Saddleback Church: Crave Thursday Night: Recent Episodes
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Hear the Message from Pastor Brad, every week. Crave, Saddleback Church's College Ministry meets every Thursday night at 7:15.
Curious as to how we share the love of Jesus without turning people off? What is evangelism, anyway? Listen as Brad Baker shares how we spread the Hope and Love of Jesus.
Brad wrestles with how to enjoy God when you've stopped caring and just don't feel like doing much of anything.
Jim Sonnenburg intros our new series at Crave - March of the Sleepers - awakening to your role in God's Story
Kelsey Walters, a student in the Crave community, shares her testimony of how God has moved in her life
Carrie Baker, Lisa Birle, Nicole Leever, Dawn Maestas, and Kelly Sonnenburg reflect on personal experiences that have impacted them in Sex, Dating, and Relationships.
Josh Pease gives a talk to guys about God, sex, lust, and whether the Bible really is backwards and puritanical about sex.
Brad and Carrie Baker share the 5 things they wish they had known before they got married.
Tommy Hilliker joins Crave for an exciting talk about serving others that you won't want to miss.
Brad Baker talks about what do we do with the parts of the Bible that don't make sense.
Brad Baker hits up week 2 and talks about how we view the Bible dictates how we live it out.
Brad Baker closes the series with some practical tips and discussion on the responsibility that comes along with being an adult. The consequences in life are much more evident as an adult then they were when we were still kids.
Brad Baker talks about how we need to allow God to shape us into the people He has designed us to be. And how when we don't seek God our need for Him can't be met and we seek satisfaction in empty/harmful things.
Josh Pease dives in to what it means to grow up in this world and be the men and women God has called us to.
Jim Sonnenberg talks about how our view of heaven affects how we lives our lives on earth.
Rick takes us deeper in to James chapter 1. Verses 5-8 and talks about the problem, the prescription, and the promise.
Josh Pease guest speaks and talks about the choice we've made and how God responded to humanity.
Brad Baker speaks on how we spend our time and what would happen if we'd give a little more of it to God.
Brad Baker kicks off the series and talks about how lies can grow and take root in our life.
Brad Baker talks to us about when we choose our own way. How if we hold on to our desires, and don't let God in on them they are useless, but if we bring God in on them He can use it like we've never imagined.
What do we do when God steps in and gives us a vision for our lives, a direction to take. Josh follows the story of Joseph in Genesis.
Josh Pease talks about putting faith in God even when we feel like we are completely unequipped.
Rick talks to us about God's vision for our lives and Saddleback Church. This is a message you don't want to miss.
Brad Baker wraps up the series and talks about suffering, and how we can learn from our experiences. How we don't have to run away from pain, but face it and allow God to give us strength and healing.
Tommy Hilliker guest speaks. He tells his story about persevering through his wife's illness and learning to trust in God.
Johnny Baker, a Celebrate Recovery leader, shares his journey and imparts some much needed Godly wisdom onto Crave.
Ian DiOrio returns again and speaks on self control and how we view ourselves. Instead of letting what we do, what we have, and who people say we are dictate our self worth, we look to God.
Ian DiOrio joins us this week to shed light on how we are called to live as God's people. How to live for God and not to please others.
Brad speaks on loving our brothers and sisters in Christ. How to be in unity with one another and not cause one another to stumble.
Brad Baker hits us up with week 12 of our series and speaks on community and how God has made us unique to accomplish His purpose in our lives.
Josh Pease takes on the second half of Romans 9 and talks to us about how we as a generation feel entitled and how that affects our relationship with Christ.
Brad hits up the first half of Romans 9 and talks about sharing Christ with others through our love for them.
Jim Sonnenburg hits us with Romans 8 and talks about the difference between being set free and living free.
Josh Pease makes another appearance and talks about what it means to live as a new creation in Christ.
Brad Baker talks about chapter 2 of Romans and why humility is such an important characteristic.
Josh Pease kickstarts this 16 week series by talking about how we perceive God, and if we truly believe that the "good news" is good.
