LEGACY: Recent Episodes
Pastor Steve Wright
Steven Spangler shares his testimony and why the date October 25th is now a vital part of his Christian journey.
Preached from Acts 19:23-41 but all I can say is I went off script and got really real. The Spirit lead us deep and personal this Sunday.
Is it possible that two parties in a sharp disagreement can be both right and wrong at the same time? You decide.
Our Guest Speaker for May 21, 2017 is Carl Tatum. Carl shares with us the love of God and the power of the spirit man.
Christianity is not an add-on of Judaism. It is new creation made of Jews and Gentiles by grace through faith alone.
Suffering is a part of the Christian call. Paul and Barnabus refused to be worshiped as God and suffered because of the right choice.
The greater your awareness of forgiveness, the greater your thankfulness toward God will be.
The Incarnation is a victory gift from the side of God and the side of man, the man Christ Jesus.
Don’t miss the collision of Word and Water at the baptism of Jesus for it purifies us and sets us apart for our true vocation found in Christ.
Don’t miss the collision of Word and Water at the baptism of Jesus for it purifies us and sets us apart for our true vocation found in Christ.
Behavior in the present that defaces God's future image of humanity leads in the opposite direction
Behavior in the present that defaces God's future image of humanity leads in the opposite direction
You can only purge bondage by stepping out of the old and into the finished work of Christ.
You can only purge bondage by stepping out of the old and into the finished work of Christ.
When you face a trial with God it is for your good and his glory and When you surrender to temptation you are actually letting go of God’s hand
When you face a trial with God it is for your good and his glory and When you surrender to temptation you are actually letting go of God’s hand
When Jesus entered through the gates of Jerusalem He was entering into the chaos of our lives as the answer in an unthinkable way
Failure is when you don't let go of what's holding you in order for Christ to hold you.
Not biblically honoring marriage disfigures the image of God and reflects it to an already disfigured world.
Marriage is the signpost that ties together the beginning and the end of scripture and everything in between.
Most Christians don't have a problem calling Jesus God, they have a problem living like he is God.
You can live years without following God, but you can’t live life without following God.
Study of the Word of God is more than knowledge, it's about shaping the soul and freeing your life to be fully human.
Our service as Christ-follower begins with self-denial, which places Jesus center stage as we witness for Him.
When we partake of the Eucharist, we are sketches of the past, we are images of the future, and we are servants of the now
Pastor Josh Bowling preaches on Transformation. Will you be transformed or will you walk away?
If you were gone from this world today, what stories would they tell about you tomorrow?
If we embody Jesus, everywhere we go, we take him with us. He is always outside the four walls of the church. Our theology must point us to the outsider; otherwise, it’s incomplete. We’re called to colonize the world. Go … be a sacred space for someone today.
Christ didn't come to meet our expectations. He came to meet our most critical need to be recused from sin and death.
We are called with urgency to contend for and live the once and for all faith. Subjects: Incarnation, Death, Resurrection, Heterosexual sin and Homosexual sin.
You are called to maintain the truth of the Christian faith handed down by Christ and the apostles (Death, Burial, and Resurrection)
When you respond to Jesus' leading you are one step closer to following Him. Just ask Peter who let down his net at the leading of Christ.
The focus of the good shepherd (The Pastor) is not only on his or her own qualities but on the needs of those cared for.
Suffering becomes beautiful when you look up, down and around and realize you are following Jesus.
We are called to lead the world out of darkness, not collide with it by repaying evil for evil.
We are called to Walk In The Perfect Pattern of Christ that Is Not Perfectly Painless-Yet!
You can live just years without following God but you can't live life without following God.
To serve Christ is to follow Him; to follow Christ is to serve like Him, and to serve like Him you must die to self.
To serve Christ is to follow Him. To follow Christ is to serve like Him. To serve like Him you must die to self.
God's definition of greatness is far different than the world's definition of greatness
God's plan is more important than you pain because it's the plan of God that will one day cause pain to be no more.
