Grace Chapel Church Podcast | Franklin, TN

In the final part of “Calvary’s Astonishing Events,” Pastor Steve unpacks the last two miraculous events surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus - Jesus conquered death, hell, and the grave, and the undisturbed grave clothes of Jesus.

In Part 2 of "Calvary's Astonishing Events," Pastor Steve teaches on three more events surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus - the torn veil, the earth quaking and rocks splitting, and the opening of certain graves. The purpose of looking at these events is to see the signature of God authenticating Jesus as Savior of the World!

In Part 1 of "Calvary's Astonishing Events," Pastor Steve discusses and details the three-hour darkness that accompanied Christ's suffering on the cross.

Pastor Dave returns to the pulpit to finish unpacking the 7 ways to Enjoy God. He urges us to never lose our wonder; we get so busy with life around us that we forget to take in all that God has done around us.

Pastor Dave Buehring joins us to speak on Enjoying God and encourages us to look for God’s character behind everything. He introduces the 7 ways to Enjoy God, beginning with encountering God’s character in Scripture.

Continuing on with our topic of the Golden Rule, Pastor Steve dives into the last 4 categories related to immigration: Justice, Generosity, Love, and Accountability. How might it change the country if we take in and care for the stranger in the land (according to Biblical Principles), love them into the Kingdom of God & show them the radical grace of Jesus?

As a continuation of last week's introduction to the Golden Rule, Pastor Steve investigates a hot button, controversial issue that is at the forefront of American politics and its surprising connection to the Golden Rule - Immigration. All scriptures related to immigration seem to fall into 7 categories - Understanding, Conversion, Assimilation, Justice, Generosity, Love, Accountability. The first three are addressed in this part.

"Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets." (Matthew 7:12, NKJV). In Part 2 of Kingdom Ethics or Cultural Evils, Pastor Steve discuss the Golden Rule's connection to context, to importance, and to history. How would our immediate lives change if we started getting aggressive with the Golden Rule?

Out of Matthew 7, Pastor Jimmy Harris expounds on the practical implications and application of the "plank & speck" and "pearls and swine" lessons taught by Jesus.

Following the last three weeks on fear and dismay, Pastor Steve charges the Church to have courage and strength. Through Jesus’ victory over the world, with all of its wicked ways and woundings, He offers us the courage to face our challenges so we can overcome too.

Dismay - confused, broken, beat down, discouraged, disillusioned, reeling…dismay is often seen throughout the scriptures alongside fear. Pastor Steve charges us that dismay can be defeated by checking your heart, making necessary adjustments, rehearsing the promise, obeying the command, and getting up, going to war, and seeing the victory.

As a follow-up to last week's message, Pastor Steve discusses three ways to rule over our fears: 1) Identifying your triggers, 2) Ruling over your reactions with the Power, Word, Promises, and Armor of God, and 3) Reaping your ruling.

Closing out 2017, Pastor Steve delivers a message on fear that is applicable to all of us during any season and situation. Through a variety of stories in the scriptures, we see that during times of fear and anxiety, God is right there to combat fear, speak to it, and defeat it. In 2018, choose to believe God is about to do something amazing and listen for His voice saying, “Don’t fear, only believe.”

Pastor Steve is back in the pulpit following his sabbatical to bring us a timely word from the book of Isaiah. When times are the darkest (such as the time our nation is in right now), God speaks the loudest. Pastor Steve encourages us to not let the current darkness so capture us that we lose hope — look up and to the One who has come and will return!

Bill Spencer, founder of the Narrow Gate Foundation (narrowgate.org), takes us through the story of Mary and Martha from Luke, Chapter 10. However, there is much to learn and apply to our lives beyond the well-known "surface" moral of this story. This story leaves us with 2 options this holiday season: 1) Allow the stress of the holiday season expectations to cloud our vision and distract us from the only thing that truly has eternal value; 2) Invest time that we might not think we can afford to invest, to reap a benefit that we never dreamed we could acquire.