Life Chapel Toledo

It Ain't Over: Resurrection Sunday

It Ain't Over: God Uses Weird Weapons

It Ain't Over: Just Because It Stinks Doesn't Mean It's Dead

It Ain't Over: The Banner Still Flies

Outside on the Inside: Outside FOR the Inside

Pastor Tony Suarez

Midweek: Sex, Gender, Life: The Idol of Marriage

Outside on the Inside: Lonely In a Crowded Room

OUTSIDE ON THE INSIDE: LONELY IN A CROWDED ROOM SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2021 1 Kings 19:1-18 Contributing factors to the loneliness epidemic: 1. Social Media 2. Breakdown In Family Structure 3. Larger Societal Change (Industrial to digital economy) The attributes that cause loneliness are part of human nature. 1 Kings 19:3 Reasons we are outside on the inside: 1. We are afraid 1 Kings 19:13-14 2. We think we’re alone Romans 3:10-12,23 1 Kings 19:15-16 The cure to loneliness is pouri...

Bonuscast Ep. 24

Outside On The Inside: Let The Church Be The Church

Bonuscast Ep. 23

Midweek: Sex, Gender, and Life: Transgender

Midweek: Sex, Gender, and Life: Gender Roles

A Time To Build: Building A Spiritual Legacy

A TIME TO BUILD: BUILDING A SPIRITUAL LEGACY Sunday, February 28, 2021 We all want and hope to leave something behind besides a tombstone. Jesus gives us the principle that if we will seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, everything else we need will be added to us. (Matthew 6:33) A legacy is something handed down from the past. A spiritual legacy is faith being handed down from one generation to the next, from parents to children. 2 Timothy 1:5 Noah started off hearing ...

A Time To Build: Radical Obedience

TIME TO BUILD: RADICAL OBEDIENCE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2021 Genesis 6:22 This verse is just a few words, but when you consider the size of God’s request - this is HUGE! Disobedience is the cause for ALL of the pain in the world today. It started with Adam and Eve disobeying God and we are still feeling the effects of it today. King Saul is disobedient and the prophet Samuel came to deliver a message from God: 1 Samuel 15:22-23 Obedience is better than sacrifice.  Hebrews 11 is referre...

Bonuscast Ep. 22

Midweek: Sex, Gender, and Life: Who is eligible for human rights?

It's Time To Build: Hearing The Voice Of God

A TIME TO BUILD: HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD Sunday, February 14, 2021 Genesis 6:13-22 Noah builds this boat; and I have to believe at times he was discouraged, fearful, tired, probably even confused. But, he kept building because he heard the voice of God. In the midst of God speaking there is brief mention of a coming covenant that wouldn’t come for another 100 years or more. Genesis 9:8-11 Because Noah heard the voice of God and followed God’s clear and concise plan, God established a ...

Bonuscast Ep. 21

Midweek: Sex, Gender, and Life: Biblical Foundations

It's Time To Build: Favor Is Our Framework

Sunday, February 7, 2021 How do we navigate the age in which we live? We can play hide and seek with the devil and hope he doesn’t find us. We can stick our head in the sand and act like nothing is happening. We can rise up as righteous people and watch God use us to do something great! This is a Time to Build! Genesis 6:5-9 1. Wickedness is not hopelessness (v.5-7) In Genesis 1:31 God finished His six creative days, looked it over and said, “This is Good.” God was grieved at the si...

Bonuscast Ep. 20

Midweek: Sex, Gender, Life: Worldviews

The Church Is Alive! Featuring Brooke Perry

Bonuscast Ep. 19

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BE YE HOLY I AM HOLY: Pursuing Personal Holiness

HOLY, I AM, BE YE SERIES PURSUING PERSONAL HOLINESS  Sunday, January 17, 2021 As the world becomes more and more unholy you and I must become more and more aware of our relationship to Jesus and that is measured by our personal holiness. Hebrews 12:14 Leviticus 19:1-2 Romans 12:2 Titus 2:11-14 How do we move from sinfulness to sanctification? We should live a holy life separated from the world. How do we separate ourselves from the world? Colossians 3:2 Jesus warns us about losin...

BE YE HOLY I AM HOLY: Protecting The Holy

HOLY - I AM, BE YE SERIES: PROTECTING THE HOLY Sunday, January 24, 2021 We must protect that which is sacred. 1. Don’t make the holy common 2 Kings 20:12-17 Holiness is a treasure that we should protect as such.  2. Make sure your motive is pure Part of protecting the holy is to keep it sacred and live it out in honor to God. Matthew 6:1-4 Matthew 6:16-18 Your motive matters 3.  Build healthy, spiritual boundaries Deuteronomy 22:8 Although this was a law that pointed to a physic...

