Lincoln Hills Christian Church
233 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 23 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsOur heart's desire is to make disciples, who make disciples, who make disciples by helping people fall in love with the REAL Jesus.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Seduced By Sensuality
August 02, 2021 19:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week Frank brings us a message about how some people can be quick to judge others’ sins but forget that they are just as guilty as anyone else. This week scripture shows both parties a way out though through Jesus.
I Am Worried
July 26, 2021 23:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBKris discusses peoples worries of today and how Jesus wants us to approach them.
I Am Angry
July 24, 2021 16:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB“What causes people to become so angry that they act out in extreme ways? It’s likely not an isolated incident or two, but more likely the accumulation of many. You’ll never be so spiritual that you won’t become angry, but knowing how to deal with anger well is important. We can’t hold on to our anger or the devil will use it to ruin or relationship with God and others.”
I'm Vulnerable
July 13, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBOver the past few weeks we've heard about how life can be an emotional rollercoaster. In week two of this summer series we'll see how our willingness to be vulnerable with others can spare us untold amounts of heart ache and frustration.
I Am Done
July 07, 2021 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB“Life can be full of up’s and down’s. Some seasons are frustrating and can leave us totally worn out. The Old Testament prophet Isaiah could definitely relate to this feeling of utter exhaustion. At one point he was so fed up and tired that he wanted to just go off and die. When we find ourselves in similar situations God’s word has insight and hope to offer us.”
Love Your Enemies
July 01, 2021 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBIn the final message of the Strange Things series Webby tackles one of the toughest things Jesus ever said… "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” This was no easier to hear and put into practice in the first century as it is today. So, why is this important and how is it actually done?
Hate Your Family
June 22, 2021 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MB“Jesus said some crazy things, but what was he thinking when he said that if we don’t hate our families we can’t be his disciples? Was Jesus being grouchy? Was he hangry? What would cause him to say something so extreme?”
You Can't Enter The Kingdom
June 13, 2021 01:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB“Jesus said some strange things throughout his ministry. He did this to tweak our thinking on all kinds of issues. Religion without heart mind and soul isn’t enough to get someone to heaven. According to Jesus not everyone who calls him ‘Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. There must be good fruit in the life of every disciple.”
Sell Everything You Own
June 06, 2021 23:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB“Sometimes the words of Jesus have a way of boggling the mind. Throughout his ministry, Jesus said some very strange things, and in this series we will look at a few of these sayings. One day Jesus was asked how to get to heaven and he responded, “Sell your stuff.” What’s the connection? How do our possessions relate to our eternal dwelling? Would you be willing to give up your stuff in pursuit of a deeper relationship with Jesus?”
Great Fervor
May 29, 2021 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.28 MB“Apollos was a passionate follower of Jesus, but like all of us had obstacles to overcome. His love for God motivated him to share his faith with others even though he didn’t have the information. Apollos was also humble and willing to learn from other disciples who were further along in their faith. Because of Apollos great fervor for Jesus and his humility he had a great impact on the people he served."
Greatly Distressed
May 24, 2021 22:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBAs the gap between the church and the world grows, we become more like the church in Acts. So how should Christians engage with the culture
Great Number
May 17, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB“In the book of Acts we see great numbers of people coming to Jesus through the Apostle’s teachings. Even today, people living in third-world countries will travel hours from their homes just to hear the Gospel. God’s word working with God’s Spirit in God’s people can change the course of history. How can we turn more people living in America to Jesus? What kid of efforts will the hand of the Lord bless?"
Great Persecution And Joy
May 08, 2021 23:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB“In life we often find that our expectations often don’t match up with reality. Many Christians living today expect that following Jesus equates to a carefree life where things always fall your way. What we see in the Scriptures, however, reveals that expectation to be off the mark. In fact, Jesus said that students are not greater than their masters and if the master is persecuted the student should expect the same. In Acts chapter 8 we see the fulfillment of a command made years earlier in...
Great Wonders
May 02, 2021 20:00 - 11 minutes - 8.04 MB“Stephen was used by God to reach people for Jesus. He didn’t wait around for someone else to serve, he used his God given abilities to magnify the name of Jesus. God’s Spirit empowers Jesus’ followers today to spread the Gospel and advance the Kingdom of Heaven."
