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Our Podcast Has Moved - Audio
August 15, 2017 20:51 - 40 seconds - 157 KBOur podcast has moved. To get the latest from Faith Mountain to http:fm.church/sermons and subscribe. You can also watch video of our sermons on the Faith Mountain app. Go to http://fm.church/app to download the Faith Mountain app.
Leadership 101 - Audio
July 30, 2017 18:52 - 34 minutes - 7.81 MBWelcome to Week 6 of Follow. Today's lesson is on leadership. If Jesus is a leader worth following then he is a leader worth learning from on how to lead well. We don't often think of him as a leader in the classical sense but he must have done something right. He built his brand in only 3 years and he has thousands of franchises operating globally over 2000 years after he left.
What I Want To Want - Audio
July 23, 2017 18:57 - 37 minutes - 8.59 MBOur podcast has moved. To get the latest from Faith Mountain to https://pcr.apple.com/id1270374588 and subscribe. You can also watch video of our sermons on the Faith Mountain app. Go to http://fm.church/app to download the Faith Mountain app.
The Fine Print - Audio
July 16, 2017 19:02 - 44 minutes - 10.1 MBOur podcast has moved. To get the latest from Faith Mountain to https://pcr.apple.com/id1270374588 and subscribe. You can also watch video of our sermons on the Faith Mountain app. Go to http://fm.church/app to download the Faith Mountain app.
What Are You Wearing? - Audio
July 09, 2017 18:12 - 47 minutes - 11 MBWhat are you wearing? And does what you are wearing communicate what or whom you follow? As we continue our summer series called "Follow", the discussion is about what defines us as Christians. It is not the shirts we wear, the fish on our cars, or the cross on a necklace around our necks that defines us. Love is what defines us, and love is displayed by our actions.
YOUR Next Step - Audio
July 02, 2017 18:14 - 37 minutes - 8.51 MBLast week, we started a new series called Follow and learned that being a Christian is not about religion but rather being in a relationship with Jesus. In our second week, we talk about different steps involved in being in that relationship. What is YOUR Next Step?
Send Me - Audio
June 18, 2017 19:00 - 45 minutes - 10.5 MBOver the last three weeks, our prayers have been about what we want God to do for us - Search Me, Break Me, Save Me. But what if we prayed more about what we could do for God? In our final sermon in the Dangerous Prayers series, we pray for God to Send Me.
Save Me - Audio
June 11, 2017 18:32 - 29 minutes - 6.66 MBIn our third installment of the Dangerous Prayers series, we pray for God to "Save Me". You, at your very best, are never going to be good enough free yourself from slavery to sin. That is why God sent Christ Jesus to be the righteousness that we need. Through salvation in Christ our past is forgiven, our present is given purpose, and our future secured.
Break Me - Audio
June 04, 2017 18:33 - 34 minutes - 7.84 MBCould it be that all of our problems in life happen FOR us, not to us? We tend to engage in our little problems because the big ones scare us. But it is the big ones that drive us toward brokenness and dependence on something bigger than ourselves. Dependence on God. This week we are praying "Break Me".
Search Me - Audio
May 28, 2017 18:34 - 37 minutes - 8.57 MBSo much of what we pray is generic, predicable, safe. Protect me, bless me, bless others. This series, Dangerous Prayers, is to help empower your prayers, and to experience a closer relationship with God. We start with David's plea to "Search me"
Messy-er - Audio
May 21, 2017 18:17 - 38 minutes - 8.81 MBHave you ever made a mess messy-er? Some messes are unavoidable and if you are in the middle of a mess, there is no way to go back and unmake the mess. But with the mess you currently facing, there are some really bad options and you are being tempt to opt for something that will make you mess messy-er. This is the subject of our last sermon in the Address The Mess series.
