The Christians Hour

The holidays are over, the relatives have gone home, you’re recovering from so much turkey and Christmas goodies… For many the new year is a time to “Detox”.  Perhaps this might be a great time to Spiritually “Detox” as well.    This month on TCH we will be hearing from Gene Appel and Mike Breaux.  Gene and Mike minister with East Side Christian Church with Campuses in Southern California, Nevada, and Minnesota.    There are many things that can be toxic to our Spiritual walk.  You know what I mean, things that clog us up, weigh us down, cloud our spiritual vision.  Things like a hurried over packed life, a tortured Soul, a heavy heart, even a cluttered mind.  This month we’re taking a look at how we can detoxify our souls and impower our relationship with God.    It's called Hurry Sickness and it is embedded in our Culture.  But it can be distracting, detrimental, even deadly to our souls.  Here’s Mike Breaux to coach us into a new, less maddening pace of life…

All through the month of December we have been taking in the good news brought to the shepherds by the Angels on the night of Jesus’ birth.  But here we are, following all the celebrations of Christmas, and like those shepherds on that incredible night so long ago, the question remains; what, now?   This week we welcome a message by Bob Russell; “After the Angels have Gone”.    Bob, served as the pastor of Southeast Christian Church for 40 years before retiring.  Southeast, one of the largest churches in America, is located in Louisville, Kentucky.    Feel the moment?  The year is over, the holiday celebrations and visits are behind us and now 2024 ominously looms ahead.  Do you find yourself wondering; “wow, what now?”  I wonder?, I’d even bet, the shepherds, on the night of Jesus arrival felt something similar.  So, with a road map gleaned from those shepherds of old of how to navigate from here, here is Bob Russell

Joyful Christmas!  Our prayer this Christmas season is that the reminder of the birth of Christ serves to reignite your passion to respond to Christ’s love daily, and that your hope for eternity will be renewed to dominate your heart and mind!   What should be “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year; is for some of us overshadowed by Stress, Anxiety, Isolation or loneliness, Depression.  Sometimes, making our way through the Holidays we just need to be reminded what this celebration is all about.  So let’s pause, take a deep breath and listen to some Good News!    Our speaker, this month is Ben Cachiaras, lead minister with Mountain Christian Church, Joppa, Maryland.    It has been said; Happiness comes from what happens to you from without, Joy comes from what is within.  Real Joy comes from a relationship with the God who designed you to walk in His Joy.  So, it should be no surprise that the coming of Jesus continues to be news of Great Joy, here’s Ben to explain…

Here it is, the Holiday Season is underway.  And what should be “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year; is for some of us overshadowed by Stress, Anxiety, Isolation or loneliness, Depression.  Sometimes, making our way through the Holidays we just need to be reminded what this celebration is all about.  So let’s pause, take a deep breath and listen to some Good News!    Our speaker, this month is Ben Cachiaras, lead minister with Mountain Christian Church, Joppa, Maryland.  Ben is sharing how we can find nearness to God, and through Him; this week, Peace.    Peace… on earth?  Maybe a better description of this world as we know it is “Troubled”!  We struggle to find peace in our heads and our hearts but end up more divided inside and from one another.  So… with direction, where to find a place where our spirits will not be troubled about trouble, here’s Ben.

Here it is, the Holiday Season!  Thanksgiving in the rear-view mirror, and the Christmas Season is underway.  What should be “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year; is for some of us overshadowed by Stress, Anxiety, Isolation or loneliness, Depression.  Sometimes, going into the Holidays we just need to be reminded what this celebration is all about.  So let’s pause, take a breath and listen to some Good News!    Today, our speaker, Ben Cachiaras, lead minister with Mountain Christian Church, Joppa, Maryland is sharing how we can find nearness to God, and through Him; Hope.    I guess you could say that Hope is belief in something, someone bigger than the situation we are in or the obstacles we face.  Hope must be founded in something bigger.  So, here’s Ben with someone “Bigger”!