Brad Baker talks about love and marriage to close out the series. You don't want to miss this one.
Brad Baker gives this message on how a healthy relationship starts with a healthy person. It's an amazing message and simply won't want to pass this one up.
Josh Pease kicks off this amazing series by getting to the heart of why are relationships have become so broken, and how God has a better way for us.
Brad Baker talks about how to get out of our routines and to truly live and seek out what God is up to in our life.
Josh Pease closes out our series with some hard truths about Christmas and all Christ has done for us. This ain't no cookie cutter message.
Josh Pease talks about Hope we find in our lives and in Jeses. The little h and big H hopes.
Brad does week 3 and how are physical and spiritual bodies both play a part in our faith and in glorifying God.
Josh Pease kicks off the series about what God has called our lives to be about and how we get there.
Brad talks about the least, the last, and the forgotten people in this world and how are response should always be love.
Josh Pease talks to us about God as the creator. And not just that He created everything, but that He is also creative.
Josh Pease closes up the Corinth series talking about what it means to meet the needs of other people.
Brad Baker talks about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Everything is going to be okay in the end, and if it's not okay, then it's not the end!
Brad Baker talks about tongues and prophecy and the proper uses of them in the Church body.
Josh Pease talks on love, the different kinds, and why God's love is the most important.
Brad Baker gives a profound sermon on the spiritual gifts of the church and how they are purposed for building up the Church.
Brad Baker focuses on the first half on chapter 11 and discusses how a little sin in our lives has huge ramifications.
Brad Baker talks about how temptations try to control your life, but God always has not only a way out but also has the best alternative.
Jim Sonnenburg speaks about how our freedom in Christ needs to be expressed in a loving way to others.
Josh Pease talks to us on 1 Corinthians 7 and what it means to be free in Christ. How to investigate your life and, well grow up.
Brad Baker continues the series, and talks about another situation in Corinth where sin affects the church like a virus.
Brad continues the series with scripture from Ch. 3 He talks about conflict and how through it we grow. Lean into conflict, don't run away.
Brad talks about how the wisdom of this world is foolishness when you understand the truths about God through the Holy Spirit.
Brad kicks off the series with a look at the divisions in the Corinthian Church and how things of this world get in the way of following Jesus with everything we have.
Josh Pease continues the catalyst series by talking about how followers of Christ are called to suffer differently.
Josh Pease kicks off the first week with an overview of how the Holy Spirit comes into our lives and makes us alive again.
Brad Baker delivers a special Easter message during our very first bring your parents to Crave night.
Brad talks to us about how to become a student of marriage and what that means for singles and couples alike.
Josh Pease wraps up the crescendo series by talking of how we as believers sing a new song in the Lord and are to proclaim His majesty in our lives.
Albert Tate breaks it down to us about why we're like sheep and why we need to seek God for the decisions in our life.
Brad speaks on three important steps of being a disciple; direction, revelation, and conviction.
Brad continues the series by asking the question if we want to be true followers of Christ or just spectators.
Brad talks to us about matters of the heart, and what we choose to dwell on in our day to day reflects our heart, our core of being.
Brad Baker talks about Asaph and the trials he faced, along with how God will always bring us through the trials of life, stronger and more confident in Him.
Brad Baker speaks to us about relationships and how we are tempted to put on masks, which takes away from how God designed us to build eachother up.
Brad Baker's homecoming message. Get ready to really investigate your life, and open your hearts to the things God wants to reveal to you.
Josh Pease returns and gives us an in-depth look at God's amazing plan through the Bible to redeem his people.
Erin Kerr takes a look at how culture and society has made their own standards of justice, but how we can look to God for how the world was intended to operate.
Josh Pease is back for his second week to talk to us about how no matter how much we try to live life for God, the only way is to call on his strength.
Buddy Owens talks about maintaining our momentum in our growth by being filled with the Holy Spirit.
Albert Tate comes back and teaches on Romans 12:1-2 and the transformation of our minds.
Albert Tate tackles John 5 and highlights a crucial question. Do you want to get better?