When you get your eyes off others, God is able to create a banquet out of what little you give Him, and still have leftovers.
When you get your eyes off others, God is able to create a banquet out of what little you give Him
When someone takes your turn with Jesus, it's not a mistake...just wait and have faith.
Scars are part of life, because pain is part of life. Scars point to the Resurrection of our bodies.
Living Reflections- When there is nothing between you and God, you become a living reflection of the future in the now.
We are the temple of God and we create sacred spaces everywhere we go. Find out more this Sunday.
The Eyes Of Mercy The road home is a road of mercy and not a road of judgment. God has been looking for you and a kiss from Him awaits.
Complaining applauds this fallen world, and blinds others and us to the hope of the future.
If all the bibles were gone and your mouth muted, would your life actions cause people to want to know your Jesus?
Forgiveness given is life regained! Forgiveness given is a new way to remember! Find how why this Sunday.
Can you imagine being at a dinner where thousands of years later people would still be talking about it? Find out why.
The bible has a forgotten promise we run from most of the time. Listen and find out what it is.
Discipleship that cost nothing changes nothing. It’s one thing to receive the free gift of salvation but living a life of a Christ-follower come with a cost.
There are no bystanders In the Kingdom of God. The heart of Jesus is not to leave you out. He is calling you so He can write a story with your life.
Pastor Steve calls us to be Christ-followers who are fully engaged in building kingdom legacies with their lives.
In Matthew 9 Jesus calls us to become one of the few by calling us to join Him in the Harvest. The harvest has never been the problem. The problem as always been the need for more workers in the harvest.
“You may now kiss the bride.” I’ve said that at every wedding I’ve performed. Something like that happened when Jesus became flesh. It was a wedding of heaven and earth. Find out why….
We don’t like to wait. We don’t even seem to have time to wait. Waiting for most of us seems like to be a waste of time. However, waiting on God is an important biblical principle.
Early Celtic people believed that you could go to certain places to be closer to God in prayer. They called them “thin places.” Paul in prison and under chains, still found his “thin place” and you can also.
Two thoughts are the challenge of pastor Steve’s message this week. You can’t come to Christ and remain unchanged. You can’t come come to Christ and remain unconcerned about others.
Insanity is trying to do what only God can do. This week Pastor Steve shares how God is the only one that can deliver us when we find ourselves at a red sea moment.
The one thing you can’t do when the Kingdom has fully come is invite someone into it. You can only do that in the here and now.
Today Pastor Daryl Sutherland shares the importance of missions for the Christ-follower.
Join us in Romans Chapter 5 as Pastor Steve shares how to truly live free in the free gift of grace by fully understanding your position in Christ. Until you understand the future reality of the second coming of Christ, you will never truly live free in the here and now.
In Luke 4:1-13 we read of the temptation of Jesus. Many view Him as some modern day Superman.The proper view is to see His humanity filled with the Holy Spirit. He overcame by Spirit and we can as well.
Pastor Steve encourages us with the truth this week by bringing us back to a simple truth. If you’re not allowing God to be Lord of every moment you’re missing your best life.
This week Pastor Steve continues with the Legacy series. We take a look at Joshua 24 and make a re-commitment to move forward with God’s grace and power. Pastor Steve talks about how it’s amazing how much time we waste on resisting what we don’t want to be and how little time we invest in [...]
This week Pastor Steve continues in the series Legacy and shares with us how we are one in the body of Christ. Each member in the body is important and has a part to play in leaving a Legacy.
Legacy is something most people talk about at funerals and of course that is the proper thing to do. However, legacy is something we should be thinking about daily. Pastor Steve Challenges us today to become more aware of the Legacy that we are leaving behind. God wants to build kingdom legacy with our lives.
Pastor Steve start our new series off today by challenging us to understand that because we are an unstoppable church, we can change the unacceptable. God is the force of the church!
