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What's So Bad About Greed?

2011-03-27T07:13:00.001-04:00

If there is anyone who can help you with your finances, it is Jesus. He is the most Generous! He gave his life on a cross for us, so how much more is He willing to give us now?! If you are in a financial prison, you did not follow Jesus there. It was greed and greed always brings about death. If you are in the middle of a life of greed, something in you is dead or dying. It could be your

How Do I Escape the Prison of Unforgiveness?

2011-03-21T13:09:00.001-04:00

Starting his new series called "Upgrade", Perry Noble says he was thinking about having music in cars. It obviously wasn't always this way. Back in 1980, his parents bought a car that had an 8-track tape player in it. "We rocked out the 8-track!! And my mom bought the Loretta Lynn 8-track 'Coal Miner's Daughter'...I literally can sing every song in (that album)...it's something that I am

What Is the Holy Spirit?

2011-03-14T10:39:00.001-04:00

"We're doing this series called 'The Name'", opens Louie Giglio. We have all been charged to carry the name of Jesus and it is a big deal. We often get caught up in the daily grinds of life and forget why we're here in the first place! How do we carry on His name on a day-to-day basis? "I think it is in starting the day with Jesus." Every day we should come to God in His Word. Even for

How To Build Strong Children

2011-03-09T02:55:00.000-05:00

Beginning today's message, Johnson Bowie is on stage with his wife, Summer, closing out a series about family called "Raising the Next Generation". Getting questions from the audience and online, Johnson and Summer open with the intent of their message; How to Build Strong Children. All of our children have potential. We want our kids to grow up as believers and as leaders. Our kids are the

What is the History of the Church?

2010-02-15T09:46:00.000-05:00

"I grew up having to go to church every single week..." Not everyone goes to church. In fact, thousands upon thousands of people who claim to be Christians don't go at all! "I just don't understand that," says Johnson Bowie of http://www.fusion.org/. It's the new year and now and there are many people back in church. Johnson challenges those who are back with the question; Why are you back?

C'mon...Why is Debt So Bad?

2010-01-27T07:41:00.000-05:00

This whole thing we call life is all about God; the man Jesus. Beginning his series, "Cha-Ching", Johnson Bowie picks up on this thought in Isaiah 26:8, "Yea, in the way of (Your) judgments, O Lord, have we waited for You; the desire of our soul is to Your name, and to the remembrance of You." It's not about us! The stars scream out His name. If we don't glorify Him, the rocks will cry out. The

I've Got Things to Do; Why Would I Need Margin in My Life?

2010-01-21T13:14:00.000-05:00

"Let's open up your Bibles to Luke 10...How many of you would say that you occasionally or always feel stressed? How many people feel financial tension? How many of you would say I wish I had more time to spend with my self of my family?" Craig Groeschel of lifechurch.tv opens his series "Margin" with a message on the need for margin. We live in a culture that pushes us to the limits. Buy

How Are We as Christians to Combat Fear?

2010-01-19T10:11:00.000-05:00

In order for us to really press forward in our life for God's Purposes, we've got to get free of our fear. Johnson Bowie, at http://www.fusionatl.org/p/12081/Default.aspx, continues his "Know Fear" series, titled "I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts" by saying that we have to know the stuff that spiritually comes against us. In order for God to set us free, we have to ask God to expose us. Until we know

What Are Some Basic Biblical Financial Principles?

2010-01-17T08:06:00.001-05:00

As a guest of Lifechurch.tv, Dave Ramsey gives a 3-part series online. After a standing ovation, Dave graciously says how amazing it is to see the changes that are being made in peoples' lives. "Money's fun...if you got some." But most people aren't doing so well. If you've made big time mistakes with money, that makes you over 12! It's easy to fall over in this money thing." "When I went broke

How Do We Define Ourselves?

2010-01-16T09:09:00.004-05:00

Guest Speaker Steve Saccone titles his message for Mosaic, "Fresh Start on Destiny". We just finished a decade, which is kind of cool. Television shows talk about all the special events that reflect on this decade and everything that happened in it. There are so many things that change in any given decade and there always defining moments that identify or mark this time. The same is true for

Why Do I Need Religion When We Have Technology?

2010-01-14T10:22:00.000-05:00

As one of the guests at the forums of http://www.ted.com/, Billy Graham speaks on technology and faith. "As a clergyman, you can imagine how out of place I feel. I feel like a fish out of water:" Billy was preaching in San Jose several months ago and a friend of his brought several CEO's and leaders from Silicaon Valley to have breakfast with him. He was fascinated by their conversation. It

How Can I Work on Improving My Marriage?

2010-01-12T06:37:00.003-05:00

In Part II, "Remodeling", of his "Staying in Love" series, Andy Stanley. Falling in love requires a pulse, staying in love requires a plan. Falling in love is about attraction while staying in love is the right action. The Juno question from last week was, "Is it possible for two people to fall in love and stay in love forever?" When some of us hear that question, we think it is possible even

What Does the Bible Mean By "Fear the Lord"?

