The Christians Hour

Have you ever thought about how in this world we are bound by rules?  Rules of physics, rules of order, rules of law.  Have you ever considered how belief in God, in Jesus His Son, belief in heaven, in eternity is totally outside all of those rules of reality?  So, God speaking to us is truly out of the box thinking!   This month Rick Atchley, lead minister with The Hills Church and her multiple campuses, is leading us in a series of messages that demand “out of the box” thinking: “It is Good to Hear Your Voice”.  In fact, in today’s message; “God Makes Surprise Announcements”, Rick unpacks how God want you to hear from Him because you are dear to Him.     So with a whole new realm of possibilities for a life that touches the “Supernatural” when God speaks to us, here’s Rick….

There’s a story in the Bible’s book of Numbers about a prophet of God, Balaam, who was turning a deaf ear to God’s wishes, even to the point of not seeing God’s angel.  So, to get his attention God took extreme measures and spoke through his Donkey to open Balaam’s eyes and ears.  While God may not regularly use animals, He does use many “languages” to communicate His will for us.   This month Rick Atchley, lead minister with “The Hills Church” and their multiple campuses, is leading us in a series of messages: “It is Good to Hear Your Voice”.  Jesus said, “My sheep listen to my voice, and they follow me.”  Rick’s premise through this series is: Faithful following requires careful listening, and careful listening requires intention and training.   As I understand it, one of the jobs of a hearing-aid is to reduce the background noise and give emphasis to voices needing to be heard.   So… here’s Rick with a spiritual “hearing-aid” of sorts…

So, here’s a question for you:  Will you continue to call or text someone who “ghosts you?  Will you continue to try to build a relationship with someone that never responds when you reach out?    This month Rick Atchley, lead minister with The Hills Church and her multiple campuses, is leading us in a series of messages: “It is Good to Hear Your Voice”.  Rick’s premise through this series is: the Christian Life is a dynamic relationship with a personal savior, if it is not, it will not thrive.  Hearing God’s voice is normal and critical to discipleship.    Jesus said: “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” John 10:27, however, so often, we choose to let the ambient noise of our lives drown out the “Voice of God.”  Getting better at hearing Jesus has to be imperative to us.  We must intend to improve our hearing!   So, with a hearing test with eternal implications, here’s Rick Atchley…

Love and War, Light and Darkness, Assurance and Conviction these are all great contrasts that could describe the Apostle John’s writing in the Bible’s book of 1st John.  If you have read John’s writings you might have noticed that while he focuses a lot on “Love”, he also writes of contrasts, such as these.   This month, Aaron Brockett, lead minister with Trader’s Point Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana will be helping us wrap our hearts and heads around the contrasts of 1st John.    My granddaughter and I have a little word game we play.  We will ask each other; “are you sure?”, “are you really sure?”, “are you absolutely sure?” In today’s message Aaron unpacks how John helps us answer the eternal version of that question… “Are you sure?”, “Are you really sure?”, “Are you absolutely sure?”

Love and War, sounds like a great name for a novel, doesn’t it?  At the same time, it is a great way to sum up the Bible’s book or letter of 1st John.  If you have read John’s writings you might have noticed that he talks about love.  You might also note he writes of contrasts; light and darkness, assurance and conviction, love and war.    This month, Aaron Brockett, lead minister with Trader’s Point Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana will be helping us wrap our hearts and heads around the contrasts of 1st John.    Do you feel it?  Tension, I mean.  It’s all around us and in us.  How about the tension of standing before the Son of God to give answer to the life you have lived.  In today’s lesson the Apostle John is going to break the tension by teaching us how we can have confidence as we approach the judgment seat of Jesus.  So… here’s Aaron with 4 Assurances from 1st John that will help to break the tension and give us hope as we anticipate the day we find ourselves face to face…

Love and War, sounds like a great name for a novel, doesn’t it?  At the same time, it is a great way to sum up the Bible’s book or letter of 1st John.  If you have read John’s writings you might have noticed that he talks about love.  You might also note he writes of contrasts; light and darkness, assurance and conviction, love and war.    This month, Aaron Brockett, lead minister with Trader’s Point Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana will be helping us wrap our hearts and heads around the contrasts of 1st John.    Here’s a hard question for you, make that 2:  Do you think it is possible to live in the world without being influenced by it values and desires?  How can you balance engaging with the world and abiding in and seeking God?   Stumped?  Here’s Aaron to help find some clarity in the writings of Jesus disciple John…

Love and War, sounds like a great name for a novel, doesn’t it?  At the same time it is a great way to sum up the Bible’s book or letter of 1st John, written by the Apostle John.  If you have read John’s writings you might have noticed that he talks about love.  In fact, in John’s Gospel, John 3:16 is known by many who do not claim to be religious people.  “For God so Loved the World…”  Yet in 1st John, he writes of contrasts; light and darkness, assurance and conviction, love and war.    This month, Aaron Brockett, lead minister with Trader’s Point Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana will be helping us wrap our hearts and heads around the contrasts of 1st John.    So what do Light and darkness, assurance and conviction, and love and war have to do with our relationship with God?  To shed some love and light on the subject with the Best News Ever, here’s Aaron…

For many people the New Year is a great time to Detoxify from all the overeating during the Holidays.  Perhaps January might be a great time to Spiritually “Detox” as well.    This month on TCH we have been hearing from Gene Appel and Mike Breaux.  Gene and Mike minister with East Side Christian Church with Multiple Campuses in Southern California, Nevada, and Minnesota.   The foundational definition for our journey this month is we are a Soul that happens to have a body.  There are a great many things that can be toxic to our Soul.  Things that clog us up, weigh us down, cloud our spiritual vision.  Things like say, a hurried over packed life, a tortured Soul, a heavy heart, even a cluttered mind.  All this month we’re looking at how we can detoxify our souls and impower our relationship with God.   Have you ever noticed how we can grow callused to the clutter around us to where we don’t even notice, yet it still inhibits how well we can work and act.  In today’s message Mike Breaux shares how we can get out of old, destructive ruts and clear the clutter.  So, here’s Mike with a recipe for rut jumping, clutter clearing, Mind cleansing detoxification…

For many people the month of January is a month to Detoxify from all the over eating during the Holidays.  Perhaps January might be a great time to Spiritually “Detox” as well.    This month on TCH we are 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 a great many things that can be toxic to our Spiritual walk.  Things that clog us up, weigh us down, cloud our spiritual vision.  Things like say, a hurried over packed life, a tortured Soul, a heavy heart, even a cluttered mind.  All this month we’re looking at how we can detoxify our souls and impower our relationship with God.   Okay, the foundational definition for our journey this month is we are a Soul that happens to have a body, and at the heart of our burdens, pun intended, can be a “heavy heart”.   So to help us “lighten the load”, here’s Gene Appel.

It’s a thing… after the holidays, at the start of the New Year there are a lot of people hoping to start “a-new”, clean out the ole blood stream, detoxify!  You know, this might be a great time to Spiritually “Detox” as well?   All this month on TCH we are 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 unpacking how we can detoxify our souls.    Harboring a secret sin, or an unresolved hurt can be poison to our souls, they can be torture!  But there is a way out, resolution, a way to Detoxify.  Going beyond forgiveness, here’s Gene Appel with a tough but effective, Biblical way to detox our tortured souls.