The Christians Hour

Bob Russell, Tim Harlow, Rick Atchley, Ben Cachiaras, Aaron Brockett, and Gene Appel

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October 12, 2023

Trust is a fragile thing: it’s hard to earn and easy to lose. All of us have trust issues—with people, organized religion, and even God himself.  This is the final installment of 3 messages getting honest about our trust issues, and discovering how God is ultimately the only one worthy of our trust.

 

In this concluding message in this series, Aaron Brockett, lead minister with Trader’s Point Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana tackles how trusting God requires us to wrestle with our own trust baggage to develop an authentic, intimate, trust relationship with God. And how, for some of us, this can be challenging.

 

So… with a road map for growing deep foundational trust, by getting real and authentic in our relationship with God, here's Aaron...

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Trust is a fragile thing: it’s hard to earn and easy to lose. All of us have trust issues—with people, organized religion, and even God himself.  This month we’re on the second of 3 messages that are getting honest about our trust issues, and we’re finding how God is ultimately the only one worthy of our trust.   Today, Aaron Brockett, lead minister with Trader’s Point Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana contends that it is a given that where there are relationships, conflict is inevitable.  And that way we disagree can break trust or build it.   When it comes to building trust, maybe we need to ask ourselves, what is the trust of others worth to us?  So… helping us wrestle with the concept of whether trust requires interpersonal conflict and what that looks like, here’s Aaron…
October 5, 2023
Trust is a fragile thing: it’s hard to earn and easy to lose. All of us have trust issues—with people, organized religion, and even God himself.  This month we have 3 messages that will get honest about our trust issues, and we take look at how God is ultimately the only one worthy of our trust.   This month, Aaron Brockett, lead minister with Trader’s Point Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana will be helping us tackle the question of trust.  We know we don’t come into the world with trust issues, we develop them. Trust issues occur when someone you felt close to hurts you, disappoints you, or lets you down in some way.   The breaking of trust, it could be intentional or unintentional—it doesn’t really matter. When trust is broken, a relational debt develops;  so… with the nitty, gritty of balancing trust in relationships here’s Aaron…
September 28, 2023
Jesus was a master communicator.  He used objects, humor, current events, historical reference, and poetry. But most of all, he told stories.  He knew that stories were impactful in the hearts and minds of people, that they remembered stories. He also knew that they were a way to help them gain a greater understanding about life: life with God, life with each other.   Our speakers this month; Mike Breaux and Gene Appel from East Side Christian Church in Anaheim, California, are sharing a few of deep powerful stories of Jesus, unpacking His teaching and the incredible impact they can have on our lives!   So… If God’s word was a seed, how well would it be growing in your soul?  Could it use a bit of Miracle-Grow?  …with a bit of spiritual gardening advice here’s Mike Breaux!
September 21, 2023
Jesus was a master communicator.  He used objects, humor, current events, historical reference, and poetry. But most of all, he told stories.  He knew that people remember stories. He also knew that they were a way to reach people where they were living, help them see themselves in the story, and gain a greater understanding about life: life with God, life with each other.   Our speakers this month; Mike Breaux and Gene Appel from East Side Christian Church in Anaheim, California, are sharing deep powerful stories of Jesus unpacking His teaching and the incredible impact they can have on our lives!   Who is my neighbor?  Now there is a loaded question!  Especially in light of the conversation that question came from.  And the answer was way more than simple…  So with a look at the story that answers the question, here’s Gene.
September 14, 2023
Jesus was a master communicator and one of His primary communication tools was, he told stories. He knew that people remember stories. He also knew that they were a way to reach people where they were living, help them see themselves in the story, and gain a greater understanding about life: life with God, life with each other.   Our speakers this month; Mike Breaux and Gene Appel from East Side Christian Church in Anaheim, California, are sharing deep powerful stories of Jesus unpacking His teaching and the incredible impact they can have on our lives!   So, what do Jesus, a lost sheep, a lost coin, and a lost son all have in common?  Would you believe you and me?  Here’s Gene Appel to shed some light on the commonality and God’s Good News for us…
September 7, 2023