2010-01-11T07:26:00.000-05:00

"Guys, I was watching the news the other day...anybody made the mistake of doing that lately?...I think they are required to depress you...somebody got shot...people are getting poisoned...a puppy was burned...the bird flu is coming..." There's so much fear floating around isn't there? Beginning his series, "Know Fear", Johnson Bowie addresses our perceptions of fear. If it's not Satan, it's

What is the One Thing I Desire from God This Year?

2010-01-10T08:18:00.001-05:00

"Happy New Year to all of you...I pray that you are exceptionally blessed in this new year!" How many of you would say you are a little relieved to see 2009 go? Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch told his church that his staff, in general, is on a 21 day fast at varying levels to start the year. He asks if there are prayer needs out there for his members. Craig opens his message with Isaiah 43:18-

Looking Forward to the New Year

2010-01-09T11:47:00.002-05:00

(From Jan. 6, 2009 Journal) - Marcus "Goodie" Goodloe opens by talking about how he likes "A Year in Review" reels at the end of each year. Standout events to him were Michael Phelps, Annika Sorenstam retiring from golf, the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, and movies Batman and Wall-E. Those that we lost in 2009 were Paul Newman, Bernie Mack, Tim Russert and Charlton Heston. The Financial

What Should My Spiritual New Year's Resolution Be?

2010-01-07T08:34:00.000-05:00

"A New You Resolution" is Andy Stanley's first message of 2010. It is a message about setting New Year's resolutions and about setting goals in general. According to most experts, about 40% to 50% of you will have New Year's resolutions at the start of each year. Also, according to various articles he's read, about 30% to 40% of these resolutions will be broken within the first week and 90%

How Do I Make Consistently Wise Choices?

2010-01-05T02:46:00.006-05:00

In the second message of his series, "Deal or No Deal", Johnson Bowie opens with several pieces of trivia; "Revlon has 158 shades of lipstick!...Sonic offers you 168,894 possible drink combinations!" That means, starting with the Chocolate Blue Coconut Dr. Pepper, you can have a different drink every day for the next 462 years!! Isn't that insane?!? There are so many choices we have in the

How Do We Make Wise Decisions?

2010-01-01T09:20:00.000-05:00

Opening his newest series "Deal or No Deal", Johnson Bowie explains what the basic premise of the game show is. Basically, you have a series of decisions that you have to make over the course of the show. Where wisdom comes in is, you have to either take an "offer from the Bank" or you have to make more decisions which could increase or decrease your offer. All the while you have your friends

How Do We Know When God is Talking To Us?

2009-12-20T08:08:00.017-05:00

For all of us, "Home for Christmas" means something different. For some of us, it means joy, but for others it means "setting our hair on fire and putting it out with a sledgehammer". For his current series, Perry Noble is starting each message with Isaiah 9:6.The first message in this series, "Wonderful Counselor" begs the question, "How do we know when God is talking to us?" Everyone of us

Does God Really Love Me?

2009-12-18T05:23:00.015-05:00

"I heart love because its the one thing that the Bible says God is...I think we forget that sometimes...He loves already and there's nothing we can do to take that away...If we can only understand who God is and what He is, we can comprehend love... He is everything that we are not...He's not a passive love, but a love that passes all understanding and is eternal.Todd McVicker is a guest speaker

Why Would Matthew Point Out King David's Faults?

2009-12-15T10:18:00.012-05:00

All of us have extended family members that we're not exactly proud of. We love them but we're glad that they might live a couple of states away. We enjoy the holidays, but all of us have dysfunctional characters in our clans. "I'm sure somewhere they're talking about my dysfunctions too." says Andy Stanley as he opens "Promise Keeper", the fourth of his "Unexpected Christmas" series.Jesus had

What is the Doctrine of Regeneration?

2009-12-11T07:46:00.013-05:00

Ed Young opens "Raised Up" by reading Ephesians 2:1-10, "As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its

What Does the Bible Say About Racism?

2009-07-20T08:49:00.012-04:00

Marcus "Goody" Goodloe is an excellent stand-in for Erwin McManus when Erwin isn't speaking. Goody continues Mosaic's series entitled "Diversity".A couple of months ago, the President of USC gave a talk saying that LA is the capital of the Pacific Rim and there was no other city like it. Creativity, according to the president, is the backbone of the "City of Angels". "If creativity is the number

What Were the Disciple's Darkest Hours?

2009-07-06T08:38:00.015-04:00

In the "One Prayer" series sponsored by some of the largest churches in the nation, Andy Stanly talks about our darkest hours and God's presence during these times. One of the most dramatic moments in all of human history took place in an environment... we've come to know as "Upper room" The disciples and Jesus were coming to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. This was a time when the Jewish

How Can I Experience God's Joy?

2009-07-03T06:39:00.015-04:00

One of my favorite (if not my favorite) online messages was one delivered by Johnson Bowie at Victory World Church. In fact, his being a guest speaker was how I actually discovered Johnson. Although I have listened to this message several times already, I chose to listen again so that I might share its richness with others."As you can tell, I am not Pastor Dennis Rouse. He did not magically and