Move Toward The Mess - Audio
May 14, 2017 18:22 - 39 minutes - 9.14 MBDo you have a memory of happening upon a messy situation, then turning around and walking away from it? Our Address The Mess series up to this point has focused on our own messiness. Acknowledging that we are messes, that we create our messes. Today we will talk about how we can use messes as opportunities to love on others.
Inside Out - Audio
May 07, 2017 18:46 - 35 minutes - 8.11 MBThere is something about being forgiven and knowing it that is almost indescribable. While God doesn't magically fix all of our messes when we become Christians, the moment you feel His forgiveness is magical. That is when God begins to change you from the inside out.
The Messy Solution - Audio
April 30, 2017 18:08 - 41 minutes - 9.48 MBAs we continue in our series Address The Mess, we focus on messes that are so big, they seem impossible to clean up - especially alone. Messes so big we don't even know how to start the cleanup. The messes that bring us closer to God...
The Mess In The Mirror - Audio
April 23, 2017 18:19 - 47 minutes - 10.9 MBChurch is for messy people. Because the church, if it teaches what the bible teaches, regularly talks about our messes. It is full of examples of people just like us - people who make mistakes and poor choices, and have to deal with the consequences. In our first sermon in the Address the Mess series, the topic is how the church should do more than just point out our mistakes...it should also offer solutions and help.
A Ladder...Or A Journey - Audio
April 16, 2017 18:42 - 43 minutes - 10 MBIf you died tonight and found yourself at the gates of Heaven, and God asked you, "Why should I let you into My Heaven?", what would your answer be? Our Resurrection Day service is all about what it takes to get to Heaven.
Jesus Breaks Bread - Audio
April 09, 2017 18:59 - 35 minutes - 8.06 MBIn our third sermon in the Love Like Jesus series, we look at the imagery of breaking bread, or we might say fellowship, or community, of the first century followers, and how it compares to todays believers.
Stooping To A Higher Level - Audio
April 02, 2017 18:07 - 34 minutes - 7.96 MBThis is the second week in our series titled Love Like Jesus. As Jesus followers, our goal is to become more like Jesus in our attitudes, actions and lifestyles. Last week, we talked about forgiveness. To Love Like Jesus is to Forgive Like Jesus. It is not always easy to do, but it is definitely the right thing to do. This week we're going to look at the kind of love that displays itself through serving others. To Love Like Jesus means to Serve Like Jesus.
Forgive Like Jesus - Audio
March 26, 2017 18:06 - 39 minutes - 9.05 MBOur new series, Love Like Jesus, seemed most appropriate since Easter is the culmination of the most loving act in all human history. Jesus giving His life in exchange for ours. As Jesus followers, it is our goal to follow Him so closely that we begin to live as He lived, and love as He loved. This first sermon is on forgiveness.
The Last Should Be First - Audio
March 19, 2017 18:55 - 41 minutes - 9.49 MBIn our third and final part of this series Crazy Like Us, we see practical solutions to making generosity a premeditated, calculated and designated part of our lives.
Why Worry? - Audio
March 12, 2017 18:42 - 41 minutes - 9.57 MBIn the second of our three-part series on cultivating generosity, we learn how worry can create a "crazy" circle that can keep us from our full potential regarding generosity.
Freedom For Me - Audio
March 05, 2017 19:34 - 43 minutes - 10 MBEveryone knows how to do generosity, but few of us know how to be generous. In the first of our Crazy Like Us series, we discuss what comes natural when it comes to our finances, and generosity
HIS Church - Audio
February 26, 2017 19:42 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBOur fourth and final Sunday in the I "Heart" My Church series is less a Sunday message and more of a Faith Mountain family conversation. The discussion focuses on what God has planned for Faith Mountain in order to grow the Church, HIS Church.
OUR Church - Audio
February 19, 2017 19:28 - 40 minutes - 9.22 MBThe Church is one body with many parts. OUR Church is one part of THE Church - the global body of Christ. OUR Church is made up of people who, if you've accepted Christ, are part of the body of Christ. The third sermon in this series focuses on OUR Church and it's purpose, and how it impacts our people and our community.