“Stories” are all around us. They move us, make us feel alive, they inspire us.  Jesus was a master communicator and one of His primary communication tools was, he told stories. He knew that people remember stories. He realized that they were a way to reach people where they were living, help them see themselves in the story, and gain a greater understanding about life: life with God, life with each other.   Our speakers this month; Mike Breaux and Gene Appel from East Side Christian Church in Anaheim, California, are sharing deep powerful stories of Jesus unpacking His teaching and the incredible impact they can have on our lives!   So… with arrogance, pride and superiority pointing to “those people” on one side and grace, forgiveness, justice, goodness and graciousness for everyone on the other, here’s Mike Breaux to sort it all out…
August 31, 2023
Signs are… a good share of us are struggling… that is, if we were to be really honest about our mental health.  It’s kinda like this, if our mental health were a garden we would be doing our best to be showing roses, knowing full well we are dealing with weeds in our garden.  Just know this though; if you're struggling with worry, anxiety, stress, burnout, or something more - you're not alone. In fact, being honest about what we're struggling with is the first step towards healing.   Our speaker this month, Ben Cachiaras, is the lead minister with Mountain Christian Church, Joppa, Maryland.  This week Ben takes a look at how God can Release and Remove the weeds from our lives.. if we just let Him!   So, with advice from the “Good Gardener”, Jesus; here’s Ben… 
August 24, 2023
There are a lot of signs that a good share of us are struggling… if we were to be really honest about our mental health.  It’s kinda like this, if our mental health were a garden we would be doing our best to be showing roses, knowing full well we are dealing with weeds in our garden.  Just know this though; if you're struggling with stress and burnout - you're not alone. In fact, being honest about what we're struggling with is the first step towards healing.   Ben Cachiaras, the lead minister with Mountain Christian Church, Joppa, Maryland is our speaker this month; and this week Ben is teaching 3 Biblical Steps to beat back stress and burnout.    So… With a look at a Bible Prophet who could be the ultimate example of what stress looks like.  Here’s Ben with God’s intervention and solution….
August 17, 2023
There are a lot of signs that a whole lot of us are struggling.  Maybe it’s time to get honest about mental health.  It’s kinda like this, if our mental health were a garden we might be showing roses, but we are all dealing with weeds in our garden. Just know this; if you're struggling with worry and anxiety - you're not alone. Being honest about what we're struggling with is the first step towards healing.   Ben Cachiaras, the lead minister with Mountain Christian Church, Joppa, Maryland is our speaker this month; and this week Ben is teaching what Jesus says about anxiety, and the Bible's paradigm for how to overcome it.   So… With a Biblical garden spade in hand let’s get after the weeds of worry and anxiety; here’s Ben….
August 10, 2023
There are a lot of signs that a whole lot of us are struggling.  Maybe it’s time to get honest about mental health.  It’s kinda like this, we may be showing roses, but we all have weeds in our garden. Everybody is either struggling with some of this stuff or knows someone who is. Jesus cares and He gets us.  Making the turn to him will open the door to getting help and hope.   Ben Cachiaras, the lead minister with Mountain Christian Church, Joppa, Maryland is our speaker this month; leading us through a look at what the Bible has to say about getting and staying mentally healthy.   With the nitty gritty of dealing with the weeds in our mental health garden, here’s Ben….
August 3, 2023
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Tune in each week to The Christians Hour where Bob Russell, Tim Harlow, Rick Atchley, Ben Cachiaras, Aaron Brockett, and Gene Appel share the life-changing Gospel message of Jesus Christ.

About Bob Russell, Tim Harlow, Rick Atchley, Ben Cachiaras, Aaron Brockett, and Gene Appel

The Christians Hour broadcast began in 1943, and features outstanding Bible preachers. Ard Hoven of Cincinnati, OH., was first and served for 44 years as speaker. Next was LeRoy Lawson, Senior Minister of Central Christian Church, Mesa, AZ., followed by Barry McCarty, who is now teaching in Fort Worth, Texas.

Today, five speakers alternate monthly: Bob Russell, for 40 years he was Senior Minister of Southeast Christian Church, Louisville, KY.; Rick Atchley, Senior Minister (multiple sites), The Hills Church, Dallas, Fort Worth, TX.; Tim Harlow, Senior Minister (multiple sites), Parkview Christian Church, Chicago, IL.; Aaron Brockett, Senior Minister (multiple sites), Traders Point Christian Church, Indianapolis, IN.; and Ben Cachiaras, Senior Minister (multiple sites), Mountain Christian Church, Bel Air, MD.

The Christians Hour is part of Gospel Broadcasting Ministries. Stan Smelser is mission director and program host-producer. GBM is a long-time member of NRB and is a global effort to tell the world about Jesus Christ and present "New Testament Christianity on the air."

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