Substance Podcast - Audio

The Substance Church podcast showcases sermons from pastors that take the pulpit at Substance Church in the Twin Cities. Lead Pastor, Peter Haas, author of Pharisectomy (peterhaas.org), champions this dynamic and growing movement in Minnesota. Substance is a non-denomination church that utilizes creative arts and authentic community to reach out to generations that have yet to find their place in the church. Enjoy these free inspirational and challenging messages coming to you from substancechurch.com.

  Quite often, in order to deal with pain, we do things that end up amplifying the pain. So, while studying 2 Corinthians, Pastor Peter explains 3 things we do to Screw our Lives Up amidst trials. 2 Cor. 1

  Pastor Mark Mellen explains that Deliverance isn't the Absence of Trials; rather, it's the overcoming of trials. In this inspiring message, he explains how this mentality can give us a strategic advantage in handling adversity. 2 Kings 18-19

Quite often, God's path of promotion takes us a few steps backwards. Life is filled with holding-patterns; but, if we don't know how to see things from God's perspective, we'll have something far more tragic happen to us... like missing the will of God. 2 Cor. 1

The odds of adultery, divorce, and isolation dramatically increase after we experience stress or tragedy. Quite often this is because we don't know how to handle huge disappointment with the grace of God. Get ready to learn the Apostle Paul's deep secrets for staying encouraged when life becomes difficult. 2 Cor .1

Have you ever known a person who was stuck in a rut. The solution for their life was so easy; yet, for some reason or another, they couldn't see it. You see, all of us have problem that we have a hard time solving. And that's why we need divine creativity. So get ready to learn principles from scripture as we study the Bible character Bezalel. Exodus 31.

Pastor Peter details, Depth Disease. Too often, we Christians want our churches to be all about us. Thus, churches end up being a hostile and unbalanced environment for healthy Christianity. So, what can we do to make sure we're having a balanced spiritual diet? (Romans 14)

The Bible teaches that God blesses us when we stand in unity with others. The only problem is that, this is easier said than done. And why? All of us have a tendency to make mountains out of theological mole-hills. So get ready to learn how the Apostle Paul dealt with this destructive tendency.  Php 1:15-18; Romans 14

Many people oppress others with the truth rather than uplift others with the truth. Thus, despite our best intensions, we can actually harm the Gospel based on how we exemplify the truth. Most oppressive Christians falsely think they're helping Christ. Could you be one? In this convicting and deep message, Pastor Peter explains how we can obsess over God's word yet simultaneously be completely devoid of God's life Genesis 2-3.

Most of the Christians who tear apart the bride of Christ do so under the guise of protecting it. What are some of the symptoms of this hideous religious disease? Find out as we study Romans 14.

The Substance Church podcast showcases sermons from pastors that take the pulpit at Substance Church in the Twin Cities. Lead Pastor, Peter Haas, author of Pharisectomy (peterhaas.org), champions this dynamic and growing movement in Minnesota. Substance is a non-denomination church that utilizes creative arts and authentic community to reach out to generations that have yet to find their place in the church. Enjoy these free inspirational and challenging messages coming to you from substancechurch.com.

   God's word calls us to constantly expand our influence on behalf of the Gospel.  We can do this by learning leadership skills.  And we can also do this by learning how to experience the miraculous power of God in the midst of good leadership.  How refined are your natural leadership skills?  And how refined are your super-natural leadership skills.  Be inspired as you listen to convicting examples of Godly leadership.  1 Timothy 3.

Discipleship requires confrontation.  But confrontations can be devastating and hurtful if they're not done in a Christ-like fashion.  So, in this funny message, Pastor Peter shares how we can be a happy life-giving church while still taking a tough stand on issues of sin.  Galatians 6.

We all like to imagine ourselves as being committed members of the body of Christ; yet, Christ was very specific about the types of people he would allow to follow him.  After studying these texts we're going to assess ourselves to see what adjustments we might need to make to become true followers of Christ.  Luke 9 & 10.

  We all have a tendency to limit God's ability to change our circumstances.  Get ready to study two history makers who trusted God against the greatest of hopeless circumstances.