigate pain and loss in our own lives. | 8/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean08.21.16 That You May Believe - Listening to His Voice | How does God communicate with us? How can we hear Him? Why don’t we often hear Him? In this message we will dive into how we can recognize God’s voice in our daily lives. | 8/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean08.14.16 That You May Believe - The Good Shepherd | Despite our best intentions and intelligence, we seem to easily wander away from what is good for us. Whether it’s our health, finances or relationships, we can easily go down the wrong path. Why is that? And what can we do about it? Is it a lack of information or willpower, or something bigger? Jesus understood why we are prone to stray and shared a simple solution to what feels like an impossible problem. | 8/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean08.07.16 That You May Believe - Healing the Pain | Jesus has an encounter with a blind man where he heals the man and causes quite a stir. But more important for us than just this healing is what the situation tells us about the source of our own pain. Why do bad things happen? Is it God’s fault? Is it our fault? In this message we'll look at the source of pain and suffering, and also talk about how we can handle it as followers of Jesus. | 8/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean07.31.16 That You May Believe - People of the Light | Jesus claimed to be a lot of things that don’t make a lot of sense to us. He claimed to be Living Water, the Bread of Life, and this week we look at his claim to be the Light of the World. What does that mean and why does it matter? It turns out it matters a great deal since he also told us that we're to be the light of the world. In this message we look at the implications of all that. | 7/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean07.24.16 That You May Believe - Radical Grace | Jesus had an encounter with a woman who had committed adultery, an act punishable by death. But Jesus shows her a radical form of grace and in the process challenges all of us to our core about what it means to be truthful and loving in a world so in need of both. If you’ve ever done wrong and if you’ve ever felt guilty, this is the message for you. | 7/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean07.17.16 That You May Believe - Living Water | Miracle-Worker. Madman. Prophet. Phony. Jesus was called this and more during His time on earth- but how does your opinion of Him change as you actually try to live out what He taught? | 7/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean07.10.16 That You May Believe - Tough to Stomach | Our hunger can make us desperate and willing to settle. Have you ever gone grocery shopping when you’re really hungry? When we’re spiritually hungry we can do the same thing and settle for things that won’t truly satisfy. In this message Jesus challenges the crowd to be satisfied in Him alone and hunger no more. Sadly many walk away and willing to settle for less. Are you going to walk away or be satisfied in Christ alone? | 7/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean07.03.16 That You May Believe - Feeding the Crowds | Power is something so highly sought after in our culture, but what does real power look like? What does God given power look like? Why do we so often not experience it? In this message we'll look at God’s power that was on display in Jesus when he miraculously fed thousands of people and how we can access that power ourselves. | 7/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean06.26.16 That You May Believe - Authority | All of us love our independence. We like to be the people in charge of our own destinies, but the truth is, all of us live under authority. Whether it’s from government, or employers or parents, we all live under the authority of someone else. In this passage from John 5, Jesus asserts his identity as God in the flesh and challenges us to submit to his ultimate authority in our lives. | 6/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean06.19.16 That You May Believe - The Most Important Question | All of us want to change something in our lives. We want to grow, change, accomplish, achieve, etc., but oftentimes we get stuck in that transformation process. And one big reason we get stuck is because we don’t really ask ourselves the most important question. In this message we’ll look at the time Jesus healed a man at a pool in Jerusalem. Jesus didn’t just heal this man. Jesus challenged his thinking and today He challenges our by asking the most important question. | 6/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean06.12.16 Relationslips - Friends | Friendships are some of the most important relationships we have in our lives. Who we're close friends with will have a big influence on who we're becoming. In this final message from this series, we'll be looking at the most important things to consider in our friendships. | 6/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean06.05.16 Relationslips - Co-workers | God created us all with a desire to find satisfaction in our work and recognition and our connection from our peers. But how do we navigate the dangers of putting too much of our identity in our careers or some of the relationship tensions that can occur in the workplace? | 6/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Chris is a great pastor and his sermons are a must listen. Glad you are finally back and have uploaded the backlog.
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