Great Fear
April 25, 2021 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB“It is appropriate and wise to have a reverent fear of God. After all, He dwarfs the created universe and His thoughts are far beyond our own. Great fear swept throughout the early church after an incident in which God’s people willfully chose to live in a way that dishonored and disrespected His holy name. We can not serve two masters, and the followers of Jesus must continually choose to honor him by the way they live.”
Great Power And Boldness
April 17, 2021 20:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB“In the Gospels Jesus cleared the temple and drove out the money changers with boldness. Throughout the New Testament Jesus' followers stood boldly before of rulers, courts, and authorities. Peter and John are perfect examples of God's Spirt powerfully working in God’s people in a way that led to GREAT boldness. Today, we’ll see that Jesus’ followers can’t hide their faith and seek to make disciples. When God’s people lean into His power they are able to live with boldness and accomplish His...
Greatly Disturbed
April 11, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MB"We all have things that unsettle us and drive us to action. The problem is we don’t always react in the most appropriate way and sometimes our actions can have a detrimental effect. The name of Jesus greatly disturbed the religious leaders of his day, but it inspired his followers. Jesus lead both groups to act. When the followers of Jesus stand for him in the face of fear and uncertainty they have the opportunity to show the world around them the REAL Jesus is really like.”
Great Joy
April 04, 2021 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB“For the disciples the initial scene on the first Easter morning was a somber one. Jesus' first followers rushed to the tomb only to find his body was missing. However, by the end of the day everything had changed. We’ve all had seasons of fear and frustration. Most everyone has had circumstances that left them feeling hopeless, but the lesson to be learned from Easter is Jesus brings hope to the hopeless by making sense of a senseless world.”
God's Forgiveness
March 27, 2021 22:00 - 10 minutes - 7.4 MB“There is only one God, and he loves us. He loves us so much, in fact, that He willing bore the consequences of our sins. As we conclude this series on forgiveness we will spend some time probing the depths of God’s forgiveness and its implications on our lives.”
Forgiving Ourselves
March 20, 2021 23:00 - 9 minutes - 6.54 MB“Sometimes we can forget about important things even though they are valuable to us. We’ve all forgotten where we’ve placed our glasses or our keys at one time or another. As followers of Jesus we are also likely to forget that we’ve been forgiven of our sins and we are allowed to forgive ourselves. When this happens we stop living in the present because we’ve become paralyzed by our past. Forgiveness is valuable, and Jesus followers need to remember to forgive themselves as completely as Je...
Sorry
March 06, 2021 22:00 - 11 minutes - 7.71 MBSaying, “I'm sorry," can be tough. It can be just as tough to say, “You’re forgiven.” Forgiving others might be one of the most challenging things we do, especially in light of the very real feelings of hurt and betrayal that we sometimes experience. But the fact is forgiven people forgive like Jesus forgave. So, how can the followers of Jesus do this very difficult task of extending forgiveness to others? The truth is, the power to forgive is generally not something we possess on our own bu...
Marriage In Light Of Our Mission
February 28, 2021 18:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB“There is a misconception that if couples will focus on their marriage or their family then all will be well. This is simply not the case. Humans were never intended to be the centerpiece of marriage. That special place is set aside for God, and couples who focus on pleasing Him by accomplishing His mission through their marriage find themselves falling more and more in love with one another.”
Marriage In The Light Of Christ's Example
February 21, 2021 23:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB"Our marriages should be appealing to those around us because our marriages are a snapshot of our relationship with Jesus. Not only that, Jesus modeled for believers the qualities necessary to live a Godly life and have an amazing marriage. If husbands and wives will begin imitating Jesus’ example of humility and selflessness our marriages will be healthier, and those around us will surely notice.”
Marriage In Light Of The Gospel
February 14, 2021 20:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB“What would our marriages look like if they oozed the Good News of the Gospel? Would our marriages be more inspiring to other couples and more attractive example for our kids to have as they consider a spouse? All the pieces are there, because the Gospel is about Jesus taking broken people and restoring them, and every marriage is made up of broken people. The way we interact with our spouse can be a living embodiment of the Good News!"