MY Church - Audio
February 12, 2017 19:17 - 40 minutes - 9.25 MBOur teaching passage today - 1 Peter 2:9-12 - calls us "a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession." We are who we are because of "whose" we are! In the 2nd sermon in 'I "Heart" My Church' we discover how to find our identity.
THE Church - Audio
February 05, 2017 19:21 - 45 minutes - 10.3 MBBill Hybels one said, "the local church is the hope of the world". That's a pretty bold statement, almost arrogant. But it's only arrogant if it's not true. When we understand that THE Church is the only entity in the entire world getting the word our about the cure for death, the seeing it as the hope of the world makes perfect sense.
Important Over Urgent - Audio
January 29, 2017 19:53 - 42 minutes - 9.65 MBVirtually everyone has said "I wish I had more time ..." to whatever: rest, read, spend time with family, etc. But the truth is that we all have time for what we choose to have time for. In our fourth and final sermon in our I Choose series, the subject is choosing what is important over what is urgent.
Discipline Over Regret - Audio
January 22, 2017 19:45 - 41 minutes - 9.4 MBJohn 16:33 says, "In this world, you will have trouble." The reality is that we will all experience pain in our lives. Some of this pain is beyond our control. In our third week of the I Choose series, we look at the pain that we can avoid by applying some discipline to our lives.
Surrender Over Control - Audio
January 15, 2017 19:35 - 45 minutes - 10.4 MBIn the second week of our series called I Choose, Pastor Ben discusses surrendering control. All of us battle, in some area, wanting to control, but the reality is whenever we are trying to control something that is not ours to control, it is a reflection of a really big spiritual problem.
I Choose Purpose Over Poplularity - Audio
January 08, 2017 21:01 - 43 minutes - 9.86 MBImagine waking up every single day with passion and purpose in your life knowing deep down what you are created to do. It drives you and the approval of others does not distract you… It is the choice that Pastor Ben encouraged us to make: I choose purpose over popularity.
You Can't Finish What You Never Start - Audio
January 02, 2017 18:00 - 44 minutes - 10.1 MBOur podcast has moved. To get the latest from Faith Mountain to https://pcr.apple.com/id1270374588 and subscribe. You can also watch video of our sermons on the Faith Mountain app. Go to http://fm.church/app to download the Faith Mountain app.
O Come O Come Emmanuel - Audio
December 18, 2016 19:01 - 41 minutes - 9.6 MBOur final Carol in the series is O Come O Come Emmanuel. We focus on the name Emmanuel, which means "God is with us".
Away in a Manger - Audio
December 11, 2016 19:18 - 51 minutes - 11.8 MBThis week's Carol is Away in a Manger. While one picture the song brings is that of a newborn baby boy, there is another that focuses on his destiny as Lord. Over and over he is referred to as the "Little Lord Jesus". Since Jesus is referred to as Lord 740 times in the New Testament, today's sermon will help us to understand that he is LORD.
O Come All Ye Faithful - Audio
December 04, 2016 19:34 - 33 minutes - 7.57 MBOur second week in the Carols series focuses on O Come All Ye Faithful. Originally written in latin and named Adeste Fideles, it is probably one of the most well-known carols known today.
O Holy Night - Audio
November 27, 2016 19:05 - 43 minutes - 9.97 MBWe begin our Christmas series called Carols with O Holy Night
Why God...Why Suffering? - Audio
November 20, 2016 19:27 - 40 minutes - 9.34 MBIf you could ask God one question, what would it be? Our final sermon in our No Apologies series is driven by the single largest complaint people have with God. Why is there suffering in the world?
Only Way - One Way - Audio
November 13, 2016 19:57 - 31 minutes - 7.17 MBThat Jesus is the only way to heaven is one of the most often cited objections to Christianity. It's offensive to some because it seems so narrow-minded, arrogant and bigoted. Today's sermon continues our No Apologies series with a discussion about this argument.