Bonuscast Ep. 17

BE YE HOLY I AM HOLY: The Holiness of God

BOLD: FAITH

BOLD FAITH Sunday, November 22, 2020 As believers, if there is anything we should be known for it should be “Bold Faith.” Matthew 8:5-13 1. Bold Faith is revealed in your actions! James 2:18 2. Bold Faith is rooted in revelation! Hebrews 11:1 “For the modern world will accept no dogmas upon any authority; but it will accept any dogmas upon no authority.”  —G.K. Chesterton 3. Bold Faith responds in radical obedience. 2 Chronicles 20:20 God wants to do great things but He’s waiting...

Bonuscast Ep. 16: Logan Hecklinger and Gentry Perry finally put their feud to rest

BOLD: FOCUS

BOLD FOCUS Sunday, November 15, 2020 The writer of the Song of Solomon gives us a hidden nugget in 2:15 - It’s the little foxes that spoil the vines.  Most of our distractions are not huge, glaring issues.  They are small things and the many small things become a part of a greater problem. The church has an option right now!  You and I are in the midst of a choice.  It’s as though we are in the middle of the slow motion movie bit where we will choose to stay focused on Jesus or get distra...

Bonuscast Ep. 15: We finally break down and share our thoughts about the shutdowns

Bonuscast Ep. 14: Special Guest Gentry Perry

BOLD: PEACE

BOLD: PEACE Exodus 20:18-20 Deuteronomy 31:6 Matthew 6:25 Isaiah 41:10 Isaiah 40:27-29 1: Know who’s in control. 2: Remember the plan. Isaiah 41:11-13 “He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.” 1 Peter 1:3-4 “Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philippians 3:20 “May the God of hope ...

BOLD: CONVICTIONS

BOLD CONVICTIONS Sunday, November 1, 2020 Daniel prophecies about the age in which we live and talks about how the enemy will wear out the saints. That refers to persecution, or a chiseling away, until they surrender.  How should we live in this present world? Daniel 3:16-18 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego had a conviction about worship and refused to surrender to the pressure to worship anyone or anything other than the one true God. Daniel 6:10  Daniel had a conviction about prayer...

Bonuscast Ep. 12: Special Guest Logan Hecklinger

BOLD: WORSHIP

BOLD: WORSHIP SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2020 1: We believe worship is the standard heart posture for the Christian, meaning everything we do in life we do as an act of worship to the almighty God. 2: We believe that corporate worship, that is worship with the body of believers, is a special moment to interact with the Holy Spirit in a way that can strengthen and encourage us as a body of believers. 3: We believe worship requires expression. This means that while there are times for meditation,...

BOLD: THOUGHTS

BOLD THINKING Sunday, October 18, 2020 By the very nature of our position in God we should be bold believers. At Life Chapel we are all about, “Encountering Jesus and Empowering People to change everything”. When we see with eyes of faith, our heart leaps toward bold thinking. What stands in the way of you thinking big, bold, audacious thoughts? 1. Your mental diet     Joshua 1:8 - Meditate on the Word and be       successful      Psalms 1:3 - Meditate on the Word and prosper      Phili...

Bold: Thoughts

BOLD THINKING Sunday, October 18, 2020 By the very nature of our position in God we should be bold believers. At Life Chapel we are all about, “Encountering Jesus and Empowering People to change everything”. When we see with eyes of faith, our heart leaps toward bold thinking. What stands in the way of you thinking big, bold, audacious thoughts? 1. Your mental diet     Joshua 1:8 - Meditate on the Word and be       successful      Psalms 1:3 - Meditate on the Word and prosper      Phili...

Bonuscast Ep. 11

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Bonuscast Ep. 9: Nana and Papa Perry!

Better Together: The Blood and The Body

BETTER TOGETHER: BLOOD AND BODY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2020 1 Timothy 3:14 Paul is giving instruction to Timothy You will manifest, what you put your eyes on. What is poured into you, will pour out of you. If we are not rightly connected to Jesus, we cannot rightly manifest Jesus. Luke 22:14 If you miss the demonstration He shows us when He goes to the cross, then you will miss that the resurrecting power residing in Him also resides in you. And instead of living with power you live as a ...

Better Together: Pastor Sharon

Bonuscast Ep. 8

Better Together: We Need One Another

BETTER TOGETHER WE NEED ONE ANOTHER Sunday, September 20, 2020 Proverbs 27:17 Many of the stories in the Bible revolve around groups of people functioning together for a common good and a common goal.  When the people of Israel gathered on the Sabbath they made their way to the Temple singing as they went. These are called the Songs of Ascent.  Psalms 122:1 Psalms 124:8 Psalms 126:3 Psalms 133:1 The Lord's Prayer is not a solo prayer. Matthew 6:9-13 (Look for words "Our", "Us", a...

Bonuscast Ep.7: New Times For Everything! Nuclear Family Followup

Better Together: The Idol Of The Nuclear Family

Matthew 12:46, 48-50 ESV The real sin of marriage today is not adultery or lack of ‘adjustment’ or ‘mental cruelty.’ It is the idolization of the family itself, the refusal to understand marriage as directed toward the Kingdom of God… It is not the lack of respect for the family, it is the idolization of the family that breaks the modern family so easily, making divorce its almost natural shadow. Alexander Schmemann, For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy 1: Idolizing the nuc...