Us Against The World
February 04, 2021 23:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB"Marriage and family are important to the church as well as our culture, and there are a lot of misconceptions about marriage and the purpose of this relationship. In this new series of sermons we will explore the relationship of marriage through the lens of our mission to make disciples
Godly Habits
January 30, 2021 22:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB“In this message we will explore the value of three godly habits: meditation, fasting, and resting. As we develop these habits in our lives the Holy Spirit will transform our attitudes and actions to reflect Jesus way of living.”
Breaking Bad
January 24, 2021 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB“We all have existing habits that derail our ability to follow Jesus as closely as we can. This week we’ll learn how we can defuse our bad habits so that we don’t sabotage our futures or our disciple-making efforts.”
Identity
January 09, 2021 18:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB“As we attempt to get 1% better every day what we’ll probably find is change can be hard. Generally, our good intentions are thwarted and derailed by two factors. One, we don’t have a good system of improvement in place. And two, our changes are not connected to our preferred identity- the person we which to become. Today we’ll explore the fact that lasting change must be connected to our identity, and ultimately our hearts.”
Starting Small
January 02, 2021 23:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB“Scores of people come into the New Year with updated goals and fresh motivation for improvement in the year to come. However, if you are like most people your fresh motivation and new goals vanish sometime before Valentines Day. If the followers of Jesus are going to effectively make disciples (who make disciples, who make disciples) they need to develop sustainable godly habits. In part one of this series we will explore the value of a system that emphasizes the small choices, and how thos...
Creature Of Habit
January 02, 2021 23:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB“Scores of people come into the New Year with updated goals and fresh motivation for improvement in the year to come. However, if you are like most people your fresh motivation and new goals vanish sometime before Valentines Day. If the followers of Jesus are going to effectively make disciples (who make disciples, who make disciples) they need to develop sustainable godly habits. In part one of this series we will explore the value of a system that emphasizes the small choices, and how thos...
Kingdom Politics
December 24, 2020 23:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBWhat a wild ride 2020 has been! Have you been dispirited by the state of our society and the division in our country? In this message we will explore the idea of “Kingdom Politics”. This message will offer insight into the concept of human authority in the Bible, how it meets its fulfillment in Jesus, and how it impacts the way we live in light of His resurrection.
Misfit Mary
December 19, 2020 21:00 - 9 minutes - 6.39 MB“Why did God choose Mary to bring Jesus into the world? What made her so special? What set her apart from other women, and what can we learn from her story?”
The Label Changer
December 11, 2020 21:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB“People often get stamped with labels that can last a lifetime. Labels can honor us or discourage us. Jesus' family is full of people who’d been labeled in all kinds of ways. In this message we’ll see that God is eager and willing to include misfits in His story and change our existing labels.”
Ruth
December 06, 2020 18:00 - 13 minutes - 8.99 MBJesus family full tree is of people who didn’t always make the best decisions and didn’t have the best pedigree. Luckily for us, God includes people like Ruth in His plan and in His family. Belonging to the family of God is not about how good we can be but how great Jesus is.
The Family Tree
November 29, 2020 00:00 - 14 minutes - 9.91 MB“If there’s anything that the Christmas season reminds us of it is family can be messy. Every family tree has a few misfits in it, and Jesus’ family tree is no different. His lineage is made up of all kinds of foolish, shady, half-baked, hard to love people. As we jump into the Christmas season it is important to remember that belonging to God’s family has never been about our merits or what we bring to the relationship, but rather what Jesus has done for us.”
The State of the Hills
November 21, 2020 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB2020 has been a tough year for many people. COVID-19 has impacted our lives in countless ways, and lots of folks are counting down the days to 2021. They are hoping that a new year will give them a chance at a fresh start. At Lincoln Hills we are blessed, and we should be thankful. In spite of the unprecedented times we find ourselves in God has shown up, He’s protected us, and provided for us at every turn. That’s the state of our church, and we should be thankful.