Jim kickstarts the series strong with some insight on how his journey is going, and how we all have struggles we should seek healing for.
Sean Mcdowell makes another appearance to give us the low down on the authenticity of the New Testamnt. You don't want to miss this.
Sean Mcdowell our guest speaker gives us an incredible look at how God designed us and the universe to be so complex and intricate that there could be no other answer
Jason Petty steps up from the fold of high school ministry to give us a fuller view of God's ongoing plan for our lives. Five stars!
Zack Barker closes up the Bold As Love series talking about our identity in Christ, and placing our vulnerability in Him.
Brad adds another week onto the Bold as Love series in this sermon focused on sharing love with our brothers and sisters even whilst we deal with this world's pain and tribulations.
More Awesome Than Natural. Brad opens our eyes to the purpose of spiritual gifts in the Church.
Week 2, entitled "the forgotten" is about just that, the poor, the needy, the orphans, the widows, those that get left behind. This message is for them and how to respond to that call to action.
God made us in His own image, but He still has gifted us in different ways in order to love others.
What does a healthy community look like and how we can be smart in how we go about our relationships
Jim Sonnenberg closes up the series with some real life experiences to relate with followed by a panel of Cravers answering questions on friendship
Brad Baker teaches us about growing in Christ, and how when we are brought up against change there will always be opposition.
Brad Baker talks about how we were made to live for God, and how we can't live for God unless we are relying on Him for our strength.
Our guest speaker Matt Mancinelli talks to us about his money and generosity. Also, he talks about what it means to live biblically.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 reads, "Whoever loves money never has money enough: whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income? Don't let the fear of not having money, keep you from being generous with it.
Jim Sonnenburg leads a panel discussion on relationships. The panel includes a married couple who now does pre-marital counseling, a couple who just started dating, and two singles. Don't miss out on this!
Brad talks to us about how powerful opening out hearts to the opposite sex can really be. He gives us biblical answers to some of the tough questions we face on why we get into dating.
Brad kicks off this powerful series on sex and dating. He questions are resolve when getting into relationships as well as putting it upon us as Christians to make dating "Biblical".
God's word is clear on our behavior and actions. However, we are called to love others no matter what the cost.
Brad is back and feeling 100% as he continues with week two of Confessions of... He talks to us about disillusionment and how when our expectations don't match up with our reality, we always seemed to be shocked by it.
Jason Petty joins Crave this week to share about his testimony and how God challenged his resolve and was able to work through him.
Life is all about choices. We tend to fall in a number of different traps when faced with life's challenges, but if we let God lead the way there is nothing to fear.
God is the author of the universe, and He has a plan for your life. Everyday God's writing your story, and He's giving you the opportunity to live it out by loving as He loves.
What's stopping you from serving the Almighty God? He has a plan for you and can work through any of your insecurities to make you effective for His kingdom.
In this weeks edition of The Author, Brad speaks to us of the evils of the Devil, and how Satan tricks us. Evil is very real, and we need to recognize it as such.
There’s no getting around our obsession with story. Think about how many times you asked your mom or dad to tell you one. Short or long, silly or serious…it didn’t matter. You just wanted to hear one more story…Where does this love of plays and novels and movies come from? In stories we see ourselves; we see others and our existence from an entirely new perspective.
Brad Starts us off on a 40 day study on love and how we can be more loving toward others.
Brad and his wife Carrie end the series with an extra spicy account of Genderful. We take a look at what it would be like to become the man or woman God intended us to become.
Week 2 of the Genderful Series has Brad talking about the ladies. Everyone is invited to listen in on this one, which makes for an encouraging and amusing message.
Genderful is a two week series addressing gender issues and sexuality. Brad boldly goes where no man has gone before and speaks specifically about the men one week and the women the next, except with a twist. Both genders are in the room at all times! It may be awkward, but we're better together right?
We have just finished Admit One, and Brad takes a time out to talk about what went down this summer. He has Crave members step up to the plate (the couch) and tell us about how God used them this summer through local and world P.E.A.C.E.
