Scottsdale Bible Church Sermon Audio: Recent Episodes
Scottsdale Bible Church
Scottsdale Bible Church is a non-denominational, multi-generational, kid-friendly church that welcomes people from all backgrounds. We worship and study the Bible together at seven services and are located on two campuses. Each congregation is unique in style and demographic.
There is something that I find almost every sane human being likes to see in another human being: and that’s integrity!
It's an awesome thing when you see real grace, isn’t it? Doesn’t it just touch something very deep inside us when we see someone do something for another person or care for them—especially when they don’t really deserve it!
The Bible is filled with profound teaching and incredible stories of real life people who overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles using such tools as unwavering trust in God, unconditional love of others, and a hope anchored in Jesus-like optimism.
This message explores some VISION issues before us and how God might want our lives to look and function in light of the collective vision He has given us as a Church.
Today we get down to the last challenge - the last four verses of Chapter 3 - the last few words that Peter would ever pen - these are his FINAL WORDS of his FINAL WORDS - and if ever words were "ABOVE ALL ELSE" words - these are them!!!
Many of us have - and many of us have dealt with all kinds of people in our sphere of influence who just marvel (and sometimes not in a good way!) at our decision to believe and follow a man who lived 2000 years ago.
This message will help us all discern the difference between truth and error. Using categories that come right from 2 Peter 2, we will explore how to be discerning followers of Jesus who know the difference between truth and untruth.
Today we live in a culture that is more and more about finding MEANING AND PURPOSE in life, it’s the post-modern agenda – to find meaning and purpose in all we do!
The Bible makes it very clear that to BECOME a Christian is NOT about good works or our effort or anything of the sort but to RECEIVE and BELIEVE what Jesus has already done for us in His redemptive work on the cross.
What happens when LIMITED human beings meet and, through faith, interact with a LIMITLESS God is that spiritual and relational sparks fly – and God’s power, love, righteousness, grace and truth begin to FLOW freely in and through us!
This message will explore what Peter and the Bible mean by the "righteousness of God" – and why the righteousness of Jesus Christ is truly the only thing that can bring us to God and keep us there.
This message will explore what the senior years are about from God's perspective and how we can all enter them with the hopeful expectation of eternal life with Jesus Christ.
Today Bill will take a humorous, inspiring look at how to set meaningful priorities, learn the discipline of endurance, and practice the art of pacing in order to successfully balance the challenges and opportunities of work and the rest of life.
In Cole's third painting entitled, Manhood (we should probably call it "Adulthood"), the scene experiences the most stark changes as the landscape is now rugged and rocky – storm clouds fill the sky.
This message will explore what the teen years are about from God's perspective and how we can help those hope-filled youth in our lives stay the course as they pursue their dreams.
With much more detailed description and analysis of Cole's painting, combined with a look at the Scriptural allusions this all points to, this message will explore what childhood is about from God's perspective.
This message will introduce Thomas Cole and the Voyage of Life paintings. Using biographical material from Cole's own life, as well as selected Scriptures, we will set up this entire series by getting people focused on this idea of life as a journey.
In this section of Luke 15, we are confronted with a clarion call from Jesus to experience the rescue efforts by volitionally identifying with one of two primary characters in this story—while at the same time avoiding becoming like the third character.
The woman in this story most likely represents the Church who are called to not only join God's heart and mind when it comes to how we view the world around us, but actually become part of the rescue efforts to find and brings home lost people to Christ.
What you are going to find over the next few weeks is that God still has a huge agenda for your life in now joining Him in the search and rescue of others who need to be found as well.
God's Presence and power in our life enable us to overcome our scarcity mindsets and truly think abundantly.
Once you understand that God chooses to use ordinary people and that His redemptive Kingdom is still just as much alive as it was 2000 years ago, you can't help but realize that God might want to use you as well!
There is a very important overriding theme of this passage-it's one of the primary things going on here that affects many of us today in our walk with God. It is that even very godly men can struggle with doubt.
This message will explore Peter’s perspective on humility and the descriptors he gives of it. More importantly, we will be encouraged and challenged to go out and LIVE IT, just like our Savior, Jesus, did.
This message will explore many of the ins and outs of the world of an "elder" - and also introduce are specific elders to the congregation of Scottsdale Bible.
With an emphasis on an honest and realistic appraisal of the pain we all confront in this world, we will then take a look at a couple of things 1 Peter outlines for truly finding JOY in our pain.
Sin always seems to get the best of us. This message explores and takes to heart the words of Peter when it comes to battling our personal sin.
This message will not only help us understand what Peter is laying out, but also get behind what Peter is trying to motivate us toward. We won't just understand what Peter is getting at - but we will also get fired up about the things he wants us to know.
It is no secret that God has called His followers to do good. This message will explore how followers of Jesus can truly "do good" in their lives - and stay doing good when the times get tough.
In 1 Peter 3:18-22 Peter lays out some of the most contentious and difficult theology the world has ever seen. We won't just "understand" what Peter is getting at - but we will also get fired up about (and live out) the things he wants us to know.
Our VISION is to create a community of Christ-followers marked by unwavering faith and unconditional love.
What happens when our passion for ourselves collides with God's passion for himself? This message explains our choice between feeling offended and acting out of a passion for ourselves, or being the bearers of God's grace, acting out of a passion for God.
Is happiness the purpose of marriage or are we part of something greater than ourselves? If God actually "joins us" together, has He created something new with a greater purpose? What did He have in mind when we said, "I do"?
Taking into account the entirety of the Biblical witness we will attempt to add some clarity and definition to this age-old, trans-cultural issue of submission.
This message will focus on living and doing right so we can impact our culture when we allow our actions to speak louder than our words.
This message will explore what it means to be a "royal priesthood...a chosen race...a holy nation...proclaiming His excellencies"-in short, the "PEOPLE OF GOD."
This message portrays Christ as the Foundation-Living Cornerstone, the Fissure-Stumbling Stone; the Future-Precious Stone Forever.
The Bible makes clear that the HEART of our commitment to God and others is LOVE. This message will explore this often-heard call to love: what it is and how to do it.
This message will help us clearly understand both God's call to holiness, as well as what holiness is-and isn't. It will also help believers know how to live a life of holiness.
This message lays out what it means to have "an inheritance" (1:4) that will never perish or fade. Not stopping there, it will also help believers know what "proof...of faith" (1:7) is needed to be assured that one's salvation is real and true.
Peter devotes almost a third of his first chapter outlining God's plan for salvation-including how one can be assured of salvation and know that he/she has life eternal. This message will lay out what it means to be "born again" (1:3).
Knowing one's identity helps solidify both being as well as doing. This message explores the God-infused identity of His people, the Church with such themes as forgiveness, God's sovereignty and our role as "aliens" in a place that is not our home.