The week mission pastor Daryl Sutherland continues our series, In Motion: The Power of Words. He shares that transformation of our words brings honor to God, if we will allow the Holy Spirit to edit our words before they leave our months.
Today in part 3 Pastor Steve teaches that responsibility with your words brings character transformation.
This week in part 2 Pastor Steve reminds us that inventory of our words brings awareness, therefore awareness now brings responsibility.
Today Pastor Steve begins a new series and challenges us to take a proper inventory of the words we use.
Pastor Steve brings our series to an end today and teaches us that where there is no command, we must trust the wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit working on the inside of us.
The week in part 2 of our series Pastor Steve teaches us to surrender to the commands of God. He contrast surrender with rule keep and teaches that there is a difference. He tells us we need to stop giving people rules and instead give them the RULER and also to stop giving people commands [...]
This week our new series on Knowing the will of God kicked off with a great start. Pastor Steve brought home the truth that we are not in a relationship with the will of God…we are in a relationship with God, who has a will for our lives.
Pastor Daryl Sutherland preaches today and ask the question, “Why is it so hard for us as Christians to let go of all the stuff around that distracts us?’
This week Pastor Steve draws our attention to the importance of being a disciple that is well spoken of. Paul chose Timothy and the bible says he was a disciple that was well spoken of.
This week Pastor Steve walks us through 3 point of Paul’s life and applies them to our life with a strong challenge. Paul was convicted, converted and consumed.
This week Pastor Steve lifts up the story of Stephen out of Acts 6 and 7 and shows how God used him in a mighty way. God can and will use you to bring Him glory if you will just allow Him access to all of your life.
This week Pastor Steve shares from Acts chapter 4 and encourages us to walk with boldness of the Holy Spirit.
This week Pastor Steve takes us through Acts 1 and Acts 2 and show how the Holy Spirit empowers our lives to be witness of the resurrection and makes us relevant to the community and world around us.
This week Pastor Daryl Sutherland delivers part 2 of the Consumed series. He instructs us to live by the same Spirit that Jesus lived by when he was tested in the wilderness.
This week Pastor Steve starts a new series about the Holy Spirit. In his first message two points are made. 1. The Holy Spirit is God and 2. Because He is God, He is all knowing, all powerful and intimate in your life.
He is Risen! Today Pastor Steve closes our series by sharing the true purpose of the resurrection.
This week in Part 2 Pastor Steve takes us to the upper room for the last supper Jesus had with his disciples and shows us Jesus leading the New Exodus.
Today Pastor Steve Starts our new series The Redeemer-Rethinking The Resurrection. In today message he centers in on Jesus as our redeemer and then in the next two week he focuses on living out the resurrection life in the here and now.
Pastor Steve ends our series by sharing that we all have a call to repair the holes in our world through the power of the whole Gospel.
This week Pastor Steve preaches the next to the last message in our series by calling on the church to cross to the other side of the road and do something about the wounded of our world.
This week Pastor Steve speaks about putting to death the pursuit of more. Instead, we should be chasing and investing in the broken world all around us.
This week Pastor Steve asked the question, “What’s wrong with this picture?’ In Luke, a young man came to Jesus and asked him to tell his brother to divided his inheritance with him. Jesus then tells a parable about being careful to watch out for greed that can take over a person’s life. Are we [...]
This week Pastor Steve asked the question, “Where is the hole in you?” It’s not until we see and identify the hole in our own Gospel that we can begin to correct it.
This week Pastor Steve starts a new series based on the book, The Hole In Our Gospel. In today’s message we look at-Where is the Hole? At the end of the 6 week series 2xsalt/The Salt Mine will send 100,000 meals to Nicaragua. Join us on April the 9th to help.
This week Pastor Steve finishes up the series, Community-living the virtues of the future now. You have been placed in the body by God, therefore you are important to His work.
Join us as Pastor Steve continues with Community-living the virtues of the future now. The wall between Jew and Gentile has been torn down.
This week Pastor Steve continues with Part 3 of Community-living the virtues of the future now. He walks us through putting off the old man and putting on the new man.
