Second Baptist Church Houston - 9:30: Recent Episodes
Dr. Ed Young
Second Baptist Church is one church with multiple locations in the Greater Houston area. Listen weekly to the Biblical teachings from Dr. Ed Young. For more information about Second Baptist Church go to: www.second.org
Forgiveness is a superpower that sets us free. It's not easy, but it's necessary. Release the poison of bitterness. Choose forgiveness and experience God's transformative grace.
In a world of flexing and self-promotion, Paul challenges us to boast only in the cross of Christ. It's the great equalizer, showing God's justice and mercy. Our weakness becomes strength when we trust in Christ's sacrifice. Find true confidence in His love.
"What you sow is what you grow." God's Word can change your life. Build a life based on God's goodness and grace. Don't grow weary in doing good—there will be a harvest. Your choices matter. Eternity starts now. What kind of life are you building?
Restoration is our calling. We proclaim Christ's grace, provide healing spaces, and take pride in our growth. Like broken instruments creating beautiful music, the church turns brokenness into beauty. We are healed healers, restored restorers, living out God's transformative love.
Blue pill or red pill? The choice is yours. Live in selfish illusion or wake up to God's reality. Paul's message in Galatians: Choose the fruits of the Spirit over acts of the flesh. Rest in Christ, yield to His Spirit, and watch your life transform. Take the red pill of grace today.
There's a civil war raging inside each of us between good and evil. God calls us to freedom, not to indulge selfish desires, but to love and serve others. Stay on the offense: worship, walk in community, and win others to Christ. Feed the good wolf within you.
Running the race of grace: Start with the cross, stay fueled by prayer, crash through quitting points. When you hit the wall, surrender to God. Proclaim His goodness to others. Fix your eyes on Jesus—He'll lead you home. Don't focus on failures; focus on the Finisher.
Are you truly free? Freedom isn't doing whatever we want, but being set free from what enslaves us. Listen to God, lean into His grace, and live a life of love. In Christ, we find true freedom.
Freedom starts with resting in Christ, not striving. We're children of promise, not slaves to the law. Stop flexing, start resting. Your acceptance comes from God's grace, not your performance. Rest in His love, His finished work. You're good enough. You're loved. That's true freedom.
To someone in your life, you're the closest thing to God that they've got. So what is our responsibility as followers of Christ to the lost among us? The gospel is for people who are broken, fallen, and need to be healed and restored and put on a path with God. And we must meet them where they are to share the gospel and win them to Christ.
We can use technology in so many marvelous ways but many times our technology leaves us feeling disconnected. Anxiety, loneliness, and a sense of disconnection can come from our desire to be connected in ways that don't deliver the goods. Christianity is not a solo sport. God designed us to live with Him in community with like-minded others. Learn ways to find the community you’ve been seeking.
Water is essential to us as human beings. We have to have water or we can't exist. But most of us have a “water” problem because we are suffering from spiritual dehydration. We have a thirst of the soul. Why are we dehydrated? Why do we constantly thirst? Find the answers in the only One who quenches our thirst and sets us free from things that leave us unsatisfied.
As a follower of God or someone seeking to know God, it's all about worship. As human beings, it's inescapable - we are worshiping creatures. And what we put at the center of our life is what we worship. But God designed us to worship Him alone so what is true worship? Why is it so important? How do we worship & what happens when we make worship a priority?
There is a massive issue that can cause people to reject God and prevent them from connecting with Him. It happens when we take the negative, destructive attributes of our earthly father and project them onto the Heavenly Father. We need a breakthrough of God's grace and the Father-heart of God to show us who He really is and allow us to take that next step of healing and intimacy with Him.
We have a deep need to have a connection with our father. They define us and give us our identity. When we don't have a good father or no father, we look for someone or something to give us that sense of Identity and affirmation. Christ came to connect us to God the Father Almighty so that regardless of our family of origin, God can speak to us in that place of fatherly connection.
You’re called to be God’s “troubler.”
So many great events in the story of God’s people took place on a mountaintop. From Elijah calling down God’s fire on Mount Carmel to Noah’s experience on Mount Ararat, God leads His followers to the summit to show them something new and unexpected that could only come from Him. God’s calling you to a unique and intimate experience of His presence. So don’t stay stuck in the valley... you were made to climb!
Whether in technology or relationships, a weak connection can lead to glitches or loss of communication altogether. In Colossians 1:15-20, we discover three essential connections that must be strong if we are to live in the center of God’s will and make a difference in His Kingdom.
You can discover God’s plan for your life. In this message you’ll learn practical steps to help you align your heart and life with God so that you can live a life of fullness and purpose.
Colossians 1:9-10