Brad's movie pick for the week is Fight Club. He explorers what it means to live with a purpose and how life can sometimes feel overwhelming.
Jason Petty continues his in-depth look at the Count of Monte Cristo and how it relates to the command God gives us to live in service to Him
Brad continues the series with an in-depth look at how the characters in the movie Napoleon Dynamite reveal some hard truths about ourselves.
Join us this week as Brad kicks off the Admit One series talking about how God calls us to live in community together by loving and serving one another.
Brad Baker closes this series and shares about how the more we know about God the less we are worried about ourselves.
Crave's small groups and ministry guy, Jim Sonnenburg, continues the Ad Infinitum series by talking about how we can still worship God despite the situations we find ourselves in.
Jason Petty speaks to Crave this week and shares about how we are simply called to love God and be loved by him. Why do we make it so hard?
“Your life” was never meant to be about you. Our bodies are temples that are to be completely devoted to worshipping God.
Worship of God starts with revelation about God. We can only share with others what we have experienced ourselves.
Kurt Johnston, the Jr. High pastor at Saddleback Church, shares about how our relationship with Christ changes over time...just like his relationship with his VW.
Does the word adventure describe your walk with God? Brad Baker talks about the adventurous life that Christ has called us to live.
Join Crave this week as guest speaker, Jason Petty, shares with Crave how Jesus calls us to not only exist in the world but to daily engage with the world.
What does it mean to follow Jesus in the here and now? Join Crave this week as Brad talks about this question.
Is connecting with God the primary focus of your existence? Join Brad as he shares with Crave about the importance of the priority a greater understanding of Jesus in our lives.
When we look at the words of Jesus we see that we are missing the point if following him is something we try to do. It's a response from the heart.
Brad kicks off this series talking about the radical things that Christ said during his life on earth and how these things redefine what it means to follow Christ.
Guest speaker, Jeremiah Goley, talks about how God speaks to us through the Holy Spirit.
Special guest, Kay Warren, joins Crave and shares about completely surrendering our lives to God.
Brad closes this series talking about God's love for us as His children and how that love does not change no matter what we do.
There is nothing more important than your relationship with God. But what do we do when we feel distant and isolated from him and can't figure out why?
We all relate to God in different ways. But what is always the same is the result: we become more like God.
We read books about God, we go to conferences about God, we listen to people talk about God...but do we experience God firsthand?
Brad continues this global justice series with special guest David Batstone, author of "Not For Sale."
Brad kicks off this 3-week series on justice issues. Special guest: Nathan George of "Trade As One"
Jason Pogue from the Ministry Team at Saddleback Church shares about the purpose of ministry this week at Crave.
Buddy Owens, Saddleback's Pastor of Ministry, joins Crave and shares about the first purpose of worship.
Who am I? What’s the point? Why do we exist? Too many of us throw darts on the wall and hope the decisions we make lead us somewhere important. When our lives come into contact with God it changes everything.
David was not immune to sinning and hiding it. Covering up sin numbs us to God’s presence. He comes after us, though, when we are trapped in the cycle of sin, denial and cover-up.
This week Brad talks about how the Ark of the Covenant and how it relates to the christian life today.
This week Brad challenges Crave with the question, "Who is at the center of your life?" David was able to see God’s hand in the menial mundane things he was asked to do because he saw God in all things. When God becomes the center of your life—when he becomes your mental default—you start to see everything differently.
Brad kicks off this new series this week. If the condition of our heart is what really matters to God then it should really matter to us. If we truly realized that, what kind of people would we become? What kind of influence would God give us? How many lives would God touch through ours?
Guest speaker, Shawn Hyde, shares with Crave this week on what it means to dwell in God and live on faith. He also reflects on his summer spent in Rwanda.
Kenny Luck, the director of men's ministry at Saddleback Church, speaks to the fellas this week about our role as men of God.
Debbie Eaton, the director of women's ministries at Saddleback Church, speaks to the ladies of Crave about how God created them in a uniquely feminine way, and how their love and nature reflects God to others.