Welcome to TCH.  You’re listening to the Christian’s Hour Program, I’m Stan Smelser, program host.   Here it is, the Holiday Season!  Thanksgiving in the rear-view mirror, and the Christmas Season is underway.  What should be “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year; is for some of us overshadowed by Stress, Anxiety, Isolation or loneliness, Depression.  Add to all of that, since the pandemic, some of us still feel the distance that came from that period of our lives.  Wow!  Let’s take a minute and rethink this a bit.  Maybe, just maybe we’re looking at this whole Holiday thing all wrong?    Sometimes, going into the Holidays we just need to be reminded what this celebration is all about.  So let’s pause, take a breath and listen to some Good News!  Good News that God is near, God is not distant and in fact, like the Christmas Carol reminds us, “Emmanuel”… God is with us!    Over the next few weeks Ben Cachiaras, the lead minister with Mountain Christian Church, Joppa, Maryland will be unpacking how we can find the nearness of God, and through Him; Hope, Joy, New Beginnings if we just take time to notice.    So…  when it seems we live in a world that is distanced here’s some really Good News about how God wants to come near to us, in fact some really Good News that God has come, is here, and that’s Christmas!

Welcome to the Christian’s Hour broadcast, I’m program host Stan Smelser and from all of us at The Christians Hour, we pray you have had a Happy Thanksgiving!   Few other two-word combinations can change your life like “Thank you”.  They change your perspective, they fuel compassion, they fuel generosity, they sweep away entitlement, they connect us to our good, good, father.  They can steer our course, if we let them.   This week, Pastor Mike Breaux peals back the layers of what incredible power is wielded by a thankful heart, and how, according to the Bible’s book of Philippians, we can “grow” that power inside of us.   So… with the answer to the age-old question; what is God’s will for my life, here’s Mike Breaux…

The Gospel of Grace can do what no other “Good News” or Gospel can do.  It not only saves us from our sins, but it saves us FOR a life of freedom and service.  It rescues us!    Rick Atchley, the lead minister at The Hills Church, with multiple campuses throughout the Fort Worth, Texas area today concludes his series of messages entitled “Rescued”.     In today’s message, Rescued, for Life in the Spirit, from the Bible’s book or letter to the Galatians, Chapter 5; Rick explains how Christlikeness is a pursuit, but also a promise.    So… exploring spiritual change from the inside out; here’s Rick Atchley.

No other “Good News” or Gospel can do what the Gospel of Grace can do. It not only saves us from our sins, but it saves us FOR a life of freedom and service.  It rescues us!    Rick Atchley, the lead minister at The Hills Church, with multiple campuses throughout the Fort Worth, Texas area in this series of messages is unpacking for us, how the book of Galatians reminds us of the gift and responsibility of being “Rescued”.     Ever been so frustrated, that you feel like you are at the end of your rope, so to speak, and had to “Take Matters into Your Own Hands”?    Today, from Galatians 4, Rick takes a look at how not “keeping the faith” and “helping God out” can bring “toxic” side-effects into our attempt to be religious.  So, with a clarifying look at how the Holy Spirit and the Cross set us free and keep us free, here’s Rick Atchley.

No other “Good News” or Gospel can do what the Gospel of Grace can do. It not only saves us from our sins, but it saves us FOR a life of freedom and service.  It rescues us!    Rick Atchley, the lead minister at The Hills Church, with multiple campuses throughout the Fort Worth, Texas area in this series of messages is unpacking for us, how the book of Galatians reminds us of the gift and responsibility of being “Rescued”.     So; do you remember when your obedience to your parents became motivated by your love for them instead of threat of correction or punishment?   In today’s message, Rick sheds light on how God’s laws and grace  bring us to maturity and give us Hope.  So here’s Rick with a look through a spiritual “rear view mirror” at rules, grace, obedience and love…