This week Pastor Steve continues in the series Community: Living the virtues of the future now.
In this new series Pastor Steve will walk us through the Old Testament and the New Testament highlighting key passages that show biblical community. Also along the journey he will show how the virtues of the future that are part of the Kingdom of God can be lived in the here and now.
This week Pastor Steve finishes our series by speaking about our treasure. He takes us back to the book of Exodus and pulls from the principal of the Firstborn and connects it to our tithing.
This week Pastor Steve continues with the reFRESH series by sharing how our entire life is God’s treasure to us and if we hide our life from the world, we are really hiding God’s treasure from the world that desperately needs to see it. Your life matters and is important!
Pastor Steve starts a new series for the New Year and over the next three weeks he takes us through the stewardship of time, talent and treasure. This week Pastor Steve shares with us the importance of not wasting the gift of time.
This week the question is asked, “What is the fullness of the Christmas story?” Pastor Steve explains to the body that salvation is much bigger than we have ever thought.
Pastor Steve continues our series by asking the question, “Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things I say to do?’
Pastor Steve begins a new series this week and the question is asked, “Who do you say Jesus is?” Pastor takes us deep into the miracle of the blind man of Mark 8 and then overlays it with the question Jesus asked Peter and the disciples. Join us in this new series as we go [...]
This week Pastor Steve closes our series by speaking about looking hopeful toward the future. We are not called to figure the future out but we called to trust Him to work it out.
This week we continue in our series The Unfinished Work part 2. This week Pastor Steve will look out how we should live our lives focused on the present and not get caught up in the things of the past and the things to come in the future.
This week Pastor Steve starts a new series dealing with the unfinished work of the past, present and future in the life of the believer. Over a three week period he will walk us through overcoming the pain of the past, walking in the power of the present and looking hopeful toward the future.
In this final message of our 5 part series Pastor Steve talk about the final quote for the series, “Love me and I will be forced to Love You.” In this message he will look at and define what is love, how are we to love one another and how did Christ show us his [...]
This week in part 4 of ‘The Real You’, Pastor Steve asked the question, “Are you known as one that encourages others or as one that discourages others?”
This week Pastor Steve continues in our new series The Real You by instructing us to notice the world around us by giving of our greatest gift, which is the gift of time.
This week Pastor Steve continues with our series and lifts up the question do we criticize people or do we influence people?
This week we start a new series called, The Real You. In this first message Pastor Steve speaks about flattery and what the bible has to say about the dangers of giving and receiving it.
This week Pastor Steve preaches on baptism by talking about marriage vows and how they relate to the act of being baptized.
This week Pastor Steve returns us to where the really work of the gospel takes place and that is on the inside. What is it that you need to surrender to the Lord for Him to fully use you in the harvest?
This week we start a new series dealing with the Christian walk from the inside-out. Over the next several weeks we will look deep within our hearts and see that is where God truly is at work and most concerned.
This week we close out our series on Christ Followers. Pastor Steve challenges the body to walk slow and the kingdom will grow. In a world that is in a hurry we should slow down to notice the hurting all around us. We should erase the boundaries we have put in place that keeps us [...]
This week we continue our series Christ Followers by coming to understand that salvation is free but discipleship will cost you.
This week Pastor Steve continues in the series Christ Followers. In today’s message we learn that it is impossible to look into the face of God while we are looking down on others. Pride has no place in the Kingdom of God.
This week we continue our series by learning that as Christ followers we are to be set apart but not separated.
This week Pastor Steve continues in our current series Christ Followers: Living Between Heaven and Earth. We are called to be fishers of men and transformers of our world.
This week we begin our new series and over the next several weeks we will take a look at what it means to follow Christ in the here and now between heaven and earth.
This week we conclude our series on Heaven at the Salt Mine Church. In today’s message Pastor Steve concludes with a review of the past seven messages on Heaven and then he answers several questions sent in from individuals about Heaven. Thanks for listening to the Salt Mine Podcast.