Brad talks about the powers that Paul writes about in Colossians and how these powers are only as strong as the power you give them.
We are constantly tempted to step out of our original design and move toward a destructive self-focused life. But when you start to care about the things God cares about you know your mind and heart are set on things above.
We are given this amazing responsibility of making God’s love visible to others. Because he first loved us, we can now love.
Guest speaker, Jim Sonnenburg, shares several mysteries of the faith as we continue moving through Colossians.
Do you really see God as your ultimate? Do you really trust that he is moving and working through ALL THINGS even you and your current situation? Brad takes us deeper in Colossians to explore these questions.
Brad kicks off this series by diving into Colossians. Join us as he talk about how God want us to live in an ever deepening knowledge of him. Our first and foremost mission in life is to be an extravagant lover of God. Everything else flows from that place.
Brad talks about how every christian is a "priest." We all have a responsibility to lead if we call ourselves Christ-followers.
Be a fly on the wall during a discussion between Brad and the Crave community as we dialog about our purpose as followers of Christ.
As we conclude this series, hear the stories of Cravers who are experiencing hope and healing in a world of pain and addiction.
True hope, healing and freedom will shift our focus off ourselves and onto the needs of others. The story of God rescuing us is perhaps God’s greatest tool to rescue others through us.
When you rush through life you can get totally out of touch with your heart. Our addictions and pain only seem insurmountable when we loose touch with who God is. The "little" daily decisions all add up to determine the overall direction of your life.
When we forgive we bring the kingdom of heaven to earth and people see God in us. Unresolved hurt and unchecked addictive behavior will rob you of what it truly means to live.
What do I feel guilty about? How have those things hurt or affected me? Healing comes when you confess to God and to a trusted friend.
You long to get out of your pain, but you can't seem to break free. You are not alone in that. Open your heart to the only one who can heal and handle your pain. God works in conjunction with our faith steps...no matter how small.
Can we find hope, healing and freedom in a world of pain and addiction? Pain can keep us from living life to the fullest. The seed of healing, hope and freedom is asking for help and admitting we’re not God.
Guest speaker, Erin Kerr, kicks off the "Dear Doubt" series by showing us how doubt can be beneficial. God is in the business of driving doubters into deliverers.
Join Brad & Carrie Baker as they answer questions submitted by Crave students on sex and dating.
Part 4: Let's face it...sex is on our minds more often than not. It seems to be openly talked about everywhere, that is, everywhere but the church.
So you meet someone and let’s just say they catch your eye...key word being eye. You stop just long enough to remember the last relationship you rushed into and recall that it didn’t end so pretty. So what are some ideas of how to avoid this in the future?
Part 2: Let's face it...sex is on our minds more often than not. It seems to be openly talked about everywhere, that is, everywhere but the church.
Part 1: Let's face it...sex is on our minds more often than not. It seems to be openly talked about everywhere, that is, everywhere but the church.
Special speaker Kay Warren shares her unique voice, a passion to help and care for those affected by HIV/AIDS. Pastor Rick Warren also joins us, calling our generation to action.
Dr. Hugh Ross from Reasons to Believe discusses how Science and the Bible not only relate but compliment each other.
Pastor Erin Kerr shares reasons for the hope we have within and why we are called to share it.
Part 2: Most people just survive this time in their life but what if there was a way to thrive in the desert that faces you when you leave cozy Neverland. What if there was a way to adapt to this harsh environment and thrive?
Part 7: Guest Speaker Jim Sonnenburg. Philippians, some of the biggest insights come from the most unlikely of places.
Part 6: Philippians, some of the biggest insights come from the most unlikely of places.
Part 5: Philippians, some of the biggest insights come from the most unlikely of places.
Part 4: Philippians, some of the biggest insights come from the most unlikely of places.
Part 3: Philippians, some of the biggest insights come from the most unlikely of places.
Part 2: Philippians, some of the biggest insights come from the most unlikely of places.
Part 1: Philippians, some of the biggest insights come from the most unlikely of places.