Liberty And Justice For All
November 15, 2020 13:00 - 13 minutes - 9.11 MB“If the followers of Jesus are going to live under God rather than under the influence of our culture we must do so full of grace and truth. This is how Jesus lived, after all. Jesus crossed cultural lines to draw people closer to God. He called out sin while still loving and pursuing sinful people."
Indivisable
November 07, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB“Elections have winners and losers, but the followers of Jesus should remain undivided and indivisible regardless of their politics.”
Under God
October 30, 2020 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBIn this message we’ll be in part to of our “Under God” series of sermons which we are looking at the Pledge of Allegiance through the lens of the God’s Word. This week we’ll explore what it means to live under God in a culture that is becoming increasingly hostile toward him
One Nation
October 22, 2020 22:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBThis week we begin a brand new series entitled Under God? Each week we will look at a segment of the Pledge of Allegiance through the lens of Scripture. The followers of Jesus are called a chosen people, a royal priesthood, and a holy nation. As Christians we don’t just represent ourselves we represent Jesus, too. We are his ambassadors and the world will judge him by what it sees in us
Near To The Heart Of God
October 18, 2020 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBThough you may be weary, worship God. Draw near to him and He will draw near to you. The Psalmist writes "All you saints, sing your hearts out to God. Thank him to his face. He gets angry once in a while, but across a lifetime there is only love. The nights of crying your eyes out give way to days of laughter.” Psalm 30:4-5 MSG
Daily Digest
October 09, 2020 18:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB"Is it possible that if we are unsatisfied at what we feel like we are not getting out of worship here is a symptom of the worship we are not experiencing one on one with God every other day of the week? In this message, Worship Minister Ryan Lynton, will challenge you to elevate your worship throughout your week by finding a place, making the space, and going at a consistent pace.”
Inside Out
October 03, 2020 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBWorship is about more than showing up to the church building for a couple of hours during the week, and singing a few of your favorite songs. Worship is a lifestyle that the followers of Jesus live on a daily basis from the inside out. In this three-part series we’ll explore how to worship in a way that God is actually glorified and His followers are transformed to look more like Him.
Living Again
September 26, 2020 17:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBHaving spent the last several weeks unpacking what it looks like to be alive; to have real life-- some might feel discouraged about where they find themselves. Perhaps they don’t have a faith that’s producing fruit. Maybe they never really gave the reigns of their life over to Jesus. Whatever the case might be our situation is not hopeless. Because of Jesus we have the hope of living again. Nothing is too dead for the God of the universe to breath life into.
Rotten
September 19, 2020 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBWhen we don’t “die well” and subsequently hand control of our lives over to Jesus we will end up rotten. Our lives may look good on the outside, but on the inside we’ll begin to waste away. Such was the case for some of the most religious people of Jesus' day. They looked great on the outside, but on the inside… not so much. In this message we’ll see that a genuine, living faith produces fruit. Additionally, we’ll see the consequences of a life that is fruitless.
Dying Well
September 11, 2020 22:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB"Many Christians recognize that they need to die to themselves in order to follow Jesus. However, somewhere in this process they mistakenly conclude they get to determine what this looks like; they get to pick the scope of their sacrifice and the depth of their death. This simply isn’t the case. If we are to die well, we must allow the New Testament to be our guide above all else."
We Must Die
September 04, 2020 23:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBDo you want to live? Real life is found when we die to ourselves. We can’t fake it or pretend. Our dead way of living has to be put to death and buried or it will eventually kills us.
Can The Dead Live Again?
August 28, 2020 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBWhat does it mean to be alive? What does it mean to have life? Most people don’t spend much time considering questions like this because they are just too busy. Unfortunately, because many people never consider what it means to really be alive they run the risk of never really living. In this series we will unpack what the Scriptures tell us real life actually is, and how we can experience it.
Focus In The Fire
August 23, 2020 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.43 MBThis week as we conclude our look in the book of 1 Peter we’ll hear the most encouraging news you never wanted to hear. Followers of Jesus can’t exchange eternal victory for temporary peace. They must be willing to stand out and look different.