Today in our series on heaven we take a look and find that seeking God’s face is the most important thing of all. We are called to seek the creator first and foremost.
This week Youth Pastor Brad Hanks talks on the topic of anticipation. In today’s message we discuss how “If we become too comfortable with God we quit anticipating the greater things to come.”
This week we continue in our Heaven Series. In Part 6 this week Pastor Steve discusses the ressurection. With the ressurection of Jesus the future has now come to the present. Since that fact is true the question then is how do we live in the here and now?
This week Pastor Steve continues his series on Heaven: Closer Than You Think; Better Than You Thought. This week Pastor Steve discusses two things. First, salvation is bigger than life after death and second, character transformation is key to our journey here and now.
This week Youth Pastor Brad Hanks speaks about how that when sin entered the garden(Gen. 3) it never changed God’s original plans that he had created Adam and Eve to be worshipers. It now meant that Adam and Eve would have to learn to worship God through Pain and Suffering. We will look into Matthew [...]
This week we continue our series on heaven. We will look at what the curse in Gen 3 caused and what it didn’t cause. Also, we will look at the mandate that Jesus gave us out of Matthew 25 and how that caring for one another points us toward redemption and return of Christ.
This week we continue our series on heaven and answer two questions. Why is it essential that God redeem the earth and what should we be doing in the meantime?
This week we continue our series on Heaven. Heaven is often misunderstood and rarely preached on. Over the next several weeks we will take a close look at what the bible has to say concerning the place we will live forever. Last week we laid the foundation for the series and talked [...]
This week we begin our series on Heaven. Heaven is often misunderstood and rarely preached on. Over the next several weeks we will take a close look at what the bible has to say concerning the place we will live forever. This week we lay the foundation for the series and talk about the Temporary [...]
This week we finish our series in Proverbs 6:16-19 discussing Discord Among The Brethren.
This week we look at how to get gossip out of our lives by understanding when you and I gossip we offend God.
This week we continue our series in Proverbs 6 and we take a look at our new identity in Christ.
This week we continue our series by looking at what God thinks when we plan to sin in advance.
This week we continue our series in Proverbs 6 and we take a biblical look at abortion.
This week we start a new series from Proverbs 6 and we take a look over the next seven weeks at seven sins God hates. Today we look at pride and how to humble ourselves.
The Resurrection of Jesus is not the ending. The Resurrection of Jesus is the beginning of the New Creation.
Our Palm Sunday message deals with the fact that you might not get what you expect from God but you will get what you need.
This week we close out our series on Acts 2:42 and the four marks of the early church. We look at the power of prayer in Exodus 14 and discover that prayer without action is wasted prayer.
This week we continue to look at Acts 2:42 and see what the early church meant by fellowship.
This Sunday we start a new series from Acts 2:42. Over the next four weeks we will look at the four marks of the early church. This week we take a look at doctrine. It matters what you believe because what you believe determines how you live.
This week we continue our series on hard things to say. Today we look at saying, I forgive you.
This week we finish up our series Bible 101. We have looked at reading the Word and Meditating on the Word and now we look at how to live the Word.
This week we continue our series Bible 101. We look at what it means to meditate on the scriptures.
We kick off the new year with a new series called Bible 101. Join us and fall in love with the scriptures all over again.
This week we bring our series on worship to a close. Our worship of God should leads us to service others.
This week we continue our series on worship by taking a look at the perfect life of Jesus. We look at the temptation in the wilderness and see Jesus surrendering to the will of the Father.
Today we continue in our series about worship. We take a look at the life of Stephen, Paul and Ananias. God takes three lives and brings them together in a wonderful way. In the end we see three men that truly live a life of worship. One dies for his faith. One comes alive to [...]
This week we take a look at the life of Job. Through all the pain and loss in his life he still stayed faithful to God. Can We do the same?
This week we continue our series on worship. Today we take a look at the life of Moses. He too lived a life that was fully surrendered to God.