Evangelism Is Dead - Audio
November 06, 2016 19:15 - 41 minutes - 9.45 MBThroughout history, Christians have evangelized. They have shared the truths of Jesus' death and resurrection. So this morning we are going to talk about what evangelism looks like today in 2016.
Bad Arguments Against Religion - Audio
October 30, 2016 18:19 - 41 minutes - 9.45 MBOur culture is changing in major way, and we must train for new types of encounters. Our culture has a split brain problem. On the one hand, our culture craves facts, evidence and technology. On the other hand, our culture believes that ethics, values and religious issues are simply personal preferences, not grounded in facts. Today's sermon addresses some of the arguments non-believers use to justify their non-belief.
Stop Reading Bible Verses - Audio
October 23, 2016 18:24 - 38 minutes - 8.81 MBThe Bible is central to the Christian Faith. Understanding what the Bible is and what it isn't, what it says and what it doesn't say, how to use it and how not to , is one of the most important lessons any of us will ever learn in relation to Christianity. Today's sermon tells us to stop reading it...and start studying it.
No Apologies - Audio
October 16, 2016 18:13 - 55 minutes - 12.7 MBToday's guest speaker, Greg Koukl, helps us to better understand the story of Jesus, in the hopes that we will be able to relay the good news to others.
Missions Emphasis - Estonia - Audio
October 09, 2016 18:24 - 48 minutes - 11 MBThis week's sermon is from Crick Porier. He and his family are our missionaries in Estonia, and he has some wonderful things to share about what God is doing through their ministry.
Missions Emphasis - Argentina - Audio
October 02, 2016 18:21 - 49 minutes - 11.4 MBWeek one of our two week emphasis on missions focuses on David Roberts' ministry in Argentina.
Happy Birthday Faith Mountain - Audio
September 25, 2016 18:22 - 58 minutes - 13.3 MBFaith Mountain is 10 years old. Today's sermon visits some of the ways that God had blessed our church over the past 10 years.
Until Death... - Audio
September 18, 2016 16:12 - 45 minutes - 10.5 MBToday's sermon is inspired by the 50th wedding anniversary of David and Johnnye Toney. Pastor Pat tells us what Jesus had to say about marriage...and divorce.
Live Together, Die Alone - Audio
September 11, 2016 18:24 - 39 minutes - 8.97 MBAs we continue our Weird Not Weird sermon series, today we talk about the weird things that churches do.
Project? Prospect? Person? - Audio
September 04, 2016 17:55 - 41 minutes - 9.54 MBWelcome to week 3 of Weird not Weird. The objective of this series is to put a spotlight on things we do and say as Christians that are weird to non-Christians. Things we do and say that might actually drive people away from considering Jesus instead of driving them to Him.
Here Come Da Judge - Audio
August 28, 2016 18:27 - 41 minutes - 9.61 MBWe are in the second week of our Weird series. We are talking about behaviors that believers fall into that make us weird to people who don't know Jesus. We have our own little language and mannerisms that are normal to us but really weird to non-Jesus people. Last week, we talked about the things we say that get in the way of our witnessing. But this week, we talk about how, more often than not, it is the things we do.
What You Talkin' 'Bout, Willis? - Audio
August 21, 2016 18:12 - 36 minutes - 8.3 MBToday's sermon is the first in a series on the idea that we, as Christians, need to be different from the world around us. Jesus' teachings have incredible value, but would not be considered normal in today's culture. In order to obey Jesus, we need to be different - we need to be weird. But is it possible that we've become the wrong kind of weird?
Don't Waste Your Life - Audio
August 14, 2016 18:03 - 40 minutes - 9.29 MBWe want our lives to count for something, toward something. As we continue our series on Genesis, we learn that God's purpose is for us to reflect Him and His glory.