Mortality has its way — we age, strength ebbs, self assurance fades, we sense how temporary this life is and begin to focus on eternity. God told Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

Are you just barely getting by as a Christian? Do you feel you’re swimming upstream? Greg uses cockroachs, squirrels and eagles as analogies of three levels of Christianity.

Externalism is the idea that doing things enhances our relationship with God.  But is that true — does doing things gain God’s favor?

Do you sometimes feel like you’re playing a religious game?  Do you do things that you think will appease God and then other times try to cover up other things you’ve done so God won’t discover you?  This program will help you “get real.”

In this tongue in cheek program Greg tells you how you can start a religion — after all, many others have.  In this talk Greg illustrates the pitfalls and potholes of religion for authentic Christians.

Galatians 5:1 tells each of us that freedom is available to us if we accept it.  “It’s for freedom that Christ has set us free.  Stand firm then and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”  You can be free in Christ.

Can a Christian live anyway they like, walk on the wild side, live a permissive and immoral lifestyle and say they are justified in doing so because of God’s grace?  Is it possible they really are in Christ?  How can they be saved if all of the evidence is to the contrary?

In Galatians 5 Paul tells us to stand firm and not let ourselves be bound again in a yoke of slavery.  What is this yoke of slavery Paul is talking about, and what does standing firm in God’s grace mean?  This is a critically important subject for Christians.

Mentioning the term, “ten commandments” guarantees a reaction. Some feel we need them as a guide for living — others do not. That brings up the question, “Are the ten commandments required for Christians?” The answer to that question is important. Be sure to listen.

In our world of advertising and spin doctoring truth is replaced with distortion and lies.  But then sometimes truth can be difficult — hard to deal with.  Can you handle the truth?  What is truth?

One of the biggest objections many have to God’s grace is where they think it leads?  Do you know where it leads?  Do you fully understand the implications of the grace God offers us?

There is much to learn from Jesus’ example when we consider prayer, and that’s what Greg talks about in today’s program.  Don’t miss it!

Oh my God, help me! In dire straits even an atheist may call out to God in prayer. What is the purpose of prayer? Greg talks about kinds of prayer and the purpose of prayer.

Some people really don’t know how to pray.  In this program Greg explores what the Bible tells us about praying.

Does prayer really work?  Is God really listening?  Are you seeing the proof that he is listening?

Just how does one become connected to God?  And what is the nature of that connection?  You may be surprised at what God has in mind for you!

We will ponder what it means to be a citizen of heaven while residing on planet earth.

Loyalty to country – faith in God.  Are they one and the same?  Many, in the name of Jesus, tell you they are.  But kingdoms are in conflict and the greatest conflict of all is that between earthly kingdoms and our heavenly kingdom.

We can have political and economic freedom, but remain enslaved to false religion. Of all freedoms, freedom in Christ is the most cherished and prized of all.

Galatians 5:1 tells us that it is for freedom that Christ has set us free. In today’s sermon Pastor Greg highlights that freedom in contrast to the bondage of religion.

Did you know that among the all-stars of faith memorialized in Hebrews 11 that two liars are listed?

How big is God?  What does God look like?  We humans struggle to answer those questions and when we do we minimize and constrain God.  We’re trying to put God in a box.  Any image of God is an illusion and obscures God, so what question should we be asking?

Oppression of all sorts made the 20th century one of refugees and aliens.  Slavery, bondage and captivity are also familiar themes in the Bible and God reveals himself as the one who rescues and frees.  Scripture says that it is for freedom that Christ has made us free.

Ironically, gossip and slander flourish in church settings — in religious environments.  The stories told frequently involve someone who has failed to meet a religious standard — who hasn’t reached a religious bar.  Don’t miss this important program about gossip and slander.

Tens of millions approach eternal life just as they do their money. They think that they must earn eternity and pay their way into heaven by amassing a huge treasure chest of good deeds we’ve done — a massive bank account of works. That’s religion, not Christianity.

Paper or plastic? The answer boils down to personal preference.  Many seeing the shortcomings of Christianity say, “I’m spiritual, but I’m not religious and I’m not Christian.” Is being spiritual good enough?  Is it the same kind of personal preference as “Paper or Plastic?”

Can you find spirituality in religion?  Can you find the answer in religion?  Can religion save you?  Can religion answer your deepest needs.

Good news and bad news.  North Americans are becoming more aware of their spiritual needs.  The bad news is that religion is thriving.  Greg talks about how religion can be a destructive coverup in this first program in a 2 program series.

Greg explores the vast chasm between the old covenant and the new covenant and why we desperately need the new covenant.  In Jesus, God came to change everything — giving us a new and much better deal.  Don’t miss this program!

Within Christianity there is much confusion about the old and new covenants — about what they are and about how a Christian relates to those covenants.  Hear Greg today as he talks about the new covenant in the first of a two program series called – The New Deal.

In Christ, fathers can be gracious without being weak, courageous but not insipid, and strong without being overbearing. As we honor earthly fathers let’s consider what God can do in and through them.

Fatherhood has fallen on hard times. This Father’s Day we need the viewpoint of God as self-imparting Father wholly devoted to those to whom he gives life.

Jesus tells us to travel the narrow road of life and avoid the broad road that leads to destruction. Is it only the “eat, drink and be merry” folks on that broad road leading to destruction? Could religious legalists also be on it?

The heretical basis for almost all cults is their legalism and religionism, their works-based approach to salvation with an emphasis on keeping the rules.  These are critical and major perversions of the biblical teaching that Jesus equals salvation – period.

Cults, new age groups and religion in general – as distinct from NT Christianity – thrive in the spiritual wilderness of our society where the gospel of Jesus Christ has been devalued by our culture.

The message of Jesus Christ has been perverted and twisted into unbelievable ideas yet tens of millions of people are caught up in these cultic beliefs, in part, because cults use manipulative bait-and-switch tactics.

It’s been said many times — cults and cultic ideas are the unfinished business of the church — that if the church did a better job, cults wouldn’t be growing so fast. Do you agree? Just why are cults so successful? Don’t miss this first of a 4 program series on cults.

Legalism can turn us into hard hearted, narrow minded, spiteful and judgmental people. It’s a serious problem for Christians because it separates us from the intimacy with Christ and others we were meant to have. In this program Greg talks about the good news that Jesus Christ is.

Greg counts himself as a survivor of legalism. In this first of two programs he reveals from his own experience some of legalism’s disguises and the harm lurking under those disguises.