This week we continue with part 2 of our series. We will take a look at Genesis 22 and look at the story of Abraham and Isaac. If anyone lived a life of worship it was Abraham.
This week we begin a new series on worship. Over the next seven weeks we will take a look at worship in the life of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Job, Paul, Jesus and then a hard look at ourselves. What we will discover is worship is a life that is completely surrendered to God.
Most investors tell is to look 30 plus years down the road when it come to our retirement. Jesus tells us to look 30 million years plus. What will your treasure look like when you stand before Him?
In today’s message we take a look at Mark chapter 12 where Jesus spoke about the two greatest commandments and discover what God’s heart is for us.
In today’s message we take a look at Acts 2:42-47 and discover the 4 marks of the church and discover just how important fellowship is for the church body. When we fellowship with each other and share with each other what Christ is doing in our lives…we are worshiping Him through fellowship.
This week we take a journey on the road to surrender. If you want Christ at the center of your life then you must fully surrender. Christ wants to be in the drive seat of your life and nowhere else.
This week we finish our series on witnessing. It is important that you tell your story. You are part of God’s plan and He wants to use your life and story to bring people toward Him.
In today’s message we continue with our series on witnessing. We take a look at Mark chapter 4 and discover through the parable of the sower that there are four types of hearts in the harvest field that we will encounter as we live and witness for Christ.
This week we continue our series on witnessing by looking at Matthew 5:13-16. What did Jesus mean when He called us to be salt and light?
In today’s message we begin a new series on witnessing. We take a look at Genesis chapter 3 and John chapter 4. Evangelism is not a perfessional job for a few trained men but the unrelenting responsiblity of those who belong to the body of Christ.
Anyone can love those who love them. Can you love those who hurt you? Can you pray for those who hurt you? Can you forgive those who it seems impossible to forgive? What seems impossible is possible through God. Radical forgiveness takes radical surrender to the Spirit of God.
In today’s message we discover that seeing Jesus changes a little but knowing Jesus will change everything.
It has been said that once we become Christians, it is easy to get “lifted out” of our relationships with non-Christians. We get more and more involved with church and less involved with people outside of church. And so we need to be intentional about building relationships in the community with people who do not [...]
What if God were to answer all of your prayers with a yes? Would it bring you spiritual maturity? The answer of course is no. If God would answer all of your prayers and my prayers with a yes, we would trust more in the answers than God. As strange as it may [...]
It has been said that one of the greatest spiritual battles that we face is learning how and then forgetting why. Remembering why we do what we do is the most important. In this message we take a look at the contrast between how and why of life and ministry.
In our final message in the Coming Clean Series we focus on adjustment. If we are to ever be free from the sin that so easily controls us we must finish the pattern found in Ezra 9 and 10. Awareness was the first step. Agreement was the next step and now we come to adjustment. [...]
This week we continue on with our ‘Coming Clean Series.’ Last week week we learned that awareness without action is useless. In other words, when we find ourselves caught in a sin we must move beyond awareness and do something about it. This week we take the next step. Action without agreement is man-centered. We [...]
What is the sin that so easily controls you? I guarantee you’re aware of it. You know what it is. You could write it on a piece of paper and send it to altar for prayer. How do you feel about it? Does it drive you crazy? The better question is…are you doing [...]
God operates independent of our plans but His plans are perfect. There are times I’ve found myself approaching God saying things like, “Lord I’ve done so much for you. I’ve done this. I’ve done that. I’ve earned enough leverage. I just need you to show up and do it the way I have it worked [...]
Are you living a life that is more ‘now’ focused or ‘then’ focused? Take a look at your prayer life to start.
This message was preached on 6-21-2009. God has a perfect order for marriage. Submission and love when lived out the way God has commanded will produce unity between a man and a women in marriage.
Dr. Bill Sheeks was our guest at The Salt Mine. He preached on forgiveness. We hope you enjoy the message.