Northwest Christian Church Podcasts

When the apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonian church, he emphasized that those who know God must live to please Him. Pleasing God is supposed to be the guiding principle of balanced Christian behavior. While our standing with God is not based on keeping His commands, if we love Him we will seek to delight Him through our attitudes and actions.

There are two fundamental ways to change a person. You can exert power and change their behavior on the outside or you can exert influence and change them on the inside. The only REAL change, though, comes from the inside. Just because someone changes their behavior on the outside doesn’t mean they have actually changed. The Apostle Paul effected more change in people than just about anyone else in history. Today we talk about HOW he did it!

We all know what it’s like to be falsely accused and then need to defend ourselves. It can be a tough experience and was a situation the Apostle Paul had to confront often in his ministry. In 1 Thessalonians 2, Paul really ramps up the self-defense, but why? What is he trying to do and, honestly, why should we care? Does it make any sort of difference to us today?

Today's guest speaker is Danny Gilroy from Montgomery, Alabama. Mr. Gilroy is a motivational speaker with a Master of Arts in Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary.

If you’re a big fan of UGA football, how do people know? You probably have some UGA swag somewhere. You’ve got a T-shirt or a hat, or maybe you’ve even painted your house in red, black, and gray. People can likely tell, just by looking, what team you root for. In 1 Thessalonians chapter 1, Paul talks about three things that identify those early believers that allowed people to know who they followed, just by looking at them!

Have you ever walked into the middle of a conversation and didn’t fully understand what was being said because you only heard part of the discussion? Many of the “books” of the New Testament are letters that are part of a conversation between church leaders and churches. To understand what is going on and what is said we need to know the whole conversation. As we launch a brand new series on 1 Thessalonians, we begin by looking at 4 key conversations between Paul and this brand new church.

Most every Christian knows they should love God more. We know we’re supposed to pray more and read our bibles more and all those things. We know what we are SUPPOSED to do but sometimes we just don’t feel like it. How can we want to love and pray and read and worship more? Psalm 143 gives us a plan to follow!

"Therefore, go..." Famous last words, to be sure. Perhaps some of the most famous last words of all. Jesus spoke these fateful words just as He was leaving this earth and now we are tasked with fulfilling them while we await His return. So, how do we do it? What does it mean in 21st Century America? How and where do we go? This week, Sergio Alvarado shares a powerful message of hope and courage, telling us to "Go!"

Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? The French painter Paul Gauguin famously scrawled these words in the corner of his painting by the same name. They’re powerful questions asked by people everywhere. If only Gauguin and others had looked in Psalm 139, they would have found the answers to those powerful questions.

Northwest Elder Kevin Heid brings the message as we continue our series in Psalms.